Li Jiabao and Li Ping also heard it, and their faces turned pale with fright. "Second brother, it sounds like Sister Ruoruo's voice."
Li Xiangdong had just picked up a willow branch, about the thickness of a child's arm, from the ground and weighed it in his hand when he heard Li Ping's words. Memories from years ago immediately flooded his mind.
Ning Ruoruo came here with her parents, who were sent down to live in a cowshed. She was only three or four years old when she first arrived. She was a beautiful little girl with fair skin, like a dumpling. She looked like she had been raised in a comfortable city life. However, her parents passed away one after another and were buried in the cemetery of Lijiapo Brigade. No relatives contacted her. Ning Ruoruo continued to live in the cowshed in Lijiapo, earning work points by helping the cowherd and receiving subsidies from the brigade to survive.
Later, for some unknown reason, Ning Ruoruo married Liu Baobao. At first, Liu Baobao was quite fond of her for a few days, but unexpectedly, he beat her until she was covered in bruises in less than a month.
Later, Li Xiangdong went to the city to do business and didn't come home often. When he returned a few years later, he heard that Ning Ruoruo and Liu Baobao had both eaten the wrong thing and died of poisoning.
Thinking of this, Li Xiangdong whispered to Li Jiabao and Li Ping, "You two hurry up and go find people separately. Xiaoping, go home and find our mother, have her call our father, and call all the adults who are working to come to the cowshed. Jiabao, go to the joint defense team and find the militiamen who are patrolling. Tell them to bring their guns and come over immediately, saying that a murderer has entered the village!"
"Keep your voices down when you leave the cowshed, don't disturb the people on the other side."
Li Ping and Li Jiabao nodded with tense little faces, first tiptoed out of the pigpen, and then ran away as fast as they could.
Li Xiangdong gripped the willow stick tightly with both hands and moved quickly but lightly toward the place where the girl was calling for help. The closer he got, the clearer the voice became.
There were two men's voices!
"Brother Guang, hurry up, the zookeeper should be back soon."
"What's the rush! Do you think I'm afraid of a mere zookeeper? Even if Li Jin came, I wouldn't be afraid of him!"
"Yes, yes, who in our village dares to mess with you, Brother Guang? I'm just craving it. After you're done having your fun, let me have a turn too."
Hearing their lewd conversation, the girl struggled even harder.
This isn't an outsider, this is an inside traitor!
Oh shit!
They dare to commit such despicable crimes in broad daylight!
Li Xiangdong walked a few more steps and found three people in the last dilapidated cowshed. Peeking through the crack in the drafty door, he saw Niu Guang, Niu Aunt's son, and Liu Baobao, Liu Gaifeng's brother, stripped down to only their tattered underpants. Liu Baobao was holding Ning Ruoruo's hands down, while Niu Guang was tearing at Ning Ruoruo's clothes!
Ning Ruoruo's fair cheeks were swollen and red from the slaps, and blood trickled from the corner of her mouth. She was still struggling desperately, kicking and thrashing her legs violently.
Unable to remove Ning Ruoruo's pants, Niu Guang slapped her again in frustration.
"Brother Guang, I think we should just knock her out. This little girl looks skinny, but she's damn strong." Liu Baobao was thin and bony, and when he spoke, he revealed a mouthful of yellow buck teeth.
"Get lost! Knocked out, he's like a corpse. What's the point of getting him up?" Niu Guang was so anxious that his face was covered in sweat. His soft hair was greasy and stuck to his scalp, and his dark and rugged face looked particularly distorted.
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