When Miao Yiya returned, she didn't see Xiaobao. The gate to the courtyard was open, and she was a little anxious.

In fact, Li Xiangyang had only been transferred here for a little over a month. When she first arrived, Xiaobao longed to play with the children in the courtyard, so every day after she finished eating, she would sit longingly at the door. But after sitting there for several days, no child was willing to play with her. Even if she went up to them herself, the children would run away.

At first, Xiaobao thought they ran away because they weren't familiar with her, but after it happened several times, Xiaobao realized they didn't want to play with her anymore.

It's impossible not to be sad. Xiao Bao has cried in front of Miao Yiya several times, and Miao Yiya is quite worried about him.

Back in Lihua Village, Xiaobao didn't have any children to play with. Miao Yiya thought that Xiaobao's life would return to normal after the change of environment, but she didn't expect that these children still didn't want to play with her.

Miao Yiya didn't dare tell Li Xiangyang. She knew Li Xiangyang was very busy with work and didn't want to affect his mood.

Miao Yiya hurriedly went out of the courtyard to find Xiaobao. At that moment, Xiaobao's giggling laughter came from the neighboring courtyard.

Miao Yiya hadn't heard Xiaobao laugh so happily in a long time.

The gate to the neighboring courtyard was also open, and Miao Yiya went inside.

While hoeing the ground, Qin Yao was telling Xiao Bao a story, the story of the tunnel warfare.

Xiao Bao had never seen a movie about tunnel warfare, so she was incredibly curious when she heard this story. The little girl listened very attentively, her face turning red with excitement at the crucial parts. She giggled happily when she was listening, and occasionally asked some questions that made people laugh and cry.

Xiao Bao: "Auntie, do you think there's a tunnel under our yard?"

Xiao Bao: "I think there must be a tunnel entrance under the water tank in my house. I saw that my dad was very concerned about that place."

Xiao Bao: "I think it's better if the entrance is under the kang (heated brick bed), it's more convenient."

...

Qin Yao was delighted to hear this. She had thought that Mu Jinghuai would be bored at home alone after he went to work, but she didn't expect to meet such a cute little child.

Miao Yiya stood behind Xiao Bao, stunned, and did not call for help immediately.

She seemed a little reluctant to disturb Xiao Bao's happiness.

Qin Yao looked up and saw Miao Yiya. Seeing the tenderness and affection in her eyes as she looked at Xiao Bao, Qin Yao guessed who it was. Besides, she was wearing distinctive ethnic minority clothing.

Qin Yao: "Hello! You must be my sister-in-law?"

Xiao Bao turned around and saw Miao Yiya. He happily went up to her and hugged her. "Mom, this is Auntie, an auntie who can tell stories just like my sister."

Miao Yiya hugged Xiaobao and smiled at Qin Yao, saying, "You're Battalion Commander Mu's wife, right?"

Qin Yao: "Yes, sister-in-law, we just moved here. Luckily, Xiao Bao is here with me today."

Miao Yiya said a little embarrassedly, "Did this child bother you?"

Qin Yao: "How could that be? I really like Xiao Bao. Come over to our house more often when you have time."

Xiao Bao: "Mom, Auntie wants to plant vegetables, can we give her some of our seeds?"

Miao Yiya patted Xiaobao's head and said to Qin Yao, "We have a lot of seeds at home. I'll get you whatever you want to plant."

Although Qin Yao had been an educated youth for several years, she was only half-baked. Back then, she just followed everyone else and did whatever the brigade leader assigned her. So when she was suddenly asked what to plant, she was a little confused.

Miao Yiya didn't know that Qin Yao had also worked in the fields; she just thought Qin Yao was gentle and refined. Besides, she had heard Li Xiangyang say that Mu Jinghuai was from the capital and came from a powerful family.

From Li Xiangyang's tone, Miao Yiya could tell that he had reservations about Mu Jinghuai, and frankly, he looked down on him, always feeling that he only got where he was today because of his family.

Therefore, Miao Yiya assumed that Qin Yao must know nothing about farming.

Seeing that Qin Yao didn't speak, Miao Yiya said again, "Let me get you some plants that are suitable for planting now."

In Miao Yiya's mind, Qin Yao's hoeing and planting vegetables must have been a joke.

Miao Yiya turned around and left very quickly.

Xiao Bao smiled and said to Qin Yao, "My mom is really good at growing vegetables. We grow a lot of vegetables in our yard, and she even grows a lot of vegetables for the canteen."

Qin Yao guessed that Miao Yiya might work in the cafeteria.

Xiao Bao added, "Auntie, when Mom gets the seeds, I'll plant them with you. I used to plant vegetables with Mom when we were in Pear Blossom Village."

Although it was their first meeting, Qin Yao quite liked the mother and daughter.

With the international medical exchange program drawing ever closer, Xu Xinning often spends her time in the school's research lab even during her holidays.

Mu Jingheng was worried that she wouldn't be able to handle it, so he specially got her an electric fan and put it in the research room.

Recently, Ye Jiang has been constantly blocking Ouyang Changshan at the school gate. Fortunately, the school is on holiday, otherwise it would not be good for Ouyang Changshan's reputation.

Ouyang Changshan hadn't expected Ye Jiang to be such a difficult person.

Since the breakup, Ye Jiang has been transferred away from her original hospital.

Ouyang Changshan kept his word; the hospital he transferred her to was better than their original one.

But at this point, work was no longer so important to Ye Jiang; what she wanted was Ouyang Changshan and the power behind him.

Ouyang Changshan was getting a headache from Ye Jiang's constant pestering, and some bad rumors were also circulating outside.

After a while, Ouyang Changshan gave up and stayed at school every day without going out.

Ye Jiang is also very persistent; she doesn't miss a single day of guarding the school gate, even in this sweltering heat.

School was out for break, and the campus was deserted. The gatekeeper was worried that something might happen to the girl, so he went in to look for Ouyang Changshan several times. Ouyang Changshan felt it was better not to meet her, otherwise it would be more troublesome if she felt there was still hope.

Mu Jingheng drove Xu Xinning back to the compound every day.

Summer rain can come suddenly, and it started pouring rain as soon as Xu Xinning got into the car.

Xu Xinning: "The rain is too heavy, let's go back later."

Mu Jingheng: "Hmm! Are you tired? You should take a nap first."

The car was very hot after being exposed to the sun. Fortunately, the rain drove away the heat inside, but it was still damp and not very comfortable.

Mu Jingheng fanned Xu Xinning with a large palm-leaf fan. Ever since the weather got hot, this large palm-leaf fan had been kept in a place where it could be easily reached.

Hsu Hsin-ning is sensitive to heat and sweats profusely with the slightest movement.

Xu Xinning's research has recently made a new breakthrough, and she is indeed quite tired. "Okay! I'll take a nap."

Xu Xinning fell asleep shortly afterward.

Once the rain subsided a bit, Mu Jingheng started the car.

As the car approached the school gate, Mu Jingheng saw Ye Jiang standing there again.

Ever since learning that Ye Jiang had misunderstood Xu Xinning and even pointed her finger at her and berated her, Mu Jingheng had developed a strong aversion to Ye Jiang.

Furthermore, given that they had already broken up, the fact that Ye Jiang was still so entangled with him made Mu Jingheng dislike Ye Jiang even more.

Ye Jiang was soaked to the bone, looking quite pitiful as she stood in the rain.