The second day of the rest day, at six o'clock in the morning.
The sun had just risen, and wisps of smoke were rising from the chimneys. The early-rising villagers had already prepared breakfast.
"Su Tian, I heard you went to town with Chunling. Chanjuan and I would like to go with you too. Can we set off together?" Zhang Tingting asked.
Su Tian had a very good impression of Zhang Tingting; the little girl was cute and looked soft and sweet.
"Sure, we'll leave at seven."
Su Tian put the dried goods she was going to send home in her basket and covered them with a black cloth to prevent others from seeing them and getting jealous.
At 6:50, they agreed to set off together. After walking for ten minutes, they arrived at the village entrance, each gave one cent, and got on the oxcart.
There were three middle-aged women already sitting on the oxcart. Su Tian had seen them all before going to work. She greeted them one by one and then each of them took their seats.
These three middle-aged women weren't the kind of weirdos who acted strangely; they were very tactful, and Su Tian had a pretty good impression of them.
Overall, the people of Songjia Village are relatively well-off; their lives are not so difficult. In addition to rice cultivation, the village also grows sweet potatoes and corn on dry land, ensuring that everyone has enough to eat.
An hour later, the oxcart arrived in town, and they agreed to meet under the big tree at eleven o'clock.
Su Tian was going to mail some letters, and Chunling and the others were going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things, so they all went their separate ways.
Su Tian went to the post office, stuffed the package she wanted to send into the letter, filled in the address, and asked the staff to mail it for her.
After mailing the package, I was eager to go to the state-run restaurant for a meal.
Suddenly, Su Tian felt a slight pain in her shoulder after being bumped.
She noticed an elderly couple hurriedly leaving with a sleeping child in their arms, not even having time to apologize for bumping into someone.
Su Tian wanted to question the elderly couple, but then realized it wasn't appropriate.
She noticed that the elderly couple were dressed so poorly, and the child was wearing a baby overall and a pair of small leather shoes.
The child is fair-skinned and chubby. These days, only families with good financial conditions can raise a chubby child.
"Hey you two, stop right there! You bumped into me and you think you can just run away without apologizing?" Su Tian noticed something was wrong and immediately shouted.
Upon hearing this, the elderly couple ran even faster, their feet barely touching the ground.
Upon seeing this, Su Tian immediately gave chase, but they couldn't outrun the young Su Tian while carrying their three-year-old child.
"Why are you running away? Is it so hard to apologize?" Su Tian was already convinced that the child had been kidnapped. She could only stall them while she called the police.
The elderly couple exchanged a glance, and the old woman suddenly burst into tears. "Miss, I'm so sorry, we didn't mean to. Our child is sick, and we were in a hurry to get to the hospital. We really didn't mean to bump into you."
Su Tian was skeptical. "Why is that child still asleep? Who are you to him?"
The old man quickly said, "We are his grandparents, and his parents both work in the city. The child has a fever, and we just came from the clinic. The doctor said we need to take him to a bigger hospital."
Su Tian said firmly, "Then I'll go with you. I'm free anyway." She decided to follow the elderly couple to see if they were really taking the child to the hospital. If they did anything suspicious, she would call the police immediately.
"We're in a hurry to catch our bus, so we won't trouble you, young lady."
"No trouble at all, I have plenty of time and would be happy to help. Your grandson is quite strange, how come he's sleeping so soundly?"
"It's so noisy, and it's broad daylight, why aren't your children reacting at all?"
“He was making a fuss last night and only just fell asleep. What’s so strange about not being able to wake him?” the old woman said.
The old man held the little boy tightly, lowered his head, and remained silent.
"Then wake him up and see if he's asleep or if he's been drugged?" Su Tian said in a firm tone.
The elderly couple were shocked to hear this, and they were terribly flustered. After all, it was the first time they had done something like this, and their legs were trembling as they were scolded by Su Tian.
"What nonsense are you talking about? This is our child. We've already apologized for bumping into you. Okay, we're in a hurry, we have to go." After saying that, the old woman grabbed the man next to her and tried to run away.
"Where are you going? You think you can escape, you human trafficker?"
Everyone, these two are human traffickers. Can anyone help me report this to the police station?
Passersby responded enthusiastically to Su Tian's call upon hearing this.
Some called the police, while others helped stop the elderly couple from escaping.
The town wasn't very big. After waiting for about ten minutes, a police officer in a military green uniform with a resolute face walked up to us.
"I am Officer Si from the local police station. Where is the human trafficker?"
“Officer, this couple are human traffickers. This child doesn’t belong to them. Take him back for questioning,” Su Tian said firmly.
"May I ask your surname?" Si He asked.
“I am a sent-down youth from Songjia Village, Sanhe Brigade. My name is Su Tian.”
"Okay, please come along and give a statement."
Upon hearing this, everyone followed Su Tian to the police station.
The elderly couple didn't dare utter a sound, never expecting that their first attempt would backfire so badly.
The thought of their future prison life made them feel like the sky had fallen.
Upon arriving at the police station, Si He instructed others to call a doctor to examine the little boy. The examination revealed that he had been drugged, but there was nothing seriously wrong.
Su Tian finished making her statement, signed her name and the address in the countryside, and headed towards the state-run restaurant.
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