It was exactly five o'clock when the four of them arrived at Huanglong Town, and the purchasing station had not yet finished get off work.
Zhu Xiuyun said angrily: "Let's go to the purchasing station first and ask."
"Sister-in-law, I will go with you to the purchasing station to inquire about the news. Su Ping and Su An, you two will go to the town separately to ask if anyone has seen your sister, and then we will gather at the station."
"I got it, dad, let's go first." The two Su Ping brothers each chose a path to find out information from people living nearby and shop owners.
Su Feng and Zhu Xiuyun rushed to the buying station. At this point, almost no one came to sell anything at the buying station.
The staff are all packing. Today’s goods are put together of the same kind and put into large cartons. When the freight train comes to transport them away,
Zhu Xiuyun walked to the counter in two or two steps and shouted:
"Excuse me, have you seen my daughter here this morning? She hasn't been home all day. I'm worried to death."
The men and women working inside glanced at her, and one woman squinted and snorted,
"Who knows who your daughter is? She's not a child. What's there to worry about? She won't be lost."
Zhu Xiuyun had no time to argue with her. When he saw an acquaintance among several people, his eyes lit up.
"Xiao Zhao, Miss Zhao, my daughter and I often come here to sell goods, and every time they are special. You also praised the quality of my food, but you forgot."
A pretty girl inside raised her head, glanced at Zhu Xiuyun, seemed to have remembered, her face was a little ugly, but she still showed a professional smile, walked over and said:
"It's you, aunt. Your daughter did come this morning. She sold a basket of vegetables and herbs and then left. I don't know where she went."
"Really, thank you, girl, go ahead and get busy," Zhu Xiuyun left the counter disappointedly.
After the two left, someone asked: "Xiao Zhao, how do you know her daughter?"
"Haha, not only I know it, but you all know it,"
Xiao Zhao smiled meaningfully, with a hint of jealousy on his face.
"Ah, who is it? How do we know?"
This aroused everyone's curiosity, and they all looked at Xiao Zhao.
Xiao Zhao said with disdain:
"She's not the village woman who has been having a heated relationship with Zhou Liang recently. She's obviously not that good looking, but Zhou Liang has a crush on her. She also knows where the two of them have been fooling around. Her mother even came to find her. She's really shameless."
"Oh, it turns out it's her." Everyone knew.
An older man frowned and said:
"Xiao Zhao, you can't be so mean in your words. Be more polite. Men and women interact openly and openly. Why are you so shameless? I think you are jealous."
"What, I will be jealous of her!!"
The girl surnamed Zhao was like a lit firecracker, her voice suddenly became excited,
"That woman is average-looking and divorced. Is she comparable to me?"
The man didn't bother to look at her,
"Do you know it well? Anyway, I heard that Director Zhou has been transferred back to Mingyue City today. We can't keep people in this poor place, and some people's efforts will be in vain."
"What did you say? Zhou Liang was transferred."
The girl surnamed Zhao exclaimed, attracting surprised looks from everyone, and immediately said:
"Well, I'm just a little surprised. There was no news about it beforehand."
"If there is a rumor, people won't tell you. It's better to be practical, work hard, and don't daydream about it."
Everyone looked at each other, speechless, and worked honestly. Only Miss Zhao was still angry in her heart.
Zhu Xiuyun and Su Feng walked out of the purchasing station. Suddenly, Zhu Xiuyun thought of something.
"Su Feng, let's go to the back and ask again. Sometimes there are too many dishes, so we always drive straight to the back to deliver the food."
"Okay, let's go ask quickly. We'll get off work if it's late."
The two hurriedly ran to the back. In the open space behind the building, there were large freight trains parked one after another, and busy workers were moving goods up.
Zhu Xiuyun finally found a familiar worker, grabbed him and asked
"Young man, let me ask you something."
"Hey!! It's you, aunt. Why are you here so late? Are you here to deliver the goods?"
"No, no, I don't sell vegetables. Young man, you recognize me. My daughter and I often come here to deliver vegetables,"
"Haha, aunt, why don't I know you? You have become celebrities at the buying station."
There was something strange in the young man's words, and Zhu Xiuyun didn't recognize it.
"Then let me ask you something. Have you seen my daughter here today? She hasn't been home all day."
"Ah, sister, haven't you gone back today? She went out with Director Zhou again. That's not right. Director Zhou was transferred back to the capital today and left by aircraft at noon."
Zhu Xiuyun didn't understand and asked hurriedly: "What do you mean?"
"Auntie, you don't know that your eldest sister is dating our manager Zhou."
Zhu Xiuyun exclaimed: "What? What did you say? They are dating, how come I don't know, you won't lie to me, right?"
"How could I lie to you? We all know that as soon as Sister Su came to deliver the goods, our supervisor's eyes lit up, and you saw how busy he was in front of and behind the horse. Later, the supervisor even gave us this and that, and slowly the two of us started to get along. It’s getting better,”
Zhu Xiuyun's heart was pounding and she asked anxiously, "Then you just said that Director Zhou will return to the capital, will he come back again in the future?"
"Of course he won't come back. He came from the capital and finally left. Who would come to our remote town? There is no future at all."
"Then you said that we, Mingjuan, are dating him. Why are we dating him now that he's gone?"
Zhu Xiuyun's heart was burning. She had never seen her daughter be so stupid. After suffering a loss once, she continued to make such mistakes without looking at others.
Isn't this stupid girl planning to give away all her family's savings? She didn't dare to do it when her father was around before, but now she's so cowardly that she even dares to steal money.
Even Su Feng was anxious now and said hurriedly:
"Your supervisor is gone, but our Mingjuan is also missing. Even if we have to say goodbye, we can't still go home this morning."
After all, Su Feng was a man and thought too much. He suspected that the man had deceived Mingjuan just to let her take away the family's money.
"You know, we work part-time, and we're not familiar with the supervisor. Anyway, he has a very close relationship with your daughter. We can't talk anymore. I still have to work."
The man didn't want to say anything more, ignored the two of them, and went directly over to start moving the goods.
"Sister-in-law, let's go out first and see if Su Ping and the others have found Mingjuan."
Zhu Xiuyun was confused. She only found out about her daughter's relationship from other people's mouths, but she was still blind and learned to hide it from her.
What kind of thing is that Zhou Liang? He is glib and smooth-talking. He is not a good person at first glance, and he is not a person who lives a down-to-earth life.
Why is Mingjuan so careless? This is going to make her angry to death.
Could it be that when the adults left, she would also run away with them?
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Zhu Xiuyun's mind, no, Mingjuan wouldn't treat her like this, she was Mingjuan's biological mother.
Thinking of this, his face turned pale and he grabbed Su Feng.
"Su Feng, tell me, will Mingjuan take all the family's money and run away with that man?"
"Sister-in-law, don't panic. It's definitely not the case. No matter how confused Mingjuan is, I have to discuss with you what's going on with the two of them eloping and taking so much money."
"Yes, no, she won't do this to me. Her father and I have worked hard to raise her since she was a child,"
Zhu Xiuyun murmured in a self-deceptive manner, without any convincing words.
