Rebirth of the Forbidden City: The Troublemaker in the Courtyard

Chapter 378 Don’t dare to recognize each other

When they arrived outside Meng Qing's house, the two of them just stopped their bicycles, carrying two large bags of food, drinks and gifts, but were dumbfounded at the door.

The door was closed. Meng Qing walked forward and knocked on the door, but no one responded.

After waiting for a while, a family next door heard the knock on the door and came out.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

A thin middle-aged man came out from the next yard and shouted at Ning Yuan and Meng Qing.

When Meng Qing turned around and saw the middle-aged man, she quickly took two steps forward and shouted in surprise.

"Uncle Fu? It's me, Uncle Fu! Qingqing!"

After the thin middle-aged man took a closer look, his tone suddenly became a little excited.

"Qingqing, Qingqing is back? It's been a while since you left!"

After exchanging a few pleasantries with the thin middle-aged man, Meng Qing couldn't help but ask about her family situation.

"Uncle Fu, do you know where my parents are going?"

Uncle Fu slapped his forehead and quickly spoke to Meng Qing.

"Oh, I almost forgot. When Brother Meng and his family moved away, they specifically told me that if you ever come back, you should go find your aunt. If you find your aunt, you'll be able to find your parents!"

Meng Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the worst situation she had expected did not happen.

But after reacting, Meng Qing asked again.

"Uncle Fu, why have my parents never sent me any letters?"

Well, for a moving matter like this, if you can just send a letter, why do you need to leave a message for your neighbors?

Moreover, they were originally working in the countryside in Annan County, and all the letters were sent to the county, and then they went to the county to pick them up. Everyone else had received letters from home, but Meng Qing had never received one.

Therefore, when Meng Qing was in Fang Village, every time she saw others receiving letters, she would feel more or less uneasy.

She also wrote letters home, but each time they fell into the sea and there was no response.

Uncle Fu sighed and said.

"They've suffered a lot, too. Ever since they injured those people from the Youth League Office, they couldn't stay at home any longer. But later I heard that those people also disappeared, so they moved back from the countryside!"

"I lived peacefully for a while after I came back, but not long after, a bunch of guys came from nowhere and heard the news and came to your yard to make trouble again. Alas!"

Meng Qing frowned after listening to this, and her teeth were almost broken with hatred.

Ning Yuan was also listening at the side. Seeing Meng Qing's expression, he could understand a little bit, so he reached out and patted Meng Qing on the back to comfort her.

Uncle Fu saw the relationship between Ning Yuan and Meng Qing, so he nodded and smiled with some relief.

Meng Qing calmed down a little, then turned around and said to Ning Yuan.

"Then we have to go to Xiaowangzhuang. My aunt and her family still live in Xiaowangzhuang!"

Ning Yuan nodded, then greeted Uncle Fu next to him, and the two of them rode their bicycles along West Street.

Although Xiaowangzhuang is said to be in the countryside, its location is actually within the current Third Ring Road.

It only takes half an hour to get there if you go straight from Xizhimen.

After entering the village, the road becomes difficult to ride on. Although it is generally flat, there are small potholes one after another.

Meng Qing, who was sitting on the back of the bicycle, couldn't stand it anymore. Ning Yuan had no choice but to get off and push the bicycle forward.

Fortunately, Meng Qing's aunt's house is not far from the village entrance.

We arrived after walking for a while.

A rather cramped small bungalow with a tightly closed wooden door.

After Meng Qing and Ning Yuan knocked on the door, it was Meng Qing's aunt who came to open the door.

Ning Yuan gave half of the gifts he bought to Meng Qing's aunt. This made her aunt have a much better impression of Ning Yuan.

Speaking of which, Meng Qing and her aunt hadn't seen each other for almost a year. When they met, they hugged each other and cried.

After a while, he remembered to invite Ning Yuan and Meng Qing to sit down.

"Aunt, where are my uncle and Juanzi?"

Seeing that her aunt was the only one at home, Meng Qing couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Hey, your uncle's factory is holding some kind of leather bag meeting recently, and he hasn't been home for the past two days! Juanzi and Erjuan, the sisters, were also asked by the village to go to the countryside not long ago!"

Ning Yuan didn't quite understand, so he asked.

"Why is the village arranging for people to go to the countryside? I already have a rural household registration, so why are they still going to the countryside?"

This really shows that Ning Yuan has only a vague understanding of going to the countryside.

At that time, he simply thought that only young people with urban household registration and more than six years of education would be forced to go to the countryside.

But in fact, this is not the case at all. The decision to go to the countryside was implemented almost from top to bottom.

Meng Qing's aunt also shook her head. She didn't understand even more, but she couldn't go against the village's arrangements.

Her uncle was a simple man and had no intention of resisting.

There's nothing we can do about it. It's a foregone conclusion and nothing we say will change anything.

Meng Qing then started to ask about her parents' situation.

"Aunt, where did my parents move to? Why are they so secretive? They don't even send letters and don't even dare to let the neighbors pass on their messages openly!"

"Your father and his family have moved to the farm. They're... well, it's hard to say anything to them. So, I'll take you two to look for them. You probably won't be able to find them if you go by yourselves!"

Aunt Meng Qing sighed, then stood up after finishing her words.

Ning Yuan and the others naturally got up in a hurry. They originally wanted to find Meng Qing's parents, but they didn't expect that they would have to go through so many twists and turns.

After leaving the yard, Aunt Meng Qing came out pushing a somewhat worn bicycle and led the way.

It was also a journey of about half an hour. Ning Yuan rode a bicycle with Meng Qing on his back, following closely behind her aunt, and arrived at a short and dilapidated adobe house in the farm.

To be honest, Ning Yuan really couldn't stand looking at this house. It was almost the same as the extremely simple adobe houses they saw deep in the Qinling Mountains.

Moreover, the surroundings are all isolated and almost no longer in the village.

When Meng Qing saw the dilapidated house in front of her and looked at the surrounding environment, tears suddenly welled up in her eyes.

Following the calls from Meng Qing and her aunt, noises were heard in the house, and then the door opened.

It was Meng Qing's parents, both of them wearing extremely simple and thin clothes.

He was unnaturally thin and looked a little sick.

Ning Yuan had met Meng Qing's parents twice before. To be honest, if he hadn't seen Meng Qing crying and rushing towards him, he would have been a little hesitant to recognize them.

As the direct descendant of the Meng family, Meng Qing's parents were both talented and beautiful women with outstanding looks.

Although they looked haggard before going to the countryside, how come they became so haggard in just a few months?