Chapter 263: Shenzhen!?
Jiang Xiaoxiao and her group are busy with the autumn harvest.
Actually, they don't have much land.
With a dozen people, they finished harvesting everything in just half a month.
This year, the harvest is exceptionally good.
After turning in the quota grain, each person still got over a thousand jin of rice.
Even after removing the husk, it's surely at least seven to eight hundred jin.
The whole farm is bustling, but this year's outstanding collective award went to Song Moting's team, and that's indisputable.
Jiang Xiaoxiao has been worried about Jia Shu, who still hasn't returned by now.
The team leader, Li Dahu, called their neighborhood committee, but they said they couldn't find anyone at her home.
Her parents said Jia Shu had returned long ago.
This is puzzling; how can she be gone without a trace, neither dead nor alive?
Jiang Xiaoxiao is anxious.
He Aiguo is anxious too.
"Xiao Xiao, I want to get the address of Jia Shu's home from you. I want to go look for her. Not knowing if she's dead or alive is unsettling. I want to see if there are any clues,"
He Aiguo approached Jiang Xiaoxiao.
After the farming season, there's usually a long stretch of free time.
Typically, if you ask for leave now, the team leader would allow it.
Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at He Aiguo's worried face.
"Brother He, think carefully. You know the team leader just recently held a meeting. The college entrance exam is now confirmed. The exam will be in December, and it's already September. Going to find Jia Shu now might delay your studies,"
Jiang Xiaoxiao stated the facts, not because she didn't want to find Jia Shu herself.
But she is different from He Aiguo.
He Aiguo smiled and shook his head, "Don't worry about me. I have it figured out. I'm planning to bring along the review materials and books, study while looking for Jia Shu. And if I find her, she can start preparing early too.
If I don't go look for her, I won't be at ease."
Jiang Xiaoxiao nodded.
Song Moting glanced at He Aiguo, it seems He Aiguo is deeply in love with Jia Shu.
"Go ask the team leader for leave. Initially, I was going to buy train tickets tomorrow. Now it looks like we can book for all of us together. Xiao Xiao and I already took leave earlier. Xiao Xiao wants to find Jia Shu. Jia Shu is her best friend, and she couldn't not look for her. Since you want to go too, we can go together and be stronger in numbers."
If it weren't for not wanting to delay the autumn harvest, Jiang Xiaoxiao would have left earlier.
Song Moting didn't intend to stop Jiang Xiaoxiao; he doesn't want to hinder what his wife wants to do.
The best love is offering everything to support the person you love.
"You guys really, why didn't you tell me? Sigh, I knew Xiao Xiao, you are so loyal. I just didn't expect you to have Song Moting go along, the college entrance exam is coming back soon. You two... How can I say this! I understand how much you're sacrificing.
Jia Shu is really lucky to have friends like you."
He Aiguo felt mixed emotions, of course, he knew he was going because he loved this woman.
Because of love, he will risk everything.
But Jiang Xiaoxiao and Song Moting are purely motivated by friendship, which is more precious than love.
They are putting their futures on the line.
The team leader Li Dahu didn't hesitate to approve He Aiguo's leave.
Because he knew the three of them were going to find Jia Shu, and now a female educated youth is missing without a trace, neither seen dead nor alive.
Their team also bears an irrefutable responsibility and now having someone to look for her, they hoped Jia Shu could be found soon to avoid any incident. After all, this matter is significant.
Impossible to just let a living person disappear like that.
The next day, they boarded the train to Jia Shu's home.
The three of them sat on the train heavy-hearted, mainly because they were unsure about the situation now.
What exactly caused Jia Shu to suddenly disappear without a trace? Jiang Xiaoxiao found it particularly strange. In her past life, this didn't happen.
This life, did her presence cause some unpredictable variables for Jia Shu?
Causing this change in events.
Beihe, Dingbao.
After getting off the train, they went straight to the woolen mill based on the address.
It was said that Jia Shu's father worked here but later became disabled due to a work injury and was recuperating at home. Her mother was also a worker there.
Jiang Xiaoxiao had visited in her previous life.
But she let He Aiguo and Song Moting ask around since it would have been odd if she knew Jia Shu's home upfront, it couldn't be explained.
They arrived at the bustling courtyard.
Such courtyards were originally collective dormitories, basically housing dozens of families—all factory workers.
Knowing they were looking for Jia Shu's home, a warm-hearted aunt pointed out the door for them.
"Are you here to find Jia Shu?"
As they were about to knock, someone from a side door spoke to them across the door.
Jiang Xiaoxiao glanced over— a bespectacled bookworm.
The black frame glasses seemed broken, patched with white tape.
"We are here to find Jia Shu. We are her fellow educated youths, I'm her best friend. You are?"
"I'm her neighbor. You need to hurry or it'll be too late. Jia Shu was just taken away by someone in a van. About an hour ago, I vaguely heard them mention, going to some train station, going to Shenzhen or something like that,"
The voice was low.
Jiang Xiaoxiao instantly understood, Jia Shu never left; she was likely detained at home by her family.
Now they've sent Jia Shu away, trying to do what?
Shenzhen!?
Reform and opening up haven't started yet. What can happen in Shenzhen?
And to Shenzhen too!
Jiang Xiaoxiao turned, "Brother He, Song Moting, let's go!"
She was consumed with worry.
This was an instinctive feeling; she felt something was going to happen to Jia Shu, her parents might have done something reckless.
In her past life, Jia Shu never spoke of what happened at home after returning to her parents, but decisively cut ties with her family.
In this life, she certainly wouldn't let anything happen to Jia Shu.
Song Moting and He Aiguo both felt alarmed.
The three of them rushed to the train station, they had come from there.
At the station, they inquired about trains to Shenzhen; actually, there was only one that passed by.
Which wouldn't arrive until midnight at 12:00, whereas the current time was just after three in the afternoon, meaning there were still several hours in between.
These people couldn't keep Jia Shu at the station; the only possibility was somewhere nearby.
Jiang Xiaoxiao was frantic.
Although this was a small county, finding someone could be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
She feared something would happen to Jia Shu.
She wanted to go door to door to find her.
But Song Moting stopped her.
Song Moting held her hand tightly, "Don't be hasty. If you act recklessly, you may not find her. It could even alert whoever's involved. From what they sounded like! Those people aren't good.
We need some unconventional methods to find her, come on, I'll take you to find a friend, I have an old comrade here who might help us."
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