The sky gradually brightened. After Lu Shiyi got up, he did warm-up exercises in the yard. Zong Li followed the members of the Divine Sword team into the back mountain and arrived at the backyard at 4:30 in the morning.
"Chief, I'll be staying with my wife in the yard. You and Qishe can go outside for a run." Zong Li stood in front of the bedroom door.
When Su Jin heard some noise outside, she immediately got up and changed her clothes. She glanced at the sleeping Hanhan and hurried outside.
"Sister-in-law, are you up? The leader went to the mountain for a run." Tengman reported while standing in the yard.
"I'm going to cook now, you help me." Su Jin saw that the police and team members in the hospital had something to do, so he asked Teng Man to help with the work.
Tengman heard from Qishe that Su Jin's cooking was delicious. It was rare for Lu Shiyi to allow Su Jin to cook three meals a day, so they were in for a treat.
"What do you usually eat for breakfast? Porridge? Or noodles?" Su Jin didn't understand the dietary situation here.
"Sister-in-law, we are not picky about food, anything is fine with us." Man Teng said truthfully.
Su Jin made the mixed noodles that had been fermented last night, but because the temperature in the kitchen was too low, she had to increase the fermentation time.
Teng Man watched Su Jin skillfully prepare the noodles and boil water. Su Jin took out white radish, cucumber and a large piece of braised meat from the bamboo basket he brought.
"Let's have braised pork noodles today." Su Jin looked at Man Teng and said.
Su Jin scooped hot water from the water tank and brought it to a boil. She peeled and shredded the radish, and also cut some cucumber shreds for the dish.
Lu Shiyi led the team members back from exercise outside. Qi She took him to run a few laps in the village, and he found something wrong with several houses.
"Qishe, you're going to the mountains during the day and you'll have to drive back the next morning. You'll probably be taking action directly." Lu Shiyi stood outside the kitchen and reminded Qishe, "You can tell your childhood friends about the news. If they leak the information and cause the mission to fail, you'll also be held responsible."
Lu Shiyi let Qishe make his own decision and told him the consequences.
"Chief, I understand." Qishe has been thinking about this issue.
Lu Shiyi walked into the kitchen and helped Su Jin prepare ramen.
"Ayi, you make the ramen, I'll quickly prepare the side dishes." Su Jin prepared the braised meat in advance, so there wouldn't be any problems coming here in such cold weather.
But all the dishes had to be prepared first, and Man Teng sat in the kitchen to boil water.
Qi She stood outside the door and watched for a long time, feeling confused. Thinking that his childhood friends did not have a close relationship with the village chief, he decided to give it a try.
"Chief, I'm going out for a while!" After Qi She had an ideological struggle, he decided to find his childhood friend to give him a reminder.
"Go!" Lu Shiyi nodded.
Qi She went out from the back door and walked quickly to the back door of An Zhuang's house according to his memory.
"Hezi, is there anything wrong?" Anzhuang immediately opened the back door.
Anzhuang's wife saw Anhe coming and warmly welcomed him in.
"Head of the household, please stay home and talk to An He. I have to take the children to my sister-in-law's house to help her make quilts." An Zhuang's wife looked at An He apologetically, "It's unfortunate that I didn't do it right. We can't delay things at home. How about coming over tonight and I'll make some snacks for you guys?"
"Go quickly!" An Zhuang said cheerfully, "Come back early this afternoon. If An He doesn't have work tonight, I'll let him stay for dinner."
"Okay!" Anzhuang's wife agreed.
"Sister-in-law, you go ahead and do your thing!" An He didn't say much, nor did he immediately agree to eat.
After waiting for his wife and children to leave, Anzhuang looked at Anhe seriously, knowing that Anhe had something to tell him.
"Zhuangzi, take your sister-in-law and the children and find an excuse to go back to your wife's family and live there these days." Qishe couldn't explain it clearly to Anzhuang, so he could only say a few vague words.
An Zhuang was stunned for a moment: "But the village is not safe?"
"We can't tell you. We'll leave the day after tomorrow morning." Qishe told Anzhuang, "I'll come to your house for dinner tonight. You can call those people over."
"My father-in-law's birthday is the day after tomorrow, and my family was planning to stay there for a few days." An Zhuang reached out and patted his shoulder. "Don't mention it tonight. After all, they have to make a living in the village."
Anzhuang is already planning to go to the county town to work as a worker after the New Year next year, and he has another excuse to hide away.
"I... couldn't make up my mind before. I hope you are all safe!" Qi Snake smiled bitterly.
"You're struggling outside and don't understand what's going on in the village. Those people have wives from outside the village. The village chief has planted a lot of spies to control the villagers." An Zhuang reminded Qi She, "Even if they don't say anything, it's a bit too much for several people who are close to you to leave the village at the same time."
"I'm not as open-minded as you are. Well, we're just getting together tonight, and I won't talk about these things." An He heard An Zhuang's reminder and realized that his childhood friends had changed a lot. "Is there no one in the village who wants to marry into the family? Why do they have to look outside?"
When Anzhuang heard Anhe's question, he sighed that what was coming would come.
In the past, the grain harvest was good, and although this place is located in a mountain valley, there were still people who married into the village. A few people came here in the past few years, and some people in the village became wild-minded. They couldn't stand the girls in the neighboring villages and insisted on finding wives outside.
In the end, those people became human traffickers. The wives they brought back were all very beautiful, but some of them were stubborn and resisted, so they were locked up in the cellar.
The villagers initially sympathized with their plight, but later, as more and more people came to buy wives, these people became numb. Anzhuang wanted to call the police, but found that there were spies in the police station.
"Talk to the director later and tell him to conduct a secret investigation. Not everyone at the police station can be trusted," An Zhuang reminded An He. "Also, go from the back and try to avoid any villagers heading into the mountains. I'll let you know at noon."
"Your wife saw me!" An He asked suspiciously, "You don't need to be so nervous, right?"
"She knows her limits and sympathizes with those girls. Many of them have been moved away from the back mountain." An Zhuang reminded An He in a low voice, "Those who can pass through the back mountain of Songjiang Commune over there must have been sent away."
"How... do you know so much?" An He asked in surprise, "You won't do anything dangerous, will you?"
"Don't worry, I'm close to one of them, and he told me," An Zhuang told An He the detailed route. "Anyone in the village can find out with a little effort. Besides, I have to protect my wife and children, so I won't take any risks."
"I've noted it all down." An He thought for a moment and reminded An Zhuang of what to do next. "I've taken this job and will eliminate those cancers in the village. You just need to live a peaceful life."
"You are capable of doing it. My husband and I want to help, but we are powerless." An Zhuang took up his pipe and started smoking. "My wife has cried many times because of this. I thought I would tell you when you come back."
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