Chapter 62 Kidnapping
Liang Yanfang couldn't believe her eyes.
She checked it over and over again.
When he finally understood, he collapsed to the ground.
She sat there with a pale face, her lips trembling with fear, and her hands shaking like they were not her own!
Ten seedlings! Seven hundred yuan!
All gone!
Almost all of the seven hundred yuan was borrowed by her!
If all this is gone, how can she pay back the money?
Liang Yanfang wanted to cry but had no tears.
My husband's factory is in the suburbs, and he only comes home when he's working his shift.
Moreover, Liang Yanfang didn't dare let him know.
After much thought, I can only go to Wang Kaiyun and my second brother.
She stood up with the help of the wall and staggered towards Du Linsheng's house.
He stumbled along the way and fell, leaving a black eye.
But she didn't care about all this. She quickly got up and walked forward again.
Du family.
Du Linsheng was eating quietly.
He ate the meal cooked by Wang Kaiyun.
Wang Kaiyun usually cooks in a haphazard manner. When he saw his son coming back, he just steamed the dry rice cakes he had made in the morning and fried some chili peppers and sweet potato leaves for him.
Du Linsheng was not picky. He just ate without saying a word.
Wang Kaiyun looked at his honest son and thought of Chen Minzhi and Xiaoxiao who could not be brought back. He became more and more upset:
"Son, can't you just go and cling to her?"
As the saying goes, "A virtuous woman is afraid of being clingy with her lover," not to mention that they have a child.
We have children! This family cannot be broken up! As a mother, who doesn’t think about their children?
Du Linsheng ate his meal without even raising his head:
"Mom, you saw it that day. Who can be good enough for Chen Minzhi's new boyfriend?"
Wang Kaiyun's eyes shrank.
Of course, she also saw the little hooligan. With the way he was dressed and looked, she would have to walk around him even when she went out on the street!
How did Chen Minzhi find such a person!
Du Linsheng ate his poop for a long time, and finally raised his head from the bowl, looking at his mother with a pair of dead eyes:
"Forget it, I say."
The voice was muffled, as if he had lost all enthusiasm for life.
What Wang Kaiyun despised most was his son's behavior. His eyes widened immediately:
"How can we just let it go like this? If Chen Minzhi comes back, you can still have a wife and children. Mother has also thought about it. A daughter-in-law is a daughter-in-law. After all, the old family has a legacy, and the Du family will not be cut off. But you can't be without a wife and children! What will happen!"
She was upset and complained to her son:
"Look at your miserable behavior, like a dead bun. No wonder everyone runs away! They all look down on you!"
Du Linsheng listened to his mother's complaints with lifeless eyes.
Suddenly, I felt that the scene before my eyes seemed familiar.
It’s just that my mother was facing Chen Minzhi, and I was just listening on the side.
Du Linsheng suddenly realized that the knives that his mother had stabbed into Chen Minzhi were now stabbed into his body.
Are you feeling uncomfortable?
Du Linsheng didn't know, but he suddenly felt a little regretful.
If...if he had stepped in to intervene when his mother was arguing with Chen Minzhi, would the situation between him and Chen Minzhi not be like this now?
Or if he had not let Wang Kaiyun live in their little home at an earlier time, would they still have a complete family now?
No one could give Du Linsheng an answer.
Even Du Linsheng himself can't do it.
He could only listen to Wang Kaiyun's complaints and slowly swallow the rough-tasting dry poop into his mouth, as if he was swallowing a life that was hard to swallow.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
When Liang Yanfang rushed in, Du Linsheng didn't hear clearly what she was saying at first.
It was not until his mother cried out "Wow" that he suddenly came to his senses.
He put the unfinished dry poop on the table and helped Wang Kaiyun, who was sitting on the ground and crying, up. He thought to himself that the same knives that had stabbed Chen Minzhi were now stabbing her.
*
I have to say, Liang Yanfang is really good at fooling people.
Although these ten seedlings died in her hands.
But she managed to trick Wang Kaiyun into joining her in cursing the unfounded "murderer".
Wang Kaiyun was so anxious that he even wanted to call the police, which made Du Linsheng stop.
Liang Yanfang also thought that no matter how much she thought about it, it was just a few orchids that died. When she went to the police station, how could she explain to the police that these orchids were worth so much money? Would anyone believe her?
Liang Yanfang thought it would be useless.
Wang Kaiyun had recovered from his earlier stress. When he heard that they all objected, he could not help but say angrily:
"Then what do you say we should do? Are we just going to let the seven hundred dollars go to waste?"
After saying this, he turned to Liang Yanfang:
"My dear wife, you asked me to borrow the 700 yuan! You must return my money to me in full!"
Liang Yan was complaining in her heart, but on the surface she had to say:
"Mom, we are all family, so we can talk about our own affairs behind closed doors, right? If you ask me, I'll have to think about what I'm going to do if I borrow money from others!"
After she said this, she glanced at Wang Kaiyun:
"Mom, you were there when we went to look for Chen Meijuan and the others. You can't pull yourself out of this matter!"
Wang Kaiyun pursed his lips and felt a little uncomfortable when he saw Du Linsheng looking at him.
She did go, and some people were even unwilling to give them money, so she was the one who guaranteed the money.
But she kept all these things a secret from her second son.
She even thought that when she got the money, she would deposit it with her eldest son, so that she would have some retirement money and feel comfortable spending it.
Who would have known...
Liang Yanfang's words made it impossible for her to refuse with a clear conscience. She could only say:
"So what do you think we should do now?"
Liang Yanfang did not answer this question, but asked Du Linsheng:
"Second brother, didn't you say before that you would bring Chen Minzhi back? What's going on?"
Du Linsheng's confused eyes opened, which made Liang Yanfang a little scared:
"Didn't you always push me and Chen Minzhi to divorce? Why are you asking this now?"
Liang Yanfang smiled awkwardly:
"Then I'm not doing this for you and Xiaoxiao?"
"You know, Chen Minzhi is rich now. With the money she earned from selling her workstations, she opened a store with Xia Tang. That store is right in front of the herbal medicine factory. There are always people lining up every day. It's very profitable!"
"If you ask me, she can earn at least 100 or 200 yuan a month!"
One or two hundred!
Liang Yanfang's eyes were shining with jealousy.
However, Du Linsheng still looked dead:
"What does that have to do with me?"
"Why is it okay?"
Liang Yanfang was anxious:
"If you remarry her, won't all her money be yours? She has savings and income, so when the time comes, it will be easy for her to pay off the 700 yuan bill, right?"
Liang Yanfang earnestly advised Du Linsheng:
"Mr. Lin! I'm doing this all for our family!"
These words persuaded Wang Kaiyun so much that he was moved.
She couldn't help but ask Leung Yan Fong:
"My dear wife, can Chen Minzhi really make that much money?"
“Then what about fake ones?”
Liang Yanfang said crisply,
"Mom, she works for Xia Tang. Xia Tang has opened three stores in the past six months. He pays a lot of rent every month. How can she earn less?"
Wang Kaiyun couldn't help but look at Du Linsheng again:
"Second brother, why don't you go again..."
"I'm not going."
Du Linsheng's face fell completely, and there was a rare bit of firmness in his voice:
"Mom, Chen Minzhi and I are really done. If I don't go find her, you can't go either!"
But the next second, Wang Kaiyun immediately choked back at this sentence:
"If we don't go? If we don't go to find Chen Minzhi, where will the money come from? From you? Your monthly salary of forty or fifty yuan, what can it be worth?"
The courage that Du Linsheng had finally mustered was once again shattered.
However, even so, he still insisted on not going to find her, and refused to give in no matter how Wang Kaiyun scolded him.
In the end, Wang Kaiyun was at his wit's end.
When she sent Liang Yanfang away, she sighed:
"My eldest daughter-in-law, you can see that the second child is really stubborn. I can't do anything about it."
Liang Yanfang rolled her eyes and said:
"Mom, this isn't a solution, is it?"
"If the second son doesn't go to Chen Minzhi, who else in our family can get this money? There are only a few months left... If someone else comes to ask for the money, I won't be able to do anything."
How come Wang Kaiyun didn’t know what Liang Yanfang said?
But now she really doesn't know what to do.
She sighed and finally said:
"Then let's wait and see. When the boss comes back, we can discuss it with him, okay?"
*
Liang Yanfang is afraid of her husband.
Du Yansheng was not an honest man like Du Linsheng. When he heard that the little money in the family had all been lost, he would definitely pin her down and give her a good beating.
Therefore, no matter what Wang Kaiyun and Du Linsheng wanted to discuss with the boss, she would never let Du Yansheng know about it.
The only way to cover up this matter is to let Chen Minzhi take money.
But how can we let Chen Minzhi take the money?
Liang Yanfang's eyes rolled around and she soon came up with an idea.
The very next day after Liang Yanfang discovered that the orchid seedlings had died, Chen Minzhi went to the Sandian store as usual.
She first sent Xiaoxiao to kindergarten, and then worked in the store until the afternoon. At four or five o'clock, she would either go to pick up Xiaoxiao herself or say hello to the teacher and ask someone in the store to help run errands.
The store was as busy as ever today, so Chen Minzhi asked the waiter Xiao Jiang to take Xiaoxiao back.
Xiao Jiang left early and came back empty-handed.
Chen Minzhi was stunned:
"Xiao Jiang, where is my girlfriend?"
Unexpectedly, Xiao Jiang grabbed Chen Minzhi's arm with a confused look on his face:
"Sister Minzhi, when I went to the kindergarten, the teacher said Xiaoxiao had been picked up by someone. She also said that Xiaoxiao knew someone, so they let her go."
"What? Picked up?"
陳敏芝臉色一變，抓着小姜激動的問：
“是誰接走了，老師和你說了嗎？”
小姜搖搖頭：
“老師說，就聽笑笑管那個人叫……叫大伯媽？”
“大伯媽……梁豔芳？”
陳敏芝的冷汗立馬落下來了。
她不管梁豔芳帶走笑笑有什麽目的，無論如何都沒安好心。
她立馬坐不住了，站起來就準備往外頭沖。
就在這時，夏棠和小劉從外頭一前一後的走了進來，見到陳敏芝一副六神無主的樣子，夏棠本能的覺得不對：
“你這是怎麽了？”
陳敏芝一把抓住夏棠的胳膊：
“梁豔芳……梁豔芳把笑笑給帶走了？”
“為什麽啊？為了逼你和杜林生複婚？”
夏棠的眉頭頓時皺了起來。
她拍了拍陳敏芝的胳膊：
“你別着急，她一個人也翻不出大天兒去，我和小劉，還有現在能抽得出來的夥計，都跟你一起去找她！”
陳敏芝用力的點了點頭。
不久之後，原本來接夏棠的秦越也到了三店。再加上三店能走的開的兩個人，一共湊了五六個人。
商量了一下，決定先去梁豔芳的家裏找人，找不到的話，再去杜林生的家。
不過，夏棠如今肚子實在是大了，走路走的沒別人快，雖然夏棠一直在強調自己能走，卻也被強硬的按在了三店聽消息。
幾個人很快便走了。
夏棠在店裏，卻也是坐立難安。
等終于決定要出去迎陳敏芝他們時，剛走到門口，卻見到陳敏芝他們已經急匆匆的走了回來。
她迎着夏棠，臉上的表情比剛剛還凝重：
“沒有人。”
梁豔芳家裏頭沒有人。
鄰居說了，就一早上看到她在家裏頭，別的時間都沒見過人。
陳敏芝鎮靜的敘述着上面的話，但是腿腳卻有些發軟。
夏棠把她攙扶在一旁坐了下來：
“那就去你前夫家，梁豔芳那個人和你婆婆那麽好，我不信這種大事情，她沒有和她商量過。”
說完這一句，夏棠停頓了片刻，異常堅定的說了一句：
“還有一件事兒，咱們得報警。”
“報警？能行嗎？”
陳敏芝遲疑的問。
眼下所有人的法律意識都很薄弱，大部分人都幾乎沒有“有事找警察”的概念。
仿佛有理的事情，到了派出所都不變成說不清了。
夏棠明白陳敏芝的遲疑，但是這件事很明顯已經不是民事的範圍了。
往小了說，這是拐帶兒童；往大了說，這是綁架，或許還涉及到勒索。
“就報警，沒事的，跟警察說清楚，比什麽都強。”
她将一個夥計喚了過來，仔細的囑咐了好幾句，随後跟其他人說：
“走，咱們一起去杜林生家！”
此時的杜林生，正一個人坐在冰涼的凳子上發呆。
下午，梁豔芳走之後，王開雲又是将他好一陣的埋怨。
又是說他見死不救，又是說他窩囊廢，又是說他管不住老婆還得她來操心。
自從王開雲和他一起單住後，這還是杜林生頭一次覺得王開雲說的話這麽難聽。
他也漸漸的想起了以前的事兒。
原來，王開雲以前說話也那麽難聽啊！
偏疼老大責罵自己，這一點從來沒變過。
只不過他長大了在近前兒有了吃皇糧的好工作，給她臉上增了光；
而且結婚後，她的“刀子嘴”一般都是對着陳敏芝，讓他忘記了兒時挨的那些罵罷了。
他垂着頭，雙手無力的抱着腦袋，不斷的抓着，但即使這樣，也阻止不了該死的腦袋一直在想：
當時陳敏芝挨的也是這種罵嗎？
當時陳敏芝挨罵的時候，自己在幹什麽呢？
如果……如果他但凡能夠擋一些，陳敏芝會不會就不和自己離婚了？
他不知道，只是覺得悔。
不過如果再讓他重來一次，他能不能支棱起來，連自己都不知道。
他就這樣低着頭，連王開雲進了屋子就不知道。
王開雲去買的菜，一進門就甩在了地上，沖着杜林生伸手：
“這菜肉又漲價了，你給的生活費也不夠使啊！再給我五塊！”
杜林生擡着頭，看了看他媽。
王開雲被他的眼神吓了一跳，随後又理直氣壯了起來：
“你這麽看我幹什麽？難道我買的菜，你不吃？”
“你以為，這錢是我一個人兒花的？”
一邊說，一邊将手腕上的銅溜子往袖子裏頭藏了藏。
杜林生張了張嘴，還沒說話，外頭突然傳來了一陣急促的敲門聲。
兩個人還來不及反應，門突然被人從外頭一腳踹開。
“哪個癟犢子……”
王開雲氣的剛要罵出口，立馬被魚貫而入的衆人給吓得住了嘴。
也難怪她害怕，人高馬大的秦越和小劉，再加上其他幾個臉色不善的人，看上去确實很是吓人。
王開雲看到陳敏芝首先走了出來，還問：
“陳敏芝，你離你的婚，到我們家鬧什麽鬧？”
反倒是杜林生，看到陳敏芝進來，死灰一樣的眼神罕見的出現了些許神采。
可下一秒，當他聽到陳敏芝說什麽的時候，眼中的神采瞬間消失了。
“什麽？笑笑被梁豔芳偷走了？”
王開雲和杜林生一樣的驚訝。
王開雲甚至看了一眼杜林生，慌忙擺手：
“這件事跟我可沒關系啊！我要那丫頭幹什麽！”
陳敏芝咬牙切齒的說：
“你和梁豔芳不是關系最好的嗎？梁豔芳動的手，你能說你毫不知情？”
王開雲連忙否認：
“陳敏芝，你可不要血口噴人了！”
“那可是我的親孫女兒！梁豔芳就算要做點啥，也不可能跟我說啊！”
不過雖然這麽說，語氣還是有些發虛。
夏棠将氣的發抖的陳敏芝拉到一邊，聲音平緩的問王開雲：
“王姨，所以梁豔芳把笑笑帶走，你是真不知情？”
王開雲腦袋搖得像撥浪鼓。
夏棠又問：
“那你知道她為什麽要這麽做嗎？”
“這……”
王開雲這時候遲疑了。
夏棠和陳敏芝交換了一個眼神：
“阿姨，梁豔芳就這麽把笑笑綁走，絕對不是好玩兒的事情。我不知道她什麽目的，但是她萬一要把孩子給賣了怎麽辦？到時候，誰找得到她？”
她聲音溫柔，又是勸阻，又是威脅：
“你如果知道的話，最好說出來，要不然到時候民警知道你知情不報，那也是蹲大牢的下場。”
“啥？你們報警了？”
王開雲有點急眼：
“也就是親戚間的小事兒，你們咋報警呢？”
“涉及到孩子，就不是親戚間的小事兒。”
夏棠認真的說，
“如果這件事兒跟你沒有牽涉，那我們就算報了警，和你也沒有關系。可是，如果有關的話，如果你有所隐瞞，那等到民警追責的時候，就別怪我們提前沒提醒你了。”
王開雲一個沒上過班的老婆子，又哪裏願意和警察打交道。
眼珠子一直瞅着杜林生。
杜林生嘆了口氣，對他媽說：
“媽，要不梁豔芳的那些事兒，你就別給她藏着了。你就看在你那……五歲的孫女和你兩個兒子的份上，說了吧！”
這話語欲言又止。
但王開雲卻如同被冷水當頭潑了一瓢，頓時什麽都醒了。
是啊！兩個兒子！
她還有兩個上了班的兒子啊！
這種事萬一和他們有了牽連，那廠子裏不把他們全都開了才怪！
梁豔芳那個人，真是糊塗啊！
那一瞬間，王開雲甚至恨起了梁豔芳。
如果不是她執意要投那勞什子的蘭花苗，不就出不了這種事了嗎？
她低頭低了半天，最後還是開了口：
“我是真不知道笑笑被她帶走的事兒，她也沒跟我說過。”
“不過呀，她在這附近，還有個窩兒……”
*
梁豔芳做夢都想不到。
她前腳剛把笑笑安置在娘家媽的破房子裏，後腳警察怎麽就上了門。
難道是她安置笑笑的時候，那孩子哭的太厲害了？
可是這并不妨礙，當胳膊被“銀镯子”緊緊铐上的時候，反應過來後撕心裂肺的哭。
被押着走出門，她看到了差點沒沖過來咬她的陳敏芝，看到了大着肚子、眼神冰涼的夏棠，還看到了王開雲和杜林生。
梁豔芳瞬間就哭了。
鬧着對着王開雲喊，說他們抓錯了人，她只是和笑笑玩鬧而已，當大伯媽的，怎麽能有什麽壞心思！
可是，王開雲只是移開了目光，表情十分的不自然。
而杜林生則一直直勾勾的看着她，那視線，是她從未見過的冰冷。
梁豔芳腿軟得幾乎走不動道，可還是被警察架着離開。
她犯事的時候正值嚴打，等待她的，只會是更加嚴重的判罰。
陳敏芝接到笑笑的那一瞬間，原本一直繃着的情緒，才突然松了開來。
她想叫，想哭，最後也只是一把抱過笑笑柔軟的小身體，哭得泣不成聲。
夏棠和秦越都守着她，沒有說一句話。
她眼神投到了杜林生的身上。
見到王開雲用手指着陳敏芝的方向，那個一貫順從的男人，卻堅決的搖了搖頭。
他臉色灰白，表情像是個死人。
Wang Kaiyun was still hoping that he could come up and say some sweet words to Chen Minzhi, perhaps taking this opportunity to win the woman's rare tenderness.
Du Linsheng refused.
Not only did he refuse, he also said to his mother:
"You don't have to go over there either. If you go and harass them again, I will jump into the river and die."
He actually didn't know if he had the courage to die. Just saying this had already drained away all his courage.
However, Wang Kaiyun was obviously frightened. He opened and closed his mouth, but in the end he said nothing.
Looking at Chen Minzhi and Xiaoxiao in the crowd, Du Linsheng turned around.
He turned around slowly and walked out of the crowd with his heavy legs.
He felt that this was the end of his life.
If you feel sorry for your wife and daughter when you are married, try not to bother them again after the divorce.
This was the last thing he could do for them.