Chapter 196: Doubts
Xiao Ming was helpless and sat up, and Jiang Xiangyuan next to her also got up, her eyes half-squinted, obviously woken up.
"Who is this! I didn't sleep in the middle of the night, crying blindly. Jiang Xiangyuan complained.
Disturb her dreams, beg for beating!
Jiang Xiangyuan complained, wiped her eyes with her hands, and when she opened her eyes, she found that Xiao Ming was dressing, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Sister Ming, what are you doing in clothes?" β
"I'll go out for a while, I just have a string of sugar gourds here for him." Xiao Ming put on her clothes, held up a string of sugar gourds on the table and said, this is what she has been placing in the space.
Jiang Xiangyuan's eyes widened as she looked at the string of sugar gourds, and she asked in surprise, "Where did you get the sugar gourds in the middle of the night?" β
"It was given to me quietly by Yu'er when I left today." Xiao Ming explained that she couldn't, she had to move Xiao Yu out as a shield.
"Oh." Jiang Xiangyuan has no doubt about it, Xiao Yu often eats sugar gourds at home, and it is normal for him to give it.
"Then I'll go with you." Saying that, Jiang Xiangyuan got out of bed and got dressed, while Li'er, who was sleeping on the ground, was still sleeping soundly, still unaware of the turmoil outside.
When the two came to the next room together, Xiao Ming was shocked by the voice of the person who opened the door.
"Miss Xiao, why are you here?" The man who opened the door was no more than a young man in his twenties, looking at Xiao Ming outside the door with surprise and a smile on his face.
Xiao Ming frowned, she seemed to have seen this person.
"Fourth brother, it's Miss Xiao." The man shouted into the room.
Fourth brother!!
Xiao Ming only remembered at this time, by the way, this person is Xia Xiaoba's brother, it seems that his name is Xia San, but how could he appear here.
Xiao Ming was puzzled.
Looking at the man in front of her, Xiao Ming sighed, it is really where you don't meet in life, and you meet your old acquaintances in a foreign country.
The person in front of him is not Shi Tingyu, but who is it.
"Brother Shi." Xiao Ming and the two are blessed.
"Miss Xiao, Miss Jiang." Shi Tingyu nodded, how could the two of them appear here.
There are not only him in the house, but also six Xia Xiaoba's cousins, including Xia San, who Xiao Ming has seen in Pingcheng, among which Xia Er and Xia Si are teasing the little boy in the middle with toys in their hands, the culprit who makes noise and disturbs people's dreams.
The little boy is about the same size as Xiao Yu, and his body is about the same, but he is thin, and the little boy cried so much that he didn't ask for candy and was very sad.
This little boy is very persistent, he doesn't give up for the sake of the goal, he blindly cries endlessly, and doesn't listen to persuasion, which makes Shi Tingyu and the children of the Xia family very sad.
Xiao Ming squatted beside the little boy, handed the sugar gourd, and said with a smile: "Little brother, I have sugar here to eat, don't cry, okay." β
The little boy looked at the candy to eat, where did he remember crying, snatched it and put it in his mouth, and in a blink of an eye, he smiled with his eyebrows, so unhappy, the sugar juice fell on the placket and he didn't know it.
"There's sugar, eat sugar." The little boy was very happy, and he didn't forget to take it out of his mouth and hand it to Xia Er here, meaning to let Xia Er lick it too.
"It's so sweet, brother eats it." The little boy's innocent smile looked at Xia Er, the sugar juice on the sugar gourd was mixed with saliva and wanted to drip, which made people feel uncomfortable for a while.
Xia ErΒ·Β·Β·Β·
Looking at the little boy's demeanor, Xiao Ming frowned.
"Brother Shi, why are you here?" Xiao Ming asked, thinking that Shi Tingyu also stayed at the inn with them, but I didn't know what the relationship between this little hairy child and them was, seeing that this room was full of men, and there were no women and children to take care of the children.
"Passing by here, I didn't expect to meet Miss Xiao." Shi Tingyu nodded and said, but didn't explain much.
He didn't expect to meet Xiao Ming, and the first time they met, it relieved him of a troublesome thing, thinking back on what happened in the past few days, he was really physically and mentally exhausted, and a few big men couldn't handle a child.
It's really a little more difficult than arranging the troops, but thinking of the special nature of this child, Shi Tingyu hesitated for a moment, looking at Xiao Ming in front of him, and finally chose to avoid the topic.
Shi Tingyu avoided talking about it, Xiao Ming didn't ask any more, chatted a few words and then said goodbye, and before leaving, he glanced at the little boy who was eating candy again, and buried the doubts in his heart.
On the carriage, Xiao Ming looked at the little boy who was happily eating the pastry and fruit and was speechless for a while, but she didn't expect this little boy to let her take it.
There is no other reason, when setting off in the morning, Jiang Sihai and Shi Dahe only knew that the child crying last night was the child brought by Shi Tingyu, he originally crossed Shi Tingyu through Xia Xiaoba, and the two parties talked to each other, only to know that Shi Tingyu was going north to the capital, so he suggested that he travel with him, there is a big city Lin'an two days away, Lin'an is located on the coast, and it is feasible to reach Kyoto by boat through the canal.
In this world full of displaced people, the two teams can take care of each other together, and I don't know what Shi Tingyu thinks in his heart, he actually agreed, but Shi Tingyu and his party are all men, and it is inconvenient to ride a horse with a child, so he entrusted him to Xiao Ming.
"Why is this kid so weird?" Jiang Xiangyuan said, watching Li'er use a handkerchief to try the little boy's snot that was about to fall into her mouth, and threw the handkerchief out of the window with a disgusted face, this is already her third-party handkerchief.
The little boy only knew how to eat, and the dregs of snacks and dried fruits fell to the ground, making the carriage dirty, and giggling with the snacks in his mouth, and the snot falling into his mouth without realizing it.
couldn't help it, Jiang Xiangyuan felt a chill in her heart, and leaned towards Xiao Ming's side again and again.
She was about to vomit out of her overnight meal.
Xiao Ming kept looking at the child and asked softly, "Little brother, what is your name and how old are you?" β
The answer to her was: "Hey, hey!! β
"Hee-hee!!"
"This kid can't be stupid, right?" Jiang Xiangyuan was taken aback and whispered.
Xiao Ming was silent, although Shi Tingyu didn't say a word, but looking at the attitude of their group towards this child, she was a little strange, as if she was happy, but more disappointed!
In the end, Xiao Ming couldn't help it, took the child's pulse, and silently withdrew his hand after a while.
More silent.
"How?" Jiang Xiangyuan asked curiously.
Xiao Ming shook her head and did not speak.
Jiang Xiangyuan was curious and wanted to know the answer, but unfortunately Xiao Ming didn't speak, so she had to try his pulse herself, but she was not good at learning, and she didn't come up with a reason after trying for a long time, but was caught by the little boy, and the dirty made her sick for most of the day.
One morning, Xiao Ming was a little absent-minded, thinking about the little boy's condition.
"Sister Ming, what are you thinking?" Jiang Xiangyuan called, not knowing that the little boy's condition made her feel itchy.
It's a pity that Xiao Ming was immersed in her own thoughts and didn't answer, so Jiang Xiangyuan couldn't help but call out again and nudge her arm with her hand.
"Sister Ming, what's wrong with you?"
"Ahh Xiao Ming came back to her senses, shook her head and said, "It's okay, I'm looking at the scenery." β