The first step to a rich country is to get rich first and then get richer

Fortunately, the other side of the river was not too far away, and they reached the other side when it was completely dark.

The children climbed up to the shore tiredly one by one, and let the small wooden boat drift in the water.

It was already late, there was no one around, and no one noticed their arrival.

"Can you find your home?"

Lan Ning asked in a low voice, afraid to attract other people.

The children were extremely tired at this moment, but they were very excited sitting on the chair because they could all go home.

“I can find home.”

"I can find it, too."

"I, I don't know where this is. I have to go near my home to find my home."

The children all answered Lanning's questions.

Some of these children live very close to their parents, while others live farther away.

There are more than ten children. If they were to send them back one by one, it would take who knows how long they would go. Besides, she is very tired now, and her grandmother is still waiting for her at home. She must be worried sick by now.

"Let's report it to the police."

Lanning suggested.

"Report, report to the police. Will the police arrest us?"

Officials are untouchable in the eyes of the people. Even adults think so, let alone children who are only a few years old.

Looking at the panicked child, and turning to look at Bai Tian who was beside her with a confused look on his face about the topic of going home, she confirmed her decision.

"No matter what, let's report it to the police first."

When the older children saw the little sister who led them to escape and were not afraid, they also suppressed their fears.

"Let's go. I can find where the government office is."

In the silent night, a group of children rushed towards the government office again.

They moved very quietly, for fear that there might be accomplices of the bad guys around, and it would be bad if they were discovered.

The government office was not far away, but they were so tired that it took them an hour to walk a distance that should have taken less than half an hour.

When they arrived, the children sat down on the ground and cried.

"Mother, mother, I want mother, I am so tired."

"My feet hurt so much."

Children's tears are contagious. When one starts crying, the others can't help it and burst into tears, even during the day. Seeing them crying, Lan Ning also wanted to cry.

Perhaps because they were outside the government office, they were not so scared and cried without restraint.

Yes, the amount of activity they went through today would make even an adult exhausted, let alone these children who were brought up in pampering and were only a few years old.

If it weren't for Lan Ning's spiritual spring water, they really wouldn't have been able to hold on until now.

Under such circumstances, no one went to knock on the government door.

But their crying was too loud in the night, and soon people from the government office and the surrounding residents all ran out.

Seeing a group of children sitting on the ground crying, with no adults around them, they all began to discuss in a low voice.

"Why are you crying and making a fuss in front of the government office so late at night? Where are your parents? Go back home quickly."

These yamen runners were woken up in the middle of the night and were very angry, but when they came out they saw that it was just a group of children. They had no choice but to suppress their anger.

"We were taken away by bad guys and we escaped. We ran for a long, long time. I'm so hungry."

"We haven't eaten anything all day. I want mother."

……

The scene was very chaotic, but these people did not feel upset. Instead, they felt sorry for the children.

"Oh my god, these damn human traffickers, look at these kids, they are so pitiful."

"These kids were captured when they were so young. I don't know where they would be sold to. Fortunately, they escaped on their own."

"I can't even imagine how much suffering they went through to escape. Sir, you have to arrest the traffickers."

"Yes, yes, we have to arrest these conscienceless people, otherwise they will go unpunished."

……

This is a big matter and must be resolved by an adult.

So these little guys were taken into the yamen by the yamen runners.

The children were so tired that now that they knew they could go home, they no longer felt tense and completely relaxed. They didn't even have the strength to stand up.

The runners had no choice but to step forward and pick up the younger children. However, the number of runners was limited, so they could only pick up four children. There was no one to pick up the others, including Lan Ning, a total of thirteen children during the day.

The children were pitiful, and the people's natural fear of the officials was no longer so important. They all stepped forward, proudly picked up the children and walked into the yamen.

The younger children were held in their arms, the older ones were carried on their backs, and even Lan Ning was held in his arms.

Although I felt ashamed as an adult being picked up, I was too tired at the moment. Besides, although her soul was an adult, her body was that of a child.

The amount of exercise I've done today has seriously exceeded the limit.

The noise outside had already woken up the county magistrate. He put on his official uniform and sat in the hall. He saw a group of people carrying a group of children in and couldn't help feeling confused.

[Could it be that the children's conflict has led to a conflict among the adults? ]

Lan Ning looked around. How could they look like they had any conflicts?

Before the county magistrate could ask, he saw these people put the children on the ground one by one, and then consciously retreated to the door to watch the fun.

Seeing that these people didn't even go back to sleep and stayed here, Lan Ning somewhat admired people's gossip, which was always more important than anything else.

At this time, the yamen runner who had been outside just now also stepped forward and leaned over to tell the county magistrate what he had just heard outside.

The county magistrate was very shocked after hearing this. This group of children, who were only a few years old, and the oldest looked only eleven or twelve years old, actually escaped on their own. This was too incredible.

Lost children happen all the time. The chances of finding them are almost zero. The government has looked for them but has no clues.

"Let's prepare some food for them first. Let them rest tonight."

The county magistrate was troubled by this group of children. He wondered if they could explain the whole story. If possible, it would be better to take him to the lair of the human traffickers.

At this moment, all the restaurants outside were not open yet, but fortunately, their government had cooks and food.

The cook was very unhappy to be called up in the middle of the night, but she did not dare to refuse the county magistrate's order this time.

She kept chattering while cooking, but she moved quickly and soon made a full pot of noodles for the little guys.

The noodles were not tasty, just plain water noodles with just a little salt for seasoning. But Lan Ning was extremely hungry at the moment and didn't care whether they tasted good or not. She just held the bowl that was almost as big as her face and started to slurp.

The other children were no less excited. They had never eaten noodles before. This was something they could only eat during Chinese New Year. They wolfed down the noodles like crazy. Such a full pot of noodles was eaten up cleanly by these dozen little ones.

After eating and drinking, they began to feel sleepy. They walked unsteadily as if they were drunk and followed the yamen runners to the rooms prepared for them to rest.