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Song Qingqian turned around and glanced at Bai Shi in the carriage. Bai Shi smiled and nodded.

"Then I'll have to trouble you two aunties, but don't worry, I'll pay for it."

As Song Qingqian spoke, she invited the two women into the carriage.

Madam Wang patted her shoulder with a smile and said kindly, "What money do you need? This is just us repaying a debt of gratitude. We're glad you don't mind!"

After seeing this, Lu Yunqi took the two children to the carriage. Song Qingqian's task for him was to take good care of these four children.

After the rain, there were many small puddles on the ground, and several children were having a great time playing in them…

Lu Yunqi glanced at the bitter and resentful Lu Jingchuan and comforted him:

"Third son, to be honest, it's normal for your mother to dislike you and scold you. Song Qingqian is now a benefactor of our Lu family. Your mother cherishes her too much. How could you embarrass her in public?"

Lu Jingchuan retorted, "I didn't embarrass her. I just wanted to get to the bottom of things. To be honest, this matter has been weighing on my mind for a long time. No matter how I investigate, I can't find out anything. I'm completely baffled..."

"Third brother, nothing is absolute. No matter who she is, she was brought in by the Lu family in a legitimate and respectable way. Before you two get a divorce, she is a member of the Lu family."

"Second brother, you...you would never have said that before..."

Lu Jingchuan stared at Lu Yunqi, speechless with shock. He never imagined that his usually carefree and irresponsible second brother would one day calmly and patiently guide him.

Lu Yunqi smiled calmly and said, "What do you mean you don't recognize me? Or do you want to interrogate me like you did with Song Qingqian?"

"No...no, I was just too surprised!"

Lu Jingchuan was so excited he was almost incoherent. His second brother had been completely different since he woke up this time; he had become... he felt like a stranger to him...

Lu Yunqi looked up at the gray sky and sighed deeply, as if speaking to Lu Jingchuan, or perhaps to himself.

"During the time I was in a coma, it felt like I was having a very long dream in which my older brother and sister died tragically and we were exiled."

My sister-in-law went into premature labor as soon as she left the capital, and then... she died from postpartum hemorrhage, taking the life of both mother and child.

Exhausted, Mother had to carry you, who was seriously injured, and raise two children. She didn't last long before she passed away too...

Embracing the moon and carrying the moon...

Never mind, I won't say anymore...

Lu Yunqi was unable to continue speaking. It all felt like yesterday; none of the members of the Lu family had met a good end.

Sometimes, seeing how well they were all doing, he would feel a sense of disbelief, as if it were all just a dream.

But that dream was too real... so real that even now, when he thinks about it, he can still feel the pain of being pierced through the heart by a sword.

"What about Song Qingqian? How is she?"

Lu Jingchuan remained silent for a moment before pressing for an answer.

"she?"

"She died on the night of your wedding!"

Lu Jingchuan's eyes widened, and he asked incredulously, "How is this possible? How could she have died out of the blue?"

Lu Yunqi shook his head, his expression somber, and said, "He died from vomiting blood, as if he had suffered from some acute illness."

"Second brother, you're overthinking it. We're doing just fine, and besides, dreams don't count!"

Lu Jingchuan immediately comforted him, saying that Song Qingqian was such a skilled doctor, more capable and decisive than any man, how could she possibly die so easily?

Therefore, Lu Yunqi said he didn't believe any of this, and that with him there, he would definitely protect his family.

"Ok!"

Lu Yunqi nodded and said nothing more. After all, words are not enough, and no one would believe him.

"Think it through carefully, lest you regret it later!"

Lu Yunqi calmly and composedly offered his advice.

The atmosphere froze for a moment, and the two brothers fell silent, with only the faint sounds of children playing in their ears.

Inside the carriage, Lu Lanyue held the little girl, pinched her cheek, and smiled, "She's not shy at all, and she's always cheerful. So cute!"

Madam Huo smiled for a while, then began to sigh: "Ever since our house was raided and my wet nurse was sold off, I have no breast milk and have had to feed her crushed white flour buns every day..."

"This child has really suffered a lot following us..."

Song Qingqian asked in confusion, "Auntie, why didn't you buy a dairy goat when you went out shopping this time?"

"To be honest, that's what I thought too. We did get some subsidies from relatives, but my mother-in-law disagreed. She thinks a dairy goat is too expensive. Since Wanwan is already eating steamed buns, she can eat rice cereal and other things in the future. There's no need to waste money."

As she spoke, Mrs. Huo lowered her head in shame. As a mother, she felt utterly incompetent, unable to even protect her own daughter.

But this is exile; it would be a miracle if she could even survive. She couldn't risk everyone's anger.

Wang snorted coldly and directly exposed her, reminding her: "If you ask me, your old woman is just sexist and thinks girls are unimportant."

Song Qingqian asked suspiciously, "That dairy goat shouldn't cost more than three taels of silver, right? If the baby stops drinking milk later, you can kill it and eat the meat. It's actually quite cost-effective."

Huo explained shyly, "I am not from the capital. I was transferred back to the capital to serve as an official after I met my husband."

My house was ransacked, and I didn't have a single penny left. Besides, my mother-in-law has always been the one in charge of the Huo family; her word is law. I...I..."

"I also want to buy Wanwan a dairy goat, but I really don't have the money..."

As she spoke, tears welled up in Huo's eyes: "If I had any other way, I wouldn't have treated Wanwan badly. She's my own flesh and blood, I...I..."

"Alright, stop crying. If you ask me, you should be tougher and fight her... You can still scrape together three taels of silver. Besides, didn't Miss Lu give Huo Chong five taels of silver back then?"

Wang spoke forcefully, but luckily her mother-in-law was easy to get along with and always listened to and protected her in the family. Otherwise, she would have made the whole family miserable. If things weren't going well, then no one would have been able to have a good time.

"Huo Chong's silver was stolen, otherwise we wouldn't be in such a predicament."

Wang retorted directly, "Forget it, with your domineering mother-in-law, even if the money hadn't been stolen, she probably wouldn't have been willing to part with it."

"You know we can't just sit around and do nothing; we need to find a way to earn some money. We still have a long road ahead!"

Huo nodded in agreement: "But we're in exile, where are we going to earn money?"

"Miss Lu, you have so many ideas, can you help us come up with a solution?"

Song Qingqian nodded and began to ponder. She had never lacked money on her journey and had never really thought about earning money.

Now she really needs to think things through, not for any other reason than so that these women can become strong on their own and stand tall. Even in this ancient era, women can hold up half the sky!

"Actually, there are many ways to make money, Auntie. What are you good at?"

Wang chuckled and said, "I'm strong, I can do any kind of work."

Huo said, "I can play the zither. I can't say I'm proficient in all the arts, but I can do them all well!"