Chapter 064: Rescue

Returning to his original seat, Ji Qingyue was already getting a little anxious.

Seeing Yuan Ming, he stood up, ran two small steps, grabbed Yuan Ming's sleeve, and covered his chest with some fear.

"Why did you take so long, my husband? I thought something happened to you."

Yuan Ming led him back, with a slight smile on his face: "I saw a few little mice planning to steal rice, and I thought it was interesting so I watched them for a while longer."

Ji Qingyue was stunned: "Mice? There are mice in the backyard of the restaurant! Why haven't I seen them before?"

"It's not a good thing to see those dirty things." Yuan Ming changed the subject: "Are you full? Let's go to the market to buy some things and bring them back to the village."

"If you're full, let's go."

After paying the bill, when they walked through the restaurant hall, they happened to pass by the table of the three people just now. Their eyes didn't fall on them at all, and they didn't notice Yuan Ming either.

The two went to the market and bought a lot of meat, both raw and cooked, more than ten kilograms, which could last the three of them for more than ten days. In addition, Yuan Ming went to the dessert shop to buy some cakes and candies. The New Year was coming soon, and putting them on the plate would make it more festive.

In Yuan Ming's memory, the Spring Festivals he spent with Cao were boring. They had no relatives and few friends. Yuan Ming could endure loneliness and did not envy other people's lively lives, but this year he had his young husband and was not short of money, so there was no reason to continue to live in poverty.

They bought a lot of things, but they were too lazy to take them back, so they directly called a carriage, went home to pack some warm clothes, and left Shifang Town before dark.

It didn't snow today, but the air at night was still freezing cold, but the carriage was very warm.

Yuan Ming specially rented an insulated carriage. The walls of the carriage were covered with thick fur, so no matter how strong the wind was, it couldn't blow in. With a hot spring in his arms, he felt as warm as at home.

Ji Qingyue felt a little sleepy after dinner, and now she was even more drowsy, so she simply leaned on Yuan Ming's shoulder and took a nap.

After driving for an unknown amount of time, the carriage suddenly stopped. When the driver shouted to the horses, Yuan Ming was lucky that he quickly grabbed the seat and avoided close contact with the wall of the carriage.

Ji Qingyue was awakened, staring, and asked: "What happened?"

The carriage had stopped, and Yuan Ming frowned slightly.

The public security in Shifang Town has always been very good, and there has never been any news of banditry, but Yuan Ming still couldn't help but feel worried.

"What happened?" He asked the driver without opening the door.

The driver said: "There is a person on the ground in front, and we almost hit him. Do you want to get off and take a look?"

Yuan Ming was relieved when he heard that there was no danger. He comforted Ji Qingyue and asked him to stay in the car, and then opened the door.

There was thick snow on the ground, some of which had already turned into ice. It was slippery and cold to walk on it, and one would fall if he was not careful.

The driver followed Yuan Ming out of the car and came to the shadow in front.

There was indeed a person lying on the ground, and it was a child, about eleven or twelve years old.

The driver stretched out his hand to touch the tip of the child's nose, turned to Yuan Ming and said: "He's still breathing, but..."

Yuan Ming knew without him saying it, it was freezing cold, and the child would be frozen to death if he fainted here, even if he was lucky enough not to be crushed by the carriage.

The driver didn't say much, and looked at Yuan Ming quietly.

Ji Qingyue's voice came from behind: "Husband, what happened? Is someone fainted on the ground?"

Hearing this, Yuan Ming picked up the almost frozen child without thinking, and answered while walking back: "It's a little boy, he has fainted."

Ji Qingyue helped to open the curtain, and Yuan Ming and the driver worked together to move the child into the carriage.

Yuan Ming frowned: "This place is a bit far from the town. It seems we have to take this poor child back first."

Ji Qingyue lowered her head, stretched out her hand to smooth the hair stuck to the child's forehead, and then exclaimed: "It's Brother Lin!"

Yuan Ming was a little surprised: "This is a boy? Qingqing, how do you know him?"

"His name is Lin Bu. He is the boy of Qin Lianxin's family in the village. When I still lived in the village, I followed my mother to grow vegetables in the yard. It was this little boy who sent vegetable seeds over. I met him once."

Yuan Ming was stunned. He had never heard of the name Linbu, but Qin Lianxin was not unfamiliar with him.

After the outbreak of the Northwest War, the imperial court recruited soldiers from all over the country. Going to the battlefield where life and death is a disaster for some people, but for others, it is a difficult opportunity to climb up.

Shangguan Village produced a general, who was great and brave, named Lin Qiang.

The reason why Yuan Ming had an impression of Qin Lianxin was because she was Lin Qiang's mother. When Lin Qiang triumphantly returned and was conferred the title, he specifically asked the emperor for an imperial decree for his mother. His pure and filial piety moved the emperor and the whole country.

Could this little brother in front of him be Lin Qiang's brother?

Yuan Ming thought for a moment and said to Ji Qingyue, "Since they are from the village, let's just take them home."

Ji Qingyue had the same idea and put the two extra soup ladies in the arms of the little boy.

The carriage was very warm. Although the little boy had not woken up, his face gradually became rosy.

The road in Shangguan Village was relatively flat, and the carriage came directly to the door of Yuan Ming's house.

Cao knew that the two of them would come back today, and had been waiting at the door of the house.

The carriage stopped, but Yuan Ming did not rush in, and asked Cao: "Where is Qin Lianxin's home?"

Cao was stunned for a moment, and as Yuan Ming came to the carriage, she saw the person lying inside and quickly understood, and directed the driver to go deeper into the village.

Fortunately, it was winter and late, and there was no one on the road, otherwise there would definitely be a crowd of onlookers.

Unlike what Yuan Ming imagined, the Qin family's yard was very large, and the outer wall was built very high and solid, but from the outside, you would never think it was a widow's home.

However, Qin Lianxin's son Lin Qiang was a capable man, and it was normal for him to be able to build such a house.

Yuan Ming and Ji Qingyue supported the unconscious Lin Bu, and Cao knocked on the door.

Soon, the lights in the yard came on, as if someone was waiting for them.

A woman's voice rang out: "Who is it?"

Cao responded, "I'm Cao Wei. Your Lin Bu has fainted on the road. My son happened to see him when he passed by. Hurry up and take him in to warm him up."

After a crackling sound, the door opened and a pale, obviously very weak woman walked out.

Seeing the unconscious Lin Bu, Qin Lianxin immediately panicked and reached out to touch her son.

Yuan Ming leaned aside and said in a deep voice, "Sister-in-law Qin, he hasn't woken up yet. Let's help you get him in."

Qin Lianxin nodded repeatedly and opened the door as wide as possible.

After helping the man into the room, Yuan Ming immediately withdrew and went home with Ji Qingyue. The carriage was still waiting for them at the door.

After putting the luggage roughly in the right place, Cao came back soon.

She sighed as she came in.

Ji Qingyue asked, "Has Linbu woke up?"

Cao shook her head and said, "No, Xu Renchang went to see her. It's nothing serious. She was just frozen. Lianxin was a pitiful person. Fortunately, the little brother is fine. Otherwise, how could she survive?"

As for the affairs of Qin Lianxin's family, no one in the village didn't know it. Cao talked about it endlessly.

While talking, she brought out the food that was hot on the stove.

Yuan Ming and Ji Qingyue had already eaten, but they still accompanied Cao to eat a little and listened to her story about Qin Lianxin.

Qin Lianxin was not from the village. She was a disaster victim who was assigned to Shangguan Village during the famine. As a woman with no relatives or friends, her life was very difficult, but she was lucky.

Because the most capable hunter in the village took a fancy to him.

The hunter had some martial arts skills. In addition to hunting in the mountains, he would also help the escort agency in the town to deliver darts. After the two got married, they had a very good relationship.

Just as life was getting better and better, God dealt her a heavy blow. Once on the way to deliver darts, the hunter encountered bandits and all the people in the group were killed.

The only consolation was that Han Huairen was quite generous and gave Qin Lianxin a large sum of compensation as agreed.

What's the use of money when the people are gone?

Qin Lianxin wanted to die with the hunter, but at this time she found out that she was pregnant. At that time, many people went to comfort Qin Lianxin, and Cao was one of them.