The outer city was in chaos at this time, and many people who were unable to protect themselves sneaked into the inner city to live in peace.

The servant who was guarding outside came to report at this time. The servant did not enter the bedroom, but just stood outside the door and knocked. After getting a response from the inner room, he began to say that someone was outside looking for the master, and from the voice it sounded like a woman.

Yang Yuanzu wondered what kind of woman he knew in Changjing, "Could it be the wife of the arithmetic official?"

"Did that person say who he was?" Yang Yuanzu asked loudly towards the door.

"No, she just said she wanted to see the master."

Yang Yuanzu put on his clothes and walked into the yard with his weapon.

Lin Ting'an was curious, and since he couldn't sleep anyway, he followed them out.

When the person outside the door heard that Yang Yuanzu had arrived, he begged, "Master Jia, I am Yunniang. The outer city is in complete chaos now. Master Jia, please be kind and open the door to save me!"

"Could this person have recognized the wrong person?" Lin Ting'an then shouted to the outside world: "Miss, this is Yang's Mansion, you must have come to the wrong place!"

"Please, master, please have mercy and save me! I really can't survive out there!"

The girl outside was screaming heartbreakingly, as if she would bang her head against their door and die if they didn't open it.

It was too noisy outside and Aunt Chen couldn't sleep, so she came out wearing a cloak to see what was going on.

"Could this guy be relying on our family?" Lin Ting'an and Yang Yuanzu discussed, "What should we do? Should we throw some rice out?"

"Yunniang, please save me, my master. There is no place for Yunniang out there!"

As soon as Yunniang finished speaking, another cry for help came from outside: "Aunt Chen, Brother Yang, Boss Lin, help me!"

"Brother Yang, I am the son of Uncle Yuan, from Yuanyuan Mountain!"

"I'm Li Er!"

"And me, I'm Niu Zheng, and my mother is Kang Chunhua!"

These people had come to Changjing City with the caravan to do business. They usually lived in the outer city. Now that the outer city was in chaos, they naturally began to flee to the inner city.

"These are all our fellow villagers who came to Changjing City with us. Open the door quickly!" Aunt Chen urged.

"Open the door!" Yang Yuanzu said immediately.

As soon as he finished speaking, the servants guarding the door began to move the things blocking the door.

As soon as the door was opened, everyone outside ran into the house. When the fellow villagers saw the Yang family, they treated them as their own relatives. They cried and shouted that they wanted to go back to their hometown and never come to Changjing City again.

At this time, Yunniang also took the opportunity to slip in and stood weakly aside.

"Good children, you have suffered so much, why didn't you come to find us earlier?" Aunt Chen pulled the younger generations into the house, "Are you hungry? Auntie will make you something to eat."

"Fortunately, you are all safe and sound, otherwise I don't know how to explain to your parents."

Aunt Chen brought people into the main room and asked Sister Cai to prepare some food and bring it up.

"Auntie, we are not hungry." Niu Zheng said.

"We farmers have the habit of storing food. We usually have enough rice at home. But tonight the people in the outer city were in chaos. Everyone knew that we had food stored in our place, so they all ran to our place. Not only did they rob people of their food, they also killed people." Li Er explained.

"It's so scary." Yuanmanshan added.

"Good boy, you are not hurt, are you?!"

Several people shook their heads. Li Er said, "There were so many of them that they were willing to draw their swords for a bite of food. We didn't dare to stay there. After the door was broken, we quickly fled."

"Manshan was still thinking about grabbing some food at that time, but it was Brother Li who took the initiative to pull the two of us away." Niu Zheng continued.

While they were talking, Sister Cai brought over four bowls of noodles, and Aunt Chen pulled the three of them to sit down.

Seeing an extra bowl of noodles at this time, Aunt Chen looked at Sister Cai, and Sister Cai pointed to the door.

At the door, Yang Yuanzu was pulling Yunniang aside to explain that since the people had already come in, they couldn't drive them out. Moreover, according to what the three fellow villagers said, the outer city was in great chaos. Driving them out would be tantamount to pushing them into a dead end.

Yunniang said that she would behave herself well in the Yang Mansion and would not cause any trouble, and she would leave after the turmoil was over.

It was only at this time that Aunt Chen noticed Yunniang. She looked in the direction Sister Cai pointed, and saw a woman who looked exactly like her when she was young standing there.

As soon as the door opened, three juniors from the same hometown rushed towards her, so she didn't notice the girl.

Aunt Chen stepped forward excitedly and grabbed Yunniang's arm, startling the three people standing at the door, "Mom, what's wrong?"

Aunt Chen's eyes were filled with tears. "Son, do you still remember what I told you about your lost elder sister?" Without waiting for Yang Yuanzu to answer, Aunt Chen turned around and pulled open Yunniang's sleeves.

She remembered that Yunniang had burns on her arms. Yunniang was burned when she was a child while cooking on a stool in Yantai.

Other children didn’t have to cook for themselves when they were young, but Yunniang from her family could help with housework at the age of four.

Such a skinny and small girl, standing on a stool to cook on the yantai, she and Yuanzu's father can have a hot meal when they come back from work. Such a sensible and well-behaved child, it's all the fault of those damn human traffickers.

Yunniang had more than one burn on her hand. She had a hard life and had many injuries on her body.

"Good child, do you still remember your childhood?" Aunt Chen looked at Yunniang expectantly.

Yunniang shook her head. "I was beaten when I was a child. I don't remember anything before that."

"It's okay, it's okay. Do you still remember your friend Miss Yang?"

Yunniang thought about it and shook her head.

Aunt Chen pulled them towards the dining table and said, "Don't worry, don't worry. Let's eat something first and talk while we eat. There's no rush."

Seeing this, Yuanmanshan, who was sitting at the table, quickly helped move a stool so that Yunniang could sit down.

"Then do you still remember the fruit tree in front of our house? That's your favorite fruit."

Yunniang also shook her head. "I don't remember the fruit trees, but I like plums and oranges the most."

"Yes, it's my Dong'er!" Aunt Chen hugged Yunniang and cried bitterly, "Dong'er, mother has been looking for you for more than 20 years, and now God has finally sent you back to me!"

"My Dong'er, you have suffered!"

Seeing this, Yang Yuanzu asked Sister Cai to cook a few more dishes. Lin Ting'an said, "It's too late to cook now, and they may not have an appetite after eating noodles." Then he instructed Sister Cai, "Sister Cai, fry a few more eggs later, and bring up the chicken legs left for Hu Wa in the cupboard."

It took Yunniang a while to realize that she had a mother and a family. She looked at Aunt Chen in disbelief, and then her eyes gradually filled with tears. The tears were so big that she couldn't hold them back. They kept dripping down, drop by drop. The sad emotions that had been suppressed for more than 20 years burst out, "Mom!!!"


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