Chapter 1190 - 377: A Bamboo Basket Sparks a Business Opportunity
Twenty-three children were rescued from Jinxiu Textile, and among them, four remembered the exact locations of their homes but not a single one wished to return.
Of the four, three were heartlessly sold by their relatives and were so deeply hurt that they did not want to return home; the other came from an extremely poor household that had sold her out of necessity. Even if she could return, she wouldn’t be able to solve any problems for her family, and the misfortunes she had suffered would subject her family to ridicule in their village. So she too chose not to go back.
The remaining nineteen had been sold by their families when they were very young and had passed through the hands of traffickers many times before ending up at Jinxiu Textile. They had no idea where their homes truly were. Falling into the hands of such evil, their lives were almost ruined. Even if they could find their families, they did not wish to return, just like the other four children.
For now, they stayed on Xiao Ruiyuan’s estate. Although they had food and drink every day and were only required to do tasks within their abilities, with no one beating or scolding them, or harming them in any way, they still bore a great psychological burden and lived each day very unhappily.
Several of the older children even entertained thoughts of suicide. If the estate’s staff had not been vigilant, watching them closely every day, there might already have been an incident.
These children still had their whole lives ahead of them. Letting them stay on the estate was not a long-term solution. If they could find them a home, allowing them to emerge from the shadows of their past, they might well welcome a new life.
An offhand remark from Xin Er had reminded Mo Yan. There were plenty of parents in the world who didn’t care for their children, but there were also people who longed for children yet could not have them, just like the elderly couple before, who had lost their son and wished for a grandchild but never managed to have one. If these children could be accepted by such people, wouldn’t that be a win-win situation?