"Male or female?" Yan Xiaonan continued to ask.
"A man, around thirty years old."
"Brother Ye, go to the village chief's house right away and find Aunt Ma. Ask her to go with you to the town's police station to find the captain. I suspect it's a group of kidnappers," Yan Xiaonan said urgently.
"Dad, let's hurry to town and look for the bus station and train station."
Cuihua also became nervous: "Nannan, you are not allowed to go."
"Mom, close the gate to the yard and keep an eye on Liujin and Grandma. Don't open the gate for anyone. Dad and I will be right back."
Yan Xiaoqiang rushed inside to get the keys and quickly pushed out his bicycle. No matter how heavy the snow was, he had to ride it. She was a young girl; how could he let the flower sellers ruin her life?
Cuihua stopped worrying and, knowing the situation was urgent, quickly locked the door tightly after seeing the father and daughter leave, even locking the door to the main room.
Yan Xiaonan sat on the back of the bicycle, closed his eyes, and let his consciousness wander out. He first circled around Mushroom Village, but there was no trace of Ye Chen'er.
Then it spread towards the town, but unfortunately the town was a bit far away, and the consciousness couldn't reach the station at all.
Ye Chenming was also taken aback, finally remembering that Bei Nan had told him a few years ago that his uncle might have married a woman who was a womanizer.
That little flower wanted to slap Yan Xiaonan away, but unfortunately she didn't have the chance, otherwise she could have been arrested and sent to jail.
Unexpectedly, these flower sellers didn't not want to bid on people; instead, they wanted to wait until the girls grew up so they could bid on them for a high price. What despicable flower sellers!
Village Chief Ma and his wife were shocked to hear this. There used to be quite a few people who took advantage of others, but now it seems like they are cracking down on it very hard. How could there still be people taking advantage of others?
Ye Chenming was extremely anxious. He grabbed Ma Dasao's arm and tried to head towards the town: "Nannan said we should go to the police station to find the captain first, Auntie, hurry up."
Village Chief Ma quickly pulled out a bicycle: "Ye Zhiqing, can you ride a bicycle?"
Ye Chenming took the bicycle and hopped on: "Auntie, hurry up and get on."
Mrs. Ma finally believed it was true. She quickly put on her thick cotton-padded coat, hat, and scarf, and buttoned up her coat and put on her gloves as she got into the car.
Ye Chenming was already very familiar with these roads. Although he couldn't see the road under the snow, he remembered very clearly where there were potholes and uneven surfaces.
Carefully avoiding these roads, I pedaled my bicycle as fast as I could, finally arriving at the police station and rushing inside, panting heavily.
The brigade leader was pouring water from a thermos when he saw a handsome young man rush in. He was puzzled, and Ma Da Sao, who was behind him, quickly locked her bicycle and ran in as well.
"Who is the brigade leader? I'm an educated youth from Mushroom Village. Yan Xiaonan told me to find the brigade leader. There are beggars here." Ye Chenming finally caught his breath and said in one breath.
The captain was taken aback. He had sent men to keep a close watch for several years without any movement, and he thought the swindlers had given up. He never expected that they would appear as soon as he let his guard down.
He quickly led Ye Chenming and Ma Dasao into the office, carefully inquired about the details of the incident, and upon hearing that Ma Dasao had seen this man, he immediately took out several photos from the drawer for her to identify.
Turning to the third picture, Ma Da Sao pointed to the man in the photo and said, "Captain, that's him. He wanted to buy meat. I told him that we don't even have enough meat in our own village, so how can we sell it to people from other villages? After hearing that, he glanced at Ye Chen'er and left."
"Ye Chen'er is my younger sister, and my name is Ye Chenming," Ye Chenming quickly explained.
"Isn't your sister very beautiful?" the captain asked.
Ye Chenming nodded, and Ma Dasao spoke up: "Nan Nan is first, Ye Chen'er is second."
The captain realized that the flower sellers had mistaken him for someone else, so he quickly ran out and divided the ten men into three teams.
One team went to the train station, taking Ye Chenming with them to search; the second team went to the bus station, taking Ma Dasao with them to search; and the third team went to Chenjia Village, found Xiaohua, and arrested her immediately.
The police started to move. Yan Xiaonan sat behind her father on his bicycle with her eyes closed, her consciousness spreading out as she followed her father's bicycle, searching continuously.
They searched every house, haystack, supply and marketing cooperative, health station, primary school, and middle school, but found no trace of Ye Chen'er.
If they don't have it in the town, then they've probably either left by long-distance bus or by train.
Yan Xiaonan estimated that the probability of taking the train was higher, since long-distance buses only go to the county, while trains can go to all directions.
And her uncle should be on this train. Thinking of this, she quickly asked her father to take her to the police station so she could ask if there were telephones on trains nowadays. She really didn't know anything about this era.
Yan Xiaoqiang's legs were aching from staring, but he persevered and finally arrived at the police station. Yan Xiaonan immediately spotted the captain who was about to leave.
When the captain saw a pretty young girl walk in, he guessed that this must be the real Yan Xiaonan. She was so pretty, yet she didn't even try to hide it. You know, the flower girls love girls like this the most.
Yan Xiaonan didn't notice the captain's expression and explained her thoughts. The captain shook his head and said there was no immediate plan to make a direct call.
That means we can't get in touch. Yan Xiaonan misses modern cell phones, which allow us to stay in touch all the time.
"Are there still trains running? Why don't we take the train directly there? Time is of the essence!" Yan Xiaonan asked again.
The captain told her that a train would depart the day after tomorrow, and they would take Ye Chenming there to take a look, because based on past experience, these flower sellers would get off at the first stop.
Yan Xiaonan looked at the brigade leader in disbelief. "The day after tomorrow, the daylilies will be dried by then, okay?"
The captain sternly told Yan Xiaoqiang, "Being caught a kidnapper is a capital offense, so they are basically all desperate criminals. You must be careful and don't go out unless necessary."
Yan Xiaoqiang naturally listened to the captain: "Nannan, the Public Security Bureau will definitely bring Ye Zhiqing and the others back. Let's go back and wait, otherwise your grandma will worry too."
When Grandma was mentioned, Yan Xiaonan fell silent and obediently followed Yan Xiaoqiang back home, but she kept thinking of a way to contact her uncle.
As she neared home, Yan Xiaonan came up with an idea. Her consciousness spread outwards; she wanted to find wild pigeons. If only she could communicate with them to send her a message.
Soon, more than a dozen wild pigeons flew in the sky. It worked! Yan Xiaonan was overjoyed. He found the lead pigeon and communicated with it.
Then he wrote a few words on a piece of paper, rolled it up, tied it to the pigeon's leg with a string, and tossed it into the sky.
As dusk fell, all the teams returned. Teams one and two were nowhere to be found, but team three brought back some big news: Xiao Hua had escaped.
Ever since Old Man Chen severed ties with Xiaolong, Xiaolong has harbored resentment towards Xiaohua. If it weren't for this woman's instigation, would he have done so many foolish things?
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