Born into a farm family, I became rich by pressuring my parents.

Chapter 48 Wangjiang Tower

The sound of banging on the door, scolding and crying kept coming from downstairs.

There was a look of reluctance on his soft-hearted face, but he could only bury his head and cover his ears, not daring to make any other move.

The person sitting by the window got up and closed the window, so that the sounds from outside could no longer come in freely.

The tense atmosphere on the second floor suddenly relaxed.

These must be the longest hours in my life, Jiang Jinyu thought blankly.

I don’t know how long it took, but the crowd outside had dispersed, and the surroundings were so quiet that it seemed like it had returned to how it used to be.

Only the mess on the street proved that what just happened did happen right in front of her eyes.

"Let's go," Jiang Mingshun took Jiang Jinyu's hand and said in a difficult tone, "Let's go back first."

……

Madam Wei closed her makeup shop early today.

Her mother-in-law, Mrs. Xi, repeatedly told her yesterday that the whole family must go to Wangjiang Tower to enjoy the lanterns together tonight.

Wangjiang Restaurant is the property of the Qi family. Mr. Qi hired a chef from Fucheng at a high price and spent several years building the largest restaurant in Guangxin County.

It seems that on this day of the Lantern Festival, Wangjiang Tower has been fully booked a few days ago.

Fortunately, this was her own property. Madam Wei stood by the window on the fourth floor and looked out, and she saw the crowds of people on the Baisui Bridge at a glance.

As soon as she turned around, the lively scene outside suddenly turned into a living hell.

The waiter downstairs immediately came up. He was so frightened that he didn't care about the many things. He kept knocking on the door. Qi Liang, the housekeeper next to Mr. Qi, went to open the door. After asking, he hurried back to the inner room to ask Mr. Qi. Reported the news.

Mr. Qi and Qi Jianjun were sitting together with their family eating Yuanxiao.

His family, Mr. Ding, only has two sons. The eldest son, Qi Yanze, is already married and has children. He spends a lot of time away from home running business and often only comes back once every one or two months.

Therefore, the Chinese New Year and festivals have become a rare time for the Qi family to reunite.

During this year's Lantern Festival, Qi Yanze rarely left, so Mrs. Xi decided to go to Wangjiang Tower to enjoy the lanterns.

The atmosphere in the room today is rarely peaceful.

Mrs. Xi felt greatly relieved when she looked at her husband who was teasing her grandson with a friendly expression and her youngest son Qi Yanheng who was not interested but didn't sneak away.

The father and son are simply natural enemies!

The father is always critical of his teenage son, while the son is rebellious and has little respect for his own father.

It seems that there is not much time to sit and eat together in this kind of calmness.

Master Qi immediately got up and went downstairs after receiving Qi Liang's report.

Wangjiang Tower is the closest building to the Baisui Bridge. If something happens, it will be the first place to be hit.

When he arrived on the first floor, he saw that the front door was blocked by a crowd, and he immediately called the shopkeeper of Wangjiang Tower over: "Have someone guard the stairs from the second to the third floor, if anyone wants to rush up."

There was a trace of cruelty in his eyes, and he snorted coldly: "Just throw the person directly from the second floor."

"Also, go and open the door to the backyard."

"Lead the people who come in out that way."

Wangjiang Tower occupies a large area. The door of the building is facing the Baisui Bridge, but the side door of the backyard leads to another street.

Mr. Qi planned to use this route to evacuate the crowds who crowded into Wangjiang Tower.

After arranging things downstairs, Mr. Qi returned to the fourth floor.

I never thought that it was really bleak inside.

"Son," Mrs. Xi stood by the window, leaning forward and looking down, crying and wiping her tears: "My son, why don't you run down and do something."

Madam Wei's face didn't look good either. She held her son in one hand and held on to her mother-in-law with the other. She kept cursing at the servants and maids around her: "Come here, what are you doing standing there dead?"

"Dad," Qi Yanze led a few people and hurried out. He saw his father standing at the door, stopped and said, "I took people to find my younger brother. He just went down." Mr. Qi's face turned pale instantly.

Mr. Jiang, the newly appointed magistrate of Guangxin County this year, felt his eyes going dark.

After receiving the news of the bridge collapse, he immediately notified the county government to arrange for manpower to evacuate the crowd, and the four city gates in the southeast and northwest were opened immediately.

Then he arranged for the government servants and policemen who knew how to go into the water to rescue people, and finally made the arrangements they could.

Finally, the situation outside gradually stabilized, and Mr. Jiang finally breathed a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, the county government turned around and received news that dozens of people came to report the crime.

Someone took advantage of the chaos to snatch the child!
Mr. Jiang, who was no longer young, clutched his chest and fell on the Taishi chair, thinking desperately that God was going to kill him.

"Hurry up and chase!" He slammed the table and said angrily: "You can find human traffickers by kneeling here?"

"Sir," the government officer who came to report the news was still kneeling on the ground and said cautiously: "Just now, in order to evacuate the crowd, all four city gates were opened."

The yamen servant swallowed: "The trafficker may have run out now."

Master Jiang's face became even more ugly. He walked around a few times with his hands behind his back and told the master next to him: "First arrange for the soldiers to guard the city gate. If anyone wants to go out, their identity must be verified one by one."

"Especially with kids!"

He continued: "The arrests were divided into four teams,

, led people on horseback to rush out of the city. "

"When they entered the city, the mule and cart were detained outside, and they had their children with them, so they must not have been able to run very far."

Everyone was ordered to leave.

Jiang Mingshun spent a lot of effort to find his mule cart.

The crowds in the city just now came out in droves, which obviously frightened the mule.

Jiang Mingshun comforted the mule and gave him sweets and food, and then he made the mule settle down.

Afraid that the mule would be frightened and go crazy again, he led the mule cart half a mile away. When he saw that there was no one around, he carried Jiang Jinyu into the mule cart.

I walked along the usual route back to the village for a while, and occasionally met a few people on the road who looked like they were rushing home.

"This brother!" A woman suddenly jumped out from the front and shouted anxiously: "Brother, can you stop for a moment?"

"Huh." Jiang Mingshun was caught off guard and could only pull the reins suddenly.

"What are you doing?" he asked warily.

Jiang Mingshun used the moonlight to look at the woman blocking the mule cart.

She was a young woman in her 20s. She looked panicked and was holding something in her arms.

Taking a closer look, Jiang Mingshun thought uncertainly, seems to be a child?
"Brother, can you give us a ride?" The young woman begged. She tightened the child in her arms and said, "My man was injured when he escaped from the city just now."

"I have three children by myself, and I really can't hold on anymore."

"We are from Niaotang Village in front of us. Can you take us back?"

"Just go to the village entrance."

After listening to her words, Jiang Mingshun looked around and saw a man sitting on the ground not far away.

He was covering his stomach with his hands, and his body was slightly curled up in the darkness, as if he was in great pain.

There were two smaller figures leaning against him.

"Since you came out of the city, why don't you go to the medical center?" Jiang Mingshun asked doubtfully.

"Is everything okay in the city?" The woman seemed very surprised: "We heard that the bridge collapsed just after we entered the city. Fortunately, we haven't reached the inner city yet, so we could run out with the others."

"In that case," Jiang Mingshun nodded, looked at the man sitting on the ground, and said, "Then I'll take you to the city hospital. Everything should be fine in the city now."

(End of this chapter)