Upon hearing Fan Baowen and Du Jinghua's plot, Xia Pingan immediately flew back to report it.
The Du family and Fan Baowen are determined to get rid of Xia Chunmei this time, and he must tell Xia Chunmei so that she can make preparations as soon as possible!
However, Xia Chunmei went to prepare the banquet early in the morning and is not at home at the moment. Xia Ping'an has no idea where Xia Chunmei went to prepare the food.
Qiu Mei and Dong Mei couldn't hear him, so he was powerless to send a message.
Xia Ping'an paced anxiously in circles.
In the end, all we could do was watch helplessly as Yaomei was taken away.
Xia Dongmei was playing by the roadside with Yaomei, Xia Qiumei, and several other children from the village when a horse-drawn carriage suddenly appeared. Two people jumped off the carriage, kicked Dongmei to the ground, and snatched Yaomei away.
"Write a letter and give it to Xia Chunmei." After saying that, the man tossed a letter down and quickly drove away in his carriage.
Xia Qiumei was terrified and dared not chase after it. Xia Dongmei cried loudly, but still chased the carriage for a while. However, how could a little girl catch up with an animal?
Xia Pingan quickly floated over and followed.
When Yaomei was taken away, the children in the village were terrified and quickly ran back to tell their parents.
"Qiu Mei, your sister is having a banquet at the Peng family's courtyard. You should go and inform her quickly. Never mind, I'll go with you. Everyone else, you should go back as well," Xia Xintian said.
After this incident, the children lost their interest in playing. What if someone snatched them away? They all rushed home.
This group of people were clearly after Xia Chunmei. Xia Xintian was worried that it was not safe for Xia Dongmei to be home alone. After taking a few steps, he turned back and told her, "Dongmei, don't go back either. Stay at my house first."
Afterwards, Xia Xintian took Xia Qiumei to the Peng family's courtyard.
The Peng family compound wasn't far, and given the serious incident, Xia Xintian and Xia Qiumei walked quickly, arriving in half an hour.
"Yaomei has been kidnapped!" Xia Chunmei was shocked to hear this news.
"They even left a letter specifically addressed to you," Xia Xintian said. "Did you offend someone?"
Xia Chunmei quickly opened the letter, which contained only five words: Confess and we'll release him.
Although there was no signature and the letter contained only five words, Xia Chunmei was almost certain that it was sent by the Du family!
She understood the meaning of those five words even more!
They kidnapped Yaomei in an attempt to force her to confess to falsely accusing Du Lanlan and Fan Baowen of imitating Fan Baowen's handwriting and writing letters and drawings to frame them!
That's a really clever plan!
Xia Chunmei secretly regretted her carelessness. She had thought that with the wedding called off and Xia Ping'an acting as a walking surveillance camera, everything would be under control, but they still managed to take advantage of the situation.
"Chunmei, what did the letter say?"
"Is someone jealous that you've made some money, and they kidnapped Yaomei to demand money?"
Everyone looked at Xia Chunmei with concern and anxiety.
"We're not here to ask for money." Xia Chunmei's expression was somewhat solemn.
"What do you want if you don't want money?" Everyone was confused. After thinking about it, they realized that Xia Chunmei's house didn't have much left.
"They want me to confess."
"What crime are you going to confess to?" Xia Xintian and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.
Xia Chunmei then told them her guess: "The matter hasn't been resolved yet, so don't spread it around."
Upon hearing this, Xia Xintian angrily retorted, "These beasts! They'd be good people for nothing, yet they choose to make trouble for children! They're bastards destined to die without descendants..."
Xia Hongfen cried, "How can you bully people like this? Waaaaah... Yaomei isn't even two years old yet..."
"Having a son is worthless!"
"Damn it, doing such a heinous thing, he'll get his comeuppance sooner or later!"
Xia Mingshi and Aunt Lihua were also filled with righteous indignation and joined in with their foul language and curses.
Xia Huohua said worriedly, "Chunmei, what do you plan to do? You can't admit to this crime."
“Yes, Chunmei, if you confess, you’re finished. Otherwise, let’s report it to the authorities,” Chen Jinlian suggested.
“Reporting to the authorities won’t work. Yaomei is in their hands, and I’m afraid they might kill her.” Xia Xintian rejected the suggestion of reporting to the authorities. “Why don’t we try to find the Wang family? Chunmei, the Wang family seems to treat you well. Wang Xiucai’s wife’s uncle is a clerk, so the Du family will give you some face.”
Although the Wang family had previously stated they would protect Xia Chunmei, that was merely to intimidate the villagers. Now, the other party was the powerful and wealthy Du family, who were not related to them at all. How could the Wang family possibly make enemies for no reason?
Xia Chunmei hesitated for a moment and said, "I think we should go into the city while it's still early. Yaomei won't be in any immediate danger, but I'm afraid we'll have to trouble everyone with the things at home and the things to finish up here."
Aunt Lihua said, "Chunmei, what are you saying? You can't handle other things. You don't need to tell me about such a small matter."
Chen Jinlian added, "That's right, you don't need to bring up such a small matter. But Chunmei, it's not safe for a young woman like you to go to the city alone, and it wouldn't look good if word got out..."
"Chunmei, I'll go with you," Xia Hongfen said, wiping away her tears.
"Hongfen won't be of much use. How about this, Chunmei, Huohua and I will go with you," Xia Xintian said. "Huohua, are you sure you can manage?"
"no problem."
"Thank you both very much, uncles. But don't worry, I won't put you in any danger." Xia Chunmei said this to put their minds at ease.
Without hesitation, the three of them rented an oxcart and set off.
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