Four words fell, and Dr. Gu stood there dumbfounded.
"You say you’re the son of and Gu Datou? Then who is Gu Qing? I only had one child!"
Her voice, almost murmuring yet filled with tremors, entered Shi Guantao’s ears, increasing the bitterness on his face.
Feng Qingxue imdiately said, "No, thirty-nine years ago, Shi Guantao, your birth ti is correct, you are three years younger than Lu Jiang, born in 1935, but isn’t Gu Qing, Captain Gu, supposed to be forty years old?"
Dr. Gu’s tears flowed freely, "Forty is calculated by normal reckoning; in your household, it’s always been an age calculated by years. My son was indeed born thirty-nine years ago; he is thirty-nine by full years, and forty by nominal years, no mistake at all. But, how could my son not be with ? Then whom have I raised? The Gu Qing whom I have is who?"
Cheng Baoguo and Wang Cuilan were dumbfounded, their bodies turned cold.
At this mont, they were actually grateful they had no children, not to fall prey to any identity swap.
Li Jiaoyang, who had been taken back to the old ho by the senior officer lending him to an old comrade and went missing for over twenty years, was only found because of Feng Qingxue. The old couple privately discussed how incredible it was, and unexpectedly, they encountered an even more bizarre situation before their eyes.
Shi Guantao’s eyes beca sore, "This son you have is nad Gu Qing?"
Seeing Dr. Gu nod, he began, "If my brother didn’t deceive , then this Gu Qing should be the real Shi Erdan, born on August 14 of that year, while I, born in the early hours of August 15, am Gu Qing."
His nickna was Shi Erdan; the na Shi Guantao was given to him after joining the military by Lu Jiang, who taught him to read and write.
"On the day I gave birth, the farm family with whom I stayed truly had a boy born. However, I was premature, due to a long journey. Two births happening one after the other; hers being smooth, born in the evening, August 14, mine was in the later part of the night, August 15."
Dr. Gu said up to this point, bewilderedly said, "How could this happen? How could this happen? The son I birthed has not grown up by my side, and I have raised soone else’s child for thirty-nine years? How is this possible? Heavens, how is this possible?"
She repeatedly questioned the heavens, Wang Cuilan empathized deeply, walked over to hold her hand.
Shi Guantao saw all this, but he ca here to seek the truth.
"My brother said, Gu Datou was a regint leader at the ti, with troops stationed in our village, influential and imposing, making landlords cower like scared children. Coupled with Dr. Gu’s family’s dical background, seeming very impressive, they would stay for a while and prepare for childbirth, trading off was thirty silver dollars. Being their son was tenfold better than being a rural villager, so they switched the two children, since newborns all look alike. Dr. Gu, you were exhausted and unconscious after giving birth, wouldn’t notice anything peculiar. As I speak, I know it’s hard to be believed, for it is only my brother’s one-sided story, and I cannot be sure if it is true, nor can I prove myself to be the real Gu Qing."
"Then why have you co this ti..."
Shi Guantao earnestly replied to Feng Qingxue, "No matter if this matter is true or false, I feel I must co and see Dr. Gu. If false, I will return. If true, Dr. Gu, at such an advanced age, I need to see if her later years are spent well."
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