Chapter 39
Everyone stopped what they were doing and listened attentively.
Nan Tao's eyes widened. Could it be Lan Wen's parents? No, how could she miss such a good thing? She had to go and see it quickly. If she missed the scene, she might not have the chance to see it again.
Nan Tao whispered to Zhou Mei, "Aren't you going to get some movie footage? Do you want to go over and take a look?"
Zhou Mei looked relaxed, but she quickly washed and dried her hands. "Let's go."
Jiang Hui and Wen Manqing saw the two people leave and asked curiously, "Where are you going?"
Nan Tao turned around and smiled, "Let's go watch the fun, do you want to go?"
"Go, wait for us."
When the children saw that the adults had left, they followed them to join in the fun.
The village chief was helpless, but did not try to stop them. Anyway, these clips would be edited out when the program was broadcast on satellite TV, so he followed at a very fast pace.
When Nan Tao and the others found the source of the sound, there were already many people gathered around, and it was obvious that everyone had gathered there to watch the fun.
Nan Tao pushed through the crowd and looked inside.
An elderly couple dressed neatly and respectably was standing in the yard. Judging from what they were saying, they should be Lan Wen's biological parents. The woman was crying loudly to Lan Wen, and the man was talking to the dead old man.
Lan's mother said, "My son, how did you become like this? I am your mother. Do you still recognize me?"
Lan Wen shrank back in fear.
Seeing her daughter's unfamiliar and fearful expression, and realizing she was already 46 and still pregnant, Lan's mother was instantly overwhelmed with grief. She hugged Lan Wen and cried bitterly, "Ahhh, my poor daughter..."
Lan's father: "You were the one who kidnapped my daughter?"
Qian Da: "Father-in-law, look at what you said. When did I kidnap your daughter? I would never do such a criminal thing. You can't slander me with empty words without any evidence. Be careful of being struck by lightning."
Father Lan had already prepared himself for Qian Da's excuses and turned to scolding, "Are you still human? My daughter is already in her forties, and you let her get pregnant."
Qian Da: "Who told her not to give birth to a son? She gave birth to three girls in a row. They are all money-losing goods!"
"What?!" Lan Wen's parents almost fainted from anger.
Lan's mother let go of Lan Wen and fought with Qian for her life.
Father Lan was trembling all over, but he still controlled his emotions. He stopped his wife and angrily said to Qian Da: "You beast!"
Qian Da: "Father-in-law, look at what you said. Giving birth to a son is natural. Otherwise, I will have nothing to do but raise her."
Lan's mother: "You shameless bastard! My husband and I are younger than you, and you dare to yell at me like that!"
Qian Da not only didn't feel embarrassed, he even shouted, "Mother-in-law, what you said is not authentic. Your daughter has been lying around at home doing nothing for decades. I'm the one who earns money to support the family. Otherwise, your daughter would have starved to death long ago. You should be grateful to me. Not only are you not grateful, but you're scolding me instead. It's really unlucky."
Lan's father and mother: "You...you..."
Qian Da sneered, "What are you? I'm telling you, you're not welcome here. You've already seen your daughter, so leave now. A daughter once married is like spilled water. Just meet her once and that's it."
Lan's father and mother finally found their daughter, so how could they leave without taking her away?
Outside the crowd, Nan Tao watched with gusto, "Tsk tsk, this old man is so shameless that he can even say black is white. Lan Wen's parents are too polite, there's no way they can win the argument."
Sure enough, Mr. and Mrs. Lan were so angry that their faces turned red, and their lips trembled for a long time without them being able to utter a word.
The netizens who were watching the live broadcast were all cursing.
[I'm much older than them, so how can I call them father-in-law or mother-in-law?]
[His face is as thick as a city wall.]
[Oh my god, I know this couple. They were my childhood neighbors, aunt and uncle. They're also from Haicheng County, but in Bali Village, which is quite far from the village you're livestreaming. It only takes me a little over an hour to get from the county to the city, but it takes at least two and a half hours to travel between these two villages.]
[Is this true? Doesn't that mean my daughter was kidnapped right under my nose?]
A similar incident happened in my hometown, but the outcome was different. That family's daughter was also abducted while attending university. They were also abducted back to my hometown, but from a neighboring village. After being discovered, the family, along with a dozen or so relatives from the same village, went to the next village and beat up the man who had abducted their daughter. They then called the police and had him taken to the police station.
[Oh my god, there's such a thing. This pregnant woman is so pitiful. She lives in the same county, but her biological parents haven't been found in all these years.]
[Pregnant women with blue ankles must be tied up and unable to run anywhere.]
Unless there is a possibility that the villagers were all accomplices in the cover-up, it would be impossible for them to be in the same county for over 20 years without being found.
Besides the livestream chatter, the missing child case has already become a hot topic on major search platforms, with countless official media platforms and social media accounts broadcasting the story live, all trying to capitalize on the traffic. Of course, this wave of traffic also benefited "Mom Takes Baby on a Trip."
During the live broadcast, Lan's father and mother had a big argument with Qian. One side accused the other of trafficking their daughter and committing a crime, while the other side repeatedly denied it and accused the other side of being ungrateful.
Nan Tao shook her head and sighed as she watched, chatting with Zhou Mei beside her, "This fighting ability is not good. It's like being pinned to the ground and rubbed."
Zhou Mei: "You're too thin-skinned."
Nan Tao nodded: "We should bring a strong relative with us, but the incident happened suddenly, and it's not easy for them to rush here. Hey, how did they get here so quickly? Are they nearby?"
Zhou Mei: "That should be the case. Listen, they speak with the same accent."
Nan Tao's eyes widened: "It can't be so ridiculous, right?"
Zhou Mei shrugged, "Who knows."
Just as the two were talking, a siren sounded from afar, and soon a policeman in uniform got out of the car, pushed through the crowd, and walked in.
Nan Tao saw obvious panic flash across the dead old man's face.
Qian Da cursed at Lan's father and mother, "You two old fools, why are you calling me police? Your daughter is pregnant with my child and has been married to my family for twenty years. Why can't you talk to her nicely? I'm your son-in-law. If I end up in jail, who will raise your daughter? Which man would dare to want her? I'm telling you, your daughter is a fool now. No one would want her except me."
Mother Lan was so angry that she was shaking. She pointed a shaking finger at Qian Da and said, "You old fool, we can raise my daughter by ourselves. Even if she's stupid, we're willing to raise her. You don't have to worry about her!"
The police failed to mediate between the two families and finally took everyone to the police station in a police car.
Everyone had left, there was nothing exciting to watch, and everyone dispersed.
When Nan Tao saw Qian Erniu mouthing thank you to her, she smiled, turned around and followed Zhou Mei away.
Back at the gathering place, everyone chattered about what had just happened.
The village chief coughed and said, "It's almost noon, everyone, hurry up and prepare dinner."
After lunch, it was almost three o'clock. Everyone went back to their rooms to sleep and rest. Nan Tao and her son still stayed at Jiang Hui's place.
It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon when the four families woke up.
Seeing everyone gathered, the village chief issued a new task: "Tonight, the adults will go fishing at sea. You will sell the caught seafood at the county market tomorrow. Children, please play here and have dinner tonight."
When the children heard this, they were reluctant to leave.
Especially little Yang Xuan, although she had experienced separation due to a mission before, she still didn't want to be separated from Zhou Mei.
Zhou Mei coaxed her for a long time, and finally left quietly. Before leaving, she hid behind the wall to watch her daughter. Seeing that she and Zhang Tong were having a lot of fun, she left with the others without worry.
The adults were working hard to catch seafood at sea, while the children were playing at the gathering place.
When it was time for dinner, the village chief took care of the children one by one while they ate.
However, after dinner, the village chief had a headache because the children all missed their mother and surrounded him, asking where their mother was and why she hadn't come back yet.
Even Zhang Tong, who was usually cheerful and lively, became depressed, her eyes red and she seemed about to cry. Perhaps children's emotions were contagious, as the two boys, Yu Ze and Zhan Li, also felt depressed.
Especially Zhan Li, he has been in an orphanage since he can remember, and was often bullied by older children. It was common for him to not have enough food to eat, not have warm clothes to wear, and be beaten from time to time. But after being adopted by Jiang Hui's mother, he felt like he had entered heaven. Every day was happy, like floating on soft cotton, comfortable but uneasy, and he often worried that one day he would return to his previous gloomy life.
Zhan Li's dark eyes were tinged with gloom and anxiety. He grabbed the village chief's clothes with his small hands and stared at him, "When will Jiang Hui's mother come back?"
The village chief felt soft in his heart and touched the top of Zhan Li's soft head: "Mom has gone to do a mission. She will be back after completing the mission. Don't worry."
Zhan Li pursed his lips, not satisfied with the answer. He walked to Yu Ze and, like Yu Ze, leaned on the railing to look into the distance.
I don’t know how long it was, but it was already dark. Just when the village chief was about to give up comforting the children, the mothers finally came back.
The children happily rushed to their mothers.
Yu Ze rarely stayed close to Nan Tao, hugging his mother's neck with both hands and snuggling in her arms.
Nan Tao hugged Yu Ze and whispered to him, "Do you miss Mommy?"
Yu Ze nodded.
Nan Tao coaxed, "Isn't Mommy back? Look, she wasn't out for long, only half a day. It's just like when you normally go to kindergarten, right?"
Yu Ze felt something was not right, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be right, so he nodded again.
Nan Tao smiled and said, "Come on, baby, let's go to your aunt Mei's house to take a shower, and then go home to sleep."
The next day,
The guests gathered at the meeting place and started to have breakfast after playing some small games as usual.
After breakfast, the village chief said, "We'll divide the group into groups based on the rankings from the pre-breakfast mini-game. Jiang Hui and Wen Manqing will be in one group, and Zhou Mei and Nan Tao will be in another. The two teams will compete to sell the most seafood they caught yesterday. The team that sells the most will receive a gold medal from the third season of 'Mom and Baby Travel.' The proceeds will be donated to children in need in the mountains."
Since the seafood was placed in buckets and was quite heavy, the program crew drove the guests directly to the vegetable market in the county town. However, due to the competition between the two teams, the Nantao Zhoumei team and the Jiang Huiwen Manqing team were in different vegetable markets.
Nantao Zhou Mei found a designated open space, placed the bucket, and began to shout to sell seafood, "Cheap seafood, don't miss it if you pass by, come and have a look."
After shouting for a long time, people came to see it one after another, but not many people wanted to buy it. Most of them just asked the price and left.
Nan Tao's voice was tired from shouting, so she took a fan to fan herself and take a break.
The lady selling vegetables at the stall next to her was very helpful and gave Nantao and her friends four tomatoes and four cucumbers to eat.
Nan Tao quickly thanked her, "Thank you, big sister."
The auntie smiled widely when she was called "Big Sister". "Oh, I'm so old, and you still call me Big Sister. How embarrassing."
Nan Tao smiled and said, "Big sister looks quite young."
The eldest sister was coaxed into a good mood and asked with a smile: "Are you big stars filming a show?"
Nan Tao: "Yes, we are filming a variety show about children called 'Mom Takes Baby on a Trip'."
The eldest sister thought for a moment and said, "Ah, I've heard of this. My daughter loves watching it."
Nan Tao: "Haha, you have good taste."
The eldest sister smiled and said, "That's right, my daughter has good taste in everything she does. You don't know, she has been..."
The eldest sister talks about everything from south to north and from west to east. She is definitely a good chatterbox.
Suddenly, the eldest sister came over with a mysterious look on her face and asked, "Do you know that our Haicheng County has recently launched a major case?"
Nan Tao's curiosity was piqued. She leaned forward and asked, "What, a major case?"
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