Xiaowan woke up from a dream, her daughter was gone, she went downstairs to look for her, Sanniang was also gone, and the family was in a mess.

Pei'er flew out, looking for her sister's traces in mid-air, and sure enough, she saw Sanniang holding the baby and running all the way to the Baisha River wharf, which was already almost to the river.

But Pei'er couldn't use his mana to stop her, and he couldn't even remind his mother to let her go to the Baisha River to find her, but so coincidentally, the family decided to split into two ends, Aunt Zhang went to the direction of the town, and Uncle Biao took Xiaowan to the dock.

"Pei'er, are you watching your brother at home, are you doing it alone?" Xiaowan is 100,000 points uneasy, but there are really no more people at the moment.

Pei'er agreed seriously: "Mother, I'm looking at my younger brother." Get your sister back. ”

Xiao Wan only put on a coat, and got into the carriage with her hair in a messy bun, and Uncle Biao galloped with a whip and ran all the way to the dock. Xiaowan also looked around nervously on the road, afraid that Sanniang would see them chasing after her, so she hid in the mountains.

However, at this moment, Sanniang is holding Fei'er, is boarding the boat by the dock, today the wind and water are urgent, the people on the dock said that the next boat is going to the south, she thinks that no matter where she goes, first find a strange place to settle, as long as you are diligent and do a few more jobs, you will be able to feed the children.

But before the boat arrived, the child was hungry first, Sanniang carried Fei'er to a sheltered place, untied her clothes to feed her, Xiaofei'er ate very comfortably, Sanniang smiled with relief: "Good behave, Fei Er is so well-behaved." ”

But just after feeding, as soon as she tied her shirt, she heard the people on the dock behind her shouting: "Uncle Biao, you are here, Daqing is cutting rice at home today, he is not here." ”

Sanniang's heart was tight, and she wanted to hide while holding the child, but Xiaowan jumped out of the carriage and saw her daughter's swaddling clothes at a glance, and she shouted loudly: "Sanniang ......"

Seeing that they were coming to retrieve the child, Sanniang ran to the river with the child in her arms, and Xiaowan and Uncle Biao immediately caught up.

Sanniang was cornered, she jumped off the Baisha River, stood on the boulder by the river, the river slapped up in bursts, she threatened Xiaowan sharply: "Don't come over, if you come over again, I will jump into the river with the child." ”

Xiaowan immediately stopped, Uncle Biao didn't dare to step forward easily, and the people on the dock surrounded him and said gossipingly, no wonder this little woman was sneaky and dared to steal the children of Lingxiao Inn.

"Sanniang, you give me back the child, please." Xiaowan begged, "I promise you whatever you want, I'll let you be Fei'er's nurse, you, don't take my child." ”

Sanniang shook her head and cried: "You dislike me, I heard it, you dislike me...... If you weren't sick, you wouldn't let me touch the child, I know ......."

"I'm sorry, it's me who is bad." Xiao Wan looked at the turbulent river and thought that Fei'er might drown in it, her heart was like a knife, and she continued to plead, "No matter what, don't hurt my child, I beg you." Sanniang, you love Fei'er so much, you won't hurt her, right? ”

Xiao Wan said and tried to jump down, but Sanniang took a step back, her skirt was already wet by the river, and she could slip into the river at any time.

"If you come again, I'll jump, don't come." Sanniang said loudly, "You have three children, you have so many children, is it okay for you to give me one, my daughter is gone, my daughter died so pitifully......"

"Okay, as long as you don't jump into the river, you come up first, and we'll talk about anything." Xiao Wan comforted her, and took the initiative to take Uncle Biao to step back, "Look, let's get out of the way, can you come up first." ”

At this time, a boat slowly drove into the Baisha River, and it was the boat that was going to the south, unloading a batch of goods at the Baisha River wharf, and it was about to leave immediately.

"The ship is coming...... Fei'er, let's go south. ”

Sanniang said stupidly, and then took the child back ashore, but in order to prevent Xiaowan from snatching the child, she pulled out the hairpin and threatened everyone: "Don't come here, whoever dares to come and stop me, I will stab the child to death." ”

She took Fei'er to the dock, and everyone did not dare to act rashly, but also walked slowly towards the dock in a group, and the people on the ship quickly unloaded the goods, and it was about to set sail again.

Seeing that Sanniang was about to take the child on the boat, Xiaowan chased her behind her and knelt down, crying and begging: "You let me see the child again, I beg you, Sanniang, let me see the child again." ”

Sanniang was stunned, Fei'er also seemed to realize something, and began to writhe restlessly and cry, Sanniang couldn't coax, and looked at Xiaowan kneeling on the ground and walking towards her step by step, her heart softened, and said, "Then just look at it, only look at it." ”

Xiaowan immediately got up and ran, Sanniang trembled and sent the child to her slightly, Xiaowan turned her heart sideways, and reached out to snatch the swaddling clothes.

Sanniang was caught off guard, her hands were empty, and she reacted to grab Xiaowan and snatch the child over, Xiaowan subconsciously reached out and pushed hard, only to hear a call, Sanniang actually fell into the river from the pedal.

Today's wind and water are strong, and the thin people are immediately washed out with the waves, Uncle Biao rushed to protect Xiaowan and Fei'er, and the people on the shore shouted loudly, and some people jumped into the water to save people.

But the current was too fast, and swimming couldn't catch up at all, Xiaowan was trembling with Fei'er in her arms, and seeing Sanniang being washed far away, she turned around and hid in Uncle Biao's arms and cried.

Uncle Biao protected his child, looking coldly at the movement of saving people in the distance, if Sanniang died, how should this matter be calculated? So many people watched, it was Xiaowan who pushed her down, even if she was the one who grabbed the child first, but after all, it was a human life.

"Uncle, I want to go back." Xiaowan doesn't seem to want to care about Sanniang's life or death, she is worried about Pei'er and Ji'er at home, what happens to them, how she wants to live.

Uncle Biao was also worried about the children at home, and after entrusting a few words to the people on the dock, he drove Xiaowan home.

In the inn, Pei'er was guarding her younger brother by the cradle, and when she saw her mother coming back, she immediately pounced, and Xiaowan hugged Pei'er and the daughter in her arms, crying silently.

After settling down for a little night, Uncle Biao went to the town to find his wife, and when he came back with Aunt Zhang, the people on the dock came and told them that the woman had been washed away a mile away, and when she was scooped up, she was already out of breath, and Sanniang died like this.

There was a person alive and dead, and the people on the dock didn't dare not report to the official, so they came to say hello, but they couldn't help it.

Xiao Wan guarded her child in the house, in fact, she had already thought about it on the dock, if she really killed someone, she was willing to accept any punishment, but she couldn't give up her child.

In the evening, someone came to the yamen and wanted to take Mu Xiaowan to the yamen for questioning, but Aunt Zhang stopped her and said: "The two children in the family are waiting for her to feed, you took her away, what should the children do?" ”

Catch up quickly and angrily, and said: "We don't want to embarrass you, but the death of someone is a big case, you can't treat it as if nothing happened, solve it earlier, it was the woman who grabbed the child first, this matter is not difficult to do." ”

Xiaowan listened to the movement, dressed herself neatly, she had just fed a pair of children, and at this time she wiped Pei'er's face, dressed him, and said with a smile: "Pei'er, my mother is going to leave for a few days, and you have to help your grandmother take care of your younger brothers and sisters in the past few days, and your mother will be back soon." ”

With tears in her eyes, Pei'er nodded: "Mother, Pei'er is obedient, but you have to come back early." ”

Xiaowan hugged him, touched his little body, and said with relief: "Pei'er is really a good child, it's a big brother, with Pei'er here, my mother can rest assured." ”

Soon after, she came down from the upstairs alone, leaving her son to take care of her younger siblings, Aunt Zhang begged to be accommodating again, but human life is at stake, this matter must be solved, Xiaowan in turn persuaded Aunt Zhang, and entrusted the child to her.

Seeing that Xiaowan was arrested and taken away, Aunt Zhang asked Uncle Biao in a panic: "Where is Chaofeng now, and when will he come back?" ”

Uncle Biao comforted her and said: "Don't worry, Xiaowan didn't kill someone intentionally, everyone watched the scene at that time, and the county magistrate wouldn't embarrass Xiaowan, but just a scene." On the contrary, what we should care about is how Xiaowan faces her killing someone, but I am afraid that she will not be able to let go of it for the rest of her life. ”

When Xiaowan arrived at the Yamen, the magistrate asked her something, after all, there was a dead person, and the magistrate had to report to the prefect, etc., and it was not so easy to solve it, so she temporarily took Xiaowan into custody, but did not embarrass her, and told the jailer to take care of her.

Xiao Wan was locked alone in a cell, but the big prison was a big prison after all, damp and cold, smelling bad, and there were other prisoners' cries and wails.

She sat quietly on the haystack, her chest swelling faintly, and she shed tears at the thought that Ji'er and Pei'er didn't know how to fill their stomachs.

"Xianggong, I killed someone...... Xiaowan curled up in a ball, "Xianggong, come back quickly." ”

On this day, Ling Chaofeng had just left the capital, and Xiaowan told him about Ershan, and he also told his younger brother.

This trip went out to run errands very smoothly, and he was in a very good mood to hurry back with a whip, and at this moment let the horses eat grass by the river, and he washed his face with the river water, and suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and an inexplicable uneasiness welled up in his heart.

Ling Chaofeng's brows twitched slightly, he turned around and touched the horse, turned over on the horse again, and galloped away in the direction of home with a whip.