Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 89 Inhumane

Now that consensus is reached, it is about dealing with realistic and difficult matters.

Prepare food and drink for the mother, and tell the mother to wait until the children arrive. There are wrapped buns in the pot. If you are hungry, just eat for now.

These are of course not the most perfect measures, but they can only be done temporarily.

Once she missed her children, Li Xiangqin couldn't stay there for even half a minute and wanted to rush back to her husband's house and pick up the children smoothly.

Then set off while it's dark.

It’s about 35 miles from Taoshan to Xialiu Village, but because it’s downhill, it’s relatively faster.

The bicycle Li Muyun was riding when he came here was left for Qian Xiaoyu to ride home. There were also children at home who needed to be taken care of.

Li Xiangqin didn't have a bicycle, and the distance was far, so it was impossible to walk there, so he and Li Muyun rode on Li Mutian's and Li Mudi's cars respectively.

They were anxious all the way, and the three of them rode very fast.

It was more than 30 miles away and arrived in just over an hour.

When we arrived to the west of Xialiu Village, it was only half past six.

At this time, the sun has not yet risen. Except for some old people who got up early, most of the villagers are still immersed in their sleep.

When Li Xiangqin arrived at the entrance of the village, she was about to ride directly there, but was stopped by Li Mufeng.

"Seventh sister, you can't go like this. If you happen to run into Liu Xiaogang or someone at home, you will be entangled, and the problem will be troublesome."

Li Xiangqin looked in the direction of her home and asked anxiously: "Then what do you think we should do?"

Li Mufeng stood on the slope, overlooking the quiet village below the ditch, and found a bamboo forest or forest in the middle of the village to the west, which looked lush and green.

"Seventh sister?"

"Ok?"

"What is that place?"

Li Xiangqin was a bit short-sighted. She covered her eyes with her hands and squinted for a while before remembering.

"It's a willow forest from the village. It was bigger in the early years. Now this is all that's been cut down."

"I remember your home is in that direction, right?"

"It's a little further east, but my mother-in-law's house is very close to the woods. You can go up the trench behind her house, directly through the millet field, and then climb over a ditch, and you can run into the woods."

"it is good."

Li Mufeng nodded with satisfaction.

The last link factor was also found.

He had thought from the beginning that when he got to this place, he needed a place to hide his body temporarily. He originally thought about whether there were any abandoned yards. If that didn't work, he would temporarily hide in the corn or sorghum fields.

It's good now, God helps them.

"We'll go there separately later. Don't take the main road in the village. I remember there's a small road on the east side near the ditch, right?"

"Well, there are not many people walking on that road now. There may be some people who go to the ditch to herd sheep."

"Let's go through that trail. Sixth Brother is waiting in the woods while Seventh Sister and I go out. When we find the child, Sixth Brother, you can take the child away first..."

"How come it's like we're trying to steal the child?"

Li Muyun was very unhappy, "We are the child's biological uncles and the biological mothers of Qinqin's child. How come we are acting like thieves when we take care of our own children?"

Li Mufeng's expression became more serious, "Brother Six, we agreed before coming here that everything will be under my command. You don't need to ask any more questions and just do the work directly. Is there any problem?"

Li Muyun still wanted to defend himself, but when he saw Li Xiangqin staring at him pitifully, he said nothing more and said helplessly: "Okay, I'll just listen to you."

"Okay, let's go down first. Pay attention to the separate positions. Sister Qi, please wrap up your headscarf and don't expose your face first to prevent acquaintances who get up early from recognizing you on the road. When you hold the child, you can open your face quickly. Meet up with Sixth Brother."

"I see."

These are all things that have been arranged before.

The three of them rode bicycles, one behind the other, quickly riding from the trail toward the woods.

The trail is indeed not very easy to walk.

Because there are fewer people walking around, no one is repairing it properly, so the potholes are getting bigger and bigger. In many places, even bicycles cannot pass smoothly, so they can only get off and push the car to go around the fields next to it.

But all three endured it.

Just like the kind of warrior who wants to seize a position in advance, he moves forward silently.

Soon, we came to the edge of the woods.

Li Mufeng took a look and saw that the forest was indeed very lush, especially now when the willow leaves were in full bloom. At a glance, there was no end to the green.

"Okay, Sixth Brother, you are lying in ambush here, waiting for us."

"Okay, are you sure you don't want me to follow you?"

Li Muyun was still worried about Li Mufeng's body. He always subconsciously felt that if a person is physically strong, he has greater power.

It seems like he can have the upper hand in anything he does.

"It's okay. We have different divisions of labor. With your big body, you attract attention wherever you go."

"Okay, I'll just wait for you. If you need anything, just call me and I'll go help you."

"it is good."

Li Mufeng and Li Xiangqin also ambush their bicycles and went on foot.

This location is very close to her mother-in-law's house. Based on the information provided by Li Xiangqin, Li Mufeng speculated that the child would probably sleep at her grandparents' house at night.Just find a way to bring them out.

In order to avoid more people noticing, the two walked separately. Li Mufeng first followed Li Xiangqin's instructions and went to hide in the wall trench of his mother-in-law's house, waiting for Li Xiangqin to come.

According to the plan, they originally wanted to see if they could see the child at the door and take the child away without anyone noticing.

After getting closer, I discovered that the door to my mother-in-law's house was locked.

General Iron guards the big blue iron gate.

This is completely beyond their expectations.

Li Xiangqin ran out of ideas and ran to the wall trench to squat down and ask Li Mufeng what to do.

Li Mufeng thought for a moment and said, "Is this the day you guys are meeting?"

"No, the meeting is only tomorrow."

"So early, based on your understanding, where will they go?"

"Maybe I will go work in the fields. Although my parents-in-law are a bit mean, they are quite hard-working. Isn't it hot now? I will probably take the time to work in the fields and come back to rest at noon."

"Where is their home?"

"It's quite far away from here. It's three or four miles away. It takes about 10 minutes to walk."

"That's it," Li Mufeng said thoughtfully, "then guess, if Nuan Nuan and Yang Yang were really here, would they take the children to the fields?"

"It's hard to say. Sometimes I will bring it, sometimes I won't."

"Oh, well, let's go to your home first..."

"How about we go into my mother-in-law's house and see if the child is sleeping?"

"Isn't this door locked? Can you go in?"

"They put the key under the door pillar. If you want to go in, can I open the door and go in?"

"Is that so..."

Li Mufeng thought quickly for a moment. He was wondering whether doing this would count as entering the household...

The management is very strict these days. If it is confirmed, it will be a big trouble.

"Don't worry, I've been going in. After all, I'm not divorced yet, so it's not illegal to go in, right?"

Li Mufeng thought the same thing.

He always subconsciously regarded Li Xiangqin and Liu Xiaogang as two strangers, but in fact, as long as they had not gone through the procedures, they were still a couple in name only, and they naturally enjoyed their due rights.

"Okay, then I won't go in. You go in quickly and take a look. If the child is sleeping at home, take the child away quickly. If not, then we will go to you and have a look to confirm whether the child is at your home or has been detained. Taken to the working fields."

"Okay, I'll go right now."

Being a mother means being bold, and Li Xiangqin becomes much bolder when it comes to her children.

She quickly ran out of the trench.

Li Mufeng listened outside as the iron gate was pushed open, and there was a rush of footsteps running around inside. A few minutes later, the iron gate was closed again and padlocked, and Li Xiangqin ran back panting.

The look on his face was tense.

"how?"

"I didn't see it, there's no one at home."

"Then there are two situations now. One is that the child was taken to the fields, and the other is that the child is at your home and Liu Xiaogang is taking care of it personally without asking your mother-in-law for help."

Li Xiangqin looked very panicked, grabbed Li Mufeng's hand and said, "I saw Yangyang's pillow in the main room."

"Pillow?"

Li Mufeng didn't understand what the fuss was about a pillow.

"What you don't know is that Yangyang likes to sleep on harder pillows since he was a child. He is not used to the pillow I made with buckwheat hulls, so I made a separate pillow for him with corn kernels.

That pillow is unique, and there is a little tiger I embroidered on it. Yangyang must sleep on that pillow. "

Li Mufeng finally understood.

"You mean, since that pillow is at your mother-in-law's house, Yangyang should be there too?"

"Yeah, that's what I mean. I'm sure, at least last night, Yangyang must have slept at my mother-in-law's house."

"What about Nuan Nuan? Do you see anything Nuan Nuan?"

Li Xiangqin shook her head, "No, although Nuan Nuan doesn't have anything special, I didn't find any Nuan Nuan clothes or shoes inside..."

"You mean, Nuannuan is probably not here?"

Li Mufeng's eyes suddenly turned cold.

This statement is self-evident. Although it is not stated explicitly, it actually points out something that neither of them wants to face head-on.

Because Yangyang was a son and liked by his father and grandparents, he was left alone at his grandma's house, while Nuannuan was a girl, so he might have been left at home.

"Yeah, what should we do? Let's go to our house first and have a look?"

Li Mufeng took the hand of his somewhat confused sister, looked into her eyes, slowed down his tone, and said softly: "Seventh sister, don't be anxious, isn't this just in line with our expectations? Since Yangyang is regarded as a treasure by them, , then at least there will be no hardship, only warm things will be left..."

"My poor Nuan Nuan, I still don't know how she was tortured. Liu Xiaogang, this inhumane thing, doesn't know whether to give me something to eat or not. No, I want to go home now!!"

After saying that, he immediately rushed out of the trench, ran directly across the field, and ran back home from the field.

(End of this chapter)