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

After putting the two children to sleep, Wei Chaoyan quickly packed up her family's clothes, her father's hunting bow and arrows, her mother's embroidered jewelry, writing brushes, ink, paper, books, and other odds and ends in several bundles and placed them on the table. She then took some grain and dried meat and put them into her storage bag.

After collecting everything, Wei Chaoyan went through each room several times to make sure she hadn't missed anything. She sat on the stool for a while, and just as she was about to get up and go back to her room to sleep, she suddenly remembered something and walked outside.

Yes, there are still things from the Seven Nights that his father hid that he hasn't taken. Sigh, what a life of toil!

Wei Chaoyan shook her head and sighed as she ran along the route her father had given her. After winding and turning left and right for quite a while, she finally arrived at the destination. "Huff, huff, huff..." she complained, wiping the sweat from her brow. "Father is such a good hider! This is exactly what they mean by 'Father is so happy hiding that his daughter is crying from exhaustion'!"

After a long day of hard work, Wei Chaoyan finally dug out the package that was hidden deep inside. She shook off the dirt from the package, put it into her storage bag, and then covered the hole she had dug with some dry leaves. After finishing, she went back.

When Wei Chaoyan arrived home covered in sweat, it was already past midnight. She quickly tidied up and went to bed.

Wei Chaoyan felt like she hadn't slept long before being woken up by the enthusiastic and loud crowing of the rooster. She didn't even have the energy to complain; she just quickly got up, washed up, and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. After breakfast was cooked, she woke up her younger brother and the others, and after they got dressed and washed up, they all ate at the table together.

After finishing their meal and washing the dishes, Wei Chaoyan sat down in a chair with Qingyan in her arms and said seriously to Qiye, "Qiye, Father and Mother are gone. From now on, it will just be the three of us in this family, relying on each other. I want to ask you, would you like to be my younger brother, my parents' son?"

Hearing this, Qi Ye's eyes widened. "Sister Wei, what?" "Father originally wanted to go to a more distant town to inquire if any prominent families had lost members, hoping to find your relatives there," Wei Chaoyan sighed. "But before we could even start asking Father and the others, something happened. Now I don't have the ability to help you find your relatives, and you've lost your memory. I can only ask you to be my younger brother and endure a few years of hardship. I promise, in a few years I... will definitely help you find your relatives... Sigh, don't cry..."

Wei Chaoyan was at a loss trying to soothe the crying Xiao Qiye, but she couldn't calm him down no matter what she did. Finally, she had no choice but to shove the curious little Qingyan, who was peeking out from under her arms, into Qiye's arms to stop him from crying.

"I... I thought you didn't want me anymore (???)?" Under Wei Chaoyan's coaxing, Xiao Qiye stammered out his worries.

Rolling her eyes, Wei Chaoyan complained, "Aren't you worried now?" "Yeah," Qi Ye replied shyly in a low voice.

"From now on, you'll be our family's second brother, Wei Qiye, and Qingyan's second older brother. Come on," Wei Chaoyan said, teasing the grinning Wei Qingyan, "Come on, call me second brother o(*≧▽≦)ツ┏━┓"

"Sister Wei~" The shy Qi Ye couldn't stand being teased and begged for mercy.

"Hmm? Still calling me Sister Wei?" Wei Chaoyan said with a drawn-out laugh.

"Ah, elder sister?"

"Sigh!" Wei Chaoyan happily agreed. Regardless of whether this was the real Qi Ye, she was happy to have an extra cute little brother.

The warmth of this moment seemed to lessen their grief over losing their loved ones.

Before they could relax for long, Grandpa Wei arrived at the door in his oxcart. He opened the door and asked, "Yan girl, have you packed your things? If you have, let's go. Otherwise, if we are delayed too long, we won't be able to get to town before nightfall."

Wei Chaoyan nodded and replied, "Grandpa, everything is ready, we can go." After carrying Qingyan and Qiye onto the oxcart, she turned back into the house, brought out several large bundles, and put them into the oxcart. She also took out several oil paper packages containing food and several large bamboo tubes filled with water from the kitchen.

After closing the gate and getting on the oxcart, Wei Chaoyan took a paper package containing steamed buns and eggs and a bamboo tube and handed them to Grandpa Wei sitting in front: "Grandpa, have something to eat."

Grandpa Wei smiled and took the food, placing it on the seat next to him. He then took out a bulging money bag from his pocket and handed it to Wei Chaoyan: "Yan'er, this is the money your uncle and his family used to buy a house. Keep it safe. There are seven or eight taels of loose silver in here. I exchanged the rest of the larger bills for ten-tael ingots of silver."

"Yan girl, when you're out and about, you have to be careful not to flaunt your wealth. Don't use large sums of silver at first, use smaller amounts. Don't use large amounts of money easily, it'll just attract attention."

"Once we arrive in Yiling Town, I will go to the government office to help you with your household registration and travel permits. Remember to keep them safe."

Grandpa Wei cracked his whip to urge the oxen along, giving them a long, drawn-out lecture.

"Once the household registration is done, I'll buy you a house to live in, and make sure the land deed is hidden."

"Yan girl, you need to be careful living outside with two children. I'm sorry to trouble you in the future."

“Yan’s girl,” Grandpa Wei’s voice choked up, his usually strong voice now clearly weak, “this is all the old man can do for you. My heart has been biased all my life, and now that it’s time, I can’t straighten it out.”

"It's just that the third brother and you siblings have suffered. I only hope that in the next life, the third brother won't have to meet a father as biased as me again!" Grandpa Wei's words drifted in the empty wilderness, carrying far and wide.

Upon hearing Grandpa Wei's words, Wei Chaoyan expressionlessly hugged her sleeping younger brother tightly and shook her head at Qi Ye to comfort him.

Favoritism? Who doesn't favor those they care about? Even her father, when facing Grandpa Wei and his family, leaned more towards them, but he wasn't unfilial to Grandpa Wei and his family. It's just that in the end, they lacked the connection to be family.

At least Grandpa Wei was willing to lend them a hand; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to escape the covetousness and entanglement of Uncle Wei and the villagers so easily. Moreover, he was even planning to help her with her new household registration, travel permit, and land deed; she was already extremely grateful for that.

Thinking of this, Wei Chaoyan turned her head and looked at Wei Village, which was already out of sight in the distance. A feeling of relief and ease, as if she had escaped from a nightmare hell, inexplicably welled up in her heart. This feeling came inexplicably and was extremely real.

Wei Chaoyan chuckled and shook her head, thinking it was just a result of her recent excessive worry and scheming, causing her to be highly tense, and now that she had relaxed, she had this mystical feeling. Little did she know that one day in the future, after learning certain things and recalling today's inexplicable premonition, Wei Chaoyan would realize with astonishment how real this omen was.

Wei Chaoyan, who was completely unaware of the situation, was excitedly anticipating her first meeting with the young Wei Ying.