Nearing 3 o'clock, Liu Chuchang asked the team members to pack up the people from the four families and send them to the hospital. Lu Boyuan waved his hand and asked everyone to go back to sleep and gather in the threshing ground at 10 o'clock in the morning to prepare to talk about the matter of the four elders.
Many villagers did not sleep well that night, wondering whether to elect another elder.
The Fourth Brigade was once Lujia Village. Everyone in the village belonged to the same family, and the elders were hereditary.
The elders of this generation did not do anything practical for the village, but were only concerned with getting benefits for their families.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, Lu Shiyi returned to the farm from training in the mountains. Su Jin fed Hanhan and changed him into dry clothes. He was playing with his fingers.
Hanhan saw Lu Shiyi coming and started screaming.
Lu Shiyi changed into a clean training uniform, washed his hands and brushed his teeth, then picked up his son and teased him happily.
"Ayi, after breakfast, shall we go to the threshing ground at the foot of the mountain?" Su Jin helped draw the portrait and did everything within her ability.
"Go, we've already intervened, and we have to show up today." Lu Shiyi and Su Jin explained, "In addition to the four portraits, we must help draw a few more. I heard from a neighbor that someone else sent the news."
"Ayi, are those people from the imperial capital?" Su Jin had an idea in his mind after listening to what his neighbors said yesterday.
"It should be someone from the compound. Achang mentioned someone he knew. The political commissar said one of them was a member of the driver's squad." Lu Shiyi specially arranged three drivers from the armed forces, just to ensure the farm's logistics. "The person from the driver's squad has been taken to the interrogation room. Liu Chuchang will conduct the interrogation."
Su Jin put breakfast on the table. Lu Shiyi held Hanhan in his right hand and ate breakfast with chopsticks in his left hand.
"Put Hanhan down quickly. Don't hold him while he's eating. Hanhan has just been trained, do you want to destroy him?" Su Jin questioned Lu Shiyi.
Lu Shiyi chuckled. Hanhan's appearance now resembled Xiaojin, and he favored his son a little more. Every time he saw Hanhan doing something wrong, his little face puffed up and looking at him with grievance, he would forgive him instantly.
"I can eat like this!" Lu Shiyi quickly spoke up for Hanhan. "Wife, the way Hanhan looks at me with grievance is so similar to you."
After he finished speaking, Su Jin understood why Lu Shiyi doted on Hanhan unconditionally. Normally, the men in the military camp would be strict with their sons and dote on their daughters.
"Hold Hanhan and go out together. He is more than 8 months old now and should be able to go out for a walk." Lu Shiyi found that the weather was not hot today, so it was just right for him to go out holding her.
"Okay!" Since Hanhan was 5 months old, Su Jin would carry Hanhan or push him in a stroller and take him out every day to let him feel the weather outside.
Lu Shiyi was there too. The couple took their son out together, and the villagers saw the grown-up Hanhan for the first time.
"We need to keep an eye on Hanhan today. A few days ago, a child was kidnapped in the second brigade." Lu Shiyi never left the mountain, but he was always aware of the specific situation of the several brigades.
"Ayi, are those people human traffickers, or is it someone doing this on purpose?" Su Jin asked curiously. "There are also many young children in the nearby villages. If one or two children are missing from each village, and there are six brigades nearby, there must be more than a dozen children."
"Wife, Lao Lin said it was intentional. Someone wanted to use the child to divert attention. It seems they wanted to prevent them from tracking down the four murderers." Lu Shiyi whispered to Su Jin, "Hanhan is exactly the same age as when those people kidnapped him."
"Are you targeting Hanhan? Have you caught the human trafficker?" Su Jin thought that Lu Shiyi was worried about Hanhan recently and had to keep him under his nose all the time.
"We didn't catch the human traffickers. The five children who were lost at the beginning were found, but the ones who were lost later and the human traffickers have not been found yet." Lu Shiyi and Lin Zitao prepared for a long time. Lin Zitao even asked Lin Yan and Lin Lei to wander around the village alone, but the other party did not take action.
The three of them took advantage of this tragic incident to meet and discuss using Hanhan to fish.
"Are you planning to use Hanhan to fish? Have you ever thought about what would happen if something happened to Hanhan?" Su Jin's face darkened immediately. Were those people related to her? "If you were by my side, would you be able to ensure that nothing happened to Hanhan?"
"Yes!" Lu Shiyi cares very much about his son and will never let his son take risks unless it is absolutely necessary.
Su Jin waited for Lu Shiyi to tell her the details. Lu Shiyi hesitated for a moment and decided to tell her the plan they had discussed.
Yesterday, taking advantage of the tragedy of the family massacre, we arranged for the team members to sneak into the village and hide near the threshing ground, ready to take advantage of the situation to wipe out the criminals in one fell swoop.
Once the traffickers are caught, the children who were taken away can be returned to their families.
"Ayi, are those children who were snatched away in public all boys?" Su Jin asked after hearing Lu Shiyi's words.
"No, two of them are girls. The elderly people of those two families said that if they don't call the police, there is no need to find the girls." Lu Shiyi was not satisfied with the actions of the two old ladies, but he could not persuade them anymore.
In the hands of human traffickers, girls are relatively easier to sell, so Lu Shiyi has been having people keep a close eye on them, hoping to rescue them.
"Ayi, I still don't want Hanhan to take risks. How about I replace Hanhan with a lifelike doll?" Su Jin did not hide her concerns.
"If you don't show up in the crowd with Hanhan, I don't think those people will be fooled." Lu Shiyi said helplessly, "Old Lin and I both think Hanhan is young. Lin Yan and Lin Lei both tested it and found that he didn't show up."
He mentioned Lin Yan and Lin Lei twice in a row. Su Jin knew that Lu Shiyi wanted to give it a final try. Hanhan couldn't run or jump yet, but he could already turn over and sit up, and occasionally get up and walk around in bed by holding onto the wall.
In a few months, Hanhan will be able to walk on his own. If the danger is not over, she will be more worried.
"Okay!" Su Jin thought about it for a long time and decided to solve those troubles in advance.
After breakfast, Su Jin changed Hanhan into a light grey Tai Chi suit, which was made for Hanhan by Du Ruo at Ruifuxiang in the imperial capital. To make it there, one not only needs a ticket, but also needs to know a master chef.
"Wife, let me hold Hanhan." Lu Shiyi took Hanhan, and Su Jin followed closely behind. They opened the space and were directly alert to the surroundings. As long as they found any danger around them, the alarm in the space would sound.
The family of three walked down the mountain and into the village, and many familiar villagers greeted them.
"Is this Hanhan?" Third Master Lu looked at Lu Shiyi holding a boy and smiled kindly, "He looks a lot like you when you were a child. Your grandfather held you like this when he came back."
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