A peasant girl traveled through time and space, and she became prosperous

Dazhu, who was driving the cart in front, suddenly turned around and called Wen Meijiu's name, saying that his father was feeling a little unwell and asked her to go over and see him quickly.

When Wen Meijiu heard that his father had something to do, he hurried back.

Art's problem had not been resolved yet, so he grabbed her sleeve and refused to let her go, insisting that she explain herself clearly before leaving.

They came to her with meat and rations, and volunteered to protect their fellow villagers. This was better than becoming her enemy, and it was no different from before.

Feeling that she had nothing to lose, Wen Meijiu agreed immediately, and Art let her go.

When Wen Meijiu hurried back, he asked his mother who was sitting in the car, "What happened to Dad?"

Mother sat in the car, pointed at the lying father, and smiled softly:

"Your father is worried about you and afraid that you will suffer. What's the matter?"

Wen Meijiu jumped onto the carriage and sat on the front shaft, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "That Heizi is nothing special. He is much more honest than before."

"It's easy to change the country, but hard to change one's nature. As a girl, you'd better be careful."

Although Dad said this, he was not actually worried about Wen Meijiu's safety. He was just afraid that others would gossip about his daughter.

"I know, Dad. I'll be careful."

Wen Meijiu did not refute, but responded obediently.

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The team walked for a whole day and arrived at a town called Zhufengpo at night. They thought they could have a good rest here, but the town was in a mess, with ruins everywhere, as if it had been looted.

There was no inn to stay in, so in order to avoid being disturbed by other refugees, the village chief took everyone to a dilapidated temple in the suburbs to spend the night.

After everyone settled down, each household started building stoves and cooking.

The weather was hot and my parents were exhausted after traveling all day. Wen Meijiu felt bad if he asked his mother to cook too.

Ren Meiluo and Dalang were the only ones working, and they were overwhelmed to serve so many people.

Especially today, with so many more mouths to feed, Art and the others delivered food and meat early in the morning in order to make things a done deal. They sat face to face with Zhizheng and the others, waiting to eat.

Ren Meiluo came over to discuss with Wen Meijiu, saying that there was nothing for Liu Kerong to do and he wanted to come over to help, and asked her if she agreed.

Wen Meijiu knew what kind of person Liu Kerong was and didn't want to use her, so she said she had plans and asked Ren Meiluo and the others to go and do their work first.

Just before entering the temple, Wen Meijiu noticed that there were some refugees scattered outside the temple gate, and several of them were sitting there crying quietly.

In this case, most of the time the family has run out of food or someone has left.

She told her mother to take good care of her father and wait for her to come back, then she quietly left the temple alone.

When they arrived at the slope outside the door, Wen Meijiu raised the torch above her head and saw two little girls, not much older than her, lying on someone and crying.

"Who is she to you?"

It can be seen that the person lying on the ground is a middle-aged woman. She is naked, her hair is disheveled, her eyes are tightly closed, her mouth is slightly open, and she is no longer breathing.

The two little girls who were crying stopped crying and looked up at the people when they heard someone asking.

After questioning, Wen Meijiu learned that the two were not real sisters. The older one was called Ma Rulan, she was fourteen years old this year, and her birthday was in the first month of the lunar calendar; the younger one was called Qi Wenjing, she was also fourteen years old this year, and her birthday was in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar.

They were all from Lantian in the north. Before fleeing famine, both families were fine. Halfway along the way, one family lost their father and younger brother, and the other lost their mother and younger sister. The remaining two families met and, based on the principle of sticking together for warmth, became one family.

Who would have thought that on the way to escape here, they lost their parents one after another, and now there are only two of them left to depend on each other.

The dead woman on the ground was Qi Wenjing's mother. When she died, she stuffed the only half of a vegetable dumpling in her arms into Qi Wenjing's hands. She died without saying anything.

"Sister Rulan, this is for you."

Qi Wenjing held the hard vegetable dumpling in her hand and handed it to Ma Rulan.

Although her stomach was rumbling with hunger, she knew that her mother had not explained clearly the matter of the vegetable dumplings when she left, and Ma Rulan must be feeling unhappy.

Ma Rulan turned her face away, wiped the corners of her eyes, and said:

"I won't eat it. You eat it. This is what your mother left for you."

Qi Wenjing seemed to have been hit in the vitals, and suddenly burst into tears:

"Sister Rulan, you misunderstood me.

She must have wanted us to eat together, but she died before she could say it. Please don't misunderstand her."

She has experienced so much sadness along the way, and now even her mother has passed away. Qi Wenjing doesn't want to lose Ma Rulan, her only relative, and is so sad because she was rejected by her.

"I didn't misunderstand her, don't worry about it."

Ma Rulan had a look of denial on her face. She neither admitted it nor comforted Qi Wenjing.

"Sister Rulan, please, just eat one bite. Otherwise, I won't be able to eat any more and we'll both starve to death."

After hearing what Qi Wenjing said, Ma Rulan burst into tears but still shook her head.

Ma Rulan refused to eat, and Qi Wenjing refused to eat either. The two of them squatted on the ground in a stalemate.

Wen Meijiu understood and said to the two people:

"We are in need of two cooks here. If you are willing to come and help, we can provide you with food every day. How about that?"

When the two girls heard this, they turned around and looked at Wen Meijiu, a little bit unable to believe their ears.

Along the way, there were many people fleeing famine in groups like Wen Meijiu and his group, but there were few teams like theirs that had so many young and middle-aged people protecting them.

What does this mean? It means that Wen Meijiu and his team are very powerful.

If they could also join Wen Meijiu and his team, wouldn't that give them hope?

"Miss, are you serious?"

Ma Rulan is older and indeed different. She immediately raised the status of Wen Meijiu.

"Sister, is there really such a good thing?"

Qi Wenjing was younger and more innocent, so she called Wen Meijiu "sister".

The two asked the question almost at the same time. As soon as she asked, Ma Rulan turned around and gave Qi Wenjing a look, telling her not to call Wen Meijiu that.

Qi Wenjing realized that the two of them were in a disadvantageous situation and had to rely on Wen Meijiu's shelter to continue to survive, so she quickly changed her words:

"No, it's Miss."

Wen Meijiu looked at the two little girls who were so cautious, smiled, and pulled them up from the ground.

"It's true. Hurry up and settle your mother down first, so you can follow me."

The two little girls kowtowed to Wen Meijiu in gratitude, and then with Wen Meijiu's help, they buried their mother in the wasteland nearby.

"Miss, what's your name?"

Ma Rulan didn't know how to address Wen Meijiu, so she asked her carefully.

"My surname is Wen, my name is Meijiu, you are younger than me, just call me sister."

"That won't do. You are our savior. You took us in, so you are our master. From now on, we will call you Miss."

Wen Meijiu couldn't persuade them, so he just followed their lead.

The term "Miss" or "not a Miss" sounded strange. She was not used to being a maid, nor was she used to hearing others calling her Miss.