When they arrived at the visiting room, they saw Zhengkang. They hadn't seen him for a day, but his beard had grown out. His face was blue and purple, and there were bruises at the corners of his mouth. It was obvious that he had been severely beaten.
When Zhengkang saw his grandma and his dad, his eyes turned red with excitement and tears fell down his face.
Wang Shouren's anger was replaced by heartache when he saw his son's miserable state. He could not wait to pull Zhengkang to sit on the stool. The conditions in those days were backward, so naturally, unlike later generations, people could not talk on the telephone, and there was glass between them, so they could not pull or pull.
Now it is just a room with more than a dozen tables and two or three chairs next to the tables. Every visitor sits together with the prisoner he or she is visiting.
There was a prison guard standing at the front and back doors of the visiting room, holding a rifle and watching their movements.
After the three of them sat down, Wang Shouren hugged Zhengkang and burst into tears, cursing as he cried, "You little bastard, how did you get yourself into this state? Do you know that your grandma and I have been looking for you for a long time?"
Zhengkang lay in Wang Shouren's arms and cried.
After they had been crying for five minutes, Qian Shulan could no longer bear it and frowned, reminding them, "The prison visit time is only half an hour. Can we not waste time crying? Zhengkang, quickly tell grandma what human trafficking is all about?"
After being reminded by his mother, Wang Shouren didn't care about crying anymore. He quickly pushed his son away and asked anxiously, "Yes, yes, please tell me what happened?"
Zhengkang wiped his tears and began to tell what happened.
This story starts with Liu Fangming.
Ever since Liu Fangming was found by Liu's parents, all the money she had saved with great difficulty was confiscated by them, and they also locked her up at home, unable to go anywhere.
Later, Liu Fangming learned from her brother that her father had promised her to a lame man and that he had received a 100-yuan dowry.
The bride price in this era is usually 20 to 30 yuan, and a 100 yuan bride price is absolutely a sky-high price. It is called marriage, but in fact it is selling.
Liu Fangming certainly didn't want to be sold out like this, so she was so anxious that she tried her best to find a solution. Then, one day, she saw a friend from the same village through the only narrow window in her room, and begged him to help her deliver the letter to the high school next door.
Zhengkang was very angry at first when he heard that Liu Fangming was found by his parents. But he couldn't let her go. After all, when he was confused and uneasy, only Liu Fangming was willing to get close to him and even be his wife.
He softened his heart and went to see her secretly at night.
The two of them were talking through the window across the wall. Liu Fangming was afraid that Zhengkang didn't want to save her, so she told him about his uncle asking her for money.
Zhengkang then realized that his family didn't want him to marry Liu Fangming at all, and he was extremely sad.
He wanted to take Liu Fangming away secretly, but Liu's parents were watching at home, so he couldn't find a chance.
Zhengkang could only think of ways to raise enough money. He wanted Liu's parents to give him Liu Fangming. He originally went home to ask his family for help, but who would have thought that he heard that his mother was seriously ill and needed a lot of money. This made him speechless.
He stayed at home for several days, and could neither eat nor sleep well. After arriving at school, he went to see Liu Fangming every night. Seeing Liu Fangming exhausted by her father's hunger, he felt very guilty. How could he make money? He helped others copy homework at school, but he only earned 10 cents or 2 cents in a few days. Adding the previous money, he didn't even have 50 yuan.
Zhengkang had no choice but to steal his father's money. His mother was sick, so he didn't dare to steal more.
He took the hundred yuan he had managed to scrape together and begged Liu Fangming's parents to marry Liu Fangming to him.
But who would have thought that the parents would immediately become suspicious when they saw a little kid carrying so much money.
Out of a boy's self-esteem, Zhengkang did not tell anyone that he had stolen the money from home and lied that he had picked up the money.
Liu's parents immediately decided to steal Zhengkang's money. After all, he had picked up the money and there was no one to testify for him, so he could not call the police.
After the money was stolen, Zhengkang naturally made a big fuss, but he was beaten by Liu's father and mother and was driven away instead.
Of course Zhengkang refused to leave. He waited outside the Liu family's door and wanted to take Liu Fangming away while Liu's father and mother fell asleep.
But who would have thought that after he pried open the door, he was caught up by Liu's father and mother before he could even walk out of the village with Liu Fangming.
Late at night, they beat Zhengkang up and threw him into the kitchen.
When the police found Zhengkang, he was being beaten by Liu's father and mother.
Liu's parents wanted to sue him for human trafficking. Zhengkang had already been taken back by the police and detained in the police station.
After hearing what happened, Qian Shulan rubbed her eyes and veins on her forehead throbbed.
Wang Shouren was so panicked that he stared at his mother.
Zhengkang's eyes were red from crying. He didn't know how he could be considered a human trafficker. He was clearly saving people. Liu Fangming didn't like the cripple, but her parents ignored her wishes and insisted on marrying her. Wasn't this feudalism? He couldn't figure it out. He was scared to death in the detention center these days. Those people were so scary. When they looked at him, the light in their eyes made him feel scared at a glance.
Qian Shulan said to Zhengkang, "Are you sure Liu Fangming won't sue you for trafficking her?"
Zhengkang was stunned for a moment, then nodded confidently, "She will definitely not betray me."
Qian Shulan sighed and said unhappily, "Don't be so confident! If she was really a kind-hearted person, why would she try to sow discord between you and your family?"
Zhengkang wiped his tears and blamed Wang Shouzhi, "It was my uncle who did something wrong. Why did he tell Xiaofang how to make money?"
Qian Shulan was so angry that she slapped him in the face and glared at him, "Are you a fool? Does this have anything to do with your uncle? Even if your uncle hadn't done this, wouldn't Liu's father and mother have sold their daughter? Wouldn't you have to continue stealing money from home to save her?"
Zhengkang was a little confused after being hit. This was the first time his grandmother hit him. He grimaced in pain. He wiped the corner of his mouth and found blood.
Wang Shouren felt extremely distressed, but was afraid that his mother would say that he spoiled his child. He was so anxious that he scratched his head and wished he could be punished for his son.
Qian Shulan looked gloomy, glared at Zhengkang fiercely, and began to scold, "I think you are always looking for trouble! Your mother is seriously ill, and you dare to run away from home. You also kidnapped people, you are courting death. When you have a criminal record, I don't know how you will find a job in the future. How will you support your Xiaofang? Let's see if your Xiaofang will marry a loser who can't even support himself."
Zhengkang, who had never been insulted like this before, felt extremely ashamed and angry. He rubbed his face and looked at his grandmother aggrievedly, his eyes full of fear and anxiety.
Seeing his son was so frightened, Wang Shouren couldn't stand it anymore and stood up from the stool and walked out. He couldn't bear to scold the child, so he decided to let his mother teach him.
When Zhengkang saw that the person who protected and loved him had left, he was so scared that his face turned pale, his lips trembled, and he looked at his grandmother with even more fear.
After staring for a long while, Qian Shulan's eyes became sore and she looked away.
Zhengkang heaved a sigh of relief, and his stiff body relaxed. Thinking of his grandmother's words, he shuddered and cried, "Grandma, please save me?" With tears in his eyes, he grabbed his grandmother's sleeves with both hands and looked at her pitifully.
Qian Shulan sighed heavily and didn't give him a definite answer. "I don't know if I can rescue you. If I can't rescue you, you should stay in there for a year. When you get out, you should stay in the team and earn work points. Don't come out and cause trouble."
Zhengkang turned pale with fear. He didn't want to go to jail. He was only fifteen years old, how could he go to jail? He held Qian Shulan's arms tightly with both hands and begged anxiously, "Grandma, grandma, please save me, I can't go to jail. I'm scared! The way people here look at me makes me very scared." Zhengkang obviously thought that he was really going to jail this time. The belief that he had always been right collapsed in an instant.
Qian Shulan looked at him expressionlessly and spread her hands helplessly, "What nonsense you are talking about! If you don't want to go to jail, why did you kidnap and sell girls? When you were doing this, why didn't you think about how serious this matter was?"
Zhengkang was really scared at this moment. If even his grandmother couldn't save him, who else could
He knelt on the ground, hugged Qian Shulan's legs, and begged her, "Grandma, I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so impulsive. I really know I was wrong. Please save me. By the way, please find my uncle. Isn't he an old Red Army soldier? He must have a way."
Qian Shulan reminded helplessly, "Your uncle has taken your mother to the provincial capital for treatment. You have pissed your mother off to death, but you still have the nerve to prevent her from even getting treatment for her illness? You won't die from going to jail, but your mother will die from such a serious illness. How can you be so selfish!" At the end, her voice rose a lot, and she was obviously angry again.
Zhengkang was so scared that he stopped talking. He felt guilty when his mother was mentioned. He stared at Qian Shulan with his eyes. The look in his eyes was like that of a wounded little rabbit.
Qian Shulan sighed, "Grandma will try her best to save you, but you have to be mentally prepared!" Although she had her own way, she wanted him to remember this lesson. Let's see if he dares to cause such a big disaster again.
Zhengkang understood what his grandmother meant, and in despair, he covered his face and burst into tears.
The prison guard over there reminded, "Time 34 is up."
Qian Shulan stood up, and the prison guards came over to take people away. When Zhengkang was taken away, he still leaned over and cried, "Grandma, grandma, you must save me."
Qian Shulan sighed heavily.
When she stood up and walked out, she found Wang Shouren standing at another door, staring in the direction of his son.
Qian Shulan walked over and patted his arm, reminding him, "Let's go."
Wang Shouren retracted his gaze and asked nervously, "Mom, Zhengkang won't really go to jail, right? You have a solution, right?"
Qian Shulan didn't say anything, but waved her hands helplessly, rubbing her eyebrows as if she was thinking.
Wang Shouren didn't bother his mother anymore.
After leaving the detention center, Wang Shouren found that his mother was not walking towards the door, so he hurriedly reminded her, "Mom, that's the police station, this is the door." Didn't he want to ask people not to sue Zhengkang? How could he go to the police station
Qian Shulan didn't say anything and continued to walk forward. Wang Shouren looked at his mother's back with doubts, but still followed her.
Qian Shulan found the policeman again and said, "I want to sue Mr. and Mrs. Liu for theft. My eldest grandson took 100 yuan when he left. There are many people who can testify to this."
When the police heard that such a large sum of money was lost, they immediately became serious and began to inquire about how the money was lost.
Qian Shulan told the story again.
The police immediately sent colleagues to the detention center to ask for the prisoner's testimony.
After taking Zhengkang’s statement, the police immediately summoned Liu’s father and mother.
The police quickly found the 100 yuan. This is also different from later times. In later times, the police could not search residents' homes directly without a search warrant.
But in this era, because the law was not yet perfect, there was no such regulation.
Of course, more than just the hundred yuan were found. The others all had their sources, but Liu's father and mother could not explain the origin of this hundred yuan. In the end, it was determined that the money was brought by Zhengkang.
When Liu's father and mother heard that he would be sentenced to ten years in prison, they collapsed to the ground and kept begging Qian Shulan for mercy.
At the end, the two began to bargain, "I won't sue your grandson for kidnapping my daughter, as long as you can close the case."
Qian Shulan was not moved at all and insisted on suing them.
Wang Shouren, who was standing by, was moved by what he heard. After all, even though his son had made such a big mistake, he still couldn't bear to see his son suffer.
Qian Shulan didn't know much about the laws of that era. According to later generations, Zhengkang's behavior could not be considered abduction and trafficking, but now people wanted to sue him and the policeman took him to jail, which meant that he had indeed committed a crime. She asked the policeman next to her, "The girl was only fourteen or fifteen years old and had not yet married. My grandson just couldn't bear to see her sold to a cripple by these beastly parents. He was kind-hearted and had never violated her. In addition, the two were of similar age, so there was no deception. It should not be considered abduction and trafficking, right?"
The police officer quickly replied that if the legal guardian was in prison, the crime of human trafficking would not be established as long as the person concerned did not sue him.
Qian Shulan was relieved. She was determined to sue.
When Liu's father and mother were pushed back into the cell, they cursed at Qian Shulan.
The author has something to say: I don’t quite understand the laws of that time, but if there was anything wrong, people could speak out and it would be corrected if it was reasonable.