I nodded. My mind was a little muddled.

We waited for the children to finish eating. As it was already very late, the woman slept on the ground in another room similar in size to the one we were in. Bobbie said that the conditions here were like this, and asked us to just bear with it for one night. We would return home the next day. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the FindNʘᴠᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Sheridan was worried that I would be cold at night, so he took out all the blankets he could find in the house. However, it was still not warm enough, so I huddled together with a few of the children for warmth. In the middle of the night, my feet were so cold that I couldn't fall asleep. I involuntarily curled up in bed and then the voice of the little girl came from beside my ear, "Madam Reid!"

At first, I thought I had heard wrongly. After pausing for a moment, the voice of the little girl came again. "Madam Reid, are you asleep?"

This time, I was sure that the child was calling me. Feeling a little stunned, I answered her, "No, what's wrong?"

up and saw that the little girl was already squatting beside me. She looked at me and said softly, "Mommy told me that I have to follow you to the city for some delicious food tomorrow. Can you take my eldest sister, Susan with

with a quilt. I said, "What's

child did not seem to know anything at all. Although she was wary of me, she still could not help but say, "Madam Reid, you

help but smile and waited for her

of my body. I asked again, "Abby, why does your eldest sister want to go to the city? How old is

doesn't want to let her study anymore now. He wants her to come back and get married, but she doesn't want to. So mommy locked her

didn't know what to say for a moment,

to leave barefooted. I stopped her and whispered, "It's cold outside. You have to put on

colder winters than this. Mommy said that I would get used to it. I'm used to it now, so I don't feel cold

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