Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 477 Continue to Search

While Hua Lei was talking, she poured a cup of ginger tea that the waiter had just brought over to Rong Jin and the others.

"Sister, Brother Rong Jin, Uncle Fu and I just went for a walk at the ferry. It rained heavily today and there were not many people at the ferry, so we didn't find father." Xiaoyuan took the ginger tea, held it in his hand, and spoke first.

"Well, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack for us now. We don't even know which person is our father. Even if he is really our father, he may not be in Qingyang Prefecture. Don't be anxious. We just got here today. Let's look for him." Hua Lei comforted Xiao Yuan, and Xiao Yuan nodded.

“Sister Hua, don’t be anxious. I think, if my cousin is right, we will definitely find Uncle Xiaocheng and Auntie this time.

Maybe Uncle Xiaocheng and Auntie have already arrived in Tongde Town. Let's go to the ferry captain tomorrow to find out the situation first." Rong Jin comforted Hua Lei.

"Well, I'm not in a hurry. Let's have dinner first. Eat well and rest early, and then look for it tomorrow." Hua Lei waved to the waiter to serve the dishes. In the next few days, Ziyun and Ziyan, with their guards, conducted a carpet search at the ferry in Qingyang Prefecture and the surrounding shanty towns.

Rong Jin and Hua Lei took Xiao Yuan to find the ferry captain and the village chief to check the personnel list. However, after three days of searching, they still found nothing. There was still no family or person with the surname Hua in the list.

Was it my own misjudgment? Or were my parents still staying in Fengyang Prefecture and not coming over? Or was it that the personnel list of Qingyang Prefecture missed something?

Or did my parents not disembark at Qingyangzhou Pier when they boarded the ship, but went directly to the old house in Tongde Town? Or did my cousin misjudge the person?

Hualei's heart was in even greater agony. Now, let alone video network, even the simplest ordinary phone was not available. It was impossible to contact her eldest cousin in Fengyang Prefecture, or Mu Ying and Mu Yi in the old house in Tongde Town.

Alas! Hualei sighed deeply. But what should I do? Since I have agreed with my cousin to meet at Qingyangzhou Pier in five days to exchange what we have, I still have four or five days to use.

Although my parents' names are not on the list, it is possible that they have forgotten them. Who knows, my parents are somewhere, waiting for me to find them? I will look for them carefully in the next few days.

Over the next two days, even though the rain was getting heavier and the weather was getting colder, Hua Lei and Rong Jin Xiao Yuan continued to move between the shanties.

Tian Changjin, Tian Xiaofu and others, who were originally scheduled to arrive in Qingyang Prefecture in three days, arrived at the dock of Qingyang Prefecture early on this day when it was almost dark.

The two found Hua Lei at the dock. After the guards who had been left at the dock in advance, they hurried to Tongfu Inn, found Hua Lei, and told her a piece of news.

It turned out that when they went to Fengyang Prefecture, Rong Jin wrote a letter in advance with the order of the Marquis of Zhenbei Mansion on it, requesting the ferry captain and the village head of Fengyang Prefecture for help, and letting Tian Changjin and others check the personnel list.

After Tian Changjin and Tian Xiaofu arrived at the Fengyangzhou wharf, they took Rong Jin's letter and a few ingots of silver, found the ferry captain and the village head, and successfully viewed the personnel list.

So, they saw several names of the family who had gone ashore in the personnel list at the ferry, including Cheng Manhua, Wan Siyun, Ni Daya, and Cheng Mobao.

Hualei's heart skipped a beat. Cheng Manhua, when turned upside down, is a homophone of Hua Mancheng. Wan Siyun, when turned upside down, is a homophone of Yun Siwan, and Yun Siwan is her mother's name.

So what's the story with Ni Daya and Cheng Mobao? A family? Daya, at first glance, should be a woman's name, but the last name is Ni?

She shouldn't be my sister, right? Her last name is Ya? It doesn't seem so. There shouldn't be such a last name, right? A homophonic character...? There doesn't seem to be a last name similar to Ya, right?

Mobao? Mobao..., Mo Yuan? Is he his younger brother? A biological brother? A half brother? Hua Lei felt depressed and asked, "Uncle, did you write down their age and gender, and their destination?"

"I wrote it. Look. I didn't dare to copy it down when I was reading it. I memorized it after I returned to the inn." Tian Changjin took out a note from his chest and handed it to Hua Lei.

Hualei took it and read it. The note read: Cheng Manhua, male, 41 years old. Wan Siyun, female, 39 years old, disabled, missing three fingers on her left hand. Ni Daya, female, 21 years old, five months pregnant. Cheng Mobao, male, 2 years old. Destination: Dade Town.

Looking at the note, Hualei felt dizzy and her heartbeat was a little too fast. If she was not mistaken, these two people should be her parents, and they were indeed still alive.

But what was going on with Ni Daya, who was five months pregnant, and Cheng Mobao, who was two years old? Did his father take a concubine? Was Cheng Mobao his half-brother? It seemed that all his previous guesses were wrong.

My father was not only alive, but also living a very comfortable life. He did not have any problems with money, but lived a good life with a wife, concubine and son.

I and Xiaoyuan have a half brother? I will soon have another half brother or half sister. I will have another concubine who is only a few years older than me?

Hualei, who was originally full of torment and anxiety, felt as if she had eaten a piece of shit for a moment. She was stunned and speechless. Unconsciously, tears fell down.

I was still thinking about them so much that I put aside all the things in the capital and went to Yongjia Prefecture at great expense and trouble to find them.

He specially ordered his own and Liang Xiangyi's boats to hang a wooden plaque with flower characters to look for them. He specially bought back the old house in Tongde Town and kept people there to wait for them.

It turned out that my father had already taken a concubine and had a child. He must have forgotten that he had a pair of children. Yes, one left when he was six months old, and the other was taken away when he was one and a half years old. How could he have any feelings for them?

Isn't everything I've done a joke? Moreover, when they come back, the money I've worked so hard to earn will not only be used to support a so-called father who has no feelings for me, but also to help this man who betrayed his mother support his concubine.

Not only that, they also have to help raise their illegitimate child? And the concubine's belly has a debt collector who is unknown whether it is a boy or a girl, and they will have to share some of their wealth with them.

If it's a girl, do I need to prepare a dowry for her? Why not just give the silver to the people who are reclaiming the land for free, provide them with free lunch, and get a lot of praise?

The flower buds felt cold, as if they were being soaked through inside and out by the winter rain outside.