Baican's method is simple, and only he can do it.

In the evening, the two of them ate a large bowl of pickled fish. Little Lingxi had been eating milk powder and rice noodles together for the past month, occasionally adding some fruit puree and pumpkin puree. Tonight, Bai Chi also used boiling water to rinse off the smell of the fish and fed little Lingxi some fresh fish meat.

People have enough food and drink, but it gets dark early in winter. There are no electric lights in the village, only candles and oil lamps, and even candles are a luxury.

So everyone went to bed early to give birth, and Bai Chi took advantage of this time to take Yang Yunxiao for a walk nearby.

If we don't go into the village and just take a walk around the river outside, Yang Yunxiao won't resist and will even keep chattering and asking a lot of questions.

It is precisely because of this that Bai Chi is very sure that Yang Yunxiao actually wants to integrate into the crowd, but he has concerns in his heart, so he dares not to.

Wearing neat shoes and clothes, walking on the path by the river, Bai Chi could feel the joy and happiness coming from him.

Bai Chi wanted to express this happy emotion openly, instead of doing it secretly like now.

While Bai Chi was taking Yang Yunxiao for a walk, he had already finished fetching water and boiling water. When the time was almost up, he took the two children home.

After a quick wash, the three of them crawled into the warm and thick bed together.

In order to prevent the quilt from leaking air, Yang Yunxiao, who had grown taller in the past month due to his growing arms and legs, habitually hugged Bai Chi in his arms.

The two of them were pressed tightly together, which not only gave little Lingxi more space to sleep, but also prevented any air from leaking out!

"Achi, go to sleep. It will rain tomorrow, so don't go out."

Xiao Lingxi had fallen asleep. Bai Chi slowly turned over, and the two of them were instantly face to face, with their foreheads touching.

"How did Yunxiao know it would rain tomorrow?"

"I can feel it. I can feel it before it rains."

Yang Yunxiao held Bai Chi obediently and did not move, even his voice was sweet and sweet.

But Bai Chi could feel that the boy had grown up and his instinctive physiological reactions had appeared.

But it was obvious that Yang Yunxiao himself understood nothing and knew nothing.

"Yunxiao, do you believe me?"

Yang Yunxiao nodded without hesitation: "I believe in Ah Chi, I like Ah Chi the most, Ah Chi will not lock me up."

Just believe it.

Bai Chi stretched out his hand and embraced Yang Yunxiao. His originally thin body had finally recovered a little in the past month. Even his skin was not as rough as before, and there was a faint smell of soap on his body.

He patted Yang Yunxiao's back gently, just like coaxing a child, and Yang Yunxiao obviously enjoyed it, and his already natural body became even more relaxed.

"Since Yunxiao believes in me, do you believe that I can make others dare not lock you up?"

Bai Chi's voice was gentle and coaxing.

"Yunxiao doesn't want to go out with me? People outside think I'm alone, and others want to be with me. Yunxiao doesn't want to go out and tell them? Achi already has Yunxiao at home?"

Sure enough, when Bai Chi was halfway through his words, Yang Yunxiao's body tensed up, and he even reached out and grabbed Bai Chi's wrist.

After Bai Chi finished speaking, he hugged Bai Chi even tighter.

"No! Achi is mine, and you can't be with anyone else!"

It was as if he was really afraid that Bai Chi would be taken away by someone.

"Okay, okay, I won't be with anyone else."

Bai Chi hurriedly coaxed him, then suddenly asked, "When Big Brother asked Yunxiao to hide, was Yunxiao still very young?"

The sudden change of topic made Yang Yunxiao pause for a moment. After all, he had been wandering in the mountains for eight years when he was young, and was only picked up by Bai Chi for a month.

Although he could communicate and speak normally under Bai Chi's teaching, his reaction was still a little slow.

But he quickly understood what Bai Chi was talking about and nodded: "Nine years old. Big brother said he would celebrate his birthday when he came back, but big brother never came back."

After hearing the last sentence, Bai Chi was stunned. Could it be that the day they eloped was Yang Yunxiao’s birthday?

Then he frowned again. It was his birthday, and his elder brother's death anniversary. After this...

But Bai Chi quickly put the matter aside, as it was not the most important thing at the moment.

"It turns out Yunxiao was so young back then, the same age as the children in the village. No wonder big brother said he wanted to hide him."

Yang Yunxiao nodded vigorously, indicating that it was right, that’s right, it must be hidden!

Then Baichi changed the subject.

"But Yunxiao has grown up now, and I can protect Yunxiao, so Yunxiao doesn't need to hide anymore."

Yang Yunxiao stopped nodding halfway, with a hint of doubt in his eyes, which was accurately captured by Bai Chi's mental power, so he continued to nod.

"Look, Xi'er is so young, so she needs the protection of adults. But other adults can go up the mountain, go to other villages, or go to town. They won't be locked up."

Based on the information Bai Chi had inquired about during this period and the vague memories he had obtained from Yang Yunxiao, Bai Chi was basically certain that Yang Yunxiao would not go down the mountain because of what his eldest brother had said.

He asked the villagers, and found out that Brother Yang and the girl had no external injuries and were both drowned. They even found the place where they slipped into the river upstream.

Bai Chi also asked about the place and went to the vicinity to take a look. From there, if you walk upstream for another ten kilometers, you can reach the nearest town, and then take a bus to the county town.

It is not difficult to guess that on the way out, Brother Yang must have said many times that they must not be caught, otherwise they would be locked up and so on.

After all, they were eloping. If they were caught, not only would they be locked up, they would probably be thrown into a pig cage.

But Yang Yunxiao was still too young at the time and had no idea of ​​the consequences of being caught for eloping. He also didn't know that even if he was caught, he, a child who knew nothing, would be fine.

But these words of Brother Yang obviously left a deep impression on Yang Yunxiao, who was still young at the time.

In addition, it rained that night and both adults slipped and fell into the river. Even if Yang Yunxiao was lucky, he would not dare to go down the mountain after being wet in the rain. He would be scared and might even get sick with a fever.

Such a young child was waiting alone in the mountains for his brother who never came back, and had to avoid being searched for by others. It can be seen how nervous he was.

After a long time, I may really only remember keywords like "hide, lock up", and they have remained so until now.

Therefore, Bai Chi felt that this was the knot in Yang Yunxiao's heart that needed to be resolved.

So he comforted him gently and used his mental power to relieve Yang Yunxiao's tension.

"Don't be afraid, Yunxiao. Come with me to the village chief's house tomorrow, okay? They often bring food to Xier. You know they are good people. And I will protect Yunxiao."

Yang Yunxiao hesitated.

He was afraid, but he liked Achi and believed in Achi.

And Achi said that he would protect him.

"Well, alright then."