Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Ruolan woke up and looked out the window. It was very quiet outside, but there was still moonlight. It should be around the end of the hour of the Ox. The others were sleeping very soundly, including Dong'er. I guess they had been drugged a lot.

She tiptoed to the door and looked out through the crack in the door again. She found that the yard was also quiet, as if no one was there. To be cautious, she planned to observe for a while, but she had to go see Dong'er first.

Xu Ruolan tiptoed to Dong'er's side and pushed gently, but there was no response. She pushed again, but still no response. She gritted her teeth, stretched out her hand and grabbed Dong'er's thigh hard.

"Hmm?" Hearing the voice, Xu Ruolan breathed a sigh of relief and called out softly, "Dong'er, it's me, wake up!"

Dong'er opened her eyes in a daze, then remembered something, sat up suddenly, and shouted "Xiao..." Fortunately, Xu Ruolan reacted quickly and covered her mouth with her hand, "Speak more quietly, if people know we are awake, we will be in trouble." Dong'er nodded quickly.

Xu Ruolan let her go, and Dong'er said guiltily: "Miss, I'm sorry, I couldn't help it."

"Okay, it's okay. I just looked in the yard and there seemed to be no one, but I'm not sure. I'll go to the door later, and you go to the window and try to observe as much as possible. If there's no one, then we'll..." Xu Ruolan said, making a gesture of escape with her hand.

Dong'er nodded, and Xu Ruolan said, "Eat the steamed buns later, otherwise you will have no strength later." Dong'er nodded obediently again.

So the two of them split up and watched the yard. After half an hour, no one was walking outside. Xu Ruolan was relieved and walked back to wave to Dong'er, "Move them out of the way. Don't let anyone see where we slept!"

Dong'er did as he was told, and the two of them moved several people around before they finished setting up the place. Xu Ruolan lay at the door and listened again, then gently opened the door. Fortunately, this door was not an old wooden door, so it didn't make much noise. Xu Ruolan stuck her head out and looked around, and was startled. There were two people lying on a box not far away, and they must have stayed to keep watch.

She swallowed and waited for a while. Seeing that the two did not respond, she gently squeezed it out. She looked around and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there were only two people. So she waved to Dong'er in the room and signaled her to be quiet.

After both of them came out, Xu Ruolan gently closed the door and hid in the corner with Dong'er. There were many houses near the dock, but they were all relatively short, mostly used as warehouses. Xu Ruolan compared them and found that they were about seven or eight feet high. At this moment, she was very sober. When she was at home, she often climbed over the wall to go out and play, so this height was not a big problem for her.

While everyone was still asleep, Xu Ruolan stepped on Dong'er's shoulders and slowly climbed up the wall, then used all her strength to pull Dong'er up. Xu Ruolan chose the wall near the door, so there was a road outside. The two looked around, no one!

Dong'er pulled out the belt skillfully, Xu Ruolan grabbed one end and put Dong'er down first, then she jumped lightly, and Dong'er caught her below. Although she still fell in the end, it was much safer than jumping directly.

After escaping, the two looked at each other, breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. They left the vicinity of the small courtyard before dawn.

The two thought they had done it perfectly, but they never expected that when they showed up in the capital city the next day in rags, they were bumped into by the wretched man who had sent them there earlier. Both parties were stunned at first, and then Xu Ruolan was the first to react, pulling Dong'er and running away. There were two or three other people following the wretched man, and the wretched man also reacted and called for others to chase after them.

During the escape, Dong'er accidentally tripped and sprained her foot. Xu Ruolan pulled her up and helped her run together, but this slowed down their speed. The people behind were getting closer and closer. Dong'er pushed her away and urged loudly: "Miss, run quickly, wait until you find the master and others and come back to save me!"

Xu Ruolan still wanted to go back, but the people behind them were only a few dozen meters away from them. Xu Ruolan bit her lip, and had to turn around and continue running forward, crying as she ran.

Fortunately, the wretched man saw that he could not catch up with her, so he took Dong'er back. Xu Ruolan hid in the city for a day, and she was no different from a beggar. Seeing that it was getting dark, she thought that Dong'er should have been caught and wanted to save her.

She quietly returned to the dock and hid not far from the courtyard to watch. However, there were a lot more people in the courtyard today. Xu Ruolan thought that their escape must have been exposed.

She was penniless, cold and hungry. If she hadn't been determined to save Dong'er, she would have fainted.

Unfortunately, God did not pity her because of her pity. The guards of the courtyard did not relax throughout the night. Until the early morning, torches began to be lit inside, and wooden boxes were moved in and out. Seeing that it was almost dawn, but no one was seen being carried out, Xu Ruolan felt a little strange.

She couldn't help but move closer. At this time, she vaguely heard a man carrying a box saying "It's all moved", which made her even more confused. At the same time, there was a bang from the box the man was carrying. The two men were startled and quickly ran to the boat with the boxes. Xu Ruolan realized that the girls were all packed into the boxes.

She hurriedly followed, but perhaps because she followed too closely, she seemed to be discovered when she was almost at the shore. In panic, she hid in a carriage. Fortunately, the carriage seemed to belong to a wealthy family and there was no one inside, so those people did not dare to search.

But before she could be happy, the carriage started moving and unfortunately boarded another boat. After the driver left, the surroundings became quiet. Xu Ruolan got off the carriage carefully and wanted to quietly get off the boat, but she found that the boat had already left the shore. She could only watch the boat carrying Dong'er getting farther and farther away from her.

Xu Ruolan sat on the ground with a dejected look on her face. She couldn't save Dong'er, and now she didn't even know where she would be taken. She felt lost and helpless.

But her state did not last long. She was soon discovered by the people on the boat. Seeing that she looked like a beggar, they thought she was a beggar who had sneaked on board when no one was paying attention. The manager of the boat was very angry and threw her overboard at a dock.

That's how she arrived in Qinghe County. She was penniless, cold and hungry. She could only learn to find food like a beggar. But being a beggar was not easy. She stayed in Qinghe County for more than ten days and it was good enough for her to have a good meal a day. She finally fainted on the side of the road due to hunger and cold. That's how she met her destined man - Liu Donglai.

Xu Ruolan also told Xu Hean and the others how she married Liu Donglai and how Liu Donglai loved her and her daughter. As for the unpleasant things, she simply skipped over them.

Even listening to this, Xu Hean and his son burst into tears, constantly blaming themselves for not protecting her and letting her suffer. They were also heartbroken that the girl Dong'er was missing.

Xu Ruolan mentioned that Liu Xu came when they were brought to the capital. She did not interrupt her mother's memories. It was only today that she knew that her mother had gone through so much before she met her father. She was almost scolded and sent to that kind of place. There was also the maid named Dong'er...

"Mom, when our business grows bigger, we will go to the south to find Aunt Dong, okay?" Liu Xu walked over and leaned lightly on Xu Ruolan's shoulder.

Xu Ruolan wiped her tears and repeated, "Okay, okay, I hope God blesses Dong'er and he will be fine!"

"Yes, Aunt Dong will be fine." Liu Xu turned around, held Xu Ruolan's hand, looked into her eyes and said firmly.

Even though her mother didn't say it, Liu Xu knew that Dong'er's matter was the deepest pain hidden in her mother's heart. Otherwise, she wouldn't remember those details so clearly.

And no one in the room saw the pain in the depths of Xu Huairen's eyes.

"Dong'er has been a clever girl since she was young, otherwise she wouldn't have sneaked out of the house with you so many times. You don't have to worry too much, I believe she is doing well somewhere in the south..." Xu He'an forced a smile and comforted her dryly. He knew in his heart that being sold to a place like that would not have any good results.

Xu Ruolan exhaled deeply and forced a smile, "Well, Uncle An is right. Although that girl is silly sometimes, she is very smart most of the time. She might be waiting for me to find her!"

"By the way, Mom, have you told Grandpa An about the marinade and the soup pot?" Liu Xu was afraid that they would continue to be sad, so she quickly changed the subject.

Xu Ruolan's attention was diverted when she heard this: "Oh, yes, Uncle An, Brother Ru, please don't spread what I'm going to say next!"

Xu and his son, An, also became serious and nodded in unison, saying, "Miss, please let me know if you have anything to say."

"Uncle An, Brother Ru, you should also know that our family only recovered a few months ago." Xu Hean nodded when he heard this.

"A few months ago, when Xuer and I were desperate, Xuer had some adventures and learned a lot of things. I was worried that she was too young and might be guilty of possessing a treasure, so I attributed all these things to my father. After all, it's normal for my father to know some strange things after traveling all over the country. Only Xuer and I knew about this before. I originally thought that I would ask someone to find you after things at home are sorted out in a few days, and then inform the family first, but I never thought that you would come first." Xu Ruolan said helplessly.

"Speaking of this, we have to thank Master Chang. If it weren't for him, we would have returned empty-handed this time!" Xu He'an sighed, and then recounted all the things that had happened to the Xu family over the years after they were separated.

Upon hearing that her mother had fallen ill because of her disappearance and was now bedridden, Xu Ruolan burst into tears again.

Liu Xu: ... Forget it, I just changed the topic for nothing. But who is she? I can just change the topic again, so...

"Wow, does that mean my second uncle is a high-ranking official now? Mom, can I also wear silk and satin in the future?" Liu Xu looked longing.

The crying and comforting sounds in the room suddenly stopped, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.

Willow Catkins: ...Oh no, it’s spinning a little too fast.

"Puchi" Xu Ruolan couldn't help laughing and reached out to touch her forehead. "Girl, you're actually thinking about this?"

"Of course not, mother. You don't know. When I see all those silks at home but I can only look at and touch them, I feel like I'm being scratched by a cat. And when I think that I'll be in my twenties or thirties by the time my younger brothers pass the imperial examinations, I feel so sad." Liu Xuxizi held her heart in her hands.

In an instant, the three adults in the room laughed. Xu Hean naturally understood what the young lady meant, and no longer mentioned the previous topic, but followed the previous topic and asked them what they needed to discuss.

Therefore, when Chang Yifei and the others came back, Xu Hean and his son had naturally and successfully attributed a series of strange things of the Liu family to "the master said it, the master ate it, the master saw it".