Chapter 305: Staying at a Farmhouse

"Uncle Yan, where is Green Bean?" Ye Yunanton looked around.

"He's already in the carriage." Uncle Yan pointed at the carriage and Ye Yun'an climbed in.

Uncle Yan stopped Ye Mingzhu who was about to get on the carriage and said, "Mingzhu, I'm afraid the name Green Bean is fake. I just helped him take a bath. Although the clothes he wore were rough, his skin was delicate and tender, unlike that of an ordinary person."

"Uncle Yan, we have already bought the person. We can't just leave him here. Let's take him home first." Ye Mingzhu wanted to know why Lu Dou wanted to stay with her.

Uncle Yan had no other choice for the moment. He had already tested Green Bean when he was giving him a bath just now. He could only roughly guess that the other party was from the capital. When he talked about other things, Green Bean just avoided the question.

However, the capital city is more than a thousand miles away from here. How did such a child get here from the capital city?

Ye Mingzhu opened the curtain and saw Lu Dou eating a chicken drumstick with great relish. Ye Yun'an kept reminding him, "Eat slowly, eat slowly."

Luodou raised his head to speak, and saw Ye Mingzhu looking at him with a half-smile. The carriage just started to move forward at this time, and a mouthful of chicken got stuck in his throat.

“Cough, cough, cough…”

Ye Mingzhu was startled: "Hurry up and spit out what's in your mouth, Uncle Yan, stop the carriage."

Uncle Yan didn't know what was going on and stopped the carriage in a hurry.

Ye Mingzhu wanted to help Luodou spit out the food in his mouth, but Luodou stretched his neck like a silly goose and swallowed the chicken in his throat.

Ye Mingzhu was stunned: "You, you kid, what are you doing?"

"Give me the water quickly." Lu Dou snatched the water bag from Ye Yun'an's hand and drank most of it in one breath.

Ye Yun'an only reacted at this time, his eyes and face full of admiration: "Such a big piece of chicken, you swallowed it."

Green Bean lowered his eyes: "I'm hungry."

If it were in the past, he would not even look at such a chicken leg, but now, he almost choked to death for such a chicken leg.

Thinking of this, he couldn't eat the chicken leg in his hand anymore.

Seeing that Ludou was fine, Uncle Yan sat back on the shaft of the carriage, shouted, and the carriage continued to move forward.

"If you don't want to eat chicken legs, there are some snacks here. You can try one." Ye Mingzhu felt that Green Bean's expression of looking at the chicken legs eagerly and not daring to eat was a bit pitiful, so she took out the snacks she had just bought and let Green Bean choose by himself.

Green Bean glanced at the dim sum, then looked up at Ye Mingzhu: "Don't you want to keep me?"

Ye Mingzhu didn't expect that this kid still held a grudge. She knocked Luodou on the head in annoyance, then smiled under his glare: "I don't want to keep you. Whose carriage are you riding in? You are so young, but you still hold a grudge. Eat, or you will be the one who starves."

Green Bean pouted, and the sides of his face bulged out like an angry pufferfish.

Ye Mingzhu stretched her finger forward again, and Ludou turned her head to the side.

"Since you don't want to eat it, I'll put it away."

"I'll eat it." Green Bean grabbed the snacks, picked up the top green bean cake and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Eat enough and remember to drink water." Ye Mingzhu signaled Ye Yun'an to give the water bag to Lu Dou.

Green Bean took a bite of snack and a sip of water, and soon filled his stomach. He yawned, slowly lowered his head, and quickly raised it again, looked around, and then slowly relaxed.

"Lie down and sleep." Ye Mingzhu helped Lu Dou lie down.

Green Bean struggled a little and then fell into a sweet dream.

"Sister, where do you think Green Bean comes from? He looks different from the children in our village." Ye Yun'an leaned close to Ye Mingzhu and asked in a low voice.

Ye Mingzhu used the light from outside to carefully examine Lu Dou's skin. It was indeed much more delicate. The most important thing was the expression on his face, which was really unlike that of a village child.

His speech, movements, and even eye movements are much more flexible. A child like this does not seem to be raised in an ordinary family.

"When Luodou wakes up, ask him. If he really doesn't want to talk, forget it. Everyone has some secrets. From now on, don't treat him as a servant. Just treat him as a relative's child who comes to visit our house."

Ye Mingzhu whispered in Ye Yun'an's ear.

She didn't know Luodou's identity, but she could imagine that it was extraordinary. What if his family felt too sorry for him and knew that he was a slave in their house, their future would be difficult.

It doesn’t matter even if Ludou can’t find his family. Her family can still afford to raise a child.

Ye Yun'an didn't have such deep thoughts, but he listened to his sister and nodded heavily.

Green Bean turned over, and Ye Mingzhu raised her finger to her lips and gestured, asking Ye Yun'an to stop talking.

What she didn't know was that Lu Dou smiled slightly under the quilt before slowly falling asleep.

Seeing that Luodou was sleeping soundly, Ye Mingzhu asked Ye Yunan to lie down and sleep as well. She sat beside them and watched the two of them.

Ye Yun'an didn't want to and wanted her to sleep.

"Even if Luodou is only six years old, we are strangers and it is not appropriate to lie together. You lie down and sleep with him. I will sleep later." Ye Mingzhu coaxed Ye Yun'an.

Only then did Ye Yun'an lie down obediently.

Ye Mingzhu sat on the side and dozed off, looking at the two children from time to time.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Uncle Yan stopped the carriage and said outside: "Mingzhu, there is a village ahead. Let's find a farmhouse up there and stay for one night."

Ye Mingzhu lifted the curtain and looked around. It was dark and she could only see the outline of a house not far away.

"Let's find a family outside the village and don't go into the village." Ye Mingzhu didn't want to deal with too many strangers.

Uncle Yan agreed and drove the carriage towards the village.

There were six or seven houses lined up at the entrance of the village, and only one half-brick and tile house seemed to be the most numerous. Uncle Yan went forward and knocked on the door.

At this time, smoke was rising from the roofs of many houses, including this one. Soon, a half-grown boy came knocking on the door.

Looking at Uncle Yan and the carriage, his eyes were full of curiosity: "Who are you?"

"We passed by your village and wanted to ask for some water to drink." Uncle Yan changed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

The boy immediately ran to the yard: "Grandma, Grandma, someone came to ask for water."

Ye Mingzhu had already woken up Ye Yun'an and Ludou, and whispered to them to just say that Ludou was her cousin and not to say anything else along the way.

Green Bean didn't understand why, but nodded obediently.

While they were talking, an old woman and a man came out of the house.

The old woman was wearing clothes without patches, and the glint in her eyes could be seen clearly even in the darkness: "It's so dark now, are you guests looking for a place to stay?"

Uncle Yan nodded and said, "If it's convenient for you, Auntie, we can stay at your house tonight. This is my nephew's wife and two nephews."

The old woman frowned and said, "Oh, with so many of you, you'll need at least two rooms. I'm afraid it'll be hard to make room."

The old woman looked at her son beside her and said, "Da Zhuang, I'm afraid you'll have to give up your house tonight. Alas, who says our family is kind?"

Ye Mingzhu was thinking about whether to move to another house.

The old woman had already begun calculating: "The county inn charges fifty coins a night. Since there are so many of you, you should stay in at least two rooms. I'll charge you a hundred coins, right?"