Old Madam Ye said, "Qingtian just came over and helped her second and third aunts sweep the house with a feather duster. She got the five kids at home to help with a lot of work. Now all that's left is sweeping the floor, so just let them do it. Come over and sit down and rest for a while!"

"What about Qingtian?" Mrs. Ye looked around the room but couldn't find her daughter.

When Old Mrs. Ye heard this, she leaned to the side, revealing Qingtian who was sleeping soundly on the pile of quilts behind her.

"I was tired from work just now, so I came here and fell asleep!"

Seeing this, Mrs. Ye couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then I'll take her back to sleep. It's a good opportunity to change her clothes. We'll go wash clothes and bedding tomorrow."

She picked up Qingtian gently and found that the child was sleeping very soundly and had no reaction at all.

Mrs. Ye brought Qingtian back to the house, stripped her down to her underwear, then tucked her into bed and let her sleep.

Qingtian returned to the familiar place, turned over, and soon fell asleep snoring.

After Ye Lao Da finished cleaning up the outside, he took Ye Lao Er and Ye Lao San to clear the snow on the path in front of the house before coming back.

As soon as I entered the room, I heard a strange sound that was quite rhythmic.

"What's going on?" Boss Ye asked in confusion.

Mrs. Ye smiled and nodded at the kang.

Boss Ye leaned over to take a look and saw that it was Qingtian who was sleeping soundly and snoring.

"Why didn't I notice that this child was snoring?" Boss Ye looked surprised, but he also felt that his daughter was very cute even if she snored.

"She's tired." Mrs. Ye reached out to cover Qingtian with the quilt and said, "I just praised her a few words, and she couldn't stop herself and started helping with a lot of work.

"Look, I'm so tired that I start snoring in my sleep."

Qingtian slept from the afternoon until the next morning.

She woke up and rubbed her eyes, and found that Boss Ye and Sister Ye were not in the room, and even the bedding she was covering herself with was a different color from usual.

Qingtian was stunned for a moment, and all that came to his mind were the stories of child trafficking that he had heard before.

Could it be that I was abducted and sold to another family? Wouldn't that mean I would never see my parents and my family again?

The more Qingtian thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he burst into tears.

Ye Changrui, who was called by Mrs. Ye to help look after Qingtian, heard the noise and hurried in from outside and asked, "Qingtian is awake? Why is he still crying?"

Qingtian was startled when she heard the familiar voice. She looked up with tears in her eyes and found that it was her elder brother Ye Changrui. She was stunned.

"Brother? Why are you here?"

Qingtian thought he was doomed. Was he not the only one who was abducted?

But if she was really abducted, and if her elder brother was with her, she didn't seem to be as scared as before.

Ye Changrui quickly walked to the edge of the kang and caught Qingtian who was rushing towards him.

"Tell me what's wrong, big brother. Stop crying." Seeing Qingtian crying so pitifully, Ye Changrui felt so distressed that he kept guessing, "Are you hungry? Do you need to go to the toilet? Or are you feeling unwell? Tell me."

"Brother, I... uh... I..." Qingtian was crying and hiccuping, unable to utter a complete sentence.

Ye Changrui had no choice but to hold her in his arms, pull the cotton-padded jacket that Ye Lao Da had placed on the edge of the kang to wrap her tightly, and then carry her to the main house to ask Old Lady Ye for help.

"Grandma, look at Qingtian, what's wrong with him? Why is he crying as soon as he wakes up?" Ye Changrui pushed Qingtian into Grandma Ye's arms and asked anxiously.

Qingtian gradually came to her senses at this moment. She looked around and found that she was still at home and had not been abducted at all. She immediately breathed a sigh of relief and stopped crying.

When Old Madam Ye saw Qingtian stopped crying as soon as she took her, she smiled and said, "Qingtian, you woke up and want to see grandma, right? Are you hungry? Your mother made some rice porridge for you, it's still in the pot. Grandma will go and heat it up for you, okay?"

"Okay!" Qingtian then realized how hungry he was.

She was so tired yesterday that she fell asleep in the afternoon and never woke up. She missed both dinner and breakfast. It would be strange if she wasn't hungry!

Seeing this, Ye Changrui couldn't help feeling a little frustrated. Why did his sister stop crying when his grandmother held her in her arms, but she still kept crying when he held her in his arms?

Old Madam Ye asked Qingtian to stay on the kang while she went downstairs to heat up some rice porridge for her. She then instructed Ye Changrui, "You better watch over your sister. Don't let her go downstairs. It's cold downstairs and she's not wearing much. Don't let her get cold."

After Old Lady Ye went to the kitchen, Ye Changrui took off his shoes and climbed onto the kang. He leaned close to Qingtian and whispered, "Sister, why were you crying just now?"

Qingtian's eyes rolled around when he heard that. He was too embarrassed to say that he thought he had been kidnapped. He stammered, "I, I just woke up and didn't see my mother, so I was a little scared..."

"But my brother is here!" Ye Changrui couldn't accept her reason. "Auntie asked me to watch you! I also asked you if you were hungry, but you didn't say anything and just cried..."

Because Ye Changrui often taught Qingtian to recite poems, he always felt that his sister was very close to him and different from his other brothers.

And Qingtian’s reaction just now really hurt him a little.

Seeing Ye Changrui's depressed face, Qingtian knew that he was really concerned about this matter. He hesitated and said, "Brother, then, let me tell you why I'm crying. You are not allowed to tell anyone else, okay?"

"Okay!" Ye Changrui immediately became excited after hearing this, "Come on, I'll make a pinky promise with you.

"Hook or hook, nothing will change for a hundred years!"

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