Rebirth 90: The Long Road to Finding a Son

When Old Man Zhan and his two sons came back, Old Lady Zhan immediately told them about Qian Jinling's call.

The old man Zhan Dayou is the head of the family and the village chief of Zhanjiazhuang. Under his "leadership", many families in Zhanjiazhuang are now living a relatively wealthy life and every family has built a big new house.

But not all villagers were willing to follow them in doing such unscrupulous things. These people became the outliers in the village. Zhan Dayou used his position as the village chief to make things difficult for them.

For example, when his son wanted to separate from the family and build a new house, Zhan Dayou refused to approve the residential land for him; when the village distributed the land, he gave the most remote and poorest quality land to these families; for example, when someone was building a vegetable greenhouse and it was about to be completed, he took people to demolish it, saying that they had not obtained the consent of the village.

The villagers persecuted by the Zhan family either had to endure the humiliation and live a poor life in the village, or were forced to leave their homes and dared not return.

Now, the entire Zhanjia Village belongs to the Zhan family. Almost all the people left are their own people. It is extremely difficult for outsiders to enter the village.

Even if the police came into the village to investigate and the whole village spoke with one voice, they would hardly gain anything.

Take Zhou Yue, the abducted girl rescued by Sun Aimin and his friends, for example. She found a boyfriend, Zhan Heping from Zhanjiazhuang.

He originally thought that by marrying into the professor's family, he could rise to the top in one step, but he was despised by the two old guys. In a rage, he encouraged Zhou Yue to elope with him.

In fact, he had already contacted the members of the Zhanjia gang in advance, planning to sell Zhou Yue along the way, in order to vent his personal anger at being humiliated by Zhou Yue's parents.

This was the first time he had done such a thing. Originally, his parents had high hopes for him, hoping that he would not be like his family members and take a path of no return. After graduating from college, he would be able to leave Zhanjia Village and live a normal life.

Perhaps it was because of the influence of his surroundings in the village since childhood, Zhan Heping was cold-blooded, selfish, and vindictive in nature, but in front of Zhou Yue he behaved like a humble gentleman, which made Zhou Yue completely defenseless against him.

Zhan Heping originally thought that after those people sold Zhou Yue and received a reward of 5,000 yuan, he could go out of town to find a job and settle down. In this era, it was relatively easy for him, a college graduate, to find a decent job.

After Zhou Yue was tricked by human traffickers and got off the bus in Mafang City, Zhan Heping did not get off with her. Instead, he continued to Jiangyuan City and went home to see his parents.

After staying at home for a few days, before Zhan Heping left for another place, he heard the news that Zhou Yue had been rescued.

This time, Zhan Heping's bribe was definitely gone, and if things went wrong, he would become a suspect. So, he could only stay in Zhanjiazhuang and listen to the wind.

Someone may ask, if we stay in Zhanjia Village, isn't it just waiting for the police to catch us? This requires us to talk about the power of the Zhan family in the local area.

In order to facilitate business development, they have opened up channels in the township, county and even the city over the years, and have trained some capable and educated young people to enter important departments and hold important positions. These are their own people, giving Zhanjiazhuang the confidence to do evil in the area.

Of course, this is limited to Jiangyuan City. As for other cities in the province, and even other provinces, their hands cannot reach that far.

Mafang City is also a severely affected area for favoring boys over girls. At the same time, the mountainous area is not small and relatively poor and backward, and many men in the area cannot find wives. This is why the Zhan family regards Mafang City as an important stronghold.

Zhan Jinhua and Qian Jindou were the pioneers who went to Mafang City to develop the "market". They had been in Mafang City for three or four years and had made some achievements. Unexpectedly, something went wrong.

Originally, Zhan Jinhua had already dealt with Cao Yong and others and let them take all the blame. However, something went wrong and the pressure from above prevented Zhan Jinhua and Qian Jindou from hiding the truth. As a result, Zhan Baokun, who was responsible for keeping an eye on the police movements and tipping off Zhan Jinhua, was also detained and awaiting trial.

Zhan Heping was a wanted person, so the Zhan family wanted to completely distance themselves from him and naturally could not let him stay in Zhanjia Village for long. They had quietly sent him away in the past few days and allowed him to escape to another place.

Over the years, the people in Zhanjiazhuang have become accustomed to this kind of life of making quick money. Suddenly becoming idle means they have lost their source of income.

Although the members of the large and small gangs involved in the business of occupying houses have made a lot of money over the years, they are also accustomed to spending money lavishly, so naturally there is no reason for them to complain about having too much money.

These days, everyone is eagerly waiting for Zhan Dayou's notice, hoping to start work as soon as possible.

"Old man, do you think this can be done?" After Mrs. Zhan told Qian Jinling about her plan, she asked Old Man Zhan, who was smoking his pipe.

The two sons of the Zhan family, Zhan Jinhua's younger brothers, Zhan Baoyu and Zhan Baoku, also stared at their father eagerly, waiting for the old man to speak.

Old Man Zhan nodded and said, "You guys should ask around these few days. If you find a suitable candidate, contact the Qian family's daughter. Her experience has reminded us. What we are doing now is life-threatening. If we can get away with it this time, I think we can switch to a more stable livelihood."

The second son, Zhan Baoyu, asked, "Dad, are you going to do this in the future? I think it's really possible. Finding someone to have a child is something that both of you want to do. We can just act as a matchmaker. It's safe and saves trouble."

Old Man Zhan continued, "Let's think about this carefully. Let's see how much reward Jin Dou's sister can give us if it succeeds. Also, it will take at least a year to get pregnant and give birth to a child. We need to think about what might go wrong in the meantime."

Old woman, you and your two wives should be responsible for finding someone this time. We should stay out of it and do this first to learn the ropes."

Old Lady Zhan replied, "I don't think this is difficult to handle. Don't worry about it. Just wait and see!"

After the family discussed it, Mrs. Zhan and her two daughters-in-law began to look for suitable candidates in the surrounding villages. When they returned home at night, the three of them put together the information of the girls who met the requirements, screened them, picked out the ones who met the requirements best, and then focused on them.

As for the information of other girls, they also carefully sorted it out. Since they plan to change their careers in the future, this information may become a valuable asset to their family one day.

After screening, they found three girls who met Qian Jinling's requirements. They agreed that each of them would be responsible for one and prepare to negotiate with them the next day.