Chapter 93: Sophora japonica temple
Mother Dai's eyes swept across Xia Youtian, Jiang, and Wu fiercely, which stunned them - why was Mother Dai gritting her teeth at them?
Mother Dai turned around again to see who was at the scene.
My daughter is missing, so we have to keep it a secret. Unfortunately, many people have heard the story. Fortunately, they are all strangers, so it won't spread to our village too quickly.
Dai Sanlang, who had just been crying with snot and tears, calmed down, perhaps because he had found a backbone after seeing his parents, or because he had vented his anger.
At this time, the whole story has been narrated again.
However, he emphasized several times how hard and anxious it was for him to find his two sisters.
He also hinted that if Lihua and the others had not been separated from her two siblings, the two sisters would not have disappeared like this.
Xia Youtian was the first to quit:
"How can you blame Lihua Nie for this?
Lihua is three years younger than you. You can't even take care of her, so how can you expect Lihua to do the same?"
Dai Sanlang couldn't find any words to refute. He opened his mouth, got stuck, and finally said:
"If we hadn't separated and something had really happened, wouldn't I have heard it if Lihua and the others had shouted?"
Xia Youtian said angrily:
"Your two sisters are older than you, and when something happens, don't you know how to shout for help?
You actually expect Lihua to shout for them?
What are you thinking about?
In this matter, the person who should be held most responsible is you, a man, right? ! "
Jiang's tears came down:
"Ping'er and Chuan'er are missing. It's hard to say whether Lihua and the others are safe! What should we do? Or should we report to the police?"
Mother Dai was so angry that her voice became hoarse.
"You can't report this to the police! How can you make this kind of thing public? What are you thinking?"
Wu glared at Dai's mother:
"Aunt Dai, even if you are anxious, you can't just bite people randomly! My fourth brother's wife is just worried about the whereabouts of my niece, so she thought it would be safer to report it to the authorities. Maybe by now, the authorities have already caught the thief and posted a missing person notice!"
Wu was deeply impressed by the fire on the Lantern Festival, and she also remembered clearly the speed at which the officials cleared the streets. Her trust in the government office deepened.
However, Dai's parents were often visited by tax collectors and village heads to extort money from them. They were more wary of the people in the yamen than they trusted the county magistrate and the county constables.
The two sides argued for a while, and Wu finally smoothed things over. They decided to drink some tea, eat some snacks, and rest for a while before going out to look for something.
If you really can't find it, report it to the police.
Although Xia Youtian and Jiang were also worried about Lihua and the others, they vaguely felt that they should be fine.
This confidence probably comes from the superstition about the luck of summer rice flowers.
Ever since Xia Daohua fell and broke her head and woke up from a coma, she seemed to have truly lived up to the saying "Those who survive a great disaster will be blessed in the future."
Her wounds wouldn't stop bleeding, and she was unconscious, but the old couple was willing to spend money and borrow favors to send her to Puji Hall.
She was sent to Puji Hall, where she unexpectedly met Doctor Wang;
Doctor Wang actually risked his reputation and admitted her without saying anything;
Her health has recovered, she has become bolder, and her temperament has become more lively;
She goes into the mountains and digs a hole, and then she can catch rabbits;
She could dig ginseng just by walking into the woods;
When she went to pick mushrooms, she saw several pheasants with broken wings, waiting for her to catch them;
She encountered a pack of wolves that had been injured by a hunting team, but not only was she not hurt at all, she was also able to pick up the prey that the hunters didn't want and drag it home...
There is basically no explanation for these things, except good luck.
And Xia Daohua's luck is simply too good to be true!
As long as she is around, nothing will happen to Lihua and the others!
Thinking about it this way, it's no wonder that Daohua quarreled with Dai Sanlang and caused Lihua to leave them unhappily. Maybe it was because Daohua couldn't help but get angry when she saw his unlucky appearance!
Xia Youtian and Jiang looked at each other, as if they saw the affirmation of their own ideas and the confidence in Xia Daohua in each other's eyes.
They have this awareness in their hearts, so they are not so worried.
But before I saw the children, I was still a little worried, so I worked very hard to find them.
When it was time to pay the bill, the two sides started fighting over the money. Xia Youtian tried twice but failed to grab the money from Dai's father, so he just smiled foolishly, took a step back, and didn't try again.
Mr. Dai was startled for a moment, but the look of surprise passed quickly and he paid the bill without hesitation.
Six bowls of coarse tea cost twelve cents, a plate of radish cake, a plate of dried tofu, and a plate of chestnut cakes, and it actually cost him a full sixty cents!
The price of the tea is quite reasonable, but the price of the snacks is too high!
The two families hurriedly left the tea stall and dispersed to look for someone.
But there were too many idle people at the temple fair.
The six of them were thrown in like a basin of water poured into the sea or a handful of sand thrown into the desert, and were almost quickly swallowed up by the crowd.
Fortunately, they had agreed that no matter whether they could find the person or not, they would meet at the entrance of the Huaishu Niangniang Temple at the place where the two families met at the beginning at the hour of You.
Time flies so fast, the You hour arrives in the blink of an eye.
Dai Sanlang first arrived at the open space in front of the Huaishu Niangniang Temple. The place was not too big, but it was quite quiet.
Small vendors, even those selling incense, candles and paper products, would set up their stalls a short distance away from the entrance of the Niangniang Temple.
Except for people like Wu who had made an appointment to meet someone, there were not many people in this area of the temple entrance.
A moment later, Wu also arrived.
She searched all the way until her voice was hoarse, but she neither met Lihua and the others, nor did she meet Dai Ping'er and Dai Chuan'er.
At this time, Mrs. Wu's face looked very ugly, not only because of fatigue, but also because she was somewhat desperate about the disappearance of several children.
The Lantern Festival, March 3rd, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, temple fairs and other lively days are often the days when kidnappers come out to do evil when they smell the scent of money.
Young girls, young wives, beautiful girls, sensible or ignorant children, and even old ladies may all be kidnapped by traffickers and sold to unknown places.
If they were kidnapped, these children might never be found again.
Wu frowned tightly, thinking about these things, and she was already a little irritated. Seeing Dai Sanlang still mumbling and complaining about something, she felt even more angry.
Just when Mrs. Wu was about to lose her temper, Mrs. Jiang came back.
Unfortunately, Jiang didn't get much either. And Jiang's eyes were red, probably because she cried on the way.
Wu was comforting Jiang when Dai's father and mother came back one after the other. It was unknown whether they had met on the road or had never separated. But the two of them had not found the person.
Father Dai still looked presentable, but Mother Dai looked haggard and pale, not resembling a human being. Their clothes were equally awful.
Chapter has been replaced. Good night, sweet dreams, see you tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
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