The boy looked at the strange man in front of him. He didn't recognize him at all. His eyes were red. "I don't know you at all."

Xiao Chiye then remembered that he had come here in disguise last time, using the appearance of the landowner, so it was strange that he could recognize him.

Xia Wanniang heard the noise outside the door and turned around and walked out: "Stop."

The boy heard the voice and saw the familiar face, and stopped attacking: "Husband, Madam."

Xia Wanniang could tell at a glance that he was not feeling well: "Are you sick?"

The boy nodded, still somewhat worried about the other children in the house.

Xia Wanniang: "Come in with me."

The boy followed her into the house, and the other children cried even harder when they saw him: "What's wrong?"

"Sister, my sister is dead." The girl's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and she said with sobs.

The boy's body was shaking a little. He looked at the child lying alone in the corner. The child was thin and small and seemed a little lonely.

Xia Wanniang looked at the children and said, "You are all sick. This place is not suitable for you to live. Come with me." After saying that, she picked up the body of the dead girl on the ground.

Her body was so light that it felt like a feather when held in my arms. She had no weight at all.

The boy looked at her in confusion: "Where to?"

Xia Wanniang held the child and looked at him: "Find a place to bury her first, or do you want to throw her into a mass grave?"

The boy didn't say anything else. He looked around their place which wasn't really a home, gathered up some useful things, and followed her.

Xiao Chiye looked at the child in her arms and frowned: "Give her to me!"

Xia Wanniang shook her head: "Let me hold you!"

This is the closest place to the west gate, and they are not very far out of the city from here.

On the way, they came across a coffin shop, and Xiao Chiye spent money to buy a small coffin that could hold the girl.

The people in the coffin shop also helped the girl clean her body and changed her into new clothes that Xia Wanniang had brought out.

Xia Wanniang asked them to help find a good place to bury the girl. Several children wanted to see her off: "I'll wait for you here." After that, she handed the gold ingot candles she had bought to them and asked them to follow the people from the coffin shop out of the city.

Xiao Chiye watched them leave: "Are you planning to take them home?"

Xia Wanniang felt a little troubled: "There is no place for them to stay at home now. The shop can accommodate them, but they are all sick now, so it is not suitable to leave them alone anywhere."

Xiao Chiye thought for a moment and said, "Why not ask Uncle Liu and Aunt Xiang to help take care of them for a while? After the snow melts, we can build a few more houses and take them back."

Xia Wanniang: "I don't know if they are willing."

Xiao Chiye: "I'll go ask. You wait for them here. If they don't want to, that's fine. You can let them stay in the store for a while."

Xia Wanniang nodded and said, "If Uncle Liu and the others are willing, we will give them some money."

"I know what to do. I'll go now." Xiao Chiye said as he walked towards Uncle Liu and the others.

Liu Laoshi and the others didn't expect Xiao Chiye to come back: "Sanlang, is there something wrong?"

Xiao Chiye looked at the two of them and explained his purpose.

Liu Laoshi looked at Xiang: "Madam, look..."

Xiang smiled and nodded: "Bring him here. It's a bit lonely in this yard with only two of us old guys. It would be more lively if there were a few children."

Xiao Chiye thanked the two gratefully, took out some silver from his arms and placed it on the table: "Thank you for taking care of these children during their time here."

Xiang looked at the silver on the table and was a little unhappy: "What are you doing?"

Xiao Chiye: "Aunt, these children need money for food and clothing when they come here. I can't just send them here and ask you to pay for their care. If you don't accept them, I dare not send them here."

Xiang could only nod and say, "Send them here later. Your uncle Liu and I will go and clean up a few rooms for them to stay in. They are sick, so I will cook some porridge for you."

Xiao Chiye thanked him with a smile, then got up and went to the coffin shop.

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