Quick Wear: Reversing Life

Chapter 237: Escape from the Mountains (18)

Chen Xianhua, born in 1944, dropped out of school at a young age and traveled around the country. He worked as an apprentice and did many jobs. He began to learn business at the age of 25 and founded Yinghua Company in 1974.

At the age of 33, he gave birth to his beloved daughter Chen Shanshan. Since then, his business has been prosperous and his business has grown bigger and bigger.

In 1997, his daughter was kidnapped on her way home. The ransom demanded million yuan, the highest ever in mainland China. Chen Xianhua paid the ransom but never found the hostage, and his daughter remains missing.

Most of the information about Chen Xianhua on the Internet is about his entrepreneurial experience, such as Yinghua Company's listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2003 and the establishment of Yinghua Group in 2010.

The information about family on the Internet is confusing and complicated.

Some say Chen Shanshan was already dead. Some say Chen Xianhua never paid the ransom when she was kidnapped, and the kidnappers killed her. Others say Chen Shanshan was sent abroad to live.

Chen Xianhua's wife, Wu Aiying, passed away in 2012.

Chen Xianhua’s address could not be found on the Internet, but the address of Yinghua Group was found in City S.

No recent personal news about Chen Xianhua has been found, only some news about the company's development and his attendance at some charity events.

After his beloved daughter went missing, Chen Xianhua set up a special charity foundation for her and has been keen on charity in recent years.

...

After checking this information, Xiaocao came out of the Internet cafe.

She asked the system: [The original owner's mother is Chen Shanshan, right?]

The system said: [Yes, the host guessed correctly.]

Xiaocao nodded. Before going to find Chen Xianhua, she still needed to deal with one person, the human trafficker Liu Guifen.

The county town is neither big nor small, but finding a woman named Liu Guifen is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Moreover, after so many years, the human trafficker Liu Guifen may no longer be in the county.

In order to save time, Xiaocao simply asked the system to retrieve the information of human trafficker Liu Guifen.

The good news is that Liu Guifen does still live in the county town, and it’s not far from the county station.

The bad news is that Liu Guifen is not in the county town now, but in the neighboring city of Yulin.

According to information, Liu Guifen's husband died early and she has two sons. The eldest son has married and has children, and the youngest son was released from prison two years ago and is now unemployed.

Xiaocao thought, since Liu Guifen is not here, let's start with the two sons.

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Liu Guifen’s eldest son, Lu Jun, is 43 years old. He has two hobbies: fishing in the reservoir near his home and fortune-telling.

So the next morning, Xiaocao set up a stall at the market that Lu Jun often went to. In front of the stall was a piece of cloth with the word "calculation" written on it.

A little girl in tattered clothes actually set up a fortune-telling stall, and the people around her were surprised and disdainful.

The old man who was also running a fortune-telling stall next to him hugged one knee, looked at Xiaocao with an ambiguous smile, and said, "Hey, little girl, how old are you? Are you 12 years old?"

Some passers-by were also amazed when they saw it.

"It's really funny. The threshold for cheating people out of money by fortune-telling is getting lower and lower. Even children come here to tell fortunes."

"You haven't even learned all the characters yet?"

"Have you ever been to school? Why are you here to learn fortune-telling?"

A woman selling roasted sweet potatoes at a nearby stall said, "It's not like the 2000s. You can't make much money from fortune-telling, little girl."

Xiaocao ignored these people and just waited for Lu Jun.

As expected, Lu Jun went out to buy groceries.

Lu Jun's wife works the night shift at the factory, so Lu Jun usually goes out to buy groceries and cook during the day.

He walked in from the street corner carrying a bag of vegetables and meat, and then started chatting with a stall owner he knew not far away.

"Old Lu is here. Do you still want to check your fortune today?"

The fortune-teller next to her, who was hugging his legs, greeted Lu Jun.

"Let's talk about it later. My daughter is going to take the high school entrance exam soon. I need to buy some meat and make some soup for her at noon."

"Oh, the high school entrance exam is coming up soon? Do you want me to tell you how you'll do?"

"Do I even need to calculate? He must be the top student in high school, hahahaha."

Three or four men laughed.

When Lu Jun saw Xiaocao's stall, he was a little surprised, but ignored it.

Just as he was about to leave, Xiao Cao suddenly said, "Uncle, since you are born in the Year of Fire, you should go to the reservoir less often."

Lu Jun looked back in surprise.

The fortune teller said: "Hey, I think this little girl is immoral, isn't she? She's stealing customers right in front of me."

Xiaocao stopped talking again and didn't look at Lu Jun.

This mysterious look actually aroused Lu Jun's curiosity.

"How do you know I often go to the reservoir?"

The roasted sweet potato lady said, "Can this be calculated?"

Xiao Cao shook her head: "It's not that simple. There's wet mud on his shoes. It's obvious that he often goes to the water."

The fortune teller laughed and said, "You are still a little inexperienced, girl. It's true that water controls fire, but you can't be so absolute. According to what you said, wouldn't you have to bathe and wash your hair less often?"

Xiao Cao said, "Uncle is Ding Fire, right? Ding Fire is Yin Fire, and Ren Water overcomes Ding Fire."

Lu Jun and the fortune teller both know that Ren water is Yang water, which symbolizes the fluidity of water, that is, natural mountains and rivers under the sunlight.

When the fortune teller heard this, he was surprised that this girl, who can't even read properly, actually knew all this.

"Who taught you to recite these, little girl?"

Xiaocao ignored him, packed up his stall and left.

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For several days in a row, Xiaocao came in the morning and left after sitting for an hour, regardless of whether she met Lu Jun or not.

Xiaohua stayed in the hotel with her mother.

Although Chen Shanshan would not resist much during the day, Xiaocao was not confident about taking her out in broad daylight, nor was he confident about taking Xiaohua out and leaving her alone in the room.

So Xiaocao would only take Xiaohua out for a walk when Chen Shanshan was sleeping.

Xiaohua is curious about everything in the city. Although there are no bustling high-rise buildings in the county town, the middle-rise houses have already amazed Xiaohua.

Xiaocao took Xiaohua to buy two sets of clean new clothes for the two of them, and then took Xiaohua to a fast food fried chicken restaurant that children love.

Xiaohua thought instant noodles were the most delicious food in the world, but she didn’t expect that there was something even more delicious than instant noodles.

It is so delicious that even the bones are not spared. The dish must be chewed into pieces and the marrow inside is sucked out.

And there is a drink called cola, it is so delicious!

After coming out of the fast food restaurant, Xiaocao went to buy two math books and two literacy books for her to write while she was in the hotel.

When passing by a pharmacy, Xiaocao bought some skin care products for Chen Shanshan, and then went to a nearby restaurant to buy a bowl of easily digestible tonic soup to take back.

The consumption in the county town is much higher than that in Xiaoba Village, and the more than 700 yuan that Xiaocao brought with him was soon gone.

But Xiaocao is not in a hurry, because someone will come to give her money soon.

On the fifth day after arriving in the county town, Xiaocao came to set up the stall in the morning as usual, and Lu Jun, whom she had not seen for a long time, was waiting for her.

"Little girl, can you really tell fortunes?"

The grass said, "It's up to you whether I can or not, and whether you believe it or not."

Lu Jun directly took out 200 yuan and handed it to her.

Xiao Cao didn't answer and asked, "What happened yesterday?"