The two children quickly finished two large bowls of porridge, and the little boy was very satisfied.
"Sister-in-law, quickly take away the rest. Come, Awen, bring your parents' bowls over."
The little boy went to take the bowl, but the woman shrank back and said, "I've already given you so much, how can you ask for more?"
"It's okay, sister-in-law. You can serve the leftovers so that we can cook the next pot. It's getting late now." Chunxiao urged.
When the woman heard this, she stopped refusing. Xiaowen took his mother's bowl, filled one bowl, and then took his father's bowl.
Chunxiao scraped the bottom of the pot clean and didn't bother to wash it. She added rice and water and started to cook the second pot. The woman and the man ate very quickly and finished it soon. Their stomachs were full and they were no longer as sluggish as before. "Sorry, girl, we will wash this bowl and return it to you tomorrow."
"No need, you can keep it. I bought it originally as a backup." By now, Chunxiao was a little hungry.
Xiaohua was stirring the porridge inside, and it was a full pot again.
"I heard from Xiaowen that you are here to visit relatives."
"Yes." The woman sat up straight, holding the child. "My mother's family is from Fengyue County, and we are from Xiangwen County over there. We said we would come and visit on August 15th, so we rented an ox cart to come here, but it happened that the county was closed. We originally thought it would be difficult to come all the way here, so we just waited. But while we were waiting, our money was stolen by Hua Qizi. Now we can't go back, so we decided to wait a little longer, and then it turned out like this."
"If we hadn't met the girl today, we would have starved to death."
"That was our fate. We were going to enter the city but didn't."
"Are you here to visit relatives too?"
Chunxiao thought about it and nodded, "Yes, I have relatives in the village under the county government."
The little girl was awake now and was sitting in the woman's arms, looking at them without saying a word, while the little boy was dozing off in his father's arms.
"Little sister, are you full?" Chunxiao smiled gently under the moonlight.
The little girl nodded obediently, "I'm full, it's delicious."
The woman rubbed her head with her chin and said, "It's good that you're full. I was really scared today."
Xiaohua's porridge was cooked, and the two of them started to eat. Today's porridge was indeed delicious. Chunxiao, who usually doesn't eat much, ate a full bowl of it, not to mention Xiaohua. In the end, there was still a bowl left in the pot after they finished eating.
Chunxiao looked at them and said, "Sister-in-law, we still have one bowl. We really can't finish it. Why don't you take some more? Otherwise, it will go bad by tomorrow in this hot weather."
The man was embarrassed and wanted to refuse, but when he heard that it was spoiled, he hurried over with his bowl and took all the porridge, "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
They can only sleep here tonight. Fortunately, they have their family with them, which gives them a little more sense of security.
Xiaohua was afraid that someone would come and take things from the carriage in the middle of the night, so after she put Chunxiao to sleep against the wall, she climbed onto the carriage and slept against the edge of the carriage.
Although she slept restlessly that night, she was still quite at ease. Chunxiao woke up at the first light of the next day. She felt as if she had been sitting on a green train all night. Her body was stiff. She stood up and stretched, walked to the side of the carriage, and patted Xiaohua, who was lying on the carriage seat. This startled the sleeping Xiaohua.
"Miss, why are you up so early?" She slept lying down, so her body wasn't sore, but she felt sticky and uncomfortable from the sweat. This damn place didn't even have a place to shower. "Are we leaving?"
"It's too early, let's wait a while." Chunxiao looked outside the yard, and I went to wash the jars and dishes from yesterday.
"Miss, I'll go wash." It doesn't make sense for a lady to work while the servants wait.
"You don't know where the water is, so I'll fetch some water for you to wash up. You just stay here and watch the carriage." Chunxiao took the things and left. After about two incense sticks of time, she came back with the water.
The family also woke up, and they were in much better spirits than yesterday. Seeing them, they thanked them again, "Thank you for rescuing me yesterday."
Chunxiao divided half of the water she had brought with them. "We're leaving today. I'll leave you a few pounds of food and a clay pot. I hope you can return home safely." She then took out a few taels of silver from her sleeve and said, "This money is for your journey home. Keep it safe and don't let it get stolen again. There should be a freight caravan on the road. Give them some money and ask them to take you back."
When the woman and the man saw her giving the money, they knelt down in front of her and said, "Miss, you are so kind. We will work like slaves for you and repay you in the next life." Although they knew that it was not easy to accept the money, they had to accept it at this time and in this situation for the sake of their two children. They were lucky to meet a good person, but it was hard to say whether they would meet one again in the future.
Chun Xiao hurriedly helped them up and said, "Everyone gets into trouble when they're away from home. Sister-in-law, please don't be polite."
The two parties said goodbye, and Xiaohua drove away with Chunxiao.
"Miss, you have done another good deed. I told you, it is a blessing to have met you."
"If you don't help at this time, when will you help? A few taels of silver can save someone's life. Xiaohua, this money is well worth it."
"They are lucky. If they had met someone else, it might not have been so lucky. Miss, what if we still can't get in later?"
"It shouldn't be possible. I asked yesterday and it should be possible. I think the people in that car dealership are quite nice and responsible. Fengyue County is in this state now. I don't know what's going on inside. I'm very worried." She prayed in her heart that she must go in, she must go in.
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