Chapter 102: Cai Quanwu

Yang Qing brought Chen Hong all the way to the small wine house.

The current small wine house, or rather canteen, basically has no business.

Over the past two years, the new liquor has been cut off, the cellar stores are almost gone, and the food supply has been repeatedly reduced, intermittent; now the old grain is exhausted and the new grain not yet harvested—it is indeed a difficult time.

There are only some wild greens, vegetables, scallions and garlic, salted fish, seaweed, etc., which can be made into food to serve customers.

Yang Qing came over and saw several people eating steamed vegetables.

Seeing Yang Qing and his wife, He Yumei still thought they were customers and warmly went to greet them.

"What would you two like to eat?"

This is what Xu Huizhen taught them, to be polite when serving people.

Other eateries don't have this treatment.

Seeing a woman approach, Chen Hong took the initiative to go forward and ask.

"May I ask, is Comrade Cai Quanwu here?"

Upon hearing this, He Yumei realized they were looking for someone, and that person was actually her own manager, so she couldn't help but ask.

"May I ask who you are?"

Chen Hong explained.

"We are friends of Chen Xueru, come to see the child; I heard that Hou Kui is being looked after by Comrade Cai, so we came to have a look."

When Chen Xueru was mentioned, He Yumei's face darkened; her own sister Xu Huizhen had been implicated because of her.

So she also spoke to Chen Hong in an unfriendly tone.

She shook the rag in her hand.

(That was very impolite.)

"Ah, so you're looking for Chen Xueru; you've come to pick up Hou Kui?"

"That's just right; these past few days that child has been terribly upset, crying every day for his mother."

"You should take him away quickly."

Chen Hong has encountered too many cold looks over the years, so she didn't get angry at her rudeness.

"Then please, master, point us the way."

He Yumei pointed backward.

"It's right back here."

"If you go into the alley on the side, you'll see it."

"Brother Cai is at home looking after the child; call out and he'll hear you."

After saying that, He Yumei sat back at the table where the wine house staff gathered to chat, and they began gossiping.

Yang Qing and his wife left the wine house door and went to the back.

As for He Yumei's attitude, the two of them didn't take it to heart.

In this era, many such shops even posted signs saying: "No beating or scolding customers."

Under Xu Huizhen's training, the small wine house here is still fine; Fan Jinyou's attitude just now is the norm.

All the way to the back, Yang Qing and his wife saw a courtyard with a door opened in the side wall.

They confirmed that this was the place.

Yang Qing shouted inside.

"Is Comrade Cai Quanwu at home?"

Cai Quanwu was holding and comforting his own biological child.

The child without a mother is pitiful; it's been five days, and the child can only be raised on millet porridge with cow's milk.

Hou Kui's eyes were red from crying a lot these days.

Accompanying Hou Kui is Xu Manager, a sensible and wise girl.

Cai Quanwu heard the voice, not recognizing the speaker, so he held the child and came out.

"Someone, come in."

Yang Qing and his wife, hearing the host's words, went inside.

As soon as he saw Cai Quanwu, Yang Qing felt he was very different from He Daqing.

He Daqing is such a selfish person; otherwise he wouldn't have gone years without coming back to take a look at Sha Zhu and his siblings.

Cai Quanwu, by nature honest and solid, after marrying Xu Huizhen, contentedly became a live-in son-in-law.

He managed the household very well.

Both daughters took Xu Huizhen's surname, and he had no complaints.

Although Xu Huizhen's clever methods play a part here, the fact that he can be a teacher shows he himself has some ability.

How could an ordinary person back then have studied and even attended middle school?

It can only be said that his family had fallen on hard times, having experienced human suffering, and now he cherishes his happy life all the more.

So these two people are probably just because they hired an actor; there's really no connection.

"Hello, Brother Cai."

Yang Qing saw the person and changed his form of address; this is someone he can associate closely with, who won't stab him in the back.

This is why most people like honest folks.

It is also one of the criteria most people in this era use when choosing a husband.

Cai Quanwu saw Yang Qing holding something in his hand, the address was also intimate, and he asked doubtfully.

"Who are you?"

Yang Qing explained.

"I am the younger brother that Chen Xueru acknowledges; previously her parents and my parents had ties."

Cai Quanwu finally realized what these two had come for, and he turned his head and shouted at Hou Kui.

"Hou Kui, your relatives have arrived."

Then he asked Yang Qing.

"How should I address you?"

"Yang Qing."

Cai Quanwu continued the introduction.

"This is your Uncle Yang."

When Hou Kui heard that Yang Qing knew his mother, he ran over excitedly, looking at Yang Qing and his spouse.

He saw Chen Hong, tall and with a slightly cold aura.

Then he looked at Yang Qing, who was rather small in stature, with a gentle smile.

Summoning his courage, he asked Yang Qing.

"Uncle Yang, do you know where my mother has gone?"

The events happened too suddenly, and the child was still kept in the dark.

Even someone like Fan Jinyou couldn't use Chen Xueru's situation to provoke this child.

Yang Qing smiled.

"Your mother went to Jinmen to buy fish with Aunt Xu."

"She'll be back in a few days."

(His explanation holds up, because in this era the only thing that can substitute grain is seafood.)

In the past two years the authorities have also been pushing oceanic fishing, encouraging major enterprises to build their own fishing vessels to go out to sea, creating a South Mud Bay at sea.

It wasn't until 1964, after national supplies were fully restored, that the fishing vessels of various enterprises were consolidated into several large fishing companies.

Unfortunately, at that time our shipbuilding and catching technologies were too backward; otherwise we could have saved more people.)

Hou Kui, hearing this, exclaimed with delight.

"Really? Is it true? Someone said my mother was captured, and Aunt Xu was captured too."

Xu Manager, hearing Hou Kui say that her mother was also captured, felt tears welling up and streaming down.

But she clenched her teeth, didn't cry, yet the tears wouldn't stop.

Feeling guilty, Yang Qing handed the object in his hand to Chen Hong, then bent down and embraced the two children.

"Of course it's true; I guarantee that in a few days you'll be able to see your mother."

Wuwuwu………

"Great, my mother went to buy fish, Manager, our mother went to buy fish."

Seeing the two children cry, Cai Quanwu felt quite distressed inside.

He went to look for the director aunt, but she was also helpless.

He could only stay at home with the children, waiting for the outcome.

Chen Hong passed the item to Cai Quanwu and reached out to hold the child.

"Come, let me hold you."

Cai Quanwu raised his hands.

"No need, no need, I can do it; I can't even take the item."

Chen Hong wasn't one to listen to his babbling; martial artists generally dislike excessive chatter.

She directly reached out, scooped the child into her arms, and shoved the item into Cai Quanwu's embrace.

Strangely, in the past few days without Xu Huizhen, Xu Jingping cried inconsolably; no one could soothe her.

After being scooped into Chen Hong's arms, she didn't cry; instead she opened her big eyes, looking at Chen Hong curiously.

Chen Hong teased her a bit, and she smiled.

Seeing this, Cai Quanwu finally relaxed.

He looked at the thing in his arms, then at the couple Yang Qing.

These were the people who, during this period, didn't mind getting involved and voluntarily came to visit them.