Traveling through famine years, peasant girls hold space in their hands to store food

"Don't be afraid. This is my sister's home. Your eldest brother should be back in two days."

Xiaocao nodded tremblingly, looking at his worn-out cotton shoes, hesitating and not daring to move forward.

"Mo Wu, please go back first."

Lu Qingqing looked at Mo Wu whose eyes were glued to Ziyao and said, and Ziyao gave him a sideways look.

Mo Wu chuckled, leaned over and cupped his hands, "The County Lord's subordinate will go back to resume his duties first."

With that said, he turned the car around and drove towards the street. Before leaving, he didn't forget to turn around and wave to Ziyao.

The master and servant Lu Qingqing took Xiaocao back to the mansion, and saw Lu Jiang walking towards them from a distance.

"Qingqing, are you going out? Huh? What is this?" Lu Jiang looked at Xiaocao next to his daughter and asked in confusion.

She glanced at the scared Xiaocao beside her and comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid, this is my dad."

Xiaocao blinked her tear-stained eyes and carefully looked at Lu Jiang, "Lu... Master Lu."

"Dad, this is Xu Sheng's sister. She was abducted to the capital by human traffickers. Fortunately, she was discovered by Ziyao today."

When Lu Jiang heard that there was a human trafficker at the feet of the emperor of the capital, it was not bad, so he asked her if he could be caught.

"The master has been caught." Ziyao said to Lu Jiang.

Lu Jiang asked them to take people to clean up first. Looking at the pitiful appearance, he felt strange in his heart.

"Dad, I'll go back to the yard first."

Lu Jiang waved his hand and asked them to go back quickly.

Looking at his daughter's retreating back, he suddenly remembered that he forgot to ask her. He had heard from the servants in the mansion that Qing Qing was picked up by Chu Haochen's escort, and he was feeling depressed.

He shook his head helplessly and walked towards Liu's yard.

Lu Qingqing brought Xiaocao back to the yard. The girl on the side was sewing the lady's inner garment. When she heard the movement in the yard, Ziyao's laughter came from far away. She smiled and put down the embroidery in her hand. Returning to the basket, he patted his clothes and stood up.

He opened the door happily and said, "Master, you are back."

He watched the master leading a little girl towards the room. When he saw her, he told her to find a suitable dress first.

"Yes, slave, go right away." After saying that, she returned to the room. The dress she had sewn for herself before was still on her upper body, so she just took it out.

Lu Qingqing pulled Xiaocao into the room. Looking at the luxurious room, Xiaocao was very curious. She looked at everything curiously, but she didn't dare to touch it from a distance.

"Xiaocao will ask Sister Biyun to give you a bath in a while. I'll change your clothes and stay in my sister's yard first."

Xiaocao nodded confusedly and asked softly if his brother lived here too?

"Your brother sometimes lives in his yard, but most of the time he lives in a camp outside the city. Don't worry, they will be busy these two days, but they will be back soon."

Lu Qingqing told Ziyao to go to Dawa Village to find someone and bring a message to Xiaocao's mother and grandmother. They must have been very anxious.

They didn't know that Li Zheng from Dawa Village had just returned from the county government with Xiao Cao Niang. Unfortunately, there was still no news about Xiao Cao. Her mother kept crying all the way, and the grandmother at home also fell ill with heartache. .

"Little Cao Niang, don't cry yet. Didn't the people from the county government tell you that there are a lot of people reporting to the government these past two days? They have already sent people to look for them. We have no better way at this time!"

Xu Li was smoking a dry pipe and sighing as he drove the bullock cart slowly towards the village.

"Li Zheng, do you think Xiaocao can still be found?"

Xu Lizheng took two deep puffs of dry cigarette and coughed violently, "Don't worry, Xiaocao will definitely come back. The child is blessed with good luck and will be fine."

The oxcart drove slowly into Dawa Village. Xiaocao's grandma was really worried and struggled to get up, and came to the courtyard gate to wait for their return.

She is looking forward to her granddaughter coming back with her. The child is probably frightened because she has never left her mother.

Watching the bullock cart approaching from a distance, the old lady took two trembling steps forward, but her body was so unsatisfactory... Looking at her daughter-in-law getting off the bullock cart, the old lady finally tensed up. I couldn't help crying.

"Caoer Niang, Xiaocao..."

Mrs. Xu took two steps forward and helped her mother-in-law, "Mom, why are you out? Come in quickly."

As she said this, she wanted to help her back, but the old lady didn't see her granddaughter, so she turned to Xu Lizheng and continued to ask.

Xu Lizheng could only tell her that the government had sent people to chase her, and he would be found soon. He persuaded the old lady to go back first because her health was important.

But what they didn't expect was that Xiaocao's grandma died that night. She was already in poor health before, and it was Lu Qingqing who saved her that time. This time she was really exhausted.

The old lady couldn't even wait for her granddaughter before she died.

People from the whole village came to Xiaocao's house to help. They all lamented that Mrs. Xu's life was really miserable. She was about to live a good life. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen.

At this time, Xu Sheng, who was following Lu Anping to suppress the bandits, suddenly felt a tight pain in his chest. He frowned at his chest. The people next to him noticed something strange about him and asked repeatedly, "Xu Tou, are you okay?"

Xu Sheng shook his head slowly, "It's okay."

This time they were very successful and collected a lot of things. The bandits were also dead at this time, and they were able to catch them without any fish slipping through the net.

Lu Anping didn't expect that this time it would go so smoothly.

In Qingqing's room on Fuzhong Road, Xiaocao changed into Biyun's dress after taking a bath. Although it was a bit too big, it was okay.

"Well, our Xiaocao is also a beautiful girl." At this moment, Xiaocao's mood relaxed a lot, with Biyun and Ziyue teasing her next to her.

"Master, you don't know. Biyun made this dress as a new one for the New Year. Xiaocao is here this time, so even if the slave likes her, she won't give it to her."

The two maids joked with each other, Xiaocao hesitated and thanked Biyun softly.

"Don't listen to your sister Ziyue's nonsense. The master has given me a lot of clothes as a gift to my sister. I don't need this one. If you like it, keep it." Biyun said softly, holding Xiaocao's hand.

Lu Qingqing put down the tea cup in her hand and glanced at the two maids with raised eyebrows, "You each choose the same fabric in the warehouse and use it to make clothes. It will be treated as a New Year gift for you in advance. As for Xiaocao, I will go there tomorrow. Here are the two ready-made clothes from the shop."

When the two heard their master's words, they looked at each other and bowed happily, "Slave, thank you, master."

She shook her head helplessly. Aunt Wang had previously said that these maids were lucky enough to meet such a good master like her, and they were almost spoiled to heaven.

This maid is her own. If she doesn't pamper her, who will pamper her? She doesn't treat them as human beings on weekdays.

Maybe it’s because I didn’t have any brothers or sisters in my previous life. In this life, I cherish everyone around me...