Chapter 1059 The Returnee's Notes 133
The town of No Return remained quiet and deserted, only becoming lively on market days.
Because his hands were stained with some oil from the wonton stall, Xie Ning bent down to wash his hands at the hand pump in the corner. Just as he shook his hands, he saw a black cat walking over the wall.
"Black Egg!"
The shout froze the cat in its tracks, but Black Egg quickly ignored it and continued walking forward.
Xie Ning waved the chicken leg in her hand, smiling brightly, "Aren't you going to eat it?"
She had just bought it from a street vendor; it was packaged in a small, transparent bag, but its fragrant aroma couldn't be concealed.
Black Egg twitched its nose and quickly jumped down, snatching the bag from Xie Ning's hand in the process.
Xie Ning also squatted down and rubbed the kitten's ears, "Little glutton."
That was originally bought for it. She also bought wontons and vegetable noodles for herself and the old lady, since the old lady should still be asleep by now.
Aside from going to do commissioned work, the old lady usually gets up at eight o'clock now, since Xie Ning eats out all the time and it's too much trouble for her to cook for herself.
Of course, the fact that street food is cheap and delicious is also a very important reason.
Meow~
As long as there is food, Black Egg will squeal sweetly.
Xie Ning got so engrossed in petting the cat that she reached out with her other paw to scratch its chin and pat its belly, making the kitten purr. Clearly, Xie Ning's cat-petting technique was excellent.
However, she always had a feeling of being watched.
Xie Ning looked around, then looked up and saw a row of cats perched on the low wall, all staring at the rolling black egg, their eyes seemingly filled with shock.
Black Egg, who was rolling around while clinging to Xie Ning's wrist, suddenly froze, then started meowing and bristling, scaring away all the other kittens.
Xie Ning tapped the cat's nose. "I didn't expect Black Egg to be the boss of the cats."
Black Egg curled up and nestled in Xie Ning's arms, no longer saying a word, having completely lost face as a cat.
Xie Ning ran home with the cat in her arms, only to find the gate locked. She was puzzled, as the old lady should have already come out of the mountains by now.
She contacted the old lady yesterday.
The neighbor aunt peeked out, and when she saw Xie Ning, her eyes lit up. "Oh! It's Xiao Ning!"
Although Xie Ning's status as the top scorer in the college entrance examination was suppressed and not widely publicized, people around her still knew about it, after all, there were wave after wave of reporters coming to interview the old lady.
However, the old ladies all hid, but some reporters, unwilling to give up, interviewed these neighbors.
They weren't actually familiar with Xie Ning, but that didn't stop them from bragging about her!
Even though Xie Ning isn't their child, they're from the same village and town! They're very proud of that, and it makes them feel incredibly honored.
When he shouted that, everyone else came over to look. "You little rascal, how come you're so smart? I wish my child was half as smart as you."
Xie Ning was surrounded by elders, and knew that if they continued talking like this, they wouldn't finish until dark.
He then asked one of the women, "Aunt Liu, where is my grandma?"
"You went to Shuilian Village. Did you not have any food? Come to my house. I'll make you fried rice with eggs. My fried rice with eggs is the best!"
"No, thank you, Auntie. I've been traveling all day and I'm sleepy."
"Did you bring your keys?"
"I brought it."
The neighbors were really hospitable. Xie Ning took out the candy jar from her backpack, pointed to the children around her and said, "Auntie, I bought some candy. Could you share it with the children? I'm going to sleep now."
"Hey, this kid, why is he spending so much money?"
Finally free from the encirclement, Xie Ning turned into her home. The faint scent of incense wafted into her nostrils. After placing the black cat and her luggage on the table, Xie Ning first bowed to the statue of Laozi.
Incense was lit only after washing up.
It was still early, and Xie Ning wasn't sleepy at all. She had just opened her bag to organize her things when her phone received a notification sound from someone paying special attention to her.
That was a message she set up in the online forum, and recently her only focus has been on the surrogacy story told by that little girl. Now, what she's receiving is not only the police's follow-up report, but also the little girl's confusion.
The illegal surrogacy agencies in their area have been shut down, and girls in the village who have been surrogate mothers are now receiving free medical checkups at the hospital.
Moreover, to take into account the feelings of those women, the hospital arranged for all women to undergo physical examinations so that they would not feel embarrassed.
Xu Siyi's confusion stemmed from the villagers' malice towards her. In fact, both the police and she herself were careful not to let anyone discover who had revealed the surrogacy issue here.
However, the young woman was certain that Xu Siyi had called the police because Xu Siyi was afraid that her family would become rich.
It was actually a very absurd accusation; she had no evidence whatsoever, but some people believed it and thus tried to trip up the Xu family in various ways.
Perhaps those people just needed an outlet for their frustrations.
The little girl said her parents also blamed her, saying she was meddling and that it forced their family to move away from the village.
The family moved into the older brother's rented house, which put a lot more pressure on him.
Was she really wrong? Because of her, many families have lost a source of income.
Xie Ning carefully read the little girl's letter, then thoughtfully replied, telling the little girl that she had not done anything wrong.
She is not wrong. The ones who are wrong are always those who profit from this and bleed both sides dry. Whether it is the party who commissions surrogacy or the person who provides eggs and bodies for surrogacy, they are all just the ones being exploited.
Of course, such behavior is wrong, but they are not clear-headed enough, and... it is difficult for them to be clear-headed. Perhaps it is because of poverty, or perhaps it is because of the social atmosphere, which allows them to have only one child, while most people want a boy.
......
Finally, Xu Siyi replied with a short letter: "When the teacher talked about supply and demand in class, I have never understood it so thoroughly... I feel that the poorer people are, the more they are exploited in every way... It's so scary, but I still believe that the future will get better."
Because she could see that some people were eroding the bridge, while many more were reinforcing it.
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