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

The carriage quickly left the capital and headed towards Huangjue Temple. Today, many believers came to the temple to offer incense, whether it was for their deceased relatives or for themselves.

Everyone wants to have good luck in the coming year.

Therefore, there were many carriages leaving the city. Looking at the mountains in the distance, Tiantian sighed. She had long forgotten the road to Huangjue Temple. Her mother had brought her there when she was a child.

"Sister, do you think Tiantian is very heartless? Tiantian can't remember many things from her childhood. It feels like she has almost forgotten what her parents looked like."

Tiantian looked out the window and said melancholy. Lu Qingqing behind her smiled slightly and comforted her. It was so easy to forget the appearance of her parents.

As she spoke, her thoughts drifted away. She still remembered her grandfather from her previous life. His kind face had a warm smile every time he spoke to her.

The carriage soon arrived at Huangjue Temple, and Ling Xi parked the carriage at the foot of the mountain. There was a tea shed here with many carriages parked, which must have been a place for the coachmen to rest.

Xia Yun and several other maids got off the carriage first and helped their master down. Tiantian looked at the towering mountains around them and looked up from the foot of the mountains to a straight bluestone staircase that stretched all the way to the Huangjue Temple halfway up the mountain.

On the stone steps, you can still see intermittent people climbing up religiously. "It's so high!" Tiantian exclaimed as she looked at the long blue stone steps.

"Ling Xi, please store the carriage in the tea shed and leave some money for the old man to help feed the horse."

Lu Qingqing turned her head and looked in the direction of the tea shed.

"It's Master." Ling Xi turned around and drove the carriage towards the tea shed.

Several maids looked excitedly in the direction of Huangjue Temple. It seemed that the incense here was really prosperous.

Lu Qingqing pulled Tiantian towards the bluestone steps at the foot of the mountain. At this time, Ling Xi also followed behind her master, following at a distance.

"Master, there are so many people in Huangjue Temple. Look at those people in front." Looking at the people walking halfway up the stone steps, some of them were still carrying baskets.

There were actually children selling sachets on the way, chasing every young lady who went up the mountain to sell them.

Seeing that the little girl's cotton-padded jacket seemed to be wearing the wrong clothes of her sisters at home, it was obviously much shorter. She rubbed her hands and exhaled while stopping everyone passing by to sell the sachet and embroidered handkerchief in the basket flaunting her wrists.

Biyun and Xia Yun beside him muttered, "How come you, a freshman in junior high school, can still ask your children to come out and peddle?"

"Poor people don't care whether they are in the first grade of junior high school or not. The most important thing is to be able to fill their stomachs." Xia Yun looked at the little girl who was still running back and forth hawking in the distance.

Tiantian looked at the little girl who was about the same age as herself and sighed deeply, as if she had seen herself in trouble and felt that she was not as good as this girl.

Listening to the discussion of several people, Lu Qingqing chuckled and said, in today's world, there are still many poor people who do not have enough to eat or clothing to keep warm.

"If it weren't for the master, my subordinates might not be as good as this girl right now."

Ling Xi's dull voice came from behind them.

This reminded her of the scene when she rescued Ling Xi in the border town. "Ling Xi, do you want to offer a lamp to your mother to pray for blessings?"

After finishing his words, Ling Xi clenched his hands tightly into fists, and the flash of forbearance in his eyes revealed the complexity of his heart at this moment.

Then he just said "hmm" softly.

The master and servants continued to climb upward, when the little girl's voice begging for mercy and the girl's shouting came from the top.

"Please don't step on it, don't step on it." The little girl desperately tried to protect the scattered purses and embroidered handkerchiefs on the ground.

There were two pairs of masters and servants standing on the side. One of them, a maid in a blue dress, stamped on the purse on the ground crazily, "You stinking beggar, you even said I don't want it anymore, you still keep pestering me, you deserve it."

The little girl laid her whole body on the ground and picked it up quickly with both hands. She kept sobbing "wuwu" in her mouth. From time to time, she glanced at the shouting maid with unwilling eyes.

"Why are you still unconvinced? You little brat..."

"Why are you so unruly, this maid, and your master doesn't care about you? Which family is this lady from?" I saw someone on the stone steps turning around to look at a few people, scolding the arrogant maid with dissatisfaction.

The person who turned around and looked over only then saw clearly the person standing next to the arrogant maid, "Oh, it turns out Miss Bai and Miss Chen! Haha, no wonder."

Bai Qingxi's eyes flashed, and she spoke softly to Chen Lian'er beside her, "Sister Chen, forget it..."

The woman above, Lu Qingqing, didn't know her, but looking at Bai Qingxi's fearful look, she must have a different identity.

The woman's eyes signaled the maid to help the little girl, picked up all the sachets on the ground, and finally took out a small silver spindle worth five taels, "This is what our wife gave you. These sachets and embroidered handkerchiefs are just for you." Can you sell it to me?"

The little girl was stunned, with grateful eyes, but she shook her head. Under the maid's puzzled eyes, the little girl explained that these sachets and embroidered handkerchiefs were dirty, and besides, they couldn't be sold for more than five taels.

The little maid suddenly smiled and forced the money into her hand. She took the basket on the ground and turned back to her master.

"Go back quickly." The woman warned the little girl with a loving face.

The little girl leaned over and bowed deeply to the woman, turned around and ran towards the bluestone steps.

Chen Lian'er, who stayed where she was, didn't dare to speak loudly until the woman turned around and left, "Humph, a concubine has the nerve to come out."

Bai Qingxi beside her frowned and tugged on her sleeves, "Stop talking, be careful..."

As he said that, he took the maid and continued walking towards the mountain. Lu Qingqing and Tiantian didn't stop behind them. When they reached where Bai Qingxi was standing, those people had already walked a long way.

However, Qingqing, who had practiced Wude Lu, could still hear Chen Lian'er's complaints.

"Master, this Chen Lian'er is still so annoying, even the maids around her are so unruly."

Xia Yun glanced ahead coldly.

Biyun and Xia Shuang both thought that Miss Bai, who looked so delicate and soft, could be with someone like Chen Lian'er.

Tiantian tilted her head and smiled, with two dimples showing on her lips, "Just because of Miss Chen as a comparison, don't you think Miss Bai is more delicate?"

After hearing Tiantian's words, Lu Qingqing nodded noncommittally and raised the corners of her lips, "Tiantian has grown up."

The two sisters looked at each other and smiled, and then the maids next to them realized, yes! Just now, Miss Bai stood aside and watched with cold eyes, but did not say a good word for the little girl.

Ling Xi behind him listened to the words of several people, his eyes flashed and the corners of his lips trembled. This woman really has complicated thoughts!

At this time, Tiantian mentioned that she disliked Miss Bai even more than Chen Lianer just now...