Thinking of this, Yingbao seemed to open up her Ren and Du meridians, connecting the upper and lower parts, and suddenly felt clear.
Damn, that’s how it is.
No wonder Xiao Mo brought Chen Tiantian along for no apparent reason. He was probably commissioned by someone.
This someone should be Chen Tiantian’s stepfather.
The only person who could ask her stepfather for help was Chen Tiantian’s biological mother, Han Yue Niang.
I just don't know why Xiao Mo didn't take her back to the capital to find her biological mother, Xiao Han, but instead went to the capital with his group.
Yingbao couldn't figure out the reason, so she stopped thinking about it. She closed her eyes and looked around her cave, looking for something to relieve the heat.
It is June, the hottest month of the year.
The carriage they were sitting in was like a steamer. Even though Chunniang lifted the front curtain, it was still very hot.
"Mom, are you thirsty?" Yingbao saw that her mother's forehead was covered with sweat, so she took out a cotton handkerchief to wipe her sweat.
Chunniang took the handkerchief from her daughter and shook her head: "I'm not thirsty."
In fact, she was thirsty, but they were in a hurry and she didn't want to ask others to stop to get water.
Yingbao didn't believe it at all. She rummaged through the big bag she had packed and took out a long bamboo tube.
Both ends of the bamboo tube are sealed with bamboo joints, with only a thin bamboo stick inserted at the edge.
"There's water in this, drink it, mother." Ying Bao handed the bamboo tube to her mother and pointed at the thin bamboo stick and said, "Just suck it with your mouth."
Chunniang took the bamboo tube and sucked the thin bamboo stick according to her daughter's instructions. Sure enough, cool water flowed into her mouth.
After taking a few sips, Chunniang handed it back to her daughter: "You drink some too."
Yingbao shook her head and took out an identical bamboo tube from her big bag. "I have one. You take that one."
She placed a lot of bamboo tubes in the cave, which were filled with not only clean water but also a little Wudingzhi.
In the evening, the convoy arrived at an inn.
Xiao Mo's personal soldiers took Wendie in to register, and then the gate of the post station slowly opened.
This post station is very large and is divided into several courtyards.
Xiao Mo's team was led into a medium-sized courtyard.
Yingbao and A Niang got off the carriage and looked around.
I saw that the houses of the post station were neatly arranged, all with blue bricks and tiles, carved beams and painted rafters, and flying eaves and brackets, which looked very grand.
They were placed in a spacious room with four narrow beds against the wall.
Yingbao and A Niang each took up a bed and placed the big bag on the bed.
Chen Tiantian and Chen Zhao also walked in, each carrying a small package, looking pitiful.
"Aunt Jiang." Chen Tiantian greeted Chunniang with a smile.
Chunniang nodded at them and said nothing.
Chen Zhao, however, had a gloomy expression on his face and was busy organizing his packages on the bed.
Soon, the postman brought food.
A pot of tofu and vegetable soup, eight steamed buns, four empty bowls and four pairs of chopsticks.
This was dinner for them, the same as for the soldiers.
Yingbao picked up the ceramic bowl and served a bowl of vegetable soup to A-niang, and served one bowl for herself. She also took four steamed buns, and the mother and daughter sat at the head of the bed and started to eat.
Chen Tiantian also filled a bowl and handed a steamed bun to Chen Zhao, "Eat something quickly, we have to travel tomorrow."
"Stop being so hypocritical!" Chen Zhao waved his hand to block the pottery bowl, pointed at her nose and said, "If you want to go to the capital, go by yourself. Why do you involve me? Do you want to make me your maid?"
The clay bowl fell to the ground with a thud, breaking into pieces, and the soup, vegetables and tofu were scattered all over the floor.
Chen Tiantian said with a hurt look on her face: "A Zhao, I did all this for you, why do you say this to me?"
"Shut up!" Chen Zhao wiped his face with his sleeve and said angrily, "I've told you that my mother just passed away and my brother is still young, so he can't live without someone. But you told that person that you wanted a companion. Chen Tiantian, you did it on purpose! You're happy just because you deliberately made me unhappy, right?"
Chen Tiantian: "A Zhao, how can you say that to me? I just saw that you were unhappy, so I wanted to take you to the capital to broaden your horizons..."
"Shut up! I don't want to hear a word you say!" Chen Zhao shouted angrily. Without waiting for her to finish, he turned around and walked out the door to get some water to wash up.
After sitting in the carriage for a whole day, Chen Zhao felt like he was being steamed dry. If he didn't take a shower and cool down, he would faint.
Yingbao ate her meal while watching the two of them making noise with great interest.
Chen Tiantian was like this in her previous life, always using the excuse of doing things for your own good to make people unhappy.
The reason why Chen Zhao's relationship with Chen Tiantian is sometimes good and sometimes bad is also because of this reason.
When two people are on good terms, they can unite to deal with outsiders; when they are quarreling, they will attack each other.
Alas, it can be said that they love and hate each other.
After dinner, Chunniang took Yingbao to find some water to wash, and then lay down to rest.
While half asleep, Yingbao felt someone was staring at her.
I turned around suddenly and saw a person standing at the head of the bed, with disheveled hair, looking particularly creepy in the moonlight.
Yingbao picked up something and threw it over.
"Ouch!" Chen Tiantian screamed and squatted down, covering her forehead.
Chunniang was awakened and quickly took out a tinder to light the oil lamp.
I saw Chen Tiantian squatting on the ground crying, her face covered in blood.
"What happened?" Chunniang glanced at the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, then looked at her daughter.
Yingbao suddenly threw herself into Chunniang's arms and began to cry loudly, "Mom! There's a ghost! I'm so scared!"
Humph! Who can't perform
Chunniang was terrified, so she hugged her daughter tightly and patted her: "Don't be afraid, baby, there is no ghost."
Then he glared at Chen Tiantian fiercely: "Why are you running to my daughter's bed when you are not sleeping? Do you want to hurt her?"
Chen Tiantian was a little panicked, but when she touched her forehead, she found it was broken and bleeding a lot, and she suddenly became scared, "I didn't..."
At this time, a postman was knocking on the door: "What happened?"
When Yingbao heard someone coming, she cried even harder: "Ah! There's a female ghost! I'm scared!"
It would be best to keep Chen Tiantian away from me in the future so that I don’t have to be on guard against her all the time.
The door was kicked open with great force, and several soldiers rushed in, followed by Xiao Mo.
He saw Chen Tiantian kneeling on the ground with blood all over her face and Yingbao crying loudly, and he couldn't help but frown.
"What's going on?" He glanced at everyone in the room.
Chunniang hugged her daughter tightly and said angrily: "Ask her! Why did she run to my daughter's bed in the middle of the night without sleeping! Did she want to hurt her?"
Chen Tiantian covered her forehead and explained: "I, I just saw sister Yingbao's quilt fell off, and I wanted to help her..."
"You're lying! My quilt didn't fall off!" Yingbao howled even louder, "I want to go home! Wuuuwaaa! It's so scary! She pretended to be a ghost to scare me! I don't want to see her again..."
Xiao Mo stared at Chen Tiantian suspiciously, "Tell me the truth! Why did you get up in the middle of the night and run to Yingbao's bed?"
Chen Tiantian covered her face and cried bitterly: "I, I don't know..." Then she fell to the ground and pretended to be unconscious.
Yingbao saw it clearly. If A-niang hadn't held her tightly, she would have wanted to jump off the bed and kick her.
What a dramatic talent! If she didn't do variety shows, she would be buried!
Seeing this, Xiao Mo quickly had Chen Tiantian carried out of the house and asked Doctor Li to treat her.
He turned around and ordered Chen Zhao: "Go and take care of Chen Tiantian." His tone was an order that left no room for questioning.
Chen Zhao didn't dare to disobey, so he quickly put on his shoes and followed him, secretly cursing Chen Tiantian for being such an unlucky person.
Why did he stay up late at night and go to the Jiang family's children's place? Did he want to steal something like last time
Alas, I am so unlucky to be tied to such a dishonest aunt and sister, and I can’t get rid of her even if I try.