My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

Si Muyan asked seriously, "If you were a member of the Jiang family and didn't want that newborn baby to survive, would you just throw it away where anyone going up the mountain could see it?"

"..." The younger brother thought that he would not be so cruel as to not even want a newborn baby. "No, if I were that cruel, I would definitely throw it into the mountains."

Si Muyan nodded. "That's right. They'll throw the child as far away as possible, where it's hard to be found. If it were daytime, they might bypass the fence and throw the child deep into the mountains. But since they're going up the mountain at night, for safety reasons, the place where they abandoned the child won't be beyond the fence. Let's search along the fence first."

Aunt Jin walked in front of Si Muyan, holding a stick to clear the way: "Miss, you are weak, please walk behind me, I will clear the way."

Si Muyan did not try to be stubborn and looked carefully at both sides of the fence, trying not to miss any place.

As the younger brother searched, he was lost in thought. When he heard what had happened to his second sister, he was a little stunned. He was willing to come up and look for the child, but he felt that Mingshan was so big that it would take a whole day to search the northern part near Fenghuang County, not to mention that they only had an hour.

So whether or not we can find the child depends entirely on luck.

But now he realized that his elder sister had thought so much and directly narrowed down the possibilities, so that they at least had time to search this part of the place.

Compared with Si Muyan, Si Xingzhi and his younger sister had a much more difficult situation. His younger sister didn't really want to find the child, and Si Xingzhi didn't have any ideas. He basically just wanted to check every place.

The younger sister said unhappily, "Dad, please don't go into the woods. Your clothes are getting torn."

"The Jiang family lost their child. They definitely didn't leave him on the road. He must have left him somewhere secret, in the woods."

The younger sister muttered, "Actually, if that child didn't exist, my second sister would be better off."

Si Xingzhi was stunned. He straightened up and looked back at his daughter. His eyes darkened as he said, "Little sister, that's a living life."

The little sister curled her lips and said nothing.

Si Xingzhi continued searching with his stick, saying, "You are triplets. When you were born, your eldest sister was in better health, but your second sister and you were almost dead. Your second uncle said that survival is fate, so we shouldn't bother. But... my little sister, you've already come into this world, and I've heard your cries. How could I give up on you?"

The younger sister was shocked. She had actually heard these words from her nurse before: triplets absorb very little nutrition in the womb. It was okay for the eldest sister because she was bigger, but the second sister and she were too weak. Fortunately, they both survived.

At that time, she thought that it was a good thing that they were born in a marquis's family. If they were born in an ordinary peasant family, they would definitely not survive.

But now when she hears her father recount the details of what happened back then, she is still a little shocked.

Si Xingzhi continued, "Second sister took good care of you and you did survive. But you were the skinniest, like a kitten. I didn't even dare to hold you in my arms. But seeing the wet nurses all looked as if you were going to die, I couldn't bear it. I didn't dare to close my eyes for three days. Since you couldn't drink milk, I asked the wet nurse to squeeze out the milk, and then use chopsticks to drip a little into your mouth drop by drop..."

"Is this how I live?"

Si Xingzhi laughed: "You are my daughter. If I don't let you die, of course you can't die."

The little sister's eyes turned red. She never knew that this was the situation when she was just born.

"That's why your mother loved you the most. She said that your two sisters robbed you of all your nutrients in the womb, so she loved you more." Si Xingzhi smiled unconsciously when talking about the past. "Little sister, as long as it's a life, it shouldn't be abandoned. No matter if it's a son or a daughter, they are the flesh and blood of our Si family."

The younger sister was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Dad, let's not look for it here anymore. Isn't there a fence above the forest? Let's go there..."

……

Along the way, Si Muyan occasionally saw some swaddling cloth and other things, but with a little observation, she could tell that they had been there for who knows how long and were definitely not discarded last night.

She felt heavy in her heart, how could she not know what was going on?

All of these abandoned babies were daughters, because people at that time believed that sons were the ones who would carry on the family line, while daughters were just money-losing goods.

There are also all sorts of strange theories, like if you give birth to three daughters, you won't have sons later, so if the first two are daughters, keep them and the third one should be abandoned. Another theory is that it's difficult to get pregnant while breastfeeding, so if the baby you're breastfeeding is a girl, there's no need to abandon it quickly to make way for the next one...

Such bad habits have led to more and more babies being abandoned.

Si Muyan can't control other people's children, but she has to find her own child.

At this moment, the younger brother pulled Si Muyan's clothes: "Sister, look over there, is there a child?"

Aunt Jin in front stretched out her hands to block the two of them, her voice trembling: "Miss, Master, run... I... I'll block..."

Only then did Si Muyan see that there were two wolves lying on the other side of the fence. Although it was daytime, the dense forest in the mountains blocked out the sun, making it a little dim. The wolves' eyes shone green in the dimness, which was frightening.

And between the two wolves, there was indeed a tattered swaddling cloth! The swaddling cloth was so thin and torn that you could see the naked baby inside.

That is a child, and must be the child who was abandoned in the past two days.

Si Muyan's breathing was a little rapid. This child was most likely the second sister's daughter they were looking for. But why were there wolves here, two at that? Wolves should be deep in the mountains. The fence was still in the shallow forest. Normally, wolves wouldn't come here.

And it seems that these two wolves have been here for a long time, so why don’t they want to eat the child?

The wooden fence was not high, so it was very easy for the two wolves to get over. They pricked up their ears and tails and made whimpering sounds from their mouths, as if they were going to pounce on the three people and tear them to pieces.

The younger brother's legs were shaking, and his voice was filled with tears: "Big sister, what should we do?"

What to do? Do your best and leave the rest to fate. If God wants them to die here, there is nothing they can do.

Si Muyan took a deep breath, reached out and held Aunt Jin's hand, and took the stick from her: "With our strength, we can't beat the wolves at all. Raising this stick will easily anger them."

After saying that, she threw the wooden stick far away, slowly unbuttoned her coat, put it on her shoulders, spread her hands and carefully climbed over the wooden fence.

The younger brother was anxious: "Sister, what are you doing!"

"I'm going to pick up the kids."