"Have you heard?! A female educated youth from Xiangyang Production Team never returned after visiting her family."
"My family found me a job, so it's normal for me not to come back."
"No, it's a lost person."
"What?!"
"Is this true?! How could such a living person be lost?!"
"On the way back from visiting relatives, he disappeared."
"So scary?! What happened?! There are so many people on the train."
"I think they must have run into human traffickers. Don't you know that those traffickers have many tricks up their sleeves? They're hard to guard against, and they specifically target lesbians and children."
"I've heard about this, too. The educated youth didn't return to the production team on time. The production team called her family, but they said she'd already left, and that they'd personally put her on the train."
"Then this must have happened on the road."
"Of course, it's true. The educated youth's family is crying their eyes out. They reportedly went to the production team themselves and reported the crime, but it's been several days. Where can they find him?!"
"What child wouldn't cry when faced with something like this?! I worked so hard to raise someone, and in the end, they're gone like this. Who can bear it?!"
"It's terrible."
"No wonder our production team leader, when the educated youth went back to visit their families, not only reminded them to be careful on the road, but also warned them about many accidents that could happen on the road. He also arranged for them to go back together, and then they did go back together."
"Captain is right to do this. It's really too unsafe outside."
"Especially children and women. Even human traffickers would sneak into the production team to kidnap them."
"Yes, yes, yes, you are talking about this matter. I also remember it."
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Spring plowing had not yet begun when the explosive news that a female educated youth had disappeared on her way back from visiting her relatives spread throughout the commune and all the production teams.
This terrible news scared all the educated youth, especially the female ones.
Bai Lianshan felt bad after hearing about this. Fortunately, all the educated youth from their production team who had gone back to visit their families returned safely, which was a great relief.
Tao Aihua and other educated youths got the news very quickly. Basically, once the team leader knew about it, the educated youths also knew about it.
The female educated youth were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They had never seen such a terrible thing happen to them before, and without personal experience, they thought it was something far away from them. However...
After this incident, they no longer dared to go back to visit their relatives alone, nor did they dare to come back alone.
"Brother, it's a good thing we listened to Aunt Qiao. I was right not to go back."
The Song brothers and sisters also heard the news that the female educated youth was missing on her way back from visiting her relatives in the Dashan Village production team.
Look, at this moment, Xiaoshu said this to her brother with a lingering fear on her face.
She hadn't been home to visit her family for three Spring Festivals, and she was actually tempted to go this time. However, she felt it wouldn't be good for her sister Huazhu to go home alone. Besides, they had agreed that everyone should take care of each other.
"Grandpa always told us to listen to Aunt Qiao. Now we understand that if we don't listen to the old lady, we will suffer the consequences."
"Aunt Qiao is really good to us. How much has she given to my brother and me over the years?! Before she went to the countryside, she secretly gave our family so much money and supplies. Just like Grandpa said, she is our Song family's great benefactor."
They didn't have such a profound experience before, but now the brother and sister feel the care that Qiao Jiuru's family gives to their family sincerely.
Song Luoyun, in particular, felt both relieved and terrified. Although he was a gay man who went back once a year, he had heard stories of lesbians and children being taken away from the train, and no one knew how.
Every year when he went back to visit his family, he always carried a lot of bags. Although he carried a large backpack, his hands were not empty, and he took everything he could to bring back. If he took his sister with him, he might not be able to take care of her, or even keep an eye on her. Song Luoyun was unsure.
It would be safer to stay in the production team as Aunt Qiao said. I could go back when the opportunity presented itself. If I were kidnapped, I'd never see my family again.
Are you willing to endure for a few years, or stay away for the rest of your life?!
The Song siblings knew about it, and so did Su Huazhu. She thought her mother was incredible. She herself was an educated youth and had family leave. However, she had never considered returning to Beijing or traveling south to visit her brother.
On the first day of spring plowing, Bai Lianshan mentioned this matter to everyone at the mobilization meeting.
"That female educated youth hasn't been found, and I guess she'll never be found."
"After the police investigation, the female educated youth was abducted on the train. So everyone, especially women and children, must pay attention to safety when going out. Don't talk to strangers, don't eat anything given by strangers, and don't follow strangers. It's best to travel in groups; the more people, the better."
Bai Lianshan felt quite distressed when he told everyone about this. Why was that abducted young woman, sold deep into the mountains, never to be seen again, not knowing if she would ever see her family again?
The educated youths all felt sympathetic after hearing this, and they would definitely listen carefully to what the team leader said in the future. Now they also deeply realized that the team leader was doing this for their own good.
At that time, after the news came out, the captain personally came over to count the number of people, asked them about their journey, and told them to come to him if they had any problems.
The disappearance of the female educated youth after returning from visiting her relatives had a great impact on the production teams and communes, and everyone was discussing this matter for a long time.
After about April or May, people gradually stopped talking about it and gradually forgot about it.
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