Song Ning stood at the door and knocked, while gesturing for Huo Beian to hide to the side.
With more people around, those buying children will likely become more wary.
Is anyone there?
Soon, with the sound of a door opening, a man walked out, cursing and swearing.
The man looked quite old, around forty years old, dressed in tattered clothes, and had a scruffy beard.
Who are you looking for?
"We sell baby formula. Do you need any?"
Song Ning immediately said cleverly.
"Selling baby formula?"
The man looked at her warily.
"Yes. You know, the policy doesn't allow it, so we're selling it secretly. We heard your child crying and wanted to sell some milk powder to make some money."
Back then, it was a planned economy, and private transactions were not allowed, but some people would still trade secretly.
Without suspicion, the man said, "May I see your baby formula?"
Song Ning quickly took the box of milk powder out of her pocket and handed it to him.
Seeing that it was indeed milk powder, the person then asked, "How much?"
Song Ning then asked, "How many boxes do you want? By the way, does the baby's mother have breast milk?"
No. I estimate it will be about 30 boxes.
Upon hearing this, Song Ning had a general idea of what was going on. She thought to herself that this person was probably the buyer who wanted to purchase the child.
"Then you probably don't know how to make baby formula. I'll go in and teach you."
The man had no suspicion and led her inside.
Once inside, Song Ning looked at the child and immediately recognized her as Wu Qianqian's daughter; even the small blanket she was wearing was the same one from before.
The child was crying loudly from hunger.
Song Ning quickly started preparing the milk powder in a bowl.
Meanwhile, out of the corner of my eye, I kept looking at the people around me. I saw that besides the man, there was also an old woman in the house. The old woman was paralyzed in bed.
There was no woman in the house, and looking at the walls of this house, it was truly bare.
There wasn't much decent furniture in the house, and even Wan, who was making milk powder, was missing a few mouths.
Judging from his appearance, he must be an old bachelor in the village who couldn't find a wife, so he thought of buying a child, which is why the girl was willing to take him.
Song Ning prepared the milk powder and immediately fed it to the child.
But she still deliberately said, "Oh dear, this child seems a bit off. Is there something wrong with him?"
"What? Something's wrong?"
The man immediately became unhappy and came over, demanding, "What's wrong with you?"
Song Ning deliberately said, "Look at this little girl, she doesn't seem to have any strength when she's drinking milk, she probably has a problem. Maybe she has cerebral palsy."
"What?"
Upon hearing this, the man flew into a rage, shouting, "Damn it! That old woman dared to lie to me! I gave her most of my life savings. And she gave me a sick woman..."
At this moment, there's no longer any attempt to hide it.
Song Ning then deliberately said, "Okay, big brother, I still have some milk powder on my bicycle. Seeing how hard you've worked, I'll give you a discount on one box. I'll go get it right now."
After saying that, Song Ning went out. She coughed lightly after leaving the house, and Huo Beian immediately came out to look at her.
Song Ning nodded, and Huo Beian immediately followed her inside.
Caught off guard, the man asked, "What do you do for a living?"
As soon as Huo Beian entered the room, he pinned the man to the ground.
"Don't move!"
The man's paralyzed mother then burst into tears, "What's wrong with my son... Please don't take him away."
Song Ning then picked up the child and said to the man, "It's illegal to buy and sell children privately. Considering your mother's advanced age, we won't take you to the police station."
The man then started cursing, "I paid for this, 300 yuan! Unless you give me my money back, you're not taking the child away!"
"Alright, then I'll trouble you to come with us and settle accounts with that old lady, and get the money back."
So, Song Ning gave Huo Beian a wink, and Huo Beian escorted the man away with her.
They took the man directly to Company Commander Liu's house.
"Qianqian, look, this is your child."
Wu Qianqian took the child, tears streaming down her face.
“It’s my child… Song Ning, thank you for helping me find my child. I’m kneeling down to you.”
After saying that, Wu Qianqian knelt down with a thud.
Song Ning quickly helped her up.
"Don't mention it, what are you doing?"
Seeing this, Aunt Sun tried to run away, but Song Ning grabbed her. "Auntie, where are you going?"
When the man saw Granny Sun, he immediately stepped forward and pointed at her, saying, "She's the one who sold my child. Time to get your money back!"
As a result, Aunt Sun started to act unreasonably, saying, "Nonsense, I don't even know you. Don't wrong an innocent person."
"Still not admitting it? It was you. The money is probably still on you, give it to me."
After saying that, the man stepped forward to search Granny Sun's body. During the struggle, a handkerchief fell from Granny Sun's body.
The man picked it up, untied the handkerchief, and sure enough, it contained the money he had given him.
"Hmph. So you were here after all. Fine, I'll take the money, and you can have the child back. I'm leaving."
After saying that, he was about to leave, but Huo Beian stopped him.
"Buying and selling children is illegal. You think you can just leave like this?"
"Brother, please spare me. My eighty-year-old mother is bedridden and waiting for me at home. If I go in, she'll starve to death."
Song Ning shook her head, and thinking of this, Huo Beian had no choice but to let him go.
"Then you are not allowed to buy any more children. If I find out, I will not let you off easily."
"Okay, thank you."
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