Although I knew that this was a family that had been farmers for several lifetimes, I never expected that this family would be in such a dilapidated state.

Although the entire yard is quite large, the houses are all made of tiles, and there are many signs of repairs. Even the door panel of the yard gate has two holes.

From the two holes, it was obvious that the yard of this family was covered with ankle-high weeds. There was also a pear tree in the yard that was as tall as two people.

Several children were squatting and playing in the yard, which was a typical bungalow yard. The yard was surrounded by houses, as many as five.

An old woman with a stooped back was carrying a bowl of hot porridge and walking from one room to the other. On the door of the room she wanted to reach, there was a black ball hanging on it.

The ball-shaped object looked fluffy, and I could tell at a glance that it was the hair of a newborn baby. Sure enough, it was indeed from this company.

"But this" I raised my head and glanced around the dilapidated yard, "Isn't this family too shabby?"

"Tsk," Lingdang probably smacked his lips, looking reluctant, as if it was not Xiao Wu who wanted to live here, but himself.

"Okay," I slapped his arm and motioned for him to knock on the door. Bell nodded, walked over quickly, and without any hesitation, knocked on the door.

"Come, come, who is it?" A hoarse voice sounded, and the old woman he saw at first walked towards the door.

There was a creak and the old door panel whined. At the same moment, Ling Ding and I also appeared in front of the old woman. The old woman was wearing a flowered gown, which looked patched and had been worn for several years at least.

Her silver-white hair was tied into a small bun on the top of her head.

"Who are you?" The old woman opened the door and saw us, with a puzzled look on her face. The next second she spoke, the three children playing in the yard also ran over one after another.

They all hugged the old woman’s thighs and asked who Lingdang and I were.

The old woman could only ask this question back to me and Lingdang.

"Um, I'm Houli's friend. I heard that he was pregnant with a son. So I came over to have a look." I said with a grin. The moment the voice came out, all the children looked at me in surprise: "This

Is my sister a boy?"

"I'm my brother," I said to them with a smile.

The children ooohed and laughed and ran to the room where the hair was hanging. As they ran, they shouted: "Daddy's friend is here, mom, daddy's friend is here to see him."

"Hey, you guys." The old woman turned around to stop the children, but it didn't have any effect. Before she finished speaking, the children had already ran into the house.

"Didn't Hou Li work in Shenchuan for the past two years? I was his co-worker at that time." In order to achieve a certain degree of credibility, I said directly based on the information I investigated from Brother Huo.

When the old woman heard what I said, she finally felt relieved. Although everyone in the village knew that their son had been to Shenchuan, no one outside knew about it.

And the two people in front of him were not from the village. They seemed to be his son's friends without a doubt.

Otherwise, why would outsiders come to this remote village to find Houli, a farmer?

The old lady had her own plan in mind, and after thinking about it for a moment, she quickly called me and Ling Ding in. I smiled and followed her into an open door, where some fruits and tomatoes were simply placed.

They are all grown in the village.

"Mother-in-law, these things are our thoughts. Please accept them. My sister-in-law just needs to replenish her body." I said this, taking the things I bought specially to replenish qi and blood, and what a woman needs during confinement.

Supplements and some snacks were all placed on the table.

When I saw the three children in the yard just now, I secretly felt lucky. Fortunately, I bought a lot of things, otherwise I wouldn't have enough to share.

"Oh my god, how can I let you spend money?" The old lady was embarrassed to accept our things and hurriedly shied away. But no matter how much she tried to shirk, she couldn't explain my stubbornness.

So in the end, I accepted it with a grateful face.

The old woman asked us to sit down, and after telling us to sit down first, she went to the kitchen made of bricks and mud to cook.

Seeing that grandma was gone, the three children ran over quickly. The children were not afraid of strangers, so the three of them pestered Lingdang and me and started asking random questions.

It is really more careful than checking the household registration.

Lingdang and I laughed and joked with them, then tore open the snacks and gave them the food. As soon as the children got the snacks, all the children's eyes shone.

"Is this really for us?" the only little girl among the three children asked weakly.

"Yes, they are all yours." I smiled and nodded, then pointed to the things I bought specifically for Xiao Wu's mother and said, "But you can't touch those things. Those are bought for your mother."

"Okay, we won't move!" The oldest boy patted his small chest and said with certainty.

I rubbed his head encouragingly, and the smile on the boy's face gradually widened.

"Mom, I'm back -"

Just as I made my move, a rough male voice sounded in the yard. Then, a man in dark clothes appeared in front of me and Ling Ding.

"Dad, dad, look, uncle gave it to us." The three children immediately gathered around and showed the man the snacks I gave them.

The man was wearing clothes that were stained with mud and covered with dust. On his feet was a pair of double-cuff cloth shoes, with his trouser legs rolled up high. No need to guess, he was the man of the house, the man who had become Xiao Wu’s father—

— Houli.

Houli frowned and looked at me and Lingdang: "Who are you? Why are you at my house?"

Seeing Houli being so vigilant, I walked over with a smile on my face. I greeted him with a smile, saying that I was his friend in Fukagawa, and now I was in trouble.

Suddenly I remembered him, and also found out that he had another child, so I came over to take a look. Houli obviously didn't believe me, so I grinned: "I am the little boy you saved back then."

When Houli was working hard in Shenchuan more than ten years ago, he once rescued a boy playing on the construction site. If it weren't for him, the boy might have been hit by falling steel bars.

At that time, the boy's family treated Houli to a big meal and gave him some good things to express his gratitude.

This information was also provided to me by Brother Huo. I didn't want to use it at first, but after all, this farmer has lived in a big city and is not that easy to coax. So I have to talk about the past things.
Chapter completed!