"Miss Lin, it's already three o'clock in the morning. You should go to bed early."
Little Dengzi looked at Lin Taotao speechlessly, his legs so sore that he could hardly stand.
Good God, what a chore this is.
His adoptive father Yu Huaqian asked him to look after the second young lady of the Lin family.
He was asked to wait until Miss Lin Er fell asleep and woke up, and then write down the predicted dream immediately.
Originally he thought it was an easy job.
I didn't expect that Miss Lin Er was so persistent and refused to go to bed.
"I'm not sleepy yet. If you are tired, go down and rest first."
Lin Taotao resisted the urge to sleep and spoke to Xiao Dengzi very considerately.
She's almost dying of sleep.
But she really didn't dare to sleep. Even if she slept until she died, she couldn't predict when the famine would end.
It’s okay if she doesn’t sleep, because if she doesn’t sleep, it’s unpredictable.
After the young eunuch left, she secretly took a nap.
"The slave is not tired."
Little Dengzi's smile was very forced.
Looking at Miss Lin Er's eyelids drooping continuously, she didn't look sleepy at all.
Why are you trying so hard? Just go to sleep if you are tired.
My adoptive father said that I cannot leave Miss Lin Er’s side until she goes to sleep.
The adoptive father suspected that what Miss Lin predicted in her dream was false and insisted that he keep a close watch on her.
Lin Taotao looked at her little Dengzi who was guarding her tightly, and gave a dry laugh with the corners of her lips.
Thinking about the miserable plight of her elder sister Lin Yiran on the road to exile, she suddenly became more energetic.
Different times, different circumstances.
At this time in her previous life, she was beaten half to death by the officials, and was so hungry that she couldn't even walk. Not only could she not sleep in the middle of the night, she had to get up and travel...
It's so much better now than in my previous life. I just can't sleep. At least I have food and drink, and I don't have to travel so hard.
The palace was silent in the middle of the night and was pitch black. Ever since the palace was looted, the concubines had become frugal and would turn off the lights and go to bed early at night to avoid being seen and scolded by the emperor for their extravagance.
At this time, only the lights in the Biyue Palace were still on.
Lin Taotao and Xiao Dengzi stared at each other, both trying their best to hold on.
After a night of exhaustion, Lin Taotao's face turned pale, and Xiao Dengzi's heels were numb from exhaustion, and his legs were shaking like sieves.
......
“Ah~~”
Lin Yiran slept until dawn, stretched comfortably, got up and rubbed her eyes.
Xiao Yunzhan, who had woken up a long time ago, heard the noise and turned his head to look over. He saw Lin Yiran woke up and was rubbing her eyes.
Then the sisters-in-law woke up one after another.
Old Madam Xiao had a good sleep in these few days, and she looked much more energetic.
After waking up, they looked at each other and smiled.
Only two children were left, still soundly asleep, with no sign of waking up.
"I'll go heat up the meat and wake them up when it's ready."
The eldest sister-in-law glanced at the two children, then stood up and prepared to heat up half of the meat that was left over from yesterday's meal.
"Sister-in-law, the meat is ready, come and eat."
When Xiao Yunzhan heard what his sister-in-law said, he pointed to a circle of leaves wrapped in meat placed beside the fire.
The leaves of the horsetail tree have been burnt yellow by the fire.
The eldest sister-in-law looked towards the fire and nodded, "Why don't you rest a little longer, fourth brother?"
Yesterday, my fourth brother carried Old Madam Xiao on his back while climbing the mountain for such a long time, and I don’t know if the wounds on his body were broken.
Thinking of this, the eldest sister-in-law asked worriedly, "How are your injuries, fourth brother?"
"Thank you for your concern, Mrs. Lao. My injury is healed now."
"I'm glad you're okay. You lost so much blood that day, so you should be more careful."
Xiao Yunzhan smiled faintly and nodded.
"Fourth brother got up so early, why didn't he call us?" Second sister-in-law walked to the fire, picked up the burnt leaves wrapped with meat and smelled them.
"Oh, this meat is roasted with leaves, and it smells so nice."
"Fourth sister-in-law, smell it, doesn't it smell good?"
The second sister-in-law looked at Lin Yiran who was walking over and raised the meat wrapped in leaves in her hand.
Lin Yiran leaned over and sniffed gently, "Hmm, it does smell good."
"Let's eat first. After we finish eating, I will move the stone away."
Lin Yiran watched as her third sister-in-law woke up the two children and decided to wait until after dinner to move the stones.
This will prevent them from having uninvited guests come and disturb their breakfast.
I looked at the time on my phone and it was half past five in the morning.
Light from outside can be seen faintly shining through the cracks in the stones, and the sun rises early in summer and autumn.
Madam Xiao nodded in agreement, "Hurry up and sit down to eat, and then we can leave early after eating."
Her son stayed behind to clean up the mess yesterday and must have silenced those officers.
It was such a hot day, and with so many bodies, they would soon be discovered, and it wouldn't be long before the police would catch up with them.
Everyone nodded and gathered around the fire which still had sporadic flames. Each of them picked up a piece of meat and started to chew on it.
Lin Yiran took two bites of the burnt yellow leaves and ate them. It was quite refreshing.
When the juice of the leaves of the horsetail is roasted into the meat, the meat will have a fresh fragrance.
Because we had to hurry on our way, everyone ate very quickly.
After eating, the family shared the water from the water bag.
After drinking the water, everyone's eyes fell on Lin Yiran.
Lin Yiran smiled, clapped her hands, stood up, and walked towards the cave entrance.
Xiao Yunzhan quickly stood up and followed.
He woke up early in the morning and felt a little urgent to pee, so he wanted to go out to relieve himself.
He tried his best but failed to move the stone at the entrance of the cave.
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