Wear it quickly! My mad dog-like host!

After giving New Year rewards to everyone one by one, Xiao Ba took out the photos he took on this trip and showed off to You Jinge, Peng Shuijuan and Pan Lili. The little ones in the store were not spared either. After listening to everyone's praises, Xiao Ba contentedly announced the New Year holiday.

The time lasts until the end of the first lunar month.

All the little ones in the store will be taken to the farm house in the suburbs.

Just as everything in the store was arranged, You Jinge was about to raise his doubts when the phone in his pocket rang.

You Jinge frowned slightly, took out his cell phone and took a look. It was Hu Tao calling.

Just as I was about to answer the call, the phone was hung up, and then a message came in.

She took a quick look and saw it was an address.

But she didn't have time to think about it, and quickly called out to Xiao Ba who was about to go up the stairs, "Boss Xiao Ba..."

Hearing You Jinge calling him, Xiao Ba turned around and looked, "Huh?"

You Jinge: "I want to ask, is Boss Qian here? I want to meet Boss Qian."

Xiao Ba raised his eyebrows, glanced at the phone in her hand, and said meaningfully: "You can see her anytime, but if you don't care about the messages you received, I'm afraid something bad will happen."

After saying this, he ignored You Jinge who was stunned, and disappeared down the stairs.

"Sister Jin Ge." Pan Lili interrupted You Jing Ge's shock.

You Jinge hurriedly came back to his senses and looked down at the address in his phone.

walnut……

After hesitating for a while, she said to Peng Shuijuan and Pan Lili: "I wish you two a happy new year in advance."

After saying that, he didn't care what the two people thought, walked out of the store, hailed a taxi on the side of the road and told the name of the high-speed rail station.

After getting in the car, she called Walnut.

"The number you dialed is powered off, please try again later..."

A trace of worry appeared on her brow.

I want to call the police, but with just an address and a phone number that doesn't get through, the police may not take it seriously.

……

"Huh..." Hu Tao sat down in the snow and took a long breath to calm her violently beating heart.

She glanced at Fang Rou, who was in the same state of distress, and said with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, I dragged you into danger again."

Since neither of them needed to work in the office, they decided to travel together before the Chinese New Year. Unexpectedly, Hu Tao would accidentally meet two students she had once taught on the road.

The two students, one boy and one girl, were both under fourteen years old. They were from remote areas and their families were not wealthy. Farming all year round could only ensure that their families would not starve to death. Seeing them appear here, she felt a little curious and vaguely uneasy.

After hesitating for a while, she decided to go forward and ask.

The two children were also surprised to see her. They surrounded her and quickly told her the reason why they were there.

I went out to work with my uncle from the next village.

"The New Year is almost here..." Hu Tao was puzzled. Even if it was just a part-time job, wouldn't it be better to come out after the New Year?

The two children looked at each other, lowered their heads, and their faces flashed with embarrassment, inferiority, etc.

Hu Tao immediately realized that her words had hurt them. If possible, who would want to go out to work during the New Year's Day?

Kurumi: "Sorry."

The girl recovered first and shook her head, "Teacher, you don't have to apologize. I know you care about us."

Girl: "An uncle from the next village said that some bosses don't have workers to hire during the Chinese New Year, so they offer very high prices. One month's salary is enough for my family to eat for a year."

The boy added: "We will work until school starts, and the money we earn will be enough for a year's tuition."

There is indeed no tuition fee for nine years of compulsory education, but miscellaneous fees are inevitable. However, compared with big cities, the tuition fees in remote areas are not much.

Because the student's family financial situation is so limited, the school really can't use the excuse of asking for money.

Parents know their children’s abilities and do not expect their children to achieve good results in exams. Most of them wait until their children are no longer considered child laborers before letting them go out to work.

Some were even taken away before they could even reach working age.

It is normal for them to go out to work with other villagers.

But Hu Tao felt like there was a stone pressing on his heart, and he always felt that something was wrong.

It wasn't until she saw the "uncle from the next village" who brought them out to work coming back from buying tickets that her hair stood on end!

She was so familiar with that face!

Aren’t those the photos that her old man has kept in his phone for years?

The leader of a group of human traffickers on the run!

The reason why she recognized him at a glance was that the old man used the photo to discuss with her what this person would look like if he were to dress up!

Tell her that this person is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and if you catch him, you can buy the old man a new car!

The appearance only made her wonder, but what really confirmed it for her was the scrutiny and evaluation in the other person's eyes, the violent expression that flashed across his face, and the other person's ruthless temperament that came from walking in the dark zone for many years and licking blood on the edge of a knife.

She looked down at the two children who were malnourished for years and had pale faces and thin bodies. Her throats felt like they were stuffed with cotton.

"You...my friend's factory is also hiring. Why don't you two go work for my friend? He's an acquaintance and can take care of you more. I'll feel more at ease."

If she didn't stop it, the fate of the two children could be imagined.

Either they are treated as cargo or they become companions of human traffickers.

Her family education made her unable to bear to see these two children fall into the abyss.

"Oh, no, we've already bought the tickets." A henchman under the human trafficker leader tugged at the boy's clothes and said, "Okay, it's time to get on the bus. Don't waste time."

The two children were a little hesitant.

Compared to the uncle from the next village with whom they had little contact, who had obviously taught them, Walnut from the big city was more trustworthy to them.

Seeing the two children hesitate, the little minions subconsciously put on a fierce look on their faces and threatened in their words, "If you don't come with us, don't expect us to take you two with us if there is such a good opportunity in the future!"

Minions: "If you get bullied outside, don't even think about us helping you!"

People in remote areas like to join a group when they go out to work, essentially because they are afraid of being bullied by outsiders.

Hu Tao held the two children's shoulders tightly, her face firm, "They are both good kids. I will take them to see the big city, which will help them plan their future lives better."

She didn't dare to just take the two children away without caring about anything.

Uncle from the next village.

The village next door!

When she thought of this distance, her vision went dark.

Minion: "Hey, you bitch, you have to go against me, don't you?"

As he said that, he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to go forward and hit Hu Walnut.

Hu Tao was startled and pulled the two children behind her. She raised her voice with a piercing sharpness, "What do you want to do?!"

The passers-by around subconsciously looked over here, and some even stopped and seemed to be planning to come over to help.

The minions looked around and became furious. In their line of work, they were most afraid of attracting other people's attention.

Minion:: "You..."

"That's enough!" The trafficker leader took a deep look at Hu Tao and said to the two children, "Since you don't want to, forget it."

Saying that, he turned around and left.

"Wait!" Hu Tao suppressed her fear and called him, "I don't have any cash on me for the ticket money. I'll transfer it to you."

The trafficker leader looked Hu Tao up and down, and he didn't know what he was thinking. The corner of his mouth curled up, "Then how about adding contact information?"

The other party's eyes were full of undisguised aggression. Kurumi's scalp tingled, but she still nodded in agreement, "Okay."

Damn it, what a piece of rubbish! You are shameless but still pretending, you xxxxxx!

Once you, this scumbag, are caught, I will mobilize all my aunts, uncles, and cousins ​​to deal with you!

Fighting back the nausea, Hu Tao added the contact information and transferred the money directly, writing the transportation fee for the two children as a note.

Seeing that the name displayed as the recipient was not any of the names of the human traffickers that the old man had shown her, she immediately knew that the other party was most likely using someone else's identity card.

After transferring the money, she left quickly with her two children.

Faced with the surprised expressions of the two children, Hu Tao really couldn't do anything to break their fantasy, but they were not the most important thing right now.

Meet up with Fang Rou and change the train ticket.

After getting in the car, she immediately pushed the account she had just added to her old man and briefly explained the reason. After a while, the old man called her.

Hu Tao was scolded so badly in the bathroom that his long neck seemed to have shortened.

After hanging up the phone, I thought everything was fine. But when I returned to my seat, I saw the boy holding an old-fashioned cell phone and looking like he was about to cry.

Fang Rou was comforting him.

Walnut asked quickly: "What happened?"

Fang Rou: "He got a call from home saying his dad seemed to have broken his leg, so he had to go back."

Hu Tao's heart sank. The timing was such a coincidence.

……