I must go back to my hometown. Treasure hunting is the main purpose of coming to the ancient capital, but finding the traffickers and avenging my original body is equally important. However, I have to discuss with Gu Wenfeng and the others when to go back.
Lu Jiaguang said: "After Third Uncle knew that you returned to your hometown, he asked Jiajie to go back to look for you. He arrived home last night."
Lu Jiaxin sneered and said, "When his daughter was lost, he just ordered others to look for her. He himself was not in a hurry and continued to work as usual. Brother, do you think I am really his biological daughter?"
The so-called doting on his daughter was all fake. In Lu Hongjun's eyes, the real power in his hands was first, the beauty in his arms was second, and his daughter was last.
Lu Jiaguang was stunned by her question and immediately changed the subject: "Xinxin, human traffickers are not only cunning but also extremely vicious. Stop trying to show off and come back quickly."
How could Lu Jiaxin possibly listen to him? "Brother, call the Hongguang Brigade and tell Brother Five that I'm delayed and can't return home so soon."
"So when are you going to go back home?"
She must go back to Fengxian. She said, "I will go back in a few days."
"Can he do it alone?"
"He definitely can't be alone. Someone should be left behind to take care of him when the time comes."
Lu Jiaguang thought this arrangement was a good idea: "Call me before you go back, and I'll ask Jiajie to pick you up."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Jiaxin returned to the rental house and called Gu Wenfeng in to talk about returning to Feng County.
Gu Wenfeng said: "Let Da Jun accompany you back, I will stay here. Don't worry, I will buy the house before you come back."
Because the matter was complicated, he was worried that Zhao Dajun would not be able to handle it, so it was safer to keep it by himself. As for the human traffickers, he would report the case directly when he arrived in Feng County. There were so many men in the Lu family who could protect her.
Lu Jiaxin looked at him and asked, "Brother Gu, are you hiding something from me?"
At first she didn't think much about it, but now she felt something was wrong. For someone like Gu Wenfeng, if he just asked him to help buy a house and find treasure, he would not refuse as long as the price was reasonable. But Sun Xun was a gambler and didn't care about the family. Sun Xun's wife was struggling to make ends meet with six children, so it was abnormal for him to be so active.
"What do you mean?"
Lu Jiaxin said, "Sun Xun is a gambler and doesn't care about his family. If I buy Sun Xun's house, he will definitely use the money to continue gambling. By then, his wife and six children will have no place to live. With your personality, you should object."
Gu Wenfeng asked back, "Since you knew that Liu Xiaoyue and her six children would be homeless if they lost the house, why did you still buy this house?"
Lu Jiaxin thought about it and decided to tell the truth: "I won't let them live on the streets. After Sun Xun is dealt with, I will give her some money to buy a house. I also suggest that they set up a stall, which is more profitable and can support six children."
She planned to deal with these things after returning from her hometown, so she didn't tell Gu Wenfeng.
Gu Wenfeng didn't expect her to do this. He was silent for a moment and said, "Sun Xun owes more than 900 yuan, and he plans to sell the twins to pay off his debts."
Lu Jiaxin was a little surprised. She knew that the gambler had no bottom line, but she didn't know that he was so shameless as to sell his child to pay off his gambling debts: "Brother Gu, you didn't tell me last time."
Gu Wenfeng explained, "I'm afraid telling you will scare you. Miss Lu, he can sell the twins this time to pay off his gambling debts, but next time he will sell his other child, and eventually he may even sell his wife. Such a scumbag doesn't deserve to live."
But it was not worth dirtying his hands for such a person. So he planned to let the creditors force Sun Xun to sell the house, and then take advantage of the government's vigorous rectification of public security to put him in jail.
Sun Xun owed a lot of gambling debts outside. If he was caught before paying off the debts, Liu Xiaoyue, a weak woman, would not be able to keep the house. By then, the house would definitely be sold at a low price, so it would be better to sell it to Lu Jiaxin, at least she could get some of the money. He had not planned to tell Lu Jiaxin about these things, but he did not expect her to be so perceptive.
Lu Jiaxin frowned and asked, "Where are Liu Xiaoyue's family members? Why did they allow Sun Xun to bully her like this?"
"The Sun family was not well-off, so no girl in the city was willing to marry him. So Sun's father asked someone to go to the countryside to look for a girl. Liu Xiaoyue was from the mountains, and was extremely poor. His three brothers didn't have the money to marry a wife. So in order to get his son a wife, he married Liu Xiaoyue to him."
The saying "marry" was just to make it sound good. Father and Mother Liu clearly sold her to the Sun family, so she had no status at home. Fortunately, before his death, Father Sun moved Liu Xiaoyue's household registration to their family. All six children were born with city household registration and had commercial grain to eat, otherwise they would have starved to death long ago.
Lu Jiaxin sighed, then took out the bag of money and put it on the table: "Brother Gu, here is 17,000 yuan. Just take it from the money for buying the house."
"It's better for you to keep such a large sum of money yourself."
"I'm going back to my hometown, and the things I carry with me might have been stolen by a thief."
There are many pickpockets on the road now, and it is not safe to carry so much money with you. This is a residential area with good security, plus Gu Wenfeng's fighting ability, if a thief sneaks in, he will be killed in seconds.
Gu Wenfeng laughed and said, "Miss Lu, I thought you were not afraid of anything!"
"You overestimate me. I am afraid of hardship, fatigue and poverty."
After the two of them discussed the matter, Lu Jiaxin went to the department store to buy things the next day, and then went to the market.
She spent more than a hundred dollars, but she still had a lot of things to buy. She just thought about squeezing into the car, so she gave up in the end.
There is no direct bus from the provincial capital to Fengxian County at this time. You have to take a bus to the district first and then transfer to the county seat. Because she bought the ticket in advance, Lu Jiaxin calculated the time to arrive at the station.
The two found a cart and got on to find that the seats were occupied by a young couple. Lu Jiaxin said in a gentle voice, "Brother, sister, this is our seat."
The man pretended not to hear, but the woman said loudly: "Do you understand the rules? Whoever comes first gets the seat."
Seeing her arrogant and unreasonable attitude, Lu Jiaxin snorted coldly and said to Zhao Dajun, "Brother Zhao, drag them out of the car."
Fortunately, she had the tall and strong Zhao Dajun to accompany her. If she were alone, she might not be able to get her position back.
Zhao Dajun glared at the man and said, "This is our seat, get up."
The man immediately got scared when he saw him staring at him with eyes as big as copper bells, and quickly stood up. The woman wanted to stay, but Zhao Dajun kept staring at her, so she finally gave up her seat.
Zhao Dajun asked Lu Jiaxin to sit down, and then gave his seat to an elderly lady. The young woman was very angry, but she didn't dare to scold Zhao Dajun and Lu Jiaxin, so she could only scold the man next to her for being useless.
There is no such thing as overloading. When leaving the station, there were many passengers standing in the aisle of the bus. But even so, the bus would still stop if it saw someone stopping it.
A little girl came up holding a baby, followed by an older woman carrying two large bags of things.
The eldest sister was very grateful. She untied a bag, took out two pomegranates from it and handed them to Lu Jiaxin. Seeing that she didn't want to take them, she smiled and said, "These are grown by my parents themselves. They are not worth much. Just take them and eat them, girl!"
Fruits are an indispensable daily necessity for Lu Jiaxin, but now transportation is inconvenient and many fruits are not available. She saw the bright red pomegranates and liked them very much, so she asked, "Sister, are these two bags of pomegranates?"
The eldest sister smiled and shook her head, "No, one bag is pomegranates, and the other is peanuts and dried sweet potatoes, all grown by my parents themselves."
After saying that, he stuffed two pomegranates into Lu Jiaxin's hands.
Lu Jiaxin peeled the pomegranate and saw the deep red flesh inside. She peeled a few and put them in her mouth. After eating, she praised: "Sister, your pomegranate is sour and sweet and delicious."
When the elder sister heard her praising the pomegranate for its delicious taste, she smiled happily.
The little girl said crisply, "Sister, this pomegranate was carefully taken care of by my grandma and grandpa. Everyone who has eaten it praises it."
Lu Jiaxin asked: "Sister, are you selling these pomegranates? If you are, I would like to buy some."
"Why sell it? It's not worth much. Girl, if you like me, I'll give you some."
How could Lu Jiaxin take advantage of others: "If you are willing to sell, sell me some. If you are not willing, I can't take your things for free.
Hearing this, the little girl pulled her elder sister's sleeve and said, "Mom, we brought a lot, and we can't finish it anyway. This sister likes it, so let's sell her some!"
The elder sister hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Little girl, how much do you want to buy?"
"Half is okay?"
Before the elder sister could speak, the little girl's eyes lit up: "Sister, if you like it, we can sell it to you at a low price. My grandma and grandpa usually sell it for 20 cents per pound. This bag weighs more than 50 pounds. You just need to give me 8 yuan."
The elder sister glared at her daughter, then said with a smile: "This child is talking nonsense. Girl, you just need to buy them for five dollars."
My family sells it for 1 cent per pound. During a bumper harvest, it's even less than 1 cent. Now selling it to the little girl for 2 cents is obviously a rip-off.
The little girl lowered her head and said nothing.
Lu Jiaxin smiled and took out a handful of money from her pocket, counted out eight yuan and stuffed it into her eldest sister's hand. Seeing her refusing, Lu Jiaxin explained: "The price is different if you sell it at home or outside. For example, in Sijiucheng, such good pomegranates cost 50 cents per pound."
The elder sister returned the extra three yuan and said, "Girl, the price is what it is. My family only sells it for 10 cents per pound. I can't cheat you. If you insist on giving me eight yuan, then I won't sell it to you."
Lu Jiaxin couldn't refuse but had to take it, then she grabbed a handful of candy from the bag and gave it to the little girl: "Here, sister will give it to you."
There was a flash of desire in the little girl's eyes, but she still looked at the older sister next to her.
The elder sister didn't want it, but she couldn't bear to disappoint her daughter, so she said embarrassedly: "Girl, this candy is so expensive, how can I accept it?"
Lu Jiaxin put the pomegranate in the little girl's pocket and said, "It's okay. If the children like it, let them eat it. Big sister, your pomegranates are so delicious. You can definitely pick some and sell them in the provincial capital! At 20 cents per pound, there will definitely be a lot of people buying them."
The eldest sister shook her head and said, "Not long ago, someone from our village picked some pomegranates and went to the provincial capital to sell them. But when he came back, he said no one wanted them, so they were all thrown away."
Lu Jiaxin thought it was impossible. She thought for a moment and said, "What others say may not be credible. Maybe the person who said it is afraid that everyone will rush to the provincial capital to sell it, and then he will not be able to sell it himself. This kind of thing, you can only know the truth by doing it."
"If you can't sell them in the vegetable market, you can also sell them in the staff quarters of large factories. As long as the products are good, there will be no problem selling them."
The eldest sister said honestly: "My cousin and his wife said so. They couldn't have lied to us."
Lu Jiaxin smiled and said nothing more. People die for money and birds die for food. Not to mention cousins and their wives, even brothers often turn against each other for the sake of profit.
An hour later, the car arrived at the district. When Zhao Dajun got off the car, he was carrying his luggage in one hand and a pomegranate in the other. He was carrying the pomegranate weighing more than 50 kilograms as if it were a toy, which attracted the attention of people around him.
Lu Jiaxin thought the bus from the provincial capital to the district was already very crowded, but when she got on the bus to the county town, she realized how superficial she was. Some people on the bus brought chickens and ducks, and there was no place to put their feet because there were so many people. The smell of sweat, feet, chicken and duck shit mixed together, it was so sour.
Lu Jiaxin vomited not long after she started. Fortunately, she had prepared a bag, otherwise she would have vomited on others in this car condition.
She vomited up all the food she had eaten at noon, and felt dizzy after vomiting, but subconsciously Lu Jiaxin still held the canvas bag tightly. Zhao Dajun was standing next to her, so no one dared to take her canvas bag.
When Lu Jiaxin was too weak to stand up, Zhao Dajun had to help her get out of the car. When she got outside, she vomited again, and this time she even vomited bile.
Zhao Dajun looked at her pale face and couldn't help but say, "Since you can't take a car, why are you still trying to catch the traffickers yourself?"
With such a weak appearance, it is impossible to catch the human traffickers.
Lu Jiaxin felt weak all over and said listlessly, "Let's go to the guesthouse first and go back to Lujia Village tomorrow morning."
It's like this, I can't go back even if I want to.
I walked out of the station and asked someone. I found out that it was a long way from the station to the guesthouse. There were no tricycles picking up passengers outside at that time, so I had to walk there.
To get to the guesthouse, you have to go through the post office. When Lu Jiaxin saw the post office, she remembered something she had forgotten: "I called my eldest brother yesterday, and he said he would ask my fifth brother to pick me up. If we go to the guesthouse, my fifth brother will be so worried if he can't find anyone."
Zhao Dajun said, "If your fifth brother was picking someone up, we should have seen him when we left the station. Maybe he didn't come because of something?"
Lu Jiaxin was tired from walking, so she threw the package on the ground and sat on it. "Go to the station to look for him. If you don't see my fifth brother, just ignore him."
I ran back to look for him but still couldn't find him. I have reason to be anxious.
Zhao Dajun rejected this proposal. Because Lu Jiaxin was kidnapped, Gu Wenfeng repeatedly told her not to let Lu Jiaxin out of his sight when she was outside. If she was lost, not only would his job be ruined, but Brother Feng and his cousin would also be implicated by him.
A thick chapter.
(End of this chapter)