After the system ran, I took off with my family

Qingsheng looked at Qinghe and the woman talking in confusion, and then he saw the woman holding the child and bowing to Qinghe continuously. After a while, Qinghe led the mother and daughter back.

"Miss, the person has been brought back." Qinghe motioned for the woman to come forward.

The woman walked to the carriage with the sleeping child in her arms, feeling a little nervous. As soon as she stood still, she knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowed three times to the closed door of the carriage, and said excitedly: "Thank you for your kindness, young lady. I am grateful to you."

Lin Shuyue heard the noise outside and quickly signaled Qingzhi to open the door of the carriage. "Oh, please get up. It's just a matter of time. I don't deserve such a big gift from you."

After that, he ordered, "Qinghe, help this aunt and her child up. It's getting late, and we have to continue on our journey."

"Aunt, you don't have to be restrained. My young lady is a kind-hearted person. Come, let me help you get in the carriage." Qinghe said and was about to help her get in the carriage.

Yu Niang looked a little terrified when she heard this. She waved her hands repeatedly and said, "No, no, I'm dirty. I'll just sit outside with the girl in my arms."

At this time, Qingzhi, who had received a signal from Lin Shuyue, poked her head out of the carriage and said innocently, "Aunt, your daughter is already ill and cannot be exposed to the wind. If you don't think about yourself, you should at least think about the child, right?"

"this..."

Yu Niang hesitated for a moment, and looked at her eight-month-old daughter, whose face was red with fever. She choked up and said, "Thank you, young lady. When she gets better, I'll bring her here to kowtow to you."

"Aunt, come, let me hold the girl for you." Qingzhi reached out and took the child from Yu Niang's arms, and got into the carriage with the help of Qinghe.

Only after entering the carriage did Yu Niang see Lin Shuyue's appearance clearly. She couldn't help but be surprised that this girl was so beautiful.

Lin Shuyue had no idea what she was thinking. Looking at the unconscious child in Qingzhi's arms, she frowned slightly, reached out and touched the child's forehead. She was startled by the scorching temperature, turned around, took out a small jar from her bag and handed it to Yu Niang.

"Auntie, the child has a severe fever. Please use this wine to rub the child's neck, armpits, and palms."

"Thank you, young lady!" Yu Niang took the wine and was so excited that she wanted to kowtow to her again.

Lin Shuyue grabbed her and asked Qinghe to come forward to help take care of the child.

The carriage continued on its way, and because of the delay, the carriages that were previously in the front had disappeared.

"Aunt, where are you from? Why are you traveling alone with a child? It's so unsafe." Qingzhi asked curiously as she looked at Yu Niang concentrating on wiping the child's body.

Yu Niang paused when she heard this, and her eyes instantly turned red. After a long silence, she continued her movements and answered with a choked voice: "I... I am from Sui'an County, Jin'an Prefecture. I came to Beijing this time to find my baby's father...

The child's father went to Beijing alone to take the imperial examination last spring, and there has been no news since then. The mother-in-law at home became depressed and fell ill due to the long wait for news from the child's father, and died last winter.

Poor girl has never seen her father since she was born, so I thought of taking her to Beijing to find her father and find out whether he is dead or alive. "

After saying that, she touched her cat-sized face and said with a look of self-blame, "It's also my fault that I was careless and didn't take good care of her. She got caught in the wind on the boat and caught a cold.

All the money I had was used to buy the boat ticket, so I had no money to buy medicine for Niu'er at the pharmacy on the dock, so I could only carry Niu'er and continue on the journey, thinking that if I could find the child's father after arriving in Beijing, I would let the child's father take us to see a doctor."

"Auntie, I'm sorry, I..."

Qingzhi didn't expect that her unintentional question would touch someone else's scar, and she felt so guilty that she didn't know what to do.

"It's okay." Yu Niang raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, and then whispered: "In fact, I have been prepared for this. I also know the plot in the opera where the poor scholar abandons his wife after passing the imperial examination. I just want to seek clarification."

The two little girls Qinghe and Qingzhi didn't know how to comfort her, so they fell silent. Lin Shuyue looked out the window, not knowing what she was thinking about.

As time passed, the sunset had completely disappeared, and only a brilliant afterglow could be seen on the horizon.

As the afterglow faded, the sky gradually darkened and oil lamps were lit in the carriage.

Qingsheng drove the carriage forward carefully, and when it was completely dark, the carriage arrived at a pass.

On both sides of the pass are small hills formed by various strange-shaped rocks. The rocks of various shapes look a little hideous in the night, like monsters with bared fangs and claws staring at them eagerly.

Qingsheng's grip on the reins tightened. This must be the low rock slope that the teahouse owner mentioned. It was indeed very creepy.

"drive!"

He hit the horse's butt hard with the whip in his hand. The horse neighed in pain and ran forward with its hooves spread out.

At this moment, the girl who was still asleep in the carriage suddenly burst into tears.

"Wow...wow..."

The sudden cry of a child was particularly eerie in the silence of the low rocky slope.

"Girl, girl, don't cry, don't cry..."

Yu Niang held Niu'er in her arms and rocked her constantly, trying to calm her down.

Qingsheng, who was outside the carriage, was so frightened by the child's sudden cry that his hands began to tremble. When he came to his senses, he couldn't help but blushing. It was so embarrassing. Fortunately, the lady didn't see it.

Thinking of this, he swung the whip in his hand faster, trying to get through the gloomy and low rock slope faster.

In the carriage, no matter how Yu Niang tried to comfort her, Niu'er still kept crying.

At this time, Yu Niang touched Niu'er's swaddling clothes and said with a look of sudden realization, "So it's because you've pooped. Don't cry, Niu'er. I'll change them for you right away."

After saying that, she looked at Lin Shuyue and said a little embarrassedly: "Miss, the girl has wet her poop. Can you stop the car for a moment so I can go down and clean it up for her?"

"Okay." Lin Shuyue raised her eyebrows. Qingzhi and Qinghe looked at each other, then reached out and knocked on the car door.

"Brother Qingsheng, Miss asked you to stop for a moment."

"Xu..."

Qingsheng tightened the reins and stopped the carriage.

Lin Shuyue signaled Qingzhi to open the door of the carriage. After Yu Niang got off the carriage carrying a bundle and holding the child, she also got up and came out of the carriage. She sat on the frame and looked around at the gloomy surroundings.

"This place is really creepy." Qingzhi touched the goose bumps on his arms and couldn't help but lean towards Qinghe.

Qing Sheng raised his eyebrows and jokingly said, "Oh, the fearless little girl is now afraid?"

"I'm not afraid..."

Qing He watched the two of them start bickering again and turned her head away speechlessly. When she turned her head, she saw that her face suddenly changed drastically.

"Oh no! Yu Niang is missing!"