"What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry? What happened?"
"Li Huan, something happened in Xiangqian Village. Several children were missing there, and they were all boys."
"That has nothing to do with me. You can go find the village chief of Xiangqian Village, or the police if that doesn't work."
"They went looking for him but couldn't find him after two days, so they reported it to the police. The police said it might be human traffickers. When my sister told me about it, I remembered that there seemed to be strangers coming to our village in the past two days."
Li Huan's scalp tingled. He had just taken office and wanted to make some achievements, so he set up a literacy class. If they were targeted by human traffickers, it would be too dangerous to keep all the children together.
Li Huan's mind started working at a high speed. He had to organize literacy classes and guard against human traffickers. What was a good way to have the best of both worlds? Cheng Qiao also came out and felt disgusted when she heard the word "human trafficker".
"Human traffickers are so heartless, they are not even human beings. If they are caught, they should be beaten to death."
Cheng Qiao's words suddenly gave Li Huan an idea. He knew what to do. He asked Cheng Qiao to close the door and he went to the village committee to beat drums and gongs.
At this time, every household was having dinner, and everyone was discussing the literacy class tomorrow. The children were particularly excited because Li Le said that whoever knew the most words would be given two White Rabbit milk candies.
The villagers were almost depressed when they heard the sound of the gong. When Chen Weidang was the village chief, the gong was only sounded during spring ploughing and autumn harvest, or when something really big happened.
This second-rate guy is quite good. He has only been the village chief for a few days, but he has already struck the gong several times. Who can bear it if he continues like this? However, everyone just grumbled a few words and still came to the threshing ground obediently.
"Village Chief Li, what's going on this time?"
"Isn't it going to be steamed bread again?"
"Why do you think so beautifully?"
"Fellow villagers, today I received a message that the children from Xiangqian Village next door were captured by human traffickers, so in order to protect the children of our Xiangyang Village, I plan to set up a security team."
The villagers were shocked. Six or seven years ago, there were always children going missing and everyone kept a close eye on the children. But in recent years, such things hardly happened, so everyone let down their guard.
"Human traffickers, oh my god, why are there more human traffickers?"
"It's okay. My children are all grown up. They are teenagers and won't be stolen."
"Your child is older, but mine is only three years old. Spring ploughing is coming soon. It's too unsafe to leave the child alone in the fields."
"Hush, didn't the village chief say he wanted to set up a security team? That's good."
"I don't know if I can get work points by joining the security team."
"Huanzi, I'm signing up to join the security team, I don't want work points."
Chen Weidang was the first to raise his hand. He had been the village chief for more than ten years and of course knew how cunning human traffickers were. Only if the villagers united and guarded their village could they protect the children.
"I'll join in too, but I don't want any work points."
Qian Longkun raised his hand, Jiang Guangrong, Zhao Xiaobao, and the new male educated youth also raised their hands. Uncle Niu even walked to the front and waved his fists, determined to catch the human traffickers.
Aunt Wang pushed her husband out, and Wang Xiangyang took the lead. Damao and Ermao also stood up, and even Chen Dazhu and Chen Tiezhu stood up.
Li Huan felt a little touched. He hadn't even mentioned the remuneration yet, but these people had already stood up, which was enough to prove that everyone's hearts were still burning with enthusiasm.
With a wave of his arm, he appointed Uncle Niu as the director of the security team, leading the team to protect Xiangyang Village, especially when the literacy class was over and during the busy spring farming season.
Uncle Niu opened his mouth with several missing teeth and laughed so happily. He finally had a chance to use his skills. He even imagined in his mind the scene of catching the human traffickers and whipping them with a bull whip.
In order to make everyone motivated and responsible, Li Huan announced that each security team member would receive one to three work points while on duty, depending on the duty time, and the first person to catch a human trafficker would be rewarded with ten yuan.
Hearing about work points and rewards, the villagers whose children grew up at home also became active. There were no work points to be earned by staying at home during the winter, so it would be better to go out on duty.
Even women and children came to join in the fun. They had already started to calculate the accounts. A full work point was three a day, which meant ninety centimeters a month, which would be more than six yuan in cash.
The number of people who signed up suddenly increased, and the scene was so chaotic that Uncle Niu was almost squeezed down. Li Huan glared, picked up the loudspeaker and started shouting, "One family will be admitted, and if the number is not enough, then we will select the best candidates."
When the villagers saw the second-rate guy glaring at them, they felt intimidated for some reason. Perhaps they were afraid of his wooden pole. This guy was not Chen Weidang, he was an unreasonable person.
Wang Xiangyang was the first to stand up, pushing his younger brother and father back. He was the only one in the Wang family to sign up, and Chen Weidang also pushed Damao back. The others saw this and chose the strong laborers in their families.
"Huanzi, my family has split up, so should we calculate it based on the period after the split?"
Chen Dazhu asked cautiously. His family had grown from one to three families. If only one person came out, it would be a loss for his grandmother's family.
Li Huan nodded. Of course the family division should be done according to the rules. Otherwise, what's the point of dividing the family? Seeing Li Huan nod, Chen Dazhu raised his hand happily. He signed up for his family.
Chen Tiezhu also signed up. Just as Chen Mugen was about to raise his hand, his twin sons, Daming and Xiaoming, rushed out at the same time. Their family was always hungry, but they could get money by joining the security team, and with the money they could buy food.
It wasn't just Daming and Xiaoming who were thinking about work points and money. There was also Chen Mugen, of course. Seeing that the child he had with the widow was so ignorant, he couldn't help but glared at the widow, and then kicked Daming to the ground.
"Dad, why did you kick me?"
"I'll kick you to death, you little bastard. You want to join the security team even though you're so sneaky and cunning."
"You make it sound like you're not sneaky."
Daming rubbed his sore butt, muttering as he walked, making Chen Mugen so angry that he really wanted to turn around and give him another big beating, but if he came out at this time, he would have to queue up again.
Looking at the bustling crowds, Uncle Niu and Chen Weidang were a little worried that there were too many people, which would make it difficult to exchange work points at the end of the year. After all, after paying the public grain, there would be limited food left.
Li Huan was not worried at all. With more people, they could be divided into several small teams, with team leaders selected and taking turns on duty. The effect would be better. As for work points, the public security bureau would definitely arrest people. How much time and opportunities would the human traffickers have to commit crimes
That night, Li Huan called Chen Weidang, Uncle Niu, Wang Xiangyang, Qian Longkun and others to his home to discuss the matter.