Ling Shuang originally thought she could bring her daughter and grandson home before the New Year, but she didn't expect the case to be so serious that by the time they were told they could leave Guizhou Province, it was already after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

She had forcefully sent her sons back to their hometowns before the New Year. They had wives and children at home, so it wasn't a good idea for them to all be waiting here. She also had no intention of taking her daughters back to her hometown, as she didn't want them to suffer the same storm of public opinion as in her previous life.

Besides, Chu Tianjiao's confinement was not a problem. The winter in Guizhou Province was much more comfortable than that in the Northeast. She discussed with Chu Tianjiao and Lin Yi that it would be better to stay in Guizhou Province for a few more days and go back when the temperature in the north rises in March.

Chu Tianjiao had no objection at all. Her mother and children were with her, and she had also seen her brothers. Although she missed her father, sisters-in-law, and nephews, she knew that everything was fine at home, so she had nothing to worry about. It was just a matter of seeing them later, so she followed Ling Shuang's arrangements.

Moreover, in her heart, she was somewhat resistant to the idea of ​​returning to her hometown and facing her neighbors and relatives.

The people Lin Yi brought out of the valley also left before them. Before parting, Lin Yi took out the two thousand yuan he earned from selling bells, and gave one hundred yuan to each of the fifteen people in the valley. Finally, he gave the remaining five hundred yuan to Qiao Sanye.

He told them directly where the money came from and told them to accept it with confidence.

After Zhao Xiaohua learned that the money came from selling the broken bells in the valley, she felt that she had suffered a great loss. One hundred yuan per person seemed fair, but she was the only one in the group who was alone, and the others all had several children, so each family received four or five hundred yuan.

Although the current few hundred yuan is not comparable to the few hundred yuan she had before she was abducted, it is still a considerable sum of money. She squeezed the ten big unity notes in her hand unwillingly, turning the words around in her mouth, but in the end she said nothing.

More than 20 years later, Zhao Xiaohua returned to Yuling Village in Guizhou Province with her husband and stepson. They went up the mountain behind the village, hoping to find the valley where they had hidden and take away the antiques that they had thought were worthless.

But they wandered around in the back mountain for half a month but couldn't find the place, and they got lost and had eaten all the dry food. Finally, it was the son of the big man who used to guard the village entrance in Yuling Village who found them when he went up the mountain to dig herbs and brought them out.

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Qiao Sanye also followed Su Xiaoou and her daughter. Before that, Lin Yi had spent a lot of time thinking about how to get Qiao Sanye away from Tie Niu naturally. In the end, Qiao Sanye didn't use him to drive him away, and decided not to go with them.

And she didn't know what she said to Tie Niu before she left. After she left, Tie Niu didn't cry or make a fuss. He ate well and slept soundly, and he didn't show any of his previous stubbornness at all.

Chu Tianjiao was also relieved. To be honest, if she took Qiao Sanye with her, she was really afraid that the Qiao family would break into their lives again one day. Everything in Yuling Village was her nightmare. She didn't know if she would ever get out of this bad mood in the future, but for now, she just hoped that she and her two children would never come into contact with the people and things there again.

Qiao Sanye rented a house in the county town where Su Xiaoou's parents lived and settled down. Before she had decided what to do for a living, Su Xiaoou brought her three daughters to live with her.

It turned out that the two elders of the Su family had died of illness one after another during the ten years when she was abducted, and the brothers had already separated and lived on their own. After she returned with her three daughters, she found that there was no place for her in the family. Her brothers were somewhat happy that she had suddenly returned, but her sister-in-law and younger sisters-in-law had a defensive expression, as if they were afraid that she would stay and not leave.

There was no other way. She stayed at her mother's house for three days, took the letter of certification issued by the Public Security Bureau of Guizhou Province, and restored her household registration at the local police station. She also registered her three daughters, and then she left with her three children. From then on, those relatives from her mother's side were just relatives.

To avoid living beyond their means, Qiao Sanye and Su Xiaoou discussed setting up a snack stand selling wontons and fried tofu. They could earn money to send their three daughters to school.

They only had the money Lin Yi gave them from selling bells. They spent some of it on the way back home, and some of it on renting a house and buying daily necessities. Now, when they put it all together, they only had a little over 600 yuan.

Chunya sighed softly at her young age, "If only I had taken our toy box with me when we left the valley. A few broken bells could be sold for two thousand, so there would surely be someone who would buy the things in the box."

Su Xiaoou and Qiao Sanye smiled at each other. She touched Chunya's head and looked at them with a loving face. It was a blessing from God that they could bring their three daughters out of that cannibalistic place alive. It didn't matter if they had no money, they had hands and feet and could earn it themselves.

Chunya's five-year-old sister Maiya tilted her head when she heard her sister's words. She fumbled in her small cloth pocket and first took out a clear green jade pendant. Then she took out a small white jade horse and handed it to Chunya generously: "Big sister, this is for you to play with."

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