After dying early, I traveled to ancient times and became a boy

It was the second day off for the seventh day of the week again, and Ye Xunqing planned to make a self-service pie afternoon tea with his younger siblings. This meant he would prepare a little extra filling and let Xiaobai and the others choose and mix it themselves. They would then eat the pie with the filling they had prepared.

To prevent them from wasting ingredients, Ye Xunqing limited each person to making only one. After everything was ready, Ye Xunqing and the others were ready to make pies.

Because it was afternoon tea, Ye Xunqing prepared some drinks.

Feng Xu couldn't eat pie, as he couldn't quite bite it, so Ye Xunqing made him a special egg custard with fresh shrimp. The shrimp were caught by Feng Jingheng in the river that morning. Although the shrimp didn't have much meat, they were delicious.

In line with the principle that more people means more fun, Ye Xunqing called a lot of people over, including the siblings Da Mi and Xiaomi, Lan Jie'er, and Third Granny. Although Third Granny was so old, she actually loved playing with children.

The third grandmother brought some preserved fruit for the children and some interesting stories. She didn't like to tell those cheesy stories about talented men and beautiful women, but rather stories about mountain spirits, ghosts, monsters, and gods.

But because the audience were all children, she didn't tell any scary stories, only funny ones.

The one who listened most attentively here was not the children, but Liu Xiaojing, who had become a mother.

"What happened next? What happened next?" Liu Xiaojing was extremely anxious. "Did Yue Niang come home?"

Grandma San smiled and said, "No, Yue Niang stayed in the mountains with foxes and rabbits. She felt that these spirit monsters were much better than disgusting people."

"Won't that monster eat Yue Niang?" Ye Xunbai asked worriedly.

Ye Xunqing touched his head and said: "Yue Niang will prepare grasshoppers for foxes and grass for rabbits. They have already prepared

I treat my mother as a family member, so how could I eat her?"

Ye Xunbai nodded, "Just like me and my brother, my brother will make delicious food for us, so we won't eat his food either."

"Ah~" Ye Xunqing curled his lips, "Xiaobai, you are so scary."

Ye Xunbai knew he had spoken out of turn and immediately changed his words, saying, "No, no, even if brother doesn't cook for us, I won't eat brother's food."

Ye Xunqing felt that this topic could not be continued. "Let's not talk about this anymore. Let me tell you a story."

"A long time ago, there was a beautiful princess in the palace. She had black hair and skin as white as snow, so people called her Snow White..."

"…Snow White was tired and sleepy, so she fell asleep in the fox and rabbit's house…"

"Later, the coffin containing Snow White was bumped, and the apple in Snow White's throat was coughed out, and the princess woke up. Can you guess what the first thing the princess did when she woke up?"

Ye Xunbai replied: "Go find her fox and rabbit friends."

Liu Xiaojing said, "He must be seeking revenge on the fake queen! She was the one who gave the princess the poisoned apple."

Mo Yuyan replied: "I think the princess should find a new place to live."

Ye Xunqing smiled. "Yes, you are all right. After the princess woke up, she first expressed her gratitude to the prince of the neighboring country, and then went to look for her fox and rabbit friends. Their place had been discovered by the fake queen, so they moved. Finally, with the help of the fox and the rabbit, Snow White exposed the fake queen and made her receive the punishment she deserved."

"Good, good!" Ye Xunbai was very happy. "The princess is really amazing!"

Liu Xiaojing patted his chest and said, "I was so scared. I thought the princess would marry the prince of a neighboring country in the end."

Ye Xunqing was a little surprised, "Then do you think the princess should marry the prince of a neighboring country?"

"It shouldn't be like that. The prince of the neighboring country is so old, and he has done nothing for the princess. Why should the princess marry him? In my opinion, the princess should be with the fox and the rabbit." Liu Xiaojing nodded and said.

Ye Xunqing felt that Liu Xiaojing's thinking was quite modern, not what he had imagined. In his imagination, he thought these children would think that since the princess was taken away by the prince, she must marry the prince.

In fact, he had always thought the story was silly. Wasn't it just about a lecherous old prince who was tempted by a beautiful woman? In the story, Snow White was fourteen years old, and the prince was thirty-one. Ye Xunqing didn't believe that the prince would be without a wife.

"Indeed." Ye Xunqing said, "If the princess really marries such an old prince, she might have to eat the poisoned apple again."

"Humph, it's the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. Even a princess can't escape it." The spoiler came, "What woman doesn't want to get married? What's wrong with turning thirty? I see rich old men on the street marrying eighteen-year-olds when they're eighty."

Ye Xunqing glanced at her and said, "Aunt Xiangyue, have you forgotten my broom?"

Hu Xiangyue pursed her lips, glanced at Ye Xunqing sideways, and then slipped away to find Ye Hongxia.

"Don't listen to her nonsense. You can live whether you marry or not." The third grandmother had the most say. "Grandma, I've lived there alone all my life, and I've lived well too, haven't I?"

"How old is my mother-in-law this year?" Ye Xilan asked.

A smile appeared on the wrinkled face of the third grandmother. "Actually, I'm sixty-eight this year."

"Huh?" This time it was Ye Xunqing's turn to be shocked. "Really? I can't tell at all!"

He used to think that Third Grandma was only about fifty years old, and just looked a little old. After all, Third Grandma was really healthy. She could chop wood, fetch water, and go up the mountain to collect herbs. Even young people might not be as good as her.

Grandma San narrowed her eyes and said, "No need to wait on others, no need to do heavy labor, can eat whatever he wants, and can get medical treatment when he is sick. How can he live long?"

"I wish I could be like this." Ye Xilan said, holding her face.

Ye Xunqing asked her, "Do you also want to be like Third Granny?"

"Yeah." Ye Xilan muttered, "I don't want to get married. After I get married, I'll have endless children, and I'll have to serve my husband every day, get beaten and scolded, and maybe even get beaten while pregnant."

Ye Xilan is a "jie'er," a rare sex. They aren't as strong as women, but they have strong fertility. Many people buy "jie'er" girls to bring home in hopes of having more children.

Ye Xunqing was just about to say, "Then go back and ask your father and your mother..." when he heard screams coming from outside. The sound pierced his eardrums and gave him a headache.

"Did someone beat the child? So fierce!" Ye Xunqing said, covering his ears.

Only very young children can make shrill screams. When they get older and their voices change, they can no longer scream even if they want to.

"Let's go and take a look." Liu Xiaojing said, "If they really hit the child, we can stop it."

As they reached the door, they saw a woman with messy hair holding a young girl tightly, "Don't take my daughter away, don't!"

The girl also cried desperately, "Mom, Mom..."