After dinner, Ma Hong and Xu Genzhu took Lu Sheng home. Old Mrs. Xu had prepared hot water to bathe Fu Man'er.
"Oh dear, let's not bathe her. Look at her hands and feet, they're covered in wounds. It'll hurt if she gets wet." Old Xu looked at Fu Man'er with heartache. The wounds on her hands were from when she broke the straw rope.
I got these marks from running barefoot all the way. I fell and scraped my palms, and also got many small cuts on my face, neck, hands, and legs while I was in the cornfield.
"Yes, Man'er, let's not wash anymore. Let Mom put some medicine on you." Liu Fang didn't dare to touch her wounds. The little girl was fair and tender, and these wounds on her body looked quite serious.
Fu Man'er felt very uncomfortable. "I want to wash, Mom. Can I wash before applying the medicine? Look, my feet are covered in mud. How can I apply the medicine if I don't wash them clean?"
"I'll hold my hands up so they don't get wet, okay?" After Fu Man'er's repeated pleas, Liu Fang took her to take a bath, which also allowed her to check if there were any other injuries.
Fortunately, it was only the areas visible on the surface. Old Mrs. Xu had already prepared the medicine, and the whole family gathered in the room to watch Fu Man'er apply it.
"Little sister, let your fourth brother blow on it for you, and it will stop hurting." Xu Wu lay down next to Fu Man'er and saw her red wrist. He gently blew on it so that his little sister would feel less pain.
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“Little sister, let me snort too. Third brother snorts really well.” Xu Wen also came over and snorted at Fu Man’er’s other hand.
It was past midnight, and the children should have been asleep by now, but because they were worried about their younger sister, none of them went to sleep. They even came over to watch over her when she was being given medicine.
If their younger sister cried from the pain, they would have to comfort her. But today, Fu Man'er was exceptionally well-behaved. Except for the moment when Xu Yi held her and she saw her family, she didn't cry at all.
Liu Fang and Grandma Xu, however, had red eyes. Seeing Fu Man'er chatting and laughing with her brothers, they could only feel sorry for her silently.
After the medicine was applied, Xu Genshan sent the children to bed, as they had to go to school the next day and wouldn't be able to get up if they stayed up any later.
Grandma Xu and the others also got up and left. Fu Man'er had been playing outside for a long time and had started to yawn.
Liu Fang was reluctant to leave her. She put one arm around her and patted her back with the other, preparing to coax Fu Man'er to sleep. She looked up and saw Xu Genshan walking outside.
Where are you going?
Hearing the sound, Fu Man'er also raised her face. When Xu Genshan turned his head, he saw his wife's gentle face and his daughter, who was clearly sleepy but still had to open her eyes wide to look at him.
His heart softened, and he walked back to the bedside, raising his large hand to gently press Fu Man'er's little face back down. "Man'er, you go to sleep with your mother first. Father will go out and check on those flower sellers."
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Fu Man'er was sleepy and her mind was getting sluggish. She blinked for a moment before she realized what Xu Genshan was talking about. "Dad, they are bad people."
"Yes, the bad guys have all been arrested." People like that deserve to be torn to pieces.
"Father, I want to fight them, they are bad people." Fu Man'er said, and even got up.
Liu Fang quickly stopped her, giving Xu Genshan a reproachful look, asking why he was telling the child this.
"Man'er, you go to sleep. Daddy will beat them. Daddy's fists are big and hard, I'll definitely give them a good beating." Xu Genshan clenched his fist and waved it in front of Fu Man'er.
"Alright then, Father, you have to hit a lot more, help me and Sister Lu Sheng hit a lot too." Thinking that she didn't have much strength right now, Fu Man'er handed over this important task to Xu Genshan.
After exchanging a few more words with his daughter, Xu Genshan pushed open the door and went out. Old Man Xu and Xu Genzhu were already waiting outside in the courtyard.
When they arrived, the villagers surrounded them in circles. In the middle, besides Ma Shan and Liu Zi, Wang Sanbao was also tied up.
Xu Genshan stepped forward and, without saying a word, started beating Ma Shan and Liu Zi.
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These two men didn't even have the strength to cry out in pain; they had already been beaten up before Xu Genshan arrived.
"Alright, alright, Genshan, don't let this escalate to the point of causing a death." As the village chief, Zhao Yongkang should have stopped the villagers from beating people.
However, he deeply empathized with the villagers' hatred for the beggars. When everyone rushed up to beat him, he also joined in with a few kicks.
Xu Genshan used to be a hunter, and he was even more ruthless. If he killed someone, it would be difficult to explain when the authorities arrived.
Such scum is not worthy of his attention, and Xu Genshan quickly stopped.
Wang Sanbao, watching from the side, was terrified again—yes, again.
Wang Sanbao was terrified when the villagers first beat the two beggars, but he was tied up so tightly that he couldn't move at all.
"Uncle Zhao, Wang Sanbao is an accomplice." Wang Sanbao tried to tighten his neck to avoid Xu Genshan's gaze, but no matter how he tried, it was no use.
As for Wang Sanbao, not only Zhao Yongkang, but also most of the villagers felt that although he was lazy, he was actually quite wicked.
"No, Brother Xu, Uncle Zhao, it really wasn't them. They came to my house."
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The two men were covered in blood and lay motionless on the ground. Wang Sanbao could only desperately try to distance himself from them.
Xu Genshan coldly looked at the man in front of him who was crying bitterly, and remembered what Xu Yi had told him.
It turns out that the reason Xu Yi found Fu Man'er in the back mountain was because Wang Sanbao threw her there.
The couple thought they had killed the man, but Fu Man'er was lucky; she woke up after being unconscious for a night.
Thinking of this person's vicious heart, Xu Genshan clenched his fists again.
While Wang Sanbao was still speaking through tears, Xu Genshan's fist fell like a hammer.
"You still dare to deny it? Those two flower sellers were brought to the village by you."
“Man’er heard it all clearly. You led people to escape through a side path, and you were the one who brought them from the hillside to your house.”
“Wang Sanbao, you’re from our village too. If you have any complaints, just say so. You’ve kidnapped our children. Do you want to kill all of us?”
“How could such a scourge like you come from our village? Who will dare to let their children out of their sight in the future? They might just get kidnapped by you.”
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Xu Genshan's words grew increasingly serious. He learned from Fu Man'er that Wang Sanbao had indeed delivered Fu Man'er to the flower sellers.
People like that absolutely cannot stay in the village!
Wang Sanbao was beaten so badly he couldn't speak. At first, everyone was mindful that they were all from the same village and didn't fight back, but now that Xu Genshan had said something...
But then it suddenly dawned on me that if it weren't for Wang Sanbao, these child hunters wouldn't have been able to capture the children so quickly.
"You heartless bastard, you kidnapped my grandson, you're going to kill our family!"
The person who shouted this was Gouwa's grandfather. The old man was so angry that he grabbed a stick and beat Wang Sanbao.
A short while later, another corpse lay on the ground.
"Village chief, what's the story about Wang Sanbao?" Old Mrs. Xu raised her cloudy old eyes and looked at Zhao Yongkang.
“Village chief, people like this can’t stay in the village any longer; they’re terrifying.”
"Exactly, I'm on tenterhooks all the time, afraid that he'll kidnap my child again someday."
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Before Zhao Yongkang could come up with a solution, the villagers started offering their opinions one after another.
Every family has a child, and no family can keep their child constantly in front of their eyes. With such a menace around, who wouldn't be afraid?
"Village chief, the officials are here!" someone shouted from afar. Everyone made way for Xu Genshu, who brought several officials with him.
They had come from the county government office long ago, but they encountered a suspicious carriage on the way. Upon inspection, they found several children tied up inside, which delayed them a little.
The officials were dumbfounded when they saw the three people lying on the ground. "Sir, this beggar tried to escape, and the villagers went to catch him, but they didn't pay attention to their strength, and this is what happened."
Zhao Yongkang stepped forward to explain that as long as no one revealed who did it, there would generally be no problem.
These officials had seen it all before; basically, any child traffickers caught in the village would be beaten half to death.
They deserve it for doing such a heinous thing.
"Alright, find a cart and let's take the person back first."
The officials didn't ask any questions, packed the people up, and took them away. Even after they left, the villagers still didn't disperse.
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