When they arrived at the village entrance, Lin Feng and Lin Rui went to see the house being built as usual. Lin Xiaoxiao took Naibao to the vegetable field to pick some vegetables before returning to the village.
As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the village, I saw a group of people standing together, seemingly gossiping about something. Among them was Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu also saw Lin Xiaoxiao at this time. She walked out of the crowd and greeted Lin Xiaoxiao.
"Xiaoxiao, you're back?"
"Yeah." Lin Xiaoxiao nodded and asked, "Auntie, what are you guys talking about?"
Judging from how excitedly they were chatting just now, it seemed like something big had happened.
The villagers are like this. There are not many entertainment programs in normal times. As long as there is something happening, everyone will gather together and gossip. So if something happens, it will spread faster than the plague.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiu immediately looked very serious and asked, "Xiaoxiao, don't you know yet?"
"have no idea."
Lin Xiaoxiao shook her head.
She went out early in the morning and just came back now. She had no idea what had happened in the village.
Seeing that she really didn't know, Zhang Xiu said, "There's a girl from the next village, twenty years old, very pretty. She's been missing for a day and a night and hasn't come back yet. People have called the police, and they're looking for her. Even the police came to our village today to investigate."
Speaking of which, there have been so many things going on recently.
A few days ago, the boss in the city disappeared, so they came to their village to investigate. Now another girl disappeared, so they came to their village to investigate again.
"Is that true?"
Lin Xiaoxiao frowned slightly. Missing for a day and a night was not good news.
Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "Xiaoxiao, don't go out alone recently. There are a lot of bad people these days. There's a girl from my family who was deceived and taken away a few years ago. I still don't believe it. And the wife of Zhang Mazi in the village next to us was bought from another place. She's such a pretty girl. If she hadn't been deceived and sold here, she would never be willing to marry a forty-year-old man!"
Lin Xiaoxiao is pretty, and most human traffickers like girls like this because they can fetch a good price.
"I understand, Auntie." Thinking of Zhang Xiu's words, she couldn't help but ask, "Didn't the family of the girl you mentioned who was bought come to visit? Human trafficking is illegal, and no one in the village called the police?"
A good girl would definitely try to escape and wouldn't want to live like this!
"Why call the police?" Zhang Xiu spoke out the most terrifying and selfish side of human nature. "Several villages around here have bought wives, and everyone tacitly accepts this kind of thing. Who would meddle in other people's business and offend others?"
Lin Xiaoxiao: “…”
She thought for a moment and asked, "Auntie, which village is the girl you're talking about from?"
There are villages all around Linjia Village. Zhang Xiu said there is a village next to it, but it is hard to tell which village it is.
Zhang Xiu seemed to have read Lin Xiaoxiao's mind. Fearing she might get into trouble, she didn't tell her which village she was from. She simply said, "Don't worry about which village she's from. This matter is over. The girl's family came looking for her last year. The girl was thinking about how well the man treated her, and now that she has a child, she doesn't want to leave."
Even if it was bought before, it has become voluntary now.
"Oh! I see!"
Now that the women have chosen to stay, there is really no need for her to interfere anymore.
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