The child was quickly brought to Su Yao by Liu Jie. He was thin and small. If you didn't say he was five years old, he would only look three or four years old. Although he was thin and small, his eyes were surprisingly bright. After he was rescued, he had been following a guard under Liu Jie, and at this time he was holding the guard's hand and refused to let go.
Su Yao leaned over to look at him and reached out to touch his head.
He was like a frightened deer and suddenly shrank behind the guard.
The guard hurriedly pulled him out: "This is the Crown Prince's Consort, your benefactor!"
Su Yao smiled and waved his hand, tilted his head to look at the child and asked him: "What's your name?"
The child moved his mouth, and he didn't know what he was thinking about. He wanted to cry, but he finally held it back. He responded to Su Ying with clear eyes: "My name is Zilong, Zhao Zilong's Zilong!"
Su Yao smiled: "Oh, so you are the little fellow with the same name as Zhao Zilong of Changshan, so you must be very brave?"
Xiao Zilong opened his eyes wide and nodded heavily without thinking: "Yeah!"
Su Yao had stopped teasing him and just asked him, "Do you remember your mother's name?"
In fact, many children cannot remember their parents' names, especially in the countryside where there is no such thing. Many people may not know their parents' names when they grow up. Su Yao was afraid that this child didn't know either.
Xiao Zilong remembered it very clearly, and before Su Yao finished asking, he shouted out: "I know! My mother's name is Liu Chunmei!"
There are more than 200 people here. The militiamen said that some of them are sick and are lying in the empty room at the back.
Su Yao looked around and saw that no one responded, so he asked Liu Jie to ask again, but still no one came forward to claim the little dragon.
She frowned and took Xiao Zilong to the empty room at the back to look for someone.
For such a young child, unless she is with him, it is best for him to stay with his mother.
She didn't mind taking Zilong to the ancestral home, but how could a mother in this world feel at ease without her child? Especially since Zilong was separated from Liu Chunmei under such circumstances, if Liu Chunmei couldn't see her son, she might not even have the courage to live.
Xiao Zilong followed behind her, wanting to say something for a few times but stopping himself. Finally, he couldn't help but let go of the guard's hand and ran up to hold Su Yao's sleeve.
Mother Shen wanted to stop him, but seeing that he was so young and separated from his mother, she felt sorry for him and did nothing.
Su Yao lowered his head to look at him.
Just met Xiao Zilong's tearful eyes.
Xiao Zilong opened and closed his lips. After a while, he asked her in a choked voice, "Can you take me to find my mother? My mother has nothing left. She only has me. If she can't find me, she will die."
The child was much more mature than his age, and when these words came out, even Mother Shen’s eyes became a little wet, and she couldn’t help but turned her back and wiped the corners of her eyes.
Jinping also felt sad after hearing this.
Su Yao reached out and took his hand and led him inside: "We are going to look for your mother now! Where is your father? And your grandfather and other relatives?"
The light in Xiao Zilong's eyes dimmed a little bit, but he still answered Su Yao's words very seriously: "No, my father doesn't want us anymore. My father is a soldier. He saw us at sea and didn't let us get on the ship..."
Children are children after all. Even if they have experienced a lot, some grievances cannot be erased.
He couldn't help crying: "I heard from those aunts that my father has a concubine and he doesn't want us anymore! My mother took me back home, but my grandfather and uncle didn't want her to go back, saying that my mother had abandoned the family..."
Mother Shen's tears began to fall.
Su Yao, on the other hand, remained silent for a long time.
He listened to Xiao Zilong tell how Liu Chunmei insisted on giving him the only remaining water to drink on the way back, how her lips were cracked from working so hard but she still told him she was not thirsty, how she was driven out of her mother's home, and how she took shelter in a dilapidated temple but was still caught by the tribe members and burned to death.
It seems that they have encountered all the sufferings in the world.
Mother Shen murmured in a low voice: "It is true that misfortune only picks on the unfortunate, and even a hemp rope breaks at the thinnest part."
He took Xiao Zilong to search room by room. Finally, when they reached the third room, the door opened. Xiao Zilong shouted "Mom" loudly, let go of Su Yao, ran into the room, and knelt beside a woman's mat.
Su Yao walked in with Shen's mother and the others.
Liu Chunmei had no heart to look at others. When she saw Xiao Zilong, she thought she was dreaming. But when she really touched her son's face, she finally couldn't control her emotions and started crying loudly.
Su Yao stood aside and waited until she had cried enough before waving to wake up Xiao Zilong.
Little Long listened to her very much. Children are very smart and can keenly perceive good intentions and bad intentions. He stood obediently in front of Su Yao.
Su Yao told him: "Take good care of your mother, you are a little man now."
Xiao Zilong nodded with bright eyes.
Liu Chunmei had already guessed Su Yao's identity - when they moved here from Caotang, she had heard that it was the grace of the Crown Princess that allowed them to be moved here. She had been worried about her child and didn't want to come, but the guards told her that they would find the child for her, so she followed.
But in fact, she herself did not take those words seriously.
How difficult is it to find a child of a few years old in such a huge sea of people
Especially with the strong winds and heavy rains recently. She grew up by the sea, so how could she not know that such strong winds would kill many people
How can a child without a father or mother to take care of him survive outside
That's why I fell ill due to anxiety and fear.
Now that the child has really been found, she listened to what Su Yao told Zilong and lay on the straw mat and kowtowed to Su Yao.
The knock was so hard that the skin on the forehead was broken.
Mother Shen cried out, and hurried forward to cover her wound with a handkerchief: "You are really, you are already a mother, why don't you think about the child? You were already sick, if you kowtow and get hurt, how will you take care of the child? You will have a day to thank her in the future, why rush at this moment?"
Liu Chunmei then stopped and continued to thank Su Yao profusely.
Su Yao smiled and shook his head. He looked at them deeply and told Liu Chunmei, "No matter what happens, remember to protect yourself and your children first. I will come back to see you in a few days."
After everything was settled, Mother Shen asked Su Yao, "Girl, shall we go back?"
Seeing that it was getting late, Su Yao looked up at the sky, and the smile on his face suddenly turned cold: "Yes, it's time to go back, and the show is about to begin."