The news of Xia Qinghe's disappearance was like a huge stone, hitting the hearts of everyone in the Bai family.
Except for Eugene Gui, everyone in the Bai family was surprised and worried. After all, Xia Qinghe was Bai Erzhuang's unmarried daughter-in-law and was inextricably tied to the old Bai family.
Xiao Fuyuan hurriedly put on her clothes and ran from her room to the upper room.
"When did it happen?" Old Mrs. Bai came back to her senses and asked.
"It was just dawn today. Qinghe usually got up at dawn to help feed the pigs at home, but she didn't get up today. Aunt Xia thought she had a heat stroke while working in the fields yesterday and didn't take it seriously. What happened. Qinghe and Juaner slept in the same room. When Juaner got up, she thought Qinghe had gotten up early. When the Xia family was having dinner, she found that Qinghe had disappeared." Bai Dazhuang recounted the news to Mrs. Bai. .
Old Mrs. Bai frowned. She was still holding a box of banknotes for Xia Qinghe.
"Did you go elsewhere? Collect firewood in the mountains or buy things in the town." Xie Chuntao said.
"It would be great if this was the case. All her baggage is gone." Bai Dazhuang took a sip of the herbal tea handed over by Xie Chuntao and said, "The Han family came to ask for someone early in the morning and found that the person was missing. There was a lot of trouble in the Xia family. It's time to make love. Aunt Xia is crying sadly."
"You want me to say that 80% of the time, Miss Qinghe left on her own? The Han family is not willing to give her a wife's letter, because her sister-in-law's natal family is not easy to stay in, so they might as well live somewhere else... However, how can a girl's family find a place to live? Where is the place?" Bai Dazhuang sighed.
Everyone was silent after hearing this.
Mrs. Zhen thought far ahead, and always felt that this matter was weird from beginning to end.
A few days ago, the Han family was injured and had been quiet for a while. How could it be so coincidental that Qinghe didn't leave early or late but disappeared after the Han family recovered from their injuries? As soon as she disappeared, the Han family came to the Xia family to ask for someone.
This point is too coincidental.
What's more, Qinghe's banknote is still in the hands of Mrs. Bai. If she leaves on her own initiative, isn't she allowed to take the banknote with her?
All kinds of questions were planted in Zhen's heart.
"Boss, are you sure Qinghe disappeared this morning?" Zhen asked after thinking for a while.
Bai Dazhuang thought for a moment and said, "It should be, Juan'er said that Qinghe was doing needlework until midnight, and said that Qinghe was still around when she heard the rooster crow..."
Zhen frowned, vaguely feeling that something was wrong, but she couldn't put it into words.
The faint sounds of the Xia family's quarrels and Mrs. Xia's crying could be heard outside.
"Mom, I saw sister Qinghe coming out of our yard last night. I was playing in brother Azhen's yard at the time. I called her, but she didn't hear her and just left." Xiao Fuyuan thought for a while and said. .
"Did Qinghe come to the house last night?" Old Mrs. Bai asked in surprise.
Last night she went to Mrs. Hu's house to chat. She thought that Xia Qinghe came to ask her for a banknote, and it was possible that she left when she was not there.
After all, Xia Qinghe has always avoided the Bai family and will definitely not stay in the Bai family for a long time.
The family members shook their heads and expressed that they were not sure that Xia Qinghe came to the house.
Xie Chuntao asked Xiao Fuyuan: "When did my sister see Qinghe?"
Xiao Fuyuan thought for a moment and said, "Shortly after dinner."
Xie Chuntao said: "Then he probably came to see her sister-in-law."
Shortly after dinner yesterday, Xia Qinghe's sister-in-law Zheng was chatting in Xie Chuntao's house. Xie Chuntao persuaded her to accept Xia Qinghe and Li back home for a long time.
I guess seeing Mrs. Zheng in the house, I was afraid of running into Eugene Gui, so I went back.
Eugene Gui said nothing. She went out to pour water yesterday and saw a figure walking around the pig pen and hurried out. She looked like Xia Qinghe from the back. She thought that Xia Qinghe and Bai Erzhuang had some collusion. After all, Bai Erzhuang's study was in the storage room next to the pig pen.
But Bai Erzhuang didn't come back from the private school yesterday, so she didn't dare to say anything. She always felt guilty when facing Xia Qinghe, so she just scolded Xia Qinghe in the room without thinking about it.
At this time, Eugene Gui felt uneasy, wondering if Bai Erzhuang would also elope together.
"I seem to have seen Qinghe passing through our yard yesterday... Sanlang, go to the private school and see if your father is there." Eugene Gui shouted when he saw Sanlang coming out of the room.
Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Zhen both glanced at Eugene Gui. This stupid woman wouldn't think that Xia Qinghe and Bai Erzhuang ran away together.
This stupid woman has been married to the Bai family for so many years and has two children, but she doesn't understand her man at all.
"Sanlang is back. Your father and I went to the field together this morning. He is now at Xia's house." Bai Dazhuang called to stop Sanlang who was walking out.
Eugene Gui's face turned pale and her thoughts began to wander. She suspected that Xia Qinghe was hidden by Bai Erzhuang.
After all, the news that Bai Erzhuang grabbed Han Shan to stand up for Xia Qinghe at the door of the private school spread all over the country.
Old Mrs. Bai was worried that something bad would happen to Eugene Gui, and warned: "Qinghe's matter has nothing to do with the second child. If you say something you shouldn't say in front of others, even if you tear your mouth apart, it will be light."
"Nai, I won't say nonsense." Eugene Gui said in a panic.
There was a loud noise outside, and Xia Qingpi came to the door of Lao Bai's house, followed by the village chief and several respected old people in the village.
"Grandma Bai, Auntie, can you see Qinghe? Qinghe is missing." Xia Qingpi asked with a cry.
After learning that his girl was missing, he had searched the whole village.
"I didn't see it." Old Mrs. Bai said.
Old Mrs. Bai's attitude was a little cold. She felt that Xia Qingpi was not worthy of being a brother. Her sister was so wronged, so instead of standing up, she just listened to her wife's words.
If Xia Qingpi had been more decisive, would Xia Qinghe have disappeared?
"The Han family is looking for someone now." Xia Qingpi looked aggrieved.
"Why is your sister missing? It's because she doesn't have a supporter in her parents' family." Old Mrs. Bai said unceremoniously.
Xia Qingpi looked embarrassed.
Village Chief Zhao stood up and said: "It's very strange. Juan'er said that Qinghe was still sleeping in the house when the rooster crows, but she found that Qinghe was missing early in the morning. Today, Aunt Hu has been picking up dung at the entrance of the village since the rooster crows, but she didn't I didn’t see Qinghe leave the village.”
Aunt Hu carried a basket of cow dung on her back and nodded: "Yes, I pick up dung at the entrance of the village every day. I will notice if there is any movement in any house. Anyone who goes to the fields or mines can't escape my eyes. I don't see clearly." Load."
"Sister-in-law Hu, can you see people outside going in and out of the village?" Zhen asked.
Aunt Hu thought for a moment and said, "That's not true."
"Where can we go?"
"80% of them haven't left yet. They are hiding in the village and will be on the run after the Han family leaves."
People in the village looked at each other and started talking. In the past, everyone was just happy, but when it came to Xia Qinghe's disappearance, everyone changed from being happy to worried.
After all, when a living person disappears, it still has a great impact on the villagers.
"Maybe he was kidnapped..." The village chief's wife suddenly made a bold guess.
"Don't talk nonsense. Who would kidnap Qing He? Even if she is kidnapped, she and Juan'er sleep in the same room, but there is no movement at all." The village chief interrupted his wife's speculation.
After hearing what the village chief's wife said, Xiao Fuyuan's heart moved.
(End of chapter)
