After the team members resolved the family conflict, the compound became completely quiet and life seemed to return to normal.
Before the end of the first month of the lunar year, the villagers were in their winter idle period. Under the arrangement of the Pigeon Committee, a large market was held near the gate of the family compound. When the family members heard the news, they discussed going to the market together.
Su Jin had breakfast and went to the nearby market with Yun Feng.
"Sister Yunfeng, are you ready?" After Su Jin came to the yard, he followed the local custom and stood at the door, calling out.
"Here we come!" Yunfeng told the two brothers to do their homework at home and not to touch dangerous things.
With the support of the Pigeon Committee, buyers and sellers at the fair can trade directly with money without tickets.
Su Jin took out a 16K piece of paper from his coat pocket, on which was recorded the things he needed to buy today.
"I've written it all down. It's cheaper here than at the supply and marketing cooperative. I've bought a lot of consumables that can be stored. I only need to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things that cannot be prevented." Su Jin shook the paper in his hand, and Yun Feng also took a piece.
"The children need to study, and there are many things to prepare." Yun Feng also agreed with Su Jin's point of view. Lin Lei and Lin Yan also need someone to look after them after school, and she really doesn't have time to run to the supply and marketing cooperative all the time. "The supply and marketing cooperative and the factory will also participate in this, selling some defective items. I used to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy school supplies for my brothers, and the prices are really different."
"Are there any notebooks for sale?" Su Jin wanted to buy some for review. "I just want to buy some."
Lu Shiyi brought back some work log books, which he had saved while working for her to study.
The two of them walked out talking and laughing, and Zuo Mei was standing at the door waiting for them.
"Xiaomei, aren't you going to work today?" Zuo Mei works at the supply and marketing cooperative, and she specially took a day off with her colleagues to go to the market.
"I'll take advantage of the market to buy more things," Zuo Mei thought, thinking about the many things she needed for the family. "Let's buy them separately first, so it won't look the same if everyone buys them. We'll meet at the door later and go home."
"Okay!" the three agreed.
After Su Jin separated from the two at the door, she looked at the stalls at the door. Several large factories nearby had set up tables, and even the pencil factory that had just moved from Shanghai displayed a lot of pencils.
At the table in the pencil factory, Su Jin looked at the green Zhonghua pencils, each box containing 10 pencils.
"Comrade, buy three boxes of pencils." Su Jin thought that pens and ink were hard to buy nowadays, so it would be good to use pencils more often to do exercises.
"That's 10 cents in total," the staff member said. "These pencils have some flaws."
"I know!" Su Jin thought to herself that pencils were really cheap. She took out a pen and ink from the space and only used them at home. "How much is the eraser?"
"If you buy three boxes, I'll give you an eraser." The staff rarely encountered big customers like Su Jin, as most people bought two or three for their children. "Erasers are 2 cents each."
"Give me three more boxes of pencils and five erasers." Su Jin considered that there would be more exercises to do in the future, and these were consumables.
After giving the money, Su Jin put the pencils and erasers he bought into the bamboo basket, put it into the space when he put it on his back, and continued to stroll forward.
The military wives came out of the yard one after another, and they greeted each other when they saw each other. She walked to the stall selling eggs and was about to ask the price when she saw Xiao Ya just let go of Ruan Tao's clothes. A middle-aged woman behind her immediately came forward and wanted to pick up Xiao Ya.
"Little girl!" Su Jin said, "Come to Aunt Jin."
When Ruan Tao heard Su Jin's voice, he turned around immediately and found Xiao Ya being held by a stranger.
"Xiao Ya!" Ruan Tao stepped forward immediately, "Why are you holding my daughter?"
The middle-aged woman glared at Ruan Tao angrily: "You human trafficker, you want to take my daughter away."
Many people who came to the market gathered around. When the military wives saw that it was Ruan Tao and Xiao Ya, they immediately put down the things they were carrying and gathered around.
"This is our daughter." An honest man appeared. "How dare you slander us?"
The two responded in coordination, and many stall owners and villagers denounced Ruan Tao.
"I'm a military wife, and this child is my daughter, a soldier's child. Everyone in the family compound back there knows her." Ruan Tao saw that something was wrong, and the military wives also rushed over. She fought back, "Everyone, help me! This woman is trying to take Xiaoya away."
"Are you in cahoots with the captured human traffickers? The military district team members caught the human traffickers, are you trying to take the military kids away for revenge?" Su Jin noticed that the human traffickers were making eye contact, so to prevent them from making false statements, she immediately pointed out the reason.
"The little girl followed me back to the village. Villagers from the second brigade of Zuojiazhuang, please come over and ask if she is the little girl I brought home the day before yesterday!" Zuo Mei also squeezed into the crowd and called the villagers she knew to come over.
Ruan Tao was scared and stared at his daughter. Zuo Mei held Ruan Tao's hand tightly to give her strength to support herself.
Yunfeng sent a military wife to find the sentry and ask them to notify Lin Zitao and Hu Teng.
The two middle-aged men were stunned. Taking advantage of the moment, Su Jin rushed out and bumped into the middle-aged woman, snatched Xiao Ya from her arms and ran back.
Su Jin returned Xiao Ya to Ruan Tao. She returned to her mother's arms and burst into tears.
"Mom, that person pinched me so hard that I couldn't speak. She also told Dad to kill her brother and wanted to sell me to the mountains." Xiao Ya hugged Ruan Tao's neck tightly and cried.
Su Jin stood in front of Ruan Tao and her daughter. When the military wives heard Xiao Ya crying, they all held the child's hands tightly.
"Fellow villagers, the Pigeon Committee has opened a large market for your convenience, hoping that everyone can easily buy things. Many people have brought their children here, but human traffickers have infiltrated the market, and no one can guarantee the safety of these children." Su Jin watched as many people called their children to their side. "You stood by and watched coldly today. If you encounter similar situations in the future and let the human traffickers succeed, you will have no choice but to watch your children being abducted."
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