The next day.

Xie Zhenghe greeted several familiar families early in the morning and also called Sun Changji. Although Sun Changji had poor legs and feet, he had no problem carrying bricks, stones, soil, and sand.

Sun Maoling was still young, and the job of washing sugarcane in the brown sugar workshop was too tiring for her. Other jobs were nothing for her, and she was afraid that someone would be dissatisfied, so Su Li arranged the job of making fire for her.

Like everyone else, the Sun Changji family was very happy when she was selected, especially Sun Maoling. She couldn't go to school, and now that she can make money, she hopes that her younger brother can have a bright future.

Thanks to the monthly allowance of 18 yuan and a pound of brown sugar, the Sun family's life became much better. With the subsidy from Sun Changji, they were finally able to eat and wear warm clothes. Sun Changji did not ask Sun Maoling for the remaining money, but asked her to save it for her dowry in the future.

Sun Maoling was an obedient, well-behaved, and hardworking child. Everyone in the sugar factory liked her very much, and Su Li liked her too. Knowing that this child had good grades, she occasionally taught her junior high school lessons during breaks. These were old books she bought at the bookstore on site.

The accounts of the sugar factory are also calculated together with those of the production team. Su Li is worried that there will be bad debts in the long run, so she plans to train an accountant for the sugar factory. Sun Maoling is undoubtedly the best choice. She can take the junior high school diploma in the future. If she still wants to study, it is not impossible to take the high school entrance examination. With a stable job, she can continue to study. Sun Maoling is very grateful to Su Li and calls her Teacher Su all the time.

The better the Sun family's life is, the harder some people's lives seem to be.

Su Li heard from Li Dan that Sun Maohao was often bullied in school. As for the reason, it was easy to understand after thinking about it. Sun Maoling, who was once pitied by others, suddenly changed after entering the brown sugar workshop.

Some people are indeed happy for the Sun family. After all the hardship, there is finally happiness. Even if Sun Maoling can't go to school in the future, at least she has a stable job.

䀴Some people couldn't figure it out for a while. How could a yellow-haired girl be able to work in a brown sugar factory? Isn't this a joke?

The extreme ones even caught Su Li and cursed her, saying what bullshit rules and regulations are all about, can't you just let whoever you want come?

Su Li didn't mind at all, and there was nothing they could do. After all, every household could get some income from the brown sugar factory. But the Sun family was different. Sun Changji had so many children who had been worn out by life that they had lost their courage.

After all, they are adults. They sometimes make a few sarcastic remarks to express their dissatisfaction and make themselves feel better. But it is different for children.

Some children, influenced by their surroundings, would form small groups and it is understandable that they would insult and beat Sun Maohao.

Regarding this matter, Su Li was a little worried that her child would be bullied, but the five of them were always together, and most children would not provoke them. Li Dan was often bullied in the past, so he told Su Li that he would protect Sun Maohao in the future.

Su Li had no objection to this. A group of little bastards who hadn't even fully grown their fur didn't study hard, but instead formed gangs and engaged in school bullying.

Li Dan and the others were all taught by Xie Zhengchuan personally, so she was completely reassured about this.

After a group of people agreed on the price, they began to deal with weeds, gravel and measuring the base.

Xie Zhenghe specially asked for a day off for Xie Laifu, Xiangzhi and Xianglan, and went to the county town with Pan Yumei and Xiaodong. Old man Xie's ox cart was booked again.

A thatched shed was erected on the homestead, with two earthen stoves built. The two sisters, Su Lan and Su Fang, often washed the pots and pans by the water tank.

Xia Zhi knew that Su Lan was introduced to him, so he glanced at her from time to time while working. Su Li's brothers were also there, so he only dared to take a sneak peek. He did his work seriously. After all, it was only fifty cents a day, and such a good relationship could not be found anywhere else. Even if the relationship failed, he could still earn a lot of money to support his family in the next few months.

Xie Zhenghe took Xiang Zhi, Xiang Lan, Xie Laifu and Xiaodong with him, and they kept talking to each other. When they came to Uncle Xie's ox cart,

Xie Zhenghe said: "Yumei, this is our uncle from the Yu family."

Pan Yumei immediately said, "Hello, Uncle Xie."

Uncle Xie looked at Pan Yumei and nodded with a smile. The girl understood immediately and quickly agreed, then helped carry the children onto the ox cart.

After everyone was seated, they began to stagger towards the county town.

Two flowers bloom, each showing its own beauty.

In a remote mountain village in Far East Province, Xie Zhenghe led a team to cooperate with local police to transfer a group of women and children.

This is a large-scale human trafficking case.

The cause was that a little girl was missing from the Shagang Factory in the county where Xie Zhengchuan worked. The couple originally thought that their daughter was out playing, but unexpectedly she had not returned home for a day and a night, and they suddenly felt that the situation was serious.

Although the couple had stable jobs, they had only one son and one daughter in the family, but they had a happy family life and they doted on their children very much.

After the case was reported, the police station also responded, but after half a month of investigation, they still had no clues. In fact, few people had seen the little girl on the day she went missing.

This is strange.

They were all playful teenagers. Not only was there a lot of people coming and going in the Shagang Factory, but there were also a lot of family members living in the family compound, and yet there was not a single eyewitness.

The persons in charge of this case, Liu Maoshan and Pan Jiaqing, followed closely and never gave up. The couple had been in a daze the whole day since their child went missing. The man almost got caught in a machine while working. Fortunately, someone nearby pulled him out, otherwise he would have almost died.

What’s even more amazing is that half a month later, several families came to report the case. There were lost boys and girls, even girls aged 17 or 18, and unmarried women in their twenties and thirties. This situation made everyone in the police station tense.

Xie Zhengchuan realized that this might not be a simple missing person case, but was definitely a case of human trafficking.

All the people in the police station held a meeting immediately. All the trivial matters were put aside for the time being, and the main focus was on investigating the missing person case.

After working for almost two months, there is still no progress.

The turning point came on the day when the brown sugar factory in Shanghe Village was making sugar. Originally, he wanted to get off work early and go home to celebrate with Su Li.

Unexpectedly, two families came to report a case just before getting off work. There was a young couple with their child, and the other family consisted of a man, a woman and an old lady. The two families lived in the staff dormitory of the same factory. The young couple reported the case, saying that the old lady from the other family was dishonest and stole their clothes and dried vegetables that were hung outside the clothes drying rack. The whole police station was in an uproar.

He didn't care. Country people are like that. A little thing is like the sky falling. But the boy with the young couple caught Xie Zhengchuan's attention.

The main thing was that the fear in the child's eyes was too obvious. His little body was trembling all the time, and his eyes were fixed on an old woman who was arguing with his parents.

The look in that child's eyes was so similar to the frightened look he had when he went to pick up Tiedan and Baoya before.

So he walked over, squatted down, and touched the child's head. When the child saw that it was a policeman, he did not dodge and was even relieved.

The two families who reported the case were still arguing. Xie Zhengchuan sat aside holding the child. When the little boy's mother saw the police holding her child, she realized she had some free time and quarreled even more fiercely with the other family. The police officer who received them was almost driven crazy by the quarrel.

Xie Zhengchuan touched the little boy's hand and took out a big bunny candy from his pocket. This was given to him by Baoya.

"What's wrong? Is there anything you can tell your uncle?"

The little boy hesitated, glanced at Xie Zhengchuan and then lowered his head.

"My uncle has several kids who are the same age as you. They just play around all day. It would be great if they were as well-behaved as you."

The little boy still didn't speak.

Xie Zhengchuan peeled the candy and stuffed it into the little boy's mouth.

"Uncle will be off work soon. You are so scared of that old lady. You must have seen something terrible. If you tell her, it may help your parents. They are arguing so fiercely. I don't know when it will end."

The little boy frowned and his eyes turned red. He was not a good boy and not well-behaved at all. He felt the candy in his mouth was extremely bitter.

Xie Zhengchuan's eyes flickered, and he stood up and was about to leave when his clothes were suddenly grabbed by a small hand.

"Uncle, that Granny Wang took Qi Guoguo home. I saw it, and Qi Guoguo was gone."

Xie Zhengchuan's mind buzzed!

He was very familiar with the name Qi Guoguo. This was the first girl who was missing. At first he thought that the child was so afraid of the old lady because she had seen her dirty hands and feet or had been beaten by the old lady. He didn't expect it to be like this.