Several girls had gone missing in the village before, and no matter how hard they searched, they couldn't be found. The parents of these girls all thought that their children had accidentally gotten into an accident while wading through the mountains and rivers!

After all, children from poor families, whether boys or girls, have to work to survive! If they can't find food, they might have to go to the deep mountains or the riverbanks!

We cannot rule out the possibility that these children are desperately craving meat!

There are hunters in the village who can bring back wild animals from time to time, which everyone in the village can see. Sometimes they even sell the animals for money, which makes the villagers envious and jealous, and then they secretly try to learn from them!

At first, it was the boys who learned to hunt, and perhaps due to good luck, they actually caught one or two wild animals! This gave others hope, and soon some daring girls also learned to hunt!

Learning to hunt naturally involves certain risks; injuries are unavoidable!

So when the girls went missing, and the villagers searched for them for a long time without success, they thought it might have been an accident while learning to hunt!

In their grief, the families of these girls had no extra energy to think or analyze, and subconsciously did not want to bring it up again, after all, the passing of these people is a painful memory that can never be erased for a lifetime!

The villagers only dared to discuss it in private, but dared not mention it in front of the girl's parents. Everyone tacitly agreed not to do something that would reopen old wounds.

The parents of the missing girls gradually emerged from their grief. After all, life had to go on. They later had another child and transferred their love to the child. Life slowly improved.

Now they suddenly hear that their daughter didn't die in an accident, but was kidnapped and sold by Zhao Jinhua!

This news is absolutely true. Guo Jiumei described it in great detail, specifying where each person was sold!

This is no less powerful than a bolt from the blue!

Guo Jiu Mei blurted out the truth only to get Su Nan Xi to keep her here and not send her back to the Jin Mansion, so that everyone would know the truth and not wrong the mute girl, whose life was still in the mute girl's hands!

Only by clearing the mute woman's name will she stop being so angry that she wants to send her away!

Once she's sent back to the Jin family, her life will be ruined!

Who else has the ability to save her?

Once Zhao Jinhua discovers that she has already escaped, how could she possibly give her another chance to run away! She'll probably be handed over to someone else the moment she returns to the Jin residence!

She doesn't want to!

Guo Jiumei didn't know anything about Zhao Jinhua's affairs. After all, this wasn't a good thing. If she were discovered, she would be taken to the yamen. Zhao Jinhua wouldn't reveal her secret on her own initiative; she was trying her best to keep it a secret!

Coincidentally, Zhao Jinhua has been in a bad mood lately, easily getting angry for no reason and lacking patience. She can be fine one moment and turn on you the next!

Originally, the plan was to seduce Guo Jiumei by treating her to a big meal and getting her drunk. However, Guo Jiumei had a high alcohol tolerance and, after drinking quite a bit, was only slightly drunk and still quite conscious. But she was too tired, and since it was a rare treat to have a good meal, she became sleepy as soon as she relaxed and naturally fell asleep on the table.

She firmly believed that Zhao Jinhua wouldn't harm her; they were all from the village and even related by marriage! So she slept soundly, leaving the scene to Zhao Jinhua to handle.

Zhao Jinhua thought her scheme had succeeded. Looking at the drunken Guo Jiumei, she snorted coldly, her disdain undisguised.

For reasons unknown, Zhao Jinhua started cursing at the sleeping Guo Jiumei. From her words, it was clear that Zhao Jinhua looked down on farmers and despised them for being rustic and poor!

The scolding was just right, waking Guo Jiu Mei up. She wasn't actually drunk to death, she was just asleep, and she didn't dare to sleep too soundly!

Knowing what kind of person Zhao Jinhua was, Guo Jiumei was quite clever. She endured it, continued to play dead, and plotted how to escape.

Zhao Jinhua gave her some shocking news, probably thinking that Guo Jiumei was really drunk and couldn't hear or know anything, so she vented her emotions without restraint!

This terrified Guo Jiu Mei so much that she almost lost her composure; this woman was too scary!

Heartless and venomous!

Driven by his own selfish desires, he actually tricked the village girls into going out and selling them!

What a devil in human skin!

Zhao Jinhua had probably been suppressing her emotions for too long, and finally found an outlet to vent. She couldn't stop herself and started bragging to Guo Jiumei about her great achievements!

That's how Guo Jiumei knew so much about Zhao Jinhua.

However, Guo Jiumei had a poor memory and remembered the locations incorrectly, which caused trouble when these people went to rescue their sold daughter.

That's a story for another time, so let's leave it at that.

Guo Jiumei was unable to move at this moment. She knew that Su Nanxi had attacked her, and no matter how angry she was, there was nothing she could do.

If she were just lying comfortably on the donkey cart, it wouldn't be so bad, but now the donkey cart is surrounded by people, who are all crowding around to ask her questions!

Needless to say, these people are the missing girl's family!

Everyone wants to know if it's true, where their child was sold, how the child is doing, what the family's situation is, and whether the child can be rescued. Will they need money to ransom them?

A cacophony of voices, a dizzying array!

Guo Jiumei felt a ringing in her ears, and all she could see were magnified faces. She felt dizzy!

The others stood there with mixed feelings, not knowing what to say, feeling quite helpless and embarrassed!

Actually, I was mostly angry. When did a demon appear in the village? It was right next to them, and they didn't even notice! They weren't on guard at all!

If it weren't for the mute girl rescuing Guo Jiu Mei and bringing up this whole series of events, they would have really thought the village was peaceful and harmonious!

The village chief's face was the worst; it was almost as black as ink, enough to blend into the night.

As the village head, he has a responsibility to protect the villagers. If anything bad happens to the villagers, he will be the first to be held accountable!

So when he heard about these things, he was so angry that his veins bulged and popped out. Just how arrogant and vicious was Zhao Jinhua!

They've been committing crimes in the village repeatedly, and they're not afraid at all!

He absolutely refused to believe that Zhao Jinhua could accomplish this alone; there must have been accomplices or someone pushing her along behind the scenes!

All members of the Zhao family are suspects and cannot escape responsibility!

The incident involving Zhao Ziqi and Chen Qiuxia caused such a huge uproar, yet Zhao Ziqi managed to distance herself completely. This shows that Zhao Ziqi is not a kind person at all!

They're a den of snakes and rats!

If both children are like this, then their mother, Li, is no decent person either!

Having been widowed for many years, raising her two children alone, the hardships she endured are unimaginable to most people. Yet, Li Shi has always lived a comfortable life and even sent her son to school!

As the village chief, he understood very well that as long as he didn't cause any major trouble, he didn't want to go to extremes and be accused of bullying orphans and widows, which would be too unpleasant to hear. So he turned a blind eye to some things!

Well, that's great. The result is that we've raised two troublemakers!

"Mute girl, have you thought of a way?"

"Report to the authorities!"