Now, Xiaoxiao and her friends finally managed to buy sleeper tickets, so they no longer had to stand and squeeze with others.
The journey there went smoothly, but something happened on the way back.
Yuan Shitou was so frightened that his heart almost stopped.
On their very train carriage, they encountered human traffickers stealing children.
The couple whose children were stolen had three children in total.
Perhaps because there were too many children and they couldn't take care of them all, they became targets of human traffickers.
The couple were not to be trifled with either, and they caught a human trafficker on the spot.
The man had already chased after the human traffickers.
The woman was in her early thirties, a rural woman, and looked very capable.
She was holding a two- or three-year-old boy in one arm.
He was holding onto another woman tightly with one hand.
There was also a little girl, about seven or eight years old, clinging tightly to the trafficker's clothes.
The woman's hands were busy, and she was still shouting for help.
Please help us catch the human traffickers.
The carriage was in chaos, but no one offered to help.
Upon hearing the word "human trafficker," Xiao Xiao immediately wanted to step forward and help.
He was held tightly by Yuan Shitou.
Yuan Shitou was also very nervous.
He felt a sudden pang of panic when he heard the words "human traffickers."
I'm afraid Xiaoxiao will be kidnapped by human traffickers again.
Having already experienced it once, he was genuinely terrified.
Xiao Xiao probably guessed what he was thinking.
He pulled him to the woman's side.
Yuan Shitou rummaged through his bag and found a thin rope, which he used to tie the trafficker's hands to a stool.
This rope was used to tie up bags of dried meat. Xiao Xiao couldn't bear to throw it away, and now it comes in handy.
The woman then let go, and the little girl stood beside her.
The woman watched anxiously in the direction the man had left, not forgetting to thank Xiaoxiao.
The human traffickers kept struggling, saying they had arrested the wrong person.
She was just an ordinary passenger, not a human trafficker.
But the woman just wouldn't believe her.
She had just witnessed the trafficker trying to pull her daughter away.
If she hadn't discovered it in time, her daughter probably would have been taken away by human traffickers.
Annoyed by the human traffickers, the woman glared at them fiercely.
"Shut up! I saw you pull my daughter with my own eyes, and you still want to deny it?"
An old lady nearby said, "I also saw her pulling your daughter."
She's definitely a human trafficker.
The human trafficker kept making excuses, but the woman ignored her.
Yuan Shitou held the little boy's hand tightly and never let go.
I was afraid that if I looked away for even a moment, Xiaoxiao would disappear.
After a while, the man returned carrying a little boy who looked about five or six years old.
He was covered in sweat, and his eyes were red.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his wife and child were both alright.
The little boy in his arms was already asleep, or rather, he had been drugged by the human traffickers and was in a deep sleep.
He was accompanied by the train police officer.
Only after they took the human traffickers away did the carriage return to calm.
Yuan Shitou pulled Xiaoxiao back to her seat.
My emotions are still unsettled.
Xiao Xiao was also frightened. She originally wanted to go to sleep, but she didn't dare to sleep anymore.
I kept a close eye on my surroundings, fearing that human traffickers might appear again.
Perhaps after that series of actions, nothing else happened.
The two got off the train without incident and found a guesthouse to stay in.
Even though you're sitting in the car doing nothing, it's still quite tiring.
Perhaps because she was about to go home, Xiaoxiao couldn't fall asleep.
I can't wait to get home.
She missed her children.
I miss Mr. and Mrs. Yuan.
I miss Yuan Min and the others.
She even wanted to be with the villagers.
They had been to the city several times and were quite familiar with it.
When they returned to town, Xiaoxiao gave the remaining receipts to Uncle Lin.
Anyway, she doesn't need it. If she needs to buy anything, Uncle Lin will buy it for them, and they can just go and pick it up.
These tickets are useless to keep; it's better to return them to Uncle Lin.
Looking at Xiao Xiao's tired face, Uncle Lin felt a pang of sympathy.
They urged them to go back quickly and get some rest.
Xiao Xiao's family now has two bicycles.
She and Yuan Shitou each rode a bicycle.
Uncle Lin helped me buy all of these.
Anyway, her family isn't short of money, so there's no need for her to make herself suffer.
Traveling by oxcart was slow and inconvenient.
Since they got bicycles, they rarely drive oxcarts down the mountain anymore.
Unless you're going down there to sell something.
Otherwise, everyone would ride bicycles.
Several households in the village own bicycles, so it's not unusual.
Fan Tiesheng's family also had one, but Yuan Min didn't know how to ride it.
She fell twice when she first started learning, so she never learned it again.
However, a few children rode the bikes better than anyone else.
The children were naturally overjoyed to see their parents return.
They've been away for over ten days now, and they miss them very much.
After all, I've never been away for this long before.
When Yuan's parents saw the state of the two, they knew that their efforts had been in vain.
Aside from offering a few words of comfort, I don't know what else to say.
Back home, Xiaoxiao let her guard down, quickly washed up, and went to bed without even eating.
He slept until noon the next day.
This frightened Yuan Shitou so much that he went inside to check several times.
Seeing that she was just asleep, he was relieved.
Yuan's mother was also very worried. How could her child have become like this after just one trip out?
Has something happened?
After inquiring with Yuan Shitou, they learned that their trip had not gone smoothly.
He sighed inwardly and told Yuan Shitou to kill two chickens and make some soup to nourish Xiao Xiao.
She's small and nothing else, and after a couple of days of rest, she's lively and energetic again.
She went down the mountain and sent a telegram to Liang Huaisheng.
Ask him to continue helping her find out news about her brother.
He also recounted the general course of events.
They practically wrote telegrams like letters.
The postman standing nearby secretly cursed her as a spendthrift woman.
They really don't know how to save money.
Who sends a telegram with so many words?
The man next to her didn't say a word, just stood there like a wooden stake, with a smile on his face.
I really don't know what he's so happy about.
He looks like a complete idiot.
Yuan Shitou, whom he regarded as a fool, had eyes full of Xiao Xiao.
He felt that whatever his wife did was right.
How much could it cost to send a telegram?
Anyway, his family doesn't lack anything, there's no need to be so frugal.
Also, this isn't about money at all.
If Liang Huaisheng could help him find his brother, who knows how much money he could save?
Xiao Xiao felt a little better after sending the telegram.
I also took the letter that Yuan Ping'an sent back with me.
Yuan Ping'an's letters always say, "Ping'an, don't worry."
Several years have passed, and his family still doesn't know what he does for a living.
All I know is that he is still alive and in the military.
I know nothing else.
Even Luo Qing and Liang Huaisheng didn't know his specific situation.
Every time I asked, they would say that things in the military must be kept secret and cannot be told to outsiders.
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