Four hours later, it was dawn, and Bai Xuemei and her group were still deep in the mountains, with endless mountains ahead.
In order to prevent being discovered, Bai Xuemei and her group found a hidden cave to hide at dawn.
Bai Xuemei and the others hid, and Ye Qingqing also found a leafy tree near the cave where Bai Xuemei and others were hiding, climbed up, and hid in the treetops more than thirty meters high.
Taking out a sweet potato from his pocket that had been dropped off at a villager's house before leaving Niu Da's village, Ye Qingqing ate the sweet potato while observing the leaves and branches of the trees in front of him to determine the direction.
After eating, Ye Qingqing took out a kettle and drank some water, then lay down on a tree branch, hiding in the thick leaves and fell asleep.
More than ten hours later, when it got dark and the moon rose, Bai Xuemei and her group started on their way again, and Ye Qingqing continued to follow behind Bai Xuemei and her group.
Two days later, Bai Xuemei and her group were walking. When they arrived at a mountain col in the middle of the night, Ye Qingqing found that there was no movement of any small animals in the mountain col. It was eerily quiet. This was abnormal.
There are many kinds of wild animals in the mountains, and there have always been various small animals making various noises in the woods on the road.
Sensing something was wrong, Ye Qingqing immediately stopped on his way, looked around, and picked a tree with large leaves and dense leaves.
With the previous experience of people hiding in the tree next door, Ye Qingqing carefully observed that there was no one in the tree he selected and the trees near it, so he climbed up lightly.
Ye Qingqing had just climbed to the 20-meter-high treetop, and Bai Xuemei's group, which was 300 meters away in front, had just entered the mountain col. A pregnant woman in Bai Xuemei's group suddenly stopped holding her big belly and wailed.
: "Ouch! My stomach hurts!"
"No, I'm going to give birth!"
As soon as the pregnant woman finished speaking, a group of strong men immediately emerged from the trees and grass surrounding the mountain col.
The flashlights in the hands of the strong men shined bright light, illuminating the narrow mountain col as bright as day.
Bai Xuemei and her party were surrounded by strong men, and every one of them became a turtle in a urn.
Seeing the dense crowds of strong men holding flashlights on the surrounding hillsides, the surrounded Bai Xuemei and her group panicked. The crowd became commotion and started talking:
"What's going on? We didn't rush on the road during the day, and we weren't spotted by anyone along the way. The traces of our journey were cleared in time. Why are we still surrounded by people?"
"There must be a mole. Who wants to harm everyone? Get out! Is it you? These people appeared just after you shouted that you had a stomachache. Did you tell these people that we all walked into the col?
The signal inside?”
"Damn, damn, we've been walking for three days and four nights and we'll be able to get out of the mountains and go home soon. Why are we surrounded again? I don't want to be taken away, I want to go home, I want to go home..."
"Woooooo... don't take me back, I want to go home... Wuwuwu, mom..."
"Sister Xuemei, what should we do now? Many of them still have shotguns in their hands, and they are still high up on the hillside. We are in this mountain col."
Bai Xuemei pretended to be calm and was about to speak. At this time, on the top of the mountain col in front of Bai Xuemei and her group, a strong man fired three shots into the sky. After three "bang bang bang" sounds, the turbulent mountain col suddenly became quiet.
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It also frightened many birds in the woods near the col.
When the strong man who fired the gun saw that the people in the col were quiet, he shouted loudly: "Everyone be quiet, don't be afraid. As long as you obey and don't think about running away, we won't do anything to you."
"Don't even think about going home. You women are born without a home.
If you women marry innocently and openly, it is all water thrown away by the married daughter. You are an outsider in the hearts of your parents.
You women who have been abducted and trafficked, have a bad reputation and dirty bodies. If you go back, it will be a disgrace to your family and an outsider. Why are you going back?"
"Go back and let your parents, brothers and sisters know that they have a daughter who has been trafficked and has a dirty body, and they have a sister who has been trafficked and has a dirty body. Can the sister be laughed at and unable to hold her head up?"
"Or do you want to go back and experience being ridiculed and resented by your parents, brothers, sisters, and younger siblings, and being criticized and looked down upon by everyone?"
As soon as the strong man said this, several women's expressions became a little loose. At this time, a woman knelt down in front of the strong man, kowtowed and said:
"No, my parents, brothers and sisters will not laugh or resent me. I dream that they are all waiting for me to go home. I want to go home, I want to go home. Please let me go home!"
"Even if they hate me and laugh at me, I want to go home. I want to go home to die. I don't want to be here. I want to go home. My fiancé is still waiting for me to come home and get married..."
As soon as the woman said this, some of the women whose expressions had softened became firm again, and they all wanted to go home.
The strong man who just spoke saw this and said hurriedly: "Sister, you can't be so selfish. Your parents have raised you so much. You have to think about your parents and family. How can you go back and cause trouble for your parents and family?"
Are people laughing at you?"
"If they are ridiculed and looked down upon by others, wouldn't you feel sorry for them if they can't hold their heads up in front of others?"
"Who gave you a bad reputation after being trafficked?"
"Also, even if you go back, you will eventually be married off by your parents. Men should marry when they are young, and women should marry when they are young. This is what should be done. You don't even think about running away or going back.
Women like you who have been trafficked and have a bad reputation will not be able to marry a good man from a good family if you run away. You can only marry a crooked old man who won't marry a good girl, a lonely old man, and you will always be in the hands of your husband's family, and even you.
My future sons and grandsons will look down upon me.
Don't think that your fiancé's sweetheart will still marry you and love you. I am a man and I understand men. Men are all realistic and will not want to ruin the reputation of a woman like you who has an unclean body.
Even if some men are not smart enough and want you, they will not let you into their homes even if their families want you to. As long as you go back, you will not have a good life."
"Why don't you run away and stay and be wives for the rest of us? At least this way your parents and family won't be looked down upon.
Your sons and grandsons will not look down on you, nor will your husband’s family look down on you. You can live your life with peace of mind, and your days will get better and better, and you will live a good life..."
As the strong man spoke more and more, many women felt that the strong man was right. Instead of pointing their weapons at the strong men on the hillside, they put down their weapons and covered their faces and cried.
The pregnant woman with a big belly who was clutching her stomach and crying out for pain also took the opportunity to stand up and echo the words of the strong men, telling everyone not to run away, but to stay and be wives for the strong men on the hillside.
Ye Qingqing sat on the treetop, listening to the strong man talking nonsense and brainwashing Bai Xuemei's group, and raised his eyebrows.
I secretly thought that this group of people had really prepared and worked hard to catch Bai Xuemei and her group. They had thought of so many suitable excuses to persuade these people not to run away and stay based on the situation of Bai Xuemei and her group.