The auspiciousness descended from the sky, and the sweet treasure from the farmer was fed by the who

Everyone was in a bad mood and it was really hard to be separated from their families.

Mei Jingyan held Tianbao and Li Xiaoning's arms and said, "Don't be sad. You can go back and visit them whenever you miss them.

When the time comes, the three of us will go back together, and we will walk through the mountain, tree, and river that we often climbed. When we go back, we will walk through them all again."

"Okay... let's make a pinky promise." Li Xiaoning stretched out his finger.

Tianbao and Mei Jing'an both stretched out their fingers, and the three of them smiled at each other, which dispelled a lot of the pain of separation.

**

Because of the departure of Liu and others, everyone lost their energy in doing anything, so Li Shubai suggested that the whole family take a boat trip on the lake together.

As the weather gets warmer, Tianbao and her friends can take off their winter clothes and put on spring clothes.

Qian Xiaoxiao smiled and pointed at Tianbao and Li Xiaoning, "You two really look like a pair of sisters when you're dressed like this."

Li Xiaoning took Tianbao's hand and said, "If we were not of different generations, our relationship would be like that of sisters."

Tianbao was still holding Lihua in her arms, and Baixue hadn't come out yet. When Liu left, she asked Baixue if she wanted to go back with her?

How lonely that baby must be at home alone.

Tianbao was thinking about waiting for a chance to put the baby into the space so that it could practice as well.

She couldn't let it fall too far behind everyone else, so she told Xuan Lei and the others to bring the baby with them when they returned.

"What about me? Do we look like a group of three sisters?" Mei Jing'an walked over with a smile on her face.

"Like, like, like... You're wearing a green dress, my sister-in-law is wearing lavender, and I'm wearing crabapple red. The three of us walking together can attract a lot of people's attention.

Not to mention Yuexin, Lulan, Hongzao and the others, all of them are as bright as spring flowers and as bright as the autumn moon. "

After saying this, Li Xiaoning walked over and took Qian Xiaoxiao's arm, "There is also an aunt who is kind and gentle."

Qian Xiaoxiao laughed and said, "I dare not agree to it. I don't understand what is meant by virtuous and kind."

"Are you leaving or not? It will be noon if you don't leave now." Li Jin shouted outside.

In addition to the Shen family, County Magistrate Mei and Mrs. Mei were also there. As soon as Qian Xiaoxiao came out, Mrs. Mei took her hand and went aside to talk.

Tianbao and the other three girls, as well as Yuexin and Lulan, were in one carriage, while Madam Mei, Qian Xiaoxiao and her maid were in another carriage.

Li Shubai, Li Jinmei and the county magistrate rode in a carriage together, while Su Liaoyun, Rong Zhi and Zhu You rode on horseback in front to lead the way.

The group of people moved forward in a mighty procession.

**

"Aunt, look, what a big boat." After getting off the carriage, Li Xiaoning took Tianbao and Mei Jingxuan's arms, and the three of them walked towards the lake, where a boat was already parked.

Li Shubai smiled and looked at everyone. "Everyone, hurry up and get on the boat. We will pass a small town later. There will be a market in that town today. We can go shopping there."

Everyone got on the boat one by one, stood on the deck and looked out, and the boat began to move slowly.

When they arrived at the town, Tianbao got off the boat with everyone holding Lihua.

Qian Xiaoxiao and Mrs. Mei found a teahouse and went in to drink tea. Li Jin and County Magistrate Mei followed behind.

Li Shubai accompanied Tianbao and the others as they strolled forward, and also helped hold Lihua so that Tianbao and the others could have a good stroll.

The three little girls were very energetic as they walked along the street. The whole street was filled with stalls, and the three of them walked from the front to the back.

I also bought a lot of small gadgets, including hairpins, bracelets, and pearl flowers of all kinds.

Tianbao gave the pearl flowers she bought to Zhiya and the hairpin flowers to Yuexin.

The two of them accepted it happily.

"I'm hungry. There's a snack street ahead. Let's go there and have a big meal." Li Xiaoning pointed to a street ahead.

The fragrance came from over there.

The two families played here until the afternoon before returning home.

On the way back, the three little girls were still chattering, and Mrs. Mei smiled slightly when she saw this.

"The three of them grew up together and have a really good relationship."

Qian Xiaoxiao smiled and nodded, "We have been playing together since we were young, and now that we are older, our relationship has deepened. This is good. It is good to have one or two friends to chat with without any scruples."

"That's right. They are very good. When they get married, they will look back on the past and these will be beautiful memories." Mrs. Mei continued.

Qian Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement.

When the boat reached the shore, everyone changed to a horse-drawn carriage. The three members of the Mei family went directly home, and Tianbao and the others also drove to the county government office.

Lihua had a great time today and is now sleeping soundly in Tianbao's arms.

"My lord...my lord..."

"There are women inside, please keep your voice down."

"Sir, help me..."

As soon as we arrived at the county government office, we heard a noise outside and everyone got off the carriage quickly.

I saw several middle-aged men and two women kneeling on the ground and kowtowing towards the carriage.

Everyone was surprised, but Li Shubai still left and let them stand up and talk.

"Sir, it's like this, they came to report a case, saying that there were bandits on a road between the county town and the prefectural city.

Passers-by and merchants were all robbed, and the younger women were even taken to the mountains.”

"Sir... my daughter is only fourteen years old. We gave her money and belongings, but they still refused to let her go..."

"Sir, my sister is the same. She just got married and her life is over now..."

"Sir, my goods... I put all my belongings into this, and now they've all been robbed. How can I face my wife and children when I go home?"

The crowd refused to get up and knelt on the ground crying.

Li Shubai was very surprised. He didn't expect such a thing to happen in his territory of Xinchang County.

"Sir, this really does not belong to our Xinchang County. Other counties don't care because the bandits in the mountains are very brutal." Zhang Bao explained.

Li Shubai looked at them and said, "Don't worry, I will take care of them. Why are these bandits so rampant? Isn't it because they think no one can control them?

I still don't believe it, tell me the whole story, don't leave out anything."

So they explained in detail how they were captured and how they were driven down the mountain.

Tian Bao asked after hearing this, "So, as long as they are young, regardless of gender, they will be taken to the mountain?"

"right…"

"I heard that women were left in the mountains to be wives of the bandits, while men were used as laborers."

"What kind of life can bandits have?" Li Xiaoning was puzzled. "Could it be that... they were forced to become bandits?"

Those people shook their heads and said, “We don’t know about that. We only know that besides us, many other people were also arrested, even the elderly ones.

We bought our freedom with money, so they released us and not even one of our children.”

Li Shubai asked Zhu You and Zhang Bao to arrange a few people to go down and rest, and repeatedly promised that they would definitely rescue the captured people. Only then did everyone leave with peace of mind.