Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 108 She Met a Noble Benefactor_1

Chapter 108: Chapter 108 She Met a Noble Benefactor_1

Song Yunuan’s eyes instantly widened, and she ran over to where Grandpa and the neighbor Old Ding’s family were.

The two of them were really getting into their conversation.

Big Boss Ding had actually made a mistake too, but he wasn’t sent to raise pigs because he hadn’t spread rumors.

It was Liu Daniu who got punished for spreading rumors and selling her daughter.

But at that time, there were quite a few people trading their daughters for a betrothal gift to find wives for their sons, so the main fault was still spreading rumors.

As a result, Big Boss Ding, along with Old Mrs. Ding, was severely criticized by Chu Zizhou.

Then, last night, he heard a faint voice calling out something, but he couldn’t quite make out what it was saying.

In a daze, Big Boss Ding got up, and the moment he opened the door, he saw a hemp rope hanging above it.

It was swinging back and forth, tied into a knot.

It almost caught Big Boss Ding right then and there.

Perhaps it was a guilty conscience, but it scared him so much he nearly wet himself.

The animated Old Man Sun described it as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

Old Man Sun told Song Yunuan, "Aren’t you going to the brigade office? Hurry and brush your teeth, wash your face; breakfast will be ready soon. Listen to Grandpa, don’t pay attention to this matter. If you get scared, you might have nightmares tonight. Be good, now..."

Old Man Sun promptly held his tongue.

This was the Song family’s precious little treasure, and if she were to get frightened, Head of the Song Family would surely have a falling out with him.

Song Yunuan was indeed very curious, but she did have things to do.

So she obediently and cleverly agreed.

Once she was far enough away, Old Man Sun continued, "... Do you remember anyone saying that Big Boss Ding’s wife’s death was suspicious?"

Head of the Song Family quickly recalled, sweating from his forehead, hoping the blame wouldn’t fall on his eldest son again.

Calculating the time, it was a relief, it had been in the second year after Old Ding’s wife died that he had become the head of the brigade.

Song Liang had been head of the brigade for exactly seven years if you didn’t count this year.

"Remember, the incident at the supply and marketing cooperative also happened that year, right?"

Afterward, Song Yunuan didn’t hear the rest, as the two old men moved on to the horse stable to check on the Big Jujube.

After getting ready, Song Yunuan went to the commune with Chu Zizhou by car.

They started by visiting President Huang.

President Huang was dedicated, always out early and returning late.

By the time they arrived, he had already been busy for half the day. He mentioned arranging a job for Chu Xiaocao, but whether it was suitable, they still had to go to the county town to see.

It was an electronic factory in the county town.

According to reports, County Mayor Ye had made several trips to the province to request this factory.

For this reason, the entire county was giving it full support.

They had recently recruited more than five hundred workers and were currently in training, with the instructors supposedly brought in from Xiangjiang.

The electronic factory wasn’t located in the center of the county town but was towards the north, and the registration point was temporary.

The electronic factory had started operating last year.

The first phase of the factory had been completed, and they were set to officially start work once the training period ended.

Securing a job there was no easy feat.

Chu Xiaocao was indeed unfortunate, with neither a caring father nor mother, both seeing her as a burden, and eager to sell her off for money.

But she encountered a benefactor.

President Huang glanced at the smiling girl and said, "Let’s go, we’ll head there now."

As it was uncertain whether it would work out, they decided to take her to the county town first, and discuss the rest later.

And wouldn’t you know it, everything went very smoothly.

At Zheng Dong’s, the requirements were not high—just be able to work without causing trouble.

For everything else, there were dormitory supervisors.

Dormitory manager Zheng Dong called her Aunt Wu, a retired cadre with a stern look, who also very seriously instructed Xiaocao on what she needed to do.

Xiaocao was excited the whole time, her eyes were red, but she listened very intently.

Then they did a trial run with her cleaning half a corridor and a washroom.

A group of people watched from behind.

Who would have thought that although Xiaocao was so nervous she seemed like she could hardly walk, when she started working she was very efficient.

The usually serious Aunt Wu saw how this girl worked and knew she was a capable person.

She said she was very satisfied and told Xiaocao not to clean up just yet, but to go to the office’s personnel department to complete the hiring process first.

On the way, Song Yunuan finally learned of Xiaocao’s exact experiences.

At three years old, she was kidnapped by traffickers; the kidnapper was an old woman who kept her because nobody wanted to buy her since she was a girl. However she was raised, it was certainly tough—there was nothing but beatings and scoldings. Before she realized it, she had grown to the age of ten, and the old woman fell ill. Since then, Xiaocao had been taking care of her.

At twelve, the old woman died.

Perhaps she had done too many evil deeds; she was covered in sores when she died—an utterly disgusting sight.

Before her death, the old woman gave Xiaocao away to a household.

That household was also involved in child trafficking.

But they did not sell the children; instead, they made them beg. The old woman had been cared for by Xiaocao until her death, perhaps bestowing her remaining conscience to Xiaocao.

The old woman was alone with no children. She told the person who took over that there was no need to take special care of Xiaocao—let her do whatever she needed to, but not to lay a finger on her; let her grow up to marry into another family. Xiaocao could earn money for them over these years, and if they could do that, the old woman would be grateful to them even after death. She then kowtowed three times to that person.

Xiaocao managed to grow up safely until she was fifteen.

She did all sorts of work, washing clothes, cooking, cleaning—she had learned to do everything quickly under the whip.

Later on, the gang was caught.

All the children were rescued.

It’s unclear whether it was luck or misfortune, but Xiaocao should have been taken care of by the town government because she couldn’t remember where her home was or what her surname was.

However, unexpectedly, a piece of paper was found in the clothes she wore as a child.

It turned out to be Chu Xiaocao’s information.

So she returned home.

Song Yunuan speculated that the old woman hadn’t written down the details of the sale, probably because she hadn’t cared enough to remember.

But maybe there was no need to remember how she was sold.

Anyway, such experiences were indeed poignant.

Poor girl.

So eager for a family, for a mother, yet what awaited her was cruelty and heartlessness.

It would have been better if she had not been found, living her life with one good thought to hold onto.

At the door, Song Yunuan asked her what she would do if her mother regretted her actions and came looking for her, asking her for money.

Chu Xiaocao looked at Song Yunuan. Her lips quivered, and she was too nervous to know how to respond.

She, she just didn’t know.

In fact, that was the genuine reaction of a timid fifteen-year-old girl.

Song Yunuan didn’t mind it.

She led her through the hiring process, and they then went out—President Huang was really smart; he followed them out as well.

But he did not come in; he just waited outside.

When she led Xiaocao to the office, President Huang started chatting with Zheng Dong in the corridor outside the office.

Afterward, a group first went to Liuxia Hamlet to get an introduction letter from the brigade leader and also brought out a household register.

Then the brigade leader joined them on a trip to the pig farm, where President Huang informed Liu Daniu and Chu Youfu that Chu Xiaocao would be working as a temporary worker at the electronics factory, with food and accommodation provided but no wages.

President Huang didn’t give them the chance to object.

He remembered how on the way Little Nuan kept bringing up the question of whether Xiaocao’s family had intentionally sold her to the traffickers.

He kept a stern face and intimidatingly warned, "The traffickers have been caught, but Xiaocao’s case isn’t over yet. We are still investigating to find out if there’s anything fishy going on. You’d better cooperate and not make any mistakes."

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