Chapter 430 The missing child.
"What do you mean by escaped back, mother-in-law? I don't understand."
Several people subconsciously thought that he had been adopted and had escaped back because he couldn't adapt for various reasons...
Unexpectedly, I don’t know what Grandma Fang was thinking about, her eyes were full of fear.
"I saw you guys brought a lot of things just now, and I let you go all of a sudden. Most of the reason is because I'm afraid."
Ran Qingxuan frowned: "Mother-in-law, can you tell us in detail?"
Granny Fang put down her bowl and chopsticks and spoke slowly to the few people.
"A month and a half ago, a woman came to our place. She said she was from Gala Village nearby and had been working for someone in Silver Moon City.
I saw that she brought some broken rice, old flour and some unwanted old cloth, so I invited her in to entertain her. ”
"After just a few words, she told me that the family she worked for wanted to find a child bride, and asked me if I could help her find a girl and take her away. She also gave me ten taels of silver."
Granny Fang had a look of regret on her face, muttering words of extreme regret.
“Originally, my place was not a Salesian Center, but because a child was left at a doorstep more than ten years ago, and I kindly adopted the child, the word spread that my place was a Salesian Center.
Gradually, some people sent their unwanted children to me, and the government didn't care, so I raised these children alone. ”
Ran Qingxuan didn't know how the Charity Bureau was managed in ancient times, but it was inevitable that if it was not opened by the government, it would basically not receive official subsidies.
Granny Fang looked at the girl who was concentrating on eating at the table and shook her head with some pity.
"I originally thought that since a girl will eventually get married when she grows up, the price shouldn't be too harsh since she's a child bride, so I accepted ten taels of silver from the girl..."
Speaking of this, Granny Fang slapped her chest in regret and said intermittently: "I originally thought that Yaya was sensible, so I let that woman take Yaya to be a child bride. I didn't say that she would have a life without worries about food and clothing, but at least she could afford to have enough food.
Unexpectedly, the woman didn't like the older ones and took away our smallest child.
A few days ago, the child escaped back covered in wounds, and hasn’t said a word since coming back. His eyes were full of fear, and he would only fall asleep when I held him in my arms at night.
In the first two days after returning home, the child woke up many times every night and sometimes even talked in his sleep. It was really heartbreaking to watch. ”
Granny Fang kept wiping away her tears as she spoke: "I shouldn't have accepted the money, and I shouldn't have let her be taken away. What kind of crime is she suffering for no reason?"
Ran Qingxuan felt sad as he listened, but he was also very glad that the girl escaped and did not suffer further harm.
"Don't blame yourself, mother-in-law. The child is back now, and we are both doctors. We will go and see her after dinner."
"Okay, okay...I said God has eyes and will pity these children..."
Ran Qingxuan and Chang Fang quickly finished their meal, took some hot food from the pot, and went to the room where Grandma Fang lived with her.
The light in the room was a little dim, but even so there was a small candle burning next to the bed.
The gray quilt on the bed was bulging, and if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see that there was a head sticking out from the edge.
When the child saw a stranger, she reacted strongly and tried to pull all the quilts over herself. Seeing this, Ran Qingxuan put the bowl in his hand next to the candle and did not speak to her immediately.
"Granny, what's her name?"
Granny Fang shook her head: "The children who come here don't have names, they are called Yaya and Erya. This child gave himself a name, Huahua."
"Flower?"
Perhaps she heard someone calling her, Huahua, who was shivering on the bed, raised her eyes slightly, glanced at Ran Qingxuan, and then shrank back.
Ran Qingxuan judged that the person she was afraid of might not be a human, so he took out a colorful lollipop from the cloth bag, opened it and smelled it in front of Huahua.
"Oh, this candy smells really good, but I'm so full now that I can't eat any more. What should I do..."
Chang Fang pretended to be surprised and said, "There is a beautiful child here, why don't you give her the candy?"
The child's tone made Huahua relax her guard a little. She looked at something she had never seen before. Soon her attention was attracted and she forgot what she was currently afraid of.
"Huahua, I'll give you this candy. I can't eat any more."
Huahua tentatively came out from under the quilt, and seeing that Ran Qingxuan and Chang Fang had not hurt her, she stretched out her arm to take the lollipop.
"What's this on her arm?"
Huahua's exposed arms were covered with scratches. They didn't look like they were caused by being beaten, but rather like they were caused by friction against hard stones or protrusions.
Granny Fang stepped forward with some distress and pulled down Huahua's sleeves. She wiped her tears and said, "When she came back, her condition was even worse than this."
“Her arms, back, and knees were all covered with cuts. I thought she was beaten by the woman who took her away. I went to Gala Village to look for her but couldn’t find her.
The child has not spoken a word until now, and she remains silent no matter what you ask her. ”
Chang Fang was wondering what kind of corporal punishment would cause such even abrasions on a child's limbs and back. When she looked up, she saw that Ran Qingxuan's face was pale and he seemed to be unable to stand steadily.
"Sister Ran, are you okay? Do you want me to call Brother Gu?"
Some very bad memories came to his mind. Ran Qingxuan tried his best to calm down and shook his head at her.
"Huahua must have crawled through a relatively narrow place, which caused the scratches on her limbs and back..."
When Chang Fang heard this, she looked at the candle flame that had not yet burned out, and in her mind she saw a child crawling in a cold place, surrounded by darkness...
"It's so abominable! Are these people sick? How dare they treat a child like this!"
"I have medicine here."
Ran Qingxuan took out a few packs of Baiduobang and tentatively helped Huahua take off her clothes. Seeing that she did not refuse, Chang Fang immediately went to get new clothes.
"Huahua, I know you are scared. I was scared too, but you are safe now. You are really safe here."
As she spoke, Ran Qingxuan couldn't help but have tears in her eyes. Huahua seemed to sense something and reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Don't cry, sister..."
"Well, sister, don't cry, and Huahua, don't be scared, okay?"
Huahua nodded with her eyes wide open. Ran Qingxuan waited for Chang Fang to come over and change her clothes before he asked tentatively.
"Huahua, were you in a very narrow and dark passage before?"
Huahua trembled all over, and Ran Qingxuan hugged her tightly so that she would not be too scared.
"It's okay, sister is here, sister is here, you are safe."
The tiny body in my arms gradually stopped trembling, and then a tiny voice whispered, "There's water in there, and there are many people like me..."
"The same as you?"
Same what?
The same little kid?
With a loud 'bang', Ran Qingxuan froze all over, and immediately thought of the children who were abducted from Chang Fang's village!
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