After the system ran, I took off with my family

"Really?" The three little girls looked at Lin Shuyue with anticipation and trepidation. After getting her confirmation again, the three of them cried with joy, and then knelt down and kowtowed to her three times.

"Sister, thank you for saving us and thank you for avenging us."

Lin Shuyue sighed and helped them up.

"What are your plans for the future? If you want to go home, I can take you back."

Qianxue and the other little girl immediately fell silent upon hearing this, only Meihua had anticipation in her eyes.

Seeing that they were silent, Lin Shuyue did not force them. She just shared the buns in her hand with them and let them fill their stomachs first.

Qianxue and another little girl ate their buns silently with their heads down. The tears that were held back in their eyes fell silently on the buns. They seemed to be unaware and finished the buns with their tears.

"Sister, I can't go back. My family is in Wan'an County. My father is a scholar. If he knew what happened to me, he would definitely lock me up in a Buddhist temple and let me spend the rest of my life there. Moreover, my stepmother..."

Qianxue raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, with unconcealable sadness in her eyes.

Lin Shuyue was silent for a moment, then asked, "Do you have any other relatives? Do you have any relatives on your mother's side who you can turn to?"

Qianxue shook her head. "My grandparents only had my mother as their child. My father was married to my mother."

"My grandparents died in accidents the second year after my mother got married. My mother also died of illness when I was five years old. After that, my wet nurse took care of me, but she accidentally fell into the lake last year and died."

Lin Shuyue felt a pang in her heart and went forward to hug her, then she looked at the plum blossoms again.

Meihua looked pretty good. She took the initiative to say, "Sister, my home is in Xiaohe Village. I was naughty when I went out on the street and got separated from my parents. Sister, I can go home by myself. I know the way."

"Then your parents..." Lin Shuyue hesitated to speak, because the world was extremely harsh on women.

"Sister, don't worry. I am the only child of my parents and they treat me very well." Meihua Shuiling's big eyes were bright and clear. When she talked about her parents, a smile appeared on her face involuntarily.

"Okay, I'll take you home later." I hope Meihua's parents are open-minded people.

"What about you? Where is your home?" Lin Shuyue looked at the last little girl.

The little girl lowered her head and said in a muffled voice, "I am from Liushu Village, Yu'an County, Anqing Prefecture. My name is Liu Yaer. My parents died of illness when I was six years old."

"You are fleeing from Anqing Prefecture?" Lin Shuyue looked at the girl, who was less than ten years old, in astonishment, and asked anxiously, "Did you flee from famine alone? Didn't anyone in your village take you with them?"

"Everyone in our village was killed by men in black. That night, we were camping on the official road. In the middle of the night, a group of men in black came and killed us all. They also stole our food and luggage. I escaped because I went to the woods to relieve myself."

The familiar faces lying in a pool of blood appeared in Liu Yaer's mind again, making her face turn pale instantly.

Then she choked up and continued, "After the men in black left, I walked along the official road alone, but the next day, I met a group of bad guys who specialized in catching children, and they sold me to Yuehong Tower in Wuzhou Prefecture.

A sister from Yuehonglou felt sorry for me and secretly let me go. After that, I started to wander around and beg. I arrived in Sishui County a month ago, but I was caught by that bad guy within a few days. "

Liu Yaer's experience made Lin Shuyue feel sad and angry. She felt sad for what the poor girl had gone through, and angry at the court's inaction.

"Sister, can I follow you? I'm very good and I can do a lot of things. I can serve you..." Liu Yaer knelt on the ground with a plop, her red eyes full of anticipation.

Qianxue, who was standing next to her, also knelt down and begged, "Sister, Qianxue also wants to follow you. Qianxue can read and embroider. Let Qianxue stay by your side and serve you."

Lin Shuyue sighed, pondered for a moment, and said seriously: "You have two choices. One is to wait until this restaurant opens and work here. We can vacate a room in the backyard for you to live in. You can wash dishes and vegetables in the kitchen and get paid monthly. Although it is hard work, it can ensure that you have enough food and clothing. After saving some money, you can find another job."

"The second choice is to stay with me, but you can only be loyal to me and obey my orders unconditionally. If you dare to betray me, I will kill you directly. Think about it carefully here."

As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Yaer looked at her firmly, "Sister, I want to stay by your side and will never betray you."

"Sister, Qianxue's life was saved by you. Qianxue is willing to guarantee with her life that from now on, she will only be loyal to you and will never have any other thoughts. Please accept Qianxue." Qianxue's eyes were bright, like a child chasing the light in the darkness, firm and persistent.

"You don't have to tell me the answer now. Think about it carefully. I'll send Meihua home first. Tell me the answer when I come back."

Lin Shuyue did not agree immediately. Just as she was about to take Meihua away, she stopped, looked at the three of them, and then asked Meihua to wait for her for a while.

She left the restaurant, found a clothing store on the street, bought six sets of cotton clothes for little girls, and then hurried back to the restaurant.

"You will each have two of these six sets of clothes. Go find an empty room in the back and change your clothes." Lin Shuyue handed the clothes to them.

The three of them looked at their torn clothes, then looked at the new clothes, their eyes slightly moistened, and they thanked Lin Shuyue repeatedly.

While they were changing clothes, Lin Shuyue found a bucket in the kitchen and drew a bucket of water from the well in the backyard. Seeing that the three of them had already changed into new clothes, she called them over to wash their faces.

After a simple wash, Lin Shuyue looked at the three clean little girls with a satisfied smile.

The three little girls each have their own characteristics. Qianxue is gentle and generous, Meihua is smart and cute, and Liuyaer has a tenacity in her eyes and eyebrows, but the dimples at the corners of her mouth make her look sweet and cute when she smiles.

Qianxue saw that Meihua and Liuyaer's hair was a little messy, so she asked them to squat down and helped them to tie their hair up again with her swift hands.

Xiaohe Village is half an hour's walk from the county town. Lin Shuyue planned to go back to Jing'an Lane and ask Qingyuan to catch the carriage to take them there.

After telling the three not to run around, she hurried back home. The Lin family had all seen her in this state, so they were not surprised. When they saw her come back, the three were about to ask her where she had been so early in the morning. Lin Shuyue just said that she would explain to them when she came back, and then asked Qingyuan to get on the carriage and leave.

When passing by a pastry shop, she asked Qingyuan to buy two packs of Yunpian cakes. When they arrived at the restaurant, she picked up Meihua and gave Qianxue and Liuyaer a few words of advice before letting Qingyuan drive the carriage towards Xiaohe Village.