The boy quickly replied, "You bring me food twice a day, porridge in the morning and steamed buns in the evening. I remember that."
A hint of appreciation flashed in Su Ruojin's eyes. To pay attention to these details in this environment showed some courage.
How many people are there in total?
The boy answered readily this time: "Eight today, but I don't know about tomorrow."
"The number of people you have varies each day?" Su Ruojin asked, puzzled.
The boy looked at Su Ruojin with a strange expression: "Don't you send a few children here every few days, and then take a few more away a few days later? Of course, the number of children changes every day."
Su Ruojin knew that she wouldn't get any more information by asking further, so she turned to the guards and said, "Take them all away and settle them in."
Upon hearing this, the children burst into tears.
With so many children crying at once, Su Ruojin was instantly overwhelmed and could only say to the boy, "You calm them down and we'll let you go home later."
The boy was somewhat incredulous: "You're going to let us go home?"
"What, don't you want to go back?"
The boy's anger intensified: "Kill me or torture me, do whatever you want, why say such deceitful things?"
Hearing the boy speak like an adult, Su Ruojin wanted to laugh. "Where did you learn to say these things?"
The boy didn't answer, but stared at Su Ruojin, as if he wanted to remember the face of his enemy forever.
Su Ruojin didn't explain, and the guards came up and took the child away.
The old lady breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that the children had been rescued, and left Yunquan Manor with Su Ruojin.
Su Ruojin returned to the inn, and Yanluo hurriedly came out to greet her: "Miss, you're finally back."
While Su Ruojin stayed at Yunquan Villa, Yanluo's heart was constantly on edge.
The young lady said that no news was good news, but she couldn't stop worrying when she couldn't see her.
This isn't the Great Chu after all; if something were to happen to the young lady, she wouldn't know what to do.
Su Ruojin smiled and said, "I'm perfectly fine, don't you believe in your young lady's abilities?"
Yanluo nodded: "That's right, Miss is really amazing."
At this moment, a woman also came out of the room. Upon seeing Su Ruojin, she knelt down, and Yingzi, who followed her out, also knelt down with her mother.
"Qinniang thanks you for saving her life, young lady."
"Yingzi thanks elder sister for saving her mother and younger brother."
Su Ruojin recognized her as the woman who had just given birth.
Seeing Qin Niang's appearance, Su Ruojin realized she had recovered well. She told them to get up and said to Yan Luo, "You did a great job."
Yanluo quickly replied, "It's because Miss taught me so well."
Qin Niang's fever subsided the next night, and with Yan Luo's careful care, her wounds gradually healed.
Yan Luo told Su Ruojin that Qin Niang was a girl from Wang Village in Tangzhou, Yunqi. She and Yan Gang from the village were childhood sweethearts. Later, Yan Gang's parents died of illness, and Qin Niang's parents adopted Yan Gang.
After Qinniang came of age, her parents arranged for the two to get married.
Not long after the marriage, Qinniang's parents also passed away one after another.
Yan Gang loved reading since he was a child, and the village teacher said he was destined to be a top scholar.
For Yan Gang's future, Qin Niang never let him do housework or farm work. She took care of the children and did farm work all by herself, and even embroidered handkerchiefs in her spare time to sell at the market, all to support Yan Gang's education.
At the beginning of this year, Yan Gang left Wangcun to participate in a scientific expedition in Yuncheng, and told Qinniang to wait for his return.
After Yan Gang left, Qin Niang discovered that she was pregnant.
With the baby's due soon, Yan Gang had not returned to the village, nor had he received any news.
Qinniang was worried that something had happened to Yan Gang, so she took her child and traveled a long distance to Yuncheng to find her husband.
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