Chapter 469: I was also forced

Before they knocked on the door, there was an oil lamp in the room.

Lishu Brigade hadn't pulled power lines yet, so there were no electric lights.

Every household lit either kerosene lamps or candles.

At past eight o'clock in the evening, most people were asleep, and only a few households still had lights on.

This included the Old Qu family.

Many rural people didn't hang curtains, so through the light, one could see people sitting on the kang talking.

Just the moment after Lu Qiao shouted these words, a figure blew out the oil lamp with a 'puff'.

Then the Old Qu family fell into complete darkness.

It was Chen Zhi's first time going out to handle official business at night, and she felt everything was fresh.

At this time, she widened her eyes in shock and said: "This, this... what does this mean?"

"What else could it mean? A guilty conscience, that's what."

Lu Qiao continued to knock on the door, shouting while knocking: "Aunt Qu, Aunt Qu, I already saw you. Hurry and open the door for me. It's a good thing, a very good thing. The higher-ups are taking care of Caifeng and gave her two recruitment spots, but the registration form has to be handed in tomorrow morning. I saw Qu Caifeng hadn't returned yet, so I had to run to your house. If this is delayed, it would be too much of a loss, right?"

The few people in the room looked at each other in the darkness.

But in fact, blowing out the lamp was a very stupid act.

Old Man Qu glared at Old Woman Qu in the darkness.

"Hurry and turn on the light." He said to his youngest son: "Hurry and open the door."

Old Woman Qu grabbed him and said with a trembling voice: "No, you can't open the door, you can't let them in."

"But those are recruitment spots, and the form has to be handed in tomorrow morning. It would be a pity to miss it."

The youngest Qu brother didn't know what the family had done to his older sister. He went to school at the commune, didn't come back at noon, and even now, he hadn't been back for long.

He said without any defense: "My older sister isn't home; she went home, right? How... did she not arrive home? Mom, Dad, hurry and light the oil lamp. Did something happen to my older sister?"

Chen Zhi, who was standing outside the door, looked curiously into the courtyard.

This young man who was speaking was quite interesting.

But she had worries in her heart.

She didn't know Qu Caifeng, but she heard the person had returned, yet they came to look for her, so that meant she hadn't returned. Did something happen on the way?

At this time, Old Woman Qu and Old Man Qu in the room looked at each other... That's right, they told everyone Caifeng went home, and no one knew she was at Shangen Brigade. Weren't they just having a guilty conscience?

Qu's older younger brother on the side lowered his voice: "Light the lamp."

So the lamp in the room was lit, and then the Qu family's door was opened, but they didn't let Lu Qiao and the others in.

Old Woman Qu looked at the three young people who came with vigilance.

Before Old Woman Qu could ask, Shao Le stepped forward and showed the work permit to Old Woman Qu with a flashlight, saying: "We are all from the Xiang Yang Neighborhood Office. Where is Comrade Qu Caifeng?"

Old Woman Qu clenched her two hands tightly together, and her voice was a bit trembling, but she still said: "She... she went home. What's wrong? Did you not see her?"

"That's right, we didn't see her. Qu Caifeng didn't go home at all, so we came to pick her up." Lu Qiao said with a serious expression: "Then this must be that something happened."

Qu Caifeng wasn't at the Qu family at all, so entering the courtyard had no meaning.

Lu Qiao also comforted Old Woman Qu: "Qu Caifeng hasn't gone home yet, so she must have had an accident on the way. We are going to report the case to the commune now. Don't worry, we will notify you as soon as we have news."

Saying this, Lu Qiao took the lead and walked outside.

Shao Le actually still didn't understand many places, but working with Lu Qiao, he just needed to cooperate with her actions. Shao Le did this very well; he pulled Chen Zhi and followed her out.

The Qu family didn't expect that the people who came didn't even ask, and once they knew the person wasn't here, they were going to report the case to the commune.

Old Man Qu, who reacted, shouted: "Don't report the case yet, wait a moment!"

Lu Qiao stopped her steps, but she was a bit surprised.

Because at this time, the news Little Cangcang told her was a bit different from what she expected.

The idiot's sister... the girl who was going to marry Qu Caifeng's brother tomorrow also went down to the cellar at this time. The old lady shouted from above "What are you dawdling for, hurry up", but the idiot's sister lowered her voice to the disheveled Qu Caifeng and said: "Don't shout or scream first, I will find a way to save you. Believe me, I was also forced."

After Little Cangcang told Lu Qiao this, it flew back with a 'whoosh'.

Shao Le asked Old Man Qu: "Is there anything you want to call us for?" Then he frowned and said: "Do you also want to report the case with us? Alright, it just so happens we have a car to take you along."

How would Old Man Qu dare to follow them to report the case?

He originally thought it was something no one knew about, but who could have thought the military factory would run over to ask for someone at night.

He hadn't heard that that dead girl had such good popularity in the military factory; she either scolded this one or that one when she came here, and anyway, there were almost no good people in her mouth.

So they all thought Qu Caifeng wasn't liked in the military factory, and no one would care about her life or death.

"That... I just wanted to say she's such a big person, what accident could she have? You are just thinking too much. It's so safe here, nothing will happen. It's so late, why bother the commune?

She, she must have run to someone's house. You don't know, my Caifeng, we parents can't control her. She doesn't listen to us..."

Old Woman Qu, who reacted, echoed on the side: "Yes, yes, we told her to go home early, there are two children, but she said we couldn't control her, she wanted to go wherever she wanted, and she wanted to go to some classmate's house or some good sister's house to play...

We don't know where it is either. If she didn't go home now, she must have gone there. You don't go and bother the comrades at the commune and the police station anymore. She will go home tomorrow.

Besides, that girl has a bad temper. This time she came back and scolded your Xiang Yang Neighborhood Office for a long time. You made such a big fuss, wishing the whole commune knew. If she feels she lost face, she will definitely hold a grudge against you, and it's not worth it, right?

I, as a mother, have a count in my heart. You go home. As for the recruitment, if you can catch up when you go back, you can catch up; if you can't, that's fate."

Under the current situation, they couldn't report the case.

Chen Zhi couldn't help but ask on the side: "Then do you know whose house she went to?"

Why did she feel that the parents of this family didn't seem to worry about their daughter at all?

If it were her own parents, they would definitely have set out immediately, without any nonsense.

"How would we know? That dead girl never puts us in her eyes. We don't know who she's close to. Oh, you hurry back to the military factory. There's really nothing wrong, don't worry."

Shao Le still wanted to speak, but Lu Qiao nodded: "Since you parents have a count in your hearts, then alright. Aunt Qu, sorry to disturb you so late, excuse us. We'll leave first." ===== CHAPTER 470 =====