Ling Shuang chased the old man with a shoe horn for a long time and was sweating all over. She felt much more energetic. She sat on the kang to catch her breath. Chu Renyong sat diagonally across from her and didn't dare to get close to her.
The sons found it funny to see their father looking so aggrieved, and the grandchildren had stars in their eyes when they looked at their grandmother: Oh, oh, grandma is so mighty, grandma is so great!
Ling Shuang took a deep breath and dropped a bombshell: she wanted to split the family!
What's the point of dividing the family? Who's going to take care of you, this crazy old woman? Crazy, really crazy, the madness is getting worse and worse. Chu Renyong wants to get angry again: "I don't agree!"
Ling Shuang ignored him and looked directly at his sons and daughters-in-law: "What do you think?"
The daughters-in-law were actually willing, but it was not easy for them to say it out loud. The sisters-in-law looked at each other, hoping that the other would say it first.
The sons didn't think there was anything to say about dividing the family or not, as they were used to living like this.
Chu Tiansheng: "Mom, why are you dividing the family? We listen to you and my dad about everything. When have we ever disobeyed you when you told us to do something?"
The other three brothers are also fine. They all have their own jobs and all the money they earn goes to their families. The main thing is that there are no troubles in their family and they get along well with each other. Each of them does all the housework, as there is strength in numbers.
Ling Shuang: "Okay, if you don't want to separate, I won't force you. Then I will separate myself. I don't want anything in the house. I will leave with nothing."
How could that be possible? Why would I give my mother away when she's fine? Besides, she still has bouts of madness from time to time.
The villagers' spitting would drown them. This time, Chu Renyong didn't even need to speak, as the four brothers all started talking at once, and the room suddenly became noisy.
Ling Shuang didn't say anything more, waved his hand and told them to do what they should do, but didn't bring up the matter again. Everyone thought that the persuasion was effective and that the old lady would stop causing trouble.
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The next morning, the old lady disappeared. Chu Renyong was the first to discover her. Before dawn, the old lady's mattress was neatly folded, with a letter on it.
Chu Renyong was not very literate, so he called his sons over to read the letter.
"What's written on the paper? Where is your mother?" Chu Renyong asked anxiously because he was annoyed that his son was slow.
The fourth child, Chu Tianyang, said, "My mother said she went to look for her sister. She left an address in Guizhou and told us not to look for her. Big brother, we have to catch up quickly. Mom can't do it alone. I'm worried. She's so old and in poor health. She might get lost again."
Chu Tiansheng was also anxious, but his anxiety didn't stop him from complaining to his father: "When did my mother leave? You didn't hear anything at all. Why didn't you call us earlier?"
Chu Renyong blew his beard and glared: "How would I know when she left?" After saying that, he remembered the money box and quickly went to the deep end of the kang cabinet to search. When he opened it, he found that three hundred yuan was missing.
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The Chu brothers were chasing after her, but Ling Shuang had already gotten into the car. She left home during the coldest time of the night and walked for half an hour to the town. There were no taxis, so she hailed a coal truck heading towards the provincial capital. When the Chu family discovered that she was missing, she was almost at the provincial capital.
Not only did she have the three hundred yuan in her pocket, she also had a handful of gold jewelry in her arms. Gold is hard currency everywhere, and if she really needs money, it is convenient to exchange it with gold.
When he arrived at the provincial railway station and asked, he found out that there was no direct train to Guizhou at that time. He would have to change trains several times to get there. The money was enough, but it would take too long. For fear of any trouble, Ling Shuang bought a ticket directly to Beijing Station.
In Beijing, she first exchanged the gold for two thousand yuan, bought some luggage and food, and then found a hotel to stay in. While on the train, she made a list of all the people who had been stranded in the village where Chu Tianjiao was abducted.
Over the past ten years, more than forty young girls have been abducted to that small village, and as of now, nearly thirty of them are still alive.
Ling Shuang used some tricks from the Time Management Bureau to send news of these abducted girls to their families by phone or telegram.
Then they contacted the National Anti-Human Trafficking Office in Beijing (parallel universe, don't argue, the argument is that you were born later and have never seen it). The Anti-Human Trafficking Office still had to verify the authenticity of the incident and could not respond in time. Ling Shuang did not wait for them after receiving the notice and went to Guizhou first.
After getting off the train, it would take three or four days to reach the town where Chu Tianjiao was abducted. From the town to the village, there were no cars, so we could only rely on our legs to go into the mountains to rescue people.
Ling Shuang didn't know how many family members would rush over after those calls and telegrams were sent, and the time of their arrival was unpredictable. In order to avoid alerting the suspects, she did not contact the local police.
Before entering the mountains, she prepared several kinds of medicinal powders and bought a set of second-hand clothes worn by a local old lady from a fellow villager. After wrapping it with a headscarf, she looked like a local old lady from Guizhou.
The old lady Ling Shuang picked up a bamboo pole as a walking stick and went into the mountains alone. She exchanged a thermal imaging map in the Time Management Bureau's online system mall. When she came to a fork in the road, she could open the map at any time to find the way without worrying about being seen by others.
After more than two days of sleeping in the open air in the mountains, we finally reached Yuling Village. The village was located in a valley, with about a hundred households scattered high and low. There were more men than women in the village, and nearly half of the young wives were bought.
The people of Yuling Village were very alert. As soon as Ling Shuang entered the village, she was stopped by someone. The man, who was in his thirties and holding a large wooden stick, looked her up and down before saying in the awkward local dialect, "Stand still. Where did you come from? What are you doing here?"
Ling Shuang answered him in the same dialect: "I'm here to visit relatives. I'm Qiao Dazhuang's mother's cousin's eldest sister-in-law. I heard his wife is about to give birth, so I came to see her."
Qiao Dazhuang was the man who bought Chu Tianjiao. The man who stopped her was relieved when he heard her speak in a local accent and even told her the name of the house they were going to. He also knew that Dazhuang's wife was about to give birth, so he said, "Okay, go in."
Ling Shuang was about to go in with the basket on her shoulder when a voice came from behind her: "Mom, please wait for me, why are you walking so fast?"
Ling Shuang frowned and looked back. It was a young man in his twenties wearing local clothes. She looked around and there was no one else.
The man holding the stick became alert when he saw this, and he raised his stick to stop them both.
"Wait, don't go any further."
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