Ah Mian stammered, "We didn't see it. We just came to pay our respects to our mother. We'll leave after burning the paper money."
"What's going on? There aren't any other donkey carts or oxcarts around..." Several families who had lost their children panicked. "Could it be that there are kidnappers working with you from the inside?!"
Speaking of working together from the inside and outside, Ah Mian suddenly slapped her forehead, "Has any of you seen an unfamiliar old lady who looked very kind!"
“This…” There are many familiar faces in the village, so a stranger would stand out quite a bit.
"Yes! Yes! They said they were just passing by and asked for a bowl of water."
Amian said, "We met her on the road, and the old lady kept asking us to hold her child! She also had two men helping her..."
"Little Ling'er! Little Ling'er!" Lu Weiwei was filled with remorse. She had been weaving in the room and hadn't noticed the child for a moment. Her hair was disheveled as she called out everywhere. How could she have lost her little Ling'er!
Lu Weiwei was heartbroken and truly didn't want to live anymore.
Previously, seeing that Ah Mian was doing well, she only felt a fleeting ripple in her heart. Throughout her life, no one was important to her; she had to fight and grab for everything, and even if she grabbed the wrong thing, she had to suffer in silence, swallowing her bitterness, which was her own business.
I admit it.
Until Xiao Ling'er appeared.
She's so well-behaved and sensible; I love her more than anyone else in the world. I can barely walk myself, yet I'm trying to make her laugh!
Lu Weiwei knew she was annoying and deserved to be ridiculed by the villagers every now and then for her daydream of becoming a scholar's wife. She also deserved to have been flogged by the government.
But in Xiao Ling'er's heart, it was the best.
“With so many children missing, they can’t have gone far in a short time. They might have hidden themselves away.” Amidst the tears of the people in front of her, A-Mian managed to come up with some ideas. “We have to find them quickly, otherwise they might cut their hair, change their clothes, and go far away, making it difficult to find them again.”
Lu Weiwei suddenly knelt on the ground, "Yes, yes, yes..."
Some of the other parents collapsed to the ground, while others remained rather indifferent.
It's just a child; if it's lost, we can always have another one.
Ah Mian racked her brains; time was of the essence, and she had to come up with a solution quickly. Meng Chijian, as usual, carried Ah Yue on his back. He was also furious with these kidnappers; not catching them made him uneasy.
You can't keep your child locked up at home all day, making them live in fear even when playing in the village.
He watched Ah Mian pacing back and forth. After a while, she said, "First, find some people to quickly guard this dirt road from all sides, along with the able-bodied men from the village. With so many children lost, I guess they'll be divided up and cared for separately. Then you parents, search the village for anything the children might have left behind, and search in that direction as much as possible. Also, be sure to go into any abandoned or collapsed houses to search!"
Ah Mian's words gave everyone a sense of security. Since everyone in Lujia Village was related by marriage, they readily agreed and began to follow her method.
"Also, if you see an old woman who isn't from our village, you have to ask her every time. If you see a tooth mark on her palm that my Ah Yue bit, then it's definitely her. You must catch her and bring her back. Maybe you can force her to reveal the whereabouts of the children."
"Don't go to sleep until you find them tonight. Light the torches. It's very possible they drugged the child and were planning to sneak them away tonight!"
After A-Mian finished making the arrangements, everyone felt that what she said made a lot of sense. Lu Weiwei also jumped up and hurriedly ran to several places that Xiao Ling'er liked to go to.
"What are you all doing?" Zhang Yixing arrived late. "Weiwei, why are you dressed like that..."
"Little Ling'er is missing!" Lu Weiwei said, forcing herself to speak.
"Oh...oh...then..." Zhang Yixing, who had just been studying in the study, was now dumbfounded. "Then, what should we do?"
Ah Mian frowned almost imperceptibly. Only after she grew up did she realize that she didn't really like this kind of man. Although he was quite gentle, he lacked assertiveness. He was fine for everyday life, but if something really happened, he was completely unreliable.
Lu Weiwei didn't count on him and shouted as she searched.
"We have to go back, otherwise I'm worried something might happen if we walk at night," Meng Chijian whispered in A-Mian's ear.
The villagers quickly said, "Ah Mian, please stay at our house for the night. We might be able to think of a way to get out of this! We will never forget this great kindness!"
Amian glanced at Meng Chijian, who asked, "What do you think?"
“I can help.”
Meng Chijian nodded: "I'm not from your village, you go and help, I'll take care of Xiao Ayue."
Ah Mian was getting more and more ideas. "Whoever has a dog, hurry up and bring over a few! Bring over all the well-behaved stray dogs in the village. Families where children have gone missing, find your children's clothes. Hurry up, if you're a step too late, other people's children will be found, and your child might be left behind!"
She had a vague feeling that if she couldn't find it in a day, the chances of finding it again were slim.
Zhang Yixing came to his senses, stared at A-Mian for a long time, and was speechless.
At that moment, he suddenly let go.
Whether before or after the engagement was called off, Ah Mian never needed his protection.
He stumbled and ran home to get Xiao Ling'er's clothes.
The villagers found five dogs, three of which were incredibly stupid and had no idea what the humans wanted them to do. However, two of the local dogs were quite clever; after sniffing around for a while, they ran off in two different directions.
"Follow them!"
And so, just as it got dark, the six missing children were found one after another!
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