Qin Li handed the handkerchief to Father Ai and asked softly, "Have you lost your child too?" ”

Father Ai took the handkerchief, wiped the corners of his eyes, and nodded: "The great-grandson is gone, and he suddenly disappeared." ”

"Do you think it was a beast or a mountain mane?" Qin Qi asked.

"Otherwise, could it be that someone has been harmed?" Daddy Ai asked rhetorically.

"No, no, no! How is it possible, the people here are very kind, including foreign Han compatriots and compatriots of other ethnic groups. Daddy Ai shook his head violently.

"Has anyone left here because of these things?" Qin Qi continued to ask.

"No, this is our home!" Daddy Ai sighed.

"Oh, no, Xiaowen's family left, but they didn't leave because of this incident." Daddy Ai said suddenly.

Qin Qi and Corot glanced at each other, and then, Qin Li asked, "What did you leave for?" ”

"Xiaowen's father said that he wanted to give Xiaowen a better growth environment, I don't understand, their family is the first batch of Han people who moved to Ningxiang Township, and their ancestors have lived here for generations. And it went so suddenly! Daddy Ai muttered a little reproachfully.

"It seems that your Wang surname here is the surname of the Han people?" Corot interjected, changing the subject.

"Yes, all the Han people surnamed Wang are the first batch of Han people to come here, and they are all a little related to each other." Daddy Ai said.

"Have you ever met Teacher Qu? It's the one who is missing. Corot asked.

"Yes, he is also a good boy, but he is also missing..."Daddy Ai fell into a sad mood again.

"Is this Banzhang tea?" Qin Qi pinched the leaf on one side and asked.

"Yes, yes, in fact, Banzhang tea is also Pu'er tea, the tea is full of gas, and the taste is full..."

After accompanying Daddy Ai to pick tea, the two climbed to the top of the mountain under his leadership and enjoyed the mountain scenery.

Qin Qi and Ke Luo no longer inquired about Teacher Qu or the missing child, because in their hearts, they basically already had a clue, but this clue was not complete enough.

"Daddy Ai, this is your flashlight, I'm delaying you today." Before leaving, Qin Li took the flashlight out of his pocket and returned it to Daddy Ai.

"Oh, why are you so polite, come, take some of these tea leaves back and taste them slowly." After putting away the flashlight, Daddy Ai handed the two of them a bag of loose tea leaves.

After thanking Daddy Ai, the two went to town.

"Looking for Xiaowen?" Qin Qi asked.

"No, go to school first." Corot said.

Subsequently, the two went to the school, found Principal Wang, and asked about Xiaowen.

Xiaowen's full name is Wang Yuanwen, and he is a cousin and nephew of Principal Wang.

"Wang Yuanwen? Didn't he leave here a long time ago? Do you know him? Principal Wang wondered, his eyebrows moved unconsciously, and his hands began to clench.

Principal Wang was nervous.

"We are just curious about why their family moved away, and we heard from Daddy Ai that their ancestors were the first to come to Ningxiang Township." Corot said.

"This—" Principal Wang rubbed his hands together, his brows tightened.

"Is there a secret?" Qin Qi asked.

"Nope!"

Hearing Qin Li's words, Principal Wang immediately denied it, and even his voice couldn't help but get louder.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, hehe, there's no secret." Principal Wang scratched his head and said with a red face.

"Then why did you leave?" Corot asked.

"That's... Xiao Wang said that he wanted to give Xiaowen a better living environment. Principal Wang thought about it and took out Daddy Ai's rhetoric.

It's just that the tone is not as sure as Daddy Ai's.

"Did you move to the next town?" Corot continued.

"Yes." Principal Wang nodded, did not say much, and pursed his lips, arms around his chest, and looked guarded.

"Can you tell us where they live now?" Corot asked tentatively.

Principal Wang let go of his arms, rubbing his hands on the trouser legs at his side repeatedly, his eyes wandering, but he just didn't dare to look at Corot.

"That.. Actually, I don't know where they live now, and after they left Ningxiang Town, we didn't interact. After speaking, Principal Wang swallowed his saliva, and his cheeks turned even redder.

"That bothered." Qin Li took the lead in getting up, nodded slightly at Principal Wang, and then turned around and walked towards the door.

"You've lost your time, goodbye." Corot took the initiative to shake hands with Principal Wang, and then left.

Looking at the backs of the two leaving, Principal Wang exhaled and raised his hand to touch the sweat on his forehead.

"Go to Yunxiang Township next door?" Corot caught up with Qin Qi and asked.

"Hmm." Qin Qi nodded.

"You also see that Principal Wang is hiding it?" Corot asked.

Qin Bai glanced at him, "Nonsense, it's so obvious!" ”

"Yunxiang Town seems to be much bigger than Ning Township, let's kill it directly, can we find Wang Yuanwen's family?" Corot wondered.

"In remote towns like this, the people live in groups, and they know very well who comes and who goes." Qin Bai said.

Corot nodded, "It makes sense, it's not a loss to people who have lived in remote areas." ”

After speaking, he didn't forget to pat Qin Li's shoulder.

Yunxiang Town and Ningxiang Town are not far apart, along the road outside Ningxiang Town, walk for less than an hour, turn into it at a fork in the road, and it is a spacious road, walk for more than half an hour along the road with mountains on one side and a river on the other, you can see the sign of Yunxiang Town.

There are mountains and rivers along the way, the scenery is excellent, and the air is also very fresh, although they walked for more than an hour, the two of them did not feel tired.

Although it is not far away, Yunxiang Town is indeed much larger than Ningxiang Town, and it is also much more prosperous.

It is also built on the mountain, but the main street of Yunxiang Town is very spacious, there is no problem with two cars in parallel, and the ground is an oil road, no longer an uneven stone road.

The streets are lined with two-storey houses, also with green tile and grey walls, but they are more magnificently built, and the stalls on both sides are also equipped with awnings, and the stalls sell a wider variety of goods.

There are many pedestrians coming and going, all ethnic groups, mostly Wa and Dai, and there are also Han people, who mainly rely on business to make a living, selling daily necessities from other places to local residents.

The local residents make a living by growing maca, so they are relatively wealthy compared to the people of Ningxiang Town, who make a living by growing tea next door.

Qin Li found that the people in Yunxiang Township looked more shrewd and sophisticated than the people in Ning Township, probably because they often went out to do business.

Unlike the Brown people next door, the Wa and Dai people here do not fully trust the Han Chinese, but run the maca business on their own.

Qin Li also found that the people here are all carrying balloons of different desires, and the content in them is no longer just the word "rich", but all kinds of things.

Just as Qin Li was observing the crowd around him, Co Luo had already inquired about Wang Yuanwen's home address from a stall owner selling cigarettes.

"Sure enough, as you said, just find a local and ask it." Corot said happily.

"Well, you're smoking now?" Qin Li looked at the cloud smoke in Co Luo's hand and frowned.

He hates the smell of smoke.

"I'm not my brother, isn't it to ask people about things to always give others a little benefit." Corot slipped the cigarette case into his pocket.

Subsequently, Ke Luo took Qin Li and found Wang Yuanwen's home according to the address found by the owner of the cigarette stall.

Their house is not on the main street of the town, but on the side street that branches off from the main street.

There are many small streets like this, branching out along the main street, like branches growing from the trunks of trees, winding along both sides of the main street.

Most of the townspeople live in these small streets, and the main street is their shopping street, where only foreign merchants and tourists live.

Therefore, there are also many inns there, unlike Ningxiang Township, where there is only one hostel on the entire street.

The two entered from a bend, walked up a steep slope paved with stones, and entered Caiyun Street, where Wang Yuanwen's family lived.

Caiyun Street is not large, narrow and curved, with steep slopes, and the houses on both sides are close to each other and slope upwards until the end.

At the end is a steep and narrow path that leads to the sky.

The Han people in Yunxiang Township basically live in Caiyun Street, and some of them make a living by doing business, and some by growing maca for a living.

After Wang Yuanwen's family came here, they still made a living by selling tea, although they did not live in Ningxiang Township, but the family's tea garden was still on that tea mountain, and the royal father ran on both sides every day, but he rarely had too much contact with the residents of Ningxiang Township.

"If it's just to give Wang Yuanwen a better environment, they can sell the tea plantation and go to a bigger town to live, although it looks more prosperous than Ning Township, but after all, it is only a remote mountain town."

Corot looked at his surroundings and said.

"Well, after moving here, the royal father has worked harder." Qin Qi nodded and added.

After walking for a while, they found Wang Yuanwen's home at the end of Caiyun Street.

Because I moved later, I only lived at the end of the street, away from the noisy main street, which seemed a little deserted.

Except for Wang Yuanwen and his family, there seemed to be no one living in the other houses, the glass windows with window grilles were covered with dust, and the couplets on the doors had also faded and peeled off.

"Knock knock!"

Corot knocked on the door of Wang Yuanwen's house.

"Here we go!"

The door was opened by a middle-aged woman, dressed in Han Chinese costumes, with dark skin, curly hair in a shawl, not tall and moderately built.

"Who are you looking for?" She looked at Qin Qi and Corot with some vigilance.

"Hello, are you Wang Yuanwen's mother?" Corot asked.

"Yes, are you looking for Xiaowen? He's still in school. The Queen Mother's eyes were full of doubt.

"Well, we want to find Xiaowen, and we also want to find you, we are entrusted by Qu Xiaobo's family to come here to find him, do you know Qu Xiaobo?" Corot asked.

"Yes, that missing volunteer teacher." The Queen Mother nodded.

"I'd like to ask you about his disappearance, is it convenient?" Corot asked softly.

"I haven't met him, I've heard from others, maybe, I can't help you." The Queen Mother frowned and said with some embarrassment.

"Why did you move here? It looks a little deserted! Corot gestured to the empty rooms around him.

Hearing Corot's words, the Queen Mother did not answer immediately, but clenched the door frame, her eyes drooped, and her lips pursed.

"They all said that you wanted to change Xiaowen to a better environment, but the environment here is probably not as good as where you lived." Corot said tentatively.

"Hmm." The Queen Mother nodded slightly.

"Is there something unspeakable?" Corot lowered his head and asked softly.

The Queen Mother looked up at Corot, her lips moving, her gaze hesitant.

"What's wrong?"

Just then, a man's voice suddenly appeared.