Chapter 274 I Can't Go On Living
Mo Lang went to the mountains to hunt wild game.
Lu Qingqing took out a signal arrow and fired it.
Lu Yun first led his men to search for it.
Soon, Mo Lang returned with two wild rabbits at breakneck speed.
Lin Zhuang ran back, followed by the village head and a bunch of villagers.
"Qingqing, no, no one has seen Xiaoye." Lin Zhuang almost cried.
"Tell me, where do you think she went? The Wan family came to deliver congratulatory gifts, but she definitely didn't go to the Wan family. She has no one else to go to..."
"Don't panic, don't panic," the village head patted his shoulder reassuringly.
"Could she have gone to the river to wash clothes? Everyone went to help look for her, including that peddler outside the village, who is a relative of Sun Dabao's family. I also asked him to ask."
Lu Qingqing looked at the face of each villager one by one.
Nothing unusual was found.
But she still had to bring it up.
Lin Ye was either kidnapped by outsiders or is still in the village.
There have been many comments these past few days about Lin Ye finding a good marriage partner, and many others are quite envious. She doesn't dare to gamble on human nature.
There is no clear-cut line between good and evil.
"Please don't blame me for going too far. I always get anxious and upset when something happens to my family."
I want you to go and check with your neighbors to see if anyone has hidden Lin Ye.
An upright person is not afraid of being seen. If something happens to someone else's family, I am willing to let people come to my house to look for them.
You can't see into someone's heart; who knows who might suddenly be blinded by greed and do something wrong?
If someone has really hidden Lin Ye, you should release him yourself, and we promise we won't keep chasing after him.
If we find them, things won't end well.
After Lu Qingqing finished speaking, the villagers looked at each other.
Then he said, "It's nothing. Since Miss Qingqing has already said so, let's look for each other."
It's just a matter of taking a look!
The villagers all understand.
After thanking her, Lu Qingqing said, "If it was done by an outsider, then I will thank you again for your help and apologize to you once we find Lin Ye."
"Alright, everyone go and see each other, go and see!" the village headman urged everyone.
"Miss, I'll go look for it too."
Mo Lang followed behind the villagers, his eyes scanning like radar.
Lu Yun ran back from the village entrance, his face seemingly covered in frost.
"No, the guards didn't see Lin Ye go out, nor did they see any outsiders carrying things out."
Could it really have been done by villagers?
Lu Yun's arms were trembling.
Lu Qingqing grasped his hand, "Second Brother, calm down, think carefully, where might she have gone? I once gave her a life-saving drug..."
"I used that medicine to deal with the robbers on the way back..." Lu Yun didn't tell them about the robbery in detail because he was afraid they would worry.
In fact, they escaped death three times, thanks to divine favor.
He and Lin Ye had gone through three life-or-death experiences together.
There's no reason for something to happen at this time.
I absolutely will not let anything happen to her at this time!
"I'm going to Wang Tieqiang's house!"
"Brother, be rational, Wang Tieqiang is already married!"
"So what if we're married? Who says we can't be married..."
"Brother!"
Lu Yun looked helpless. "I can't imagine where she went, I can't imagine..."
So he had to go and take a look.
Otherwise, you'll feel terrible.
He can't calm down.
Lu Yun went to Wang Tieqiang's house.
Feng Xiaowan returned with Chaolu, as did Old Man Lu, Sixi, Liu Erzhu, Shanzi, Aunt Ding, and the villagers.
The man who went to ask the peddler has also returned.
Mo Lang also shook his head at her.
We didn't see anyone.
Lin Ye seemed to have vanished into thin air; no one had ever seen him.
The main reason is that there are too few people outside in winter.
The villager stamped his feet, hunched his shoulders, tucked his hands in, and his nose turned red from the cold as he looked at Lu Qingqing and asked, "Miss Qingqing, where else can we look?"
Touched, Lu Qingqing asked Chaolu to bring out all the steamed buns and cakes from home and distribute them to everyone, and also gave them some hot water to drink.
"Women, go home. Men, stay. I'll think about it some more, I'll think about it some more..."
After chasing away Aunt Ding and Li Meng, Lu Qingqing suddenly thought of the mountain.
There's nothing left in the mountains now, just snow, and nobody goes up there.
But what if someone kidnapped Lin Ye and didn't leave through the village entrance, but instead went up the mountain?
"Little sister! Wang Tieqiang isn't home!" Lu Yun suddenly shouted.
"Come quick! Go in and ask them where Wang Tieqiang went! They won't open the door!"
Lu Qingqing quickly ran over.
Lin Zhuang was annoyed when he heard Wang Tieqiang's name, so he followed him over.
It's best if it wasn't Wang Tieqiang who did it, otherwise he definitely won't let him off this time!
"Auntie, open the door, it's me, Lu Qingqing!" Lu Qingqing knocked on the door.
"I told you my son isn't home, what are you trying to do? Go look for him somewhere else!"
"Auntie, let us in and take a look, or we'll break down the door!"
"No, don't bang on the door! Oh my god, are you trying to kill my daughter and me? Heaven, please, God, give us a way out!"
A woman's wailing could be heard coming from inside.
"Mo Lang, kick the door open!"
Following Lu Qingqing's instructions, Mo Lang stomped open the door.
"ah--"
"ah--"
Two women screamed from inside, and Lu Qingqing only saw a person hiding under a tattered quilt.
"You all step aside, let me see."
"Little sister, be careful."
The three men turned around.
It was getting dark, and the room, which only had one small window, was so dim that it was almost impossible to see anything.
But the house was really simple, practically bare, with nothing but a kang (a heated brick bed).
There was only a tattered quilt on the kang (a heated brick bed).
What's going on?
Even if you're poor, you can't be this poor, right?
Lu Qingqing reached out and grabbed the blanket, but couldn't budge it.
"It's cold..." The people inside were shivering.
Of course it's cold.
This room is like an icebox.
Even though Lu Qingqing was wearing thick cotton clothes and shoes, she still felt the chill seeping into her.
The quilt was tattered and made of hemp fiber, and the fibers inside were all hardened.
"Qingqing, how is it?" Lu Yun called anxiously from outside.
"Brother, go and light some firewood in the stove."
"Mo Lang, go to the Lu family and get two quilts, two sets of cotton clothes, and candles."
Lu Yun was so anxious she wanted to stomp her feet, but she still obediently went to the kitchen.
Upon closer inspection, there were no pots or pans in the kitchen.
The pot on the stove is gone.
There was only a small earthen stove, and a palm-sized iron basin was squatting on the stove.
And there's no firewood!
Lin Zhuang ran out and borrowed some firewood from another house. Together with Lu Yun, they quickly added firewood to the stove-connected fire pit.
When I went outside again, I saw Mo Lang standing there like a gatekeeper.
Inside, Wang Tieqiang's mother is crying.
"Who told Tieqiang to commit such a terrible crime back then, borrowing so much money? Who would have thought that things would be so difficult this year? People are struggling to make ends meet now, so they're bound to come looking for the money back!"
Everything was taken away—pots, firewood, even warm clothes…
Waaah... My mother-in-law and I can only huddle together on the kang (heated brick bed)...
Tieqiang stabbed someone, and now the villagers don't want to associate with our family anymore... Waaah..."
"Miss Qingqing, Tieqiang really knows he was wrong, please save him... please save him..."
It's getting dark... He went up the mountain to chop firewood and hasn't come back yet..."
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