Chapter 307 Accident

Wondering, Xia Dalang walked over and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, a dark shadow rushed in, frightening Xia Dalang so much that he felt dizzy.

The shadow fell to the ground and rested for a long while, until Xia Dalang thought that the shadow had died from the fall. Then the shadow half-got up and grinned at Xia Dalang, which frightened Xia Dalang again and made him tremble in his heart.

Upon closer inspection, I saw that the black shadow was actually a beggar in tattered clothes. His jacket was so black that it almost blended into the night.

I don't know if it's its natural color or if it's been buried too dirty and has formed a hard black crust.

Xia Dalang couldn't help but take a step back in disgust. It was New Year's Day, and he didn't know where this beggar came from. He was so ignorant!

Beggars have their own rules. How could they bang into other people’s doors during the New Year?

The beggar growled, "Something happened! Go find Madam Xia!"

When outsiders call her "Miss Xia", they are mostly referring to the summer rice flowers.

Seeing this, Xia Dalang felt it was not right to chase the beggar out. He looked around, closed the door, ignored the beggar lying on the ground, and went into the house to look for Xia Daohua with a frown.

After hearing this, Xia Daohua hurriedly ran out with her skirt lifted up, and saw that the person coming was the old beggar who had been lying opposite "Daohuaxiang" for many years.

Yes, that one who is unprofessional and always just lies down and sleeps.

Seeing that it was a familiar person, Xia Daohua couldn't help but blurt out: "Uncle, what brings you here? The ground is cold, get up quickly, let's go inside and talk."

The old beggar stood up swiftly and smiled at Xia Daohua, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth that looked a bit creepy:

"Girl, I am an old beggar who benefits from you every day. I have enough to eat and wear warm clothes. Today is a special day, and you are not like most people who despise me for my bad luck. It is worth it for me to come here specially to bring you a message!

Something happened at your farm. A group of unknown origins came there and arrested many people. Go and have a look!"

When Xia Daohua heard this, she felt her heart sink.

Neither Eunuch Wei nor Mrs. Wang could find any news about Li Gan. Isn't his own farm the base camp of the "Pu Ji Rescue"?

Something happened there...

Xia Daohua's mind raced, and she had already thought of seven or eight possibilities, but she said nothing. She only invited the old beggar to come in for some hot soup and some dumplings:

"It's New Year's Day. Since you've come here, I can't let you leave empty-handed."

The old beggar burst into laughter, so loud that Xia Dalang felt his ears hurt a little:

"Haha, good kid! But forget about going inside. It's New Year's Day, why spoil other people's fun and let a girl like you get scolded at home?"

After saying that, the old beggar turned around and left.

Xia Daohua chased for two steps, but failed to catch up. She stopped and looked at the dark night outside thoughtfully without saying a word.

Xia Dalang was a little anxious: "Is this person reliable? Is he trying to deceive you?"

Xia Daohua shook her head and said, "Brother, if they ask about it later, just say that I am being pretentious and sneaking back there because I don't like the noise and the kids over here and I can't sleep well. Don't tell them anything else."

After saying that, Xia Daohua went out.

Xia Dalang was so anxious that he reached out to hold her back: "Daohua, stop making trouble! It's the middle of the night. If you get lost, how can I explain to my uncle and aunt? What can't we wait until dawn to talk about?"

Xia Daohua knew that she was not in danger, but she couldn't explain it to Xia Dalang, and Xia Dalang meant well. So she nodded and followed Xia Dalang back to the house.

That night, neither Xia Dalang nor Xia Daohua slept well.

Xia Daohua was concerned about the situation at the Puji Rescue. The old beggar came to her late at night to tell her something, which was probably true. There was no need to lie to her about this kind of thing, otherwise it would be embarrassing if it was exposed in the blink of an eye.

Xia Dalang felt that Daohua was so anxious and wanted to rush over immediately, which meant that this matter was very important to her. He stopped her, which was a good intention, but it might delay her business...

Xia Dalang tossed and turned until dawn when he finally fell asleep.

What he didn't know was that Xia Daohua didn't stay at home obediently until dawn before going out.

Instead, he waited until there was no light coming through the windows of every room in the compound, then quietly entered the space, used space teleportation to run out of the compound, and ran towards the farm.

When she reached the main road and saw that there were no outsiders around, she put on a helmet, drove her electric scooter, and rushed towards the village as fast as possible. When she was almost there, she entered the space to change clothes, then quietly manipulated the space and sneaked into her own village.

Wei Shiqi and the others had gone home to celebrate the New Year, and the only people left in the village were the homeless women and children taken in by the "Puji Rescue", some elderly people, and a few young people.

Xia Daohua sneaked into the farm and found that the place that should have been bustling was surprisingly quiet.

Every room was extremely quiet.

Even if they were all asleep, it wouldn't be this quiet...

Xia Daohua inspected each room one by one, and before she finished walking through each room, her face was already as black as the bottom of a pot.

All those people on Zhuangzi disappeared.

Those hardworking women, those lovely children, those young people recovering from illness, those elderly people who are still working hard despite their advanced age...

All gone.

The person who was left on duty at the village had disappeared.

Xia Daohua walked to the gate of the yard, started over again, and carefully checked every inch.

There were no signs of a fight.

No messages.

In some houses, cold tea was still left on the simple wooden tables.

Almost all the valuable things in every household were gone, and there were signs of rummaging. Some rooms were even in a mess, but the worthless wooden furniture, cooking utensils, kitchen utensils, bowls and chopsticks were all left.

Maybe I really came too late and didn't have time to stop them from being taken away...

Why does the old beggar know the news here?

An idea slowly emerged in Xia Daohua's mind, and she couldn't help but clench her fists, until her knuckles turned a little white.

The woodshed and warehouse, with most of the supplies stored inside, are still there and have basically not been touched.

But the people, copper coins, silver, less valuable jewelry and more expensive cloths of each family had all disappeared.

It is obvious that the aggressive enemy is only after money.

Why did you kidnap my people?

Xia Daohua took a deep breath, turned around and left.

She knew that if it was a kidnapping, the other party would definitely send someone to tell her and prepare money to redeem the person.

If they just took advantage of my weakness and targeted these people, robbed my money, kidnapped and sold me... since they were able to target these people, they would not let my store go.

Good night and sweet dreams. See you tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)