Fengcheng used to have an apricot blossom village, the village was not big, but the people were prosperous. At some point, the children in the village suddenly disappeared one after another, causing the adults in the family to search for them but could not. The story has to start with the Li family.
One day at noon, Li's mother was cooking at home, unaware that disaster was quietly coming to the door.
Yes! What about my child? The child is gone! ”
A woman's scream pierced the sky.
At this time, if someone passes by, they must be frightened by this sound.
This child was not born to Li's mother, but she was even more worried than the loss of her own flesh and blood - this was the child of their family's benefactor and creditor's family! Now that they are lost in their own homes, doesn't that cost them their lives!
The Li family belongs to the poorer category in the village, Li's father has some problems with his legs and feet, his work is not very good, and the family also owes a lot of debts to relatives and friends.
In many difficult times, the Li family survived with the help of neighboring villagers, especially Chen's mother's family in the east of the village.
Chen's mother is also selfish, her family has three sons and has not yet married a wife, while the Li family happens to have three slim daughters. Although the family is poor, the three daughters are all hardworking and capable.
Especially the youngest daughter Pan Xia, she has been a beauty since she was a child, smart and gentle, with a pair of big eyes that seem to be able to speak, everyone loves her, and many families in the village are staring at her son.
Chen's mother naturally hopes to have the opportunity to make her son and the daughter of the Li family achieve positive results.
From the perspective of a discerning person, the three sons of the Chen family are completely incompatible with the three daughters of the Li family from their conduct to appearance - all of them are fat-headed and big-eared, lazy and lazy, and their behavior is lewd, they have been caught peeking at other girls' baths several times and even doing things in front of the girls, their reputation in the village is simply terrible, which parents will put the happiness of their daughters in the hands of such people?
Although the old saying goes, "people are not poor", in the face of the reality that poverty is too fast to live, most people are "poor and short-sighted". When the Li family was so difficult to wait for the rice to go to the pot, they couldn't last a few days by borrowing from all over the place, but Chen's mother was the most generous and could really help them tide over the difficulties.
Although he owes the Chen family a lot of money and favors, the enlightened second elder of the Li family will not sell his three daughters. Every time she made an IOU, she repeatedly promised that she would return it in full, even if Chen's mother gave naked instructions such as "there is no need to be so polite as a family in the future", the two elders did not let go.
Seeing that they were so resolute, Chen's mother didn't threaten them much. In short, before the debt was paid off, she felt that her family and the Li family were closer than other families in the village, and the family affairs of her children were more hopeful.
On this day, Chen's mother's sister brought her child to play at home. Chen's mother finally saw her mother's family once, and immediately happily took her sister out for a walk, and temporarily entrusted her nephew to the Li family.
This little favor, Mother Li immediately agreed. didn't expect that she just went to cook a meal, and the child was gone.
At first, she was afraid that the child would be cold, so she put him on the bed in the inner room, and when she was done, there was no trace of the child inside.
In the past, Chen's mother's enthusiastic help and clear instructions to the children's family affairs surfaced one by one at this time, and Li's mother's heart was like throwing it into a hot oil pot, tormented - this child must be found! Otherwise, their family will be finished!
The children of the peasant family are no better than the daughters of such noble families, and they live in the deep house for a long time every day, even if they are daughters, they have to work in the fields.
At noon, the strong sunlight made the hard-working people uncomfortable. Pan Xia, the youngest daughter of the Li family, saw that her mother was delayed in delivering food today, and she was suspicious, so she said hello to her father and wanted to go home to have a look.
As soon as I reached the door of the house, I heard the chaotic sound of people running around in the house. As soon as Mother Li appeared, she looked panicked, as if she had committed some serious crime of killing her head.
Knowing that the benefactor's child was missing, Panxia also became anxious. But there is an even more urgent task to be done now, which is to deal with the wound on my mother's hand, which is still bleeding.
Mother Li is a person who can't hide things, not to mention such a serious matter, she was so panicked that she accidentally broke her rice bowl and cut her fingers, and the wound looked quite deep. But Rao is like this, she doesn't seem to be aware of it, and she keeps muttering "child" and "child" in her mouth.
Seeing that her mother couldn't concentrate on her work, Pan Xia asked her aunt next door to help her father and sisters in the field send food to her father and sisters in the field, while she went to the street to buy some gold sore medicine.
Pan Xia came to Jimin Hall today is the old place where she usually gets medicine for her father, this shopkeeper has a good heart, knows that her family is not good, and has given her credit many times and even bluntly asked her to give less. After Li's mother found out, she often asked her daughter to bring some of her own melons and fruits to the shopkeeper.
After coming and going, everyone gradually became acquainted.
This time was no exception, the shopkeeper only collected half of the money, and asked Pan Xia to quickly take the medicine back.
It was smooth sailing ahead, but it suddenly rained halfway through.
Panxia hid under the eaves and was a little anxious, and she didn't know how long the rain would stop. If she hadn't been a long way from home, she would have planned to run back in the rain, for fear that her parents would scold her again when they saw her soaking wet.
There were more and more people sheltering from the rain, and Panxia was squeezed to the side and almost squeezed out. There happened to be an umbrella shop next to it, she looked at it enviously, if she could have an umbrella in her hand at this time, even if it was broken, she wouldn't have to delay here, her mother was still enduring the pain at home.
On rainy days, the umbrella shop is the most lively, and a passer-by asked the vendor: "Your umbrella is sold so cheaply, I'm afraid it's a loss-making business!" ”
The peddler laughed and said, "Not really! Guests will come back to buy it when they use it, and I make the same money! Although each handful earns less than others, there are many people who come to me to buy it! The so-called little adds up! ”
I don't know who in the crowd suddenly interjected: "No wonder the price is so cheap, it turns out that it is cheap and not good!" Deliberately make the umbrella more fragile so that more people will come back to buy it! ”
When the peddler heard this, he became anxious: "How can it! Auntie, don't wronged people indiscriminately! My family sells paper umbrellas, which are naturally easy to break! But I didn't cut corners! ”
Pan Xia, who was sheltering from the rain on the side, heard a familiar voice, turned her head to look, and really saw an acquaintance - this is not Aunt Zhu from the same village!
Aunt Zhu was indignant and dangled in front of the hawker with a broken umbrella.
What kind of black money you earn! I've never seen such a careless umbrella! I bought it at the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I just went out and found that it was about to rain and I was going to take it out and use it. Scare the hell out of it! That's broken! Let's see if I've wronged you! It's not as good as this one in my hand, I bought it a few years ago, it's much stronger than your umbrella! ”
While the vendor was busy greeting the other guests, he struggled to refute Aunt Zhu's words: "Oops! Auntie, don't slander people with empty mouths and white teeth! Did you accidentally break your umbrella at home? ”
What nonsense are you talking about! You say I deliberately broke it to deceive you? You're so black-hearted! Hurry up and lose my money! ”
The two quarreled so much that neither of them would fall behind.
Later, there were more people who bought umbrellas, and some people impatiently asked Aunt Zhu to stop in front of her, so she reluctantly left with the broken umbrella.
At this time, Aunt Zhu saw Panxia hiding from the rain under the eaves. This little girl is really smart, and she is really likable! Seeing that she didn't have an umbrella, Aunt Zhu walked over and invited her to come into the umbrella together, and the two went home as companions.
Pan Xia politely thanked him and got under the umbrella and chatted with Aunt Zhu all the way.
From the conversation, Pan Xia learned that Aunt Zhu's trip was to bring food to her husband at the market. Originally, she brought two umbrellas, but who knew that the newly bought one would break down so easily, but she was so angry that she choked.
Hearing Aunt Zhu talk about her husband, Pan Xia was a little puzzled: "Is Uncle sick better?" A few days ago, my father injured his leg, and I took some medicine for him at Dr. Zhong's, and I happened to see my uncle. "It's a little too good to be good, she didn't say that.
It's sick. No, your eldest brother Yelin is back, this is a great joy for our family! We all wanted to make up for him. So, despite the pain, my family had to go up the mountain to hunt some game and come back, in addition to eating it themselves, they could also sell it for some money. No, he gained a lot yesterday, and he came out to sell it today. Hehe! ”
The two chatted like this, and soon returned to Xinghua Village.
After saying goodbye to Aunt Zhu, Pan Xia wrinkled her nose with some discomfort.
When Fang Cai and Aunt Zhu were holding an umbrella together, the two were very close, and Pan Xia seemed to smell the smell of a fox from Aunt Zhu.
But later, after listening to Aunt Zhu's words, she thought it was the smell that her husband had picked up when he went up the mountain to hunt game, and when he returned home, he passed it on to his wife. This is not surprising, Pan Xia entered the house without much thought.
As for the fact that she lost the Chen family's child, Pan Xia didn't tell Aunt Zhu about it, but only hoped that she could find the lost child as soon as possible before Chen's mother found out.
But if a living person is lost, this can't be hidden, and it won't be hidden for long. After Chen's mother and her sister returned to the village, they came to Li's house to pick up their children before they returned home.
After all, it has to be faced, after all, it is within the scope of one's own responsibility. Mother Li knelt down in front of Chen's mother and apologized to them with tears in her eyes.
Chen's mother hadn't reacted yet, full of disbelief at the fact she had received, but her sister was crying and beating Mother Li, who was kneeling on the ground.
Pan Xia didn't go out again after buying medicine from the street and putting it on her mother, just because she was worried that there would be this moment. Now, she can finally help her mother share a little pressure by her side.
Chen's mother calmed down at this time, she learned from Li's mother's account that the child disappeared suddenly, and asked a few children in the neighborhood who often played at the door, and they all said that they did not see any suspicious person, and it was not an acquaintance who did it.
She advised her sister not to make a public announcement, and everyone secretly searched for it, and maybe they could still find it. Now that the child has been lost, it is imperative to get the child back, otherwise the Li family will be beaten to death, and the child will not be replaced.
As a result, things turned out far beyond everyone's expectations. Before Chen's mother and the others could go to find it, another child disappeared the next day. This time it was the two children next door to the Li family, and I heard that they also disappeared as soon as the adults turned around and entered the house.
And that's not all, for several days, children continue to go missing in the village. For a while, people were panicked, and everyone with children was so nervous that they couldn't even keep an eye on the children.
With so many people's children missing in a short period of time, Chen's mother's previous speculation is self-defeating, and there is no point in hiding it at this time, so it is better to talk about it and find a way to find it with those who have lost their children.
Soon, the women in the village who had lost their children gathered together to discuss and discuss some solutions, but when the matter of the child was mentioned, everyone could not help crying, and they could not say a word completely for a long time.
Among them, Aunt Zhu cried the loudest, and the cries of the other women together couldn't cover her alone.
When everyone asked, they learned that Aunt Zhu's youngest son, who was not yet two years old, was also gone.
When the other women heard the news, they forgot for a moment the pain of losing their child. If it comes to such pain, I am afraid that no one in the village can compare to Aunt Zhu.
Alas! She's a poor person, too! The eldest son was lost since he was a child, and he only came back a few days ago, and I don't know how many bumps and ...... he has experiencedBut no matter how I came back, it's a family reunion. I didn't expect that it had only been a long time, and the youngest son was gone, how can a mother bear it! ”
At that moment, the other women gradually stopped crying and came over to comfort Aunt Zhu.
On the same day, Pan Xia was afraid that her mother would not be able to bear it, so she also accompanied her. Seeing Aunt Zhu crying like this, she couldn't bear it, so she stepped forward to comfort her.
As soon as she got close to Aunt Zhu, she smelled the peculiar smell of foxes again. Pan Xia's sense of smell is indeed sharper than others, and she is convinced that it is the smell of foxes!
But I thought that the people in the village had to work every day, and when they were tired and tired, they would lie down and rest, and occasionally they would not bathe and change their clothes for a few days. So this time she didn't think much about it.
Could it be the one from Qi Mansion? The women's sobbing and choking gradually subsided, and someone said this.
As soon as this remark came out, it was immediately recognized by everyone.
There is a big Qi family on Luohong Street, and there is an aunt in the house, although her appearance is not amazing, but her position in the house is very stable, just because his father is the benefactor of Lord Qi, and he once gave a few cooking cakes when Master Qi was in the most difficult time.
After the old man Qi was developed, he came to look for his benefactor, but he didn't expect that the benefactor had passed away, leaving only a sick and weak daughter. Master Qi took the benefactor's daughter back to the house, this is Aunt Lian.
Aunt Lian's health has not been good since she was a child, and she has a medicine jar, Master Qi is worried that her body can't stand it, so he won't let her get pregnant and give birth to children, but who marries a wife doesn't want to have her own children, even her aunt is no exception.
Master Qi couldn't persuade her, so he had to let her go.
I thought there would be no results, but I didn't expect that this Aunt Lian looked at the thin and small one, but her willpower was very amazing, and she drank bitter medicine for seven or eight years in a row, and she went to the temple and Buddha Hall to beg countless times, and finally let her get pregnant.
It was even more difficult to give birth, and I almost lost half my life, but the child landed safely.
It's a pity that God is not beautiful, or maybe she has no children in her life, and within a few years, God took back the child she had finally given birth to.
Since then, Aunt Lian has become a little crazy and stupid, and occasionally she is still thinking about the child when she is conscious.
Later, she finally thought that she was going to pass a boy from a relative.
I contacted several households one after another, but they didn't agree.
Although even the aunt is favored in the house, this Qi master has five or six sons, and there are two ladies in the main room alone, and even the relatives of the aunt are also well-off, so why not think about letting the child come here to suffer, I really think that I am the crown prince!
Seeing that her hope was disappointed, Aunt Lian was defeated for a while. Later, she simply let go, and she didn't care about any kinship, even the children of her friends.
Once, an old friend of Aunt Lian hurriedly came to Qi Mansion and said that she wanted to find her child, and Master Qi thought she was joking. When everyone walked to Aunt Lian's room together and saw the child sleeping soundly on the bed, they realized that she had really done such a thing as stealing the child.
Friends didn't care much about her dementia, but they didn't dare to let their children show up in front of her from now on.
And that's just the beginning. Since then, the children of nearby neighborhoods have continued to disappear, and they disappeared after going out to play for a while, and finally they were found in Aunt Lian's room in Qi Mansion every time.
Therefore, now that the children in Xinghua Village are gone, some people immediately think of Aunt Lian in Qi Mansion. I didn't expect that in the past, I just stole the children of neighboring people's streets, but now the devil's claws have extended to the small villages in the southern suburbs.
Soon, a woman came back from Qi Mansion to inquire about the news and figured out that this matter had nothing to do with Aunt Lian.
Although Master Qi dotes on Aunt Lian, he never messes around with her. Every time he found that someone else's child had been brought to the house, he would take the initiative to send someone to return the child. If you happen to meet someone who comes to look for him, Master Qi will apologize in person and attach a little compensation.
Master Qi's conduct in this regard is obvious to all. Therefore, even if he says that the child is not in his house now, that is, he is really not there, and he is not fake at all.
The child was not stolen by Aunt Lian, so who could it be? With so many children, I'm afraid that one person can't do it, most of them have gangs. Otherwise, it can only be a ghost.