Xia Dalang walked over and opened the door while wondering.
As soon as the door opened, a dark shadow rushed in, frightening Xia Dalang so much that he felt a little nervous.
The shadow fell to the ground and rested for a long time, until Xia Dalang thought that the shadow had died from the fall. Then the shadow got up halfway and grinned at Xia Dalang, which frightened Xia Dalang again and made him tremble in his heart.
Upon closer inspection, the shadow turned out to be a beggar in tattered clothes. His jacket was so black that it almost blended into the night.
I don’t know if it’s its natural color or if it’s been too dirty, so it has a hard black crust.
Xia Dalang couldn't help but take a step back in disgust. It was New Year's Day, and he didn't know where this beggar came from. He was so tactless!
Beggars have their own rules. How could they bang into other people's doors during the New Year?
The beggar growled, "Something's happened! Go find Madam Xia!"
When outsiders call it "Miss Xia", they are mostly referring to the summer rice flowers.
Seeing this, Xia Dalang felt it was difficult to just kick the beggar out. He looked around, closed the door, ignored the beggar lying on the ground, and went back into the house to look for Xia Daohua with a frown.
After hearing this, Xia Daohua hurriedly ran out with her skirt lifted up and saw that the person coming was the old beggar who had been lying opposite "Daohuaxiang" for many years.
Yes, that's the one who is unprofessional and always just lies down and sleeps.
Seeing that it was a familiar person, Xia Daohua couldn't help but blurt out: "Uncle, what brings you here? The ground is cold, get up quickly, let's go inside and talk."
The old beggar stood up swiftly and smiled at Xia Daohua, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth that looked a bit creepy:
"Girl, I, the old beggar, have always been blessed with good food and warm clothes thanks to you. Today is a special day, and you are not like most people who despise me for my bad luck. It is worth it that I, the old beggar, have come all the way to bring you this message!
Something happened at your farm. A group of unidentified guys came there and arrested a lot of people. Go check it out!"
When Xia Daohua heard this, she felt her heart sink.
Neither Eunuch Wei nor Mrs. Wang could find any news about Li Gan. Isn't his own farm the base camp of "Puji Rescue"?
Something unexpected happened there...
Xia Daohua's mind raced, and she had already thought of seven or eight possibilities, but she said nothing. She simply invited the old beggar into the house for some hot soup and dumplings.
"It's New Year's Day. Since you've come here, I can't let you leave empty-handed."
The old beggar burst into laughter, so loud that Xia Dalang felt a little pain in his ears:
"Haha, good girl! But forget about going inside. It's New Year's Day, why spoil everyone else's fun and let you get scolded at home?"
After saying that, the old beggar turned around and left.
Xia Daohua chased for two steps but failed to catch up. She stopped and looked thoughtfully at the dark night outside without saying a word.
Xia Dalang was a little anxious: "Is this person reliable? Is he trying to trick you?"
Xia Daohua shook her head. "Brother, if they ask about it later, just tell them I was being pretentious and sneaking back over there because I hated the noise and the kids over here. Don't tell them anything else."
After saying that, Xia Daohua walked out the door.
Xia Dalang was so anxious that he reached out to grab her and said, "Daohua, stop it! It's the middle of the night. If you get lost, how am I going to explain this to my uncle and aunt? What can't we wait until daybreak?"
Xia Daohua knew she was safe, but she couldn't explain it to Xia Dalang, especially since he meant well. So she nodded and followed him back to the house.
That night, neither Xia Dalang nor Xia Daohua slept well.
Xia Daohua was concerned about the situation at Puji Rescue. The old beggar had come to her late at night with the news, so it was probably true. There was no point in lying to her about something like this; wouldn't it be embarrassing if it was exposed in the blink of an eye?
Xia Dalang felt that Daohua's anxiety, her desire to rush over immediately, meant that this matter was very important to her. He stopped her, and while it was well-intentioned, he might have delayed her...
Xia Dalang tossed and turned until dawn finally brought him to sleep.
What he didn't know was that Xia Daohua didn't stay at home obediently until dawn before going out.
Instead, he waited until there was no light coming through the windows of every room in the compound, then quietly entered the space, used space teleportation to run out of the compound, and ran towards the farm.
When she reached the main road and saw that there were no outsiders around, she put on her helmet, drove her electric scooter, and rushed towards the village as fast as she could. When she was almost there, she entered the space to change clothes, then quietly manipulated the space and sneaked into her own village.
Wei Shiqi and the others had gone home for the New Year, and the only people left at the village were the homeless women and children taken in by the "Puji Rescue" charity, a few elderly people, and a few young people.
Xia Daohua sneaked into the farm and found that the place that should have been bustling was surprisingly quiet.
Every room was extremely quiet.
Even if they were all asleep, it wouldn't be this quiet...
Xia Daohua inspected each room one by one, and before she finished walking through each room, her face was already as black as the bottom of a pot.
All the people on Zhuangzi's house disappeared.
Those hardworking women, those lovely children, those young people recuperating from illness, those elderly people who are still working hard despite their advanced age...
All gone.
The person who stayed on duty at the village had disappeared.
Xia Daohua walked to the gate of the yard, started over again, and carefully checked every inch.
There were no signs of a fight.
No messages.
In some houses, cold tea was still left on the simple wooden tables.
Almost all the valuable things in every household were gone, and there were signs of rummaging. Some rooms were even in a mess after being searched, but the worthless wooden furniture, cooking utensils, kitchen utensils, bowls, etc. were all left.
Maybe I really came too late and didn't have time to stop them from being taken away...
Why did the old beggar know the news here?
An idea slowly emerged in Xia Daohua's mind, and she couldn't help but clench her fists, her knuckles turning a little white.
Most of the supplies in the woodshed and warehouse are still there and have basically not been touched.
But the people, copper coins, silver, less valuable jewelry and more expensive cloths of each family had all disappeared.
It is obvious that the enemy is coming with such force only for money.
Then why did you kidnap my people?
Xia Daohua took a deep breath, turned and left.
She knew that if it was a kidnapping, the other party would definitely send someone to tell her and prepare money to redeem the person.
If they just took advantage of my weakness and took advantage of these people, robbed my money, kidnapped them and sold them... since they were able to target these people, they would not let my store go.
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