It was already five o'clock when the uncle and nephew came back from the city. It gets dark early in winter, and the sky was already dark.
Qiao Li arrived home at the same time as them. Wang Sibing had just washed the rice and started cooking. When he saw Qiao Li coming back, he quickly prepared hot water and a towel.
"Aunt Si, why are you still up so late today?" Wang Zhaozhao asked curiously while Qiao Li was washing her face.
After sending out the grade notifications in the morning, the teachers will sort things out after all the students have left, and at most have a meeting in the afternoon. It should be almost time for the winter vacation.
"The meeting will be long this afternoon. Sigh..." Qiao Li suddenly sighed, "Something happened to a female student in the third grade."
"Ah?" Wang Zhaozhao widened his eyes.
Qiao Li looked very bad.
"For grades one to three, there were only two exams, and they were all finished in the morning. When that girl got home, her grandmother asked her to do the laundry..."
The girl seemed to be another Chen Zhaodi from their Hebian Village.
Because her mother didn't give birth to a son, she was despised and suppressed by her grandmother.
Her parents weren't stubborn, but they weren't fierce or aggressive either.
As the years went by, she was gradually controlled by her grandmother and became a softie.
She was able to go to school because her mother gave up her job and gave it to her aunt.
Her family was always bullied, doing the most work and eating the least.
That day, her grandmother asked the girls to wash the clothes, and her third aunt's underwear had a hole in it, so she made a big fuss, not only beating and scolding her, but also asking her mother to pay five dollars in compensation.
"Depend on!"
Wang Zhaozhao’s fists hardened.
Qiao Li sighed again, "The girl's rebellious psychology has been aroused. She refused to let her mother pay the money and even threatened to complain to the Women's Federation. Let's see how this family can stand up and see if her third aunt can keep the job that her mother took away."
The result was naturally that he was locked up and beaten up.
Wang Zhaozhao also sighed, "For something like this, it's best to just do it quietly. If she doesn't do it first and then starts making a fuss, she actually doesn't dare to..."
“Who says it’s not?!”
"Otherwise, just like Chen Zhaodi, just take the knife and use it horizontally to kill the person who is so angry that he is afraid of death."
Wang Zhaozhao said angrily.
Qiao Li hung the towel up, poured water into the yard, and pulled her to sit by the stove in the living room.
"That's the worst option. It's best to seek help from outside."
Wang Zhaozhao nodded, that’s true.
Using a knife is indeed the last resort when you have no other choice, but that's the truth.
"What happened next?" she continued.
"She was beaten pretty hard. She stayed at home all day. The day before yesterday, her grandmother scolded her and told her to go to the mountains outside the city to collect firewood. We need heating in winter, and coal costs money, and buying firewood is also expensive. Some families will go out of town to collect firewood."
"And then you didn't come back?"
"Um."
“…”
"When the girl's parents returned home from work, it was already evening. They discovered their child was missing and wanted to look for her, but they were scolded and told not to look. This time, the girl's mother was firm."
But the couple only knew that they were going to collect firewood. There were so many roads and mountains outside the city, where could they find firewood?
I searched everywhere all night but couldn't find it.
The girl's mother wanted to report to the police, but her mother-in-law wouldn't let her and even cursed at her.
He must have fallen to his death in that mountain. If he dies, it's fine. We can also save food and tuition fees.
He also said that the girl was very young and had a vicious mind, and must have been hiding on purpose to make them anxious. He said he wanted the police to come to their house and embarrass their family.
The girl's mother couldn't bear it anymore and exploded. Just as Wang Zhaozhao said, she went straight to the kitchen, grabbed a kitchen knife, and chased her mother-in-law to chop anyone who tried to stop her.
A woman who works like a slave and is usually exhausted is not so easy to deal with when she gets angry.
Finally, the matter became a big deal and the neighbors called the police.
"After extensive investigations, police officers determined she had left the city, but she may have been kidnapped because someone spotted a woman suspected of being her with a middle-aged man and woman."
Qiao Li couldn't help sighing again.
Kidnappers have always been a crime that cannot be eradicated from ancient times to the present.
In recent years, kidnapping has been particularly rampant.
Not to mention a little girl, even a woman in her twenties, who was alone in a remote and deserted place, would be drugged and carried away.
It is also difficult to prevent it in crowded places.
Some people pretend to be boyfriends or husbands, or even parents, and take them away forcibly.
People these days are more innocent and enthusiastic, but it's not a good idea to meddle in other people's family affairs. There might be some kind-hearted people who will advise you not to act unreasonably.
Wang Zhaozhao was silent, not knowing what to say.
This is also because of her fourth uncle and aunt. Why don't they let her go back to Hebian Village by herself?
"That's hard to find." I dare not think about the future fate of this girl.
Hearing this, Qiao Li gave a bitter smile and said something that made Wang Zhaozhao's mind go blank, "I found him. In a ravine, naked, with not a single spot on his body intact..."
Wang Zhaozhao: “……!”
The air was frozen, and the two of them sat there without saying anything for a long time.
Wang Zhaozhao gradually felt numbness and tingling in his scalp.
The result was worse than she had imagined. The girl was sold to a remote mountain village, living a life without seeing the sun, and...
No, no, no, and I can’t say that it would be better than the current result.
Once you are kidnapped, you are basically ruined.
There is a one in ten thousand chance that you will be bought as a child by a family that cannot have children. Then you might still be able to live a good life.
"All kidnappers deserve to die!" She could only utter this helpless roar.
Wang Sibing had just stepped into the house when he paused in shock. "What kidnapper? Who was kidnapped?"
Just then, Wang Sanbing came back and prepared to eat.
Just make a big hodgepodge, put the pot on the stove, and several people gather around the stove, taking vegetables from the pot and eating them while it's hot.
If you are cooking, the dishes that came out of the pot earlier will be cold before they are all cooked.
While eating, the topic still revolved around that matter.
"Eh? Come to think of it, it seems like a few months ago, a girl was also abducted in Xiasha Village in the neighboring commune." Wang Sanbing suddenly said.
Wang Zhaozhao's eyebrows jumped. "Could it be the same as this girl? It's just that, in the countryside, when a child goes missing, the basic procedure is to organize the villagers to search the mountains. If they can't find the child after a few days, then the matter is dropped. No one thinks of reporting to the police..."
"Zhao girl, you mean... no, no way?"
"I don't know either. But, no matter what, shouldn't this matter be reported? If someone was abducted, the police should be notified. At the very least, they should investigate and prevent abductions from happening again."
Wang Sibing picked up a piece of cabbage, slurped it into his mouth, and put down his chopsticks. "We don't know what's going on in Xiasha Village, so we can't report it to the police without thinking."
"Where are you going?" Wang Sanbing asked hurriedly when he saw him taking the scarf and gloves.
"Let's go to Zhao Yatou's classmate's house." Wang Sibing put on gloves and walked out.
Wang Sanbing was confused. Why did he suddenly have to go to his niece's classmate's house?
But Qiao Li and Wang Zhaozhao reacted, that's right...
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