Back home, Su Lu held Qin Xiaoxiao and slept soundly through the night. When he got up to go to work the next morning, it was still dark. Su Lu cooked some millet porridge, ate a bite with some pickled vegetables, and then kept the porridge warm in the pot. He only woke Qin Xiaoxiao up when the first bell rang.

"Honey, it's time to go to work. I should go to work too."

He hugged Qin Xiaoxiao and kissed her. Seeing that she was still half-awake and half-asleep, he secretly pinched her waist, not daring to use too much force, which earned him a roll of his eyes from Qin Xiaoxiao.

"Fine, just leave. Why are you pinching me? It hurts!"

Looking down at Qin Xiaoxiao's waist, he saw that it was a little red, and quickly rubbed it vigorously. "Your skin is so delicate, it turned red even though I didn't dare to rub it too hard."

Qin Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes. "Even if your skin is good, it's still a bargain for you."

Su Lu laughed like a fool, "That's true."

He kissed Qin Xiaoxiao on the cheek again. "Wife, I really have to go now, or I'll be too late. The porridge is in the pot. Take out two more steamed buns to eat."

After saying that, Su Lu glanced at Qin Xiaoxiao reluctantly, then got up and left.

Seeing that everyone had left, Qin Xiaoxiao yawned, stretched, and got off the kang (a heated brick bed). Su Lu had already prepared the water for washing her face and squeezed out the toothpaste; all she had to do was lift a finger.

Qin Xiaoxiao smiled as she looked at the toothpaste tube she had squeezed out. She thought that this kind of life was really good. Someone cared about her and was concerned about her. She was no longer alone. There was always someone who held her dear in their heart and made her feel what happiness was.

After washing up, Qin Xiaoxiao took out two vegetarian buns from her spatial storage and ate them. She also ate a mouthful of the millet porridge in the pot and put the rest into a lunchbox to eat at noon.

Seeing that it was too hot, Qin Xiaoxiao cooked another pot of mung bean water. The mung beans had been soaked the day before yesterday, and they were just right to cook today.

After adding rock sugar and stirring a few times, Qin Xiaoxiao put the mung bean water into the refrigerator in her space, intending to take it out to drink in two hours.

After leaving the house, Qin Xiaoxiao went to the threshing ground to gather people, and saw Qin Yue looking on expectantly from afar.

He sighed, walked over to Qin Yue, glared at her, and said, "What are you looking at? What are you looking at?"

Qin Yue hugged Qin Xiaoxiao's arm in a flattering manner, "Sister, I'm just here to see you. Are you alright last night? My brother-in-law said that getting scared can easily cause a fever."

Qin Xiaoxiao didn't know that Su Lu had gone to the Qin family, let alone that he had gone to the Qin family to sow discord between Qin Yue and Su Lu. Hearing Qin Yue say this, she turned her face away uncomfortably, "It's alright, your brother-in-law is here, he called me once in the middle of the night."

Qin Yue immediately said, "So, this works quite well. My grandma called me once in the middle of the night, almost throwing a water ladle onto the roof, and kept telling me to go home with her for dinner."

Qin Xiaoxiao glared at Qin Yue, "Don't talk nonsense. Just keep it to yourself. Do you want the whole village to know?"

Qin Yue was so frightened that she froze and obediently stood still, clinging to Qin Xiaoxiao's arm.

"What, coming to the fields with me today?"

Qin Yue nodded, "Grandma was worried you wouldn't be able to finish it all by yourself, so she sent me over to help you."

Qin Xiaoxiao gave Qin Yue a disdainful look. "You, you're lucky if you don't cause me trouble, let alone help me with chores? Heh..."

Qin Yue immediately patted her chest and assured her, "Who do you think you are? I promise I'll do more work than you today, and I'll make sure you finish your work and earn work points."

Qin Xiaoxiao waved her hand impatiently, "Fine, fine, you can do it, okay? I'm counting on you."

Seeing that Qin Xiaoxiao didn't believe her, Qin Yue immediately ran to Qin Feng and asked him to give her some work as well, with the work points going to Qin Xiaoxiao.

Qin Feng was delighted to see Qin Yue working in the fields, hoping that this would keep her in line and prevent her from causing him trouble, so he immediately agreed.

After the tasks were divided, Qin Xiaoxiao was assigned to another group with Aunt Liu and Aunt Song. The three of them then started gossiping together.

"Did you hear them calling at Old Li's house at the east end of the village half the night last night?"

Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, and she leaned forward again. "I didn't hear anything. My brat Qin Yue scared me so much last night that I went to bed early. I didn't hear anything. What's wrong? What happened?"

Aunt Song and Aunt Liu exchanged a glance, clearly both of them knew what had happened and had come to the scene.

Qin Xiaoxiao looked left and right, and urged in a low voice, "Hurry up and tell me, what's our relationship? Why are you keeping it from me? That's not fair! Besides, do you think I'd just tell anyone? I'm a very good person."

Aunt Song and Aunt Liu exchanged another glance before whispering to Qin Xiaoxiao.

"Don't tell anyone. Not many people know about this right now. We don't know exactly what happened. We only have a vague understanding and are not sure."

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded, "Okay, okay, I understand. I won't tell anyone. Tell me what happened."

Aunt Song whispered, "Hey, to talk about the Li family, we have to go back to forty years ago."

Upon hearing this, Qin Xiaoxiao realized it was going to be a big show, and she became even more energetic. She moved her small stool closer to Aunt Song and took out some melon seeds from her pocket, stuffing them into Aunt Song's hand.

"More than forty years ago, the head of the Li family, the late Old Master Li, was the manager of a pawnshop in the county town. At that time, the owner of the pawnshop was quite stingy and did not arrange a place for Old Master Li to live. So Old Master Li had to run back and forth to the county every morning and evening."

One night, Old Li came home late. It was winter and snowing heavily. Old Li was in a hurry to get home, so he asked the driver to hurry up.

Sure enough, trouble struck as the carriage was approaching the village when the wheels slipped, nearly causing it to plunge into a ravine. Luckily, a large rock by the roadside saved it from the fall.

Old Li got out of the carriage to check, and as soon as he stepped off, he saw a bundle lying next to a large rock. He opened it and found a child inside.

Qin Xiaoxiao stared at Aunt Song without blinking, and then sighed in admiration.

"Oh... sigh!... Ah!... Really!... My God!... That was close!..."

Aunt Song glanced at Qin Xiaoxiao with great satisfaction, thinking to herself, "No wonder she's willing to chat with this girl. Look at her, she always knows how to follow the rhythm and is such a good supporter!"

Since she's so supportive, she's willing to say more.

"The child was a boy. Old Li was stunned. Who would abandon a boy these days? Could there be something wrong with the child?"

But we've already found the child, we can't just leave him in the snow and ignore him. We can't just watch him freeze to death, can we?

Moreover, Old Li felt that since the child had saved his life, he wanted the child to save his life in return; they were destined to be together.

Thinking that the family was wealthy enough to raise a child, they took the child home.

Mrs. Li had just given birth, and since both children could be raised together, and seeing that the adopted child was a boy, she thought it over and agreed. (End of Chapter)