Chapter 443: Calculations in the Street Market
After eating their meals and consuming the melons and having enough of the fun, everyone went back to their homes and their mothers.
However, compared to the peaceful sleep of Du Hexuan and his sister, many guests could not close their eyes that night. In some places, one could even hear the sound of fierce quarrels coming from the house.
In addition, a place in a nearby town was brightly lit all night long, and all the activities planned by Duanrao and others for the next day were deployed in advance to ensure that everything was safe.
The next morning, after Du Anrao and the others had breakfast, they came to the gathering place arranged by the program crew in advance. What they saw were several people with dark circles under their eyes and looking haggard, which scared Du Anrao and the others.
"What are you doing... did you steal chickens or touch dogs last night? You have such dark circles under your eyes!"
They looked at each other, saw the familiar dark circles under each other's eyes, and smiled bitterly at the same time.
Fortunately, the program team did not give Duanrao and others the opportunity to chat for long, and quickly announced today's new tasks to everyone.
"When we take the kids to the town for shopping, we have to pay for all the expenses and even the lunch ourselves, without using our own money."
Chen Yefang read the program team's task requirements, her brows twisted into knots: "Isn't this just a trick to make us make money on our own?"
"Maybe it's to show that they give us a lot of freedom. After all, we don't have to make money to solve the problem of eating and shopping."
"...Given the nature of the production team, this is really possible."
Du Anrao did not join in the discussion, but instead turned his gaze to Yu Zhaojun, who was also looking haggard and had dark circles under his eyes, not far away.
However, compared to others who couldn't sleep all night because of Duanrao's advice the night before, Yu Zhaojun's dark circles were more due to the noise of his naughty child and the unreasonable dictatorship of the financial backer behind him.
It was obviously Du Hexuan who tampered with the script, but he was the one who was blamed by the sponsor for being useless and cursed as a waste. He was also the one who was forced to take Ke Zhaozhao away from the two adults and hand her over to the human traffickers today.
Yu Zhaojun wanted to quit, but he couldn't bear to give up the deposit and the promise of resources after the success.
It’s a good thing that Ke Zhaozhao didn’t get tied to him too early. If there’s a commotion at the market and she’s really lost, the netizens will only blame her temporary guardians, Du Hexuan and his sister, and not herself.
Thinking of this, Yu Zhaojun's restless heart calmed down a little, and the look he gave Ke Zhaozhao was filled with a bit of determination and coldness.
However, what he didn't know was that all of this was seen by Duanrao. Thinking of the arrangements in the near future, she just glanced at him without saying anything.
The small village is more than ten kilometers away from the county seat. The program crew was kind enough not to let them walk there. It was almost ten o'clock in the morning when the group arrived at the town in the car.
The program team assigned everyone a task at the most prosperous commercial street in the town.
It is worth mentioning that there was a parade in this town, and the whole street was dotted with stalls selling candied haws, cotton candy, balloons and toys.
When Duanrao and others arrived, they happened to see the parade passing through this street. The entire street was lined with people watching the fun, and it was very crowded.
Du Hexuan held the child in his arms, looked at Du Anrao as if he realized something, and saw Du Anrao nodded as if to confirm.
I think this was something that Mrs. Ke had anticipated, or perhaps carefully planned.
They took advantage of the hustle and bustle in front of them to increase the possibility of the child getting separated from them and abducted. Their calculations were very in-depth. It was a pity that they met Duanrao who knew about their plan long ago.
Liang Wanjuan and others did not expect that they could join in such excitement while participating in a show, and they were a little excited for a moment.
"This is such a coincidence. Such a lively parade is rare in big cities. It can only be seen in more remote villages and towns where the control is not so strict. When I was in my hometown, what I looked forward to most every year was to go to the market with my friends during this lively time, playing and shopping. I really miss it when I think about it."
Chen Yefang's family conditions were not very good. Although she had built up a family business through her own hard work and was able to gain a foothold in a big city, she would still miss the beautified and touching past of her childhood when she was tired occasionally.
This is also the main reason why she is often targeted even though she knows that her parents may not be as good as she imagined, and may even be somewhat feudal, pedantic, stubborn and authoritarian.
Liang Wanjuan and others followed suit, obviously very interested in the excitement here.
Seeing this, Yu Zhaojun spoke up at the right time: "Such a lively scene is rare, and it's a rare opportunity. Otherwise, we can take the children to see the excitement and then solve the lunch problem."
The others looked at each other, thinking of how they had tacitly ignored the temporary father and son the night before in order to prevent their children from having another conflict with the naughty kid. No one invited them to come over for dinner, or even mentioned it.
Now that they had met the real owner, they couldn't help feeling a little guilty. Besides, not only the children but the adults also wanted to see it, so they agreed to Yu Zhaojun's suggestion.
Duan Rao and the other two had no objection. Their original intention of coming here was to lure the snakes out of their holes and catch all the real-life traffickers brought by Mrs. Ke in one fell swoop.
Now, of course, we have to give them some sweet treats first, so that they will have the illusion that their action is very likely to succeed, and then we can successfully lure out all those vigilant venomous snakes.
"Okay, then we'll go to the front and watch for a while. You should be careful with your children so they don't get separated by the crowd."
"good."
The sounds of music came from far away, and the procession team soon arrived in front of them.
Teams playing various musical instruments were marching in the front, cannons were fired at the back, and the dragon and lion dance teams were interacting enthusiastically with the local people who were watching the fun on both sides.
Several children were also the ones they interacted with. It was obvious that the children were very curious about these things. Except for being a little flustered and shy in the beginning, they became excited after getting used to them and cheered and shouted along with others.
While the other pairs of guests were focusing on the excitement in front of them, the Du Hexuan siblings were stretched to the limit, always keeping an eye on any suspicious people nearby.
Duan Rao in particular tried to observe the colors floating above the heads of everyone she saw. Generally speaking, most people had a slightly whitish or yellowish color on their foreheads, which meant they had not made any great achievements and had not done anything wrong.
Human traffickers are definitely different. They have harmed so many children and families that their skin color must be very different from that of other people.
Duanrao glanced around and found several major suspects in the crowd. Just as he was about to take action, he heard a shrill scream from the outside.
"Oh no, something happened, someone fell down and was trampled to death. Help, help... someone was trampled to death."
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