Zhao Xiaomei thought the Sun family wouldn't dare take the divorce to the authorities, but to her surprise, they actually did. There was no room for negotiation. After the authorities handled the matter appropriately, Sun was sentenced to one year in prison, and Niu Jing'an was sentenced to ten years. Moreover, the authorities gave the child to the Sun family, and the child would take the surname Sun from then on.
Looking at the smoke that Niu Dajia was blowing, Zhao Xiaomei felt both resentment towards Guo Shi for meddling and resentment towards Shen Shi and Niu Dajia for sending Sun Shi to the clinic.
"Mommy, Mommy, it's still snowing outside! My sisters and I are going to build a snowman and play!" Niu Baozhu said happily, pointing to the heavy snow falling outside.
Outside, everything was covered in a blanket of white. Although it was a snowy day, the wind wasn't as biting as it had been during the recent snowfall. Chen Yu smiled and said:
"good!"
The seven little girls rushed out as if they had been granted a pardon. Xiao Fubao and Niu Baolan held hands and said, "We want to build a snowman too!"
"We want to build a snowman too!"
Niu Cuihua decided that Niu Ke'er, Niu Baolan, and Xiao Fubao would form a group to build a small snowman, while the remaining four would be paired up, with one adult and one child in each group.
Chen Yu, Niu Da, Niu Er, Niu Xiao Mei, and Xiang Jin Lan sat around the fire to warm themselves.
Looking at the seven little girls outside, Xiang Jinlan said, "I wish I had such adorable granddaughters!"
She has four sons and one daughter, none of whom are married yet. Her eldest son is already twenty-five and still unmarried, let alone having any grandchildren.
Although boys can get married as late as thirty, no seventeen or eighteen-year-old unmarried girl would be interested in a boy who is more than ten years older than her and has no fame or fortune.
Niu Xiaomei said, "Aunt Xiang, you're such a good person, you'll definitely have many children and grandchildren in the future! Whoever marries into your family will be truly blessed!"
Xiang Jinlan said, "Thanks to your family, I've managed to save some money this year to support my fifth son's schooling. My Si'er has also managed to save some money. After the New Year, I'll introduce him to a potential partner!"
Shen Yu smiled and said, "Ultimately, it depends on the children's own willingness; we can't force them!"
I don't know how much time has passed.
Niu Cuihua suddenly rushed in, her face full of panic, and said, "Mom, Dad, have Fourth Sister and Fifth Sister come in?"
Niu Dadao: "Didn't you come in? What's wrong?"
"We were building a snowman earlier, but it was missing a nose. My fourth and fifth sisters said they would go and collect some wood shavings in the yard, but half an hour has passed and they still haven't come!"
The Niu family had fruit trees in their backyard. To make it easier to gather firewood on the back mountain, they opened a small gate in the backyard, which was usually locked.
Chen Yu was somewhat panicked. The whole family rushed to the backyard to look for the children, but there was no sign of the two children anywhere!
Niu Da and Shen Yu didn't think the two children had been kidnapped. The back door was locked anyway, and if someone had really kidnapped them, the two children would have made a scene long ago. There was no reason why they wouldn't hear them.
"Sister-in-law, look, why is that door open?" Niu Xiaomei said, pointing to the small door behind the fruit tree.
Niu Da's face darkened slightly: "Little sister, you watch over the younger ones at home. Your sister-in-law, your brother, your aunt, and I will go to the back mountain to search!"
Niu Cuihua said, "Dad, I'll go with Grandma Xiang to look ahead!"
Chen Yu was terrified. Although there were no wild beasts in the back mountain and no snakes, insects, or rodents at this time of year, the mountain path was rugged and overgrown with thorns, making it easy to encounter something unclean.
"Baolan, Fubao, where are you?!" The more Chenyu searched, the more panicked she became.
"Baolan, Xiaofubao, your second uncle is here to find you! Where are you?" Niu Er shouted loudly.
Niu Da's face was gloomy.
"It's all my fault! I should have kept a closer eye on the children!" Chen Yu cried. "Honey, do you think the children were taken away by someone? Who would take two little girls like that?"
Niu Da gently comforted Chen Yu, saying, "Our child is blessed by the heavens, she'll be alright! Perhaps she went somewhere to play!" Niu Da knew in his heart that the child must have been kidnapped.
While watching the children in the yard, Niu Xiaomei found something thicker and harder than a wire in a corner of the yard. It was a lock pick; the back door was quite hidden and locked with a thin iron chain.
Niu Cuihua searched three or four groups from house to house, which alarmed the old clan chief who sent people to search together. Guo's four-year-old son was also abducted.
Niu Da and Shen Yu searched for two hours without success. Shen Yu cried out:
"Honey, could it be that we've offended someone and are being retaliated against? Otherwise, who would kidnap two little girls?"
Niu Da suddenly realized something, "Let's go check on Niu Jing'an's house!"
All four groups have arrived, but Zhao Xiaomei, who loves to join in the fun the most, is still nowhere to be seen.
When Niu Da and his group arrived at Zhao Xiaomei's house, the house was indeed empty. Zhao Xiaomei was an old woman with no work to do. She rarely went out and just grew vegetables on her small plot of land and raised two chickens. Although she was mean-spirited, she was a clean person.
Now those two chickens have flown onto the stove and pooped several times, but Zhao Xiaomei isn't home.
Niu Da's eyes suddenly turned blood red.
No one would have imagined that Zhao Xiaomei would abandon one of her two little girls at the entrance of the women's brothel and the other on the mountain near her mother's home.
When Xiao Fubao slowly woke up, she saw a gloomy forest. She called out in her childish voice, "Mommy, Auntie," and then she realized that she was naked.
There were only her and Zhao Xiaomei there.
Zhao Xiaomei said viciously, "Your father and mother are no good, and you're no good either! I left your sister at the gate of the brothel, and when she grows up, she'll be ridden by a thousand men and slept with by ten thousand."
"I'm going to leave you here to feed the wolves, so your parents won't even be able to find your body. Don't worry, you'll have company. That Guo family's son has already been pushed off the cliff and died!"
Xiao Fu Bao's eyes seemed to hold a mixture of anger and fear, but suddenly, the ground shook violently, and Zhao Xiao Mei began to sway.
Little Fu Bao smiled mysteriously and said, "Did you really lose my sister? And did you really push Gouzi off the cliff?"
Looking into her eyes, Zhao Xiaomei felt a chill run down her spine. This child of the Niu family was said to be a lucky star, but why did she look so strange?
The mountain suddenly came to a standstill.
Zhao Xiaomei turned and walked away triumphantly.
As she was descending the mountain, another sudden earthquake shook the ground, accompanied by a scream, "Ah!" Zhao Xiaomei was quickly crushed to pieces by falling rocks.
The mountain then suddenly fell silent again.
The villagers of Niushan Village searched for two days without finding him, and they also posted missing person notices at the government office.
Zhao Xiaomei's family home is some distance from Niushan Village. It's not Zhao Family Village behind her, but Zhao Ping Village, which is 20 kilometers away. Zhao Xiaomei rented an oxcart to get there.
Zhaoping Village has two big mountains. One of the mountains has two tigers, and although the other mountain has no tigers, it has many venomous beasts. Moreover, Xiao Fubao's clothes were thrown away by Zhao Xiaomei.
Even though the little guy is a lucky charm, he couldn't withstand the cold. "Is anyone there? Is anyone there?"
The little one has a very sweet, childlike voice.
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