The wife of the power minister's family

Chapter 286 What worries her most (second update)

Xu Jing's eyes flashed slightly and she said, "I never wanted to ask about Doctor Yan's personal affairs before. I wonder what Doctor Yan is worried about? Is there anything I can do to help?"

Wei Muqing sighed softly and said, "I can't talk about Master's private matters casually. Moreover, most people are not able to help with this matter. Master himself...can't do anything, so he can only leave it to fate..."

Just as the two were talking, there was a sudden noise outside. The two were startled, and the next breath, the door of Xu Jing's house was slammed hard.

The sound of banging on the door made people a little uneasy. Xu Jing immediately stood up and walked outside, just in time to see Cheng Xiao open the door.

I saw two villagers holding torches standing outside the door. As soon as they opened the door, one of the villagers said anxiously: "Have you seen the little boy from the fourth Yan family?"

Xu Jing now has a certain understanding of the people in the village. She remembers that the youngest son of Yan Si's family was a seven or eight-year-old child. Although he was young, he was very sensible and often helped his family with things. In the village He was running around in the village. People who knew him well in the village would call him "Little Dongzi" when they saw him. It was hard for Xu Jing not to remember him.

Xu Jing said: "What's wrong with Xiao Dongzi?"

During this period, because Wei Muqing often came to her house, people in the village finally recognized that she was not a suspicious person, and their attitude towards her became much better.

The villager looked anxious and said: "Xiao Dongzi disappeared. Yan Si and his mother-in-law said that when they had dinner tonight, Xiao Dongzi had some quarrel with them and ran out in anger. Yan Si and his mother-in-law said After searching for a long time, I couldn’t find anyone, so I asked us for help.”

It was late at night and it was still cold in December. How could a child endure being outside for a long time?

Wei Muqing had more feelings for this village than Xu Jing, and was naturally more nervous. He quickly asked: "How long has Xiaodongzi been missing? Do you need our help?"

"I don't know, it's been more than an hour."

The villager said: "We have called all the men in the village to help find him. The weather is too cold tonight. Doctor Wei, please stop running around. Be careful of catching a cold."

After saying that, he turned around and left in a hurry.

Wei Muqing's brows were furrowed, obviously very uneasy. Xu Jing could only comfort her and said: "With so many people going out to search, they will definitely find Xiaodongzi soon. Don't worry."

Wei Muqing sighed secretly and said, "I hope so too. This child is also pitiful. His mother ran away with another man when he was two years old, leaving him and his father to depend on each other. Later, , his father married a second wife, sister-in-law Wang. You should have the impression that as stepmother, Sister-in-law Wang was not really bad to Xiaodongzi. At least she never treated Xiaodongzi badly in terms of food and clothing. But after all, it was not her. Her biological children are always not so loved, especially after she gave birth to a son four years ago, she became even more neglectful of Xiaodongzi.

Last winter, Xiao Dongzi caught wind and cold and never recovered. But... Sister-in-law Wang kept asking him to help with things, such as running errands and chopping firewood. Later, Xiao Dongzi couldn't bear it and fell to the ground and was sent away by the villagers. When he got to our place, his cold was cured. "

It turned out that this little Dongzi was Wei Muqing's patient before. No wonder Wei Muqing was so worried about him.

Xu Jing said: "If you are really worried, let's go out and have a look."

Wei Muqing was stunned and couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth and said: "Okay, I'll just say that you are a good person, A Jing."

The two people put on their coats and went out. They saw the dark village filled with men holding torches. They shouted "Xiao Dongzi" loudly while looking for him.

The old, weak, women and children who didn't come out to help with the search couldn't help but walk to the door and looked at them with concern.

There are only so many people in the village, and everyone is familiar. No matter how many disputes and conflicts there are on weekdays, when something goes wrong, everyone is still very united.

Xu Jing and Wei Muqing were about to find a villager to ask about the situation. Suddenly, they heard a little girl squatting at the door of their house raise her head and ask her mother, "Auntie, where did Xiaodongzi go? Could it be that he was killed on the mountain? Has that terrible uncle taken him away?"

The woman on the side said quickly: "Don't talk nonsense, how can Mr. Jiang be so brave..."

An old woman who was slowly walking out behind her said: "It's hard to say. That Jiang Da looks weird. He stays in the mountains every day and doesn't come out once for ten days and a half, and he doesn't interact with the villagers." After talking to each other, the men in the village were saying privately that he was very scary. He could kill a big insect with his bare hands. Maybe he was a fugitive from somewhere. If he was not driven away, something would happen sooner or later!

If Xiaodongzi is really in his hands, I won't be surprised at all. "

The woman's face couldn't help but change slightly, "No way..." Xu Jing couldn't help but look at them twice.

During this time, she also learned that Jiang Da was a very special being in Baiyang Village. He suddenly came to Baiyang Village three years ago. Because he was tall and fierce, and had a weird temperament, the children in the village were afraid of him. The adults were also very afraid of him and often told their children not to have casual contact with Jiang Da. People in the village knew nothing about him except that they knew his name was Jiang Da.

Except for occasionally going down the mountain to get some food and daily necessities, Jiang Da generally would not leave the mountains and forests. It is said that when Jiang Dagang came to the village three years ago, the villagers wanted to drive him away, so they reported him as unknown. Official, someone from the government office did come, but unexpectedly, after checking, the people from the government office said that there was no problem with Jiang Da's identity and left.

The people in the village had no choice but to pretend he didn't exist and lived with him for three years.

The attitude of the people in the government office was what worried Xu Jing the most among the information that Cheng Xiao and the others found.

The household registration system in Dachu is very strict. Every year, the government sends people to verify the household registration status of the people under its jurisdiction. If they encounter some unfamiliar immigrants, if they cannot prove their identity, they will be immediately treated as suspicious persons.

If a person wants to settle in a certain place, he must find a way to register with the local household registration. Otherwise, even if that person has documents that can prove his identity, he will be driven back to his place of household registration after a long time.

The people at the government office said that there was no problem with Jiang Da's identity, and there were only two possibilities for allowing him to live in Baiyang Village. One was that Jiang Da was originally from Baiyang Village, and the other was that Jiang Da had entered the household registration here.

Judging from the attitude of the people in the village, it is obvious that Jiang Da is not from Baiyang Village. In other words, he has a household registration of Baiyang Village that he entered later.

So, where did he come from? And why did he register as Baiyang Village?

The old woman said that he might be a fugitive somewhere, but Xu Jing didn't think so. If he was a fugitive, he would have been unable to pass the test of changing his household registration.

Xu Jing was thinking secretly when she suddenly heard a male voice not far away, "Yan Si, have you looked for it over the Wangzi River?"

But it was Xiaodongzi's father, Yan Si, who came.

Yan Si was a tall, thin man with a slender nose and thin lips. Hearing this, he frowned and said, "I've looked for him, but I can't find him. Where do you think that brat went?"

As he spoke, he seemed very agitated and kicked away the stones on the road.

The man who had just asked the question immediately said: "Yan Si, don't worry about what happened between you and Xiaodongzi tonight. When you find the child later, don't face him like this. Coax him back first, and then teach him slowly." Xiao Dongzi is not the kind of ignorant person. To be honest, we all find it unbelievable that Xiao Dongzi would run out so willfully tonight."

Yan Si looked annoyed and said: "I know, I know..."

The man said: "Let's go look for him over the Wangzi River with you. If we still can't find anyone, we'll have to go into the woods to look for him."

Yan Si frowned slightly, "But, I've just looked there."

"Just in case, let's look for it again. We've searched almost everything in the village."

As everyone said this, they turned around and walked towards Wangzi River.

Wei Muqing immediately said: "Ajing, I want to follow you and have a look. Do you want to come with us?"

Xu Jing thought about what the old woman said just now, nodded and said, "I'll go take a look too."

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