novellhall Chapter 169 The child and luggage are gone
Chapter 169 The child and luggage are gone
Qian Dayou's face was so full of embarrassment that he looked like he was constipated, and he was choked and unable to speak.
The Qian sisters, Qian Hua and Qian Cao, were speechless with shock. Was this woman still their hardworking and dutiful eldest sister in the family?
Village Chief Qian didn't say anything. Although all the people with the surname Qian in Dongya Village came from the same ancestor, and Qian Dayou was somewhat related to him by a distant kinship, he didn't want to acknowledge this relative or care about such a shameful matter.
The only noise in the courtyard was the incessant chatter of Cao Xiang and Qian Haojiang, which was quite irritating.
"Stop arguing!" Qian Dayou finally shouted.
"Qian Dayou, your stepdaughter has bullied your wife and son like this, and you still yell at us? Are you even a man?" Cao Xiang shouted back.
At this very moment, some people still rushed over to join in the fun.
Qian Haoqing and Xu Liantao came running in, panting, their faces beaming with undisguised excitement.
"Sister, it really is you! You're back? That's wonderful! Oh, and Factory Director Lu is here too..."
As Qian Haoqing spoke, he was about to step forward and shake hands with Lu Congyue.
Xu Liantao walked over to Zhuang Qingxiang, her face full of sighs and heartache: "Sister, this is wonderful! We were so worried these past few days. Haoqing and I wanted to visit you, but Father and Mother..."
She glanced at Qian Dayou and the others, then hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but didn't.
Lu Congyue glanced at Zhuang Qingxiang, and seeing that she ignored the two of them, he also gave Qian Haoqing, who was reaching out to him, no chance.
Standing next to Zhuang Qingxiang, Lu Congyue said in a loud voice, "Go get your luggage, we're in a hurry."
Zhuang Qingxiang turned around and went into the earthen house, and came out empty-handed in less than two minutes.
"Village Chief, my luggage is lost," Zhuang Qingxiang announced loudly.
Village Chief Qian had already guessed it, and now he was certain once again that Lu Congyue had asked him to witness this matter.
For a moment, Village Chief Qian really wanted to kick Qian Dayou hard.
What a worthless bastard! He even took the things of an orphan and a widow. Did he think they were doomed?
"And my two children are also missing. When I left with the police, both children were there. I told them that I had given them money and that they could stay for a few days without worry, but they disappeared!" Zhuang Qingxiang suddenly added.
Lu Congyue's eyes twitched slightly as he glanced at her, his face darkening. "Village Chief Qian, both children are gone, and our luggage is gone too. Should we send the joint defense team over, or should I call the county public security bureau?"
"What?! The child is missing?!" Village Chief Qian panicked immediately. "Qian Dayou, why didn't you say a word about something this big?! This is terrible, this is really bad, we have to get everyone together to search for him right away."
Village Chief Qian hurriedly tried to use the loudspeaker to call for help to find the child, while Qian Dayou and Cao Xiang were already pale as death.
They didn't care at all that the two children ran away.
They're not their own children. Their father is dead, their mother has been arrested, who's going to support them? They can't afford to. So they ran away, and that's it. They don't care. It would be better if they died out there, then it would all be over.
"If the children go missing, is it their own fault for growing legs? How can you blame us? We're all busy; who has time to look after other people's children?" Cao Xiang scoffed. "They neglect their own children and want to blame us? Bah, dream on!"
Money Flower and Money Grass immediately chimed in, "That's right, don't even think about trying to take advantage of us!"
Qian Haojiang was still thrashing about on the ground, yelling, "Mom, my nose is bleeding! I'm going to die! Kill Zhuang Qingxiang! Kill her!"
This time, Qian Haoqing didn't choose to join Qian Dayou and his group. Instead, he said urgently, "Sister, losing a child is a big deal. Lian Tao and I will help you find the child right away."
When the courtyard was in complete chaos and noise, the joint defense team members came running up, panting.
"What happened? I heard a child went missing?" the captain of the joint defense team asked anxiously.
"Yes, my children are missing. The girl is five years old, and the boy is six months old..." Zhuang Qingxiang choked up, pointing at Qian Dayou and Cao Xiang, "I suspect they kidnapped the children while I was away, or they tortured and killed them and then dumped them in the back mountain."
By this time, a large crowd had gathered outside, all of whom had come to watch after hearing about the incident.
Upon hearing Zhuang Qingxiang's words, everyone gasped.
Among the crowd, Li Shufen, who had come to watch the commotion, suddenly brightened up.
She came to see what was going on after hearing that Zhuang Qingxiang had gotten into trouble. The thought of Zhuang Qingxiang going to that big factory director's house to eat and drink well while she didn't get a penny made her feel extremely frustrated.
She was kicked out of the factory last time and has been unable to get back in ever since. She was so angry that she stayed home and lay in bed for three days before she recovered.
Upon hearing the news that both children had passed away, an idea immediately came to mind.
"Oh, my dear grandson..."
A heart-wrenching wail rang out from the crowd, startling everyone who quickly made way for Li Shufen, who was sitting on the ground, crying and wailing.
"Isn't this Zhuang Qingxiang's mother-in-law? Why is she crying?"
"Yeah, didn't she disown those two children? She even kicked Zhuang Qingxiang and the two children out. What's she up to now?"
Everyone was full of questions, but soon everyone knew what Li Shufen was up to.
She slapped her thigh and howled twice before scrambling to her feet and running into the yard. She grabbed Cao Xiang by the hair, spitting as she cursed, "You old hag, you've killed my two granddaughters! You, your whole family are murderers! Heavens, open your eyes and look at this poor old woman! My second son died so young, leaving only these two heirs..."
"You filthy bastard surnamed Cao, let me tell you, if you don't compensate my grandchildren today, I'll smash your head against a wall and kill you! I'll drag you to pay for my grandchildren's lives!"
"Qian Dayou, you owe me two hundred yuan for these two kids, or I'll drag you to the authorities and have you shot!"
Cao Xiang screamed in pain as she was being dragged. When she heard Li Shufen ask for two hundred yuan, she jumped up and cursed, then reached back to grab Li Shufen's hair.
"You old hag, are you senile? What do those two good-for-nothings have to do with you? Didn't you say they weren't your son's children? You've been calling them bastards all day long, everyone in the village knows that! Who are you trying to fool with your wailing and crying now? Bah! You want money? I want your life!"
Village Chief Qian was so angry that his face turned pale. He shouted to the joint defense team to quickly pull the two women apart. The child hasn't even been found yet, and they're already demanding compensation. What kind of idiots are they?
Zhuang Qingxiang was also shocked by Li Shufen's shamelessness.
She never acknowledged Qian Yue and Qian Chenglin as her children, saying they were bastards and not her offspring.
Now that they hear their child is in trouble, they jump out without hesitation and demand compensation. Their skin is so thick it's probably impossible to cut it.
Seeing that the situation was getting more chaotic, Zhuang Qingxiang shouted, "I don't want compensation. Qian Dayou and Cao Xiang deliberately killed the two children. I want them to pay with their lives."
"Bullshit!" Cao Xiang had just been pulled away when she heard Zhuang Qingxiang's words, and immediately jumped up and said, "I only hit that brat a few times, I didn't kill her!"
"Village Chief Qian, did you hear that?" Lu Congyue immediately said to Village Chief Qian, "She admitted to abusing the child herself."