yaml-cpp always creates a scalar node with size 0 - yaml-cpp

I'd like to use yaml-cpp for storeing some config-values. In order to get in touch with yaml-cpp, I've written a method which creates a node (_config is from Type YAML::Node), put some values in it and write it into a file:
void write_config()
{
std::ofstream fout("/home/user/config.yaml");
_config["Foo"]["0"] = "0";
_config["Foo"]["1"] = "1";
_config["Foo"]["2"] = "2";
_config["Foo"]["3"] = "3";
_config["Foo"]["4"] = "4";
_config["Foo"]["5"] = "5";
fout << _config;
}
after running this Method, a valid yaml file is created:
Foo:
1: 1
3: 3
0: 0
5: 5
4: 4
2: 2
After that, I have created a Method to read the file and print some information:
void load_config()
{
_config = YAML::Node("/home/user/config.yaml");
cout << "_config: " << _config << endl;
cout << "doc.Type(): " << _config.Type() << "\n";
cout << "doc.size(): " << _config.size() << "\n";
for (const auto& kv : _config)
{
std::cout << kv.first.as<std::string>() << "\n"; // prints Foo
std::cout << kv.second.as<std::string>() << "\n"; // prints Foo
}
}
but the output is:
_config: /home/user/config.yaml
doc.Type(): 2
doc.size(): 0
could someone tell me why the Node is empty (size == 0) and how I can read the file properly?
Thank you in advance!

I've found my Mistake...
_config = YAML::Node("/home/user/config.yaml");
should be
_config = YAML::LoadFile("/home/user/config.yaml");

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