The company commander became more and more angry as he spoke, and his voice became louder and louder.
"How could it be so easy to run into human traffickers? They're always infested with them! My sister-in-law is young and pretty, yet she's already a target for traffickers, and she's carrying a child with her. How could she possibly get off the bus and ask you for help?
"Brothers, it doesn't matter if we go out for a walk with you for nothing. But we have to bring money. Five hundred yuan each, this is really a lot of money!"
Chen Shanhe glanced over and saw that although no one said anything, their faces clearly showed their agreement with the company commander's words.
Everyone knows Jiang Shiyue's character: lazy, greedy and conceited.
In the past, in order to get money from Chen Shanhe to buy clothes, she had thrown tantrums, pretended to be sick, and falsely accused Chen Shanhe of mistreating her... In short, she had done all kinds of bad things. Recently, she had even developed a habit of stealing.
It is reasonable for everyone to suspect that she was colluding with others to pretend to be a human trafficker and defraud money.
Besides, given Jiang Shiyue's personality, she should have cried and been taken away if she met human traffickers. It would have been her normal reaction to see Chen Shanhe and let him save her without caring about anything.
How could Jiang Shiyue, a brainless woman, have fabricated such lies to trick the traffickers into thinking she was an accomplice? Would someone so selfish be willing to be a hostage for other abducted women?
Among the hundreds of people at the scene, no one believed that Jiang Shiyue would act bravely.
Chen Shanhe rolled up his sleeves and said, "I understand what you mean. I've thought about what you're saying. She's my wife, and I don't want to make any excuses. I just want to ask everyone, what if there really were a dozen women in that car waiting to be rescued?"
There is one point that Chen Shanhe didn't say. If it were in the past, he would have thought about it again and again and discussed it again before deciding whether to mobilize a large force to rescue.
But Jiang Shiyue now is wise and rational... he is willing to believe it.
Everyone was silent.
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Jiang Shiyue didn't know that the original owner's credit was so ruined that the officers and soldiers in the compound didn't believe her. She was eagerly waiting for Chen Shanhe to bring people to rescue them.
For Jiang Shiyue, every second of waiting for Chen Shanhe outside the commune was torture.
Brother Hu and Sister Hua are not people who can be fooled easily. If you say something wrong, you may lose your life.
Jiang Shiyue held the sleeping Yangyang in her arms and chatted with Sister Hua in a casual manner.
It seems that chatting is more tiring than negotiating with clients in the previous life. I have to be on guard against Sister Hua's tricks and also want to trick her.
After a few visits, Jiang Shiyue actually found out some things.
The original intention of Sister Hua and her gang was to sell the girls they had abducted from the deep mountains in the west to the coastal areas.
As a result, when driving at night, Dashan got confused and took the wrong road. He then met a policeman checking cars and was so scared that he drove around and got lost. He then drove all the way to the northwest.
In order to avoid losses and reduce risks, they found a local colleague to take over these girls. However, when the transaction was about to begin, the colleague was arrested by the police. They were so scared that they ran away and met the unlucky Jiang Shiyue.
Jiang Shiyue was self-deprecating about being unlucky. Sister Hua said that Jiang Shiyue was their lucky star. Food, clothing, housing and transportation for a whole car of people all required money. If this continued, these girls would be real "money-losing goods".
They could only kill people or throw them into the mountains to fend for themselves.
Sister Hua spoke of murder with unwavering composure, and Jiang Shiyue's heart pounded. In her previous life, everyone said that the 21st century and beyond were too competitive, and that the 1980s were still the best time, when opportunities to make money were everywhere and profiteering could easily become a millionaire.
But everyone forgets that risks and opportunities often coexist. At least in 1978, there was no nationwide gun ban.
Jiang Shiyue didn't dare to speak nonsense anymore and thought for a long time before opening her mouth.
It was at this time that Chen Shanhe arrived with his men.
Brother Hu was very vigilant. He guarded the car door with a gun and asked Dashan to get out of the car to check one by one whether Chen Shanhe and the others were carrying any sharp objects or weapons. Then he organized Chen Shanhe and the others to stand in a team and retreat to a position five meters away from the car, and get on the car one by one in order.
Sister Hua stood on the other side of the bus door and collected the money. You had to pay before you could get on the bus. Only one person could get on at a time, and one person could get on after the other had chosen their ticket.
Someone tried to protest: "This is unfair! If you go at night, won't you only be able to choose what others have left?"
Brother Hu pointed the gun steadily at Chen Shanhe, "How could that be? Choosing the girl you like is only the first step. If two or more people like the same girl, then we can compete again. Don't worry, it's fair, the highest bidder wins!"
Jiang Shiyue gritted his teeth and swallowed the anger in his heart.
Chen Shanhe and the others didn't know whether they were angry or didn't want to waste time, so they didn't say anything else and lined up as Brother Hu instructed, waiting to get on the bus.
Chen Shanhe himself did not join the team. "I have a wife. Can I pick up my niece and wait together?"
Brother Hu refused: "It's windy outside, it's warmer in the car, and it's better for her and the child."
Jiang Shiyue looked at the motionless branches outside the window: "..."
Chen Shanhe said again: "Can I go up? I want to see the child. I brought the money, so you have to let me see it, right?"
Brother Hu hesitated for a moment, nodded, and personally searched Chen Shanhe before putting him in the car. He asked Jiang Shiyue to sit in the driver's seat and Chen Shanhe to sit in the passenger seat.
Jiang Shiyue and Yangyang were held hostage in the car. In order to stay out of the way, she held Yangyang in her arms and sat in the passenger seat.
Old-style buses have a co-pilot seat, but it is not next to the main driver's seat and there is an irregular rectangular bulge in the middle. It is said that the engine is underneath.
The passenger seat is like an isolated island in the car, with the car glass in front, the door behind, the window on the right, and the engine compartment on the left. It is not easy to get out of the car and there is not much space to move around.
Jiang Shiyue carried Yangyang and moved to the driver's seat, secretly sighing that Brother Hu was too suspicious.
This seat change is equivalent to trapping Chen Shanhe in the passenger seat. If an accident occurs, Chen Shanhe cannot escape or attack him in the first time.
Letting Jiang Shiyue sit in the driver's seat was a confirmation that she couldn't drive.
Cars were quite rare in 1978. A courtyard house cost just over 10,000 yuan, but a car could cost six figures. Ordinary people simply couldn't drive.
If you want to get a driver's license, you must first have a driver's license test.
If you don't know how to drive, sitting in the driver's seat or the passenger seat is almost the same, both are very restrictive, unless Jiang Shiyue knows which button is to open the left door.
Jiang Shiyue and Chen Shanhe exchanged seats, and the person first in line started paying and getting on the bus.
This man should be a local. He has a weather-beaten face and speaks the local dialect. He was so reluctant to give money to Sister Hua. The money he took out was in red, green and blue denominations. He counted the bills one by one with his fingertips wet with saliva in front of Sister Hua.
Others counted out the money like one, two, or five, but this man kept reciting as he twirled the coins: "One pound of pork, two pounds of pork...a hen...a pig."
Sister Hua's mouth twitched when she heard this. When he mentioned the two pigs, she snatched the money and waved him up.
Jiang Shiyue glanced at the driver's rearview mirror, paused for two seconds, and quickly looked away.
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