The sun was about to set, and the red clouds in the sky gathered in the westernmost part, stacked up one after another, as if they were going to a beautiful feast.

They came to Sun Bailian's home tonight. The grape racks in his yard were full of bunches of grapes, each one was full and juicy. They picked a bunch and washed them in well water. They tasted best when they were cold. When the washed grapes were brought over, a group of little guys gathered around them.

It was a hot day, and it was just right to eat a bunch of cold grapes at this time.

Aning led a group of kids to line up and wash their hands. The kids played so hard that their palms were all black. They were not allowed to eat without washing them. After they washed their hands, they were allowed to take food.

"Mom, ah..." Little Baoer clung to Mom's thigh, tilted his head, opened his little mouth, and even made an "ah" sound, which made everyone laugh. Qi Wanfeng couldn't help laughing, pinched a grape and put it into the kid's mouth, and asked, "Baoer, is it sweet?"

"Sweet." He nodded affirmatively, ate one, and the kid opened his mouth again to eat.

The third child of Sun Bailian's family was brought to the town as soon as he was one month old. Now he is almost a hundred days old. The child is well-fed, with double chins and small arms. He is a strong boy. When he saw the brothers eating, he stared at them with his eyes straight, his mouth moving, and he looked greedy.

"I see that the third child also wants to eat. Do you want to eat too?" Qi Wanfeng teased the child and held the child over. Sun Bailian, the mother, touched the child's lips with a grape and teased the child. The child stuck out his tongue and licked left and right. He smiled when he saw it.

Qi Wanfeng hurriedly stopped Sun Bailian, fearing that he would really put the grapes in the child's mouth, and said, "You can't give this to the third boy. He's still young. You have to wait at least two months before you can feed him some rice porridge."

Sun Bailian, the unruly mother, really wanted to put the grapes in the third boy's mouth, so she took back her hand with a silly smile on her face. However, since her husband was away from home, this brother has also learned to support a family, and brought the three boys home to wait for her husband to come back.

Seeing that his mother held his younger brother, the little Baoer got jealous and wanted to crawl into his mother's arms, trying to squeeze the little brother out and let his mother hold him. "Hey, Baoer, can I hold you? Baoer, do you want some grapes? Do you want to?" Sun Bailian grabbed the little Baoer who was trying to grab a seat and brought him some grapes. The little Baoer immediately forgot that his mother held the little brother and became a little foodie.

Fat Xiaole sat on the stool obediently, picking grapes one by one with his short hands and putting them in his mouth. Seeing that his Baoer was bought off by a few grapes, he despised the little foodie in his heart, even though he was just as good.

The little white fox didn't know where it had gone at this moment. What it feared most was that a group of children would catch it to play with it, so it didn't come out at this time.

While everyone was talking and laughing, no one knew that a small white claw stretched out from the grape rack above their heads and was hooking the bunch of grapes.

"Slightly-" A grape fell down, and the small claw retracted again. The fallen grape did not attract everyone's attention. Wait a minute, it stretched out again, tried several times, and finally hooked a grape and retracted it.

A little white fox was squatting on the grape rack, eating grapes leisurely, so happy.

Seeing such a beautiful picture, Qi Wanfeng's eyes were a little wet. What he feared most was that when that day really came, all the beauty would be gone. He did not dare to tell Sun Bailian the news outside, for fear that he would not be able to accept it. They thought on the bright side, maybe nothing would happen? When Cao Gang and his men came back, they would all be appointed generals.

However, An Ning noticed that Qi Wanfeng was restless and a flash of sadness flashed across his face. He asked him worriedly if something had happened, "Wanfeng, tell me and I'll help you make a decision. Don't keep it to yourself." He knew that Qi Wanfeng was a person who kept things to himself and never told them.

They were close friends, so they should discuss things together instead of keeping things to themselves.

Qi Wanfeng thought about it and told An Ning some things. After hearing this, Aning's face turned pale instantly, and he was stunned and didn't react. Qi Wanfeng thought he was worried, and said, "Aning, don't be afraid. You can bring Xuanxuan to live with me when the time comes. We can take care of each other if something happens."

"Ah... OK, OK." Aning's smile was a little forced, and he said thank you.

"Why thank you? We are all family, so there is no need to thank each other. You can come whenever you want, just bring the children." Qi Wanfeng also told Aning about his and her husband's plan. When the time comes, it will be up to Aning to decide whether to continue to open the store or close it.

"OK." If that's the case, there is no need to keep the store open.

On the way home with the child, Aning's expression was blank, as if she had lost her soul, and no one knew what she was thinking. Xuanxuan didn't know what happened to her mother, so she pulled her hand and called her twice, asking, "What's wrong with you, are you unhappy?"

"No, how could I be unhappy?" Aning asked.

"But you didn't smile at Xuanxuan." Children are the most sensitive. Xuanxuan could feel that her mother was different from usual, and she didn't smile at him when she looked at him. Aning smiled at the child and said, "She's not unhappy, you see, she smiled at Xuanxuan."

Seeing her mother smile, Xuanxuan finally believed that she was not unhappy.

Reaching out and touching the child's head, Aning thought of the man far away in Fengdu. It had been so long since he left with the child, and Xuanxuan had grown so tall. He had no regrets about leaving Prince Duan's Palace. There was no place for them and their son there. If they stayed there, they would eventually die in Prince Duan's Palace. It would be better to escape from that place. There was always a place for them in this big world.

Aning was afraid of the child. He asked, "Xuanxuan, do you miss your father?"

Father? Didn't his mother dislike him asking about his father? Why did his mother ask him if he missed his father? Xuanxuan thought about it and he couldn't even remember what his father looked like. He nervously grabbed his mother's hand and asked, "Mom, are you going to find a father for Xuanxuan?"

He remembered that the uncle in the shop next door always stared at his father and always came to buy food from his mother. The uncle was old and ugly, and he was not worthy of his mother. His mother should at least find someone as powerful as Uncle Xiangnan.

He liked Uncle Xiangnan the most, but Uncle Xiangnan was Anan and Xiangzi's father. He couldn't steal Anan and Xiangzi's father. The child was very tangled.

It was a pity that Ning didn't know the tangled feeling in the child's heart.

"Puff..." Aning couldn't help laughing after hearing what the child said, and quickly said, "No, Mom doesn't want to find a father for Xuanxuan. It's just Mom and Xuanxuan. What do you think?" "

Okay." Xuanxuan was very happy. He took Mom's hand and walked back home. His feet didn't stop jumping all the way. Seeing the child happy was better than anything else. As for the faraway place, since he came out of there, he would never want to take Xuanxuan back in his life. Aning made up his mind.

If Zinuo really went to Fengdu, he knew that the man would have a way to escape. In his heart, Aning still hoped that the man would be safe and sound. After all, that was the person he had given his true heart to since he was young. Even if they were separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, he still hoped that the man would be rich and prosperous for the rest of his life.

The clouds in the west slowly faded away, and those who were going home also went home.

At night, the lights in the room were blown out, and the two people on the bed hugged each other, and faint voices of talking could be heard.

Qi Wanfeng told her husband about his worries, and Cao Xiangnan comforted his sentimental little fool, saying, "We just need to do what we can. You see, even the emperor can't do everything perfectly. There will always be mistakes."

Otherwise, the court would not be in such a mess. The army of Zinu would come here because of the emperor's selfishness. None of them is omnipotent, not even the emperor has that ability. But if ordinary people make mistakes, it's just a small mistake. If the emperor makes a mistake, it concerns everyone in the world.

Some things are inevitable. What should happen will happen, and none of them has the ability to stop it from happening.

Early the next morning, Cao Xiangnan entered the village and went to Li Zheng. He asked someone to call Cao Gui and Sun Yanmiao to come over and tell everyone the news from the north so that everyone would have a good idea and be prepared in advance.

The walls inside and outside the village have been built. Now they are building the secret passages inside and some details. They still need to be strengthened to build Caojia Village into a safe fortress. It will be a place for all of them to take refuge.

He had to remind everyone to pay attention to some things. He was most afraid that someone would hinder them. "Don't let someone do something stupid and harm the whole village."

It's not that there are no people in the village who are not clear-headed. There are really many such people. Don't let those few families harm the whole village and die with them when something really happens.

"I know that if anyone dares to do something to let Caojia Village down, I, Li Zheng, will be the first to drive him out of Caojia Village." The fact that Lao Li Zheng tolerated people in the past does not mean that he will allow those people to do whatever they want now.

Caojia Village should be what it is now, not what it used to be, where it did things indiscriminately. It is a blessing for Caojia Village that Cao Xiangnan came out of Caojia Village. Otherwise, Caojia Village would still be the poorest village in the surrounding area. Now everyone can't even fill their stomachs. It's not like now. Even if the court collects taxes in advance, many families in their village still have some surplus food. Who doesn't have some spare money?

Those who are crying out that they have no food are all lazy people in the village. They are just daydreaming when they lie at home and expect food to fall from the sky.

"Don't worry, Xiangnan. I know what to do when the time comes." Cao Gui, the village chief, is honest, but he is not easy to bully. Otherwise, such an honest man would not be able to be the village chief. He knows the severity of the matter and guarantees that nothing will happen here.

Sun Yanmiao is even more so. This person is shrewd and more skilled. He smiled and promised that nothing would happen, otherwise he would be the first to apologize.

Sun Yanmiao returned to Sun's home and brought the news to the old lady. The old lady sighed slightly and said, "This day has finally come." They didn't expect that they had come to this small village to avoid disasters, but one day a disaster would happen, and I'm afraid it would still affect here.

Everyone sat down to discuss the affairs of the village, and Cao Xiangnan would also give some feasible suggestions. At this time, it depends on everyone's efforts to overcome the difficulties.

He stayed in Li Zheng for a while, and left only when things were almost agreed.