Ye Shuning felt that the county town here was far behind those in the coastal areas. It was simply too backward. It seemed that the reform and opening up in the southwest region had not yet been very strong, and the people here were not as smart as those in the coastal areas.
Another point is that this place is remote and transportation is inconvenient, making it difficult to develop. If you want to get rich, you should build roads first, which is a good idea. Even if there is any output here, it is difficult to sell it.
Wu Qingbo, sitting in the passenger seat of the car, turned around and said, "The conditions here are relatively poor, and Hongwu County is a well-known impoverished county here. We simply don't have the money to build roads, so this road is so difficult to travel on. You guys just have to make do with it.
I haven't been to the village you're talking about, and I don't know if it's accessible by car. If it isn't, we'll probably have to walk in. Let's go to the township and ask first, and then we'll see."
Li Shaozhong looked around and said, "There are many mountains here. The village we want to go to should be in the mountains. Let's go to the Malian Township Police Station to inquire about the situation, and then decide on a better way."
Wu Qingbo took Li Shaozhong and the others to the Malian Township police station to inquire about the situation in Makou Village. Ye Xingguo had sent someone to investigate and found that Ye Chong's parents were Fu Chunlai and Liu Shufen. Li Shaozhong also planned to go to the police station to inquire about their situation.
Wu Qingbo is now a cadre in the city, so when he arrived at the township police station, he revealed his identity and introduced the identities of Li Shaozhong and others. The police officers at the police station were very polite.
The police station officers were familiar with all the villages under Malian Township. After inquiring, Li Shaozhong and his team learned that Makou Village had a road access to the entrance, but cars were not allowed inside.
Moreover, the roads from the township to Makou Village are mostly mountainous and very difficult to walk on.
Li Shaozhong also asked the police whether Fu Chunlai and his wife had lost their child.
Police officer Xiao Liu was stunned when he heard Li Shaozhong ask this. "Are you talking about the missing child from the Fu family in Makou Village?"
Li Shaozhong nodded, "Yes, the family we found was the Fu family."
Police officer Xiao Liu actually knew something about the Fu family's missing child. "I know about this matter. The Fu family did come to the police station to report that they had lost their child. We have been looking for them for a long time, but our police force is limited and we still have no news.
And that child wasn't the Fu family's biological child, so they gave up in the end."
After hearing what the police said, Li Shaozhong and Ye Shuning looked at each other and were shocked. They didn't expect that the Fu couple they had finally found out were not Ye Chong's biological parents.
Li Shaozhong asked, "You're saying that the child the Fu family lost wasn't their biological child. What's going on?"
Police officer Xiao Liu said: "The child that the Fu family lost was actually picked up by them. Because no one claimed the child, they had no choice but to adopt the child. Unexpectedly, the child was lost again later."
Li Shaozhong hadn't expected all this to happen. Ye Chong and Li Jingyi were both in the car, watched over by others, and hadn't been taken to the police station, so Li Shaozhong spoke without hesitation, "Comrade Liu, to be honest, one of the children we brought here today is the missing child of the Fu family, and we're here to return the child to them.
But after hearing what you said, we know that this child is not the Fu family's biological child. However, we still want to go to the Fu family in person to ask for the details. Do you think you can accompany us?"
Policeman Xiao Liu was also surprised. "No problem. I'll go with you and find out more about the situation."
Li Shaozhong also told Xiao Liu that he had not told the child the truth, and hoped that he would keep it a secret from the child to avoid causing any negative psychological effects on the child.
The group left the police station and headed towards Makou Village. Once outside the town and heading towards the village below, they quickly entered the mountains. The mountain road was extremely difficult and bumpy. For safety reasons, they slowed down.
Under the guidance of police officer Xiao Liu, the car drove for more than an hour and finally arrived near Makou Village.
Makou Village is built halfway up a mountain, with houses scattered here and there, with no proper streets at all. Therefore, cars can't even enter the village.
Li Shaozhong and his friends had no choice but to get off the bus at the village entrance and walk into the village.
Li Shaozhong asked Zhang Hanwu and three others to stay in the car to look after the children, while he and Ye Shuning took a few people to go into the village to take a look.
Only after Li Shaozhong and his companions got out of the car could they see the whole picture of the village.
Most of the houses in the village were made of adobe; not a single one was built of brick. The better houses had a stone foundation on top and adobe on top. Most of the roofs were thatched, with only a few having tiled roofs.
With just a glance, Li Shaozhong and the others knew how poor this village was.
As soon as we entered the village, the village chief came out to greet us after receiving the news.
The village chief knew Xiao Liu and came forward to greet him warmly, "Comrade Liu, why are you here? Who are these people you brought with you?"
Xiao Liu said, "Village Chief Zhou, this is Comrade Li from Haizhou."
Xiao Liu introduced everyone and also explained the purpose of Li Shaozhong and his team's visit.
When the village chief, Zhou Dahai, heard that the visitor was about the missing child of the Fu family, he said, "When the Fu family lost their child a while ago, they did look for him for a while, but then gave up when there was no news. However, the child was indeed found by Fu Chunlai and his wife when they went to the county town.
Their family was quite good, and they didn't neglect the child. They raised him. Later, when the child was lost, it took Liu Shufen several days to recover. Even though the child wasn't the Fu family's biological child, as they had several other children, they never mistreat the child. However, the family's financial situation wasn't good, so the child was just barely able to survive.
Li Shaozhong said, "Village Chief Zhou, we rescued this child from the bad guys by chance, and have been looking for his parents ever since. We only heard about the Fu family a few days ago, so we came to see them.
We would like to inquire about the child's situation with the Fu family. Since they are not the child's biological parents, we will also help the child continue to search for his parents."
Zhou Dahai said, "I'll take you there. Chunlai and the others will be very happy to know that their child has been found."
The group was brought to Fu's house by Zhou Dahai.
The Fu family also built their house halfway up the mountain. It consisted of three dilapidated adobe houses with a small yard in front.
Through Zhou Dahai's introduction, Li Shaozhong learned that Fu Chunlai and his wife had two sons and a daughter, and their family was poor. Therefore, the idea that they bought a child to continue their family line was out of the question. The story about their finding Ye Chong was also more credible.
Ye Shuning had already decided in her heart that since Ye Chong was not the Fu family's biological child, she would take the child back home to continue raising him. She felt that since the place was so poor, raising another child would be a burden for the Fu family. It would be better for Ye Chong to stay with them. They could also provide the child with a better living environment.
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