It's best to fence off the vegetable garden. In ancient times, fences were used to enclose courtyards and demarcate the land. Si Yan thinks this approach is equally applicable here.

Fresh air, fresh food, a simple environment, and land that can be expanded at will.

These days couldn't be better.

She crossed her arms and surveyed her tiny territory.

The cave needs to be surrounded by a courtyard, and the vegetable garden also needs to be fenced off.

Thinking about it this way, there is still a lot she needs to do.

After finishing her meal, Si Yan started weaving with the processed hay. The two children were attracted by her delicate handiwork and curiously leaned closer to watch her, their round eyes looking adorable and cute.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Xi Qing asked.

Si Yan replied lazily, "I don't call you 'Hey,' I call you 'Mom.'"

Xi Qing curled her lip: "Tch. What are you doing?"

"My name isn't Che."

Xi Qing was too lazy to pay attention to her.

Bei Ji asked her curiously, "Mommy, what are you doing? You're so amazing to be better! Is this the soft thing on the bed?"

Si Yan freed one hand and patted Bei Ji's head with a smile, saying, "Mother is weaving a straw curtain."

Bei Ji stared intently at her with her large, watery eyes: "Mother, what is a straw curtain for?"

Si Yan said with a grin, "You'll find out in a bit."

"What's so great about it?" Xi Qing glanced at Si Yan, then looked at the straw mat on the bed, and then at Bei Ji.

His complexion suddenly worsened again.

Is it possible that the females didn't want them to sleep in the bed, so they put a mat on the floor for them?

The dream of sleeping with the female mother was fleeting. Indeed, snake-beastmen were inherently disliked by their female mothers; that warmth in their dreams remained merely a dream.

Xi Qing's face was tense, her lips were pressed into a thin line, and she turned her face away.

He's angry. What's he angry about?

Even having a thin mat on the floor is much better than sleeping directly on the ground.

He should be content.

The two children didn't speak, quietly lost in their own thoughts. After a while, Si Yan finished weaving the straw mat, and then she stood up and rubbed her lower back.

I'm so tired.

Si Yan smiled and said, "Please help me out."

Bei Ji stood up and tugged at Xi Qing, who then reluctantly stood up.

Si Yan took out a torch and handed it to Xi Qing. Xi Qing's face turned extremely ugly in an instant. He quickly retreated and pressed himself against the cave wall. Si Yan was startled by Xi Qing's reaction, and Bei Ji immediately took the torch. "Mother, what are you doing?"

Si Yan was confused by the two children's reactions: "I need some light, you can hold the torch for me."

After realizing that Si Yan had done it unintentionally, Bei Ji nodded and said, "Mother, I'll lift it."

Si Yan nodded thoughtfully.

Si Yan carried the straw curtain to the cave entrance. Two small holes had already been carved into the cave ceiling. Si Yan went to the top of the cave from the side, nailed two animal teeth into the holes, tied the straw curtain with a straw rope, and hung it up.

Xi Qing was a little afraid of fire, so he kept his distance, but after seeing the straw curtain hung up, he and Bei Ji exchanged glances again.

The mat that the bad female made doesn't seem to be a mat for them to sleep on; it seems the bad female made something to cover the hole.

Si Yan was very satisfied with the straw mat. She explained to the two children, "When we need to use it, we'll put the straw mat down, and when we need ventilation, we'll weave it up like this. Do you understand?"

Bei Ji nodded excitedly and quickly. "Mother, you're so smart."

"Why didn't we do this before?" Xi Qing suddenly asked.

After Xi Qing asked the question, the air seemed to grow a little colder.

Their former mother was somewhat eccentric and fearful of snakes, and would beat and scold them.

She's dark-skinned, wicked, ugly, and crazy, yet her children are still very attached to her.

Until... she hurt Xiqing. Until... she sold her own cub.

The four cubs were completely heartbroken. They gritted their teeth and ripped away their precious mother from the bottom of their hearts.

From that moment on, this woman was nothing more than a bad female. Nothing more.

Bei Ji sensed something was off and immediately asked, "Xi Qing, what are you saying?"

Isn't this warm and gentle environment exactly what they've been dreaming of? What if their gentle mother disappears again? What if their old, crazy mother comes back?!

Si Yan slowly lowered the straw curtain, and the atmosphere in the cave became tense. Si Yan took a deep breath to calm herself down.

"Beiji, Xiqing, go to sleep."

She couldn't tell them, "Your mother is dead, and I am no longer your biological mother."

She couldn't say it. So some things can only be done by doing.

Although they haven't spent much time together, she has accepted and liked these two children from the bottom of her heart.

She will try her best to heal the children from the wounds they have suffered, little by little.

Bei Ji cooperated very well and happily crawled into bed.

Xi Qing stood there without making a sound.

He refused to go to bed yesterday, and although the female carried him to bed in the middle of the night, he was still in an awkward situation.

Si Yan asked, "Xi Qing, are you going to bed?"

This little guy is different from Bei Ji; he seems to hate her more. Si Yan isn't the type to fawn over someone who doesn't reciprocate her feelings. She wasn't sure if he would have been willing to sleep in bed if she hadn't secretly carried him to it.

Xi Qing replied coldly, "I'm not sleeping in the bed!"

Xi Qing looked at Si Yan, and Si Yan looked at Xi Qing. The two, one tall and one short, stared at each other for a while. Xi Qing pursed her lips, appearing very stubborn.

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