Chapter 50 Chapter 50 When I heard this name, I felt a little...
Zhao Ruyue did not answer the man, but asked, "Is your family looking for someone?"
Hearing her words, the man's voice became a little excited: "Yes, my sister has been missing for more than two years, and my family has been looking for her. Are you here to provide clues?"
"Is your sister white, about 1.65 meters tall, with a mole on her eyebrow?"
The man became more and more excited: "That's right! Where have you seen her? If the clues you provide are useful, I am willing to give you a generous reward!"
"No need for reward. I hope you don't check the location of this number and don't tell anyone else that you received this call."
Zhao Ruyue just did this thing based on her conscience and within her ability, without even thinking about asking for any reward.
The couple's greatest hope is that everyone will pretend that this phone call does not exist, minimize the risk, and prevent them from encountering potential danger.
When the person on the other end of the phone heard this, his heart tightened, and the person who provided the clue was unwilling to accept even the reward.
Does this mean that the environment my sister is in is very dangerous? Even the person who provided the clue would be harmed if he was discovered?
"No problem, I can promise that I won't tell anyone about this call."
He thought about it seriously, and then said, "I cut some words out of the newspaper and pieced them together to form a letter. I'll say that someone put a letter in my mailbox, and that's how I got the clue. Do you think this is okay?"
"That's great. Take some paper and write it down. I'll give you her address. When you go find her, if you want to take her away smoothly, it's best to bring more people and the police."
Zhao Ruyue wasn't sure whether the people there would help the man, but her family certainly wouldn't help. Her sister-in-law might even secretly applaud when she saw that the man couldn't get married.
But the man is a local and has many relatives. Plus the bride's family members who came to see her off and have not left yet, so there are quite a lot of them together.
The person on the other end of the phone quickly prepared a pen and paper: "I'm ready, please start talking."
"Okay, the address is No. 204, Xiaoqiao Street, Rongxi Town, Yunshan County, Huayun City, Province Z." Zhao Ruyue repeated it three times. After confirming that it was correct, she told the other party about the girl's situation and hung up the phone.
Before hanging up the phone, she heard crying from the other end, and someone seemed to say, "If I had known, I wouldn't have let her go to see ..."
After I hung up the phone, I couldn't hear anything anymore.
Zhao Ruyue didn't take it to heart. After all, it was all she could do.
After leaving the public telephone booth, Zhao Ruyue returned to the bookstore where her family lived, looked at Ning Shaoming, and nodded.
The couple both smiled with relief, bought a few books their children liked, and took the two children, who were still enjoying browsing the bookstore, to the zoo in the car.
In addition to seeing animals, the city's zoo also has some children's entertainment facilities, which are included in the ticket and can be played for free when you buy a ticket and enter the park.
It was the first time for brother and sister Ning Shiqiu and Ning Shixia to visit a place like this. They had a lot of fun as soon as they entered and made several new friends in the zoo.
Several children took photos together and before parting they solemnly exchanged school addresses, saying they wanted to be pen pals and keep in touch with each other by letter in the future.
It was already past one in the afternoon when we came out of the zoo.
The family had lunch in the city before taking the bus back to the county town.
The two children were so tired from playing that they fell asleep as soon as they got in the car.
After arriving at the county town, Zhao Ruyue glanced at the clock on the front of the car before getting off.
"It's just past three o'clock, not even half past three. It's too early to go to the big market now. Should we go order steel bars first, and then take the children to the People's Square in the county for some play?" Zhao Ruyue looked at Ning Shaoming.
Ning Shaoming had no objection and decided to order the steel bars from an acquaintance.
The boss is a fellow villager from their town who came to the county town to do business, and they are even relatives.
When people in the town build buildings, they almost all order steel bars from that boss and have never been cheated. Ning Shaoming feels very confident when ordering from him.
He looked at the two children who were still rubbing their eyes sleepily and said, "I wonder if they still have the energy to play."
Zhao Ruyue said, "You should worry about whether you have the energy to play with them. Children recover their energy very quickly. Even though they look listless now, they may still be listless if they haven't rested. They took a nap in the car, and when they get to People's Square, they'll have so much fun that we may not be able to catch up with them."
After the steel bars were ordered, the family of four came to People's Square.
Ning Shaoming looked at his two children running around with a group of kids and making some new friends, and sighed, "You were right just now. I won't run with them."
It was the first time for the children to come to the square to play. At first they excitedly pulled him to run, and he could keep up.
After running for a while, the children were still enthusiastically playing around, so he took a break: "Playing with them is more tiring than working in the fields all day, or cutting vegetables and cooking in the kitchen all day."
Zhao Ruyue patted the public chair next to her and said, "Sit here and take a rest. We will each watch one child and make sure they don't get lost. There are a lot of human traffickers these days."
Ning Shaoming nodded, sat down and watched the child play seriously. The incident with the bride still frightened him, so he dared not be careless.
He didn't even dare to think about how devastated he would be if his child was missing.
Fortunately, the two children would look back from time to time to see where their parents were, and only when they saw that they were still there would they continue playing with peace of mind.
There were several children whose homes were near the county square who liked them very much and wanted to invite them to their homes to play, but they refused to go.
Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming only found out about this after the two children brought it up after they got home, and they praised them highly.
We also had dinner in the county town that day. After dinner, we drove back home and it was already dark.
Huang Xiuhua sat at the door waiting, and was relieved to see them return safely: "Why are you so late? Did you get delayed on the way?"
"No, it was the first time for the two kids to go to the county town. They had a lot of fun, so I let them play for a while longer." Ning Shaoming did not tell other family members that they were going to the city.
He also told his two children not to tell anyone, otherwise their parents would be kidnapped by bad guys, and he would never take them out to play again.
The two children were frightened by them and agreed seriously.
They can generally do what they have promised seriously, so Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming are quite relieved about this.
Huang Xiuhua glared at him complainingly: "How can you let your child play? Driving back in such a dark hour, what if something happens?"
As she spoke, she was about to reach out to hug the child. Ning Shaoming subconsciously handed the lighter sister over, but she saw that she moved away and hugged her brother.
Ning Shaoming's face darkened instantly, but the light at the door was too dim and his mother's heart was completely on her little grandson, so she didn't notice it at all.
He simply put both children down and let them walk into the house by themselves.
Then he said to Huang Xiuhua: "Mom, I have already sent the money that should be shared with my friend. Don't worry about it. Go back and have a rest."
Huang Xiuhua waved her hand: "I see. I feel relieved once you give them the money. Let Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia sleep at my place tonight. Otherwise, when you move out, they will have less time to spend with me."
Ning Shaoming: "Then when the house is built, why don't you move in with us? It's not like we can't provide for your retirement in advance."
As soon as he said this, Huang Xiuhua fell silent. It was impossible for her to go. The third son's wife seemed to have a good temper and was reasonable, but she was definitely not the kind of daughter-in-law who was easy to control.
Since you know you can't control it, you might as well live by yourself and be free. Your grandson is not thousands of miles away. If you want to see him in the future, you can just walk there for a few minutes.
She didn't say anything, and Ning Shaoming didn't pursue her. He turned around, picked up the things he bought and went in.
When Wang Haiyan heard the noise, she hurried over to get the things she asked Zhao Ruyue to buy.
The adults were distributing things, and the two children were sorting out today's harvest.
Ning Shixia got several kinds of small cardboard today. She was so happy that she had already thought about which ones to give to her friends tomorrow.
Ning Shiqiu was so focused on organizing the books his parents bought for him today that he didn't notice that his grandmother wanted to hug him.
After all, after he entered the third grade, although he was only eight years old, he felt that he was already a big boy and seldom asked others to hold him. Only when his parents had just returned home for a short time would they have the privilege of holding him.
The next day was New Year's Eve. On the morning of New Year's Eve, the number of people coming to the town to buy things was the largest in the year.
Today's market is also the market day with the shortest opening time in the year. Because they are used to eating New Year's Eve dinner at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the New Year's Eve dinner has been prepared since noon.
Zhao Ruyue bought everything in the county town yesterday, so she didn't go to the market to join in the fun today.
After breakfast early in the morning, she went with Ning Shaoming to fill up the motorcycle with gas, then washed the car and sent it back to her cousin.
I come home feeling relaxed.
After being busy since the day they came back, they finally had some real free time, although it was only for a few hours.
But during these few hours, you can grab a handful of melon seeds, pack a plate of oranges, sit comfortably by the brazier in the main room, crack melon seeds, roast by the fire, and chat with sisters-in-law and neighbors.
If you are interested, you can also find out the old balls of yarn and knitting needles and knit a sweater or trousers for your child, or crochet a pair of woolen slippers.
If anyone brings playing cards or mahjong, we can play together.
Ning Shaoming had been sitting there for less than half an hour. When Zhao Ruyue got up to go to the bathroom, a friend came to call him, "Ning Lao San, do you want to play cards?"
He thought that he had to kill chickens at noon and wouldn't be able to do it for long, so he decided not to go.
But the friend walked in and pulled him: "What's the point of sitting by the fire with these women? You can't knit. Come on, we're short one and we're waiting for you!"
Another person came in and grabbed a handful of melon seeds, eating them while chiming in: "That's right, we haven't seen you for a year. If we don't take advantage of the free time during the New Year to catch up with you, we'll be too busy again when the new year starts."
"The place where we play cards is right at Shanjiaowan, not far from Bridge Street. I guarantee you'll be able to get home on time to kill chickens and worship the gods."
Ning Shaoming had no choice but to accept their advice. They were all friends he had known since childhood and they hadn't seen each other for almost a year, so it would not be good not to go.
He had no choice but to stand up and go with them. Before leaving, he asked his sister-in-law to wait for his wife to come out and help tell her.
Wang Haiyan didn't care and waved him to hurry up: "Got it, don't dawdle, go earlier and you can play a few more games. Remember the time and don't delay the chicken slaughter at noon."
Zhao Ruyue came out of the bathroom and didn't see Ning Shaoming, so she was about to ask a question.
Then Wang Haiyan said, "The third brother went to play cards with his friends."
"Oh, as long as he comes back on time at noon." Zhao Ruyue also felt that there was nothing wrong with playing cards during the New Year.
After she finished speaking, she casually asked, "Who are you going with?"
Wang Haiyan said: "With Liang Guobing and his friends, they said they were going to Shanjiaowan. They should be going to Liang Guobing's house. His house is big and can accommodate several tables. It must be very lively."
Zhao Ruyue originally thought it was nothing, but when she heard the name, she immediately felt something was wrong.
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