In the afternoon, the sun was shining brightly, and it shone warmly on people.

Before reaching the Zhenbei Study Hall, I saw a few peddlers in the distance, laying out toys to please children, leaning against the corner and dozing off.

Su Yu said: "Young Master Li, the person sitting on the ground leaning on the tree trunk is Wu Xianming."

He Li looked over, the distance was a little far away, and he felt that this person was a bit gloomy and introverted, even when he dozed off, he was holding his chest, unwilling to relax.

He Li said, "What about Zhu Changyuan?"

Su Yu patrolled around twice, but he didn't see Zhu Changyuan's person, but he saw his booth.

Su Yu said: "The clay goods over there belong to Zhu Changyuan, and he should be nearby."

After waiting for a while, Zhu Changyuan was still missing. Su Yu asked the peddler selling drum kits next to him, and the man said, "Zhu Changyuan, he said he had a stomachache and went to the latrine. He probably won't be able to come back for a while. People There are three urgencies, not to mention Tonggu Road."

The man said, he laughed twice, and said: "Zhu Changyuan said that he bought a piece of lean meat at home the day before yesterday, because he had a cold and had no appetite to eat it. Seeing that it was broken, he was reluctant to throw it away. No, it hurt his stomach." .In less than half an hour, I ran to the latrine twice. If you want me to say, it’s only because there is no housekeeper in the family. You have to get food and clothing yourself, not to mention the trouble, and it makes you have no leisure.”

These hawkers often sell goods together, and they are already familiar with each other. When they are not busy, they have no taboos in speaking.

At this time, most of the people are taking a nap at home, and so are the children.

Except for the evening, the afternoon is the quietest time of the day outside the study hall.

Zhu Changyuan came back relaxed, and the peddler next to him winked at him, and Zhu Changyuan saw He Li and Su Yu.

Zhu Changyuan smiled and said, "You two are looking for me?"

Su Yu said casually: "Buy a clay figurine."

Zhu Changyuan said: "Is it you who want it or the young man next to him?"

Heli glanced over and met Zhu Changyuan's eyes. Zhu Changyuan smiled even deeper, and said, "Young master, my clay figurine is a bit rough. If you want one, how about giving it to you?"

He Li actually didn't like clay figurines, but he couldn't refuse right now, so he said, "Thank you very much."

Zhu Changyuan hurriedly said: "My clay figurines are all children's playthings. It is my honor to be liked by the young master."

Zhu Changyuan asked Heli to choose whatever he wanted, and when Heli looked down, he suddenly heard a shout from far to near.

"Cang'er, Cang'er—"

It was a young woman with an anxious face.Seeing the peddlers outside the school hall, they asked one by one: "Have you seen my Cang'er? A well-behaved and cute child, have you seen it?"

The peddlers were startled by the emotional woman and all shook their heads.

The young woman sat down on the ground, weeping uncontrollably: "Cang'er, my family's Cang'er is gone..."

**

At this time, some people had already woken up from their afternoon naps, and pedestrians slowly began to walk in the study hall.One or two children pushed open the door of the study hall and walked in.

When the young woman said that, He Li and Su Yu were startled at the same time. They came to investigate the disappearance of a child, but they happened to run into the disappearance of another child.

Su Yu asked: "This girl, can you talk about this matter in detail?"

The young woman wiped her tears and said with a sob: "We had lunch today, so I asked Cang'er to sleep. When I woke up, Cang'er disappeared. I searched all over the house, but I couldn't find anyone."

So she ran out, shouting and looking for Shutang Road.

Her appearance was similar to that when Li Yuzhen found out that Li was gone.

Anxiety, fear, worry, fear...

They lift their hearts to the side of their throats, like walking a tightrope on the edge of a cliff, and the safety of the child is the tightrope. Once they hear that something happened to the child, they will fall to the bottom of the cliff, and they will never recover.

The peddlers surrounded her and comforted her, "Girl, don't worry, we will look for it for you."

They ignored the stalls, scattered all over the place, and shouted one after another along the way: "Cang'er, Cang'er, where are you, come out!"

The ordinary people in the market are all old and young, and they can feel the sadness of losing a child.

The young woman's face remained gloomy, she called Cang'er a few times, and said to the people beside her: "Several children from families have disappeared recently, could the same thing happen to my family's Cang'er? I reminded Cang'er to pay more attention and be careful, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen today... Blame me, I didn't keep an eye on the child, I shouldn't take a nap, I stayed by Cang'er's side all the time..."

But now that no one can be found, no amount of talking will help.

He Li and Su Yu didn't know how to comfort her, so they had to listen to her quietly.

At this time, many children came one after another, and it was time to study in the afternoon.

The young woman said: "Usually I send Cang'er over at about this time, but today..."

Tears filled her eyes, she turned to face the stone wall, and cried again at the top of her lungs.

The peddlers helped her find someone, but no one was watching the stall. Some passing children groped for it, broke the arm of the clay figurine, tore off the pendant on the rattle, and ran away with their tongues stuck out.

There was only one person, indifferent, holding a stick full of candied haws, waiting for someone to buy it.

Wu Xianming...

He Li and Su Yu looked at each other suspiciously.

This person is indeed suspicious.

The children's fights and screams resounded in the ears, and gradually, the shouts of the peddlers could no longer be heard.

They walked around and came back again, discussing to wait for the stall to be closed before helping the young woman find her child.

At this moment, a very small child's voice shouted——

"mother……"

The child's voice was like a drop of water in the sea, which was picked up by the waves, and then fell back into the sea in an instant, and was covered by the noisy human voice.But the young woman still heard it, she trembled all over, and responded: "Cang'er, is that you? Cang'er..."

At the door of Zhenbei Study Hall, a blushing child squeezed out and shouted, "Mother, mother..."

Now the big guys heard it very clearly, followed the sound and looked over, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

That child is Cang'er.

With tears in her eyes, the young woman hugged him, and said, "Cang'er, you scared my mother to death, she thought I lost you! Didn't my mother tell you how you came to the school? Come pick it up, you are disobedient again."

Cang'er said: "Mother, I had a dream..."

The young woman fell back to the ground with a hanging heart, touched Cang'er's face and asked, "What dream did you have?"

Cang'er said: "I dreamed that I turned into a butterfly and flew to the school."

The young woman said: "Okay, you have turned into a butterfly. Cang'er, tell your mother that you didn't sleep in the house at noon, why did you come to the study hall?"

Cang'er said, "I turned into a butterfly and flew here."

The young woman scolded: "What stupid things are you talking about!"

The peddler on the side said: "We stayed here at noon, and we didn't see your Cang'er coming over."

The young woman said: "Cang'er, tell mother, how did you get here?"

Cang'er shook the young woman's hand, trying to convince her: "Mother, I didn't lie to you. I really flew here."

The child spoke in a very serious way, and even opened his arms, flying like a butterfly, tilting this way and that, and still muttering words in his mouth—fly, fly.

The young woman knew that the child was naughty, so she often said things about what was right and wrong, so she didn't bother with him: "Okay, Cang'er, as long as you are safe and well. The teacher should be here now, you go to school quickly, bring the scroll here Yet?"

Cang'er shook his head.

The young woman said: "Then you go to the study hall and don't run around anymore. Mother will bring you the scroll in a while."

Cang'er nodded, and ran into the study hall.

She lay at the door of the study hall, watched Cang'er being led in by the master, turned around, and thanked the peddlers one by one.

It was a false alarm, and the young woman's legs almost went limp from fright.

Fortunately fortunately...

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