Chapter [49]: Tracing the Roots
"Master, do you know what I feel now? If I want to get married and have children in the future, others will hold the knife on my neck, and I will only give birth to one."
Ou Ye looked at the little kid in front of him and said to me.
After dinner, we were going to take the child to the night market by the river for a walk, because we felt a little embarrassed to see the clothes the child was wearing.
No one expected that this era would be the case, and children were still wearing patched clothes.
We really couldn't stand it and decided to buy a set of clothes for the child, so we took the child to the Jiangbian night market after dinner.
Qiao Wei took the children in front to choose things, and Ou Ye and I walked behind.
Qiao Wei may have been here for a long time, so he could get along with the locals, so he soon became familiar with the children.
When I heard Ou Ye say this, I felt a little surprised. Why did this girl suddenly talk about getting married and having children?
I asked her with a smile: "Do you have a partner in your heart? Do you want to get married soon?"
"I'm not kidding you, I'm serious."
Ou Ye looked serious and didn't look joking at all. Seeing her so serious, I was shocked.
I asked her: "Have you visited Daliangshan and changed your view of the world?"
The place I went to a few days ago is located in the hinterland of Daliang Mountain, and is a small county town called Zhige.
This is a settlement of ethnic minorities, with a relatively backward economic strength and is incomparable to the first- and second-tier cities outside.
So I was still prepared in my heart. I knew that when this young girl entered, she would definitely be affected by some spiritual impact.
Tears flashed in her eyes: "Do you know? What does it feel like to live with domestic animals? They used a bamboo cover to block the livestock they raised in the back, and then they ate and sleep in front of the cover."
Looking at Ou Ye's expression, it seemed that he couldn't continue talking.
For Ou Ye, she was a girl who came out of the city and had no idea that there were still such poor and backward places in the mountains.
I took a deep breath: "The extremely unbalanced economic development can lead to such a situation."
Some people say that poverty limits others' imagination, but have you ever thought about how poor can it be?
Perhaps most people cannot think that in the poorest places, people still live with livestock.
It may seem a bit scary, but it is indeed a reality.
Ou Ye shook his head: "I don't think it's a problem with economic development, because I found that their place is so capable of having children."
Her opinion seems to be a bit extreme.
But it also illustrates the criticality of this issue from another aspect.
It is undeniable that in poor and backward places, local people do not pay much attention to family planning, so there is a vicious cycle, the poorer they are, the more children they are.
Ou Ye said in a trembling voice: "I really can't imagine that there are more than ten children in the family, big and small. The oldest child has already given birth to a child, and the youngest child is still in his infancy."
As she said, tears had fallen.
Obviously, the local situation had a very big impact on her.
I patted her on the shoulder: "Don't sigh, there are some things that we can't control because we are not God."
This sentence sounds so helpless.
There are always many helpless things in this world. Although you think you can change, when you are ready to change, you will find that you are powerless.
Ou Ye raised his head and looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, hoping not to shed tears.
The stars in the sky are flickering, echoing the lights on the ground. This world looks so beautiful, but who can understand the darkness hidden behind the beauty?
She said to me: "When I was a kid, my dream was to grow up and be a qualified policeman, but this time, I changed my dream again."
I was shocked again.
When a person changes his dream and pursues what I have pursued before, how much force does the impact this person needs to be in his heart to become like this?
She asked me, "Don't you want to know what my new dream is?"
"If I guess well, do you want to be a teacher in a remote mountainous area after graduation?"
I asked very calmly.
Ou Ye's shoulders trembled, turned around, and looked straight into my eyes: "Bai Xiaotian, are you a roundworm in my stomach? How do you know what my dream is?"
"Your dream now is also my dream."
My expression was still very calm, because I had actually experienced what the girl in front of me had experienced before.
In my heart, I was also greatly impacted, and I had changed my dreams, but later this change was pulled back by me.
She took a deep breath and wiped away the tears in her eyes: "Since you have been shaken in your heart, why haven't you changed your belief at that time?"
She might be wondering, thinking that I am a cold-blooded and ruthless person. Why am I still so indifferent when facing so many people in need?
I said to her: "I thought about this problem from the reverse direction."
"What is the reverse thinking?"
Ou Ye was a little curious, but more of it was not understanding. Perhaps this girl who always wanted to solve problems in her heart would become a little slower when facing a series of problems.
I said, "At that time, I thought of a saying, poverty is the breeding ground for crime. Our country is not rich, and crime is still going on. Faced with the extremely vicious criminals, it is impossible for them to confess their guilt and punish them."
Just as I finished saying this, Ou Ye's eyes suddenly brightened, as if he had suddenly found his own direction in confusion.
She grabbed my hand: "So you want to stay and be a policeman to curb the occurrence of crimes and kill all the criminals in this world?"
"Crime cannot be eradicated, but even if there is a crime, we will pursue it to the end. This is our responsibility and faith."
I expressed my opinion in my heart in calm words, which is the truest thought in every policeman.
I don’t think we are so noble and great. We are also people who work with wages, but we have a sense of justice in our hearts. Only when people like us are irreconcilable with criminals can they serve the people in a practical way.
Ou Ye smiled and said in a vocal voice: "Thank you, I untie the knot in my heart and let my dreams come back on track."
Don't say it, this girl looks so good when she smiles. If you can't keep staring at her, you will be fascinated.
Qiao Wei's voice sounded beside him: "I said you two, why do you have to show your love by chance? You have to be tired of going out for a walk. Is it interesting?"
Ou Ye quickly let go of my hand like an electric shock, his pretty face turned slightly red, and he lowered his head without saying a word.
I said to Joway, "You just like to talk nonsense, where are the kids?"
"The child saw his friend and is playing with him now."
Qiao Wei had obviously bought clothes and bought some fruits and other things. He handed over the fruit and asked us if we could eat it.
Ou Ye frowned: "How could his little friend appear in this city hundreds of kilometers away?"
Her words made us nervous.
Qiao Wei quickly turned around and ran towards the child with the two of us. The child was brought from other places. How could he meet his friends in this city?
Ou Ye ran and said to me: "Xiaohu lives with an old lady. He said that when he was three years old, his father gave him to the old lady. He also had an older sister, but he had never seen what her sister looked like since he was a child."
"Then where did his sister go?"
I feel that this matter is becoming more and more strange. From the information, the child's father is a wealthy rich man, and the child's mother is a leader of a city.
No matter which family situation is, it is very outstanding.
Why did they send this child to the mountains and let the child suffer? Do they want to temper this child since childhood and learn to grow up independently?
Ou Ye said: "The child didn't tell me where his sister went. Anyway, one day he disappeared for no reason, and then his parents divorced."
The rich man's daughter disappeared for no reason, but the rich man did not report the case, and the local police did not receive any records of the child being kidnapped.
So what is the reason for this little girl's disappearance?
Anyway, no matter what the reason is, the sudden disappearance of the little girl must be the divorce guide of the couple.
The poor little boy, his sister disappeared, his parents divorced, and he was sent to the mountains to suffer.
What mistake did he make? Why did he suffer so much?
We saw the little boy talking and laughing with two other local children from afar, and also giving their own things to the two children. From this point of view, we can see that the little boy knew the two children.
We walked over quietly, not wanting to alarm them, but wanting to hear what they were saying.
At about two or three meters away, we hid behind the crowd and heard the little boy say to another child: "Riga, where is your aunt?"
"My aunt is nearby, of course you may not be able to see her because she is doing business."
The little boy named Riga said.
It sounded astringent and felt like an ethnic minority. Xiaohu asked Riga again: "What are you doing here? Why are you not with your aunt?"
"We are also doing business. We can't sell the things in our hands and will be beaten when we go back tonight."
After Riga finished speaking, she took out a pack of things mysteriously, which looked like it was wrapped in white paper.
Xiaohu was very curious: "Can you show me what it is?"
Riga shook her head: "No."
Xiaohu took out the toy: "If you show it to me, I will exchange it for you."
Seeing the beautiful toy, Riga seemed a little moved. Suddenly, at this moment, a woman from an ethnic minority rushed out, took out a whip, and hit her in the face.
In the local dialect, I don’t know what I was scolding. After a while, the Riga was beaten and screamed.
The woman who hit people looked like she had a big belly, but she didn't expect that she was so fierce, and she didn't know the importance of the attack.
Ou Ye roared angrily and rushed out.
Chapter completed!