Chapter 138 Human Trafficking
It was already past 17 p.m. when the family of four finished cleaning.
Lin Zisu touched her belly and said, "Mom, I'm so hungry! What are we going to eat tonight? Dahei, are you hungry?"
Dahei, lying on the ground, wagged his big tail and looked at her.
"I'm so hungry too! I'm so sleepy! As expected, after all the hard work, I'm both hungry and sleepy!" Lin Youcai lay on the square table, his stomach was telling him to go to sleep, and he didn't want to move.
Shen Xianglan: "There were only rice, noodles, oil, and seasonings on the bus, but no vegetables."
Lin Youcai: "I'm going to the city to buy some food. It won't take long to go back and forth. I also need to buy some for my parents. I'll go find my eldest brother!"
Shen Xianglan: "I don't think everyone has much food left. At most, there are some coarse grains."
Lin Youcai: "I guess everyone was in serious need of bedding, but the money from selling bears and charcoal was enough for rent, food and household expenses. Everyone worked every day and had an income, so food and clothing were not a problem and everyone could get by."
Shen Xianglan: "Thanks to the good policies of the country, everyone can live better. Go quickly! I'm starving!"
"Okay, I'll be back soon!" Lin Youcai put on a straw raincoat, a bamboo hat, and harnessed the mule to the carriage.
Lin Xianwen opened the yard door, waited for his father to go out, then closed the door and bolted it.
The courtyards in Qingshui No. 3 Community, Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, and Type 4 are all distributed according to the courtyard type. There are no walls separating the different types of courtyards, and they are all connected.
The community was built on an open space outside the city, and there was no wall around it. There was a small road between the courtyards that could accommodate vehicles, and the courtyards were connected in all directions. The courtyards were built in rows, neatly arranged, and the courtyard gates were marked with courtyard numbers.
Lin Youcai drove a mule cart to the gate of Yard No. 3, Type 59, which was the yard rented by Old Man Lin and Old Lady Wang.
Lin Youcai parked the mule cart and stood at the gate of the courtyard and shouted, "Dad, Mom, are you done with your work? What are you having for dinner?"
Old Man Lin: "No, your mother is talking about it, there is not even a leaf of vegetable!"
Grandma Wang: "I should have bought more pickled cabbage last night!"
Lin Youcai: "No, we just moved today, let's have a good meal! Big brother, second brother, third brother, let's go to the city to buy food!"
Lin Youfu: “Here I come, here I come.”
Lin Yougui: "I'll clean up at home, you guys go ahead!"
Lin Youxiang: “Let’s go.”
Lin Youcai: "What is there to pack? There are only so many things and so many people at home."
Lin Youfu grabbed his second brother's clothes and walked out. "Hurry up, hurry up, it's getting dark!"
Lin Youxiang: "Qingshui City doesn't close the gates."
"I'm hungry! Aren't you hungry?" Lin Youcai looked at him with amusement.
"Stop talking so much, you guys, go quickly and come back soon!" Old man Lin chased his sons and hurried away.
Lin Youcai drove to the yard of No. 3, Model 62, and knocked on the gate, "Dad, Mom, Jingfu, Jingcai!"
Shen Jingfu came over quickly to open the door, "Brother-in-law, come in and sit down."
Lin Youcai: "Have you had dinner?"
Shen Jingfu: "No, I was just planning to go out and buy some ready-made ones."
Lin Youcai pointed at the mule cart behind him and said, "Let's go. Let's take my mule cart. Let's go quickly and come back quickly!"
"Okay." Shen Jingfu turned to Awang and said, "You guys take care of the house."
Awang was cleaning the barn. He stood up and said, "Yes, Master."
Shen Jingfu glared at Awang and said helplessly, "I told you not to call me master. There is no master in the country. Remember to call me uncle!"
Awang: "Okay, Shen...Uncle Shen!"
Five people were sitting on a mule cart, heading into the city. Not long after entering the city, they saw three people walking on the street with umbrellas.
"Uncle Benshu, Uncle Li, Aunt Zhang." Lin Youcai looked at Lin Benshu and winked.
Lin Benshu frowned deeply and said with a tired face: "You can go to the square and see for yourselves." After saying that, he didn't want to pay attention to the two people behind him and walked quickly out of the city.
When Old Man Li saw Lin Youcai's eyes light up, he quickly walked to the mule cart and said, "Youcai, help Uncle Li. You are a scholar, you can go to the government and talk to them, it will definitely work. We are willing to fine you, any amount! If the money is not enough, we will owe it first and then work to pay it back."
Mrs. Zhang: "You are very talented. That mine is not a place for people to stay! If my Tiedan goes there, there is no way he will be able to come back alive!"
The five people on the train were all younger than Old Man Li and Mrs. Zhang, so it was hard to say some things, and they didn't want to cause trouble. The four people in the carriage were glad that the curtain was lowered quickly, so they just sat there and kept silent.
Lin Youcai regretted it. He should have let his elder brother drive the carriage. He curled his lips and said, "Uncle Li, Aunt Zhang, we are in the country now. Let alone the scholar, it will be useless even if the juren and jinshi come!
What can I say to the government? I am a refugee from the Great Huan Dynasty. Oh, the rain is getting heavier. Uncle Li, Aunt Zhang, please go back! It is getting dark, I have to go to the city quickly! "
Without waiting for the two to speak, Lin Youcai whipped the mule on the butt. The mule was hit by the whip and ran forward in pain.
The next morning, the oxcarts and mule carts were empty of luggage and could accommodate many people. Some took the carts, while others walked, and all rushed to Qingshui School.
Arriving at Qingshui School, the drivers followed the gatekeeper's instructions and parked their cars in a separate courtyard in the school. Not far from the courtyard was the school cafeteria. Some people bought food from the breakfast stalls outside the school, and some bought food in the school cafeteria.
After breakfast, Lin Zisu looked at the watch on her wrist. There was still plenty of time, only 7:10. Everyone walked slowly towards the classroom, and at 7:50 a stranger came in.
A tall and thin young woman walked in with a stack of papers, stood on the podium and introduced herself. "Hello everyone, my name is Ding Xia. Today is the first class. We don't have Chinese class. I will tell you about the laws of the country.
We have just arrived in China and are not familiar with the laws of China. In the following days, we will have law classes from time to time. If we study hard, we will be able to read pinyin and recognize Chinese characters, and we will be able to read newspapers by ourselves. The newspapers will contain legal content and real incidents of breaking the law.
Today, I will start with the law of marriage. No matter how you deal with your own marriage or the marriage of your next generation in your previous life, in the land of the country, there is no such thing as marriage being a big deal, parents’ orders, matchmaker’s words.
In the laws of the country, there are only four words for two people to get married: free and voluntary. No matter whether it is parents, grandparents, or other relatives, they cannot decide on other people's marriages privately.
If anyone forces, deceives, or deceives another person into getting married or arranging a marriage without the knowledge or consent of the party concerned, the marriage will be void if the government of the country does not agree or recognize it.
Anyone who uses deception, threats, coercion, deception, etc. to make others marry is considered human trafficking. No matter who you are, you will be punished according to the law.
Anyone who traffics in human beings in the country will be sent to the mines to dig coal, and those with serious offenses will be sentenced to death.
No matter what the situation is, if someone arranges a marriage for you, as long as you don't want it, you can go to the government or the public security bureau for help, and the government will make the decision for you. You can also seek help from any public official in the country, no matter what position or department the public official belongs to, they have the responsibility and obligation to help you.
When you come to China, you can trust the Chinese government and you must know how to ask for help when something happens."
Ding Xia looked at the half-grown girls below and emphasized again and again.