Chapter 398: Changing Adoptive Family
The rope on Chen Tang's hands was untied, and he was fine, but Tan Mei was frightened.
Yan Li also ran over quickly. Seeing that Mu Qiu was fine, she quickly hugged her, tears streaming down her face: "I'm so glad you're okay. You scared me to death."
She was the one who brought this person up. If anything happened to him, she would condemn herself for the rest of her life.
Mu Qiu also burst into tears when he saw her.
Not long after, the two kidnappers were caught.
The short man looked at Chen Tang and gritted his teeth: “You said you didn’t care!”
Chen Tang looked innocent: "I don't care about it, but you kidnapped me and threatened me. I don't care about the law, but I should care about it."
Qin Mei was afraid that the two would target Chen Tang again, so she immediately said, "I suspect that you are involved with spies from the enemy country. I will report this matter to the National Security Bureau for investigation. Do you think my cousin can be safe if she doesn't care? Those who violate the law should be judged according to the law!"
The short man panicked: "When have we ever been associated with spies? You slandered us!"
If you get involved with the spies at this time, you will be doomed!
Tan Mei sneered: "You kidnapped someone, don't you check the identity of the kidnapper?"
She did not give the two people time to explain themselves and asked the police to take them back into custody first.
The matter was resolved, and Shen Tang was still in the mood to watch the bonfire party.
It was only six o'clock in the evening.
After watching the bonfire party, Professor Qin Wang's car arrived in the town. Everyone drove back with lights on and arrived at the village safely. The bonfire party in the village was not over yet, so the villagers enthusiastically pulled them over when they came back.
When Aunt Mu Qiu saw Mu Qiu, she rolled up her sleeves and was about to come over to beat him up. The village head's wife saw her and gave her a cold look: "Don't force me to beat you up."
Aunt Mu Qiu wanted to say something but was pulled back by her husband.
The villagers won’t occupy their side after the commotion today, but will they still be able to protect Mu Qiu when the crew goes to film tomorrow?
Even if they brought Mu Qiu to the crew, did they get their parents' consent?
When the quarrel breaks out, they are always right!
Mu Qiu felt the creepy gazes from his uncle and aunt, and a look of fear appeared on his face.
Yan Li immediately blocked her uncle and aunt's gaze, and glared back at them fiercely.
Mu Qiu felt unprecedentedly relieved. She tightly grasped the corner of Yan Li's clothes, glanced at Chen Tang beside her, and seemed to have made up her mind.
Before going to bed at night, Chen Tang came back after washing up, and everyone sat together to look at the photos taken in the camera.
Yan Li should have reached an agreement with Mu Qiu, and now she was going to bring it up: "Everyone, I plan to discuss with Mu Qiu to find a new adoptive family for her according to Comrade Chen Tang's idea."
"But the question is, how can we take back what Mu Qiu's parents left for her?"
Qin Liaoli: "The things at home are easy to deal with. The village chief and the team leader of Baiyun Village are both good people. If someone wants to adopt Mu Qiu, then the things her parents left her should be able to be taken back by the village chief. The problem is the compensation. Mu Qiu, do you know how much money your parents left behind?"
Mu Qiu nodded and whispered, "My father is a porter. Because the accident happened in the factory, the factory compensated our family 500 yuan. We originally had 123 yuan. After my mother fell ill, she spent 50 yuan on medicine and injections. I didn't know how to count at that time, so my mother's friend taught me."
"Do you have any relatives on your mother's side?" Chen Tang asked.
Mu Qiu thought about it, then shook his head: "No, I think I have an uncle, but my mother hasn't seen him for many years, and I don't know where he is."
Chen Tang: “Compensation is easy to deal with, we can ask the factory to help, but the money left by your family has probably been used up.
How about this, after filming tomorrow, Liao Li and I will go to the factory at noon, and Yan Li, you go to the village chief and ask him to help find an adoptive family, and remember to send some gifts."
Yan Li quickly agreed. Anyone could see that Mu Qiu was trouble. She felt sorry for the little girl and wanted to help her, but that didn't mean others would be willing to lend a hand. Now that everyone was willing to help, she was already very grateful.
The next morning, Professor Qin Wang saw that they had brought their children to the crew, so he simply asked the little girl to help film a dialogue.
Mu Qiu had some talent. He changed into old clothes, held a raw sweet potato in his hand, and stood under the big tree, chewing it devoutly, as if he cherished the food in his hand very much. His thin and depressed body made people feel sad.
In the play, two young educated youth lovers quarreled over a trivial matter. The character played by Yan Li ran straight to the mountain. When the other boy chased her, the corner of his clothes accidentally brushed against Mu Qiu, and the sweet potato in her hand fell to the yellow ground.
This detail was not originally there, but Mu Qiu picked up the sweet potato from the ground and continued to eat it without changing his expression. Only the sweet potato in his hand was visible on his dark face. Professor Qin Wang immediately said good!
The movie "Grain Seeds" they made is about a group of educated youth who went to the countryside to help with planting, increase per-acre yields, and cultivate better seeds.
The scene with Mu Qiu further highlighted the preciousness of food, and it was such a good design that was done by accident!
At noon, Chen Tang and Liao Li borrowed Professor Qin Wang's car and went to town, taking Mu Qiu with them.
Several people followed Mu Qiu to the outside of the steel plant and were stopped by security guards.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
Chen Tang handed over a pack of cigarettes and asked with a smile: "Uncle, we have something to ask your factory director. Does the girl look familiar to you?"
The security guard looked at Mu Qiu carefully, but couldn't remember who he was.
Mu Qiu had tears in his eyes and said in a crisp and bitter voice: "Uncle Wang, it's me, I'm Mu Qiu."
"Mu Qiu?" The security guard thought about it again and again, and finally remembered who she was.
The town is so small, and there aren't many people with the last name Mu. What happened in the factory back then has always been remembered.
"You are Mulian's daughter. What are you doing in the factory?"
Mu Qiu cried bitterly and told him all his experiences over the years. After he finished speaking, he did not forget to lift up his sleeves. His arms were covered with bruises, which was horrible to look at.
When the security guard heard that her uncle and aunt had occupied her house, land, and compensation, he slammed the table in anger and said, "Don't worry, my uncle is here and will tell the factory manager about this."
Then he asked them to register their names and ran to find the factory manager.
The factory manager quickly invited several people to his office.
He knew that a film crew came to their town to film, and when he saw the two strange pretty girls, Chen Tang and Liao Li, he knew they must be from the capital.
Although the factory director was willing to sell them a good deal, he frowned while smoking and listening to Mu Qiu's crying: "What can our factory do about this? We have already paid the money, we can't pay it again, right?"
Chen Tang: "Of course not, the factory director is worrying too much. We don't want to add burden to the factory. This is what we want the factory director to send someone with authority to the village to get the money back, and then pay it to Mu Qiu every month as a pension, so that she can at least finish high school."
The factory director's frown relaxed immediately upon hearing this, and he narrowed his eyes in laughter, "This is a simple matter. Mulian is one of our factory's employees after all. He died to protect the factory's property, so we naturally have to take good care of his daughter."
The righteousness of these words sounded too official, so Chen Tang didn't take them to heart. However, Mu Qiu and Liao Li were so moved that they kept expressing their gratitude.
After a while, the factory director asked his cousin, who was also the financial director, to accompany them to Baiyun Village.
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