Shumei collapsed and sat down. She had heard of child trafficking, but she had never heard of anyone as old as her being trafficked.
She cast her gaze towards the woman next to her. This woman was different from the others. There was no fear in her eyes. Her expression was calm and composed, without a single ripple.
"Aren't you afraid?" Shumei asked the woman tentatively.
"Are you asking me?"
"Um!"
"What's there to be afraid of? It's not the first time. If you look at it in a positive light, it's actually nothing."
It's not the first time? Her words really scared Shumei.
"Where are they taking us?"
“Sell it for money!”
"Sell?" In fact, Shumei had already guessed it just now, and now she just wanted to confirm it again.
"Last time, I was sold to a nightclub. I never thought I would be so popular and targeted by these traffickers again. Oh! I can only blame myself for being stupid. I fell into the same trap twice."
"Nightclub? What's a nightclub? Are they going to sell us to a nightclub?"
Shumei naturally didn't know what a nightclub was, nor did she realize how disastrous the unknown things ahead would be.
The woman glanced at Shumei with disdain. "It's a place for men to have fun. There, women can be slept with anyone, be brides every night, and change grooms anytime, anywhere. Haha..."
After hearing what the woman said, Shumei shrank into a ball in fear. The woman looked at her expression and couldn't help laughing.
"You mean, they're going to sell us to that kind of place too?"
The woman glanced around the carriage and shook her head. "I don't think so. Obviously, many people here don't meet the qualifications to go to such a place."
Although the carriage is full of women, there are also a large number of people whose facial features are really unsightly and they are definitely not the kind of people who can make a living by relying on their looks.
"That's good, that's good..."
Shumei kept saying to herself, "Good!" This was the best news she had ever heard.
"What good is there? I'd rather they sold me to a place like that. At least I'd have enough food and clothing. If I were sold to the mountains to be used as a tool for giving birth, I'd rather die. You know what? I heard the people in those mountains are really barbaric. They're very poor there, and many can't get married. But to continue the family line, they pool their money to buy wives from other places. Then, whoever pays the most gets to have the woman they bought bear children for them, and so on, until the women are too old to have children."
The woman's words scared Shumei so much that her hair stood on end. Before this, she thought she had suffered enough, but she didn't expect that there were people who were even worse off than her.
"No matter how poor they are, women always have to get married! Don't they have women there?"
"Women? Yes! They are rare treasures. Because my family is poor, not many people are willing to raise useless daughters. Most of them are abandoned after birth, and very few can grow up safely."
Shumei once again felt how terrible poverty and ignorance were. If she could escape danger safely this time, she would sell everything she had to ensure her daughter received higher education.
Let my daughter do her utmost to go to the mountains that the woman mentioned, to influence them, to remove the evil and foolish thoughts in their hearts, to let them go out of the mountains and see the new atmosphere of the motherland and the beauty of the world.
Seeing Shumei in a daze, the woman didn't continue talking and changed the subject, asking: "What's your name?"
"My name is Kang Shumei!"
"My name is Xiong Qianqian, nice to meet you. I'm an orphan, with no family or friends. All I do on weekdays is flirt with men with ill intentions. I can't find anyone to talk to. One reason is that they don't want to talk, and the other is that not many people want to pay attention to a woman like me. Apart from a few sisters who work with me, I don't have a single close friend! You seem to be luckier than me. Right now, I'm afraid there are many people at home who are worried about you, right?"
Or maybe it's been a while since anyone really listened to Xiong Qianqian! Once she started talking, she really couldn't stop.
Shumei did not look down on her because of her profession, but instead felt extremely sympathetic towards her situation.
"If we can really escape safely, I will be your close friend. I have a daughter at home who is only two months old. I will ask her to recognize you as her godmother. That way, you will have relatives in the future."
Shumei's words were like the warm sunshine in winter to Xiong Qianqian, moving her to tears. She had heard too many lies and sweet words, but none were as warm and sweet as Shumei's.
Xiong Qianqian stretched out her tied hand and held Shumei's hand tightly. At this moment, she was so moved that she couldn't say a word. She just looked at Shumei with affection. Shumei also held her hand tightly. In this terrifying carriage, the two of them snuggled up to each other for warmth and support.
Tang Boyi and Zhang Binglin arrived in town and went looking for Shumei separately. Tang Boyi took the black and white photo of Shumei that he had kept for a long time and asked passersby one by one.
Hard work pays off. Boyi finally found out from an old lady where Shumei had last gone.
He rushed into the yard like a madman and banged on the door.
This group of people took people to other places to sell them, and it was almost impossible for them to escape back, so they always felt that they could sit back and relax, and did not change their hideouts.
It was that beast in human clothing who opened the door. As soon as the door was opened, Boyi rushed in and searched the house inside and out.
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