Era: After foreseeing the future, I changed my fate using spatial abilities.

Chapter 36 Thrilling
After the three of them had lunch at the state-run restaurant, Zhang Ze took Mao Qian to tidy up the room, while Su Ning did not rush back to the guesthouse to rest, but instead strolled leisurely on the street.

While passing by the supply and marketing cooperative, she unexpectedly discovered that they were selling ginger candy, which she had never tried before. Seeing the hard, large blocks with bits of ginger inside, she couldn't resist buying several pieces to try.

As soon as I stepped out of the supply and marketing cooperative, I put a piece of ginger candy in my mouth.

It's so sweet it's almost cloying, with a hint of spicy ginger flavor. It's not bad, but there's just something strange about it that I can't quite put my finger on.

Especially after swallowing, it felt like a small flame was spreading and darting along her tongue and down her throat, instantly causing a layer of fine sweat to appear on her nose and forehead.

"Pfft~"

Suddenly, I heard someone burst out laughing uncontrollably.

Turning her head, she saw a girl about the same age as her, with a pair of red and yellow butterfly ribbons tied to the ends of her braided hair.

Those smiling eyes had dark, shining pupils, and there was a cute little mole on the side of her nose.

"Sorry, classmate, I was laughing at your reaction to eating ginger candy, not at you... no, I wasn't laughing at you... oh, not exactly..."

"Well, I see."

For a moment, both of them felt awkward, as if they had been caught red-handed. After exchanging a smile, they quickened their pace and hurriedly left the supply and marketing cooperative.

Neither of them, who were walking away in opposite directions, could have imagined that they would meet again in that way not long after.

……

The signs bearing the names of their respective communes were held high, and a large group of educated youth chattered and asked questions before gradually carrying their luggage to the commune leaders they had been assigned to when they went to the countryside.

The area was surrounded by villagers who loved to watch the excitement.

Gushi is just a small county-level city, and for the many groups of educated young people from all over the country who have come every year in the past two or three years, it still looks novel.

If there are one or two troublemakers who don't understand the situation, then the show will be even more interesting!

Not quite understanding what was causing the onlookers' inexplicable excitement, Su Ning, standing on the outermost edge, secretly shook her head and had no choice but to give up on this spectacle.

Her walk around wasn't entirely fruitless; as she turned to leave, she thought about the information she had gathered.

Although two years have passed since the natural disaster, there is still a shortage of food, especially fine grains and nutritional products, in various regions.

These two things can be even more useful than money and tickets, and if used properly, they can produce unexpected results.

Especially when she heard the old lady ask her mysteriously if she had grain on hand, saying that three hundred catties of fine grain plus one hundred yuan could buy her a formal job at a state-run restaurant.

The old lady's words undoubtedly gave her inspiration: so this is how work targets can be set.

"What are you doing? Let me go! Help! Help me!"

"Little Flower, how can you not recognize me as your mother now? Waaah~"

"I don't even know you, how could you be my mother? Let go, let go of me right now!"

"Waaah, Flower, please listen to Mom and let's go home first, okay? Your dad... he's dying..."

The loud argument brought Su Ning back to her senses.

Unbeknownst to her, she had unknowingly wandered into another 'bustling' circle.

In the crowd, a middle-aged woman wearing a gray polka-dot short-sleeved shirt was tightly holding onto a girl in front of her who was trying to break free, pleading with tears streaming down her face.

"Flower, please listen to Mommy, okay? Waaah~ I... I'll kneel down and beg you, please come back with Mommy..."

"Let go! I really don't know her, and my name isn't Flower. Please help me! Can anyone call the police for me?"

"Flowers~"

The middle-aged woman looked devastated, her tearful eyes filled with both grief and disappointment.

The choked sob and the roar contained the pain in a mother's heart, instantly bringing tears to the eyes of those who are easily moved to tears and full of empathy.

In an instant, a swarm of accusations, insults, and unsolicited advice poured in.

"Girl, just listen to your mother and hurry home to see your father. If you really don't even get to see him one last time... tsk tsk tsk, that's the greatest act of filial impiety!"

"You're dressed so well and you're so pretty, how could you be so cruel and vicious? You actually made your mother kneel down, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?!"

"Exactly, how can a girl be so heartless!"

"Big sister, I'm telling you, you're too weak. If this happened in my house, I would have given you a good beating. How dare you yell at your elders, your mother? You've gone too far!" "That's right, that's right. Girl, be good and go home with your mother right now!"

As Luo Shuangshuang listened to the overwhelming majority of the crowd siding with the middle-aged woman, despair filled her heart and eyes: Why? Why is it that no one will believe her?

"I really don't know this person! Who, who can help me? Let me go, I won't leave!"

As she pushed and pulled, her long hair, which was scattered around her face, was flung behind her as she struggled more violently, fully revealing her terrified eyes.

A small mole on the wing of the nose, and a reddish-yellow braided rope...

It's her!

He stood on tiptoe to get a closer look and recognized her at a glance. He immediately thought of the abduction incident at the school gate that was almost exactly the same as the current situation.

His mind went blank for a moment. Seeing the middle-aged woman about to drag the person away with the help of several helpful bystanders, Su Ning forcefully pushed through the crowd, taking several large strides to block their path, and shouted loudly—

"Where do you think you're taking my classmate? I've met her mother, and that person isn't you at all!"

"hiss--"

"What's going on?"

The middle-aged woman was stunned by the sudden situation, but fortunately, she reacted quickly and immediately came to her senses and asked a question.

"What are you trying to do, little girl? Do you even know her? Don't tell me I'm not her mother!"

"She's my classmate Hu Xiyue. How come I don't know her? She's not the 'Little Flower' you're talking about at all. You're definitely not her mother. Are you a human trafficker trying to kidnap a pretty girl?!"

"you…"

"What do you mean, 'you'? I know her name, where she goes to school, and even her home address. And you? You said her name is Hua'er? What's her last name? How old is she? What's her birthday?"

"I…"

"What do you mean, 'what ...?' Do you think you need to think about such simple information about your own daughter? Shouldn't you just blurt it out without thinking? You can't say it at all, because you're a human trafficker!"

Suning was full of confidence, and even the name he came up with was not thought out without any hesitation or panic.

His clear and articulate questions, one after another, relentlessly challenged the middle-aged woman, leaving her repeatedly defeated.

"Girl, don't meddle in other people's business. Didn't your parents teach you that?"

"What do you mean by 'meddling'? You kidnapping my classmate in the street is considered meddling? I dare to go to the police station to confront you about whether what I said is true or false. Do you dare to do that?"

Taking advantage of the woman's panic and despair, Luo Shuangshuang, feeling both hopeless and overjoyed at a turning point, immediately unleashed a strong will to survive and forcefully broke free from her restraints.

Without the slightest hesitation, he ran up behind her, whom he had only met once before, and unconsciously wrapped his arms around her, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

This moment will forever be etched in Luo Shuangshuang's mind.

Because when she was in her most desperate and helpless moment, about to be trapped in darkness, a fairy descended from the sky and pulled her out!

"The human traffickers are trying to escape!"

"Grab her right now! That damned kidnapper deserves to be killed!"

"Huh, they really are human traffickers?"

"Wasn't it because she couldn't answer that girl's question? Wasn't she guilty, so why did she run away?"

"Oh my god! I almost became an accomplice! That human trafficker deserves to be torn to pieces! Kill her!"

"In broad daylight, they're brazenly abducting young girls! That's outrageous! I'm going to report them to the police!"

The onlookers, finally realizing something was wrong, were both shocked and frightened; the scene was like a boiler exploding.

Those who had just stepped forward to help were especially soaked in cold sweat on their backs.

They were so close, so very close, to becoming knives in the hands of human traffickers!
Enraged and humiliated, the crowd surrounded the middle-aged woman who tried to run away and began punching and kicking her.

Upon receiving the report, the police quickly arrived at the scene. They not only locked up and dragged away the middle-aged woman who had been beaten black and blue, but also shrewdly apprehended two accomplices who were hiding in the crowd and responsible for instigating the incident and providing backup.

The news spread like wildfire, shocking the entire ancient city.

Families with daughters were especially nervous and fearful, and for a long time they dared not let their daughters go out alone.

(End of this chapter)