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Fang was already in a state of panic. Following Ye Mingzhu's words, she looked at Ye Yunli and happened to notice him rubbing his stomach. Then she remembered that they had not had lunch yet.
"I, I'll go get the food." Fang staggered into the yard.
"Let's go eat something." Ye Mingzhu raised her chin towards Ye Yunli.
Ye Yunli bit his lower lip and followed him into the yard.
"Your third aunt probably knows who took Yunping away." Aunt Jiang suddenly spoke.
Ye Mingzhu retracted her foot as she was about to take a step forward. She didn't expect Aunt Jiang to be so perceptive.
"Yunli's second uncle owed gambling debts outside, and they probably did it to the moneylender." Ye Mingzhu had some guesses since Uncle Ye left just now.
"Will a money lender look for a relative's child?" Aunt Jiang's words also surprised Ye Mingzhu the most.
However, they would have to wait until Uncle Ye came back to find out what exactly happened, so it was not convenient for them to leave now.
"Mom, why don't you go back and see Yun'an and Luodou first? I'll wait for news here." Ye Mingzhu walked into the yard and said to Aunt Jiang.
There is something fishy about what happened in Uncle Ye's family. There is no need to involve so many people.
Aunt Jiang looked around the yard and whispered, "Then I'll go back first. If there's anything, let your uncle and aunt make the decision. If you need help, come back and call them."
Ye Mingzhu nodded and watched Aunt Jiang leave before walking into the yard.
Inside the house, Ye Yunli was eating a steamed bun with relish. Fang, with tears on her face, stared at him blankly.
"Sister Mingzhu." Ye Yunli had something in his mouth and spoke in a daze.
"Well, you eat it. Has your mother eaten it?" Ye Mingzhu looked at Fang.
Fang didn't say anything, so Ye Yunli answered for her: "Mother said she couldn't eat."
Ye Mingzhu did not persuade Fang to eat. Under such circumstances, most mothers would not be able to eat.
"Aunt San, think about it again. Is there any other place Yunping might have gone? We'll look for him later." Fang looked up blankly, as if she didn't understand what Ye Mingzhu said.
Ye Mingzhu repeated it again, and Fang's eyes lit up. She murmured:
"We searched the entire village. It must be them. It must be them. They took the child away."
"Who are they?" Ye Mingzhu asked.
"It's all my fault. If I hadn't borrowed the money, it would have been fine. If I hadn't borrowed the money, they wouldn't have taken Yunping away..."
Fang was crying as she spoke, her voice was unclear and could not be heard clearly.
"Sister, my mother..., is there no way to find my brother?" Seeing Fang breaking down and crying, Ye Yunli lost his mood to eat. He carefully rubbed against Ye Mingzhu and asked in a low voice.
"You eat first. After dinner, we will go look for him. We will definitely find a way to find Yunping." Ye Mingzhu comforted him.
Ye Yunli silently finished the steamed bun in his hand and stopped talking.
Ye Mingzhu didn't know what to say, so the two of them sat next to Fang and stayed with her until the door outside rang.
Fang ran out quickly.
"Where's Yunping? Have you found Yunping?"
As Ye Mingzhu and Ye Yunli walked out of the house, they saw Fang grabbing Uncle Ye's shoulders and asking loudly.
"No, I went to your mother's house, and only your eldest brother and his wife were there. They said they didn't see Yunping." Uncle Ye's face turned dark and a little scary.
"Where are my second brother and second sister-in-law?"
"Your eldest brother said that the two of them went back to your second sister-in-law's parents' home."
Fang squatted on the ground: "Yunping, my Yunping, where did he go?"
Ye Yunli was also crying behind him. Such a loud noise had alarmed the neighbors, and someone from the next yard had come out to check.
"What's going on?" A white-haired woman asked at the door. This was Grandma Wu, who lived near Uncle Ye's house.
"Fifth Aunt." Uncle Ye called out.
"Why is Fang sitting on the ground? She will feel uncomfortable in this weather soon." Fifth Grandma wanted to help Fang up, and Ye Mingzhu stepped forward to lend a hand.
"Mingzhu, what happened to your Third Aunt?" Seeing that Uncle Ye and Mrs. Fang were silent, Fifth Grandma looked at Ye Mingzhu.
Ye Mingzhu sighed: "Fifth Grandma, my cousin Yunping is missing."
When Fang heard this, she started crying again.
Fifth Grandma's eyes were filled with surprise: "Yunping is already so old, where can he go? Fang, did you hit the child?"
Fang was speechless and could only shake her head vigorously.
Fifth Grandma looked at Third Uncle Ye again, and Third Uncle Ye smiled bitterly: "Fifth Aunt, today is the second day of the Chinese New Year. No matter what we do, we won't say anything about him today. Yun Ping is really missing."
Grandma Wu asked several people if they had gone to look for him.
Ye Yunli cried beside him and said, "Fifth Grandma, we have searched the entire village, but we can't find my brother."
Grandma Wu's expression then became serious, and she asked Ye Yunli to call the village chief.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, a fifteen-year-old boy was missing. This matter had to be reported to the village chief so that the villagers could help find him.
Soon, the village chief came over. He asked Ye Yunli many questions along the way, and in the end he could only guess whether Ye Yunping had gone somewhere to play and did not come back in time.
Although the third branch of the Ye family said that Ye Yunping was an obedient child and would not run around randomly, they could not explain why Yunping disappeared and could only temporarily accept this statement.
The village chief gathered all the men in the village and divided them into several teams to look for people near the village, including the beach and the mountains.
Ye Mingzhu stayed in the third branch of the Ye family to accompany Fang.
Fang refused to go into the house and just stood at the door, looking at the way home.
"I'll wait here. I'll be able to see Yunping as soon as he comes back."
Her voice was trembling and her expression was so sad that it made people cry. The few women in the village who accompanied her didn't know what to do except to say a few words to comfort her.
But even though so many people from the village came out to search, they still couldn't find Ye Yunping's whereabouts until it was almost dark.
After searching for the entire afternoon, everyone was tired. Plus, it was cold, so the village chief asked everyone to go home and continue searching tomorrow.
Fang cried and refused to let anyone leave: "Yunping, Yunping has not been found yet."
The village chief's face darkened, and Uncle Ye had no choice but to step forward. "My wife is ignorant. Thank you all for helping me find Yun Ping today. Logically, we should provide food for everyone, but given the current situation at home, there's really nothing we can do."
"In a couple of days, when Yunping comes back, I'll treat everyone to a meal."
The expressions on the faces of those who had not left yet became better. Everyone knew that their child was missing, and they were all from the same village. They didn't want to eat this meal, but they had been searching for the child for the whole afternoon and were tired and hungry. They couldn't let everyone risk their lives for their child.
It was only when Uncle Ye grabbed Fang's arm that she realized she couldn't offend anyone in the village.
When she calmed down, the village chief asked everyone else to go home.
Before leaving, the village chief patted Uncle Ye on the shoulder and asked him to think about where else the child could have gone, and then ask everyone to help look for him tomorrow.
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