Paper horse incense shop

Chapter 39 Protection
  "Crack!"

The tea cup in the second uncle's hand hit the table hard, and the bottom of the cup broke instantly, and the tea dripped all over the floor.

He stared straight at Aunt Xiaohong who was a few steps away and said sternly:
  "I'm not dead yet! Do you want to beat my daughter in front of me?!"

Today I finally have a new understanding of the authority of my second uncle. In my mind, my second uncle is just a papermaker in these villages. In the past, he did some casual business and nodded and smiled when he saw people, which was pretty good. .

But today it seems that is not the case!
  Wherever the second uncle glanced with his sharp eyes, no one in the Zhou family, including the village chiefs of the two villages, dared to look at him!
  Finally, the head of Wanyao Village, who had been silent, spoke:

"Okay, don't make trouble."

"Mr. Zhou and I knew before we came here that it was definitely not your Ah Bai who called the police. A letter came from the town saying that the voice calling the police was a man, and it couldn't be Ah Bai."

"And there are no outsiders here, so I just said it directly. The head of Litang Village sent me a message, saying that there was a man in their village last night who drank too much and ran away without being watched at home. I think this is how he reported it. The police."

A man's voice?
  I immediately thought of the bun I was eating while on the phone, and I didn’t expect the vague sound of swallowing the bun. It really helped!

After hearing this, the Zhou family had different expressions, and Aunt Xiaohong even muttered several sentences:
  "Isn't it possible? Can this little girl escape punishment?"

Old Village Chief Zhou coughed a few times and interrupted the woman's musings:

"Okay, that's it for now."

"Tu Laoer, remember who you are, this matter is not your business."

"And little white baby, I told Zhou Laoer's family not to come to you in the future, and you don't make it difficult for me as the village chief. Don't even think about calling the police or anything in the future. If we find out later that you called the police , this matter haha, it’s not over yet!”

"Don't blame us old guys for being ugly. This is actually an unwritten rule. But if it weren't for continuing the incense like this, you know where you would be!"

The last words of the old village chief exploded in my mind this week.

I stayed there for a long time, until everyone in the paper horse incense shop had finished leaving, and everything returned to calm.

After a long while, I turned around to look at my second uncle in a daze.

The second uncle was still sitting on the wicker chair, but his figure suddenly became much older.

After a long time, I finally spoke with difficulty:

"Second uncle, the old village chief said this week that if there was no trafficking, there would be no me. What does that mean?"

"Didn't you tell me that my parents were killed by a flash flood when they left the mountains, and then you adopted me?"

"What happened to my mother?"

"No, why didn't that person let you take care of this matter? You have been in the village for so many years, and you know why you didn't call the police?"

The second uncle buried his head deeply in his hands, rubbed it up and down a few times, and after a long while he stood up from the chair, stood in front of me, and stroked my hair:

"Abai, my second uncle really has nothing to do with this matter."

Can't control it?
  why? !

There are so many people involved in trafficking. The village chief’s words almost confirm that my mother is a trafficked person.
  The second uncle wants to protect these people, which means that he may also be involved in these things.

My second uncle's love and care for me since I was a child flooded into my heart. My mind was in chaos. I stared at my second uncle and said with difficulty:
  "Second uncle. Should I call you dad?"

This sound was like a shocking sound, and the second uncle's originally heavy face was suddenly filled with shock:

"No, no, no, don't call me that, it's so scary!"

After my second uncle panicked, Xu saw the look on my face and immediately slapped my thigh:
  "Second uncle is really not that! Think about it carefully, if I was really involved in this matter, why would you call me uncle?"

"I will definitely ask you to call me daddy. Wouldn't that be better?"

"I'm really not, really not. My second uncle has someone on his mind. Don't blame me for everything."

"It's not that I don't want to take care of it, I just can't!"

The look on the second uncle's face was firm, without any sign of lying. I wiped the tears on my face randomly:

"Then let me take care of what happens next!"

When my second uncle heard what I said, he breathed a sigh of relief:

"Okay! I promised you back then, but I can't control what you do. Just go ahead and do it."

"Anyway, you'll know after checking it out."

"Be careful next time. The little devil in the jar told me what you did last night. You were too risky before!"

"The soul of the paper man needs to be expelled and returned to the soul, so as not to waste his own essence. When you fainted this time, you obviously used up the last bit of your strength, and that's why you fell into coma and vomited blood!"

"I'm so lucky to wake up smoothly!"

It turns out that this is the case and the paper man has to be taken back.

I kept this in mind and heard my second uncle ask:

"Okay, don't cry. Tell your second uncle what you did when you went to town. How did you lie to the other party that you have a male voice? Tell me what else I don't know."

The horror of being stabbed in the back by Aunt Xiaohong still lingered, and when asked by my second uncle, I almost stood on my head, but fortunately, I immediately realized that the person opposite was not Xiaohong, but my second uncle.

I was a little curious and said:

"Second uncle, are you so sure it's me?"

The second uncle had a smile on his lips, with an expression on his face that he had seen through but would not tell:
  "Okay, my second uncle has raised you so much, how can he still not know about you?"

"Maybe you're playing some clever trick again, and you came back after only one night. I guess it means that although the police were unsuccessful, there must be other good news."

"Otherwise, with the stubborn temper you and I share, even if you go to Beijing to complain, you will still have to travel across mountains and rivers!"

As expected, my second uncle still understood me. I told him everything exactly. After I finished speaking, I drank a pot of tea. Before I could relax, I heard my second uncle say seriously:

"Oops, you did this recklessly."

An alarm bell suddenly sounded in my heart, and I kept asking:
  "what happened?"

The second uncle sighed:

"There is no signal network in these villages. After Naruna's parents arrive, they will not be able to notify the outside world in time. These villages are all the same."

I instantly understood what my second uncle meant:
  "So if the other party doesn't bring many people, it's very likely that they will be trapped here."

As for what this discount is, it is quite intriguing.

The second uncle nodded repeatedly:

"And there is another big mistake! Why are you so sure that Luna is in the cellar?"

I blurted out:
  "Of course I saw it!"

The second uncle asked again as if to get to the bottom of things:

"When did you see it?"

I won't talk anymore, I saw it last night.

But what about tonight? What about tomorrow night?

Since the bad customs in these villages have not been eradicated for so long, there must be a reason!
  Who knows where they will hide the kidnapped women!

(End of this chapter)