Lu Ziyuan was somewhat surprised to see Li Qin in the crowd of the Bai family. The Li family was in a state of poverty, so Li Qin sat with Li Caidi.
When she entered the inn just now, Lu Ziwan was so anxious that she didn't see Li Qin. However, it was not surprising that since the Li family was gone, Li Qin naturally followed her cousin Li Caidi. The Bai family didn't care about having another mouth to talk to.
Although the Bai family disliked Li Qin, the murderer of Aunt Luping, they had to take Li Qin with them for Li Caidi's sake.
There were also two tables sitting at the Lu family's side. Compared to the Bai family's side, the Lu family's side was obviously much more lively. Everyone was talking and laughing while listening to Mrs. Lin's instructions to the two children not to neglect their studies during this period.
"I thought I didn't have to worry about that when I came out to play." Lu He pouted and picked up his rice and looked at Lu Banxia, "Brother Xia, don't you think so?"
"I will take the top prize in the future. Of course I have to study hard and not be playful." Lu Banxia is more ambitious than Lu He at a young age.
Lu Banxia's words made even the Bai family laugh. Mr. Bai couldn't help but said to Lu Ziyuan, "Miss Lu, your brother is so promising and so eager to learn. Maybe he will be admitted to the No. 1 Scholar Guangzong Yaozu in the future!"
The atmosphere at the Bai family's side was obviously not as good as that at the Lu family's side. Lu Banxia's words started the conversation, and the two families were eating separately but talking to each other.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door of the inn from the outer door. After the Bai family entered the inn, they closed the door to avoid trouble. From the outside, they saw that the inn was closed as before.
"Master Bai, I'm going to open the door. It's the princess who photographed the steward who arranged for the master to stay and travel along the way." The person who came down from the capital to deliver the message was the first to get up and open the door of the inn.
A man in his forties came in. While wiping his sweat, he saluted the Bai family and said, "There was a town that I was expected to pass through tomorrow and it was discovered that someone was infected with the plague. All the people in that town came this way.
He came here, everyone must stay in the inn at night and cannot go out. We have to take a detour tomorrow and avoid that town."
"What plague?" Mrs. Bai was so frightened that she dropped the chopsticks in her hand to the ground.
Lu Ziyuan was shocked, "So fast? It really happened!"
"Then which way should we go around?" Master Bai asked.
"Sir, there is only one road at the moment, which is to go around Yushan. Although the road is farther than planned before, I haven't heard of any plague spreading there."
"As long as there is a road you can walk on, just take a longer detour. Let's sit down and have a meal together." Mr. Bai breathed a sigh of relief. Now who cares whether the delay will delay the original itinerary?
After dinner, Lu Ziwan stretched herself and prepared to go back to her room, when she met Bai Anhan who was holding Bai Nian'an who was crying.
"Miss Lu, what's wrong with this child? Is he sick or not feeling well? Why is he crying so loudly when I hold him in my arms?" Bai Anhan looked at Lu Ziyuan nervously.
Lu Ziwan couldn't help laughing when she saw Bai Anhan's nervous appearance as a new father. She took the child from Bai Anhan's hand, hugged the child and shook it. The child's crying stopped immediately, and she looked at Lu with tearful eyes.
Aster grinned and waved her little fat hands.
"This?" Bai Anhan was stunned, why didn't the child cry as soon as it was in Lu Ziwan's hands? People who don't know think that Lu Ziwan is the child's mother, so the child recognizes her.
"Of course I'm going to make you cry if you hold the baby in that position just now. You have to learn from it. Holding a baby who is less than two months old is comfortable in this way, and it is also better for the baby's bone development."
Lu Ziwan turned sideways to show Bai Anhan how she was holding her child. However, unexpectedly, she turned around and saw Li Caidi standing at the door of the room with an unkind expression.
"Mrs. Lian is very experienced in taking care of children. People who don't know may think that Mrs. Lian has given birth to children." Seeing that Lu Ziyuan had discovered her, Li Caidi walked directly towards the two of them and said.
"Do you understand that taking care of a child has something to do with whether or not you have given birth?" Lu Ziyuan glanced at Li Caidi and handed the child back to Bai Anhan. Then she stretched out her hand to correct Bai Anhan's wrong posture. The two of them talked about how to hold the child comfortably.