The so-called saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, He Shu had never had this feeling in the past.

He is just like a small tree that has never seen the sun all year round, sinking itself into a quagmire and waiting for the process of withering away.

In the past year, he met Uncle Zhao, Aunt Liu, Uncle Zhang and Brother Dong.

Each of them has more or less unsatisfactory things, but they don't choose to bow their heads, they just live hard...

The word "saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new" took on a different meaning for the first time in He Shu.

After 12 o'clock, Zhao Qishui asked He Shu to go to bed quickly. There was no need to stay up late.

After He Shu washed up, he returned to his bedroom. Before going to bed, his QQ phone kept bouncing messages. When he opened it, he saw that it was the classmates in the dormitory group who were greeting each other.

He Shu took a look at the closed group and found that his friend Yizhi Miao also had a red dot on his profile picture.

"He Shu, happy new year!" cute/ka

He Shu smiled with his lips raised, pressed his fingers on the keyboard, and replied: "Xia Miao, Happy New Year!"

After thinking for a while, he added another expression: smile/wx

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After the New Year, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, the car wash will start operating.

The "opening firecrackers" were set off first when the door opened. After the sound of firecrackers, the ground was covered with red. Aunt Liu and the others also came over early to pay New Year greetings to each other.

To He Shu's surprise, Aunt Liu and the others prepared New Year's red envelopes for He Shu. Although they were not many, they were still thoughtful.

He Shu was embarrassed to ask for it because he knew the conditions of his uncle and aunt's family.

But they couldn't stand it. They had decades more experience in giving away red envelopes than He Shu. How could little He Shu refuse?

In the eyes of Aunt Liu and others, He Shu is the only child in the car wash shop, and children must have preferential treatment. This status belonged to Xiao Dong before He Shu came.

The boss Zhao Qishui also prepared some red envelopes and gave them to Aunt Liu and the others. These are called start-of-work red envelopes. I hope everyone can continue to work hard in the new year.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, a regular customer who always washed his car here had just returned from his hometown after celebrating the New Year. He said he had returned to the countryside and his car was full of dirt.

He Shu and Aunt Liu were doing the washing, while the old customer and Zhao Qishui were chatting away.

Suddenly, Zhao Qishui screamed: "Are you serious?"

The old customer quickly put his arm in his arms: "Don't worry, I showed them the photo of your son, and I said it looks like him. Moreover, the child was adopted by them from outside, not their biological son."

He Shu stopped what he was doing and looked at Uncle Zhao. His face turned red with excitement.

I couldn't stay any longer. I asked about the place and the person's name, and then drove there.

The old customer was preparing to go to work when he returned to the city. He could not go back with Zhao Qishui, so he left him his hometown phone number and asked Zhao Qishui to contact his parents there.

Zhao Qishui thanked him profusely, and because Xiao Dong hadn't come back yet, he handed the shop over to a maintenance man.

He Shu was stunned, threw away the car towel in his hand and ran over: "Uncle Zhao, I'll go with you."

Zhao Qishui thought for a while and nodded: "Let's go back first and change clothes. I have to get ready."

Zhao Qishui has encountered this situation many times over the years. He is very excited every time and will rush to the place he is told immediately no matter how far away it is.

What I got in return was disappointment again and again.

This time, Zhao Qishui was still excited, but he was much more confident than before.

He Shu and He went home first to tidy up themselves, and then opened the door that had been closed.

He Shu finally saw what was in that room, which was just a few old cabinets and countless identical photos enlarged to different sizes.

Zhao Qishui took out a mini four-wheel drive car from the cabinet. This small toy car was full of scratches, but Zhao Qishui kept it like a treasure.

"I brought this toy that was my son's childhood. If it were really him, maybe he would remember it."

He Shu watched silently, watching as Zhao Qishui not only took the toys, but also took two small clothes, both of which his son had worn before.

The old cabinets in this room were originally used in my hometown.

Zhao Qishui is trying every means to keep his son's memories, waiting for the day when he can really get Zhao Yan back.

The place mentioned by old customers is more than 300 kilometers away from Danhe City, and the expressway can only cover half of the distance.

The two of them didn't waste much time and set off immediately. On the expressway, Zhao Qishui drove. After getting off the expressway, He Shu drove for two hours, and then switched to Zhao Qishui again.

There was no break except for going to the toilet. There were biscuits and mineral water in the car for anyone who was hungry to get one.

However, after exiting the expressway, the road became more and more difficult to walk. In addition, the place was unfamiliar, so I asked around all the way. By the time I found the place called Sujiatun, it was already late at night.

"Xiaoshu, are you tired? Why don't we go back to the town we passed before and find a place to sleep." Zhao Qishui looked around. This was an authentic rural area, and he couldn't even find a hotel.

It was too late now, and he was too embarrassed to call his parents. There was no way he could go find someone now.

"It's okay, boss. How about we spend the night in the car? It will be dawn in a few hours."

Zhao Qishui nodded happily and took a coat from the back seat to cover He Shu: "Put the backrest down and get some sleep first."

He Shu hummed and lay in the passenger seat covered with his coat.

Zhao Qishui got out of the car, took a breath of cold air, lit a cigarette and leaned against the car to smoke.

After driving for a day, he was very tired, but thinking about the possibility of seeing his son tomorrow, he was so nervous that he couldn't sleep at all.

He took out a business card from his pocket, and the faint light from the cigarette butt shone on it. Zhao Qishui put the photo side against his chest and prayed secretly in his heart.

He Shu didn't know when he fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already slightly light.

Zhao Qishui didn't sleep all night, his eyes were a little red, and the stubble he shaved off when he set out yesterday appeared overnight.

Seeing that He Shu was awake, Zhao Qishui took his mobile phone and called the number given by an old customer. Not long after, they arrived in front of a farmyard.

There is only an old couple living here, the parents of the old customer.

I have already spoken to my son on the phone and know that they want to go to the next village to see if the son of the Liu family is the child they lost.

"Xiao Zhao, you eat first and then go over when you are full."

"I think you should talk to the person first before taking a look at this matter. I heard that the family is not very easy to talk to."

Zhao Qishui nodded. He also understood that he had had conflicts with the families who adopted children because of looking for children in the past.

After eating with a lot of thoughts, Zhao Qishui drove the old man and He Shu to the next village.

There was an old man following him, which made it much easier to talk. He went directly to their village brigade and had someone find the family.

Zhao Qishui and He Shu both felt bad when they saw the man in front of them.
Chapter completed!