Chapter 96
Pei Songde's uncle, named Pei Xinglai, is 73 years old this year, and his wife, Mrs. Zhang, is also in her early [-]s this year. The two elderly people seem to be in good spirits, and they speak confidently.

Pei Xinglai and the Zhang family came all the way from Mao County, bringing with them his youngest son's family.

Pei Songde wasn't at home at that time, Lu's family and Mother Yue were washing and cleaning at home, Pei Yue took a flower stretcher and poked at random in a bored way.

Just then, someone knocked on the door.

Pei Yue ran out like a dexterous rabbit to open the door, but when she opened the door, she was stunned, and there was a row of unfamiliar men and women standing at the door.

She pursed her lips anxiously, and asked cautiously, "Who are you looking for?"

A middle-aged man in his forties smiled and said, "Little girl, is this a family named Pei?"

Pei Yue nodded.

The middle-aged man immediately laughed, "Is there an adult in your house?"

Pei Yue turned her head and shouted into the room: "Mom!"

Hearing movement outside the door, Mrs. Lu asked in surprise, "What's the matter?"

Pei Yue didn't speak, turned around and ran up to Mrs. Lu, tugged at the corner of Mrs. Lu's clothes and said, "Several strangers came outside the door."

Surprised in Lu's heart, she didn't know what was going on outside, so she quickly pulled Aunt Yue up together before she dared to come out.

Seeing several people standing at the door, their faces were vaguely familiar, she asked uncertainly, "Who are you looking for?"

One of the old men in his seventies squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "You are Songde's daughter-in-law, the girl from the Lu family, right?"

Mrs. Lu nodded, looked at the old man carefully, and said hesitantly, "Are you the second uncle?"

The old man burst out laughing immediately, "It really is you! You are right!"

In Lu's heart, surprise was more than joy. After all, since the separation, the family had no contact with each other. After so many years, they did not expect to find this place.

But no matter what, they were guests from afar, so Lu quickly let them in first, and let Yue Yue bring tea.

These people don't know how deep they are, and Lu's family didn't dare to make decisions, so he hurriedly sent Pei Yue to the fur shop and called Pei Songde back.

After several people sat down, Pei Songde's second uncle, Pei Xinglai, said: "Twenty years have passed in a flash, and the changes are so great that they are almost unrecognizable."

Lu said with a smile: "This is Second Aunt, it's not a big change, I only recognized it after seeing Second Aunt just now."

All women in the world are the same, no matter whether she is 37 or 87, as long as she is young and does not look old, she must be happy.

Sure enough, Mrs. Zhang narrowed her eyes when she smiled, and quickly introduced to her: "This is my youngest son, named Pei Songzhi, who is three years younger than Songde. This is my daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wang."

Pei Songzhi is 47 years old this year, and he looks like a standard farmer, but he looks quite shrewd and familiar.On the contrary, it was his wife, Wang Shi, who was a little timid. She only greeted Lu Shi timidly, and stood behind her mother-in-law.

Lu said with a smile: "It's all a family, you sit down, what are you doing standing all the way."

She gave up her seat again and again, but Mrs. Wang just shook her head timidly, and still stood without saying a word.

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "Just tell her to stand. Our family is like this. The mother-in-law sits. There is no reason for the daughter-in-law to sit!"

Lu's immediately felt that these words were harsh, a peasant family, where did those rules come from!

It's just that because she is an elder, she automatically ignores the past.

Sitting next to her, Mrs. Lu asked with a smile, "How did my second uncle and aunt find this place? Isn't it difficult to get here?"

Pei Xinglai took out a dry bong from his waist, clicked it with a flint, took a few puffs, and then said slowly: "A few days ago, a relative of the same family came back and said that he had seen it in Yunzhou City. You husband and wife, so I thought, while I can still walk, I will bring your aunt and brother to meet. Even if we separated at the beginning, we are still a family, right? "

Mrs. Lu hurriedly laughed and said, "What the second uncle said is that after we escaped from the famine, Songde and I lived here for several years and sent people to investigate the situation at home in Mao County, but the people who came back said that everyone had dispersed. Nine out of ten old people in the old house are gone, so I never went back."

Mrs. Zhang interjected: "That's your fault. Can the news that comes from hearsay be accurate? You have to see it to believe it! Fortunately, we left a house and a few acres of land for you husband and wife, thinking that you Will go back sooner or later."

Lu said with a smile: "It's our fault, second uncle and second aunt forgive me."

In order to prevent them from getting entangled in this topic, Lu quickly changed his mind and said, "I don't know if the second uncle and aunt came here on a special trip, or did they drop by to see, is there something else? How long will they stay, is there a place to stay? "

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "I just came here to see you. I just arrived here. If it's not convenient for you, we'll stay in a hotel. We won't be able to stay for a few days. We still have work to do at home!"

Mrs. Lu took a look at what they were wearing without showing any traces. They were all ordinary blue-gray linen, which was washed fairly clean, and there were no obvious patches.

If they didn't come to fight the autumn wind, it's really hard to say what their purpose is here.

She didn't show anything on her face, she just asked Madam Yue to prepare some meals.

Pei Songzhi opened his mouth to ask about Pei Songde's situation, but Lu only said that he was working as a helper in a leather goods store, and didn't dare to say anything more.

Mrs. Zhang asked Mrs. Lu what other people in the family were doing now, and Mrs. Lu answered them one by one.

Just as they were talking, they heard a knock at the door, and Pei Songde and Pei Yue came back.

When Pei Songde saw Pei Xinglai and Zhang Shi, after all, they were his own second uncles, he was very moved after not seeing each other for many years, so he quickly came up to greet these two people first, and then called Pei Yue to come over and kowtow to his uncle and uncle again.

A few people praised Pei Yue again, and Pei Xinglai felt that he should take out some greeting gift when he saw the junior, but after digging in his bosom for a long time, he finally found two copper coins, he didn't have the nerve to take them out, so he quickly A little embarrassed.

Lu's sharp eyes quickly pulled Pei Yue over, and smoothed things over and said, "What do children know, Second Uncle, don't waste your money, hurry up and have some hot tea!"

It just so happened that Nanny Yue served the meal at this moment, and Pei Xinglai and the others took advantage of this to go down the steps, and gathered around to eat together.

Lu's winked and told Pei Songde to follow her into the small kitchen, Pei Songde asked in a low voice, "Why are they here?"

Mrs. Lu gave him a blank look: "How do I know? She didn't say anything, didn't even say hello. I'm surprised, if you say you're here to see us, you don't even bring a gift in your hand. They said they came to play the autumn wind, right? But it doesn’t look like that. I really don’t understand, why did these Buddhas think of us after 20 years?”

(End of this chapter)

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