After hearing what Sun Aimin said, Shi Dayong immediately asked, "Brother Sun, where is our son now? I'm going to ask the foreman for leave to go find him!"
Sun Aimin said, "That family is now in a village below Jiangjin City. They already have three daughters and were afraid the next one would also be a daughter, so they thought of buying a son.
If you decide to go with me to Jiangjin City to find the child, don't be impulsive for now. Let's get in touch with the child first and do a paternity test with the child. Then we can go to the hospital with the test report, and the hospital will recognize it."
Shi Dayong replied, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll go ask the foreman for a few days off."
Zheng Xiaojuan also said, "I'm going too. When I came here, I told my employer about our family situation. He was very easy to talk to and told me to take care of my own business first and go back after I'm done."
After the group agreed on this, they went straight to buy the fastest train tickets to Jiangjin City for the next day.
Sun Aimin booked a room in a hotel near the train station and stayed there for one night, and agreed to meet at the entrance of the train station waiting hall the next day.
We left on the morning train and arrived in Jiangjin City in the evening. The hard-seat train ride, including the train delay, lasted over ten hours.
It would be a lie to say that we weren't tired after this train trip. Sun Aimin, Shi Dayong and his wife, as well as Shi Erqiang, a group of four, left the train station, found a small restaurant on the street in front of the station to eat something, and then booked two rooms in the hotel next door, one for Shi Dayong and his wife, and one for Sun Aimin and Shi Erqiang.
After breakfast the next morning, the four of them boarded a bus to the county town, and then took a tricycle from the county town to the village.
After they entered the village, they began to ask for the family's home address.
The villagers were surprised to see a few outsiders coming to the village looking for someone, and asked in unison, "What do you want from Mr. Liu?"
"Are you relatives of Liu Laokou's family? I've never heard of them having relatives from other places?"
"Mr. and Mrs. Liu are not at home. They are working outside to earn money, leaving their children at home!"
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Sun Aimin echoed the villagers' words and said, "We have some connections with his family. This time we came to see the children. His son is only a little over a year old. Can a few girls take good care of him?"
When the villagers heard this, they knew that Sun Aimin was familiar with the structure of Liu Laokou's family and did not think much about it. They said enthusiastically: "The children in the village can do it.
In the past, every family had many children. When the adults went out to work, children as young as five or six could look after their younger siblings.
His eldest son is already fifteen, and he doesn't go to school. He just stays at home raising pigs and chickens, taking care of the kids, and he's more capable than an adult!
Sun Aimin understood: "Oh, girls should go to school more. If they drop out early, their future life will be difficult."
The villagers responded, "It's not that difficult. Most girls in the village go through this! His parents came back a few days ago and are trying to find a husband for the eldest daughter."
There was a man who lived down the street from her house, the same age as her eldest daughter, who had found a partner and said he could give her a 10,000 yuan gift. Her mother was jealous and wanted to find a partner for her daughter who could also pay 10,000 yuan.
However, her daughter is capable, but not good-looking. Mr. and Mrs. Liu are still very ambitious and think that their three daughters can earn a lot of dowry.
The couple earned money outside, and even the betrothal money for their daughters was all spent on that boy. The three daughters didn’t even have a decent piece of clothing…”
When the group heard what the villagers were talking about, they finally realized to what extent they favored boys over girls.
Sun Aimin then asked the villagers, "They leave these children at home. They should have elderly people or relatives to help take care of them, right? Otherwise, how can we really rest assured?"
The villagers whispered to them, "The old man in the family passed away two years ago. When the child's mother was still alive, she always scolded her daughter-in-law for not giving birth to a boy and causing her son to have no descendants.
Liu Laokou does have two brothers in the village, but they no longer interact with each other because his family cannot give birth to a son. His two sisters-in-law often scold Liu Laokou and his wife for being extinct.
Now the couple has a little son and they are out looking for money. Raising a son is very precious and costs a lot of money!"
What Sun Aimin and the others were most interested in was the youngest son of that family. Zheng Xiaojuan asked nervously, "Is his youngest son over a year old?"
The villager replied, "I heard he's a year old. They left their three daughters at home while they were working away from home. They brought the boy home a few months ago, saying he was born away from home. After that, the couple left the child at home, saying they would go out to work and earn money to support their son..."
"Has this child been taken care of by his three sisters since he came back?" Sun Aimin asked.
The villagers replied, "Of course not. We have three daughters, two of whom are not in school anymore. I just stay at home and take care of the children like an adult, and I also help them with farm work. Outsiders feel sorry for the children when they see them."
The group walked and talked like this, and soon arrived at Liu Laokou's house.
The villager pointed to a dilapidated house and said, "That's Mr. Liu's family. Wait, I'll go into the yard and call his daughter..."
The villagers walked over quickly and shouted as soon as they entered the yard: "Dani, Erni, someone is coming home..."
Two half-grown girls came out of the house and looked at the strangers standing at the door with curiosity.
The villagers told them: "These people know your parents and said they came to see you..."
The villagers thought that since these people could tell everyone in the family, they must be acquaintances, so they didn't hold any grudges.
After all, this is not their family's business, so there is no need to take it so seriously. Just bring the person here. As for what they are here for, they just vaguely say that they are here to see the child, and they didn't get any useful information.
Dani is the eldest in the family and can be considered the "head of the family". After all, when the adults are not around, she is the only one who makes the decisions.
She first asked Sun Aimin and the others, "Who are you? My parents are not at home. They are out working..."
As a woman, Zheng Xiaojuan found it easier to get close to other girls. Although she was also from the village, she had been working in the city for several years, either in factories or as a nanny. She was quite good at dealing with children.
Although she was anxious to see the little boy, in order not to scare the other girls, she patiently said to Dani, "Nizi, we're working with your parents. They can't come back, so we came to see you on our way!"
Dani looked quite honest, but not very bright. She nodded woodenly, "Oh, then come inside and have some water!"
The villagers went into the house with Sun Aimin and the others. Since there were no cups at home, Dani and Erni filled large bowls with water from the water tank and brought them to the group.
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