In Zhanjiazhuang today, the villagers who were oppressed in the past are now like serfs who have been liberated and are singing.
Everyone benefited and was grateful to Shen Yuzhu, the new village chief. Shen Yuzhu's prestige in the village was also established immediately.
No one can say for sure what kind of life the villagers will live in the future, but it should not be worse than when Zhan Dayou was in power.
It was winter now, and the temperature was very low at night. Mrs. Zhan and her son huddled together in the cold house all night.
In order to avoid the villagers from causing trouble for them during the day, the mother and son got up and left the village at dawn.
But now they are penniless, and the only person they can turn to is their third daughter Zhan Tiehua who lives in Jiangyuan City.
They had no phone to contact Zhan Tiehua, and they didn't know how to get to her home. They could only take things one step at a time.
The mother and son supported each other. They were cold and hungry, and there was almost no healthy spot on their bodies after being beaten by the villagers.
Zhan Baoku felt sorry for his mother, who was old and couldn't stand such hardship, so he said to her, "Mom, why don't you wait here for a while? I'll go to the village to get you some food!"
The mother and daughter have now walked to a place more than ten miles away from Zhanjiazhuang. Thinking that no one would recognize them, they dared to stop and rest.
Zhan Baoku had never suffered such hardship in his life. But now, in order to survive, he had to beg for food from other people's homes like a beggar.
As long as they got to the home of their third sister, Zhan Tiehua, there would be hope. With such a big incident happening at home and several children missing, he thought they must have been taken away by their sister who lived in the city.
His daughter is less than one year old. Such a young child, without her parents around, I don’t know how much suffering she must have suffered during this period.
Of course, if the child was really taken away by Zhan Tiehua, he wouldn't have to worry. Because Zhan Tiehua had always been good to the children of the Zhan family, and since the family was not implicated in this incident, raising a few more children would not be a problem.
After some mental preparation, he adjusted the hat on his head and wrapped a torn scarf around his face to prevent anyone from seeing his full face and recognizing him.
Then he asked Mrs. Zhan to sit by the roadside and rest for a while, and he went into the village to get some food and would be back soon.
How could the old lady Zhan bear to see the treasure house suffer such humiliation? She burst into tears and said to her son, "Mom, don't go. I'm old and don't care about face. Besides, people will feel embarrassed to chase me away because I'm an old lady..."
The mother and daughter agreed to wait by the roadside for Zhan Baoku and the old lady to come into the village to ask for food. In those days, people were still simple and honest. They did not yet have the concept of professional beggars and were easily moved by sympathy for beggars.
Mrs. Zhan knocked on several doors and finally got some flatbread and steamed buns. She quickly returned to find her son. The mother and son shared the food and finally felt a little stronger.
But walking like this wasn't an option. It used to take an hour to drive from the treasure house to the city. How long would it take for two wounded soldiers to get there?
The mother and daughter discussed and decided to ask for some money. Once they had money, they would go to the county town and take a bus directly to Jiangyuan City.
Their current location was not far from the county town, and a bus ticket to the city cost twelve yuan, so they had to pay more than twenty yuan.
Now, old lady Zhan has changed from her previous appearance of wearing gold and silver. She looks as miserable and pitiful as she can be.
After begging for food twice, she felt no shame, so she walked around begging for money. Whenever she passed by a village, she would go into it and walk around. She didn't ask for much, just one dollar.
There were actually some kind-hearted villagers who gave them money. By the time the mother and daughter arrived in the county town, they had collected enough money for each person's train ticket.
The old lady wanted money and experience now. When she arrived at the county town, she knelt on the ground in a crowded place and said to everyone she met: "Kind people, please have mercy on me. I haven't eaten for two days..."
This way, he doesn't look like someone who just "entered the business", but more like a professional beggar.
Come to think of it, people who can become human traffickers have no dignity left. They dare to do anything as long as they can make money. Moreover, this kind of work that does not require stealing or robbing but begging on one's knees does not put any psychological pressure on old lady Zhan.
Zhan Baoku couldn't help but admire his mother's resilience when he saw her like this. He had always been pampered at home, and what his mother and sister could do without dignity, he couldn't do.
Soon, the old lady came back clutching a handful of dollars: "Old Three, let's go to the station!"
In this way, under the admiring eyes of her son, Old Lady Zhan walked towards the county bus station with a proud and confident look, and successfully boarded the bus to Jiangyuan City.
In addition to the ticket money, the mother and daughter had more than ten yuan left, so they bought two bottles of water, and the remaining money was enough for them to take the bus when they arrived in the city.
After noon, the two arrived in the city, took a bus and went directly to the vicinity of Zhan Tiehua's home.
Zhan Tiehua is like a raging lioness these days, annoyed by the noisy children at home.
In order to make the children quiet down, I had to yell and scream at the top of my lungs, and I felt like my throat was going to get damaged.
The thought of having to face all those kids when she got home from work gave her a headache, but at the same time, she was incredibly thankful she hadn't been so kind as to go find the three kids at her eldest sister Zhan Jinhua's house. If those kids had followed her, it would have been a disaster.
In the past, Qin Xingzhou treated Zhan Tiehua well because she had the support of her family. Many of her female colleagues envied her for having a considerate and handsome husband, and her cooking skills, and her delicatessen was making a lot of money.
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