When the village chief's wife heard this, she felt all the strength in her body disappear instantly, her heart was beating fast and her legs were weak, and the bamboo stick in her hand fell to the ground with a snap.
Shitou hurried over to support Aunt Wang. The boy was too weak to lift up an adult who was completely relaxed even if he used all his strength.
"Uncle village chief! Brother Jianjun! Come quickly!" Shitou shouted at the top of his voice.
The village chief, who had heard the noise and was about to come out to see what was happening, was startled when he heard Shi Tou's shout.
At this time, Aunt Wang regained consciousness and hurriedly scrambled to her feet, her voice trembling, "Old man, Hu Zi... Hu Zi is gone."
"Bang!" Fang Xi stood at the kitchen door and the bowl in his hand fell into pieces.
"Mom, where is Hu Zi? Why is he gone?" He was so panicked and anxious that tears came to his eyes.
"Old woman, Jianjun's wife, don't worry for now. Maybe Hu Zi is sleeping in some corner.
Jianjun, quickly call the villagers and ask them to help look for him."
The village chief was calm and experienced, making arrangements steadily, his face composed without a trace of panic.
Under the command of the village chief, Aunt Wang and Fang Xiu calmed down temporarily and ignored their sadness. They trotted out the door quickly. They were going to find Hu Zi.
Yang Xiaoxiao, with an anxious look on her face, hurried to catch up with her mother and sister-in-law, fearing that something might happen to them again.
Yang Jianjun and Shitou hurried out.
The village chief followed closely behind, but when he was almost at the door, he missed a step and fortunately he grabbed the door frame and did not fall.
Soon shouts were heard in the village, and as it grew dark, the villagers lit torches.
We searched the entire village but couldn't find it, so we had to look for it in the surrounding remote areas.
The noise in the village was so loud that everyone at the educated youth site was alarmed and wondered what had happened.
Su Cheng and Gu Liang ran out. After a while, Gu Liang came back and said that the village chief's grandson was missing and the villagers were looking for him.
When the educated youth heard that the child was missing, they went out in groups of three or two to look for him.
The whole village went out and searched for the child for most of the night. They searched everywhere around the village, including the end of the mountain, but they couldn't find even a shadow of the child.
"Did something happen to this kid? If he fell asleep somewhere, he would have heard the noise we made."
"Could it be that the baby was taken away by a wolf?"
"What are you talking about? How come we haven't seen wolves coming down the mountain in years? Impossible, impossible!"
A group of people gathered together holding torches. They were all very tired in the middle of the night, but no one said they wanted to go back.
Aunt Wang was shouting so hard that she couldn't speak anymore. Fang Xiu cried until her voice became hoarse, but she still couldn't stop crying.
"Xiaoxiao, take your mother and sister-in-law back to rest, and we will continue looking."
The village chief spoke. The village chief, who usually looked serious and upright, now looked tired.
"I'm not going back. I want to find Hu Zi. Hu Zi is most afraid of the dark. He must be crying! Is he calling for his mother?"
Fang Xiu was devastated, with all sorts of thoughts in her mind, fearing that something bad might have happened to her child.
No one spoke for a while, only her miserable crying could be heard.
"Jianjun, take your wife back. As a grandfather, I will definitely find the child."
Fang Xiu was emotionally broken, and staying here would be of no use.
"Uncle village chief, I'll take a dozen men with me and go to the mountains along our village to look for the child. In case the child accidentally walked into the mountains and got lost."
Pei Yan stood out holding a torch, "I've been to the mountains before, so I'm very familiar with them."
The village chief looked at Pei Yan, tears welling up in his eyes. "Okay! Yan boy, I thank you on behalf of the Yang family."
Pei Yan nodded slightly, and none of the men in the village refused, and no one said they were afraid to go.
When help was needed, the people of Xiangyang Village united as one.
"Wait a minute!" A man's voice came from a distance.
"Village Chief, has anyone gone to look in the pile of corn stalks to the east? I've seen Hu Zi go that way several times."
Zhou Shuan had just returned from drinking in the neighboring village in the middle of the night when he heard such a loud commotion in the village.
Only after asking did he find out what was going on. Zhou Shuan had something on his mind and didn't drink much.
Suddenly he remembered that he seemed to have seen Hu Zi, a chubby boy, crawling into the corn pile in the east.
Zhou Shuan likes Hu Zi very much and likes to tease him when he has nothing to do.
Everyone lit a fire and walked towards the piles of corn stalks. There were several large piles, and everyone searched each one.
"There's a nest here!" someone shouted from the other side.
Pei Yan hurried over and saw two men moving the corn stalks to the side to make the opening bigger.
I squatted down with a flashlight and shone it into the entire nest. Even the pile of corn leaves showed signs of being crushed by someone.
Pei Yan found a wooden man in the nest, some fruit candy wrappers, and a White Rabbit milk candy.
Fang Xiu, who insisted on following along, grabbed the wooden figure in Pei Yan's hand with excitement.
"This is for my Huzi. His dad made it for him. He likes it the most and always takes it with him wherever he goes."
"And this fruit candy wrapper was sent by Xu Zhiqing."
Xu Zhiyi stepped forward and it was indeed the fruit candy she had sent over.
"Then where does this White Rabbit candy come from?"
Shi Tou was sharp-eyed and asked his own questions.
These days, it’s hard to even have enough to eat. Everyone in the village is poor, and no one is willing to buy White Rabbit milk candy for the children.
Even the village chief's family, who dotes on their first grandson, would occasionally buy him some cheap fruit candies.
Xu Zhiyi arrived a little later and just happened to hear Shi Tou's question.
Since the village chief took over the management of the village, he has always been fair and just, and has always considered the interests of the village.
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