The Road to the Rebirth of the Goddess

Chapter 52

Because the new year was coming, Zhao Zhewei's family moved in a hurry. The next day, a truck came and moved all the family's things away, and the whole family left the small county together.

In the next few days, Mulan went shopping with Muma every day to buy new year's goods. Now that the living conditions of the family are better, Muma is much more generous in shopping. She bought new clothes and shoes for the whole family from the inside to the outside. I didn’t go to Nanshan Market to buy it, but went to a department store. Muma said that when buying clothes, you can’t just buy cheap clothes, but also look at the quality. Clothes with poor quality will pill after only a few wears. It is comfortable, especially for the clothes you wear inside. You should buy pure cotton, which is good for your body.

If Mulan had said these words to her before, she would have definitely said: "It's good to wear something for you, and you can pick and choose."

It's good to have such a consciousness now, and moving to the county town to live is really not a wrong step.

But there are still some things that Mu Ma still insists on not being like the people in the county. In the past, every New Year, no matter whether she has money or not, she has to find a way to make some New Year food, such as frying some glutinous rice cakes, making some oil horns, Egg powder and so on can be given away when visiting relatives, but nowadays people in the county basically don't know how to make these by themselves, they can be bought in stores, and the packaging is exquisite, which looks more upscale.

When Mulan saw Mu Ma bought a bunch of oil, sugar, and flour, she knew that she planned to make these fried foods for the Chinese New Year: "Mom, you don't need to make these, just go buy them."

"How can I do that? What I made is my heart, and the ones I bought don't know what kind of oil is used to fry them. I don't feel at ease if I eat them in my mouth." Well, this is starting to have food safety. You know, you know that in the past, Muma even washed the hair off the food that had grown hairs, and then cooked it before eating.

Mulan has nothing to say. In fact, it is a very pleasant thing for the family to gather together, talking and laughing, and making these hand-made fried foods. Now that life is easy and everyone is in a good mood, it is even happier to do it up.

Especially on the day before the Chinese New Year, the eldest sister who was working outside also rushed back. The whole family is complete, and it is even more enjoyable. The laughter in the family is basically uninterrupted.

On New Year's Eve, the whole family got up early, and Mu's father and Mu's mother were busy killing chickens to worship their ancestors. Mulan's sisters put all the Spring Festival couplets and door stickers bought a few days ago on the door. One piece, very Chinese New Year atmosphere.

Mulan seemed to hear someone calling for Kapok outside the door, and Kapok answered and walked out, but she didn't pay much attention to it, she was hanging red seees on a pot of New Year's oranges, and after she finished hanging, she had to go to the kitchen to help cook some vermicelli Make lunch for everyone. Everyone in the family is very busy on this day, so we can eat casually for lunch. Cook a big pot of vermicelli. Whoever is hungry can eat a bowl by himself. The real highlight is the New Year's Eve dinner tonight.

After lunch, Mu Ma started to boil the water and let the sisters take turns to take a bath. They had to wash cleanly from beginning to end on this day, and put on brand new clothes all over their bodies. Take a shower, or you will wash away all the good luck for a year.

Of these sisters, Muma counted which ones were washed and which ones were not washed. In the end, there was still kapok left unwashed. Muma shouted at the top of her voice, "Kapok, come and take a bath!" No one answered.

Muma yelled a few more times, and then called out to the other sisters: "Look where the kapok has gone, why hasn't it come to take a bath?"

But no one found kapok.

Mu Ma started nagging: "Why is this child so ignorant, where did she go to play on New Year's Eve? Just waiting to wash her clothes!"

Mulan remembered: "I seem to have heard someone looking for her just now, maybe it's a classmate!"

The second sister said: "Could it be that I went to Xiaoli's house in front? These two children are usually very good, why don't I go and have a look!" Mumei went to Xiaoli's house, and soon left alone When she came back, "Xiaoli said she hadn't been out today, and she hadn't seen kapok."

Apart from complaining a little, everyone didn't take it too seriously. The county is so big, she shouldn't be able to come back soon.

Unexpectedly, until the New Year's Eve dinner was served, the kapok did not come back. The family was really anxious. Mu Ma asked the whole family to go out, shouting and looking for along the street, and saw someone outside. In the past, I asked: "Have you seen a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, so tall, wearing a pink dress?"

All the people who were asked shook their heads. Why did this thirty-year-old lose his child?
Mulan thought of the cases of young girls who were violated and disappeared that frequently appeared in the newspapers in later generations, and she was anxious and afraid. She regretted why she didn't follow someone out when she heard someone called Mu Mian, and she didn't dare to tell Mu Ma and the others about these worries, so as not to offend them. more worried.

I really don't know what to do.

Suddenly the phone vibrated in her pocket, Mulan took out the phone, it was Fu Sixing's number, suppressed the panic in her heart, and connected the phone: "Hello, hello."

Fu Sixing sounded in a good mood: "Mulan, how have you been going home for the past few days? Are you okay? Grandma reminded me to call you during the Chinese New Year. I was afraid that the signal would be blocked at night, so I called ahead of time and wished you the best of luck." Happy New Year!"

Mulan couldn't help it suddenly, and started to cry: "Fu Sixing, my sister is gone!"

Fu Sixing's voice suddenly became serious: "Don't cry, just talk, what happened?"

Mulan still couldn't help sobbing: "It was almost noon today, it seemed that someone came looking for my sister, and she went out, and then she never came back. No matter how hard we searched, we couldn't find it."

"Don't worry, is she going to a good friend or classmate's house? Or will she encounter some unpleasant things and want to run away from home?"

"She only transferred to the elementary school in the county last semester. She rarely goes to her classmates' homes. This morning, she was very happy to look at the new clothes she was going to wear in the evening. She is not unhappy. Fu Sixing, will she be caught by others? Kidnapped?" Mulan has always been strong, but at this moment, she has lost her mind, and regards the person on the other side of the phone as her only support.

"Even if it's a kidnapping, there must be a purpose. She will definitely not be hurt immediately. Don't worry, think about it carefully. Is there anything suspicious? By the way, have you called the police?"

"I went to the police station, but they said that I can only report to the police after 24 hours of disappearance."

"Mulan, listen, don't be afraid, calm down first, I will help you with this matter, and call me immediately if you need anything, understand?"

Mulan didn't understand, but Fu Sixing had already hung up the phone. Although she didn't know what he meant by that, she felt much more at ease. At least she could calm down and comfort her parents: "Little sister will be fine. Go home and wait!"

A good table of New Year's Eve dinner, no one moved.

The family watched in fear until midnight, when there was a "crash", half a brick came through the window, smashing one of the window panes.

Mulan picked up the brick that had been smashed in. There was a note tied to it, and she unfolded it with shaking hands. On it was written a crooked line with a ballpoint pen: "Your daughter is in my hands. If you want her to live, Just prepare 5 yuan before tomorrow night, and call the police to tear up the ticket."

Muma burst into tears with a "wow": "Where is the god damn villain, he really kidnapped my kapok."

Instead, Mulan breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good to know the whereabouts of Kapok. Asking for money is better than seeking revenge. I have 5 yuan, and I will go to the bank to withdraw it tomorrow." In Mulan's mind, compared to being molested by a perverted old man, or He was sold to a remote and impoverished mountain village, but he was lucky enough to be kidnapped and extorted.

It's a pity that she can't contact the kidnapper now, and told him that she is willing to pay the 5 yuan to redeem him, and only asks the other party to protect the kapok from being harmed.

The next morning, in order to reassure the kidnappers, Mulan went out with Mumei to the bank to withdraw money in a very high-profile manner. When she came out of the bank, she deliberately loudly said to Mumei: "Second sister, I have already paid the 5 yuan. Take it out." I hope the kidnappers can hear it.

Sure enough, the family soon received a second note from the kidnapper: "Let that Mulan take the money alone, go to the north gate of the People's Park, count to the third tree on the left, and put the money under the tree." , and then go to the hole of the fifth tree on the right to get the note. If there is one more person, just wait for the body to be collected!"

The eldest sister Mugui stood up: "Mulan, let me handle this matter."

"No." Mulan stopped her. "The note asked me to go. If I don't go, I'm afraid they will be angry. What we want now is for Kapok to come back safely. Don't provoke them."

"Then you have to be careful!" Mu Gui said worriedly, "I don't know what's going on with Kapok now, so you must not have any more accidents."

Mu Ma had already fainted from crying, Mumei was watching him, Mu Pa was so annoyed that he hit his head and scolded himself for being useless, Mulan stood up, holding the newspaper bag with 5 yuan in it: "Don't worry, I will definitely bring the little girl back safely."

She said it firmly in front of her family, but in fact Mulan didn't have a clue in her heart, she just hoped that the kidnappers were really asking for money, and she must not do anything crazy.

There were not many people visiting the park on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the north gate of the People's Park was always a deserted place. At this time, there was not even a single person. Mulan followed the kidnapper's request and put the newspaper bag containing the money in the third place on the left. Then she counted to the fifth tree on the right, searched carefully, and finally saw a tree hole higher than her head. She reached in and touched it, and there was a note.

Mulan got the note and looked back, the package under the third tree on the left was gone.

Her heart was pounding, and she unfolded the note...

(End of this chapter)