When Grandma Wu approached the wooden barrel and peered inside, a pungent, rancid smell hit her right in the face.
Is this for human consumption?
The pigs she raises eat better than this.
He turned his head and glanced at the girls huddled together, and couldn't help but frown.
Since they aren't eating, they must not have much strength left.
Then we'll be at their mercy later.
Grandma Wu looked back at the wooden bucket and kicked it aside in disgust.
Even a healthy person would get diarrhea if they ate this stuff.
"Sister Wang, are you sure you want to ship this much stock tonight? We usually ship one or two at a time, we've never shipped this much at once before. What if something happens...?"
"Happened? Ha... With that person there, what could possibly happen?"
Sister Wang turned her head and glanced at the house shrouded in black mist. "We can't wait any longer this time. We need to act quickly to make room for more high-quality goods."
"Yes, yes, Sister Wang is right."
As soon as he finished speaking, there were two short and one long sounds outside the door. Hearing the signal, the two men exchanged a glance. At Sister Wang's prompting, the man opened the door and saw a familiar face.
"Sister Wang."
"Um."
The newcomer grabbed a timid-looking woman and shoved her in front of Sister Wang, saying, "This woman looks like a top-quality commodity, Sister Wang, take a look."
Sister Wang's thin, withered fingers gently lifted the woman's chin, her eyes darting unabashedly across her face.
After a long pause, he nodded. "It is indeed a top-quality product."
"It's a pity she only had a baby."
Sister Wang's expression changed, and she turned away from the face in front of her.
"No matter how good a woman is, she won't fetch a good price after having a child!" He glared at the woman in front of him. "She doesn't look that old... Humph!"
"Looks like she's a used woman too!"
"Forget it, forget it. I was originally planning to find you a good husband... but now it seems that only those lame and blind old bachelors in the countryside are willing to take you."
Miao Fengying's face changed, and she shook her head frantically, "No! I won't go! Who are you people? I just came here, just came..."
The man beside her scoffed, "What? Selling yourself?"
Miao Fengying's face turned pale. She hadn't expected this man to be a human trafficker. She had thought she could make some money today and buy something to fill her stomach...
Unexpectedly, this man led her straight to this courtyard and openly discussed selling her.
"You're breaking the law! I'm calling the police to arrest you!"
The group paused, blinked, and then burst into laughter. "Hahahaha, listen to what she said! She said she'd call the police? And arrest us?"
The man next to Sister Wang took two steps, reached out and patted Miao Fengying's face, "Do you know..."
"alright!"
A sharp shout suddenly interrupted him, "Why are you wasting your breath talking to her? If she doesn't obey, just break her arms and legs!"
Miao Fengying's face turned pale, she shook her head frantically, and turned to run towards the gate. Before she could take two steps, someone grabbed her hair and pulled her back.
"ah!!!!"
The heart-wrenching roar echoed throughout the courtyard, and even Old Lady Wu and the others inside the house heard it.
The house wasn't soundproof, and she overheard the conversation between the people in the courtyard.
When she realized that the woman who had just been abducted was Miao Fengying, Old Mrs. Wu's furrowed brows never relaxed.
What's Miao Fengying doing here?
"Tie it up! We'll take it away in a bit!"
Just then, there was another knock at the door. This time, Wang Jie's face clearly showed excitement. "The car is here! Quickly go in, tie everyone up, and take them all away!"
The door was kicked open roughly, and Old Mrs. Wu instinctively stood in front of it, next to Ma Xiaoyan.
Realizing where they were going, the girls, who had been as still as a stagnant pool and showed no emotion just moments before, suddenly started crying and making a fuss.
"Let me go! I won't go! I won't go!"
What followed was even more violent slapping and insults. Ma Xiaoyan's body trembled slightly, and her hand, hanging down on her trouser leg, inadvertently brushed against Old Lady Wu. The warm touch made her instinctively tighten her grip.
"If you don't want to suffer, then behave yourselves! This isn't going to kill you, so what are you yelling about!"
Amidst the insults, one girl after another had her hands tied behind her back and bound tightly, her eyes and mouth covered and gagged.
Grandma Wu gripped Ma Xiaoyan's hand tightly, then obediently put her hands behind her back, allowing them to tie her up.
"Hey!" Having gotten used to seeing people resisting and crying, it felt strange to suddenly have someone cooperating like this.
After tying up Old Lady Wu, it was Ma Xiaoyan's turn next. She didn't relax at all and even put in more effort.
They'd experienced this woman firsthand; she was no ordinary troublemaker.
If she weren't prettier than all the girls here, Sister Wang would have killed her long ago. How could she still be alive today?
As the rope bound her wrists, the excruciating pain caused her to break out in a cold sweat.
The cold wind of late spring is like a knife scraping your bone; it's almost as if a small knife is cutting into your face.
With her eyes covered and unable to sense direction, Old Mrs. Wu felt as if a heavy stone was pressing down on her heart.
She had hoped to report the incident to the police, but what happened in that short night shattered her naive idea.
One girl after another was brazenly abducted to that courtyard. So many girls disappeared at the train station, and when she got off the train, there was no sign of the police checking them.
What this means, Old Lady Wu dared not think about, nor dared to think deeply about.
How could she have rescued so many girls all by herself?
If we can save these people, what about those who were trafficked before?
Suddenly, she felt someone move closer to her, and Grandma Wu snapped back to reality.
After driving for a while, the vehicle started to shake, and the road surface became difficult to drive on.
Grandma Wu was very familiar with this feeling; it was from a mountain road.
After about three hours, the vehicle finally came to a slow stop.
"Alright, everyone get off the bus! Get off the bus! Hurry up, don't dawdle!"
Grandma Wu jumped out of the car, but it was still pitch black in front of her. Just as she took a step, a girl's scream suddenly came from not far away, and then there was silence.
A voice, seemingly from one of their companions, rang out, sounding dissatisfied: "Are you crazy? Don't you know your own strength? We finally managed to pull them over; each one cost several hundred, and you just killed them?"
Old Mrs. Wu's heart tightened. She strained her eyelashes to peek through the black cloth in front of her eyes and could vaguely see a thin figure lying motionless on the ground.
"What are you looking at!"
Grandma Wu immediately looked away, pretending not to see anything.
The surrounding sounds disappeared, and they were herded into a circle filled with the stench of sheep.
"Aunt Wu... are you there?"
When the chaos was quickly broken up and the sheep pen was cleared, Grandma Wu and Ma Xiaoyan were separated by several people.
Upon hearing Ma Xiaoyan's voice, Old Lady Wu responded softly.
Ma Xiaoyan's ears twitched slightly, and she moved slowly according to the sound she had just heard.
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