Normally, the population structure of a group should be relatively balanced, but in Xujia Village, from the moment they entered the village, the majority of the people were male.
The relatively scarce women are almost all middle-aged and elderly women over 40 years old.
This is clearly not in line with normal gene propagation probability.
"It seems so. I haven't seen a single young woman along the way." Sun Tiantian sat up straight warily and subconsciously leaned against the window to look outside.
Lu Sheng patted her shoulder reassuringly, "There's no one outside for now, it's still safe."
She had already sent out the overly energetic little sunflower to stand guard. This little one had been standing proudly on the balcony, swaying its flowerpot from side to side for almost half an hour and showed no sign of stopping.
Zhang Xiaojuan rubbed her chin and paced back and forth in the room. "Why are there no young girls in the whole village? That is indeed a problem."
“I’ve heard that the preference for sons over daughters is very serious in this area. Many women who get pregnant will have an abortion if they find out it’s a girl. Even if the baby is born, they will abandon it or give it away to others to raise. Could this be the reason why there are relatively few young women in the village?” Sun Lu hesitated for a moment before guessing.
In some economically underdeveloped areas, the preference for sons over daughters remains a serious problem. Although the government has strictly prohibited doctors from revealing the sex of a pregnant woman's baby, there are always ways to circumvent the policy.
The baby girl's life remains very difficult in some areas.
But Zhang Xiaojuan quickly refuted Sun Lu's words, "Even if it's a preference for sons over daughters, it shouldn't be this exaggerated. Not a single one?"
"And have you ever thought about this: there are children in the village. We saw little boys ranging from a few years old to their teens when we entered the village."
“Even if the village is sexist and has aborted all the girls, these teenagers can’t have just sprung from stones, right? The children should at least have a mother, right? But we haven’t even seen the mothers of these children yet.”
Lu Sheng pursed her lips slightly, carefully recalling every detail of the journey.
"Juan'er, do you remember that villager on the road had underwear hanging on his clothesline?"
Zhang Xiaojuan thought for a moment, then grinned and chuckled, "My fellow villagers are quite interesting; they're all so old, yet they still do such hot things."
Those silk fuchsia panties were an extravagantly sexy style, the kind that nobody would wear in everyday life.
"Sister Lu, you suspect this?" Zhang Xiaojuan hesitated for a moment. "Middle-aged people play even crazier than young people. Can't a pair of underwear be used as evidence?"
Lu Sheng shook his head. "The size is wrong."
The middle-aged woman who was in a hurry to collect the clothes pointed out that he was a little stocky, but the size of his underwear was clearly the smallest size, XS.
Such small underwear couldn't possibly be for a child, could it? There must be at least one slender woman in that household.
The group exchanged bewildered glances, their perception of Xujia Village clouded with doubt.
What could possibly be the reason that there isn't a single young woman in the village?
And there's Aunt Zhang's dirty little wooden house.
She clearly saw a pair of pupils that flashed by in the crack, but the village chief and Aunt Zhang both said in unison that it was livestock that were kept inside.
There are just too many secrets in Xu Family Village.
"Lock the door tonight, and one of you should stay and keep watch while we sleep. I'm going out to check on things." Lu Sheng used a sausage to assign Rocket to be everyone's bodyguard, and then left the village committee alone.
The air after nightfall seemed to stagnate, becoming muggy and sticky.
Xujia Village had no electricity, plunging the entire village into complete darkness.
Lu Sheng moved with light steps, swiftly navigating the low-lying houses like a nimble fox, heading towards Aunt Zhang's house.
Aunt Zhang's house was in the center of the village, with several houses close together. Lu Sheng held his breath and searched around using his memory of directions, finally stopping in front of the dilapidated little wooden house.
The cabin was quiet at the moment. Lu Sheng tentatively and gently pulled the door open.
The wooden door wasn't locked, and the inside was empty.
The moment the door opened, an indescribable pungent odor wafted out, causing Lu Sheng to frown slightly.
Several mutated flies, each the size of a bean, swarmed out of the door and were instantly roasted by Lu Sheng with a spark, falling to the ground.
Lu Sheng snapped his fingers, and the flame that ignited at his fingertips revealed the scene inside the cabin to him.
The interior was bare, with only two two-finger-wide hemp ropes hanging on the inner panel. In the corner lay some dried excrement, a truly nauseating sight.
Lu Sheng's eyes turned cold.
The village chief and Aunt Zhang were indeed lying.
The people locked up in this house aren't dogs at all, they're people!
She quietly closed the door and approached the dilapidated brick house in the courtyard.
Aunt Zhang's brick house has three large open rooms, and at this moment a faint light shines through the window of one of them.
Lu Sheng concealed himself and slowly approached the windowsill.
As soon as I pressed my ear against the window frame, I heard a painful whimper from inside, followed by a deliberately hushed voice.
"Son, you'd better put in more effort! It's been over a year and there's still no progress. Is it because you don't know how to do it? Let me come and help you today." It was Aunt Zhang's voice that spoke.
Then came a shrill, hoarse voice, "Mom, what are you saying? What can't this thing do! It's definitely because this bitch is no good, she's not worthy of the child!"
"He's a college graduate, and he can't even have a child!"
After he finished speaking, there was a crisp sound of flesh hitting flesh.
Lu Sheng frowned and wiped a small clean area on the dirty windowpane.
An oil lamp was lit in the room, and Aunt Zhang and her burly son were sitting on the edge of the bed. On the tattered bamboo mat on the bed, a young woman, looking listless and covered in dirt, lay naked.
Although the young woman was dirty, you could tell that her skin was in good condition, and her hands were smooth and fair, clearly indicating that she had never done any manual labor.
Aunt Zhang's chubby son, wearing only tattered boxer shorts, brazenly touched a woman's thigh right in front of her, saying, "Mom, are you really planning to stay here and watch?"
“You’re my own flesh and blood, what can’t I see? I’m just worried about you!” Aunt Zhang said, pushing her son onto the bed.
Lu Sheng was so disgusted by the scene before her that she almost vomited her leftover dinner.
She had seen some stories about bizarre mama's boys online before, but seeing it in person still made her feel nauseous.
"Mom, if this bitch really can't get pregnant, can you give me another one? She's always so quiet, it's no fun playing around with her."
The chubby son struggled to climb onto the bed, and while unzipping his pants, he spoke to Aunt Zhang.
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