Rebirth Era: After the Beautiful Sister-in-law Refuses to Open Business

As time went by, another New Year was approaching. On this day, Qin Yaxin and her classmates made an appointment to go shopping in a department store in the county town, but they did not return home until the evening.

"We can't just sit here and wait!"

In the living room, Song Lan stood up suddenly. She looked at Qin Yanzheng and said, "Let's go to town and see if my second sister's classmates are at home."

"Did Qin Yaxin tell you the name of her classmate?"

Qin Yanzheng stood up as well. He looked solemn and asked Song Lan in a low voice.

"I asked my second sister when she left home at noon. She said that the classmate she had made an appointment with to go shopping in the department store in the county town was named Li Kexin."

Song Lan said, she paused for a moment, and continued: "The owner of the family lives on the main street, and my father works at the town grain station."

"Let's go."

I know their names and roughly where they live. Plus, my eldest brother-in-law works at the town grain station, so he should know something about his colleagues in their unit.

"Is Big Brother currently living in the staff dormitory of the grain station, or in his wife's house?"

Qin Yanzheng asked Song Lan.

"Your eldest brother has been living in his wife's house since last winter."

This is Li Jumei's voice.

"Mom, you and my eldest sister stay at home and take care of the kids. Qin Yanzheng and I will go to town right away."

Song Lan said to Li Jumei, and Li Jumei responded: "Don't worry, be careful on the road!"

Yang Fan walked out of the living room first, as he was responsible for driving.

After Song Lan and Qin Yanzheng got in the car, the car started. Soon, Yang Fan took the steering wheel and drove away.

On the way, Song Lan and Qin Yanzheng stared out the car window to avoid missing Qin Yaxin.

When Qin Yaxin left home at noon, she rode a bicycle.

"Qin Yanzheng, I feel very uneasy!"

The car was getting closer and closer to the town, but neither Song Lan nor Qin Yanzheng saw Qin Yaxin. For a moment, Song Lan's heart was tense, and her intuition told her that her sister-in-law Qin Yaxin had most likely had an accident.

"It's not completely dark yet, don't scare yourself. Wait until we go to Mr. Li's house and we'll know what's going on."

Qin Yanzheng comforted Song Lan.

But Song Lan was still uneasy and obviously not comforted.

Feng family.

"Little sister, brother-in-law, what are you doing..."

When I walked into the Feng family's yard, I saw Song Qingbin squatting next to the vegetable garden not far from the well, washing diapers.

That’s right, Feng Yuanyuan has given birth to a three-month-old baby boy, a fair-skinned boy.

Li Jumei took care of me during the confinement period in the village.

reason?

According to traditional concepts, it is inappropriate for a married woman to give birth in her parents' home, which naturally includes the confinement period.

Based on this, after Feng Yuanyuan successfully gave birth to a baby in the machinery factory staff hospital, she was taken back to Shisong Village by Song Qingbin after being discharged from the hospital.

After the confinement period, Song Sanhe and Li Jumei held a lively full-moon banquet for their grandson. Afterwards, Feng Yuanyuan returned to work as normal and entrusted the child to the care of Feng's mother.

Li Jumei naturally had no objection.

After all, she is babysitting her daughter's child!

As for Feng's mother, she also had no objection. On the one hand, she had no other children around her who needed her to take care of; on the other hand, Song Qingbin and Feng Yuanyuan had stated frankly that they would pay 15 yuan in salary every month.

Not wanting to become estranged from her daughter and son-in-law, Feng's mother said she didn't want any salary at all. But when she heard Song Qingbin say that if she didn't accept it, she would send the child to be taken care of by her grandmother, she realized that Song Qingbin was not joking, and finally Feng's mother could only nod.

Speaking of which, Li Jumei took care of the children for Song Lan without Song Lan saying anything. Qin Yanzheng made the decision to pay his mother-in-law Li Jumei wages every month.

Of course, he didn't say that, he just said it was a filial gift from him and Song Lan.

Li Jumei can't refuse it.

"Brother, is there a man in his forties named Li in your unit?"

Song Lan asked as soon as she opened her mouth.

"We do have a male comrade of the same age as you are talking about, whose last name is Li."

Song Qingbin looked suspicious: "What's wrong? Why are you asking this?"

"Brother, first tell me if Comrade Li has a teenage daughter at home?"

Song Lan's voice was very urgent.

Song Qingbin was recalling, but at this moment, Feng's father's voice rang out: "Director Li of our grain station's daughter is almost 17 this year."

He was speaking to Song Qingbin, as well as to Song Lan and Qin Yanzheng.

"Uncle Feng, is that girl's name Li Kexin?"

Song Lan looked straight at Feng's father.

"I think her name is Ke Xin."

Father Feng thought for a moment and was a little unsure about his response.

"Uncle Feng, we need to find that student Li for something, please..."

Song Lan didn't finish her words.

"Come on, I'll lead the way for you."

Father Feng understood what Song Lan meant and immediately walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

"Brother, Qin Yanzheng and I have something urgent to discuss. Let's talk later."

Song Lan was saying goodbye to Song Qingbin, but unexpectedly Song Qingbin said, "I'll go with you."

He could tell from Song Lan's tone that the matter was serious, so he couldn't just ignore it and watch Song Lan and his wife worry.

"No need, big brother..."

Song Lan declined.

"Brother, you just do your thing..."

Qin Yanzheng was also refusing, but was interrupted by Song Qingbin: "Don't dawdle. You look very anxious. I'm afraid it's a big deal. Let's go, hurry over there, so as not to delay the afternoon and cause any problems!"

With Feng's father leading the way, Song Lan and others soon arrived at Li Kexin's house.

"Webmaster..."

When Father Li saw Father Feng, Song Qingbin, Song Lan, Qin Yanzheng and others, he was completely confused.

"Is your daughter's name Ke Xin?"

Feng's father asked.

Father Li nodded.

"Comrade Li, is your daughter at home?"

Song Lan was sure that he had come to the right place, so he asked Father Li.

"In her own room, comrade, do you want to talk to my Ke Xin about something?"

Father Li became more and more confused, wondering why Father Feng and Song Qingbin brought people to his house to look for his daughter.

"My name is Song Lan, and I do have something to ask Li Kexin. Please ask Li to ask Kexin to meet me."

Even though Song Lan was anxious at the moment, he always kept a polite smile on his face.

"Okay, I'll call Ke Xin out right now."

Father Li said this and went to call for help.

A moment later, Li Kexin appeared in front of Song Lan, following behind Li's father.

"Student Li Kexin, you and Qin Yaxin have made an appointment to go shopping in the department store in the county town today, right?"

As soon as she saw Li Kexin, Song Lan opened her mouth to confirm.

Seeing the other party nod, Song Lan asked again: "Did you come back together?"

Li Kexin shook her head and said, "I came back before 2pm. When Yaxin and I were walking out of the department store, we met an acquaintance.

I saw they were chatting animatedly, so I went to the side and waited. Later, Yaxin found me and said she would be back later.

She asked me if I wanted to go to her friend's house with her, but I thought I had something else to do at home, so I rode back by myself.

"Friend? Then can you tell me what Yaxin's friend looks like?"

Song Lan frowned and asked Li Kexin.

"It's a girl. She looks a few years older than Yaxin and I. She..."

Li Kexin was talking about the appearance of the acquaintance Qin Yaxin met at the entrance of the county department store. As she finished speaking, a figure flashed in Song Lan's mind.

"Lanlan, do you know him?"

Noticing the change in her expression, Qin Yanzheng asked casually.

"If my guess is correct, the person my second sister met should be Zhai Qiu."

"Zhai Qiu?"

"She's one of the two girls I rescued from the kidnapper in the county town."

Song Lan said, and moved his gaze to Father Feng: "Uncle Feng, can I borrow the phone number of our grain station?"

"Why not?!"

Father Feng said, "Then let's go to the grain station now."

"Has Yaxin not returned home yet?"

Li Kexin suddenly asked Song Lan.

"Ah."

Song Lan looked at the other party and nodded slightly.

Li Kexin looked worried: "Yaxin will be fine, right? She might be staying at her acquaintance's house..."

"hope so."

As Song Lan spoke, she nodded to Li's father as a farewell, and then left Li's house with Qin Yanzheng, Song Qingbin and Feng's father.

-

After arriving at the grain station, Song Lan called home and asked if Qin Yaqing had returned. The response she got was no, so she asked Qin Yaqing to help find the Zhai family's landline number in the phone book without hesitation.

After Qin Yaqing said the number, Song Lan quickly dialed it and the call was connected. When she heard a female voice coming from the receiver, she tentatively called out, "Zhai Qiu?"

"Sister Song Lan?! You are Sister Song Lan, right?"

Ever since Zhai Qiu, her best friend, and three children were rescued from the kidnappers by Song Lan, Zhai Qiu and her best friend Zhao Tiantian have been in contact with Song Lan.

Even though they only see each other a few times a year, Zhai Qiu and Zhao Tiantian both worship Song Lan as an idol.

It should be said that during the few times they met Song Lan, they also became friends with Qin Yaqing and Qin Yaxin.

So, Li Kexin said that Qin Yaxin met an acquaintance at the entrance of the department store, and after her description of this acquaintance, Song Lan was 80% sure that it was Zhai Qiu.

"It's me."

Song Lan said, "I heard that Yaxin met you outside the department store today and followed you home. Is she with you now?"

"what?"

Zhai Qiu was stunned for a moment, then said, "Sister Song Lan, I did meet Sister Yaxin and invited her to my house for a while, but she left before four o'clock. Could it be... could it be that she hasn't come home yet?"

"No."

It takes about 30 to 40 minutes to ride a bike from the county seat to the machinery factory. If you ride faster, you can get there in less than half an hour.

It's almost six o'clock now...

Song Lan didn't think any further. She exchanged a few words with Zhai Qiu before ending the call and said to Qin Yanzheng:

"Let's go to the county town along the way."

"it is good."

Qin Yanzheng's expression at this moment was extremely serious, and his eyes were full of worry.

"Little sister, I'll go to the county town with you!"

Song Qingbin's eyes were also full of worry.

Father Feng: "I'll follow along too. If more people search, the chances of finding it will be greater!"

"Uncle Feng, you and my eldest brother don't have to come with us. Maybe my second sister is on her way home."

Song Lan didn't want to trouble Feng's father and Song Qingbin.

"Dad, don't go. Otherwise, Yuanyuan and my mom will be worried if they see that we haven't returned yet."

Song Qingbin persuaded Feng's father to go home, and the reasons he gave were very sufficient. After hearing this, Feng's father thought about it and nodded: "Okay, I'll go back."

At the entrance of the grain station, Song Lan, Qin Yanzheng and Song Qingbin got into the car, and the next moment, Yang Fan drove away quickly.

"System! System, are you there?"

His eyes fell outside the car window, and Song Lan summoned the system in his sea of ​​consciousness through his thoughts.

[Host, this system is here! ]

The system responded quickly.

Song Lan: "My sister-in-law Qin Yaxin is missing. I suspect she had an accident. Can you help me find where she is now?"

[Host, you have to tell this system what happened specifically, so that this system will have preliminary clues and can find your sister-in-law more quickly! ]

The system is not playing tricks; it really feels that there are clues that will help it find the person.

Song Lan understood, so she told Qin Yaxin that she and her classmates went to the department store in the county town this afternoon, and also told her what happened after Qin Yaxin and her classmate Li Kexin separated at the door of the department store.

[This system knows, and will help the host find someone right away! ]

The system was now a small ball of light. It moved up and down in Song Lan's sea of ​​consciousness and disappeared in an instant.

Yang Fan drove steadily all the way to the county town. Under the moonlight, Song Lan and Qin Yanzheng did not see Qin Yaxin.

Qin Yanzheng pursed his lips tightly, and a low pressure was emanating from his whole body.

"Second sister will be fine, you...you don't have to worry too much!"

Song Lan said softly.

He knew that his wife was comforting him, just like he comforted her before leaving, but Qin Yanzheng couldn't feel at ease.

“I’m not worried,” he said.

"..."

Song Lan just wanted to say: Do you think I will believe this?

"She has everything she needs at home, but she went to the county town to shop at a department store. If she wants to do something, she'll have to take the blame herself!"

Qin Yanzheng's tone was unusually cold.

"It's normal for a little girl to like to play. Besides, my second sister said hello to me before she left. You said she likes to make trouble. Are you blaming me too? Do you think I shouldn't let my second sister leave the house?"

Well, Song Lan felt that she did have to take some responsibility for Qin Yaxin's disappearance. She couldn't allow Qin Yaxin to go to the county town to play just because she was acting like a spoiled brat.

In other words, she ignored the fact that there were too many unstable factors outside.

If you encounter a pickpocket.

For example, encountering a kidnapper, etc.

"It has nothing to do with you. It's just Qin Yaxin who likes to make trouble!"

Qin Yanzheng doesn't want to be misunderstood by his wife.

Song Lan didn't say anything.

"If I remember correctly, half a month ago on the weekend, you took your elder sister and Qin Yaxin to the county department store and bought a lot of things, including clothes for Qin Yaxin to wear during the New Year."

In his opinion, it was simply insane to have enough food and clothing, not to be afraid of the cold, and to go to the county town to shop in the department store.

While thinking this in his heart, Qin Yanzheng was actually very worried about Qin Yaxin. After all, she was his biological sister. If she really encountered an accident, he would not be able to explain to his deceased mother and his father who was far away in Beijing.

At the same time, it was he, the eldest brother, who failed in his duty!

county seat.

Zhai family.

After Zhai Qiu ended her call with Song Lan, she sat on the sofa motionless, her eyes and eyebrows showing her worries.

"Whose phone number?"

Zhai's mother walked out of the kitchen with the food and saw Zhai Qiu sitting on the sofa in a daze. She thought about the ringing of the landline phone and thought about it. Combined with Zhai Qiu's current expression, she couldn't help but think more.

"It's Sister Song Lan calling."

Zhai Qiu responded, and then said: "Mom, I might be in trouble!"

"How do you say this?"

Mother Zhai frowned.

"I shouldn't have dragged sister Yaxin to our house to play this afternoon, Mom. When I answered the phone, Sister Song Lan said that sister Yaxin hadn't come home yet."

Zhai Qiu was annoyed: "If something really happened to Sister Yaxin, how would I be able to show my face in front of Sister Song Lan in the future?!"