At the end of the Shen hour, the sun had sunk in the west, and Luo Er sometimes stood up, sometimes sat at the table. She walked to the window, and the setting sun came in. From here she could see the pedestrians on the road, most of them on their way, a few of them had come to the tavern for a meal and then walked out again and continued on their way. Some people just passed by in a hurry, and didn't even glance at the tavern. What impressed her was that there was a beautiful sedan chair on the road, carried by four dark-skinned porters, and the sedan chair fell down together quite steadily. She couldn't help but wonder who was sitting in the sedan chair, and she suddenly thought of the carriage in which she had been locked up, and suddenly flashed away—she couldn't help but think it was dangerous when she saw the ornate ride now.

After looking at it for a long time, she still didn't see Dingdong's figure. When she saw that she was about to unitary, she was very anxious and thought: What can't happen, right?

Although she was anxious, she didn't forget what Ding Dong said before leaving. Luo'er turned around and walked to the bed, Meng Po seemed to be asleep, but Luo'er faintly felt that Meng Po couldn't sleep at all. Luo'er said softly: "Mother-in-law, I'll go down and ask Xiao Er to rent a carriage, and let's go somewhere else." ”

Meng Po nodded slightly. Luo Er pursed her lips, then turned and walked out the door. She gently closed the door and walked to the stairs, and as soon as she was halfway down the stairs, she saw Xiao Er coming up, and she said, "Little Second Brother, can you help me rent a carriage?"

"Huh?" Xiao Er raised his eyebrows and puffed out his nose.

"We're leaving. But my mother-in-law is not well, so can I rent a carriage?"

"Yo, girl, we really don't have a place to rent a carriage here, only a post station two miles to the north, and there is really no one closer. ”

Luo'er was stunned, she knew that she should have asked Xiao Er to find it earlier.

Xiao Er saw Luo'er's embarrassment, so he continued: "Girl, wait a minute. We don't have a horse, but we have a donkey. If the girl really wants a carriage, I'll ride a donkey and rent one for you, what do you think?"

Luo Er thought for a moment: it seems that there is only one way to do it now. He agreed and gave all the money to Xiao Er. Xiao Er said: "Oh girl, this is too much, I don't need it." ”

Luo'er said: "Take it, this is your hard work." Trouble the second brother to rent the carriage back as soon as possible. ”

"Don't worry, girl. ”

Xiao Er took the reward money in his arms, jumped down the stairs in three or two steps, and went to the donkey shed in the backyard to lead the donkey.

Luo Er went back upstairs, walked to the window, and saw that Xiao Er had already mounted a donkey and walked north, which didn't seem to be very slow.

Luo Er thought to herself: While we can wait a while, maybe they will be back.

Luo'er walked back to the table and heard Meng Po say, "Miss Luo'er, can you help me?" ”

"Okay mother-in-law!" Luo'er heard that Meng Po's mood had improved, and even she couldn't help but be happy, she was a little girl after all, and it was of course better for the two of them to chat than for her to sit alone.

Luo'er helped Meng Po up, afraid that she would be uncomfortable, and put a quilt behind her.

"Are you thirsty, mother-in-law?" she asked, as she walked over to the table and got a cup of tea, which was still hot.

Meng Po said: "Thank you, Miss Luo'er." Then he took the tea and took a few sips slowly. Luo'er took the cup from Meng Po's hand and asked, "Do you still drink it?" ”

"No, thank you, Miss Luo'er. ”

"Mother-in-law, don't be polite to me. ”

Meng Po sighed heavily: "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have suffered this sin." ”

"Mother-in-law, why did you say such a thing again?" she paused, then put the cup back on the table, and then moved a wooden stool and sat down beside Meng Po's bed.

Luo Er gently held Meng Po's hand and said, "Mother-in-law, I have already asked Xiao Er to rent a carriage, and soon we will go to other places, maybe Da Zhuang and that Ding Dong girl are already waiting for us somewhere." Loel knew she was comforting herself, but what else could she do?

Meng Po muttered, "Her name is Ding Dong?"

Luo'er nodded and said, "Yes, that big sister told me so, mother-in-law, do you know her?"

"I know that person, but she shouldn't be called Dingdong. Meng Po's expression seemed to be caught in a memory.

"Could it be that the big sister deliberately concealed her name? But I don't think she's lying to me. ”

Meng Po looked at Luo'er and said, "In addition to telling you your name, did you return something?"

"Ah, that's right. Luo Er took out the whistle from his bosom - a bamboo whistle, only two inches long, one flat and one round, and Luo Er thought that it should be whistled from the flat head. "This is it. She put the whistle in the palm of her hand and handed it to Meng Po.

Meng Po shook her brown spotted hand and slowly picked it up, put it in front of her and looked at it. The two hands kept caressing, as if the whistle was a very precious thing to her.

Meng Po looked at it for a long time, the corners of her eyes seemed to be moist, and her voice became a little hoarse: "This thing...... She still has ......."

Luo Er was completely sure that Meng Po knew the mysterious big sister, and it seemed that the sister who saved herself and Meng Po was not the kind of coincidence that Lu saw the injustice and pulled out a knife to help.

Luo'er finally couldn't help but ask, "Mother-in-law, who is that big sister?"

A distressing smile appeared on Meng Po's face, and her eyes were still fixed on the whistle. She said slowly, "She's ...... My daughter. ”

Luo'er was stunned, that big sister was actually the daughter of her mother-in-law? But why didn't they recognize each other? It seems that it was not a coincidence that the big sister saved Meng Po, but a daughter saved her mother!

Loel found herself speechless. Meng Po said: "Miss Luo'er is not surprised, why did our mother and daughter meet but did not recognize each other?"

Luo'er nodded.

"That's because she doesn't know me anymore. Two lines of tears crossed her old, flabby cheeks.

Luo'er looked at her nose for a while, and she seemed to be about to cry, "How can a daughter not know her mother?" Luo'er thought of her mother, her eyes were slightly red.

"That's because she doesn't remember me as a mother at all. Meng Po's voice trembled more and more, and Luo Er heard all the sourness and heartache from her words.

"Why doesn't Sister Dingdong remember her mother-in-law? Why didn't she remember why she saved her mother-in-law?"

"Because it's me...... It was I who didn't let her remember me, it was I who harmed her life. I don't deserve to be her mother......" Meng Po finally couldn't hold back the pain in her heart, she covered her face with her hands and sobbed.

Luo'er hugged her and kept soothing her with her hands: "Mother-in-law, don't be sad. I believe that Sister Dingdong must remember you, and she will not forget that you are her mother, so she will risk her life to save you. ”

Meng Po slowly calmed down: "Miss Luo'er, can you promise me one thing?"

Luo'er said, "Mother-in-law, you say." ”

"If the old body dies, please give this to her. She plucked the hairpin on her head, it was made of ordinary wood, and the hairpin tail was a peony, which Luo Er knew must mean a lot to Meng Po. Meng Po continued: "She made this for me thirteen years ago, when she was only nine years old. This hairpin was the first thing she gave me, and that night she snuck into my room, and she shyly said to me, 'Mother, I want to give you something', and I smiled and said to her, 'Okay, good girl, you can give it to my mother, and my mother likes it', and then she took out this hairpin, and I was so happy......" She smiled, a sad and happy smile, and Luo Er could imagine how happy she was at that time through her smile at this time.

"She combed my hair with her own hands and put a hairpin on me......" she choked up, then sighed deeply and continued: "Who knows, the next day, everything changed. I abandoned her with my own hands, and sold her good years to the devil with my own hands! I remember how she cried and screamed, and my heart hurt as if it had been dug out and fried in a pan, but I could do nothing but watch her leave me......

"Was she snatched away?"

Meng Po suddenly turned her head, stared at Luo'er, and said, "Yes...... No, it's me, it's me who sold her to the devil. ”

Luo'er didn't understand, and she continued to ask, "What demon?"

Meng Po's eyes were full of anger: "It's a demon who kills people without blinking!

The more Luo Er listened, the more she didn't understand, but she couldn't bear to ask any more, she was afraid that Meng Po would not be able to withstand all the emotions in her heart—remorse, anger, pain, and sadness. She has to find a way to encourage Meng Po and make her forget the past.

Luo Er held her hand and let her grasp the hairpin in her hand, "Mother-in-law, you have to hand over this hairpin to her, not me to transfer it to that ...... Big sister. Luo Er suddenly realized that Meng Po's daughter might not be called "Ding Dong".

"Linglong. Meng Po said, "Her name is Linglong." ”

"What a nice name. Luo Er smiled, "I believe that since Sister Linglong and you have met, they will definitely recognize each other." So, you must take good care of such a precious thing. Until that day he handed it to her with his own hands. ”

Meng Po's eyes were filled with tears, and she murmured, "Will she still recognize me?"

"Yes, I believe it will. Luo'er said firmly.

"Tuk tuk tuk", there was a knock on the door, and then Luo Er heard Xiao Er's voice: "Girl, the carriage has been rented, and you can set off." ”

Luo Er replied, "Good!"

It was getting dark, and with the help of Xiao Er, Meng Po was stolen from the carriage. The carriage was ordinary, but comfortable. Meng Po could lie comfortably on her side on the seat, and Luo Er did not hire a horse groom at the inn, but chose to drive the horse herself. She had seen Da Zhuang driving horses, and she felt that she could do the same. Xiao Er's persuasion for a long time was useless, and Luo'er has always been stubborn. It's just because Luo Er feels that he is running for his life now, and if there is one more person, he may hurt the innocent, or be known too much by that person.

Xiao Er finally compromised and let the groom ride the donkey back from the shop, and made an appointment for Xiao Er to pick it up himself the next day.

Luo'er is really grateful to Xiao Er, because he is really a good person with a kind heart. He helped Luo'er rent a carriage, and then took a quilt from the store to Meng Po, and by the way, he took a blanket to Luo'er, so that he would not be cold when he drove the carriage at night. Not only that, Xiao Er also prepared a little dry food for them, and all of this was of his own volition, and the shopkeeper would deduct the cost of these things from his salary for the next three months. But he was stupidly worried about how Luo'er and the others would drive their horses at night.

Loel was so impressed by what he had done that she gave him a hug and hurried off on her way.