Chapter 3 Leaving

  Qiumeng'er didn't sleep very soundly this time. She had another dream about the moment she got into a car accident in her previous life. Apart from that, Qiumeng'er surprisingly also saw beautiful scenery, with small bridges and flowing water, which made her like it even more.

  However, before Yu Meng'er could see clearly where they were, she was woken up by the sound of voices.

  "Dad, mom, come out quickly and see what I've brought back with my brother!" Xiaoxuan shouted loudly to the people inside the house before they even reached the door.

  "What's all the commotion about, you little brat? It's so late and you two brothers are still running around outside. Be careful or your dad will deal with you." A bright and cheerful voice came from inside the house. Then, the middle-aged woman walked out of the courtyard, saying as she walked: "What did you two bring back?"

  "This middle-aged woman had just finished speaking, raised her head and looked up, suddenly startled, her voice soared several octaves: "Ah, you two stinky boys, where did you carry this child from? Hurry up and send it back to someone else."

  As she spoke, the middle-aged woman took over from Xiao Xuan's brother and took Qu Meng'er, wrapped in a red quilt, into her arms.

  Just as the middle-aged woman was holding Qiumeng'er in her arms, Qiumeng'er was also awakened by the noise they made. She opened her sleepy and blurry little eyes, stretched out her small hands to rub her eyes, and then let out a small yawn.

  Qiumeng'er's little movements were seen by this middle-aged woman and Xiao Xuan brothers, but suddenly they were enchanted. "What a lovely baby, so cute."

  "Mom, isn't my sister pretty? This is what I and brother picked up." Xiaoxuan said proudly.

  "Found? You say this little baby was found?" The middle-aged woman didn't quite believe her young son's words, she could see that the clothes on the infant and the quality of the small quilt were very good, not something ordinary people could afford. Moreover, this child looked so beautiful, it was clear at a glance that he wasn't from around these rural areas. "Haoguo, is what your brother said true?"

  "En. Xiao Xuan said it's true. We found it in the wasteland east of the village." The boy named Hao Guo told his mom everything from the beginning, about how they discovered the baby's crying sound.

  While they were talking, Qu Meng'er had also completely woken up. After sleeping for a while, Qu Meng'er's spirit was much better, but her stomach kept protesting.

  Qiumeng'er sized up the middle-aged woman who was holding her, dressed in a rural style that made Qiumeng'er wrinkle her brow, thinking it was too outdated. However, Qiumeng'er thought that this middle-aged woman's looks were not bad, and she must have been quite pretty when she was young, otherwise she wouldn't have given birth to Xiaoxuan's two brothers.

  "Oh, little treasure is awake." As soon as Xiao Xuan's mom lowered her head, she saw Qu Meng'er staring at her with sparkling eyes, not blinking. This one glance made Xiao Xuan's mom's heart soften. "So adorable," Xiao Xuan's mom had always wanted a daughter, but unfortunately, both of her two pregnancies were sons. Now, she didn't dare to have a third child either, fearing that the third would also be a son.

  "Sister, isn't my little sister lovely? I found her myself." Xiao Xuan came forward with a proud and arrogant face to ask for praise.

  "I said you three girls, what's going on? It's time to eat, why don't you come in?" Just as Xiaoxuan's mother was about to say a few words to Xiaoxuan, a middle-aged man walked out of the courtyard. However, Ju Meng'er is now being held in his arms and can't see the man's face.

  "Dad, come quick, I've found a little sister, and she's really cute." Xiaoxuan saw his dad coming over and rubbed against him for praise.

  "What? You picked up a little sister?" Xiaoxuan's father was shocked when he heard his youngest son's words. He turned around and saw the child in his wife's arms, and asked in surprise: "Xiaojun, what's going on here?"

  Xiao Xuan's mother told Xiao Xuan's father about the whole thing.

  Xiaoxuan's father didn't say anything after hearing it. He took advantage of the silence, thought for a while, and then said to everyone: "Let's talk about it when we get home."

  Xiao Xuan's mother had always wanted a daughter, and she took an instant liking to Qu Meng'er the moment she laid eyes on her. However, no matter how much she liked her, she couldn't just adopt Qu Meng'er without permission.

  The couple discussed it and finally decided to report Qiu Meng'er to the headquarters, tell the leaders about this matter. If someone really lost their child, they would return the child to that family. If no one came to claim the child, they would decide to adopt the child.

  "Hao Guo, Xiao Xuan, you two stay at home. I'm going out with your mother." Xiao Xuan's father said, urging his wife: "Xiao Juan, let's go."

  "Dad, mom, can't you just keep my sister here? I want my sister." Xiaoxuan pouted and looked at his mother's arms around Qu Meng'er with pleading eyes.

  "Xiao Xuan, your father and mother are taking your sister to the brigade department for a trip. If no one comes to recognize your sister, I and your mother will bring your sister back to you." Xiao Xuan's father said, stroking Xiao Xuan's head. He himself didn't even realize that when he spoke to Xiao Xuan, in his heart he also wanted to keep this little baby.

  But he was the head of a family and had to consider everything, what he did couldn't be used by others as a handle, especially at that time when the ten years of Cultural Revolution had just ended.

  After eating her fill, Qu Meng'er's heart completely relaxed. Her mentality had always been good, and she was content with whatever came her way. In Qu Meng'er's opinion, no matter what happened now, it was better than being controlled by her father in her past life.

  However, Gu Meng'er was still a bit worried in her heart before she determined her final destination, after all, she was now just an infant who couldn't even take care of herself.

  Gu Meng'er thought to herself, "Heavens are really playing a joke on me. Why would they let her reincarnate as an infant who was just born? If she had reincarnated at a slightly older age, she wouldn't be so troubled."

  In the midst of Qiu Meng Er's various entanglements, she was carried into the village chief's home.

  "Is the village head here?"

  "Who's there, coming to see me at such a late hour?" As he spoke, an old man with a pipe in his hand walked out.

  "Village chief, I'm Chen Ping. Just now, my two kids found an abandoned baby girl in the wasteland east of the village and my wife and I have brought her here." Chen Ping said with a smile as he saw the person approaching.

  "Oh, found in the wasteland east of the village? Come, let me take a look." The village chief gestured for Liu Juan to hand over the child.

  Liu Juan looked at her husband and then, with some reluctance, handed the child in her arms to the village chief. "Wow, this kid is so delicate! Look at these clothes, the quilt is not something an ordinary family can afford. How could he be abandoned in that desolate land east of our village?" The village chief said, looking at the child wrapped in a small quilt.

  Chen Ping and Liu Juan didn't know how to respond to the village chief's words. They also didn't know what to say.

  "What's with bringing this kid over?" The village chief raised his head and asked.

  "We, as a couple, are not afraid of whose child this is, but we're worried that the parents might be anxious. That's why we thought of sending the child to you, Village Chief, so you can help find its family." Chen Ping said, glancing at his wife before continuing: "Of course, if the child's family cannot be found, we are also willing to raise this child ourselves."

  "Huh?" The first half of Chen Ping's sentence was within the village chief's expectation, he had guessed it when Chen Ping brought the child over. But Chen Ping's second half of the sentence made him quite surprised. In these days, even one's own family couldn't eat their fill, who would be doing well enough to adopt a child, and at that, a girl? This era still placed great importance on having sons over daughters. Originally, the village chief was thinking in his heart, this child's parents were probably eighty percent unlikely to be found, if they couldn't find this child's parents, how should he deal with her, it was quite troublesome.

  Gu Meng'er was also quite surprised to hear Chen Ping's words, she had felt the affection of this family towards her, but when Chen Ping and his wife took her to the village chief's house, she hadn't expected that they would adopt her.

  Although she still hadn't figured out where and when she had been reborn, earlier at the Chen family home, she had sensed the poverty of that household. That's why she was even more surprised.

  "Village chief, you also know that my family has always liked daughters. Previously, we wanted to have a daughter, but we ended up having two sons instead. We were afraid that the third one would be another son, so we didn't dare to have any more children. Now, if we can adopt an existing daughter, it would feel complete." Chen Ping said with a smile to the village chief.

  The village chief did not immediately respond to Chen Ping's words, but rather thought for a moment before saying: "Since you've said so much, take the child back first. I'll go around and ask in the next few days if anyone has lost a child. If we can't find the child's parents, then you can raise him."

  "Ah, thank you, Village Chief." Liu Juan heard the village chief's words and immediately smiled as she took the child from him.

  Qiumeng'er also couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief in her heart, and she finally felt at ease. She was clear in her own mind that her biological parents were nowhere to be found for the time being. And because of her past life experiences, Qiumeng'er didn't have much expectation for her parents from the bottom of her heart.

  Although she also yearns for her own fatherly and motherly love.