After Wang Xiao'e got out of bed, she hurried to the kitchen to get something to eat. After eating, she quietly returned to the bedroom.

The old man was still sleeping like a dead pig. Wang Xiao'e was afraid that he would wake up suddenly, so she found two ropes and tied up his arms and legs.

While she was doing these things, the old man never even blinked once.

Now Wang Xiao'e was finally relieved. She found the key from the old man and took out more than a hundred yuan from her pocket and put it into her own pocket.

Then he picked up the clothes on the bed and put them on one by one.

It was still summer when she came here, and she was only wearing a skirt. Although the weather has turned cold now, the old man was afraid that she would run away, so he never bought her any cotton clothes.

In the past few months, I bought her a set of autumn clothes and pants, plus a set of clothes to wear outside.

When she felt cold, she could only wear the old man's clothes inside to keep warm.

The temperature was even lower at night, so she had to wear more clothes.

After putting on her clothes, Wang Xiao'e took the key and opened the main door of the living room. When she was about to open the courtyard door, she suddenly turned back to the kitchen, wrapped the only two steamed buns left in a bowl and stuffed them into her arms.

She didn't know if she could leave the county smoothly. If she couldn't leave, she would have to hide from place to place. If she didn't bring some dry food with her, she would be so hungry that she couldn't even walk, and she would have to wait to be caught again.

With dry food, Wang Xiao'e's confidence in escaping increased a lot.

She opened the door and walked into the night.

But before she could take a few steps, a villager's dog suddenly barked.

In the quiet night, the barking of dogs is contagious. If one dog barks, another dog will surely follow suit if it hears it.

Fortunately, not many people can afford to keep dogs at this time. There are probably only three or two dogs in the whole village. Even these three or two dogs, if they start barking, are enough to wake up the whole village.

Wang Xiao'e was a little scared and hid behind a pile of firewood.

The man of that household heard the dog barking and came out of the house with a flashlight. He shone it around, but when he didn't find anything unusual, he went back to the house to rest.

After the barking of the dogs stopped, Wang Xiao'e began to move forward cautiously.

She walked along the road and soon reached the village. The barking of dogs became farther and farther away. She felt relieved and raised her legs to run forward.

Wang Xiao'e did not dare to take the main road, and walked on the paths in the fields. Far away from the village, everything was eerily quiet. But she was running for her life at the moment and did not care about being afraid. She just wanted to run faster and faster.

After passing through several villages, she was afraid that she would not be able to find the way to the county town, so she had to take the main road. She was frightened all the way, always feeling as if someone was about to catch up with her.

Fear drove her to keep running forward. When she got tired, she would walk for a while. After walking for a while and waiting for her strength to recover, she would continue running forward.

Just like that, before dawn, she finally reached the county town.

She was afraid that if the old man found someone to block her at the county bus station and talk to her, she would be finished.

So she didn't dare to go to the bus station to take the bus, but chose to continue heading towards Fugou County.

She just kept walking and walking until she could walk no more, then she found a place where no one would notice her and sat down to rest for a while.

She took out the steamed bun from her pocket and ate one. Her mouth felt a little dry after finishing it, so she found a ditch, scooped the steamed bun into her hands and drank a few sips, then continued on her way.

Seeing a tractor on the road, Wang Xiao'e didn't dare to hold out too much hope, but she still tried it. Unexpectedly, the driver was quite easy to talk to and let her get in the car directly.

Wang Xiao'e was thinking of taking any ride she could get, so she struck up a conversation with the driver. As luck would have it, the driver told her that he was going to Fugou County to bring seeds to their village.

So she arrived at Fugou County smoothly.

She could have taken Liu Daya's ox cart back home, but the journey was too rough and she was wearing ill-fitting men's clothes, so she was afraid of being seen by the villagers, which would have made her even more embarrassed.

She went to buy a bowl of rice first, and then chose to walk back.

At around three or four o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Xiao'e went to Qiao Village. However, she was too embarrassed to go into the village in her condition, so she found a secluded place and waited until it was completely dark. When she saw that all the lights in the houses were turned off, she slowly walked towards the village.

Wang Xiao'e remembered that she was still wearing the old man's clothes, and her parents-in-law would definitely be unhappy when they saw her, so she took off all the clothes in one go.

When she walked to the front door of the Lu family's house, she suddenly remembered what she had said when she left the Lu family that night. She became a little timid again, not knowing how she would face Li Dani and Lu Heping after she knocked on the door.

She hesitated for a while. If it wasn't so cold that she couldn't bear it, she would have struggled with the idea for a while.

After listening to Wang Xiao'e's story about her experiences in recent days, Li Dani's eyes were already red, and she raised her hand to wipe her eyes.

Since Wang Xiao'e came to their house, she had never treated her as a human being. Now that her son was gone, she treated her as her own daughter, fearing that she would suffer any injustice.

But she would rather be cheated by her family than believe that they are sincere.

Not only had she been betrayed twice by her closest relatives, but this time she almost lost her life.

After feeling distressed, Li Dani also felt a little disappointed with Wang Xiao'e for not being able to achieve what she wanted.

"Look at you, our Lu family treats you wholeheartedly, which is a good thing. We old couple would rather not eat than let you and the children suffer.

They've treated you so well, but you're not satisfied at all, and always think that your in-laws are the ones who really treat you well...”

"Mom, I was wrong. I will never trust them again. I will never have any contact with them again. I have repaid my biological parents for their kindness in raising me. From now on, we will never see each other again. Just treat each other as dead."

Wang Xiao'e was afraid that Li Dani would drive her away again, so she quickly expressed her determination, which was indeed what she really thought.

"Mom, if you and Dad don't take me in, I'll really have no place to stay. Please have pity on me. Just think of it as your own children..."

Wang Xiao'e said this and kowtowed to Li Dani again.

Li Dani finally softened her heart. After all, she was the mother of three children.

"Okay, get up. I'll talk to the kid's grandfather about it tomorrow. You get up first."

Li Dani pulled Wang Xiao'e up from the ground and said, "It's getting late. You've walked a long way. Go to bed early. I'm going back to the east room to sleep."

Wang Xiao'e knew that her mother-in-law's words meant that she agreed. As for her father-in-law, as long as her mother-in-law agreed, he would generally not object.

So after Li Dani left, Wang Xiaoe got up, poured some hot water, washed up briefly, and went to bed.

Lying in the familiar bed, with the two children's sleeping faces and steady breathing beside her, she finally settled down at this moment after being restless for several months.

Thinking about what happened in front of me was like a dream.

She would just regard it as a nightmare. She would be a good widow in the future, love her three children with all her heart, serve her parents-in-law, and keep her heart calm and never think about anything else again.