All the houses in this village are the most common adobe houses in the early days of liberation, and the courtyards of each household are basically connected one by one, the whole village is not large, and the total number of houses is eighty or ninety households, and the whole village adds up to only more than 400 people.

It is precisely because of this that although the village is very poor, even to the point of being almost isolated from the rest of the world, and the whole village does not even have a small store that can keep in touch with the outside world, these villagers in the village have a very good relationship with each other.

Visiting each other is their biggest entertainment activity, and the more they move around, the more they naturally cultivate their feelings.

Therefore, two children and a young girl suddenly disappeared in the village during this time, which really made the whole village worry together.

The adobe house that Ye Su stepped into had obvious traces of weathering, and as soon as he stepped into the room, he could see a portrait of the founding ancestor hanging on the wall of the main house.

However, the portrait is a bit old, so the color has basically all faded, making the whole adobe house a little more dilapidated.

Only the old man walked in behind Ye Su, and as he entered the house, Ye Su found that there was no one else in the entire room.

"Old man, this house ...... No one else? ”

Ye Su asked strangely.

"Hey, I went to work in the fields, although the girl in the family was lost, but I couldn't skip eating, if I didn't work, the harvest would be affected. It's really pitiful to say, the male child of this family has gone out to work, and he is in his thirties this year, and he can't afford to marry a daughter-in-law. Originally, he planned to marry the female baby to a nearby village more than ten miles away, and then change the male baby to a daughter-in-law and come back, but the family matter was negotiated, but the female baby was lost. I don't know how to fix it in the future, if I can't find it back, the boy can't beat the old bachelor for a lifetime, so I can only borrow some money from each family and buy a daughter-in-law from outside. ”

The old man shook his head and sighed.

"Old man, are you the head of this village?"

Ye Su listened to the old man talk about buying a daughter-in-law, and was stunned for a moment, frowning and asking.

"Yes, I can be regarded as the village chief, I am the oldest in the village, and the descendants still respect me, plus I spent a few years outside when I was young, compared to other people in the village, I still have some knowledge, so I became the village chief. In fact, in a poor village like ours, the village chief is no different from the village head, but there are many troubles. ”

The old man was a little embarrassed.

"But I think the villagers in our village are very simple, for example, there is no one in this family, but they don't even lock the door, so they don't close their doors at night, it's definitely a fantasy in the city."

Ye Su said with a smile.

"Hey, why don't you close your door at night, don't leave your road behind, it's because you don't have anything, and naturally you're not afraid of losing things. Look at this house, is there anything worth stealing? How do you say that word? Stripped bare? Yes, just a table and a bed, it has been used for decades, and the people in the city should be as poor as our village, and the city will not close their doors at night. ”

The old man pursed his lips, not appreciating Ye Su's praise.

Ye Su was slightly stunned, and immediately had to admit that what the old man said was reasonable.

"Old village chief, I just heard you say...... Buying a daughter-in-law? Is it the traffickers who abduct and sell women and come to you to sell them? Since you've been out there for a few years, you know that buying and selling women is a crime, right? ”

Ye Su thought about it, but decided not to go around in circles, but asked directly.

Although the old village chief in front of him doesn't seem to have much culture, he has lived for so many years, but he has seen some of the world very thoroughly, and his tone is roundabout, so it is better to go straight.

"Breaking the law? Hey...... Who doesn't know that it's illegal, but what if you don't buy a daughter-in-law? You are a city man and an official in the government, and you should not admit that although you are very young, just look at the respectful attitude of the people who came with you towards you, I am afraid that your official is not small. Naturally, people like you don't understand what kind of life is going on in a village like ours, you say...... If we don't buy a daughter-in-law, will anyone be willing to marry into the village? ”

As he spoke, the old village chief stretched out his hand and pointed out the door.

Ye Su frowned, then shook his head slowly.

The old village chief continued to smile bitterly: "That's it, no one wants to marry into such a poor place, and it is impossible for us to leave, leaving this land, I'm afraid we won't even be able to live." In that case, what if you don't buy a daughter-in-law? can only rely on giving birth to a daughter to change a daughter-in-law? What if someone doesn't have a girl at home? Seeing that there is no queen at home? And then slowly the whole village is gone? I won't hide it from you, I deliberately revealed the wind of buying a daughter-in-law just now, I just want to tell you about it, you are an official in the government, doesn't the government have to make decisions for the people? So can you make our village rich? At least so rich that you don't have to buy a daughter-in-law's Cheng dù? ”

"The content of the responsibility of various government departments is different, and it should be the responsibility of the township government that directly manages you to lead you to prosperity."

Ye Su said helplessly.

"Township government? Bullshit township government! I have been the village head for 16 years now, and no village official has ever come to our village! The four-wheeled car in this place will stop more than 20 miles away, and then you have to walk for several hours on foot. ”

The old village chief couldn't help but burst into foul language, looked at Ye Su and sneered, and said, "You say, since the government doesn't care about us anymore, why do we still listen to the government?" Do we have to take care of ourselves? As for buying a daughter-in-law, I'm not afraid to tell you, the people in charge of our part of the township know about it, not only in our village, but also in nearby villages. It doesn't matter what you officials want to do to save the abducted women and increase your political achievements, as long as you can take us out of this poverty and let us do anything. But if we don't care about anything, we are left to fend for ourselves, and we keep trying to use this policy and that law to restrain us, that is a dream, and it is a big deal that our whole village will riot together, anyway, we have nothing but this rotten life. I understand what those officials are afraid of, once there is a mass incident of this kind of group, they will not be able to eat and walk around, hehe, you say yes? ”

Listening to what the old village chief said, Ye Su was silent for a while, the old village chief was undoubtedly angry, he was angry that this country was constantly publicizing how modern it had developed and how the people's living standards had caught up with the so-called moderately developed country Cheng Dù, but they were still living a life that was only a little better than that of African refugees.

Otherwise, the old village chief would not have directly brought such a thing as buying and selling women to the surface.

Living in the same country, but it is as if they are in two completely different worlds.

This is the sorrow of the country!