It's bad! The cub raised in the space met the prince and called him daddy

This night is destined to be a sleepless night.

The people of Qinghe Village were in an uproar because of Fang Qingge’s disappearance.

In the wind and snow, the old patriarch and the newly appointed village head Li Dachuan stood on an open space in the center of the village.

He commanded a dozen young men holding torches and searching carefully in every corner of the village.

The villagers were all dressed warmly and helped in the search in the cold night with snowflakes blowing in the wind.

*

An hour later, the soldiers who had gone out in six groups came back one after another.

The old patriarch, who was almost frozen, asked anxiously while breathing out white air,

"How is it? Where are the people?"

"Old Patriarch, there is none in the west."

"Old Patriarch, there is nothing in the east either."

"Old Patriarch, we have searched thoroughly in the south and north, but we haven't seen anyone."

"Old patriarch..."

Loud shouts rang out one after another from every corner.

At this time,

Heizi ran out of the alley in a flash, panting and saying:

"Old clan leader, Uncle Lizheng, I have asked everyone in our village. Everyone who saw them said that they saw Qingge and Aunt Yu return home early in the morning, and they haven't seen them since then!"

The old patriarch and Li Dachuan listened to the news one by one, and their hearts sank.

*

"Fellow villagers, please help us look for him. It's so cold on this night, if we don't hurry up and find him, he might be in trouble!"

As soon as the words fell, voices from every corner of the village rang out in unison.

"Don't worry, old patriarch."

"Old clan leader Dachuan, if we can't find anyone, we won't sleep tonight!"

The villagers who came back ran away with their frozen legs and feet.

However, Fang Qingge seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth. Despite the villagers' thorough search, no trace of him could be found.

Aunt Yu was supported by several old sisters and had already cried uncontrollably.

She begged in a hoarse voice,

"Old clan leader, brother Dachuan! You must search for him again and again! How could Qingge disappear for no reason? This child has such a miserable life! I kowtow to you all, wuwuwu..."

As he was about to kneel down, he was stopped by the old patriarch and Li Dachuan.

The women who were wiping their tears couldn't help sobbing, but they still held back their tears and held onto Aunt Yu.

"Sister Dazhu from the Shen family, why don't you go home and wait? Maybe Qingge has come home!"

The old patriarch and Li Dachuan could only persuade in this way in unison.

*

Half an hour later, more villagers came to report.

"Old Patriarch, Brother Dachuan, we have searched thoroughly, but there is no one! Alas! It is impossible for such a big person to disappear for no reason?!"

Li Dachuan stamped his frozen legs and feet vigorously, turned to the old patriarch and said,

"Old Patriarch, it's really getting late, you all should go back! I'll take Heizi and his gang to look for someone outside the village."

The old patriarch looked up at the dark and chilly sky. It was already the second half of the night. He sighed in the cold snow and nodded helplessly, then shouted to the villagers.

"Everyone, go home and warm up! Go back and ask the children at home if they have seen Qingge. If you have any news, please report it in time. Okay, disperse! Dachuan, you guys should be careful when you go out."

The villagers were cold, hungry, sleepy and tired, so they had to go home to warm themselves by the fire, shaking their heads and sighing helplessly.

**

On the second day, Li Dachuan and his friends, who had been searching for him in vain for most of the night, returned home limping and stumbling, their clothes all frozen into ice.

They had searched and inquired about all the villages within a few miles, but there was still no news of Fang Qingge, a living person.

Aunt Yu, who had also not slept all night, fainted without even being able to catch her breath after hearing the news.

Aunt Wang and several other women called out to Doctor Gu to save them.

Cui Liu couldn't spare the time to go look for him because she had two children to take care of.

With eyes red from crying, she turned the house and yard upside down but found nothing.

After that, she knelt on the ground, clasped her hands together, and murmured, devoutly praying to the Buddha for protection.

*

When daybreak came, the old patriarch arranged for another group of people to go out to expand the search area.

Still no results and no news.

In the evening, the old patriarch, Li Dachuan and a dozen other villagers arrived at the Shen family exhausted.

The old patriarch said helplessly to Aunt Yu:

"Mr. Shen, do you think we should call Dazhu back for this matter?"

"Yes, sister-in-law, we are worried because we can't find the child. But whether to ask Dazhu to come home is up to you. After all, it is a big deal for them to go to the capital to send Zhige to take the exam."

Li Dachuan asked with difficulty.

Aunt Yu looked at the tired faces of the few people, nodded, and said firmly in a hoarse voice,

"Well, I have to get the head of the family back. Qingge's disappearance is no small matter.

I am just afraid that she will be harmed by bad guys like Li Shuanghe's family again?"

Aunt Yu spoke bluntly of her worries. She didn't dare to think of the worst, as she started crying again when she thought about it.

*

"Sister-in-law Dazhu, we are also suspicious about this matter. We have already sent people to inquire about the whereabouts of Li Shuanghe and the others. Don't just think of the worst. Maybe Qingge girl is fine?!"

At this time, the old patriarch saw that Aunt Yu had made her attitude firm, so he spoke and gave orders to Heizi and the others.

"Who among you can go to the capital and call back your Uncle Dazhu?"

"Okay, I'll go to the city early tomorrow morning to call Uncle Shen and Brother Dong back."

Heizi rushed to answer.

Heizi and several other young men gathered around the stove, their cotton coats had been frozen into lumps of ice, but they had no extra clothes to change into at home.

They shivered as they roasted the fire while confidently competing with Heizi.

"I'll go."

"I can go by myself. I can run fast."

"Go, you have no brains. Can you run all the way to the capital without taking a bullock cart?"

"Can't I just run for a while and sit for a while?"

Several people argued until their faces turned red.

The icicles on their bodies melted when the fire came into contact with them, and the water wet a large area of ​​the floor beneath their feet.

The old patriarch coughed lightly, nodded, and instructed Heizi:

"After you go there, talk to Zhi secretly, don't let him know about this. Otherwise, he will be distracted and lose focus on preparing for the exam."

"Yeah, yeah, I know."

Heizi nodded in response.

Aunt Yu, who had been in a panic, finally noticed their wet cotton coats.

"Oh my, you kids are all blaming me, take off your wet cotton clothes quickly."

As Aunt Yu spoke, she hurriedly went to each room and brought out a few quilts. She also found all the clothes that Uncle Shen and Shen Wendong and his son had left at home, and asked Heizi and the others to put them on first.

He worked tirelessly with several women, taking a few wet cotton clothes they had changed out of, lighting firewood and drying them over the fire, and then he started threading needles.

**