Baodan's running away was so sudden that Baodan's mother staggered. By the time she managed to stand up straight, Baodan had already disappeared into the crowd.
"Baodan" watched her son's gradually disappearing figure. Baodan's mother was so frightened that she trembled all over. She didn't care about the basket on the ground and ran after him.
"Baodan Mother, what's wrong with you?" Village chief Zhao's daughter-in-law, Zhao Qian, looked at the frightened Baodan Mother and called out hurriedly. Unfortunately, Baodan's mother was so focused on her son at the moment that she couldn't hear at all.
There was no way. Since they had encountered it, they could not just pretend not to see it. After struggling to carry the basket that Baodan's mother had dropped, Zhao Qianshi and the wives from the same village returned to the outside of the woodshop.
"Mom, this is the basket that Baodan Mother leave on the road, and I carried it back."
There were two baskets in front and behind. Zhao Qianshi's face turned red with tiredness. She pointed at the basket in front of her. If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Gang had some kinship with her family, she would not bother to care about this annoying Zhao Gang's wife.
"From Baodan's family?" Village chief Zhao's wife, Zhao Jin, looked at her younger daughter-in-law in surprise.
Zhao Gang's wife is usually very stingy. How could she just leave this basket of things on the road? It's unreasonable. Maybe something happened? Thinking of this, Zhao Jin looked at her daughter-in-law and asked hurriedly, "Where did you see Baodan's mother? What happened?"
"She's not far ahead. I called her but she ignored me. It seems like she's chasing something." When she came out of the grocery store, she happened to see Baodan's mother running. She really didn't notice what happened?
"What are she chasing? Just her?"
"Just her." Zhao Qian nodded.
Needless to say, what made Baodan's mother so nervous must be because of her son. Zhao Jin remembered that when Baodan's mother went out, she was holding her son's hand, and she happened to see it. This child must be willful again. Zhao Jin couldn't help shaking her head. The couple couldn't say anything if a good child turned out like this. Let the daughter-in-law have a rest, carry the basket to Zhao Gang, and tell him by the way.
Here, Zhao Gang saw the village head's aunt coming over with a very familiar basket. He was wondering what she said, but he panicked. Zhao Gang knew his wife very well. She was stingy and mean, and always valued her things very much. Since she had thrown away everything in the basket, something serious must have happened. Thinking of his son's willful and bad temper, Zhao Gang could not stand it anymore. He immediately handed the things to the village head's aunt and ran into the crowd.
Village chief Zhao, who had been sitting in the corner talking to his old friend, looked at Zhao Gang who was running away, realized something was wrong, and stood up and walked over.
"What's wrong?" he asked his wife.
Zhao Jin looked at the disappearing shadow of Zhao Gang and frowned, saying, "The second son's family found the basket that Zhao Gang's wife had dropped, and said she was chasing something. I was afraid that Baodan was being willful again, and Zhao Gang's wife went to chase the child. I was afraid something might happen, so I notified Zhao Gang, and he followed suit."
Besides being worried, I just couldn't like this child. In such an unfamiliar place, how can I just act as I please and leave my parents' side? If the child encounters bad people, let alone what will happen to him in the future, just the love that Zhao Gang and his wife have for their child will be in jeopardy! Zhao Jin couldn't help but sigh as she spoke.
Village chief Zhao also frowned. He also disliked Baodan, a child who was spoiled beyond recognition. But he is from Xishan Village after all, and he is related to the family. It seems that Village Chief Zhao cannot do it. He immediately called out to his youngest son who was sitting next to him, as well as a few men who had just returned from shopping in Xishan Village, and asked them to look in the direction Zhao Gang had run, looking for the three of them. If you really can't find it, come back quickly and think of a solution then.
As for Baodan, he was just angry and ran around with the crowd. He just walked along the road he saw, and when came to his senses, Baodan saw an unfamiliar place and was dumbfounded. Looking at the crowd coming and going, a trace of fear appeared on his face, although he was originally fearless. Fortunately, Baodan was brave enough and held back his tears. He was not stupid enough to continue walking with the crowd. Instead, turned around and walked back.
Baodan didn't cry, but Baodan's mother, who lost her son while chasing him, cried. She walked around North City like a headless fly, calling her son's name, but unfortunately there was no response. In a panic, Baodan Mother had to ask the people around her.
"Sister, sister, have you seen this tall, six-year-old little boy in blue linen clothes?"
"No, I didn't see it." Seemingly aware of the other party's anxiety, the person who was stopped was not angry and waved her hand.
"You see..."
"No..."
After asking several people, none of them saw him. Baodan's mother's legs went weak. At this moment, she had only one thought in her mind: if her son was lost, she would not live either.
She sat on the ground and burst into tears, attracting many passers-by to stop and look. It also brought Zhao Gang, who was anxiously looking for the mother and son.
At a glance, He saw the child's mother sitting in the crowd, crying and shouting her son's name. There were also two kind ladies trying to persuade the woman, and another person was helping to ask the onlookers if anyone had seen the woman's son, to which everyone shook their heads. Everyone was rushing to buy things, so who would notice whether there were children in the crowd? Even if they noticed, they would not care. There were quite a few people who brought their children with them. Although they all felt that the woman sitting on the road crying was very pitiful, it was a pity that they really did not see it.
"Wife!" Zhao Gang hurriedly pushed through the crowd and squeezed in.
When Baodan's mother heard her man's voice, she stopped crying and looked towards the direction where the voice came from. She saw her man with tears streaming down his face.
"Husband, go find your son quickly. He ran away by himself and blamed me. Why didn't I follow his will?"
Baodan's mother was so angry that she kept hitting herself. She was stopped by Zhao Gang. She felt angry, anxious and distressed. The woman was taking good care of the child, so how could the child disappear? But looking at the woman's appearance, she couldn't say any words of resentment. It was the first time she regretted spoiling the child so much. Otherwise, how could a child of six or seven years old have the courage to run away by himself. There was almost no need to ask, as one could tell it was his son's fault just by looking at the woman's appearance.
"Okay, stop crying. What's the point of crying? Go back first, I'll go find it right away." Even though he had restrained himself, his tone was still a little harsh. Zhao Gang was worried about his wife looking for her son now that she was in this state.
"I'm not going back. I want to go find my son." Baodan's mother wiped her face casually with her sleeve, stood up and continued to look for him. Her Husband was right, what was the use of crying, maybe she could find her son by now.
Zhao Gang frowned at his wife, sighed, and pulled her to look for it together, asking her not to look for it by herself in her current state, saying that he was worried.
Due to this delay, Zhao Shuyu and several men from Xishan Village also rushed over.
"Have you found it?" In order to catch up with them, he ran so fast that he was a little out of breath.
Zhao Gang shook his head and looked at Zhao Shuyu, Wang Xiao and others with gratitude.
"Okay, let's find it quickly." Zhao Shuyu said.
Looking at the people walking back and forth, Zhao Shuyu's heart began to beat. He just hoped that the child didn't run too far, otherwise it would be a real problem to find him in a short time. So the few of them quickly dispersed, searching not only the main streets, but also the small paths connecting to the sides.
On the other side, Baodan, who was walking back, vaguely heard his mother crying, but the sound was too soft, coupled with the noisy voices around, Baodan turned around several times on the spot but couldn't find the right direction.