The next day, Qiao Daqiang and Shi Dashan came to the cornfield together.
Zong Yi assigned tasks to the two men, and Qiao Daqiang suddenly said, "Zong family boy, you didn't assign the tasks correctly. Dashan is so big, and he usually carries water in the cotton fields. It's not a big use for him to weed."
Zong Yi chuckled and said, "Do you two know why the boss chose a 16-year-old boy like me to be the manager?"
Qiao Daqiang and the other man didn't say anything, they just looked at him steadily.
Zong Yi's smile faded, and he said seriously, "Because the boss knows that I am a heartless person. Anyone who is disobedient and inefficient at work, whether they are villagers, acquaintances, or relatives, I will kick them out without mercy."
As soon as these words were spoken, even a fool could hear the threat in Zong Yi's words.
Qiao Daqiang threw the hoe away and shouted, "Zong family boy, are you fucking threatening me?"
Shi Dashan quickly stopped Qiao Daqiang and said in a reprimanding tone, "We are older than you anyway, why are you so rude when you talk to us?"
Zong Yi said calmly, "After we get off the mountain, we should call each other brother and uncle according to our seniority. But now we are in Dongshan, so you two should call me Zong Guanshi."
"To be honest, you don't want to lose this job, and I don't want to go through the trouble of finding new people. You two were selected by Manager Zhou, and you must be good at the job. It's a good idea to make suggestions, but it's not necessary. You just need to listen to my instructions and do whatever I tell you to do."
Both Qiao Daqiang and Shi Dashan were not convinced, but they did not dare to talk back.
"Or do you two want to take a gamble with this job and see if I'm a coward who only talks but does nothing?" Zong Yi asked, staring at the two of them.
Shi Dashan laughed dryly and said, "Master Zong, we are just raising some opinions. We have no ill intentions. If you don't like it, forget it."
After saying that, he pulled Qiao Daqiang and said, "Daqiang, you mean yes."
Qiao Daqiang said nothing, turned his eyes away and hummed dejectedly.
Zong Yi put a smile on his face again and said, "Okay, now get to work!"
There wasn't much work to do in Dongshan recently. After eating breakfast, Song Yuehua sat at the door of the stove and fed the two treasures porridge.
While cleaning the kitchen, Tian asked, "Miss, do you want to eat anything for lunch?"
Song Yuehua thought of the green onions growing by the stream, and said, "Pick some wild onions and stir-fry them with bacon."
"This is good," Tian said with a smile, "It smells delicious just thinking about it. Do you want to add two more peppers?"
Song Yuehua nodded and said, "Okay, fry more. Xiaoyu also likes bacon."
"Okay, then make an omelette with green onions and stir-fry some vegetables and it will be almost done." Tian said while rubbing the rag.
"Aunt, you can arrange it." Song Yuehua finished feeding her and handed over the empty bowl, saying, "Next time I'll ask Grandpa Ma to buy some tofu. We haven't eaten tofu in a long time."
Tian said, "Okay, then we'll make tofu and fish stew..."
The two were excitedly discussing what to eat for lunch when there was a knock on the door.
Tian wiped the handle and was about to open the door, but Song Yuehua felt something was wrong, so she stopped Tian and went to open the door herself.
As soon as the door opened, I saw Lin, Zhang, and Xie Yu.
Zhang's eyes were red, and she asked in a choked voice, "Yuehua, is your ox cart there?"
"In Dongshan," Song Yuehua asked hurriedly when she saw her like this, "What happened?"
Lin stepped forward and explained, "I'm afraid Ruochu and Xiaocao were kidnapped."
Song Yuehua said to Lin, "The ox cart is at the East Mountain. Auntie, go and ask Master Duan to drive the ox cart over."
"Yeah!" Lin responded and ran away quickly.
Song Yuehua comforted Zhang and said, "Don't worry, auntie, when was the last time you saw Ruchu?"
Zhang's face turned pale, and her teeth couldn't help chattering as she spoke, "After breakfast in the morning, she went to school, and then..."
Xie Yu, who was standing nearby, added, "Ruochu and Xiaocao have never been late before. But today, they didn't come to school for a long time. I went to the Zhang and Zhou families to look for them, but I couldn't find them either. Then I asked a few villagers, and they said they saw a strange ox cart coming to the village. I thought..."
"Why else?" Song Yuehua asked.
Xie Yu hesitated for a moment before saying, "I thought it was a hunter who came to the Song family to collect wild animals."
My head buzzed.
Song Yuehua pinched her palms and said calmly, "It has been at most an hour since the morning class. The other party is driving a bullock cart, so it is most likely going to the county town. However, there are several roads leading to other villages, so it is also possible."
"Xiao Yu, go tell Grandpa Zhou to take the villagers to look for the clues on those roads. We will look for the road to the county town on our own. After you pass on the message, go back and continue your class."
After that, he said to Zhang, "Don't worry, Aunt Zhang, we will definitely find a way to find Ruchu and Xiaocao."
After returning to the house, Song Yuehua took out fifty taels of silver and put them on her body, and then told Tian, "Aunt Tian, I have to go to the county town, and I may not come back today. Please help me take care of the children at home."
Tian also heard what the people outside the door said, and assured her, "Don't worry, young lady, I'll take care of everything at home."
After the ox cart arrived, Duan Yidao took Lin, Zhang and Song Yuehua to the county town.
Zhang sat on the bicycle frame with a livid face and said nothing. Lin didn't know how to comfort her.
If it was her own little tiger who was kidnapped, she would probably go crazy and would not listen to what others said.
Song Yuehua was extremely anxious. She had never expected that human traffickers would enter the village, nor had she thought that they would be related to her in this way. She had to find the person, but how to find him was a problem.
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