Liu Wan didn't have much experience with children, so she didn't expect that when her family was not around, the sinister surroundings of the children would be sinister.

So when the two of them finished selling out the barbecue and fritters and were about to close the stall, Liu Wan suddenly found that Wang Lian was not around.

"Hey, where's your sister? I just said I went to buy snacks, why haven't I come back yet? ”

Wang Xiao was also stunned when he heard this, he had been busy with business, where could he take care of Wang Lian.

And Wang Lian is usually very sensible, and they all go around them, but they didn't expect that none of them would explain, and they didn't know where they went.

Wang Xiao was calm at first, and said:

"Mother, let's hurry up and find out. If you buy snacks, you should go to the market. ”

Liu Wan tried to recall, remembering that Wang Lian was bouncing around with the money, as if she had indeed gone to the market.

She is so greedy, maybe because she bought from east to west, so she didn't come back.

The two of them hurriedly put away their stalls, and drove the ox cart to the center of the market town.

The most lively commercial street in Gukou Town is not long, but it is about two hundred meters, so the mother and son quickly looked at it, but they didn't see Wang Lian.

Liu Wan began to be a little anxious.

And along the way, she noticed that there were many strange faces in the town, and these people were dressed differently than the locals.

They were ragged and haggard, and some of them had fierce faces and angry faces, and at first glance they were people with experience.

Liu Wan remembered that the system reminded her that it was a drought in the north, and many people would flee from the famine, and judging by their clothes, they should be displaced people who fled the famine.

Liu Wan's heart was pinched, once it reached the year of famine when there was not enough food and clothing, there would be a lot of criminal cases, and the news of those children being abducted and trafficked in the past suddenly came to Liu Wan's heart, and Liu Wan's heart was pinched.

She said to Wang Xiao in a panic: "Xiao'er, Lian'er won't be abducted by a kidnapper, right?" ”

"Probably not, right?"

Wang Xiao also panicked when he heard this, and said, "Mother, why don't we put the ox cart in Wangjiang Tower and go to find it separately?" ”

"Okay."

Wang Xiao drove the ox cart to the backyard of Wangjiang Tower, greeted Gu and told him the reason.

As soon as Gu heard that Liu Wan had something, he immediately agreed.

At this time, the shopkeeper Guan happened to come out of the back kitchen, saw Liu Wan's mother and son, said hello, and asked them strangely:

"Why are you so flustered?"

Liu Wan hurriedly said Wang Lian's situation.

When the shopkeeper Guan heard this, his face became serious.

As soon as she saw the appearance of the shopkeeper, Liu Wan became even more panicked, and asked nervously:

"Guan shopkeeper, there won't really be a flower shooter, right?"

Guan shopkeeper said solemnly: "Since the year before last, in fact, there has been a drought in the north, and it has intensified in the past two years, resulting in a large area of land without harvest, and the north is not very peaceful, in addition to robbers, bandits, and anti-thieves."

Before, the government was strictly controlled, and they couldn't come, but after three years of drought, the government couldn't bear it, and they closed their eyes one by one.

To be honest, how did you get here from the north without food or clothing along the way? Just think about it. ”

Guan Shopkeeper's words made Liu Wan's heart heavy.

She never expected that the drought in the north would also attract rebels, and she lived here without hearing any information.

It's not surprising to think that in this era, there were no communication tools, not even newspapers, and even if there was a robbery in the next village, it was estimated that it would take ten and a half days to hear about it.

The amount of information is in the hands of the government, and if the government keeps it secret, ordinary people will not know anything, they only know what they can see in front of them.

If, as the shopkeeper said, Wang Lian fell into the hands of these people?

Thinking of Wang Lian's lovely smiling face and the affection when she looked at her, Liu Wan's heart became entangled.

But this accident also made Liu Wan understand that she had real feelings for these children, and when she heard that Wang Lian had something to do, her heart was like a piece of meat being cut.

"If anything happens to Li'er, I won't live anymore!"

Liu Wan said this sentence completely subconsciously, and her eyes turned red.

The shopkeeper Guan was also moved when he heard this, and he said:

"Aunt Liu, don't worry, I asked the guys to help you find it, and I have a little friendship with their leader Wu Jiang who came to the north, when he first arrived in Gukou Town, he asked me for grain and rice, and I donated some to them.

I'm going to ask them to listen to it and see if they can give me some clues in the face. ”

Hearing the words of the shopkeeper, Liu Wan and Wang Xiao hurriedly thanked them.

The shopkeeper Guan was also resolute, first sent a free man to the town to find Wang Lian, and took Liu Wan's mother and son to the Guandi Temple where the homeless people gathered to inquire about the news.

Guandi Temple was originally a public place of worship and incense, covering an area of quite large, and it was a three-entry temple.

But now it is occupied by displaced people, both inside and outside.

If there are pots and pans on the side of the straw, it means that this is a gathering place for families.

There are such haystacks everywhere, in addition to being messy, there is also the smell of urine, and even more unsightly garbage, dirty and smelly, and sewage flowing sideways.

Liu Wan didn't expect that there would be such a corner of the slum in the prosperous Gukou Town.

She originally thought that Taoyuan Village was poor, but compared with these homeless people, they at least had a stable place to live, and the life of the homeless people was like duckweed, with no one to rely on, pitiful and lamentable.

"Is Wu Jiang here?"

At this time, the shopkeeper asked a homeless person.

The other pointed to the back and said, "Here, you look inside." ”

The shopkeeper asked Liu Wan to wait for them first, and he went to find that Wu Jiang by himself and found it.

Fortunately, Wang Xiao came with him, otherwise, when those homeless people who looked strong passed by Liu Wan, they all looked at her with malicious eyes.

That kind of aggressive look made Liu Wan feel like a leaf in the wind, which could be blown to the ground by a gust of wind at any time.

Fortunately, Wang Xiao seemed to realize this, and he asked Liu Wan to get close to the corner, while he stood in front of his mother, blocking those ill-intentioned sights.

After a while, Guan Shu came out of the backyard of Guandi Temple and said to Liu Wan:

"Aunt Liu, there's news."

"What's the news? Say it quickly! ”

Liu Wan was so excited that her hands couldn't help but tremble, and at this time she could fully understand why the parents of those abducted children on the Internet were so sad and grief-stricken in the modern society.

Coincidentally, Wu Jiang heard in the morning that there was a local girl doll of seven or eight years old who had fallen into the hands of a person nicknamed One-Eyed Zhang.

One-eyed Zhang said that he would break the doll's leg and cripple it so that she could take it to beg.

Wu Jiang asked the price code, and One-eyed Zhang said that he would ask for 10 taels of silver to redeem his eyes, otherwise he would not let go. ”

"That's too much!"

Wang Xiao was angry when he heard this, and he was distressed and anxious.