Just as the two appeared, the village chief and his men arrived, following the trail.
As soon as they saw him, everyone surrounded him and bombarded him with questions.
The aunties even pulled her around in circles to check her.
"Girl! I've finally found you! Are you alright?"
"I told you this girl is lucky, she'll be alright, she'll be alright!"
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back!"
While dealing with everyone's concern, Bai Yajing carefully checked the crowd and found that none of the educated youths were there.
Her uncle whispered in her ear, "The village chief has sent everyone away."
Bai Yajing understood. The brothers in the village had discovered the drag marks she left behind and would definitely guess that she had been kidnapped. Once the village chief learned of the situation, he naturally wouldn't bring those people with unclear intentions to look for her.
Only then did she feel comfortable talking to everyone.
"I'm fine now, thank you everyone for coming to find me. Tomorrow I'll catch a wild boar to add to your meal!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's mouths practically watered. "Hahaha, that's great! We've been working hard for months, it's time to replenish our energy. Let the village boys come with you, let them do all the dirty and hard work!"
"Alright, let's go back first, our family must be getting impatient."
Once the two sides meet, they will return together.
Upon arriving in the village, only the village chief and a few village officials stayed behind and followed along, while the others went home to eat first.
When they arrived at the village committee, the village chief carefully examined her and, finding that she was not missing any limbs or injured, began to ask her questions.
"What's wrong? The educated youth who went with you said you're missing."
When the boys came back and told him that the girl had probably been kidnapped, he was quite surprised.
In a hurry, they led their men into the deep mountains to search.
Bai Yajing smiled ingratiatingly, acknowledging that today's events had indeed exhausted the villagers.
"Hehehe, Grandpa Village Chief, uncles and elders, here's what happened..."
Then, she told the whole story.
"Now that the news of my return has probably spread throughout the village, how about we try to trick those educated youth first?"
The village chief and several cadres exchanged glances, understanding each other's meaning, and then chuckled.
The village chief tapped his pipe, declaring, "Alright, let's get rid of this trouble and lighten the burden on the village. Not bad, not bad!"
They had long disliked those city kids, and even looked down on them!
They're not good at their work, and they're even stirring up trouble among the village boys and girls! Besides, their purpose in coming to Xinghua Village isn't pure; it's best to send them away as soon as possible!
The group discussed the details, and Bai Yajing tore her clothes in several places and messed up her hair into a bird's nest. Still not satisfied, she turned to her uncle and instructed him, "Uncle, go and get me some chicken blood or something."
Perfect timing! Now that we've finished here, let's make some chicken soup and have it together!
Bai Yunshu sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Alright, alright, whatever you say. I'll go right now."
...
Liu Meiling heard about this as soon as she returned. She was about to go find Bai Yajing to see if she was alright when she ran into Zhao Liang and his group.
"Comrade Liu? You're back?" Qiao Yu greeted Liu Meiling happily as soon as he saw her.
Jiang Wenming stepped forward as well. "Comrade Liu, you've heard about what happened, right? We were just about to go see Comrade Bai. Aren't you on good terms with her? Shall we come along?"
This matter caused quite a stir, and Liu Meiling must have heard about it on her way back.
Li Xingyue also took her hand and said, "Yes, we're going together on behalf of the educated youth. Comrade Bai had an accident when he went to the mountains with us. We have to show our attitude, otherwise the villagers will have opinions about us."
Zhao Liang's mind was already far away. Without waiting for the others, he quickly went to the village committee.
Liu Meiling had originally planned to visit Bai Yajing, so she simply agreed to come along.
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