More and more children and girls were missing in the county. Seeing that there was no movement at the county government office, many people went directly to the gate of the county government office to make trouble.
The commotion got so bad that the county magistrate sent a lot of people to investigate the case, but they couldn't find any results. Many people were unhappy and felt that the county government was not doing anything!
The county constable had no choice but to say that the case would be solved within a month. Even so, the people were not satisfied. A month was too long and who knew how many things would happen!
Seeing that the commotion was so serious, the county government began to drive people away. Under the use of force, the people dared not to make trouble anymore, but they still had a lot of resentment towards the county government.
With the guarantee from the county government, everyone felt a little more at ease, and gradually some people started taking their children out for a walk.
This news spread to all the villages. Everyone felt relieved when they heard that the county government had begun to take action. Within two days, constables came to the village to inquire about the news.
After the constable left, many people were chatting at the village entrance. When they talked about the child in the distance, everyone fell silent.
Yuanyuan is a very unlucky child. After Yuanyuan's father fainted last time and woke up, he endured the pain and took care of Yuanyuan's mother's funeral. Since then, he has been drinking at home, getting drunk every day and neglecting the work in the fields!
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During this period, Song Tingzhi had expanded the house on the mountain. The day to deliver rabbits to the restaurant in town had arrived, so Song Tingzhi thought about going back and letting Jiang Cheng stay at home.
Jiang Cheng thought so too. He returned to the town and had to make tofu and look after the children. Jiang Cheng was afraid something might happen because there were many people in the town. After all, the criminal had not been caught yet, and Jiang Cheng felt uneasy.
Everyone in the village knew him, and with Xu Sanniang helping Jiang Cheng sell tofu in the village, he felt much more at ease.
Before leaving, Song Tingzhi kissed Doudou and Jiang Cheng and then set off for the town.
"Brother Chengcheng, Ayou and I are going out to play!" Song Yu excitedly pulled Zhang Jinyou to go out. Jiang Cheng was afraid that something might happen to them and wanted to stop them, but Song Yu ran out in a flash.
"Don't run around!" Jiang Cheng felt a little relieved when he saw them go to someone else's yard.
But nothing will go wrong with Zhang Jinyou by his side. Zhang Jinyou eats and sleeps well every day at the Song family, and helps Xu Sanniang with some chores. His height is growing rapidly, and now he is a handsome young man when he goes out!
"Going out again?" After Xu Sanniang finished feeding Doudou, she found that Song Yu and Zhang Jinyou were missing, so she asked Jiang Cheng.
"Yeah, we went to Lao Lin's house to play." Song Yu only ran around to a few houses, and Jiang Cheng knew them all. Fortunately, the two of them knew their limits when they went out to play and didn't run around, otherwise Yu Sanniang would not agree to let them go out!
"You only know how to play. You're already eleven years old but you still behave like a child!" Xu Sanniang felt that Song Yu was spoiled too much by his family and was almost going crazy!
"Mom, Xiaoyu is still young!" Song Qian just came out and heard Xu Sanniang say this, so she defended her brother.
"Are you sending another letter?" When Xu Sanniang saw the letter in Song Qian's hand, she knew that she was sending another letter to Fang Wang.
"Well, there are many things I don't understand in the medical books I've read recently that I want to ask him." Song Qian learned medical skills at home and also helped with some housework. Seeing that she really liked it, Xu Sanniang let her do it.
"Okay, go ahead! Come back after you're gone!" Xu Sanniang reminded.
"I know!" Song Qian responded.
"Each one or two of them are so worrying!" Although Xu Sanniang lives a happy life every day with her children by her side, she sometimes feels annoyed when her children are always around her.
After Xu Sanniang complained, she went to the woodshed to wash the dishes and then went into the house to see her precious grandson!
After a while, news came from the town that a criminal had been caught. It was said that he originally lived in Lihua Village. His family was extremely poor. Someone suggested to him that selling a child would be more valuable. Many dignitaries liked children, so he had evil thoughts.
He tried his first job and made a lot of money. Later, he became more and more daring. Within a few years, he kidnapped many children. When the constable asked him where he sold the children, he refused to say a word.
The county government had no choice but to sentence him to be executed on Beimen Street three days later to quell public anger.
On the day of his execution, he was first paraded through the streets. People watched from both sides and threw rotten cabbages, stones and other things at him, cursing as they threw the things, wishing they could do it themselves to vent their anger!
When the execution was being carried out, many people gathered around to watch. No one had any sympathy for the criminal, and their previous fear of the execution was overshadowed by anger.
No one left until the execution was over, leaving the blood all over the ground.
The news of the prisoner's execution had spread to the village. Xu Sanniang was relieved when she heard that the kidnapper was dead.
Now that the person is gone, the families with children in the village are no longer as frightened as before, and the village gradually becomes as lively as usual.
Only Lihua Village was affected by some rumors that a kidnapper had appeared in their village. Who knows if other people in the village knew about it and helped to keep it secret!
The people in the surrounding villages were reluctant to marry their daughters to Lihua Village, which made the people of Lihua Village, who had too many boys to find wives, extremely anxious. They all went to the village chief to ask for an explanation.
"What explanation do you want? What does this have to do with me? What does it have to do with me if your kids can't get married? Don't hang around in front of my door!" Village chief Niu was so annoyed by the villagers that he started to drive them away at the door.
Niu Er also came over to help his father drive people away. Everyone was usually afraid of their family, but after what happened, they didn't dare to cause any real trouble and had to go back in shame.
"It's so unlucky that you can't even do things right! You should clean up this matter recently!" Village chief Niu returned to the house and closed the door tightly. He got angry for a long time in the house before he calmed down a little.
"Don't worry, Dad!" Niu Er responded standing at the door.
"Rest assured? How can I be assured? I've only handed the job over to you for a few years and you've already caused such trouble. You'd better be careful in the future and don't cause any big trouble, otherwise our family will be ruined!" Village chief Niu pointed at Niu Er's nose and cursed.
Niu Er didn't say anything. It was his fault because he didn't handle the matter well. He just needed to wait for his father to vent his anger.
"By the way, your son is doing well in that family. He has been healthy for more than a year. The family has paid the balance, so you should keep it well!" Village Chief Niu took out a box and handed it to Niu Er.
There was a hint of unnaturalness on Niu Er's face, and he was reluctant to reach out his hand.
"Don't worry, you'll have a son later, but twins, a boy and a girl, are rare. People say this is the only one, and luckily our family got lucky. Keep it!" Village Chief Niu stuffed the words into Niu Er's hand and reminded him, "You must keep this secret well. Don't let your wife know!"
"I understand, Dad." Niu Er nodded. Seeing that his son seemed to have figured it out, Village Chief Niu let him go out. He wanted to vent his anger!
Neither of them noticed a figure flashing outside...
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