It was this incident that destroyed Ye Xiao's last bit of affection and hope for Mi Yao.

But reality played a joke on him again.

Mi Yao changed. She was nice to the children and took care of them sincerely, bathing them, buying them new clothes, teaching them to read and identify herbs. She herself went up the mountain to collect herbs, knew how to treat illnesses, understood medical skills, cooked delicious dishes, had a good sense of the overall situation, was brave and resourceful, and was calm and composed when getting along with those noble people. Every word she said and every thing she did deeply touched his heart.

Looking at the woman sleeping in my arms, my gaze slowly falls on her beautiful red lips. I really want to taste them to see if they are sweet. What should I do?

Night Owl finally mustered up his courage, slowly lowered his head, and placed his lips on Mi Yao's.

It was just a light kiss, and Night Owl quickly raised his head, his cheeks flushed, like a thief.

Seeing that Mi Yao didn't react, Ye Xiao became bolder this time and lowered his head again. He had felt that Mi Yao's lips were so soft just now. This time he tried it and they were indeed very soft and sweet. Oh my God, Shuanzi didn't lie to him. His wife's lips were indeed sweet.

Ye Xiao thought to himself that he wanted a lot, and his hand around Mi Yao's waist moved unconsciously.

Mi Mo's waist is so thin, it seems like it could be broken if pinched.

"Hmm..." Mi Mo might have felt a little short of breath and whimpered in his sleep, which scared the Night Owl, but some part of his body lifted up its head because of the sound.

Ye Xiao was so embarrassed, but luckily he was the only one who knew about this. Mi Yao felt uncomfortable sitting and slowly lay down, finally lying on Ye's legs. On top of Mi Yao's head was Xiao Xiao, the classmate whom Ye Xiao couldn't press down no matter how hard he tried.

Ye Xiao had no thoughts at all now. He was only thinking about how to press this thing down. If Mi Yao saw this, she would definitely think that he had improper thoughts about her. In fact, he did have some improper thoughts, but he couldn't let Mi Yao know.

Night Owl felt that every minute was torture.

Finally in the afternoon, the carriage entered Liujia Village, and the night owl called softly, "Mi Yao."

"Mi Yao, we're home." After being called two or three times, Mi Yao finally woke up.

Seeing himself lying on Ye Xiao's legs, he neglected it and forgot about it. When they arrived at the door of the house, Ye Xiao got out of the car first and reached out to help Mi Yao, but Mi Yao dodged Ye Xiao's hand and jumped down.

Unexpectedly, she had slept so deeply that her legs were in trouble. When she landed, she was a little unstable and her body immediately leaned forward. Just when she was considering whether to do a somersault, she fell into a strong embrace.

"Be careful." Gentle words came from my ears.

Mi Yao was embarrassed for a moment and quickly pushed Ye Xiao away.

"Hurry up and unload the things, the master can still make it back." Mi Yao said.

"Hey, good."

Someone saw Night Owl coming back and ran over to help.

Mi Yao gave the driver some water and pastries as a token of gratitude. As for the fare, she paid it at the Limin Grocery Store.

After seeing the driver off, Mi Yao hurried back to the house to see the two children.

The two little guys were taking a nap. As if they sensed their mother coming back, they both opened their eyes.

"Mother!"

"Mom, you're back!"

The soft sound of the child just waking up is enough to melt Mi Yao.

"Mom is back. Do you want to sleep a little longer?" Mi Yao rubbed the little ones' heads.

"No, are you tired, mother? Zichen wants to help you massage your back." Zichen rolled over and got up.

"Zi Yu will also help mother with things." Zi Yu is not as sweet-talking as Zi Chen, but he is not to be outdone.

"You are all mother's good children." Mi Mo gave each of the children a sweet kiss.

"Hiss~" Why do my lips feel a little swollen?

There came a burst of men's laughter in the yard, followed by the sound of firecrackers, and then I heard: "Water is coming out, water is coming out..."

Mi Yao knew that water had been found in the well. Explosives had to be fired when digging a well, and they had to be fired again when water came out. The well digger had to be rewarded. This was the rule here.

Mi Yao quickly wrapped a few red envelopes, and the little ones helped to check the copper coins. Each worker got 100 coins, and the master who found the well digger got five taels of silver.

The two children followed their mother.

The village chief also came over and saw the red envelope in Mi Yao's hand. He shouted, "Today, we dug a well and found a clear spring. We tied a windlass to a bucket to draw water. We irrigated the farmland and vegetable fields. It nourished the crops and heralded a good harvest. The boss's reward is here..."

Mi Yao thought that Village Chief Liu was quite talented and his poem was very fluent.

"Thank you all for your hard work." Mi Yao gave the red envelopes to Ye Xiao, who distributed them. When everyone received the heavy red envelopes, they knew that the money was not to be missed.

Well digging is also a dangerous job. In ancient times, safety measures were not perfect and rescue equipment was backward in case of accidents. So well diggers had to put their heads on the line. It was really not easy.

Mi Yao is not stingy with that little bit of money, and he always wants good luck in everything.

Everyone present got a share, even Village Chief Liu gave a red envelope of one hundred coins.

Finally, Mi Yao gave the five taels of silver to Ye Xiao.

"Thank you, Master! You've worked hard!" Ye Xiao presented it with both hands.

The master chef was very happy. He started learning how to dig wells from his father and has been digging wells for more than 20 years.

Most of the wells produced water, but some did not. There were also landslides, but no one died. He was happier than anyone else to see water coming out of the well he dug.

"It's my duty, it's my duty." The master chef said politely. The next step was to reinforce the well wall. The Ye family had ready-made blue bricks, so it was convenient.

Mi Yao was very happy to see his hard work gradually become reality.

In the evening, Mi Yao made her specialty, braised food. Haha, actually it’s not her specialty because the braised pork buns are ready-made.

In addition to braised meat, there are also ants climbing trees and tiger skin peppers, which are her favorite foods.

After dinner, Ye Xiao boiled some hot water and gave the child a bath.

After taking a bath, the child put on ice silk pajamas and went to bed happily.

"Why don't you leave?" Mi Mo looked at Night Owl, who was sitting on the stool and had no intention of leaving.

"Mi Yao, I want to talk to you." Ye Xiao looked at Mi Yao affectionately.

"We have nothing to talk about. I'm tired. You should go back to sleep too." Mi Yao interrupted Ye Xiao.

"Mi Yao, we..." Night Owl walked towards Mi Yao.

"We are just familiar strangers, let's go back to sleep." Mi Yao's face looked ugly.

Night Owl stopped and thought that he was too hasty.

"Sorry for scaring you. Good night!" Night Owl left dejectedly.

Mi Yao lay on the bed, looking at the moonlight in the sky outside the window.

A lot of thoughts...

She didn't hate Ye Xiao. She lived with him more because of the children. In the past few days, she also learned about Ye Xiao's past. Now, the four countries of Dongqi, Nanmao, Xirong and Beisheng were separated in the four corners of this continent. There were dozens of wars of varying sizes every year, so military generals were very popular in Dongqi.

The exile of Ye Xiao's family was purely a frame-up and a fabricated story. If the evidence was conclusive, Emperor Dongqi would have definitely beheaded Ye Xiao's family instead of exiling them, because this time only Ye Xiao's family of three were exiled, while his grandmother, second uncle and third uncle's families were still eating and living well in the capital, and were not implicated at all.

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