Halfway through the car, the big-mouthed Shao Ning finally couldn't help it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He stretched out his hand and stabbed Xiao Jing, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, and said sideways: "Hey, ask something, why did you agree to He Wan'er?" It's really hard to write about this topic! ”

"Now that it's decided, what else is there to say?" Xiao Jing yawned: "It's not easy to write, don't you write it?" ”

Shao Ning sat back on his side unhappily. Xiao Jing also had something on his mind, his fingers tapped lightly on the carriage, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Infanticide.

It's a bit of a heavy topic, but it's a social issue that journalists have to confront head-on.

Historically, this has never been uncommon. In many places, it can even be described as "commonplace".

There are many factors that make people kill babies in addition to gender: poverty, taxes, overpopulation, land conflicts, property inheritance, superstitions...... Therefore, it is not only the female babies who suffer, many of the drowning babies are men.

Therefore, there is a "more men will kill their men, more women will kill their women, the custom is passed down from generation to generation, called the son, that is, its local style", "...... If you don't raise a child, you will have a child, and if you give birth to ten sons, you will kill all the rest of them", "Poor households often don't raise children", "The small people and the poor do not raise many children, and the newborn is easy to be soaked in the basin", "Those who have children when they are old, their fathers and brothers do not raise many children, saying: 'I will divide my money'", "...... As for the fourth son, he did not raise the rate, because his property was not enough to support him", "the world gives birth to daughters, often many of them are lost", these sensational records.

Most of the jurisdiction of Dinghe County is in the mountains. As the saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to eat the water; But somehow, no matter who governs this county, there is no big improvement, and it seems that it can't touch the light of Ruidu. The reason why it is famous is because infanticide is common, so Xiao Jing chose here. Coincidentally, the place mentioned in He Waner's letter is also Dinghe County.

What should people do if they are poor and can't afford to raise their children? What should I do if I am afraid that there will be more children and divide the family property? What should I do if I can't pay the tax if I have too many children?

Quite simply, kill the baby.

Therefore, in later generations, officials came up with the trick of giving birth to a daughter to give a silver subsidy, checking whether the baby girl was still alive a month later, and severely punishing the parents if she was not there. People have feelings, and after getting along for a month, it is difficult for even ruthless parents to attack their biological daughters.

What can a newspaper do in the face of such a terrible custom?

It is useful to make an appeal, but there are more people in the society who are calling for it, and "hurting people's reason" or something has long been shouted out by those moral people. Even if the influence of the newspaper is great, Xiao Jing has not been able to arouse the confidence of the whole society to continue to pay attention to it and then completely solve this stubborn disease. After all, if you don't report the mirror, you can't live anymore, what can you do? Do you still want to go into the mountains and put a knife on someone's neck?

Poverty alleviation...... That's even more impossible, Xiao Jing is self-aware, he doesn't have that much energy. The relationship between the newspaper and the wealthy businessmen is good, but it is all based on interests. Linzhou has a strategic position, a market, and talents, what does Dinghe County have? Except for the mountains to the east, there is a river that can barely walk in a small boat and has drowned countless children, and there is really nothing. Without interest, those shrewd businessmen will give him face as the president?

Unless the people in power come up with measures in a big way, no one will be able to help Dinghe County. How useful the newspaper's report can be, Xiao Jing really has no bottom, and he can only take one step at a time.

After walking for more than two hours, the sky gradually darkened. The two stayed in a market town, in order to save the newspaper's expenses, they only needed one room, and this infinite living method made Shao Ning lose his temper, saying something like "It's just that you are too a loser to fall into this situation", "Or I will pay for accommodation out of my own pocket" and so on.

However, in the end, he still lived with Xiao Jing, which is the so-called love and killing.

In the middle of the night, the two of them talked for a while and fell asleep. Because he was worried about the interview, Xiao Jing was in a daze and never fell asleep; When he finally felt a little sleepy and was about to fall asleep, he suddenly sniffed hard, and then sat up straight.

"Shao Ning, wake up!" He pushed Shao Ning up hard, and whispered in his ear, "Have you ever smelled a faint aroma?" ”

"What are you crazy in the middle of the night, I said you should live in your own room...... Well? ”

Shao Ning also smelled what Xiao Jing said. The faces of the two changed, and they quickly found something to cover their mouths and noses, and tiptoed to the ground.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Xiao Jing, who wanted to stand up straight, only felt that the sky was spinning, and after shaking it twice, he fell to the ground. Before losing consciousness, he also heard a "bang", probably Shao Ning, who was in a better condition than him, wanted to go out to check what was going on, but he was accidentally beaten with a stick.

Before he could shout a word of reminder, he was unconscious.

When he opened his eyes again, Xiao Jing found himself locked in a large box that looked like a coffin. I could feel a noticeable jolt in my body, and I wanted to get the box on the carriage.

He tried to speak, but found something stuffed in his mouth; I tried to move my body, only to find that my hands, feet and whole body were tied to death, like a rice dumpling, and it was impossible to collide with the wooden box and make a sound to warn passers-by.

On that snowy night in winter, Xiao Jing relied on his own strength to untie the shackles, but he hadn't learned how to break today's binding method, so he couldn't do anything at all.

He struggled to reach the blowhole, but he couldn't lift himself that high.

Xiao Jing couldn't help but feel a little remorseful. I knew it earlier, so I walked on the same path I took with Qin Ziqian last time. Although it is a little far away, at least it is familiar with the situation, so that it will not be a store and follow the road of others.

Leave it to fate!

After walking for a long time, the cart stopped, and the lid of the wooden box was opened. Xiao Jing, who had slept and recuperated, was a little uncomfortable with the strong sunlight, but the person who guarded him was very impatient to pull him out of the box, noisily loosened the bindings on his hands and body, and said, "Boy, Caisasa, Cailala, don't make the uncle's box stink!" Hey, let's just rest here, don't have any bad ideas, otherwise, don't blame Lao Tzu for not knowing you with the knife in his hand! ”

Xiao Jing hesitated to answer and lowered his head. When his eyes were better, he slowed down his movements and looked around secretly, and found Shao Ning in a short time. It just so happened that Shao Ning was also looking for him; The two of them were relieved to see that each other was fine, and communicated with their eyes again.

"Let's take a second look at the outside world!" A strong man escorted with a knife said compassionately: "If it's too late, I'm afraid I won't want to see it in my life!" ”