Nightcrawler: 20 Years of Peaceful Demons

Chapter 93
Doudou disappeared?
In an instant, I remembered the appearance of that child who was kneeling and shivering in filial piety.

I couldn't help but stop my father and said don't panic, tell me clearly what's going on.

My father said anxiously: "It's just gone. I was busy going up the mountain just now, and I was running wine, and everything was in a mess. When the busy work was over and the drinking people were gone, Ali went to find a meal, but she didn't know where to go." I couldn’t find it. I asked all the people, but I have never seen him. The last time was the kid from the Chunshan family. He said that he came back after holding the spirit card and went to the toilet. After that, no one has seen him. Now everywhere They are all looking, Ali and her mother-in-law are going crazy..."

I heard my father say this, and I wasn't nervous. He said that he was probably tired, so a young child, after a few days of tossing around, maybe he went to find a place to sleep?
I think of my cousin Hou Li, her mother-in-law, she really has a bad temper, maybe she is a little weird, so she has never looked good.

In the past few days, except for kneeling in front of the mourning hall and holding the spirit card when carrying the coffin, Doudou has no sense of presence at other times.

Father said who knows?Isn't this found everywhere?
I thought of the places I used to hide in when I was a child, and said to go to various barns, rice piles, and the ancestral hall, look for more, and then go to the mountains, and take a look at these places.Children, who can't stand being wronged, find out how to coax them.

Father said don't talk about it, you can help find someone too.

I didn't refuse, and walked with him to the west end of the village, and the big horn in the village rang.

Our village accountant shouted in that sharp voice: "Doudou, where have you been? Go home quickly and find your mother and grandma..."

After broadcasting it a few times, I began to call on all the villagers to help find people around as long as they are free.

We searched from the afternoon until after [-]:[-] in the evening, the sun was almost setting, and the sky was gray. My father and I searched every corner.

My father was exhausted, so I said let's stop and go to Sister Li's house, maybe someone will find it.

The two rushed back, but before they reached the boundary, I heard Sister Li's mother-in-law crying from a distance. When I got closer, I heard her scolding her cousin Hou Li at the top of her voice.

She is an old woman from the countryside. She has no knowledge, but she is extremely pungent. She probably lost her son first and then her grandson. She was in a state of grief, crying loudly at the top of her throat.

She scolded Sister Li as a prodigal and a bastard, saying that she killed her husband and lost her son.

He also said why didn't she die, staying in this world is also a joke, it's embarrassing...

She even scolded even more harshly, throwing out all kinds of vulgar words one after another, not to mention the parties involved, it hurt my ears.

She was scolding, and there were people around to persuade her, it was very chaotic.

I walked into the yard with my father, found my mother, and saw that the room was also in a mess, so I asked what was going on?

As soon as my mother said it, we found out that my cousin Hou Li had also searched for her several times, and she ran as far as the next village, but in the end, no one was found.

Because she was too tired and sad, she had passed out at this moment.

There is a doctor from the village health center inside. There is nothing wrong with my health, but I am too tired. After I asked, I found out that I still haven't found anyone. I have a headache. What's going on?
Mother said who knows, all kinds of theories are messy, but the police have been called. At first, the police station was unwilling to come to the police, saying that it hadn't been 24 hours. If you look for it, you should be able to find it - you are really ignorant when you say that you are going around, you made a fuss before, you wanted to eat meat, and you killed your father, and now you are doing this again...

Hearing what my mother said, I was also blaming DouDou, and couldn't help but said: "What is going on with this matter, there is no conclusion for the time being, let's talk about it when there is a result."

My mother said that I would go inside and have a look again, the house is already messed up enough, so don't let anything happen again.

I walked out of the yard, and the third uncle came out from nowhere, handed me a cigarette, and said to smoke one?
I shook my head and said no, no need.

The third uncle said, well, the matter of Weilong's family is really chaotic, one after another, the truck that killed Weilong has not been found yet, and now another incident has happened—— It's really bad luck, but what Tu Laosan said is right, and Ali is also to blame for this. It's okay to quarrel with those beggars in the morning. It's bad luck, so I'm dumbfounded now...

what?
When I heard him talking like this, my mind suddenly turned around, and I said, "Eh? Third Uncle? Do you think it's possible that those beggars vented their anger and abducted DouDou?"

The third uncle was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, saying that he couldn't do it, could he?It's just a quarrel, but what about abducting children?Besides, Doudou is almost six or seven years old, and sensible, they abducted the child, can they still sell it?

I said what if instead of selling the child, they broke the leg and used it for begging?

I was taken aback by what the third uncle told me, and I was a little flustered, saying no?
As he spoke, his voice became lower and lower.

Because thinking about it carefully, if Doudou was just sullen and hid by himself, he might have come back now, after all, children don't have strong perseverance.

Unless he really met an outsider, restricting his personal freedom.

And the so-called outsiders, most likely, are those beggars.

The third uncle thought more and more it was possible, so he hurriedly pulled me and said, let's go to the township police station to talk about the situation, and tell the police officer Tian about this matter.

He went to drive his pickup truck, and I explained to my parents and followed.

When I was going out, I glanced at the clock on the wall and saw that the time was approaching eight o'clock, my heart skipped a beat, and I remembered the previous agreement with Xia Meng.

Originally, it was said that she was treating guests, and the two of them went to eat roast chicken, but they didn't expect such a thing to happen again.

The disappearance of Doudou made everything messed up. I was busy all afternoon, nervous and worried, but I forgot about the agreement.

Thinking about it now, I feel a little embarrassed.

It's really embarrassing to say something good, but now you let him go.

But at this time, it's impossible for me to abandon my business and go on a date with a beautiful girl.

I wanted to tell Xia Meng, but then I remembered that I didn't ask the girl's phone number at all. After struggling for a while, my third uncle called me, and I stopped thinking about it and followed her out.

Half an hour later, we rushed to the township police station and told the Tian policeman who was in charge of the matter about the situation.

Officer Tian took it very seriously when he heard it. After asking us a few details in detail, he picked up the landline on the table and started calling several large police stations, asking the policemen there if they recognized these beggars.

We waited there for more than half an hour, and news came from Chengguan Town that there were indeed such a few people.

They hang around near the train station, often begging, and the police nearby have a little impression.

But those people begging are begging, but they don't steal or rob, and they don't have too many excessive behaviors, so although the police know about it, they don't pay attention to it, and don't know where they live.

Police Tian told us that it is still not sure whether DouDou is lost or not, and there is no way to draw a conclusion, and there is no way to bother people about this matter, so we have to wait another two days and report it to the district to wait for the notice from above. Come down and talk.

The third uncle was a little unhappy, and said that by that time, the day lily would be cold, why can't we check it now?

His tone was a bit heavy, and Police Officer Tian was not happy, saying that you thought we were all idle, right?This day, a lot of shit, you see which one of us is idle?There are only so many police forces and only so much funds. You say to investigate, okay, go yourself?
After he yelled, he didn't feel very good, and added another sentence, saying that everything has a procedure, so don't get angry at me.

My third uncle and I came out, and my third uncle was smoking a cigarette, so excited that he didn't light the fire several times.

I glanced at him, recalled the tragedy of my cousin Hou Li, thought for a while, and then said: "Uncle San, how about... let's investigate by ourselves?"

The third uncle was taken aback, saying us?
I said that Police Officer Tian was right. The train station is not under his jurisdiction. If he wants to help there, he has to wait for the higher-ups to coordinate, and it’s late at night. less than.Instead of pinning our hopes here, why don't we investigate first, just in case we have any clues, that's good, right?

The third uncle is still a little hesitant, saying that those beggars, don't look dirty on weekdays, they will fall down when the wind blows, in fact, all of them are vigorous, if there is really something, if you start your hands, your third uncle and I will Can't bear it.

I smiled, showing my white teeth, and said, Third Uncle, if there is anything, I, a young man, can just come and say hello, and you can watch from the side.

Seeing that he didn't believe it, I looked around and picked up a big stone of one or two hundred catties at the door.

That's when he said: "Okay, I'm going to risk it too, we two will go through it."

After the two agreed, they drove to the train station. When they arrived, it was already past nine o'clock, and the two asked next to the shop.

Most of these merchants doing business at the train station have seen those beggars. To be precise, there should be a large group of a dozen or so, but as for where they live, I don't know.

I kept asking, and when I asked the owner of a fast food restaurant, he actually knew and told me that the group of beggars at the train station lived in Dongjie Hutong.

He has helped deliver food and knows their address.

(End of this chapter)