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"girl……"

The strong woman behind him shouted.

Tao'er turned around and handed the five-tael silver ingot in her hand to the strong woman.

"Young lady, take this silver back and bury your father!"

The woman accepted the silver.

She knelt down straight down, her knees hitting the stone slab with a dull thud.

"Girl, what are you doing?"

Get up quickly.

Tao'er knelt down to help her.

"Qingge can never repay the kindness of the young lady in this lifetime."

The thin mist that had been building up in the woman's eyes for so long finally condensed into tears, which rolled down her cheeks and landed on the dust.

"Qingge thanks you, mistress. From now on, I am your servant and will serve you for the rest of my life."

Tao'er smiled and explained, "Miss, I don't need you to be my maid. What I said just now was just a temporary measure."

Girl, you don't need to take it to heart.

With your strength, you can easily support yourself; you don't need to be someone's slave.

I have to get going, so I'll be leaving now.

"My benefactor, please wait! Could you tell Qingge where you are going?"

Tao'er paused for a moment, then looked at Qingge with a scrutinizing gaze.

"My benefactor, please don't misunderstand, I didn't mean anything by it, it's just..."

Tao'er raised her hand to stop her from continuing, "Miss Qingge, I only did a small favor today, you don't need to do this."

I've said before that I don't need maids.

Don't have any other ideas.

Farewell, take care, young lady!

After saying that, Tao'er turned around and walked towards the carriage. When she reached the carriage, she lifted the curtain and climbed inside.

She peeked through the gap in the carriage curtain and saw that the girl named Qingge was still standing there watching.

"Uncle Zhang, let's go..."

Old Zhang responded and whipped his whip away.

"drive……"

Ayan and Huanhuan immediately came over, their big eyes sparkling as they looked at her. Ayan lowered his voice and said, "Sister Tao'er, that sister is so amazing!"

One punch, one kill!

Crackling sounds!

They've all been taken down!

Huanhuan waved her little fists and nodded repeatedly, her eyes crinkling with laughter.

Tao'er chuckled and tapped Ayan's forehead: "You two were peeking again?"

The two children covered their mouths and giggled, staggering and laughing together.

The carriage resumed its journey, its wheels rolling over the bluestone pavement, and slowly made its way out of Wangou Town.

Tao'er leaned back in the carriage, closed her eyes to rest, thinking that this matter was over and done with, just a small episode on the journey.

But what she didn't expect was that seven days later, when the carriage arrived at the next county town, she lifted the curtain to get off and immediately saw that familiar figure on the street.

Qingge was wearing a faded blue coarse cloth dress, her hair was neatly tied back, and she carried an old cloth bundle on her back.

She stood quietly on the street, like a tree planted there, unmoved by the wind.

When she saw Tao'er's carriage stop, a smile appeared on her face.

Tao'er was stunned for a while before she found her voice: "How...how did you follow me here?"

Qingge walked to the carriage, bowed respectfully, and said in a clear, low voice, "Qingge inquired for several days and asked her way here."

"You asked them?"

How did you find out?

Tao'er was curious; she hadn't told this Qingge girl where she was going.

"This is very simple."

The girl's carriage had a license plate with the character "周" on it, and I remembered it immediately.

So the question came up right away.

I used the money the girl gave me to rent a carriage and chased after her.

I finally caught up with him today.

Tao opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Qingge looked up at her, her gaze open and honest, as if she were saying something perfectly natural.

"My father has been buried and all the funeral arrangements have been made."

Qingge has no relatives left in this world, and has no ties to anyone.

The girl spent money to buy Qingge that day, and Qingge became the girl's woman.

Wherever the girl went, Qingge followed.

Tao'er rubbed her temples: "Miss Qingge, didn't I say it was just a temporary measure? You don't need to take it seriously..."

"Qingge doesn't eat for nothing."

Qingge interrupted her.

"Qingge is strong, capable, and can protect the young lady and the two young masters."

The girl saved Qingge through her good deeds, and Qingge's life now belongs to the girl.

Even if the girl doesn't acknowledge it, Qingge will still go.

Ayan tugged at Tao'er's sleeve and whispered, "Sister Tao'er, please let her stay!"

Huanhuan had already run over and hugged Qingge's leg, hanging on it, looking up at Qingge with a smile as bright as a sunflower.

"Sister Qingge is so amazing, I want to learn from her too."

Tao sighed.

Qingge's natural strength might actually come in handy.

Tao'er thought for a moment and then stretched out her hand: "Qingge, since Huanhuan likes you, you can come with me from now on."

From now on, you'll be responsible for taking care of both of them.

Qingge's eyes lit up immediately, and she couldn't hide the joy on her face.

She suddenly knelt down, her forehead hitting the ground in front of Tao'er's toes with three loud thuds: "Qingge greets Miss!"

Greetings, young master and young lady!

Ayan thought that with a strong older sister by his side, he could protect Sister Tao'er and Sister Huanhuan in the future.

Huanhuan was very happy. She climbed up Qingge's calf, sat on her shoulder, and clapped her hands while giggling.

Huanhuan is so different now than before she came; she's become much more lively.

She had only just begun her journey of a thousand miles. Taoyuan County was still far to the southeast, and she had no idea what the road ahead would hold.

But having one more person and one more force is never a bad thing.

When the carriage resumed its journey, the carriage was much more lively than before.

Qingge couldn't sit in the carriage because she found it stuffy, so she insisted on sitting on the carriage shaft next to Old Zhang, and helping him drive the carriage.

Old Zhang was happy to have some free time, so he shoved the riding whip into her hand and leaned against the straw mat to doze off.

Tao'er lifted the curtain and glanced at Qingge, who was sitting steadily on the carriage shaft, her back straight, cracking the whip loudly, and humming an unknown tune.

The mountain breeze ruffled the stray hairs at her temples, and the setting sun bathed her profile in a warm glow.

Tao looked at her and thought to herself, "Let's keep her for now!"

If she doesn't have any other ulterior motives, then it's fine.

Tao'er lowered the curtain, leaned back into the carriage, and listened to the clear and bright singing outside, as well as the chattering laughter of the two children beside her. Suddenly, she felt that this long journey of thousands of miles didn't seem so difficult after all.

The carriage continued its journey, rumbling southeast towards Taoyuan County.