Rebirth: Don’t be a coward and be a mother’s baby

After reminiscing about old times, Xie Jianjia successfully broke into the elderly's home by relying on her superb story-telling ability and skillful cooking of three dishes.

The old man's name is Mrs. Li, a native of Baize Village. When she was young, she married a husband from the same village. She endured domestic violence for several years. Her first child was aborted because of her husband's beatings. She originally thought she would be like this for the rest of her life, but her husband had an ectopic pregnancy. While crossing a mountain, she fell down and no bones were left. After a simple funeral with the sympathy of her neighbors, she lived alone in Baize Township for the rest of her life.

When I was young, I was in good health, and I was proficient in farming, threshing, and catching fish. But in the past two years, I have been in poor health. I can only focus on small vegetables at home, dragging my old body, and living day by day.

The old man took out the only quilt in the house from the sealed old cabinet, briefly tidied up the dusty and reptile-filled guest room, and settled the two of them to rest.

Xie Jianjia was busy cooking, washing dishes, and boiling water. While waiting for the water to boil, she casually asked: "Grandma, is there a lively place in the village where I can go and play at night? When my brother and I were at home, Mom doesn’t even let us go out to play.”

Hearing the little girl say she wanted to go out, Mrs. Li quickly stopped her.

"Xiaohong, it's late at night, don't wander around the village. Go to bed early with your brother. If you want to go out to play, go out for a walk tomorrow at dawn."

Xie Jianjia looked puzzled, "Why, grandma, my mother said that the most fun in the village is only at night, especially in summer. There are so many cicadas on the trees. I heard that there are also fireflies in the pond. They’re all tadpoles!”

Seeing the little girl's high interest, Mrs. Li was afraid that she wouldn't listen to her words, so she walked to her and took Xie Jianjia's white and tender hand with her rough hands.

"Xiaohong, grandma is not kidding you. It's okay for your brother to go out. He is tall and is still a boy. But you can't. You are a girl and you are young. They"

Just when Xie Jianjia pricked up her ears to hear what she was going to say next, she shook her head and sighed.

"Anyway, it's very dangerous for a girl to go out at night, so be obedient and don't go out."

"Why is it dangerous? My mother said that the people in Baize Village are very simple and kind-hearted. When she was still in the village, she often went to the river to catch fish at night and didn't go back until eleven or twelve o'clock."

Mrs. Li looked helpless and patted Xie Jianjia's hand, "Xiao Hong, that was Baize Village ten years ago. It has not been like this in recent years, alas."

"What happened in the past few years?" Xie Jianjia asked curiously.

Mrs. Li looked at the innocent and ignorant little girl.

"Xiaohong, there have been more and more human traffickers in our county in recent years. They not only commit crimes in the county, but also go to the villages below, making it difficult to prevent them. In addition, our Baize Township has changed the village chief, and the new village chief does nothing. , and did not think of ways to develop it. As time went by, many people in our village felt that farming was a hard job and were unwilling to do it. They just wanted to make a few dollars and joined the kidnapping gang. They recognized the children in the village and did not know how to kidnap them. In the village, but you and your brother came in from outside, if they find out."

Xie Jianjia showed a cooperating look of fear, and then asked: "Do you know that you don't care who is a kidnapper?"

Mrs. Li shook her head, "Who knows who the kidnapper is? They are all neighbors. I have guessed a few of them before. The police came to the door. After a search, they found nothing and walked away in despair."

Later, the villagers discovered that these kidnappers were not kidnapping people from their own village. Adhering to the principle of "it has nothing to do with themselves, don't worry about it", they simply let them go.

Xie Jianjia: "Are there any more women or children in the village?"

Hearing this, Granny Li held Xie Jianjia's hand and stiffened for a moment.

"Yes, but."

"but what?"

"There are too many. They all say they are married to wives from other villages. No one knows whether it is true or not."

Xie Jianjia was shocked, too many?These women won't be united by several villages.
Mrs. Li: "Xiaohong, listen to grandma, we won't go out at night."

Xie Jianjia responded and nodded obediently, "Okay, grandma, I won't go out."

After receiving the assurance, Granny Li smiled and touched Xie Jianjia's head. "Xiaohong is so obedient. When I was a child, I looked at you and thought you were extremely obedient. Now that you have grown up, you have not changed at all."

"Sister Jia, Mrs. Li is asleep."

Ye Yong stretched his head and pressed it against the wall of the next room. After making sure there was no movement inside, he reported it to Xie Jianjia.

"Okay, then let's go separately. Turn off the sound on my phone, but don't turn off yours. If there is any accident, I will find a way to notify you."

Ye Yong nodded, "Sister Jia, please pay attention to your safety."

Qiushui County is a gathering place for kidnappers. From what Zhao Weimin said during the day, it seems that there are many human traffickers in Baize Village. Xie Jianjia, with the two labels of "underage" and "girl", is much more dangerous than him.

Xie Jianjia: "I know, you should be careful too."

The two of them walked out of the back door as carefully as thieves, and separated when they reached a fork in the road.

The village was brighter than Xie Jianjia imagined. It wasn't completely dark everywhere, but there was a small light bulb at every distance. With the moonlight, the route could be seen clearly.

It was only 07:30 in the evening, and there were many people outside enjoying the cool air. Most of them were men and the elderly. Young women and children were rarely seen, and only a few came out with their husbands.

Although they knew that the traffickers in their village would not abduct their own people, they were still afraid and simply told the young women and children not to go out at night.

Xie Jianjia's appearance attracted many people's attention. She pretended to be timid, walking on the edge, lowering her head and not daring to look at other people.

"Hey, girl, you're not from our village, are you?" A man's rough voice sounded.

Xie Jianjia quickened his pace.

"Little girl, whose family are you visiting relatives? Go back quickly and don't wander around outside." Another man blocked Xie Jianjia's path and reminded him kindly.

Xie Jianjia pretended to be scared, "I, I came here with my brother. My brother asked me to go out to buy things, but I don't remember the way back."

The man frowned: "Where are you visiting relatives? I'll take you back!"

Xie Jianjia seemed to be frightened and wanted to cry, "I, I don't know what that grandma's name is, wuwuwuwu."

When several men heard this, they looked at each other and wanted to send him back, but he didn't remember the way or whose house he came from.

Now that the village office is closed, the loudspeaker can't be used, so it's a bit tricky.

"Girl, if you think about it again, don't you know that person's last name?"

Xie Jianjia shook her head, "I don't know, I just came today."

He couldn't remember anything, and the men had no choice but to shake their heads, "Girl, if you think about it again, we can only stay with you for another half hour. If you still can't remember it after half an hour, you can only stay with us." One of them will go home and stay one night, and then go to the village committee tomorrow to help you call people with a loudspeaker."

It seemed that these few people were good people. Xie Jianjia nodded with tears in her eyes and then said that she was going to go for a convenience and disappeared from the sight of them.

Third update today!