The Rise of a Farm Girl

Chapter 21 Catching the Traffickers

Wang Jingyi was missing, and Wang Lao Da's family cried and wailed. As soon as they shouted that their child was lost, everyone around them became alert and protected their child.

The mayor of the town also sent a lot of people to patrol the area. When they heard that the child was lost, the patrolmen rushed over and notified the people around to check and blocked all the exits of the town.

The person who stole the child had planned it in advance, so how could he be caught so easily? At this time, Wang Jingyi had already been knocked unconscious and locked in a small room.

Wang Jingru and her family were far away, so they hadn’t heard about any missing children. But the news quickly reached them, and every family held on to their children tightly.

Wang Laosan was afraid that Wang Jingru would get lost, so he picked up his daughter and held her in his arms, not letting go for a moment.

When they heard that a child was missing, everyone lost interest in looking at the lights. They lit torches early and left the town to go home. Only Wang Jingyi's family did not leave.

There is no government office in the town, only a county magistrate who is sent to manage the town. But this head is called the town head, if it is a township, he is called the township head, and if it is a village, he is called the village head.

If there is any problem, they will report it to the county government, and then receive instructions from the county government on how to deal with it. Wang Jingyi's family was taken to the mayor's office to learn about the child's age and height, as well as the family situation.

Let them go back first, and if there is anything, we will go to the village to inform them. Wang Jingyi's mother went home crying, and on the way, you blamed me and I blamed you.

Boss Wang cursed and said, it’s your fault that you had to come. Even after you came, you didn’t take good care of your daughter. You are so old and still have the heart to play.

Shouldn't you always hold your daughter's hand? At that time, I said there were human traffickers, human traffickers. Many children were lost during the Lantern Festival last year. You are not attentive at all. Wait until you get home and see how I deal with you. Why did I marry such a useless person like you?

Wang Lao Da's wife Li Mei couldn't stand it and started cursing at Wang Lao Da on the road, "Wang Lao Da, you're talking bullshit. We were all leaving together, why didn't you take your daughter with you?"

How could I marry a useless man like you who always blames my wife for everything. My daughter is so small, how heavy can she be? Why don't you hold her all the time? I can't hold her as a woman, can't you hold her as a big man?

Boss Wang's face turned red, but he still insisted, "Why don't you take your daughter with you? Your daughter has always been close to you, and you, as a mother, can't even protect your daughter."

After listening to what Wang Laoda said about herself and her daughter being lost, Li Mei cried bitterly. If the daughter was lost, shouldn't the parents be so kind to look for her in the town?

The mayor told them to go back and listen to the news, but they didn't even look for her and went back. When she got home, Old Lady Wang heard that her granddaughter was missing, so she sat on the kang and started crying.

Old Mrs. Wang still had some feelings for her eldest granddaughter. After all, Wang Laosan's family worked like slaves for her at that time. Wang Jingyi was sweet-spoken and good at talking, and would make Old Mrs. Wang laugh from time to time.

Old lady Wang reacted the fastest. "Da Ya is missing. Why didn't you look for him in town? Why did you come back by yourself?" If he got lost, wouldn't he be taken away by human traffickers? That would give them an opportunity.

After hearing this, Wang Laoda's family became anxious and hurried to the town again. This time they did not bring their sons with them, but the couple and Wang Laosi also went. Wang Laoer's family and Wang Dan had not returned yet.

When they met Wang Laoer's family and Wang Dan on the road, Wang Dan took the two children back to the village first. Wang Laoer and his wife also followed to look for the children.

When they arrived in town, there was no one there and all the shops were closed. The streets were dark and there was nothing. Because of the missing child incident, people left earlier this year than in previous years.

These people returned disappointed, and the traffickers didn't steal many children this year. As soon as the children were stolen, people started to complain. Families with children were afraid of losing them, so they left early.

There were 15 people in the four gangs that stole children. Their leader was called Wang Meng. After stealing the children, they would transport them to other places. Pretty girls would be sold to brothels, while ugly ones would be sold to mountain villages to be child brides.

Some of them would be sold to human traffickers and sent to some mansion to be maids. Although they were not good-looking, they could be low-ranking maids.

Wang Meng brought his brothers back to the house where they lived. Wang Meng turned around and asked Zhang San, "Have they locked up all the people?" The eldest brother had been locked up, and they were all unconscious. None of them woke up.

Wang Meng said, this time we got a few in total. The oldest ones were really hard to get, so we only got five. The ones that were too small were hard to get, so we held them in our arms, and the ones that were too big were also hard to get. These few were all five or six years old.

They are all pretty and easy to sell. Selling them to a brothel can earn you five or six hundred taels of silver.

They cooperate specifically with the brothel's madam, and a beautiful girl can be sold for one hundred taels of silver. Of course, the brothel's madam is not a sucker, and if a girl is pretty and good-looking, she can become the top prostitute in the brothel when she grows up.

Send two brothers to watch over it, don't let it run away. The situation outside is very tense now, let's stay in this yard first, no one is allowed to go out and cause trouble.

Don't let those kids cry out loud. If they don't obey, starve them and don't hit them. It's hard to sell them if they get hurt.

Boss, don't worry, we will definitely take good care of it. This is silver, who would go against silver? Boss, you go and have a rest, we brothers will take turns to watch it.

As soon as Wang Meng left, Zhang Saner, the second in command, asked two brothers to watch at the door. He and the other brothers went into the house to drink.

Zhang San sat at the table and cursed, "Today is so damn unlucky, I only got five, which is not even as many as last year!"

This guy is getting more and more sharp, and more and more difficult to deal with. We have to keep an eye on these five damn girls. Tomorrow I will go to the street with my brother to see if we can get a few more.

Brother, if you can get a few more, it will be great. Brothers follow the eldest brother, and the second brother is really blessed. Damn, this mayor is also a busybody.

I heard that the town has been under martial law. Who cares if it is under martial law? If it is not, how can they catch me? Wang Jingyi woke up at dawn. She saw herself lying on the firewood, and then looked around to see five girls of the same age as her.

Wang Jingyi knew at first glance that she was caught by bad guys, the human traffickers that the adults talked about.

She walked over and woke up all four girls. When the girls woke up and were about to cry at the top of their lungs, they were stopped by Wang Jingyi.

Relatively speaking, Wang Jingyi was relatively calm. After all, he lived in a family like that. There were many people who were cunning. People outside heard their movements, but did not come in. Seeing that they were not crying and making no noise, they did not care.

When it was time for breakfast, they were given food and told that if anyone cried, their mouths would be sewn shut. They were all scared like quails, and no one dared to cry.

Children have a short memory, so when they see something delicious, they rush over to eat it, temporarily forgetting that they are locked up.

Even if Wang Jingyi didn't cry, he had no other choice. She was only a six-year-old child. No matter how strong her ideas were, he didn't have the ability to run away.

Wang Meng arrived at dawn and found it strange that he didn't hear any children crying. The two younger brothers who were guarding them said that the children were very well behaved and were just sitting there without making any noise.

Wang Meng said, "Since it's quiet, I feel relieved. I must keep an eye on it." At this time, Zhang San came over and said, "Boss, why don't we go around the town? If there are targets to attack, we can get a few more."

Wang Meng disagreed with Zhang San's words, "Brother, the more dangerous the situation, the safer it is. Anyway, we can't leave now, there will be people guarding us for a while."

Why don't we get more so we can sell them for more money? Wang Meng was persuaded, so all the people dispersed and looked for targets everywhere.

Today, Wang Jingru happened to go to town and was strolling around. In fact, she came to town with her mother to get embroidery work?

After finishing the embroidery work, she strolled around the town and was seen by human traffickers. However, the traffickers did not succeed because it was impossible to snatch a child in the street. Now was the critical moment to catch the traffickers.

As long as someone shouts to catch a human trafficker, no matter if you are a human trafficker or not, you will be caught. When Wang Jingru and her mother returned to the village, these people followed them from a distance. Wang Jingru and her mother did not notice them because there were many people on this mountain road, and there were several villages next to each other. It was difficult to recognize all the people.

The traffickers followed them to the village, but did not dare to go inside because they were strangers. When they saw Wang Jingru and her friends enter the village, they returned. Why did they have to catch Wang Jingru? Because she was pretty.

Wang Jingru's mother is a girl from a wealthy family, and she is very pretty. So Wang Jingru is even prettier, is she better than her teacher?

Wang Jingru now looks like a beauty when she grows up. She is a very beautiful beauty, and the trafficker Wang Meng fell in love with her at first sight.

They returned to the town and sat together to discuss how to get the girl. They said that they must knock her out. We need someone to wait outside the village. When she is alone, we will knock her out with drugs.

How much power can a six or seven-year-old child have? The traffickers didn't take her at all, and Wang Jingru didn't take it seriously. She was still a little girl. Even if she was a boy stolen by him, she would have to let them do whatever they wanted.

So this time, the traffickers fell into Wang Jingru's trap. The traffickers stayed in the bushes outside the village for three days without seeing Wang Jingru.

Because Wang Jingru either stayed at home or went to the mountains. When they went to town, they didn't just go through the village, but went directly out of the back mountain. This path in the back mountain was their secret.

When the traffickers found that they could not wait for anyone, they changed their strategy and went to wait in the back mountain, because they negotiated with the villagers, both adults and children, who would go to dig wild vegetables and collect firewood.

They were sure that Wang Jingru would go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables, so they waited in the back mountain, and Wang Jingru really showed up, but they found that the three boys around Wang Jingru followed her closely.

There was no way to start, so since these children were not too old, it would be better to arrest them all at once. So the man returned to the town and reported the matter to the boss.

Wang Meng decided to leave two people at home to guard the girls, and the remaining thirteen people all lay in ambush on the mountain. This was a huge effort.

But this time, it was also their last time, and they didn’t know how painful it would be to meet these four little demons.

The next day after the discussion, they arrived at the back mountain of Wangjia Village before dawn and ambushed in the grass, waiting for Wang Jingru and her siblings.

It was already bright when Wang Jingru and her three brothers started to go up the mountain with their backpacks on their backs. Although it was winter and there was nothing much, there were still herbs. They chopped some firewood and hunted some prey if they saw any.

Wang Jingru was holding the wooden sword made by Xuanyuan Lei. The wooden sword was also very sharp. Because iron tools were too expensive, Xuanyuan Lei thought of making a wooden sword for Wang Jingru for self-defense?

The four of them came to the mountain, talking and laughing. Wang Jingru took the wooden sword and looked here and there, swinging the sword back and forth at home. Her parents didn't allow her to say that she was a girl and should be more elegant. The house was so small that they were afraid of breaking things.

When Wang Jingru reached the mountain, she could do whatever she wanted because no one was watching her. The human traffickers saw Wang Jingru holding a wooden sword and waving it here and there.

No one cared, no one took Wang Jingru seriously. After they walked forward for a while, the number of people gradually decreased. After they walked further into the mountain, the human traffickers quietly followed them.

They surrounded him like four children. Xuanyuan Lei had already discovered the existence of these people and quietly told them. They also surrounded their sister.

Xuanyuan Lei would be 13 years old this year, and he had been practicing martial arts for ten years since he was two or three years old. His martial arts strength should not be underestimated.

Wang Jingru picked up a handful of stones and hit Zhang San hard on the head with one of them. Zhang San covered his head and cried out, a big bump had appeared on his head.

Zhang San was also in so much pain that he was dizzy. He shouted loudly and came out from the bushes. "You little bastards, wait and see how I deal with you."

He rushed over, and Wang Jingru also rushed out. Wang Jingru took the wooden sword and started fighting him. Wang Jingru's strength was greater than that of a man. He usually didn't dare to use it, so this time he just wanted to test the waters with this person.

Zhang San came out, so naturally the others came out too. Xuanyuan Lei could fight more than ten people by himself, and the two brothers were there to assist him. So the mountain became lively. If it was just the four of them, they might not be able to catch all of them.

But these dozen people had bad luck today. They met Zhang Zhenshan and his grandson who were hunting in the mountains. Zhang Zhenshan was the father-in-law of the village chief. Although he was old, he was in very good health and had learned martial arts since childhood.

When he got old, he passed on all his martial arts to his four grandchildren. These four grandchildren often followed Zhang Zhenshan to the mountains to hunt. Zhang Zhenshan did not recognize these four brothers and sisters because he did not often walk around in this village.

But those four guys were the sons of the clan leader, how could they not recognize the four brothers and sisters? So the five of them joined the battle, and soon they were at a disadvantage. They wanted to run, but they couldn't run away. Because Zhang Zhenshan brought a lot of ropes, he tied up whoever he caught.

There were many trees on the mountain, making it difficult to walk. Although these people were human traffickers, they did not know martial arts. It was okay for them to walk on the mountain, but if they wanted to run, forget it.

But the four sons of the patriarch are martial artists. Not only can they run on the ground, they can even jump back and forth on the trees.

So the thirteen people were caught very quickly, and they were tied up like candied haws with ropes one by one. They were taken to the village, and soon the village chief sent someone to inform the mayor of the town. The mayor brought more than 30 people, fearing that if he brought less, these people would escape.

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