Old Guo, a member of the police force from Shangpian Town, was the first to get out of the car.
He walked over, greeted the village chief, and said, "Someone from the county bureau is here looking for Liu Changqing. Could you call them out?"
The village chief immediately and nervously pulled out a cigarette he was reluctant to smoke and handed it to Lao Guo.
"What's going on? Can you give me some information?"
Liu Changqing is his distant nephew. They're both from the same Liu family. I hope he hasn't gotten into trouble and they've come knocking on his door!
Old Guo waved his hand, signaling him not to smoke.
"Hurry up, the county bureau leaders are waiting!"
Seeing that he couldn't get any information out of him, Village Chief Liu had no choice but to put away his cigarette and send someone to fetch Liu Changqing.
"Why are you looking for my family, Chang Qing?"
Suddenly a voice came from the crowd watching the commotion.
Everyone looked over, and a thin woman with messy hair walked out from the crowd.
Village Chief Liu introduced, "This belongs to Liu Changqing's family."
Standing behind Lao Guo, the two men from the county's public security bureau exchanged a glance, took two steps forward, and asked, "Your name is Zhao Qinghua?"
"What's wrong?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Qinghua took a step back in fright. How did they know her name? She hadn't done anything wrong!
"Six years ago, didn't you bring a baby girl home from your parents' house?"
"No!"
Zhao Qinghua rolled her eyes and immediately denied it.
"Think again, there's another 500 yuan that came with that girl." The police officer looked serious, while another officer next to him gave Lao Guo a wink.
"Hurry up and confess! The higher-ups have already investigated and found out everything. Are you still going to resist?" Old Guo warned.
Village Chief Liu was also anxious. It was true that such a thing happened back then. He had heard that the girl was sold to the Liu family by her own grandmother.
When the villagers heard about it, they all said that Liu Qingshan was a fool. If he had adopted a boy, he could have been taken care of in his old age and given a proper burial. But if he had adopted a girl, she would have been a money-loser.
The Liu Qingshan family, who were constantly ridiculed, couldn't hold their heads up in the village for a long time.
The girl disappeared after that, and of course, no one in the village paid any attention to it.
It seems the problem lies with that girl.
At this moment, Zhao Qinghua had collapsed to the ground, trembling and crying out that she was wronged.
If she goes to jail, what will happen to her eldest and second eldest sons?
That bastard Liu Qingshan will definitely divorce her and happily marry a virgin to have more children, leaving her two kids to be ignored.
"Tell me quickly, where did that girl go? Someone has already confessed that you were the one who took the child back then."
A tall, loud-voiced member of the security team shouted angrily, and Zhao Qinghua, who had originally intended to say that the girl hadn't survived, immediately chickened out and confessed everything.
Zhao Qinghua took the child into her home because she was after the five hundred yuan. However, the man was ridiculed by the villagers, and the five hundred yuan was all spent, so Liu Qingshan's family no longer wanted to raise the child.
She had planned to throw the girl into a ravine to feed the wolves, but when Zhao Qinghua went out to visit relatives, she heard that a family in Xiaosi Village wanted to adopt a daughter.
She immediately set her sights on the girl. After discussing it with Liu Qingshan at home, the couple took the child to Xiaosi Village that very night and eventually sold the child for two hundred yuan.
Liu Zi trembled as she grabbed the car next to her, thinking to herself, "As long as everyone's alright, as long as everyone's alright."
The police officers instructed the village chief to keep an eye on Liu Qingshan and his wife, as they needed to go to Xiaosi to find their child and didn't have time to linger here.
Liu Zi straightened up and looked at the couple who were being taken away, her heart filled with resentment.
Beating them up wouldn't be enough to vent her anger. This matter wouldn't end there. Since they love money, she would not only put them in jail, but also make them lose everything and live in poverty for the rest of their lives.
The group returned to the car and turned around to continue their journey to Xiaosi Village, deeper into the Taihang Mountains.
It was almost noon, so during the break, Liu Zi took out the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), yousu shaobing (fried sesame cake), roubao (meat bun), and dabing judan (flatbread rolled with egg) that she had bought when she was in Shexian. She couldn't let people help find their children on an empty stomach!
Liu Daqiang then took out a pack of high-quality cigarettes and distributed two boxes to everyone present.
The cigarettes were prepared in advance by Liu Zi; a carton cost about 300 yuan.
This is quite rare in a place where most people still smoke tobacco.
The security guards exchanged glances, then smiled and stuffed the items into their pockets.
"Thank you all for your help this time. I will definitely treat you all to a meal when we get back to express my gratitude," Liu Daqiang said politely.
The security guards quickly replied that it was their duty.
Everyone had high hopes for Xiaosi Village, but upon arriving there, they found no trace of the child.
Old Guo found the village chief and explained the pros and cons to him repeatedly, which finally allowed him to obtain some information.
It turns out that the family that adopted the child didn't actually want to raise the child themselves, but rather asked for one for their relatives in Giethoorn.
Wang Dazhu's wife is from Yangjiao Township. Her younger brother and sister-in-law do not have children, and because their family has a lot of influence in Yangjiao Township, her parents and brother dare not offend them, so they can only adopt one child.
Originally, I wanted to hold Wang Dazhu's wife's child, since they are related by blood!
But Wang Dazhu's wife gave birth to another son, and his in-laws changed their minds and disagreed. So the couple had to secretly find another child outside and send it over as their own.
Liu Zi had already been through a series of blows and was no longer able to hold on. She thought it was outrageous that her precious daughter had been bought and sold so casually.
But knowing that her daughter had not yet been found, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and persevere.
The three members of the security team got together to discuss the matter. Yangjiao Township was already considered another county, and if they wanted to go there to investigate a case, they would need a notification for assistance.
The three of them were undecided about whether to go back first.
Liu Zi couldn't wait any longer. After everything that had happened, all she wanted now was to see her daughter standing safely in front of her.
Old Guo took a deep drag on his cigarette and decided that there was no time to lose. To prevent the other party from getting wind of the situation and moving the child, they had to handle this as a special case and resolve the matter quickly.
They can get the missing information from the county bureau once they get to Yangjiao Township; the most important thing now is to rescue the children.
Although Pian Dian Town and Yang Jiao Township belong to two different counties, they are not far apart.
In particular, Xiaosi Village in Piandian Town is located on the edge of the county seat, bordering Yangjiao Township.
After an hour and a half of treacherous mountain road, the group finally arrived at their destination.
This place looks a bit more prosperous than Piandian Town. According to Lao Guo, a coal mine was discovered near Yangjiao Township, and the people in the town work at the coal mine, earning much more than ordinary farmers.
Liu Zi couldn't wait any longer, so they split into two groups: one went to the Yangjiao Township security team for help, and the other headed to Wang Dazhu's wife's parents' home.
After asking around, the group arrived at the Zhang family's house and discovered that the Zhang family was one of the wealthiest families on the street.
The five large, bright brick houses were quite different from the low, small houses of the neighbors.
Liu Daqiang and Liu Zi exchanged a glance, both seeing complexity in each other's eyes.
On the one hand, they felt that their children would suffer less if they grew up in such a family; on the other hand, they worried that their children would be too happy living there and were unwilling to go with them.
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