The next afternoon, Lu Wenqi rode his bicycle to pick up An An from school as usual, but unexpectedly the bicycle chain fell off.
Tsk…
Lu Wenqi got out of the car to check, why did it fall out at this time instead of early or late?
Lu Wenqi looked left and right. It was winter and there were no people on the road. He couldn't find anyone to give him a lift. He had no choice but to push his bicycle to the town for repairs.
However, at this time, An An happened to be out of school.
An An stood at this moment, waiting and waiting but still didn't wait for grandpa to come.
At this time before, grandpa would come to pick her up from school.
At exactly this time, a man in his early thirties stood in front of her.
The man called her affectionately: "An'an."
"Who are you?" An An saw the man and took two steps back, holding the strap of her backpack tightly with her hands.
She remembered that this person was kicked out by her mother at home yesterday morning.
It can be seen that my mother doesn't like them very much. She doesn't like the people her mother doesn't like either.
Moreover, An An saw a cloud of black energy on the forehead of the man in front of her, and he looked like he was going to be in bad luck. She had to stay away from this man.
But the man squatted in front of her, pretending to be friendly: "Don't you recognize me? I'm your uncle."
"uncle?"
"Uncle is your mother's brother."
"But my mother never told me that she had a brother."
"That's because your mother misunderstood me."
The man's expression changed, and then he said: "Actually, uncle likes An An. An An, can you go back to the city with uncle?"
"I live well here, why should I go to the city?" An An asked in confusion.
"Well, there are big houses in the city."
"Is it bigger than the house I live in now?"
Forehead……
Chu Mingde thought about the two-story building of the Lu family and the dilapidated bungalow of his own house.
"Then when you go to the city, uncle will take you to eat delicious food." He changed his words again: "The city is nice, you can eat meat every day."
"But now I eat meat every day."
"Stop bragging, who eats meat every day? How could you, a child like you, still lie to others?"
"I didn't lie to you."
An An said seriously: "Because I love eating meat, my grandma specially found a butcher in the village. Whenever he kills a pig, he will leave a piece of meat hanging in front of my house, waiting for my grandma to give him money when he comes back."
What?
Cree Mingde was greatly shocked.
You know, even in the past few years when the factory's efficiency was at its best, they couldn't have had meat to eat every day.
Not to mention now, if you can eat it once or twice a month, it is considered very good.
He really couldn't believe that this was actually true. How could a child from a rural area eat so well?
After a small shock, there was inexplicable anger.
His son Yuesheng had such a hard life, why could a cheap girl born to her, Chu Yaqian, eat so well?
You know, from a young age, his parents instilled in him the idea that Cree Yaqian was born to serve him.
"The city is good, everywhere is good, everyone wants to go to the city, don't you want to go?" Jealousy and An An's long absence from the road have already made Chu Mingde faintly angry.
Such a small child is quite difficult to deal with.
"I……"
When An An saw Cree Mingde like this, she swallowed back what she wanted to say later.
"Are you telling the truth? Is the city really so good?" She changed her mind and changed her rhetoric.
"Of course!"
When Chu Mingde saw An An asking this question, he felt that he was on the right track and was ecstatic.
"If it's not good, why do so many people want to go to the city? When you go to the city with your uncle, you will be a city citizen, and you will be different from the mud-legged people in the village."
"Really?"
"How could uncle lie to you?"
An An rolled his eyes and nodded: "Okay."
"But I suddenly remembered that I forgot my kettle at school. I'll go back and get it."
"Hey, it's time now, what else do you need a kettle for? My uncle will buy it for you then."
"But my second uncle bought it for me. It's pretty. There's a mouse with a bow on it."
"Tsk..."
Chu Mingde was a little impatient, but he also thought that he could take An An away soon, and then he could blackmail Chu Yaqian for a lot of money, so he was not in a hurry.
So he waved to An An: "Go, go..."
An An turned around and walked towards the school.
At the beginning, she was quite calm, holding on to the strap of her backpack and walking steadily.
After walking a certain distance, she turned around and saw Chu Mingde leaning against a tree, whistling and looking around, not staring at herself, so she sped up and ran towards the school.
Run faster and faster, run faster and faster...
She ran all the way to Teacher Guo's office.
He pulled the sleeve of Teacher Guo who was correcting his homework.
"Teacher, there are... there are... human traffickers."
**
The days are always very short in winter, and before six o'clock, the sky is already dark.
At this time, Wang Qiaoping was busy in the kitchen. In order to change her daughter-in-law's mood, she specially caught an old duck at home.
Yaqian's favorite drink is her stewed sour radish and duck soup.
There were two large pots at home, both with sauerkraut soaked in them. Wang Qiaoping grabbed a large bowl of sauerkraut, stir-fry it with lard to bring out the flavor, then added the duck, stir-fried until fragrant, and added water to stew.
Such an old duck needs to be stewed for several hours.
Fortunately, Wang Qiaoping started preparing early, and by the time the sun was setting, the aroma was wafting from the kitchen.
"It's time to eat..."
Wang Qiaoping shouted with an open voice.
The family members came out after smelling the smell.
Since what happened yesterday, Que Yaqian has been shutting herself in the room. Until this time, she felt that her mood had calmed down a lot, and she came downstairs for the first time.
"sister in law……"
Several younger brothers in the family, including the newly married Yang Hongxia, looked at her with worried expressions.
"Sister-in-law, are you okay?" Yang Hongxia asked her.
Cree Yaqian smiled at her: "I'm fine, I made you worry."
"What are you worried about or not..."
Wang Qiaoping came out with a basin of duck soup: "Yaqian, come and try this soup, your favorite. It's stewed and delicious. In the middle of winter, drinking a bowl of this will warm your whole body."
When your stomach is full, your mood will feel better and you won’t have anything to worry about.”
"Thank you, Mom..." Cree Yaqian felt a little sorry when she saw Wang Qiaoping sweating even though she was busy in the winter.
She admitted that yesterday was quite sad, but fortunately, there were so many people who cared about her, which made her feel warm and not so uncomfortable.
"I was the one who caused trouble for the family. Not only did you not blame me, you were so kind to me." She said to Wang Qiaoping.
"Hey, family, what's the trouble? It's good for you, that's what it should be."
"Let's not talk about this anymore. When An An comes back, we will eat well. Ha, look at you, you haven't eaten much in the past two days and you have lost weight."
Wang Qiaoping felt very distressed.
"Hey, by the way, why hasn't An An come back yet?"