Chapter 49 Purpose
In the room, after a brief awkward period, Shan Li was the first to ask, "Sister-in-law, why are you here this time?"
Hearing the question, Li, who had just calmed down, suddenly stood up, then knelt down and kowtowed to Shan Li, saying, "I am here to ask the general to save my life."
Shan Li wanted to help her up, and she had already stood up, but thinking of the differences between men and women, he had to stop and turned to look at Song Qingci.
Song Qingci took a deep breath and cursed this damn rule that men and women should not have physical contact with each other several times in his heart.
But he walked towards Li honestly, helped her up from the ground, and then pushed her back into the chair.
"Sister Li, please sit down and talk carefully. You should be careful of yourself for kneeling all the time." She could see that Li was not in good health. She was so excited that she was afraid that she would faint.
Li stood up and sat down. She looked at Song Qingci and found that this young lady was really beautiful. She looked like a fairy or bodhisattva worshipped in a temple.
Those who were originally a little restrained and didn't dare to speak suddenly no longer had these concerns.
She nodded and continued, "Some time ago, things started going missing from our house. They weren't expensive, sometimes it was an umbrella, sometimes it was a pot. At first, I didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just some petty thieves. But it happened one after another. I felt something was wrong. Even if there was a thief, he couldn't just steal from our family."
Song Qingci nodded, and judging from the way the mother and son were dressed, their home should not be one worthy of being visited by a petty thief, but just an ordinary family.
If a petty thief wants to steal, why don't they go after the rich instead of the poor families like this one? And the things they steal are not valuable.
I'm just bored and want to hone my skills.
"Then one day, I found a belt on the cabinet. I recognized it. It was the belt I made for Ma Yuan." Li became excited again.
"I had already burned all of Ma Yuan's things when he was buried. There was no way there were any of his things left in the house. That's when I realized those people were after Ma Yuan."
"After that, nothing was missing from the house, nor was there anything extra. I thought those people had left without finding what they were looking for, but one day, Xiao Yu'er disappeared. "Every child is the mother's weakness. When Li learned that Xiao Yu'er was missing, she almost went crazy.
She searched for a whole day and night before she found Xiaoyuer in a dilapidated temple outside the city.
He was dizzy at the time, and there was no one around. When asked later, he didn't know how he got here. He only remembered that he was playing at the door of his house and then suddenly fainted. He didn't know what happened afterwards.
The loss of her child was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
She took out the jade pendant given to her by Shan Li that night, found an escort agency, and asked the people in the agency to escort her and her son all the way to the General's Mansion in the capital.
When Shan Li settled her down, he not only left her a jade pendant as a token of love, but also a lot of silver and money, enough for the mother and son to live a life of ease and comfort.
But over the years, Li has lived a very low-key life. Most of her money was deposited in the bank, and the banknotes were hidden close to her body.
She knew very well that she was an orphan and a widow, and if she had more money, it would not be a good thing for her and Xiao Yuer.
Ma Yuan was dead, and Xiao Yu'er was the only one she cared about. She would definitely do her best to raise Xiao Yu'er well.
"After I found Xiao Yu'er, I didn't dare to stay there any longer, so I took the token given by the Major General and came here." Li will never forget the way Ma Yuan died.
She already lost her husband, and she couldn't afford to lose her child.
Suddenly, Li knelt down again and kowtowed, "I have no other request, I just want the general to protect Xiao Yu'er. He is my only child and Ma Yuan's only child."
She didn't know what those people who found her wanted to do, but they definitely had bad intentions.
She was just an ordinary woman and could not protect her own child, so she came to ask the major general for help.
It should not be difficult for the young general of the General's Mansion to save a child.
Song Qingci looked at Li who knelt down again, and complained in his heart that he didn't know how long it would take him to adapt to this era where he had to kneel down at every turn.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law. Xiao Yu'er is my nephew. I will definitely do my best to protect him," Shan Li assured.
He felt guilty towards Ma Yuan. Taking care of his child was his responsibility. The General's Mansion was so big, couldn't it accommodate a child?
Song Qingci also promised, "Sister Li, just take Xiao Yuer and live here with peace of mind. Later, I will have someone clean up a separate yard for you and Xiao Yuer. This way you will live more comfortably."
She was not being generous to others, but given her current status, if she didn't speak up, Li might not be able to live in peace in this mansion.
After hearing the assurances from the young general and his wife, Li's heart finally settled down.
She actually didn't have much confidence when she came here.
It is said that when people leave, the tea gets cold.
Ma Yuan had been gone for three years. She really didn't know how much of their love was left.
However, she was at her wit's end.
Among the people she knew, the only one who could help her was a major general.
For the sake of the children, let's give it a try.
She thought there would still be some twists and turns, but she didn't expect things to go so smoothly.
Li thanked him again, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Song Qingci looked at Li's face that was crying with joy, and suddenly felt that women are made of water. This sentence was fully reflected in Li.
It is true that I will cry when I am happy and I will cry when I am sad.
She subconsciously touched the corners of her eyes. She seemed to have never shed tears before.
When she was in the orphanage, she never shed tears, and later when she came to Lingxiao, she never shed tears.
Even after traveling to the Kingdom of Dachen, she still didn't shed a tear.
Suddenly, she became curious about what it felt like to cry.
A normal person should have this skill.
Unfortunately, she doesn't know how to do it. Not only her, but it seems that all the members in [Lingxiao] don't know how to do it, at least she hasn't seen it.
Sure enough, they were just like her, not normal people.