In the Yan family's old house, Mr. Yan was reading a newspaper on a wicker chair, while the old lady sitting beside him was pasting paper boxes.

Other than that, the house is empty!

During the Chinese New Year, it is inevitable that things will be a little deserted.

At this moment, the fourth child's excited voice suddenly came from outside: "Dad, Mom, look who's coming!"

Hearing the fourth son's voice, the Yan family stopped what they were doing and walked out of the house.

But when the old couple came to the door, they saw four strangers coming in, two large and two small.

Mr. Yan frowned and asked with a hint of confusion: "Fourth, are they..."

Without waiting for Yan Gengbei to answer, Zhou Yang took the lead and said: "Hello, Mr. Yan, I am Zhou Yang!"

"Zhou Yang? Zhou Yang from Babaoliang Village?" Mr. Yan asked in surprise.

"right!"

Mr. Yan also thought of something at this time, and immediately fixed his gaze on Yan Wenhui.

Wen Hui also looked at the old man infatuatedly. He had no memory of this grandfather at all. After all, he was only a few months old when he followed his father to Babaoliang Village and had no memory at all.

But he knew that his grandfather was a great hero. His father had told him about his grandfather's heroic deeds many times, so in his heart he always wanted to meet this heroic grandfather who had fought against Xiaodongyang and the Thieving Eagle.

However, when he saw the truth, he didn't know what to say at such a young age!

Mr. Yan looked at his grandson, whom he had not seen for eight years, and couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart.

"It looks... so similar, you are Wen Hui, right?"

"Grandpa...Grandpa, I am Wen Hui, I...I am here to see you..."

As he spoke, Wen Hui's voice became choked up, and his tears couldn't be controlled.

Mr. Yan touched his grandson's little head and said happily: "Okay, okay..."

But the old lady on the side couldn't bear it any longer. She stepped forward to hug Wen Hui and said with tears: "Oh, my dear grandson, I miss grandma so much. You are finally back..."

Bao'er on the side was holding Zhou Yang's hand nervously, with a slightly worried look on his face.

"Don't worry, brother Wenhui is just a little excited to see his grandparents, it's okay!"

Although the little girl didn't quite understand why she cried when she was so excited, she believed that her father would not lie to her, and her nervous look relaxed a little.

After a while, when Mrs. Yan and Wen Hui calmed down a little from their excitement, everyone returned to the house.

After entering the house, Zhou Yang discovered that the Yan family's old house was like a donkey dung egg, with a completely shiny surface.

From the outside, this house occupies a large area, at least not smaller than their Zhou family's old house.

But after entering, I discovered that there was only one entrance to the house, and the back was sealed with bricks. It was obvious that it no longer belonged to the Yan family.

Almost all the houses in the yard are in disrepair and dilapidated.

The same is true in the house, there is not even a decent piece of furniture, the walls are full of holes, and even the masonry inside is exposed in many places. This is obviously not caused by normal wear and tear.

What attracted Zhou Yang the most was the paper boxes all over the floor!

This thing is not unfamiliar to Zhou Yang at all. After his parents were transferred back to the capital in his previous life, work and job problems were not solved for a long time, so his mother took over the job of pasting paper boxes.

Zhou Yang remembered that you could get 1 cent for pasting a cardboard box. If you were efficient, you could paste 80 boxes in a day, which means you could earn 80 cents.

Obviously, the two elders of the Yan family are also doing this job.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yang felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

However, the old man and the old lady of the Yan family did not pay attention to this. After welcoming Zhou Yang and others into the house, they were busy serving tea and water and getting delicious food for the two children.

"Old man, you two should stop busying yourself. We just had breakfast and we are not hungry!" Zhou Yang said.

The old man smiled and said: "I didn't expect you to come, so I didn't prepare anything in advance!"

"No, I just want to bring Wen Hui to visit you two!" Zhou Yang said with a smile.

"Xiao Zhou, thank you for taking care of this child, otherwise... alas!"

"Don't say that. In fact, we didn't do anything. On the contrary, this kid helped us a lot!" Zhou Yang said.

"It seems that Wen Hui is quite sensible!" the old man said happily.

"Well, this child is not only sensible, but also very diligent in studying. He has won the first place in the class for two consecutive semesters!"

"Hahaha, what a good boy, just like his father!"

Thinking of his eldest son, Mr. Yan suddenly looked at Zhou Yang, and then asked: "Xiao Zhou, there is something I don't know whether I should ask?"

"You always want to ask about Brother Geng Dong?"

"Well, last year he hurriedly returned home, saying that he had to go on a long trip for something, and he was not sure when he would come back. He also said that he had entrusted your child to take care of him, and then there was no news..."

"Don't worry, although I can't tell you where he is or what he is doing, I can tell you that he is fine and what he is doing is not dangerous!" Zhou Yang said.

"Oh, then I'm relieved!" Mr. Yan said with a sigh of relief.

Zhou Yang hesitated for a moment, but finally asked: "Old man, when I came in, I saw green couplets posted in the house. What happened?"

Originally it was not polite to ask people about this kind of thing, but Zhou Yang thought it would be better to ask, just in case the Yan family needs his help now!

The old man sighed and said: "Yes...he is my second son..."

"When did it happen?"

“Last summer!”

"how so..."

The old man shook his head and said: "I don't know the specific situation very well. The street office just informed me that the second child is gone and there is no trace of his body!"

"Could it be a mistake?"

The old man shook his head and said: "Probably not. We also received a letter from the second child's family afterwards. She also confirmed the matter, but she didn't know what happened. A good person just disappeared.

Got it!"

Zhou Yang was silent. No wonder Lu Zhengjun said when he met him a few days ago that the Yan family's situation was not very good. It turned out that this kind of thing happened.

"I'll go back and find someone to inquire. No matter what, we can figure out what happened!"

However, the old man shook his head and said, "Xiao Zhou, thank you for your kindness, but you'd better not get involved in this matter!"

"I know what you are always worried about. It's okay, I know what's appropriate!"

Seeing that Zhou Yang could not be persuaded, Mr. Yan sighed and stopped entangled in this matter.

"By the way, Xiao Zhou, you are going to stay in the capital for a few days. Can you let Wen Hui stay at home for a few days?" the old man said.

Zhou Yang nodded and said: "I may leave in three or two days, but Wen Hui should be able to stay until after the Lantern Festival before going back. During this time, he can stay at Yan's house to accompany you!"

"That's really great!"

Then Zhou Yang looked at the paper boxes on the floor and asked immediately: "Old man, what are these paper boxes?"

Mr. Yan smiled and said: "It's nothing, I just paste some paper shells when I have nothing to do, and earn some money to support my family!"

"Did the superiors stop paying the wages of you and your wife?" Zhou Yang frowned.

"We stopped a long time ago. Over the past few years, the street has given us some living allowance every month!" Mr. Yan said.

At this time, Yan Gengbei on the side said: "If it is just the living expenses of my parents, my own salary is enough to support them."

"But my second brother and my third brother both live in a remote place, and their living conditions are not very good. They have to send some money and food every now and then, so my mother has no choice but to make cardboard boxes to support the family."

Zhou Yang wanted to ask about the situation of other members of the Yan family, but after thinking about it, it was still not appropriate. After thinking about it again and again, he finally did not ask.

Then, he took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to the old man.

"This is?"

"Brother Geng Dong's salary for the past few months was originally planned to be saved for Wen Hui, but now it seems that you two elders need this money even more!" Zhou Yang said.

The money was given to him by Lu Zhengjun when he came two days ago, and he and Yan Gengdong each received a share.

"No, we can't ask for this money. How can we ask for the child's money..."

"You can just accept it. As for Wen Hui, you don't have to worry about it anymore. The money distributed by the village is enough to support him!"

"this..."

At this time, Xiao Wenhui also said: "Grandpa, Uncle Zhou gives it to you, just accept it. I have Uncle Zhou and Auntie taking care of me, so you don't need to worry!"

Listening to his grandson's sensible words, Mr. Yan's eyes couldn't help but turn red...

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Chapter completed!