The village is not big, with hundreds of households. At this time, the sun is setting in the west, and the sun has already shed the last bit of its afterglow, burying its head into the horizon. It is meal time, most people are eating at home, and Zhao Liangsheng’s family is

I lived at the entrance of the village so I didn't meet any villagers.

When he saw home, Zhao Chen refused to let his father hold him. He struggled to get off the ground and ran home, shouting as he ran: "Mom! Mom! We are back, and my father and I also picked up a little sister."

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Yan Siqin had already prepared dinner, and was wondering why the two of them hadn't come back yet. If they had come back long ago, at this hour today, even Zhao Yu, who plays outside every day, would have been sitting obediently at the small dining table.

Waiting for the meal to begin, Yan Siqin stood at the door and looked at the village road. From a distance, he saw people walking over. Looking at their figures, one of them was the father holding the child, and the other was an unknown person holding the child.

Yan Siqin felt relieved and thought about whether there were guests. If they were guests, then the dishes she had prepared would definitely not be enough. She turned back to the house, took a basket and went to the vegetable garden first, and picked out a few cucumbers.

The thin-skinned peppers were also thickly knotted, so I picked a handful of the big ones. As soon as I returned to the well and was washing them, I heard Zhao Chen shouting and running into the yard.

"Mom, dad and I picked up a little sister. She's pretty." Zhao Chen ran straight to his mother, not caring whether her mother had water in her hand or not. He took his mother's hand and dragged her toward the door.

"You kid." Yan Siqin stood up following his son's strength and wiped his wet hands on his apron. The two mothers had just arrived at the gate, and Zhao Liangsheng and Li Hua were also preparing to enter the hospital.

"Mom, my sister, please take a look." Zhao Chen pointed at Shi Ke and showed off to his mother.

How could you take the words of a child seriously? The little girl’s parents were still following her, and he was a comrade in the police. Yan Siqin turned her questioning gaze to Zhao Liangsheng. She did not remember that Zhao Liangsheng had any relatives or friends who were in the police.

In just a moment, Li Hua looked around at Yan Siqin. She was a neat farm girl with a big shiny black braid hanging down the back of her head. She had a round face, double eyelids with slightly raised eyelids at the outer corners, which was somewhat similar to red phoenix eyes.

There was a dimple looming on the cheek as he spoke: "Is this my sister-in-law?"

"Well, it's the child's mother." After Zhao Liangsheng finished speaking, he said to Yan Siqin: "Chen's mother, this is Comrade Li from the Public Security Bureau."

Yan Siqin rarely interacts with people from the public sector, especially comrades from the Public Security Bureau. In her opinion, as long as she has contact with the police, something bad must have happened. Today, the father of the child brought the police officer home, and in her mind

The first thing that came to mind was: Oh no, the father must have hired a thief, and the thief stole all his money.

Li Hua didn't know what she was thinking, so he patted Shi Ke's little arm gently: "Why don't you call someone?"

"Hello, aunt." Shi Ke called Yan Siqin sweetly.

Yan Siqin opened his mouth to smile and before he had time to talk, Zhao Chen didn't want to: "You can't call me auntie. You are the sister that my father and I found. You have to call me mother!"

Do you call her mother? Shi Ke tilted his head and thought for a moment, well, Cui Niang also calls her mother, so it shouldn’t be wrong. He immediately changed his words: "Mother."

Originally, Yan Siqin thought that Zhao Chen was giving random instructions and was about to scold his son, but he didn't expect that the little girl actually called her "mother".

For Shi Ke, this "mother" is just a title, but for Yan Siqin it is different. A delicate, soft and pretty little girl calls her "mother". Yan Siqin is excited, and his heart is moved by Shi Ke.

But she said "Mother" and was completely speechless.

"My little darling! Come, let me give you a hug." Yan Siqin was overjoyed. He took Shi Ke and held him in his arms. He also called to Li Hua: "Comrade Li, please sit in the room."

The yard is very large, with three parts of land. The east wall is a chicken shed, which is suspended in the air to facilitate cleaning of chicken excrement. There are more than twenty chickens in it, mostly hens, with a big red crown and a bright brocade dress.

The big rooster is majestic and patrolling its territory. Next to the chicken shed is a big jujube tree, and the light green jujube flowers exude a faint fragrance.

To the west is a vegetable field and a pressurized water well. The vegetable field is surrounded by a fine fence to prevent chickens from entering and harming the vegetables. The well is placed there for the convenience of watering vegetables.

It is early summer, and all kinds of vegetables in the garden have basically begun to bear fruit. Some of the tomatoes that are buzzing have begun to glow a little red, and the cucumbers have also grown. The dark green cucumbers are hanging on the rack, next to the cucumber rack.

There is a row of eggplants, and small purple lanterns are hanging on the waist, followed by peppers, and next to the peppers are leeks and coriander. The small vegetable garden is well organized and clean, which makes people feel relaxed and happy at a glance.

.Luffa gourds and autumn plum beans have been planted at the base of the entire west wall. They have just begun to grow and have not yet occupied the entire wall.

"Brother Zhao, your yard is really well maintained." Li Hua sincerely praised him. Although he raised so many chickens at home, there was no strange smell in the yard.

"It's all done by my mother. Comrade Li, please sit in the room." Zhao Liangsheng invited Li Hua into the room.

"No, I can just sit in the yard. Sister-in-law, I have to tell you something again."

Zhao Chen had already run into the house to show off to his brother, and now he pulled his brother around his mother to look at his sister.

Yan Siqin was playing with Shi Ke, causing Shi Ke to giggle wildly. She heard Li Hua calling her and was about to hold the boulder, but she saw Li Hua motioning for her to come alone, and she reluctantly put Shi Ke down.

When he got to the ground, he said worriedly: "Look after my sister."

Zhao Liangsheng pulled the bench in the yard and the three of them sat together. Li Hua looked at Shi Ke and saw that the little girl was having fun with the two boys.

"Comrade Li, don't worry, my boy is fine and he won't bully your daughter." Yan Siqin thought Li Hua couldn't worry about her daughter.

"Sister-in-law, that's not my daughter, it's like this. The little girl's name is Shi Ke, and she was accidentally kidnapped by a trafficker. The kid is smart, and she ran away with her chance. No, Brother Zhao met him..."

"What!" Yan Siqin looked surprised: "Human traffickers, there are really human traffickers!" She looked at Shi Ke. The little girl was about to play hide-and-seek with the two boys. She covered her eyes and was counting in her mouth: "1,2

,3…….”

The little girl is so thin and young. Is she 4 years old? Yan Siqin feels sad when he thinks of such a young child being kidnapped by human traffickers, frightened and helpless. She is also a mother, and her heart is broken when her child disappears.

, Poor such a good child, so beautiful, so cute, so young and can even count, how could he suffer so much!

The more Yan Siqin thought about it, the more uncomfortable she became. Tears could not stop streaming down her face. She lifted up her clothes and wiped the corners of her eyes, a little embarrassed: "Comrade Li, don't laugh at me, I'm a poor kid too."

Li Hua felt the same way: "No, no, sister-in-law, this is the situation at present. The children now provide too little useful information, and the children speak Mandarin, and can't even understand the dialect. The country is so big, it would be difficult to

Trying to find a child's home is like looking for a needle in a haystack. According to regulations, such a child must be fostered in an orphanage before finding its parents."

"Welfare home? No, Comrade Li, we can't send him to a welfare home." Yan Siqin interrupted Li Hua: "Comrade Li, please put the child in my home first. I will raise it first. When did you find the child's parents?

Come and pick up the child when the time comes, okay?"

"Mother Chen, I think so too. It just so happens that our family is missing a daughter. Let's raise it first. When the child finds a home, we will return it to her parents. If she can't find her, she will be our own daughter. What do you think?

Hit or miss."

"You hit, why didn't you hit?" Yan Siqin turned his attention to Li Hua, and Li Hua said with a smile: "Then I'll have to worry about Brother Zhao and Sister-in-law about the child from now on. Both of them are good people, and the child will be blessed by following you."

"It's not about enjoying happiness. At the very least, we promise that the child will not suffer. Don't worry, Comrade Li, we will take good care of the child." Yan Siqin repeated his assurances for fear that Li Hua would be worried.

Seeing that the matter had been explained clearly, Li Hua said goodbye to the couple: "In that case, I will leave first. I will come back to talk to Brother Zhao when I have time."

"Let's go after eating. I've prepared the food." Yan Siqin persuaded him to stay.

"No, sister-in-law." Li Hua said as he stood up. When he was about to reach the door, he paused and thought it was better to say goodbye to the little girl. He shouted: "Shi Ke, uncle is leaving first."

Shi Ke was playing enthusiastically. He raised his little hand and waved at Li Hua: "Goodbye, uncle."
Chapter completed!