Cui Tao took a deep breath and suppressed the panic on her face. Then she walked forward and took the little girl who was nestling in the arms of the man who had just spoken, but who opened her arms to her and wanted her to hug her.
"Is An An good today? Did you listen to Sister Xiutao and Sister Bitao and eat well?"
"An An, be good!" The little girl patted her chest with a smile, and blurted out words one by one.
Then he pointed to the rabbit on the ground chewing a small piece of carrot and continued intermittently: "An An, eat the food, not the rabbit!"
When she said this, her little face showed a bit of nervousness, as if she was afraid that the adults would eat her rabbit.
That lovely look immediately made the three young women surrounding her laugh.
"When An An heard us talking about the new cold-cooked rabbit in the restaurant today, she thought we were going to eat the rabbits we raised at home, and she was so anxious that she was about to burst into tears."
"Look, let's quickly bring her out to have a look. All her rabbits are well taken care of, not a single one is missing." Xiutao explained with a smile.
If not for this, why would they hold An An outside to play just a few days after the twelfth lunar month?
Although it is not as cold as in the north, it is still much colder than in Beijing!
"I was wondering why you were all outside." Cui Tao hugged An An and bounced her around, then called over the only girl in the yard who was slightly younger than them, "Xiao Ping, take An An back to the house to play first."
The girl didn't say anything, just looked at a few people, nodded seriously, and finally took An An, who had already got up and walked by herself, and turned back to the house.
"Sister Cuitao, has something happened?" Bitao has always been timid and sensitive. She sensed something was wrong when Cuitao suddenly came back early.
Glancing at the fact that the door of the main house was closed, Cuitao slowly exhaled a breath and her expression became solemn.
He told Xiutao and Bitao, "Don't go out these few days. I will stay at home with you to take care of An'an. If there is anything you need to do outside, let Xiaoping run errands for us. In addition, I have also told Manager Sun about the restaurant. If you have any questions, come to my house directly."
Xiutao and Bitao's hearts skipped a beat and they became nervous at the same time.
"Sister Cuitao, did...did they come from the capital?"
"If they come looking for us, should we let them take An An away?" Bi Tao looked terrified, yet also reluctant.
Xiutao bit her lip and whispered, "Sister Cuitao, why don't we take An'an out of the city first? There are many small towns near Huai'an, and most of the people living there are refugees from all over the place. No one knows each other. Let's hide there for a while to avoid the limelight and then come back."
"It's not what you think." Seeing that the two were talking further and further away, Cui Tao hurriedly explained: "It's not that the Jinyang Marquis's Mansion sent people to look for An An, it's... today, I met our former prince's wife."
"What?" Xiutao and Bitao were stunned.
Then I realized that the former wife of the prince...
Isn’t that Wei Yunlan who asked for a divorce and was exiled to Beiguan with her natal family?
Although Huaizhou is also located in the north, it is still quite a distance away from Beiguan.
"Madam Crown Prince... no, why did Miss Wei come to Huaizhou?" Xiu Tao asked curiously.
"She didn't come alone, but led a team of several hundred people, following King You's army. I heard that she was the one who discovered the new grain variety, sweet potatoes, in the north, and now she has come to Huaizhou to promote the new grain variety." Cui Tao relayed every detail of the news she had just heard.
Not to mention Xiutao and Bitao who were hearing the news for the first time, even she herself, who had clearly heard it once just now, could not help but sigh in surprise when she described it aloud.
Who could have thought that the former wife of the prince, who was once neglected by the prince in the Jinyang Marquis' Mansion and was finally forced into a desperate situation and had to divorce and leave, would have achieved such success today after arriving in Beiguan.
I heard that the "Miss Lan" who donated food to save many disaster victims in the north and also donated food to the army stationed in the north was the wife of the previous prince.
It was also heard that King You favored the wife of the previous prince, and when they returned victoriously from the last battle with the Northern Barbarians, the two even rode side by side and accepted the cheers of the people together.
Also, the current Wei family is no longer in the same embarrassing situation as when they left the capital...
Although the wife of the Crown Prince before them was exiled to the north, she now has both fame and power.
Turning around again, she looked at their own young lady.
Being greedy, things get worse and worse, and in the end you end up with nothing.
Leaving aside the money and power, even the love of her husband and her blood-related children were lost by her own doing in the end.
But who can be blamed for this?
Thinking about An An in the house, who should have been treated like a noble lady but was almost abducted to a dirty place, the three of them felt that their young lady deserved the fate she had now!
"The prince's wife in front is a kind person, but we should be careful these days and not show up in the city." Cui Tao reminded.
Xiutao and Bitao nodded.
Today's life is hard-earned, and they all cherish it very much.
Back then, Xiutao, Bitao and An'an were sold to Hanzhou by a group of kidnappers. If they had not been found by Cuitao who later left Beijing with a large sum of money, they would have been sold into the brothel.
Heading north, away from the capital, it goes without saying that the journey was bumpy.
Along the way, they encountered several dangers and were nearly cheated. They also met many miserable women with similar situations as them. Xiaoping, who is now greeting An An in the house, is the mute girl they rescued on the road.
After traveling to several states and spending most of their money, they finally settled down in Huaizhou, near the north. Because An'an was weak, they needed to spend a lot of money on medicine and carefully take care of her, and they couldn't just sit back and eat, so they opened a restaurant in Huai'an City with the "skills" they learned in the capital.
Life is getting better and better. Now they don't want anything else but to live peacefully in this place far away from the capital, and raise An An, so that she can live a smooth and healthy life just like the name they gave her.
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After politely declining the invitation from the female members of the Song family to go to the opera again, and discussing the plan to promote grain seeds with Lord Song, Wei Yunlan and Princess Daning said goodbye.
They stayed at an inn near the north gate of Huaian City.
It was still early, and the maidservant under Princess Daning bought some fresh snacks on the street.
Princess Daning ordered her maid to deliver half of it to Wei Yunlan's room.
Looking at the familiar fried chicken, milk tea, hamburgers and other items, Wei Yunlan frowned for a while and called Zou Yun who was accompanying him on this trip.
Pointing at the things on the table, he said, "Help me check where these things came from."
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