Traveling through time and space, wanting to lie down, but being forced to move forward

When I went to work the next day, the team leader was already waiting for me in the drying dam. I didn't know whether he had returned last night or this morning.

The team leader arranged tasks for each production team and asked them to go to work, but they were stopped by the villagers.

"Village head, the human traffickers in the mountains have been caught by Liu Zhiqing. Can the children go up the mountain to collect mountain products and firewood?"

The captain shook his head, "Not yet."

Someone in the audience was anxious, "Why is it still not possible? Hasn't the human trafficker been arrested?

There should be no danger in the mountains anymore."

The captain patiently explained, "I went there yesterday and specifically asked about it, and they said that all the traffickers had not been arrested yet.

From the man who was arrested yesterday, we already know that the group of human traffickers has quite a few suppliers.

Although two were caught yesterday, no one can guarantee that those two were the only ones hiding in the mountains.

For the safety of the children, it is better not to let them go up the mountain.

If the children were really abducted by human traffickers, we wouldn’t know where to start looking for them.”

Many villagers responded, "Captain, we all listen to you. If you say we can't go, then we won't go."

But some people also said, "It's okay to collect firewood at night, but if you don't bring back those mountain products, many of them will fall to the ground and rot, or be destroyed by birds and beasts."

"Hey, Wang Dana, why are you worrying about this?

The mountain behind us is so big and produces so much, so there must be a lot of things rotting in the fields every year.

Do you want to bring everything from the mountains back home?"

“I mainly feel bad for things,” the man retorted.

“You care about things, but you don’t care about your own children.

But it's also true that your family has never liked those two girls and treats that brat like a treasure.

The elder brother is so old, but he does nothing. Instead, he sends the two little girls to the mountain to look for things every day.

I'm afraid in your hearts, if the girl is lost, then it's lost."

"That's right. With the way her family behaves, if the traffickers give her some money, not too much, like seven or eight dollars, I'm afraid she will take the initiative to hand the two girls over to the traffickers."

Seeing the captain looking at him unkindly, Wang Dana's family quickly denied it.

"Wang Xiuying, please don't spit blood at me. How could our family do such a thing?"

"Mr. Wang, you know clearly whether I am slandering you or not.

Be a human being, after all, you gave birth to those two girls after ten months of pregnancy.

It would be fine if they, as grandparents and father, don't feel sorry for those two girls, but why do you, as their mother, treat them like this?

After all, it is your flesh and blood, don’t you, as a mother, feel sorry for it?”

Wang Xiuying looked at the captain and said, "Captain, you know how Wang Dana's family treats Daya and Erya. You need to tell the militia to keep an eye on these two children.

Otherwise, I'm really afraid that their family would sell the two girls.

It’s not like they haven’t done something like this before.

If we hadn't discovered it earlier last time, I don't know where those two girls would have been sold to."

Wang Dana, who had been standing aside silently, was shocked. How could this matter be brought up again?

He quickly scolded his wife, "If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

Wang Dana looked at the captain on the stage and said, "Captain, don't listen to Wang Xiuying's nonsense.

Ever since you taught us a lesson last time, we never dare to do it again.

I never dared to have any ideas about those two girls again.

Look, we have been providing them with good food and drink during this period of time."

Wang Xiuying spat at him, "Bah, it's good to eat and drink.

Your family has enough food and drink to raise two girls like this.

Look at Daya, she is five years old but looks like she is only three years old.

As for Erya, she is three years old and almost four years old, but now she can't even walk steadily. It's obvious that she hasn't eaten enough.

Look at your eldest son, he is as fat as a ball. I am afraid that all the food rations given to his two younger sisters by the village have gone into his stomach."

There were people nearby who expressed their support for Wang Xiuying.

"That's right. This family has lost their conscience. If it weren't for the two families who were taking care of each other over the years, it's hard to say whether those two girls would still be around.

Although there are many families in our village who value sons over daughters, none of them are like his family, who don’t treat girls as human beings.”

Someone said, "How could there be such a heartless person in our village?

It is because of the existence of such people that our village cannot be rated as an advanced production team.

Team leader, let’s kick these people out of our production team.

They won't listen to you anyway, so you might as well kick them out as soon as possible."

Wang Dana shouted quickly, "Captain, you can't chase us out.

Our ancestors have lived here for generations, our roots are here, you can't drive us away.

Our family is obedient and will not sell those two girls."

"Bah, what do you mean your ancestors have been here for generations and your family is just an outsider.

That is to say, your grandfather fled to our place and refused to leave after arriving.

If we had known that your family was this kind of people, the elders in our village should not have agreed to take in your grandfather and others.

So as not to damage the reputation of our production team."

"That's right. People like this should be driven out of our village as soon as possible, so as not to bring bad influence to the morals of our village."

"The most hateful thing is Wang Dana's mother and his wife, who are also women themselves, yet they look down on girls.

It's strange that the boy he raised will take care of them in the future. Maybe he will have to rely on his daughter when he gets old."

"Don't talk nonsense. If his family had raised the girl to adulthood, she would have either been sold off long ago or tortured to death by her family."

"You are right."

The villagers were talking among themselves, all pointing their fingers at Wang Dana's family, and shouting that they wanted to drive them out of the village.

Wang Dana, "We really know our mistake and will never sell Daya and Erya again.

You must not drive our family out of the village.

If you kick us out, our family will really have nowhere to go."

The captain actually wanted to drive this family out of the village, but after driving them out, he was afraid that they would immediately sell the two girls.

If they stay in the village, with their own deterrence and the villagers watching over them, at least the two girls can keep their lives.

“Okay, I’m just telling you that the militia will continue patrolling in three shifts.

Children should not go into the mountains.

The autumn harvest will be over in more than ten days, and then everyone will go into the mountains together to chop firewood and pick up mountain products.

That's all. Team leaders, take your teams to work and stop complaining."

The captain looked at Wang Dana's family and said, "Da Ya and Er Ya, everyone in the village is watching us. If we find you trying to take advantage of them again, we will kick you all out.

I mean what I said, and I will never give you a second chance."