Become a winner in life after binding the childbearing system

Shen Yao slowly straightened up and looked up in the direction where the sound came from.

What a coincidence, it was the place she had just left, and the one who shouted these words was the passerby lady.

The pomelo forest is very large. Although it is not the season for picking pomelo yet, there are still many ordinary people around. Most of them come for the edible pomelo leaves, while a few are not superstitious and are thinking of picking the pomelo.

As one thing increases, another decreases. Grapefruit can only be sold at a high price when the production is low. Once the production soars, the purchase price of the exchange center will drop.

The sound of fragmented and noisy discussions filled her ears, as did the old lady's overly sharp and collapsed pleas, which made Shen Yao frown.

"Mom, she's gone."

Manman blinked her beautiful big eyes, raised her hand, pointed at the old lady's position and spoke in a low voice.

Shen Yao was startled and half squatted down to ask Manman if he had seen the missing child.

Manman nodded and shook her head, "Mom, I don't like leaving with Auntie."

After hearing this, Shen Yao quickly picked up Manman and walked two steps into the pomelo forest, "Manman saw that child and the auntie that Manman didn't like leave?"

Manman hummed twice, indicating that when her mother was picking pomelo leaves, she was squatting on the ground playing in the mud, and the child was even making a fuss when the annoying aunt dragged her away.

Shen Yao:......

While the mother and daughter were talking, the old lady had already staggered out from the pomelo grove. She looked a little crazy and rushed up to anyone she saw, asking about the whereabouts of her child without caring about anything.

Everyone is focusing on their own collection, so who would have the time to pay attention to others?

The information given by the small number of people who saw it was very specious. The more I listened, the more confused I became. It was completely different from the correct answer.

Shen Yao acted promptly and asked the system to send an anonymous message to the old lady's watch and then alert the patrol team at the gate of the base.

According to Manman and her own speculation, 90% of the children who were taken away would return to the base.

The system was surprised, "Host is so kind-hearted?" "Free help."

Shen Yao rolled her eyes, "In this world, if a child stays with his family, he may not be able to grow up safely. If he is taken away by someone with ulterior motives, it can basically be said that he is doomed."

She didn't have good intentions. At most, she felt a little sympathetic towards the people she met.

Maybe it was because the other party had wanted to attack Manman before. Since he was a bad guy, he should be caught. It would be considered as a contribution to the stability of the order of the base.

system:……

The system hurriedly sent out two anonymous messages. It also secretly located the child and found that the result was just as the host guessed. The person who stole the child was on his way back to the base.

Wow!

Are all human traffickers so arrogant? Although the child was fed a sleeping potion, they were still discussing how many points they could earn by selling a child. The system took several high-definition photos and sent them to the inspection team again. Hehe, please call it a kind person!

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The child stealing incident that occurred in Yuzilin caused some parents with children to become a little nervous.

Shen Yao is not afraid (the system has a glitch), but being in a crowded place can make her feel like an enemy, which has a great impact on her collection work.

As a last resort, Shen Yao had to take Manman deeper into the pomelo forest again.

Manman pouted unhappily because she had not caught any prey so far.

Mom clearly said there were many small animals in this forest, so where are they now?

"Look, there is a little bird in front," Shen Yao pointed upwards, and saw a bird's nest the size of a washbasin hanging deep in the branches.

Manman: ...looks of surprise

Shen Yao did not climb up the pomelo tree to take down the bird's nest on it. After the mutation, the birds, even the sparrows that were not even the size of a palm, had swelled several times in size. With Manman's current size, it was not certain that anyone would fight if she encountered a mutated bird.

Shen Yao first used the bird's nest to divert attention, and then pointed out that there were other small animals in the pomelo forest, such as the most common butterfly larvae, as well as pheasants and rabbits living in the pomelo forest.

Clenching her fists and saying a few words of encouragement to her daughter, Shen Yao asked the system to keep an eye out while she continued to pick grapefruits and grapefruit leaves, trying to fill up the backpack she brought (as much as there was space for).

Shen Yao worked until noon and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Manman was holding a pheasant chick with a crooked neck and running over to show off.

She successfully received her mother's praise and smiled like a little red flower. She turned around and brought a few pheasant eggs and two dying pheasant chicks.

Even the system and Shen Yao secretly sighed that children have sharp eyes and are always lucky enough to find a pheasant's nest.

These pheasant chicks and pheasant eggs were all the harvest that Manman got by sneaking into the pheasant's nest while the pheasants were out looking for food.

'Tsk tsk tsk, I feel sorry for the pheasants looking for food.' They work hard every day to support their family, but when they come back, they find their home is gone.

Shen Yao:......

Shen Yao said that Manman did a good job. Although they could not raise the pheasant chicks, they could get more points by selling the living pheasants to the base.

"When we go home tonight, mom will stew meat for me." Let's use this dead pheasant as the meat. This is not the palm-sized yellow-haired pheasant that we see in modern society. With inflation nowadays, it must weigh several kilograms.

Shen Yao and Manman stayed in the pomelo forest for a whole day. Shen Yao harvested a basket of pomelo leaves and several unripe but edible pomeloes (the space was filled with more prematurely ripened pomeloes and pomelo leaves), and Manman harvested several pheasant eggs and half of the pheasant chicks were alive or dead.

After packing, we took the bus back to the base.

Shen Yao first went to the exchange center to sell the living pheasant chicks, then returned home to pluck the feathers of the long-dead pheasant chicks and cut them into pieces to prepare for stewing.

During this period, Shen Yao received follow-up information about the human traffickers from the system.

The little guy who was abducted today was successfully rescued and has been handed over to his relatives.

After the human trafficker who did this was caught by the patrol team, they followed the clues and searched the two temporary residences in the outer district and the slums.

During this period, several children who had not been rescued in time were successfully rescued. They were all from slums, and the most important thing was that they were not abducted by human traffickers, but sold by their family members.

"...Those people use children as their ears to catch mutant beasts in the wild, and there are also mercenary teams here."

The mutant beasts in the wild eat people, but their fur is quite valuable.

In order to capture mutant beasts as much as possible, various methods were thought out, like the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea.

When hiring people as mercenaries, it is usually assumed that they are adults. For example, a mercenary team will occasionally issue a notice to hire someone from the slums for a large price. Regardless of whether this person is alive or dead in the end, a large amount of points will be earned.

This is a gray trade that cannot be banned, but has it now spread to children?

"Children are easier to control, they are cheaper and there are no subsequent troubles," especially children who are sold by their own relatives.

The blame lies with this gang's greed, so they changed their careers to become human traffickers, and ended up running into trouble, exposing this gray industrial chain.

Shen Yao:......

'How do you think the base will deal with this? 'Whether it is a heavy blow or a gentle one, it will not solve the core problem.

The phenomenon of selling children only occurs when life is difficult. The essence is that if the children born cannot survive, it is better to sell them to earn some points to supplement the family income.

Of course, there are inevitably people who make a living simply by selling points for having children. This kind of thing is hard to stop even in modern society, and it is even harder to say anything about it in the mutant world.

The system said it didn't know, because the top brass of the base had not yet reached a consensus. This kind of thing had happened before, but it was only brought to light by some smart people, forcing the base to seriously consider it.

Shen Yao lowered her head to process the chopped chicken pieces and rinsed them with clean water.

We didn't discuss this topic in depth. The whole thing is not a big deal or a small matter, it all depends on how the base wants to deal with it.

When Cheng Qi got off work in the evening, the first thing he did when he entered the door was to confirm with Shen Yao the human trafficking incident that had happened today.

"The base will probably deal with it seriously and ban such transactions."

Cheng Qi spoke in a serious tone, wiping the water droplets on his hands with a tissue.

Shen Yao guessed the key, "Is it because someone more important is implicated?"

Otherwise, the initiative will be in the hands of the base, because the missing child has been found, and ordinary people have no advantage against the top leaders of the base. As long as the base itself is determined to conceal it, it will succeed.

“The kid who got lost today has a father who manages a small to medium-sized mercenary team.

When the child was found by the patrol team at the gate of the base, the child's father was at the scene.

Moreover, the timing of their appearance was very coincidental, and the senior officials in charge of security at the base watched the entire process. "This is a slap in the face of the base. No matter what the senior officials of the base think, they must give an explanation to the entire public.

Shen Yao racked her brains to analyze the possible hidden causes.

Putting down the food brought out from the kitchen, Shen Yao called Manman to come and eat.

"Is it really a coincidence or did someone leak it intentionally? The base just caught a wave of people during the hot and rainy season," Shen Yao muttered softly, and stopped immediately when she saw Manman coming over.

Cheng Qi shook his head, "I don't know." He bent down and picked up Manman who was running towards him in small steps, and then spread out the stacked dishes on the table.

Shen Yao took off the apron tied around her waist, and Cheng Qi stopped saying anything to spoil the fun, and the family of three finished their dinner in tacit understanding.

Manman was lying on the sofa playing with the toys in his hands, while Shen Yao and Cheng Qi talked about the topic they had been discussing before.

Cheng Qi held his chin with one hand, "Don't go too far from the base recently. The Thunder Mercenary Team has accepted a limited-time mission issued by the base, and we are likely to go far away."

Going on a long trip means you won't be at the base for a period of time.

There are only Shen Yao and her daughter left at home, so they must try to keep a low profile.

Shen Yao nodded, "I'll pay attention." Even when going out, she would give priority to the several collection points around the base.

Like today's pomelo forest, there are not only pomeloes and pomelo leaves, but also pheasants and rabbits.

Comparing food production, time spent, safety and other aspects, this is a very good place to go.

Seeing this, Cheng Qi reached out and patted Shen Yao on the shoulder, his tone soothing, "Our family is in the inner area, and the policies issued by the base are in our favor."

"I hope so," Shen Yao leaned in Cheng Qi's arms, thinking that it would take a lot of effort to manage the entire base. She hoped that the base would get better and better, and she didn't want to bother with it until Manman grew up.

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The incident of losing the child did not cause much of a stir. In the next few days, when Shen Yao went out, she did not hear any discussion about it.

On the third day after Cheng Qi announced that he was going on a long journey, he left the base with the Thunder Mercenaries. It was estimated that he would not be back for half a month.

Helplessly, Shen Yao could only continue to take Manman out to collect every day.

The mother and daughter visited all the collection points in several directions around the base.

As a mother, Shen Yao is responsible for collecting wild fruits and vegetables, while Manman, as a daughter, is responsible for fresh meat. They eat the food they bring back for three meals a day.

After ten days, not only did they not touch their old savings, but they also saved up a lot of dried meat and dried vegetables.

Shen Yao would occasionally check with the system to confirm the progress of the Cheng and Shen families.

At first they were not familiar with the road conditions, and because they had to take care of the children, they drove slowly, so it took them about a month on the road.

Now the Cheng family and Shen Yao have been traveling for more than half a month. With the help of the system, they are about to cross the desert and victory is just around the corner.

'However, there are some major conflicts within the team,' the system is not optimistic that they can reach the base safely.

At least that Chen family is very mean and always likes to do some small tricks behind the scenes. Shen Yu and Chen Jia are caught in the middle and are in a dilemma. Even the relationship between the Shen family and the Cheng family is a little delicate, because Chen Jia and Shen Yu were introduced by Cheng's mother in the first place.

Shen Yao:......

Shen Yao was speechless. How could the family become like this after not seeing each other for a year? Is it difficult to share the joys and sorrows? Or is it that distance creates beauty?

system:……

The system was also speechless. It asked the host how to deal with the situation. They were too far away and out of reach, so they could only give a brief reminder.

But are all these useful... Probably useless, because the four families are still fighting and unwilling to separate, even though Shen Jiancheng and Cheng's father were injured.

"Let them arrive at the base as soon as possible. The housing prices here are not cheap." By then, the only ones Shen Yao can take care of are the elders in the family. As for the other relatives, they will have to live on their own abilities.

The system continued to help by relying on anonymous messages and messages transmitted in dreams. With its guidance, the families were able to travel safely on the road, but this also indirectly magnified the hatred between the two sides, causing the crux to be serious and difficult to resolve.

When the Chen family's car could not start at all, the conflict between the Chen family and the Shen family escalated directly. Even though Song Ling stood in front and Shen Jiancheng supported her, the Shen family's car was still secretly driven away by the Chen family.

"Idiot! How could I give birth to an idiot like you? Get out of here!"

Song Ling angrily scolded Shen Yu and sent him away, then held the child in her arms and coaxed him patiently.

Since his own mother had run away, the Shen family is now left with nothing but a completely damaged car and a few cheap nutritional supplements in it.

In the end, it was Cheng's mother who helped them and let them follow the Cheng family's car.

"There's definitely not enough room in the car, but the car can be carried along except for the fact that it won't start. When the time comes, have the boss tie the front and back together with a rope. Don't worry about it. Everything will be fine once we get to the new base."

In-laws like the Zhao family are also very difficult to deal with, but compared with the overly bizarre experience of the Shen family, Mother Cheng felt strangely relieved. At least the Zhao family didn't drive away with their cars, so the Cheng family still had a way to survive.

Song Ling: …

Song Ling thanked Cheng's mother, held the child and asked Shen Jiancheng and Shen Yu to get in the car and sit down. Then they drove forward with the big car pulling the small car.

By saving a few nutrient supplements and picking edible wild vegetables and fruits every day, the group finally saw the outline of the new base.