Traveling through ancient times: living a different life

When they got to the back of the inn, Xiaomai went to get her own carriage. The master and the servant got on the carriage. There were two guests in the yard who were also leading their horses to leave. One of the young women saw the two girls, especially the younger one who was pretty and lively, so she took the initiative to approach them and said, "Hey! Whose girls are these? Where are you going? If you are going the same way, it will be safe for us to walk together."

Bi Yue took a look at the woman. She looked okay, but her eyes seemed full of calculations. She ignored her questions completely.

Xiaomai drove the carriage out of the back door of the inn. When she arrived at the town, there were breakfast vendors, vegetable vendors, and firewood vendors on both sides of the road. It was still early, around eight o'clock, and there were not many people. For safety reasons, the carriage did not drive fast. She arrived at a pancake shop on the street. The pancakes baked in this shop smelled delicious from afar, and Xiaomai was asked to buy a few. Xiaomai got off the carriage and bought four. Just as she took them in her hands, a little beggar about ten years old, holding another boy of seven or eight years old, said to her, "Good lady, please give me a pancake. My brother and I haven't eaten for a few days."

Xiaomai held the pancake and looked at the lady who had opened the car window curtain.

Biyue nodded, and Xiaomai gave him two pieces. His not-so-clean face said happily, "Thank you, Miss."

Xiaomai handed the cake to Biyue, then drove the carriage away from Pingxi Town.

There should have been orphanages in ancient times. Why were those two children begging on the street?

Looking at the navigation device in his hand, which was as big as a mobile phone in his previous life, it said that it would take only one hour to reach Yunshan County. The carriage was driving on the official road and saw a mule cart in front of it. Bi Yue's carriage was faster than the mule cart and soon passed it. After running for a while, he saw a woman holding a child in front of him who stopped Xiaomai's carriage. Xiaomai saw that it was a woman holding a child who stopped the carriage and had no choice but to stop. Bi Yue was sleeping in the carriage and suddenly felt that the car had stopped, so she asked Xiaomai: "What happened? Why did you stop?"

"Miss, a woman stopped the car."

Bi Yue lifted the curtain in front of her and saw a skinny woman in her twenties standing next to the carriage. The child she was holding was also dirty and skinny. She asked, "What's the matter? Why are you stopping our carriage?"

"Miss, please save my daughter. She is dying. I want to take her to Yunshan County ahead."

"Oh! Then you two come up!"

He pulled aside the curtain and let the mother and daughter get in the carriage. Xiaomai had just driven off when he heard a man and a woman's voices from behind, "Stop the carriage in front, are you trying to kidnap these two people and run away?"

As the car accelerated, the sound gradually became smaller.

Bi Yue looked at the woman in the car. The woman said in horror, "The man is my husband, the woman is my mother-in-law, and this is my third child. The first two were also daughters. The eldest and the second died of illness because I couldn't give birth to a son. He often beat me and refused to treat this child when she was sick. She was almost dying several times. This time I also knelt down and begged them to treat the child, but they refused. I had no choice but to steal the money and run away with my household registration. Fortunately, I met you two, otherwise my mother and I would be dead."

Bi Yue thought to herself: What kind of man did this woman marry? He refused to allow her daughter to get medical treatment when she was sick. He also committed domestic violence and abuse. Anyone would run away.

Then he asked, "Why did he treat his own daughter like this? Why did you marry a man like that?"

The woman shed tears, "I was sold by my stepmother for 15 taels of silver. When my sister and I were six years old, my father married a widow who gave birth to two sons for my father. My father obeyed him. Since the stepmother came into being, my sister and I have been working like animals and have never had enough to eat. With a stepmother comes a stepfather.

In order to send their two sons to school, the eldest sister was sold to someone else. I was sold to this widower at the age of fourteen. He had a seven-year-old daughter, and I married him just to have a son.

But I was not very fertile and only gave birth to three daughters in seven years. When I first got married, the mother and son were nice to me at first, but when they gave birth to all daughters, they started beating and scolding me.

I couldn't stand it, and I wanted to die several times, but I couldn't bear to leave my daughters. My first two daughters died because they were sick and I didn't want to spend money on treatment. This time, I ran away without caring because of Sanya."

"My dear benefactor, my name is Yu Xiaocao, 22 years old, and my daughter is Che Sanya, 4 years old. Thank you for letting us take the ride."

After Bi Yue heard the whole story, she didn't know whether it was true or not, so she put her hand on the woman's hand. The Thousand Layer Mirror showed that she was not lying. Not only was she thin, but she also had several diseases. If she continued like this, she would die within two years.

He put his hand on the girl's hand again. The girl was seriously ill. Judging from her condition, it was caused by a cold. She was lucky to have been in this state.

So he said to the woman, "I know some medical skills and can save her, but what will you do after she recovers? Where will you go or where will you go?"

"I won't go back. Going back will only lead to death. When San Ya recovers, I will take her to beg." After saying this, she started to cry sadly. Bi Yue heard her painful and desperate sobs and couldn't help but feel sad for her.

The carriage entered the city, turned a few corners, and opened two upper rooms at a better inn. Xiaomai went up to the second floor with the mother and daughter, and parked the carriage at the back of the inn. When they reached the second floor, the waiter opened the doors of the two guest rooms.

Yu Xiaocao carried the child in and put Sanya on the bed. Biyue put the medicine box on the table in the room, opened the box and took out a small porcelain bottle. She poured out a pill with intermediate spiritual spring water from the bottle and gave it to the little girl. She handed another pill to Yu Xiaocao. She wanted to refuse, but Biyue said, "You are not in good health either. I took your pulse in the car. You have a lot of diseases. If you don't treat them, they will get worse. The child is still young and needs your care. Take it!"

Yu Xiaocao took the pill with tears in her eyes and swallowed it. The pill melted in her mouth and she immediately felt much more comfortable.

Bi Yue handed her a small porcelain bottle and asked them to take one pill three times a day.

At this time Xiaomai came up with a cloth bag in his hand and handed it to the woman.

"These are your and your daughter's clothes. Change into them after you take a shower."

"This, how does this happen?"

"Miss, I've ordered the food across the street and it will be delivered."

"Xiaomi, well done." After saying that, he gave her a thumbs up with a smile.

The two returned to their room and soon heard the waiter next door delivering water to the woman's room.

"Miss, what should we do with these women? Just cure them and let them fend for themselves in this county?"

"I've been thinking about this, too. They can't stay in this county. Her ruthless man will definitely not let them go. This place is too close to the village she escaped from. We have to save her as much as possible. We can take them to a farther city and change their identities. Then they will be safe."

"Miss, you are so smart. This is a great idea."

After a while, he guessed that the woman had finished washing, so he asked Xiaomai to take a food box to her room.

Xiaomai came in and said to Biyue, "Miss, the mother and daughter have washed and changed their clothes. I'll let them eat and have a good rest."

At night, Bi Yue came to the room of the mother and daughter. The girl looked much better, so she told them the plan. The mother and daughter knelt down and kowtowed to express their gratitude!