"Oh, how can we leave them out!" Old Madam Ye picked up a piece of dessert and stuffed it directly into Qingtian's mouth and said, "Qingtian, let us eat first, it won't be a problem.

"If any brat dares to object, grandma will scold him."

"No, my brothers won't have any objections." Qingtian tried hard to eat the snack in his mouth, and did not forget to speak up for his brothers.

"Then just eat!" Old Madam Ye poured her a glass of water and placed it on the table. "Eat slowly and don't choke. Does it taste good?"

"Delicious!" Qingtian smiled with his eyes narrowed. Although he said it was delicious, he didn't take any more after finishing one piece. He picked up the water cup and drank it slowly.

When Old Mrs. Ye hugged her, she couldn't help but think of Boss Ye.

"I don't know where your father is and how long it will take for him to come back. Does Qingtian miss him?"

"I do." Qingtian nodded repeatedly, "But I usually don't dare to tell my mother. If I do, she will worry even more."

"That's right, but you can't say it in front of your mother." Old Mrs. Ye lowered her voice and said, "Look, grandma only told you this, and never told your mother!"

"Then this is our little secret." Qingtian said, holding up his little finger and shaking hands with Old Lady Ye. "Grandma, if you miss my dad, tell me and I will tell you too."

"Okay, let's both keep this secret." Old Mrs. Ye and Qingtian made a pinky promise, and their thumbs, one big and one small, were placed together. Then the two of them smiled at each other.

Mrs. Ye prepared lunch quickly, but it was a bit troublesome today because each dish had to be divided into three portions.

One portion was sent to Ye Qinggang's house next door, one portion was placed in Ye Dasao's own room to be eaten with Miss Zhou, and the remaining largest portion was brought into the main room for the family to eat.

Miss Zhou was a guest and an unmarried girl, so naturally she could not eat together with the other men, women, young and old of the Ye family as usual.

After Sister Ye distributed the food, she said to Qingtian, "Can you stay with Sister Zhou for a while? I'm going to take food to Rong Xu's house."

"Okay!" Qingtian said, and then he pulled Miss Zhou back to his room. "Sister Zhou, please sit down first. My mother will be back soon."

As expected, Mrs. Ye came back very soon, but she brought Mrs. Ye Er and Mrs. Ye San with her.

"You two, please help me entertain the guests. Brother Qingshan has two patients at home who can't get up from the kang. I'm worried about their two children. I have to help feed them before coming back.

"Miss Zhou, I'm so sorry, you guys can eat first and don't have to wait for me."

After giving her instructions, Mrs. Ye left. Qingtian had already been sitting on the kang waiting for dinner, but when she saw this, she immediately got up and ran out in her slippers.

Sister-in-law Ye quickly grabbed her and said, "Qingtian, your mother will be back soon. You should eat first. Auntie San will feed you, okay?"

"Aunt San, I know. I'll go get something and be back soon." Qingtian shook off Sister Ye San's hand, ran quickly to the kitchen, and soon came back with a plate.

Mrs. Ye understood immediately and quickly took the plate. She picked up some of each dish and put it on the plate. She then took two bowls and covered them with it. She said, "Come, Auntie will help you put this in the pot in the kitchen. This way, it won't get cold when your mother comes back."

This was exactly what Qingtian meant. When he saw that Ye Ersao had done it for him, he immediately smiled like a flower and then obediently got on the kang to prepare for dinner.

Miss Zhou and Qiuyun were both a little surprised to see her like this.

"I didn't expect Qingtian to be so sensible at such a young age," Miss Zhou praised. "When I was her age, I only cared about myself when eating!"

When Mrs. Ye heard Miss Zhou praising Qingtian, she felt even prouder than if her own son was praised. She didn't even know how to be humble enough to join in the praise.

"That's right, our Qingtian is the most well-behaved and sensible. Whenever he has something delicious, he always thinks of his family and shares everything with his brothers. He never steals any food for himself.

"Not to mention her parents, they are such sweet and caring people. I'm so envious of them."

After Third Sister Ye finished praising her, Miss Zhou had no time to speak when Qingtian asked nervously, "Third Aunt, I, I just ate the snacks that Sister Zhou sent me, and I... wuwu..."

Before he could finish his words, Qingtian started crying.

"Oh, what's going on?"

Mrs. Ye was shocked and wondered how she could praise someone so much that he cried?

After a while, the sister-in-law came back and saw that her daughter had lost her gold beads. She was so sad that she must have died.

Sister Ye held Qingtian in her arms and coaxed her, "Auntie San is praising you, why are you crying?"

"I, I ate snacks without waiting for my brothers..." Qingtian said with sobs.

"Oh, what happened to me then?" Mrs. Ye was so embarrassed that she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Didn't Miss Zhou send this for our family to eat?

"Besides, you didn't eat all the snacks, did you? Your brothers will have their share when they come back.

"My brothers are all in private school now, unlike before when they were all at home. If there's anything delicious at home, you can all eat together.

"Do we have to wait for them to come back before we can eat on sunny days? It's the same if we leave some for them!"

After hearing what Mrs. Ye said, Qing Tian gradually stopped crying. With red eyes, she looked up at her and asked, "Really?"

"Of course, Third Auntie never lies." Sister Ye quickly assured her, "Are you alright now? Can Third Auntie feed you?"

Qingtian quickly stood up from her arms, sat down beside her and said, "Aunt San, I can eat by myself."

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