[Mo Dao Zu Shi Fanfiction] I Raise A Ying in Yiling

If they could survive against all odds, Wei Chaoyan might be able to lead Qingyan and the others to make a name for themselves. It's likely that the shrewd and experienced Grandpa Wei had considered this before agreeing to her almost absurd suggestion, and personally did everything he could for her.

"Be content." Wei Chaoyan stroked Qingyan's hair in her arms and said softly, "After all, the three of us are not as important as the two families of our eldest and second uncles and our aunts."

Qi Ye nodded with a serious expression, indicating that he understood. Wei Chaoyan couldn't help but laugh at his pretentious manner. She rubbed his fair face and said with a smile, "Alright, alright, from now on, when my sister is busy, I'll trouble our brother Qi Ye to take care of Qingyan!"

"Okay, fine." Qi Ye's serious expression of "that's how it should be" made Wei Chaoyan burst into laughter again. Qi Ye's face turned as red as a ripe persimmon from laughing. He protested indignantly, but before he knew it, Qingyan in his arms suddenly reached out and hugged his face and bit him hard.

"Pfft, hahaha!" Wei Chaoyan laughed until her stomach hurt, then hugged Qingyan back. "It seems Qingyan understood what her older sister said and started to act cute with Brother Qiye." Wei Chaoyan continued to tease Qiye.

Qi Ye wiped the saliva Qingyan had smeared on his face with his sleeve, looked helplessly at Wei Chaoyan laughing, and said, "Sister, that's enough. It's getting late, and Qingyan still needs to sleep even if you're not tired."

"Oh, yes, yes, I forgot!" Hearing this, Wei Chaoyan was a little embarrassed and quickly coughed twice to change the subject. "Come on, I'll go get you some water to wash your faces. You and Qingyan wait for me in the room."

After washing them, Wei Chaoyan tucked the two little ones, who had taken off their outer clothes, into the bed and covered them with a blanket. While patting Qingyan's back to lull him to sleep, she gently told Qiye about her plans: "After Grandpa returns to the village tomorrow, your older sister will use Mom's books to continue teaching you to read. Then, while your older sister is embroidering, I'll trouble my Qiye to teach Qingyan to read. On sunny afternoons, your older sister will take you two out for a stroll. Once we're familiar with the neighbors, you can play games with their children in the yard or in front of their houses. I'll call you back for dinner when I've prepared the meal. When you're a year older, your older sister will send you to school in town. Don't worry, Qingyan will go too when he's old enough. In my spare time, I'll also teach you the martial arts moves that Dad taught me. Don't complain about how hard it is when you start practicing..."

Amidst Wei Chaoyan's nagging, Qi Ye and Qingyan gradually drifted off to sleep. Looking at their peaceful sleeping faces, a sense of tranquility filled her heart. Her gaze shifted to the window, as if trying to pierce the darkness to see the sick Wei Ying in the dilapidated temple. "A-Ying, don't worry, your older sister will definitely bring you home. Just bear with it a little longer!"

Yes, after a day of running around, Wei Chaoyan has figured out who to ask for help. She is certain that as long as she finds that person, she can bring back little Wei Ying as quickly and discreetly as possible, without leaving any trace or trouble. At the latest, it will take no more than three days, as long as she finds that person tomorrow!

Wei Chaoyan shook her head to clear her mind and forced herself to fall asleep quickly, after all, she had important things to do tomorrow and needed to be well-rested.

Nothing happened that night, and before they knew it, it was early morning the next day. No roosters crowed to wake them up, but their powerful biological clocks still woke Grandpa Wei and Wei Chaoyan right on time.

Wei Chaoyan asked her grandfather, who had finished washing up, to sit in the main hall and wait for her while she went to the kitchen to cook breakfast. She didn't make anything complicated; she simply took noodles, eggs, and some flour from the ingredients she had bought the day before. She first made a dozen or so egg pancakes with the eggs and flour, and then boiled half a pot of water and cooked an egg noodle dish.

After the noodles were cooked, she put them into bowls one by one and brought them to the table. Then she wrapped five egg pancakes in an oil paper to give to Grandpa Wei on his way back to the village. She put six egg pancakes on a plate to bring to the table later. She put the remaining pancakes on another plate and put them in the cupboard to wait for lunch.

After placing the egg pancakes on the table, Wei Chaoyan told Grandpa Wei to eat first, then quickly went back to her room to call Qingyan and the others out. She quickly helped them wash up and dressed them (especially little Qingyan, as Qiye could dress himself).

When they finished cleaning up and came out, the noodles were just the right temperature, no longer as hot as when they were fresh out of the pot. Just as Wei Chaoyan was about to have Qingyan feed her the noodles, Grandpa Wei said, "Alright, Yan'er, you eat by yourself. I'll feed you. I've already finished eating."

Seeing that Grandpa Wei's noodle bowl was empty and that two egg pancakes were missing, I knew he was indeed full, so I stopped refusing, handed the green rock to Grandpa Wei, and picked up my own noodle bowl to start eating.

While feeding Qingyan noodles, Grandpa Wei said, "Qingyan is a year old now. Yan'er, you need to let him eat by himself. He can't always be fed by others."

Looking at Qingyan, who was enjoying her meal, Wei Chaoyan nodded in agreement.

After breakfast, Grandpa Wei, standing at the gate, took the oil paper package and the water bag filled with hot water that Wei Chaoyan had prepared. He looked at Wei Chaoyan and Qi Ye Qingyan and said, "Yan girl, Grandpa is leaving now. Take care!" After saying that, he drove the oxcart away without looking back.

Wei Chaoyan stood in front of the gate, watching Grandpa Wei drive away in his oxcart until the oxcart was out of sight. Then she turned around, locked the gate, and, holding Qingyan, pulled Qiye towards the cloth shop in town.

Yes, the person she was looking for was the proprietress of the only cloth shop in town—Mrs. Yan. Yes, Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Wei, Li Xiangqing, were on good terms. Mrs. Yan had always bought Mrs. Wei's embroidery at high prices, and the cloth, clothes, and embroidery in Mrs. Yan's shop were able to sell to the Jiangnan region thanks to the friends that Mrs. Wei's father had made during his five years away from home.

And this was merely the surface-level interaction. Lady Yan was not only a powerful cloth shop owner, but also a spy sent by the current emperor of the mortal realm. Because of the condescending attitude of most immortal sects towards mortals, the emperor harbored suspicions about their integrity, fearing that if the seal on the dangerous Yiling Burial Mound were to fail, the immortal sects' inaction would ultimately harm ordinary people without cultivation, or even endanger their personal safety.

Therefore, each dynasty not only established a county government in Yiling, a remote and dangerous place, but also sent spies to be stationed there in different identities to monitor the mass graves next to Yiling at all times. If any problems were discovered, the dynasty would be notified immediately so that they would have enough time to find a solution.

The reason why Wei's parents could recognize Lady Yan was because she was one of the secret guards who came to the rescue during the rescue of the emperor years ago.

Therefore, as long as Lady Yan is willing to help, Wei Chaoyan will definitely be able to successfully rescue Wei Ying!