"Little girl, this is my home, the only brick house in the village."
“Our village is hidden deep in the mountains. Although we are not wealthy, the villagers are very united and hardworking. With fish and shrimp from the river to supplement our diet, we rarely went hungry, even during the most difficult years.”
“Few outsiders come to the village. It’s fate that you came here after swimming in the river. You must be tired. How about I prepare the biggest and brightest room for you to rest, or you can stay for a couple more days.”
The village chief's wife had a calculating look in her eyes, but also an immense sense of pride. She described a simple brick house as a small villa with the same pride she felt.
Shishi looked around and indeed only the village chief's house was the cleanest, so she reluctantly agreed.
"Okay, we've had a lot of fun along the way, we should rest for a couple of days."
The village chief's wife's eyes lit up. "Then sit in the yard for a while, I'll make you some tea."
A few minutes later, the village chief's wife brought out the brewed flower tea.
Shishi was very polite, "Auntie, we won't eat and stay for free. We'll give you a reward. Chou Chou, give her a piece of gold."
Ugly took out a small cloth bag, opened it boldly, revealing about ten small yellow croakers.
The girl who had fallen into the water felt a pang of anxiety and tried to cover the bag's opening, but the two little children pulled her away from either side.
"Sister, play with us! Let's go count ants over there. Uncle, Aunt, you can come and count them too!"
Mom needs to play the role of a nouveau riche, so you can't interrupt her spellcasting.
Her slender, white fingers reached into the cloth bag and pulled out a small yellow croaker, which dazzled people in the sunlight.
"Sigh, I've spent all the money I brought with me on this trip, except for a bag of gold. I didn't have time to exchange it for banknotes..."
She seemed to only then notice the village chief's wife's surprise, "Ah, Auntie, you don't accept gold? If you don't, then we can't stay here."
"I'll take it, you can stay here as long as you like." The village chief's wife's eyes shone brighter than gold as she reached out to take the gold.
Shishi sighed again.
The village chief's wife glanced at the untied cloth bag out of the corner of her eye. "Little girl, why are you sighing?"
“I’m someone who loves to eat and have fun, but my man is a freeloader. Don’t let his big size fool you; he can’t make money and he doesn’t understand human relationships.”
“If it weren’t for the fact that my family’s ancestors were red capitalists and that we’ve acquired a lot of assets in recent years, we wouldn’t be able to support my hobbies.”
"Auntie, let me tell you a secret, my family has dozens of boxes of this kind of gold, enough for me to live a carefree life for many years."
The gigolo nervously clasped his hands together on his lap. "Shishi, I... I may not be able to make money, but I can protect you."
"Hmph, if it weren't for your good looks, I would have found another man. Anyway, they're all living off me, so it doesn't matter who I support."
The village chief's wife's mouth dropped open, and as she saw the wealthy woman pick up her teacup to drink, she snatched it away.
"Don't drink it, the water is too hot. I'll bring it inside and cool it down with a fan."
There's no fan here; it's just a matter of brewing tea again.
She was weighing whether it was more worthwhile to drug the man and leave behind a woman and three girls, or to win over the brainless rich heiress.
Perhaps she's thinking: With money, why would I be afraid of not being able to buy women?
Clearly, there was something wrong with the first brew of tea, so Guagua collected it and put it into his space for testing as soon as he returned.
"Xie Choudan, there really is a sleeping potion in the tea. The village chief specifically instructed his wife to brew the tea. He's incredibly audacious and has taken a liking to the master."
“I just checked. Every house in this village has a cellar, but the cellars are not used to store supplies. They are used to imprison people, and they are all young women.”
"This proves that this is a village of human traffickers. There is no doubt that the girl who fell into the river was also trafficked. She did not want to give in to her fate, so she chose to jump into the river."
“I scanned her body and found strangulation marks on her wrists and ankles. I don’t know how long she was detained. The fact that she was released today means she has given in on the surface.”
"The houses here are built as if they are halfway up the mountain. The fields and land are all planned within the village. There is only one mountain road in and out. If you want to get out, you have to cross two mountains, but there are guards at the exit."
"Surrounded by rushing rivers on three sides, this terrain was very suitable for crime in the underdeveloped era."
"The only escape was to jump into the river, but jumping into the river meant almost certain death, so the woman who compromised was able to come out of the cellar and see the light of day again."
"I followed her so-called mother-in-law back to her house. Besides a middle-aged couple, there were three young men in the house. The cellar was empty. I guessed that the girl who fell into the water must have been one of the three..."
Guagua couldn't continue.
Many unknown tragedies have been exposed in later generations, among which human trafficking, which is the most inhumane and causes countless families to be torn apart, is the most abhorrent.
I just didn't expect that Guaizi Village had existed for so long.
There were quite a few aunties with blank stares; they must have been abducted.
Poverty is not scary; what's scary is when a person is poor but also has a corrupt heart.
Some people are assimilated, and when they themselves go to hell, they drag others down with them.
Some people still have a conscience, like the aunt who just disagreed with them staying to change clothes and was in a hurry to send them away.
If Shishi hadn't decided to play dead to scare Xiao Dan, and hadn't run away early because she didn't want her stinky egg to get scolded, she wouldn't have met the girl who jumped into the river, and wouldn't have discovered that such a filthy place was hidden in a remote and desolate place.
Xie Lin sneered, "Shi Shi changed her mind just because she showed off a little bit of her wealth. It seems that her determination to have more children isn't so firm after all."
"Hey, didn't I act well?" Shishi fiddled with the gold, seeking praise.
“It’s really good. My Shishi is even better than the actress. Shishi, many women are suffering. Now that we’ve confirmed this place isn’t clean, let’s call Dad.”
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