Wen Qingcheng and Ye Xiuying looked at each other, and Wen Qingcheng smiled and said, "Our Zicheng has grown up. This time it was mother and elder sister's fault. We shouldn't have kept it from you."

"Okay, stop crying, go wash your hands and face and eat."

"I'm not eating anymore." Zicheng took off his schoolbag, raised his hand to wipe away his tears, and walked out the door with an adult's steps.

"Hey? Where are you going?" Wen Qingcheng asked after chasing him for two steps.

"I'm going out for a walk. You don't have to wait for me to eat." Zicheng said and went out without eating the snacks he brought for him.

Soon, Ye Xiuying finished cooking and came out of the kitchen, "Hey? Where's that boy?"

"...He said he wanted to go out for a walk." Wen Qingcheng thought that the child had grown up and needed independent personal space. Some sadness and some emotions needed to be digested by himself.

"He can't run far. He will definitely come back when he's hungry." Ye Xiuying was carrying the dishes and suddenly felt very hot, so she suggested eating in the yard. The cool breeze in the evening was very comfortable.

The mother and daughter ate for a while, but Zicheng didn't come back. Seeing that it was getting dark, Ye Xiuying began to worry.

"Why hasn't this brat come back yet? He's becoming more and more of a worry as he gets older." Ye Xiuying looked towards the door from time to time.

At this moment, the two of them had almost finished eating, and Wen Yuxue was also full. Wen Qingcheng felt that Zicheng was a very thoughtful and emotional child, and was afraid that he would go far away and encounter danger. So she suggested: "Mom, let's go out and look for him."

Zicheng usually went out to have fun, but this time he was in a bad mood and he was a child, so she was afraid something might happen to him, so she carried Wen Yuxue, and the three of them, mother and daughter, went out together.

"Let's go to your elder brother Lin's house first. He is best friends with Qi Ge'er and Xiao Moli, so maybe he is at his house."

Who knew that the door of Qige's house was locked, which meant that both adults and children were not at home. Ye Xiuying began to feel uneasy.

"Mom, is there anyone else in the village who plays well with him? Let's go ask around."

Wen Qingcheng went to several houses but couldn't find Zicheng. Even other children didn't eat at home. Wen Qingcheng deduced that they might be together. Zicheng was popular in the school. In addition, everyone knew that it was Zicheng's father who invested in the school, so they had the opportunity to go to school, so they had a good relationship with Zicheng.

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Crescent Village Outer Field Store

"Come on, Zicheng, don't be sad, let's have a toast." Qi Ge'er picked up a cup of sugar water and handed it to Zicheng.

Zicheng held the sugar water and wiped his tears, "Okay, I won't say much, it's all in the sugar water, let's drink."

Several boys aged seven or eight raised their cups and drank the sugar water in them. One of the boys with a big head said, "Brother, my father said that it is fate for anyone to meet you. Don't be sad. If there is fate, your two brothers will come back."

Zicheng lowered his head, with a look of unresolved knots and vicissitudes of life between his brows. Qi Geer put his arm around Zicheng's shoulders and said, "Cheng, you still have us brothers. Come on, let's all sing for Zicheng!"

Several boys surrounded Zicheng and sang: "Among all people today, there is no one better than brothers. In the face of death, brothers cherish their hearts..."

Wen Qingcheng and Ye Xiuying were searching along the path in the village when they suddenly heard singing. Wen Qingcheng put her index finger to her lips, gesturing for silence. Ye Xiuying also stopped and listened carefully. It was the voices of a group of children. Following the direction of the sound, the mother and daughter went over.

There are still a few lanterns hanging in the wild inn outside Yueya Village, and the sound of clinking cups and changing cups can be heard under the shed. Generally, people in Yueya Village will not go to the wild inn at the entrance of the village to eat. Usually, passers-by will stop here for a meal. The inn has a simple shed with two simple stoves, where they cook some home-cooked dishes and make some noodles and wontons.

Wen Qingcheng and her mother went over and saw Zicheng and a group of little boys sitting together eating. There were two plates of food on the table and a bowl of noodles for each person. They had almost finished eating. After singing the song, Zicheng finally smiled.

Ye Xiuying was about to carry Wen Yuxue over when Wen Yuxue also saw Zicheng. She couldn't speak and just pointed in her brother's direction and called out "Ah-woo-ah-woo" with her little finger.

Wen Qingcheng held Ye Xiuying and said, "Mom, he is in a bad mood. It would be better if he had his friends around. Let him eat here."

Wen Qingcheng pulled Ye Xiuying away and couldn't help but look back at them. When they each started their own families in the future, they would spend less time together, and their feelings were the purest at this time.

Just as the mother and daughter were about to enter the village, they saw from afar a dark blue carriage parked at the entrance of the village. A woman wearing a black gauze hat got off the carriage.

Wen Qingcheng stopped and pulled Ye Xiuying behind a big tree. "Is that Yufeng?" Ye Xiuying whispered.

"Hush." ​​The two of them held their breath and looked at it intently. Xue'er didn't cry or make a fuss. Her little head rested in Ye Xiuying's arms, looking a little drowsy.

Wen Qingcheng had already determined that the person was Wen Yufeng. Although she was wearing a hat, she looked familiar. She could tell it was her just by looking at her body shape and walking posture.

After the carriage left, the mother and daughter came out from behind the tree. Ye Xiuying said worriedly, "Whose carriage did Yufeng take to come back? She was so mysterious. Why did she come so late? Are her parents worried?"

"Who cares what she does? Last time she was dating my male boss, I ran into her. I tried to persuade her, but she scolded me instead." Wen Qingcheng rolled her eyes slightly, getting angry when she remembered how harshly she had scolded her.

"Qingcheng, we can't just ignore it. Sisters from the same clan are of the same blood. They prosper together and suffer together. This is what your father always said. If her reputation is ruined, not only will it affect you, but even Zicheng will not be able to hold his head up in the school. There is nothing we can do, this is how it is in the village."

This is what Ye Xiuying is most worried about. Wen Yufeng is not young anymore, she is eighteen or nineteen this year. She has not found a good husband yet. She is proud of her beauty, but beauty will fade with age, so she is also very anxious. Ye Xiuying is afraid that she will do something out of the ordinary because of hunger and panic.

"We have nothing to do with her family."

"That's what we say, and we know it, but others don't think so. We all have the surname Wen and the same grandfather. If her reputation is ruined, it will bring shame to the entire family."

When they returned to the door of their house, they found a tall and thin figure wandering around their door. The man was about to turn around and leave, but when he turned around, he ran into Wen Qingcheng, her mother and daughter and they returned.

"Hey? Sister-in-law, I was just about to go to your house, but I saw the door was locked, so I was about to leave."

Ye Xiuying squinted her eyes and saw that it was Lin Tian, ​​the father of Qi Ge'er and Xiao Moli. "Brother, it's so late, what's the matter?"

Ye Xiuying did not invite him in. Although she was seven or eight years older than Lin Tian, ​​she was a widow and it was not appropriate for her to invite a man to her home so late at night.

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