Chapter 717 Trafficking
She had lofty ideals, but when the car drove over the uneven road and she was tossed around in the back of the car, she felt that she was so weak and pitiful.
She heard Xiao Huang changing gears and the car creaking, and heard other girls being thrown to the other end of the car and letting out soft screams.
There were three other girls, as young as she was, who all wanted to leave the village for a better life.
They had not yet greeted each other, did not know each other's names, and had not spoken a word.
Everyone was still immersed in their own adventure, feeling a little sad and a little excited.
Sadness comes from being unable to let go of the past, while excitement comes from looking forward to a better life in the future.
Anyway, anything is better than having nothing, and Ruomei has nothing.
She thought of her mother who had died seven months earlier.
A lifetime of hard work and endless childbearing left her exhausted.
Her mother had repeatedly told her, "Never let a man touch the area between your legs unless you are his wife. If he touches it and doesn't marry you, he will only make you pregnant, and he will go find another beautiful girl.
And you will die without a burial place."
Yes, she didn't let him do that, but he still found another girl.
The only good thing is that she can still look for other opportunities.
But she understood what her mother meant. Her mother hoped that Ruomei would have much more than her. She hoped that Ruomei would never grow old at her age, that she would always have a crying baby in her arms and another in her belly, and that she would die before she was forty.
What a relief!
Mom no longer has to waste her life for a father who favors boys over girls.
She encouraged herself over and over again that everything would be fine once she got to the city.
Everyone says the city has more jobs than it has people.
Everyone has a bicycle and a television.
She might even go on to make a movie and become famous.
Everyone says she is beautiful, so it is entirely possible for her to become famous.
But the problem at the moment was that she was only seventeen and she felt lonely and scared.
A girl seemed to be talking, and although her voice was drowned out by the rumbling of the engine, everyone felt the tension.
At that moment, Ruomei realized that the other girls were as nervous and scared as she was.
She is not alone, everyone is the same.
This little episode suddenly made her brave.
The car was shaking violently. Ruomei stood up shakily and rushed to the other end of the wooden board, where she could hear the girl's voice.
It was already dark, and the light from the street lamps shining through the gaps in the carriage allowed her to barely make out the girls' faces.
"What did you say?"
She asked.
The girl's hands were entwined in her ragged skirt, and her voice was thin and shy.
"I have to go to the bathroom."
“We all want to go.”
Ruomei said with some sympathy.
Her bladder was also swollen and aching.
But for a long time, she tried not to think about it and held it in as much as possible.
But she knew that they had to resolve this matter.
Tears rolled down the girl's face.
"I can't hold it anymore!"
Ruomei looked around and the other two seemed as helpless as the crying girl.
"Then let's go together,"
Ruomei seemed to be the only one capable of making decisions.
"Let's pick a corner... that one." She pointed to the corner at the back right.
"There's a little crack there that allows the water to drain. Let's all go fix it."
The girl wiped her face.
"What if someone sees it?"
"I hope they don't see it."
The nights are getting colder. It's winter now and the weather is getting colder and colder.
If Xiao Huang doesn't let them out, they will freeze to death sooner or later.
He said that the car would not stop until the end, so they must be close to the city.
Huang gave her a fifty-dollar advance on her wages, and if she died, he would never get paid back.
Generally speaking, Xiao Huang will definitely not do business at a loss.
Going to the toilet in a bumpy truck requires teamwork, with Ruomei in charge.
The girls took turns, and Ruomei was the last one.
Everyone squatted in the corner, and the others gathered around her tightly to keep her squatting steady.
After the problem was solved, everyone lay down to rest. Although they were exhausted, they felt much more comfortable.
Naturally, the truck gave a final jolt and began to roll smoothly.
Ruomei and the others will drive on the highway tomorrow.
It's a highway!
That means they are not far from the city.
The car came to an abrupt stop.
The car stopped so abruptly that the defenseless girls in the trunk rolled around in all directions, and Ruomei bumped her head against the side of the car.
A little dizzy.
I don’t know what kind of emergency I encountered.
"Stop, don't run!"
Hearing such a serious voice, Ruomei and the others were instantly startled.
Everyone had only one thought in their mind: who ran away?
As long as they can find a job where they can earn 800 yuan a month, none of them are ready to leave.
Food and accommodation are also provided.
How could anyone run away from such a good thing?
Or maybe something happened that they didn't know about.
When they arrived, they only knew what the person who introduced them to the job said. They were all young girls who were nimble, pretty, and had a certain level of education. The factory they were introduced to specialized in making banknotes.
Therefore, their identities must be strictly controlled, and they cannot tell others where they go to work.
Of course, their work is kept confidential and they will never allow others to know what they do.
That’s why they were hiding in the back of this truck with this canvas shed on it.
The carport was opened, and the sudden fresh air mixed with cold wind hit everyone's face directly, startling Ruomei.
"Get out of the car now!"
A voice was stern and cold.
Ruomei and the others looked at each other, and asked, "This is Xiao Huang."
The fender of the car was removed and they were immediately blinded by the flashlight in front of them, but they could still see vaguely.
The people in front of me were clearly wearing police uniforms.
He got out of the car in a daze and looked at the policemen around him and the police car with its lights on.
Then they saw Xiao Huang handcuffed and two other men squatting in front of the police car. They were all terrified and didn't know what they had done.
In the eyes of all the rural girls, they have never had any dealings with the police in their lives, but now, they have been caught here by the police.
"One by one, line up here to register your name and home address."
The leading policemen arranged for them to go to the policewoman in front of the police car to register and fill out forms.
Ruomei looked at the expressionless female police officer and mustered up the courage to ask.
"Comrade police, we have no choice. We didn't do anything bad. We just went to work."
The policewoman looked at them sympathetically.
right!
Ruomei could feel that it was sympathy.
"Little girl, don't be silly. These people don't want your jobs, they want your body tissues. They are members of a criminal gang. They specialize in helping people find sources of supply for rich people who need transplants. You are that source of supply."
Then they stared in amazement as two stiff corpses were carried out from two large wooden boxes that had been tightly wrapped in the car, with pale knife wounds on their naked bodies.
Ruomei was struck by lightning and was so frightened that her face turned pale.
(End of this chapter)
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