The children from each village were sent back by the police the next morning. At dawn, Shen Anning had just dressed Xixi when she heard the voice coming from the radio.
Upon learning that the children had been found, everyone in the village put down their work. Except for those who went up the mountain, they all gathered in the courtyard of the village committee. Seeing the three children being held in the arms of the adults in their family, several aunts standing nearby couldn't help but shed tears.
"Hey, just find it. Don't let the child go out alone in the future."
"Who says it isn't true? These traffickers are really vicious. They even drugged the child. Luckily the child is fine. Otherwise, what would the adults do? How would they survive?"
The feeling of regaining something may be to laugh and cry.
Holding Xixi and standing in the crowd, watching the parents of the three children crying, Shen Anning felt inexplicably sad and couldn't help but tighten her grip.
Shen Zixi in her arms touched her butt with her little hand, feeling a little aggrieved, “Auntie, my butt hurts.”
Putting the little guy on the ground with a smile, Shen An Ning touched the little guy's butt, "Xixi, go see your friends. They have been scared these days. Go hug them and comfort them."
This is what Shen Zixi was waiting for. As soon as he stood firm, he hurried over and hugged a few children together with a few friends who had been standing nearby.
"Xiaoxue, where have you been these days? Is kidnapping fun?"
"Yeah, Big Head, my grandma said they're really vicious and even eat children. Is that true?"
"Definitely not, look at them..."
"Adults are always liars, but have you guys been hungry these days?"
A few young boys, the oldest of whom was only about five years old, were talking to each other and making everyone, who were just immersed in sadness, laugh and cry.
The love between children may be shallow, but it is sincere and priceless!
Shen An Ning looked at the children who were hugging each other and talking and laughing. The three children who were fed with medicine still looked a little listless, but judging by the way they were chatting with their friends, the impact was not great. At least their minds were clear at the moment.
The village chief and the party secretary sent the police away, and they finally felt relieved. Although the child in the village was missing and it had nothing to do with them, as the leaders of the village, they still felt a little uncomfortable and guilty.
After some discussion, they allocated five kilograms of flour from the village granary to each of the three abducted children, just to nourish their bodies and calm their nerves!
The abducted child came back, and the atmosphere in the village became better. Shen An Ning also started her mission to go up the mountain. There were so many treasures in the mountains waiting for her to take, it would be a pity to let them rot in the ground. But before the big explosion, she didn't know that there were landmines buried on the Black Mountain. She relied purely on her body, skills and courage.
Because their friends came back, the children went to see them every day recently. In the morning, Shen Anning sent Xixi over. Xiaoxue's grandmother had difficulty walking and it was not easy for her to go up the mountain, so she stayed at home to look after the child. She told Xixi that she was not allowed to leave until she came to take her away. Shen Anning went up the mountain with peace of mind.
Once again standing at the border of the deep mountains, Shen Anning was a little scared, but according to previous experience, the several mountain goods dens should be very safe. After all, she had been fine for two or three years.
Following the direction in my memory, holding a long exploration stick in my hand, I headed towards the place where there were mountain products. Places without human destruction were good places. There were walnut and pine cones all over the ground, and there were still many chestnuts on the trees that had not fallen. I didn't care about anything else, took out the wicker basket, put on gloves, and started working.
In one afternoon, she picked up more than a dozen full baskets, and even missed some wild fruits that were stubbornly sticking to the trees, especially hawthorns.
Because Shen Anning usually went up the mountain with the villagers in the afternoon, left halfway, and returned to the group when the time was almost up, so for several days in a row, others just thought she was going a little further away and were happy about it. With one less person with them, they could pick up more.
Shen Anyu and An Xuan are still the same as before. Every morning before school, they go up the mountain with a group of children from the village to exercise and collect firewood. In the afternoon, they come back from school with backpacks and sacks. The group of children have long been like fish in water in the mountains. Every year, they can always take advantage of the corners and corners that are inconvenient for the village aunts to go to, relying on their small size. Every time they come down from the mountain, they reap a lot of rewards.
The aunts and sisters could only work harder when they were in school. In the evening, when they saw the children going up the mountain, everyone basically started to rest. Every time Shen An Ning saw the aunts and sisters' somewhat tangled expressions, she wanted to laugh.
Cao Jingheng returned to Fangshan Town only after the human trafficking case in Heishan County was completely solved. He did not expect to encounter such a big thing just after returning from vacation. Since he was the discoverer and he himself was a soldier with a strong sense of responsibility, he had no way to ignore it. Looking at the several oil paper packages on the kang, fortunately the weather in Northeast China had cooled down at this time, so the things could be kept for a longer time.
I divided the things into three parts. I hadn’t been home for a few days and hadn’t been able to take care of myself properly. I took a shower and had a good sleep first.
When I woke up again, the sky was already half dark.
After eating some snacks, thinking about meeting his grandparents in the evening, he carefully got himself ready and stuffed the prepared things into his bag. Cao Jingheng thought about the letters he had exchanged with Shen An Ning this year, about once a month. Although they were all about trivial matters about family life, both of them had a feeling of sharing daily life. He thought about Shen An Ning taking care of her younger brothers and sisters, and raising a little niece, so he took out a few of the meat and food coupons he had exchanged with his comrades this time, and put the rest into his bag.
Cao Jingheng, who had excellent night vision, walked into the village in the dark and quickly avoided the families who kept dogs in the village. When he passed by Shen Anning's courtyard, he suddenly wanted to see her, to see how she had been doing in the past year, whether she had lost weight, and whether her eyes were still filled with stars and sadness as usual.
Not sure if Ana Shen was asleep, he knocked on the side door first.
Shen Anning, who was lying on the kang with her eyes squinted, heard the knock on the door the first time it sounded. It was so late, she was a little curious about who in the village would come over, so she put on her clothes and got off the kang.
I stood behind the door and waited for a while, but the knock on the door never came again.
Just when Ana Shen thought she had misheard and was about to turn around and go back, the knock on the door rang again, this time lighter and lower, as if it was only knocking for her to hear.
"who?"
"Cao Jingheng."
Although she was a little surprised, Shen An Ning still opened the door and welcomed him in. After not seeing him for a year, he seemed to have become stronger. Standing next to him, Shen An Ning felt like a child who had secretly worn adult clothes.
"Um, are you back from vacation? To see Grandpa Cao?"
"Well, I was passing by here and came to say hello to you first."
Shen An Ning led people into the east wing. Some time ago, after her sister An Xuan moved in with her, An Yu also moved next door. The east wing gradually became a place to entertain guests and store things.
"Come in and sit for a while, warm yourself up."
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