Ma Hehua sat in a carriage on the road outside the city, leisurely eating peanuts.
She chewed on the crunchy peanuts while glancing into the distance every now and then, hoping that young master would return soon.
The moonlight shone on her, but it couldn't dispel the irritation in her heart.
"Mother, would you like some?" Ma Hehua took out peanuts from her clothes at her chest and handed them to Ma Linghua.
Ma Linghua: "…………………………"
Looking at the peanuts her daughter offered, she showed obvious disgust, and after a moment of silence, said, "I don't want any, you eat them yourself!"
Her attention was entirely focused on the ghost bead in her hand, looking at it repeatedly with delight in her eyes.
This ghost bead is her treasure. She has subdued all the ghosts in the dry well and made them into balls, each one of them being of the highest quality.
Thinking about this, she felt a surge of joy, as if a wonderful life was beckoning to her.
Ma Lihua yawned. She had gazed at the moonlight all night, and now her eyes held a hint of melancholy.
She looked at Ma Linghua quietly, her heart filled with worry.
Her mother was really about to lose control of her true nature.
These days, her mother's obsession with blood has deepened, and her behavior has become increasingly strange.
Ma Lihua was worried that if things continued like this, something bad would happen sooner or later.
Seeing that her mother wouldn't eat the peanuts, Ma Hehua put the peanuts back to her chest.
She looked at Ma Lihua's worried expression and felt a little curious.
"What is Pear Blossom worried about?" she asked, chewing on a peanut.
"It's nothing, I'm just worried that if no one comes, we won't get any free food and drinks." Ma Hehua felt nervous when she heard this.
"That won't do! We'll have plenty of expenses to cover in the future!"
The atmosphere in the carriage became somewhat heavy, with each of the three preoccupied with their own thoughts.
Ma Hehua looked into the distance again, hoping that the young master wouldn't run away, otherwise she would have to teach him a lesson.
Chen Zhiqing: "……………………"
Ma Linghua held the ghost bead tightly and then put it into a box.
The moonlight gradually blurred, but the three people in the carriage remained lost in their own thoughts.
Just then, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar.
Ma Hehua stood up excitedly and looked in the direction from which the sound came.
Ma Linghua was also drawn by the sound and looked up.
Ma Lihua looked into the distance; it was her cousin, the young master, who had returned.
As the sound of hooves grew closer, a figure gradually became clearer.
Ma Hehua shouted excitedly, "Young Master! Let's get going!"
Chen Zhiqing: "……………………"
Deputy Officer Chen led a group of soldiers to clear the way, and only then did they truly embark on their journey north.
Chen Zhiqing frowned, looking at the treasure map in his hand, his face full of doubt and confusion.
The picture was full of crosses and checkmarks, making it impossible to make sense of anything. He couldn't help but wonder to himself, "What the hell are these crosses and checkmarks?"
He couldn't understand why his uncle would give him a drawing that looked like a child's scribbles.
He examined the treasure map repeatedly, trying to find some clues, but no matter how he looked at it, he felt that the map was completely clueless.
Meanwhile, Ma Lihua, sitting in the carriage, inadvertently glanced at the treasure map in Chen Zhiqing's hand.
This glance made her pause for a moment, and a strange sense of familiarity welled up inside her.
Her eyes were fixed on the treasure map, and she tried hard to search her memory for anything related to it.
The familiar pattern seemed to gradually become clearer in her mind, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it before.
Ma Lihua's eyes were filled with doubt and contemplation. Her thoughts kept wandering through the river of memories, trying to find clues related to this treasure map.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up. Damn it, isn't this the location of her home village, Black Wind Village?
Ma Lihua was extremely nervous.
Chen Zhiqing stared at the treasure map for a long time, the sense of familiarity growing stronger, as if he had really been to this place before.
However, no matter how hard he tried to recall, he couldn't remember the specific details.
Left with no other choice, he had to give up and put the treasure map away.
He had just put the pictures away when he couldn't help but cough a few times.
At this moment, Ma Lihua, who was standing nearby, quickly said, "Young Master, come on, it's time to drink your medicine."
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhiqing suddenly felt something was off.
He looked at the medicine bowl that Ma Lihua handed him, his thoughts drifting.
For some reason, this sentence sounds particularly awkward at this moment.
He frowned, pondering the source of this strange feeling.
Was it because I was just thinking about the treasure map and got interrupted?
Or is it because the patient has been taking the medicine for a long time but has not seen much improvement in their condition?
Or perhaps it's simply because this sentence came out too abruptly at this particular moment?
Chen Zhiqing took the medicine bowl, and the bitter smell hit his nose.
He looked at the dark, murky liquid in the bowl and felt a pang of helplessness.
My body seems to be slowly getting better. I'm fine without medicine, but I can only take medicine if Pear Blossom feeds me by hand.
He sighed softly, brought the medicine bowl to his lips, tilted his head back, and swallowed the medicine with difficulty.
After drinking the medicine, his mouth was filled with a bitter taste, but a sweet feeling lingered in his heart for a long time.
Ma Lihua: "???"
This man must be sick; he's even laughing while drinking his medicine.
Silence enveloped the winding road as a group of people hurried along in the night.
The sky gradually turned a pale white, foreshadowing the approaching dawn.
Their weary figures appeared somewhat blurry in the dim morning light, and at that moment, a village came into view—Xiaodi Village.
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