"Okay, you guys split up. We also have to split up here. There are so many of us, and we'll be worried if we get separated."
Fang left with her family.
"How should we go? Let's each take our own children, and Chunxiao will follow us, the old couple?"
"Okay, let's split up now. Maybe we can meet each other halfway later." The family split into three groups and went shopping separately.
"Dad, Mom, is there anything you want to buy? I'll buy it for you."
Yan Bing laughed and said, "We don't need your money. We have money. You can buy whatever you want yourself."
"Chunxiao, you haven't seen the big stage play in town yet, right? It started a few years ago. I'll take you to see it later, but I'm not sure if you can squeeze in."
"I heard about it from Sister Fang in the carriage. Okay, let's go take a look later."
There were so many people today that you had to brush shoulders with others when walking on the street. Similarly, there were many people setting up stalls. Those small snacks from the countryside that were not often seen were all available today. Chunxiao bought a lot of them and took Yan Bingfa and Zhou to eat as they walked.
"All the men in the village have returned. There are a lot more people in the town than last year. It was also lively last year, but not with so many people."
"Everyone has been hoping for a peaceful war, and now that hope has finally come true, it's natural to be happy."
"I'm afraid the price of red cloth will go up next year." Zhou looked at Chunxiao and said, "We haven't bought cloth in a long time. Do you want to buy some? Cloth is still expensive nowadays."
"Mom, I still have a lot in my box. What do you want the cloth for? Just take it yourself."
"She doesn't even like the clothes you make anymore. Don't you see that she wears ready-made clothes from shops? But the clothes bought from shops are indeed much better looking than the ones you make yourself. Our Chunxiao doesn't even look like our daughter now. She looks like a girl from the county town."
"Dad, you have even met a young lady from the county town." Chunxiao laughed at him.
"Of course I haven't seen them before. I saw quite a few ladies when I was buying marinade ingredients in the county town. They looked different from the women in our village."
Several people walked all the way to the stage in the township government. More and more people came on the road. When they arrived, the stage was set up but no one was there.
"It's still early, we can come and grab a seat first." Zhou pulled her around to find a place with a good view, but unfortunately, the seats in the front were already taken.
"Mom, just find a suitable location where we can hear it." Chunxiao felt that they just wanted to feel the atmosphere. Otherwise, if they wanted to listen to opera, they could invite a troupe to perform in the village, but the people would not be able to see it.
"What do you know? Listening is one thing, the singers also perform well," Zhou looked at the edge of the crowd, "Let's go over there, there are empty seats, and there are food vendors nearby. If you are hungry, you can buy some food." The three of them squeezed to a place closer to the side of the stage.
This place is quite nice, there's a tree next to it, which will provide some shade when the sun comes up. I don't know when the show will start, but I don't think the wait will be long.
Chunxiao looked around, trying to see if other people had come and were standing somewhere else. Unfortunately, there were too many people and the noise was too loud, so she gave up after looking for a while.
"Just now I seemed to see a large number of yamen runners leaving from the township government. Today is New Year's Eve, why are these runners still going out on official business?"
"I heard there's trouble in the village down there again. I wonder which unlucky village will be the one to suffer this time."
"What kind of trouble is going on? It's New Year's Day and there's trouble. Why is there so much trouble in this village?"
"Hey, they say another child is missing from the village. I just came over there to ask about it."
Chunxiao originally had no intention of listening to other people's gossip, but when she heard that another child was lost, she became curious.
"I don't know what's going on in these towns. A lot of kids have gone missing in the last few years. We've reported it to the township government, but they can't find the people. Those damn people only do this kind of immoral things. They won't let us have peace even during the New Year."
Zhou and Yan Bingfa, who were standing nearby, also heard what was happening. They panicked and rushed over to talk to her, "Sister-in-law, what you just said about a lot of children missing from our neighborhood, is that true?"
The woman saw that Zhou was well-dressed and spoke politely. "Of course it's true. In Wangjia Village next door to us, three or four children have gone missing in the past two years. You don't know, those families cried themselves blind. It's really pitiful. In our village, children are not allowed to go out alone now."
"You are from the next village. There is one in our village, but we still haven't found him." The person who spoke sighed.
"Have you reported it to the police? I have no clue who did it."
"Of course I'll report it to the authorities, but they don't kidnap children every day. It's a huge place, and the authorities can't guard it every day. Even if they did, how much could they guard? Anyway, there's no news. How can we find this child if he's lost? I think it's difficult."
Zhou looked at Chunxiao with a serious expression, "Go back and remind them to take good care of their children." Yan Bing said with a serious expression.
"What this elder brother said is true. This kidnapper incident is not the first time we've heard of it. There are only a few people who have actually found one. Even if we find this one, there will be another. We can't do anything else but urge the family to pay more attention to their children."
"Things like this happen all the time, and it really bothers the government."
"I think it's all in vain for the officer to go. The child has been missing for several hours, and he must have already run away."
More and more people were talking about this matter, and Chunxiao felt a little surprised. He didn't expect that the human trafficking incident had continued until now. He didn't know whether it was several groups or just one group.
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