Chapter 76: The Dust Settles
Before seeing their parents, Qin Qing and the three of them each imagined seventeen or eighteen miserable appearances of themselves, and they were very happy to criticize themselves. But after the parents of the three came, all the ideas of the three did not come true, but they kept being thanked by the officers who were brought by their parents to save them. Parents really don't have time to teach their children here, and to be honest, it's a blessing to be able to get it back safely, and it's okay to educate them to talk about it when they get home. At this moment, there is something more important than educating them.
Officer He Guangrong, because he was the one who brought them back from the mountains, seemed to be in charge of their affairs. The parents wanted to thank the big boss at the top, and he said that the leaders were busy, and this kind of thing was what they should do. The parents wanted to donate money, donate money, give gifts, and send pennants, all of which were kindly refused.
After that, he accompanied them to have a light meal in the army canteen, and sent them to visit Xu Hanwen, who was still in the hospital.
Brother Xu's family will come back in two days, and his father has done a lot of work after receiving the call, and after learning that his son has successfully escaped, he can't just leave it alone, and he can only come after a lot of finishing work is completed. Senior Brother Xu's mother had high blood pressure, and after knowing about it, she became ill and was lying in bed, dizzy and vomiting when she came together.
Qin Qing and the three of them took a green military jeep to the military hospital, and after seeing Senior Brother Xu, they were surprised to find that he was not short of people to take care of. Two women who had been abducted to the mountainous areas were temporarily living in a military district guest house because their families could not be contacted for a while, waiting for news from the Women's Federation. Seeing that Senior Brother Xu's family couldn't arrive in time, they kept taking care of him.
After seeing Qin Qing and the others, the two ladies cried on the spot, and tried their best to comfort them that they didn't have to worry, just go home with their parents.
"After I came out, I realized that there was no good place at home."
Qin's mother originally wanted to pay for Senior Brother Xu to hire a nurse, but the three parents discussed it before coming. Seeing that there was someone to help here, the three parents avoided people and discussed it again, and decided to leave 20,000 yuan in cash for Xu Hanwen, if the two ladies found their families and could return to their hometowns, he could hire a nurse by himself, but he didn't invite anyone, and it was convenient to buy some food and drink.
Senior Brother Xu wanted to refuse, but was persuaded in the end. Because he is indeed penniless now. The luggage was lost in the village, and the documents were also among them, even if you wanted to replace the card and the ID card, you had to wait until Xu's father came.
"Senior brother doesn't have to be polite to us!" Ke Fei said.
"Senior brother really doesn't have to be polite, I've been through so many things, and it's not like to be polite." Qin Qing said.
"Senior brother, just take it." Sun Mingming said with a smile.
Xu Hanwen had no choice but to accept it.
The other two ladies and the three parents also gave them 20,000 yuan each.
"Since you have encountered it, you can't ignore it. Originally, the money was intended to be spent, but unfortunately there was no place to donate. Qin's mother said.
Although there are many places to donate, they want to use the money exclusively and try to spend the money on people related to this incident. Helplessly, the people in the army refused to accept it, and Senior Brother Xu's medical expenses also had the approval of the army, and they didn't need to pay for it.
"Your two families haven't come yet, and I don't know what the situation is at your family, so it's better to keep this money for you." Qin's mother stuffed the money into the hands of the two, "Don't be too little." โ
"How can it be too little...... both of them cried so much that they choked. The other people who were rescued were soon picked up by relatives, but she was the only one who was left behind. It's very anxious to stay in the guest house every day, and there is something to do here, and I won't think nonsense.
The two of them have no long belongings, and the clothes they are wearing now are still donated by their families after they arrived in the army. The people of the Women's Federation have already said that even if their families cannot be contacted, as long as they can prove their identity and place of origin, and re-apply for a new ID card, they can study and work, and their own life will not be a problem. As for social donations, because this case has not yet been disclosed, they can only apply for them first, and it may take more time to follow.
Now that they have 20,000 yuan, their hearts are more stable.
Coming out of the hospital, He Rongguang asked Qin Qing and the others with a smile: "Are you going to go with your parents now?" Or do you want to stay in the camp? โ
The three of them laughed, and they all relied on their parents and did not let go.
Qin Qing was held in Qin's mother's arms, holding her mother's arm, and couldn't let go.
He Rongguang smiled: "I know that you children are homesick, so let's go back with your parents first." โ
After saying goodbye here, Qin Qing and the others followed their parents.
The parents had already booked the hotel when they arrived, and when they saw that it was getting dark, they didn't waste time on the road and went back to the hotel directly.
After Qin Qing returned to the hotel, she was rushed to take a bath, and after washing, she came out to see the new clothes that her parents bought for her.
"I came in too much hurry and didn't bring any clothes, this was bought for you before I went to the army today, let's change it." Qin's mother said.
Her daughter has only been away from her for less than a week, but she looks like she has lost a lot of weight. Qin's mother was very distressed, but the two had discussed not to teach her a lesson before they came, after all, she was also very frightened, and she heard that the abductor was robbed at the entrance of their village, and it was not the children's fault.
Qin Qing changed her clothes, only feeling that this was the time to return to her parents, she leaned on Qin's mother, "Where's Dad?" โ
"He's gone out to buy food." Mother Qin straightened Qin Qing's hair, "He asked me to talk to you first." โ
Qin Qing immediately thought of what her parents were worried about, and immediately said, "I didn't suffer any injuries, and I didn't suffer anything." Before those people could do anything to us, we escaped! โ
Qin's mother said: "You are very lucky in this regard, but it does not mean that you will always be so lucky. You can't be so reckless next time, you must know that no matter how much preparation you make in advance, it is useless when you meet the bad guys! โ
Qin Qing nodded sympathetically. What happened this time can be said to have refreshed and rewritten her outlook on life. She understands that the so-called bad people are people who can't be treated with common sense. The real bad guy has no scruples about what he wants to do, and only those who can't break the law will scruple about the law; The bad guys don't have that scruples.
Qiao Ye and the ghosts of the more than twenty girls are proof, and the bad guys will not dare to kill.
"If only you understood." Qin's mother said, "Your father and I want to ask you, do you still plan to continue studying in this school?" โ
Continuing to study in school means that one day someone may find out that she has been trafficked. Even if she wasn't hurt, she couldn't stick a confession note to her head. The gossip of the people around you doesn't care about this. If she is going to continue her education, she will have to think about it.
"What if I don't go to school?" Although he asked this, Qin Qing had already thought of it.
"Study abroad." Qin's mother said, "If you are willing, you can start preparing now, and I can send you out within half a year." โ
"Do you have any money in the family?"
"You still have money for studying abroad, just sell your house." Qin's mother said. Compared with the house, she cares more about whether her daughter will be discriminated against, whether she will be pointed at and troubled by rumors. After returning from school, they changed cities, and their family could start living again.
Qin Qing didn't answer immediately, Qin's mother: "If you think about it, tell me again, don't rush to make a decision, studying abroad is also an important life choice." And after she goes out, she has to handle all aspects of life and study by herself, this Qin's mother is also more worried, and after discussing it, she secretly decided to train her well in the next half a year.
Qin Qing was indeed hesitant. In the past, when I talked to my classmates about studying abroad at school, I was always excited and positive, although I was worried about whether a person could adapt, and I heard that there were many problems in renting a house, studying, buying groceries, cooking, interpersonal relationships, etc., but above these worries was the excitement of starting a new chapter in life.
Now that I have changed my reason to "escape" abroad, my expectations are less than half.
Moreover, she was reluctant to her parents, the professors and classmates in the school, as well as Professor Shi, Professor Dai, Si Yuhan, and Fang Yu......
But if she really doesn't go out and stays in school, can she withstand the rumors? Can't you stand that pressure?
She doesn't have much confidence in this. She is just an ordinary girl, and at this time, in her heart, she can evaluate herself very objectively: she is a weak, indecisive ordinary girl, without firm beliefs and a strong heart.
She didn't know if she would be crushed and collapsed, whether it would be rewarding to continue her studies in that situation, and so on.
After thinking about it all night, the next day the three parents went out to run errands and left the three of them in the hotel. Only Sun Mingming's mother stayed with them, and she also guarded them and did not leave the hotel.
"You just stay in the house and surf the Internet." Mother Sun, "Tell me what you want to eat, I'll buy it for you." At noon we went to the cafeteria in the hotel for dinner. โ
After Mother Sun went out, Qin Qing and the three of them first made eye contact with vigilantly and silently, and then quietly asked, "Last night, my mother asked me if I wanted to study abroad......
"That's what my dad said!"
"My parents ...... too"
The three of them looked at each other, it turned out that this was discussed by the parents?
"Intellectually speaking, Mom and Dad are doing this for our good." Ke Fei sighed.
"That's right, but I don't want my family to spend so much money for me......," Qin Qing hesitated, "If it's for me to go out to study for further study, it's okay to say, now I don't even know what I want to do, what do I want to study abroad?" Just to dodge rumors that might happen? I think it's useless to choose this way! "It's one thing to know that you're weak, it's not a big problem to comfort yourself as long as it doesn't get in the way of others; But because of the loss of her family caused by her weakness, she couldn't accept this. In fact, when he spoke just now, Qin Qing had already decided to stay and continue to go to school. Even if there are rumors, she is not afraid! Think of it as a tempering for yourself!
"I don't want to go either," Sun Mingming...... "If you don't go, I don't want to go!" "Her idea is simple, everyone goes and she goes, and if everyone doesn't go, she doesn't go.
After the three of them discussed, they decided to mention it to their parents separately. Of course, you should pay attention to the way you speak, after all, your parents have good intentions, and if you refuse, you are a little unconscionable (inner condemnation......
Unexpectedly, by the afternoon, it was all solved.
He Rongguang deliberately brought things to visit them, and the three parents didn't go out when they came back at noon, He Rongguang came to tell them that the state might have arrangements for this abduction, so they should not talk about it after they go back.
The three parents were all shocked and hurriedly asked, "Are you going to arrest them?" "The law does not blame the public, there are so many villagers, and what the children said means that at least three or four surrounding villages are involved, and there are cases where the state cannot deal with it.
"It's not." He Rongguang said, "Because the case is very complicated, and what has been found so far is only the tip of the iceberg, and the state plans to set up a special task force to dig deep along the clues of the human traffickers caught this time!" Rescue more abducted women. โ
He said that so far, only two places have been dug up: Yujiakou, where Qin Qing and the three people are located, and Erligou, where another abducted and trafficked girl is located; There are only two traffickers who have surfaced, one is Yu Po, whom Qin Qing and the three of them have seen, and now they are missing, and they can only go in to find her when the mountain fire is almost burned; The other is the abduction of a rescued girl's Aunt Bao, who has checked the evidence and said that she is dead, and the body is still missing. When the wildfire broke out that day, some villagers saw Aunt Bao and Aunt Bao's husband fleeing in a hurry, because they were not familiar with the mountain road, as if they had run to the back mountain, which happened to be one of the fire points, and they did not escape after that. These two people are the traffickers who have been in this mountain village for the longest time, and the others are all villagers who "help", and they don't know the inside story.
"Women from other places have been abducted here, and local women have also been abducted from other places." "Traffickers will contact each other privately, and girls who have been abducted from the local area usually do not sell locally, but will be taken by other traffickers to sell abroad," Ho said. In this case, it is a lot more difficult to fight abduction. "They have decided that this is just a transit point, and there must be human traffickers who have links with people here.
"If you want to continue the investigation, you can't lift the lid at this time, and the top means that the matter will not be announced for the time being." He Rongguang said, "We will wait until the case is over to make it public." Of course, the names of all abducted women will not be published. He said softly to Qin Qing and the others, "You have only been missing for a few days, and then make up a way to go to a relative's house, go to a foreign place to play crazy and have no reason to come back." โ
Sun's mother said: "Didn't the parent of Xu Hanwen who went to see it yesterday already reported to the TV station? This is already known. That's why they talked about letting the children go to study abroad.
He Rongguang said: "The news was pressed, it was not reported, and the newspapers were not reported. Because when Xu Jianmin, that is, Xu Hanwen's father, wrote to the TV station, there happened to be a huge mountain fire in Tongqu County, and some people said that it was a serious safety accident when the gunpowder in the private artillery workshop in the village exploded, so all the news about Tongqu County at that time was suppressed. The online ones were also quickly deleted, so they didn't spread widely, so you don't have to worry. โ
After He Rongguang left, the rest of the people felt very complicated. A feeling of indescribability and incomprehension made everyone unable to find what to say for a while, and they all became dumb.
"And that's a good thing." Dad Sun said, "In that case, we don't have to stay here anymore, so let's take the children home quickly." It's time for them to go back to school, too. โ
The three parents took their children on the way home, and before going back, Qin Qing and the three of them also went to the hospital to visit Senior Brother Xu. His father had arrived, and after seeing them, Xu's father actually apologized to them, "It's all this kid who is not good!" Don't blame him! โ
"Nope! It's not Senior Brother Xu's fault! Qin Qing hurriedly said.
"That's right! He saved us! Sun Mingming said.
Father Xu obviously didn't believe it, probably his son had become a habit of getting into trouble. He thought that Qin Qing and the three of them were all good people, so he didn't tell his family the truth, and Xu Hanwen didn't complain. He took out the 20,000 yuan and wanted to return it to Qin Qing, saying, "If you take this back, how can I collect your money again?" โ
Qin Qing said: "I can't ask for it!" "A family pays 20,000 yuan, which is all good.
Pushing back and forth a few times, Xu Hanwen said: "Otherwise, give this money to those two people, it is better to put more money on them." โ
In the end, 20,000 yuan was given to the two ladies who had not yet returned home.
Qin Qing and the three of them returned to school in a gloomy manner. Both the counsellor and the principal were aware of it, and after discussing it with their parents, they decided to keep it as secret as possible from the school. For this reason, the counselor specially told Qin Qing and the three of them not to tell anyone. Even when the three of them were absent from class for two days, the counselor deliberately pretended to talk to them after class to cover up the matter.
None of the school classmates know, but some people have seen a little rumor on the Internet, but not many people know because the information has been deleted, and Qin Qing and the three are not well-known celebrities, and the โกโก is updated very quickly, and the three of Qin Qing were not hit by the rumors.
The result of the parents' discussion was that Qin Qing and the three went to Sun Mingming's hometown to play for two more days. Sun Mingming deliberately told the two of them about her hometown, so as to unify their voices.
The dust settled.
The only change is that Qin Qing has two more good friends. After this incident, two more people knew about her yin and yang eyes.