Chapter 058 Chapter 58

Yuan Ming and Ji Qingyue looked at each other, their bodies tensed subconsciously.

"You all know about Song Yan's miscarriage, right?" Cao asked.

Yuan Ming nodded.

Cao's face was full of regret, and she couldn't help sighing.

"Yang Tao has not yet started a family at this age, and the Yang couple are almost getting anxious. Now something like this has happened to the second child, and Qing'e has fallen ill and hasn't recovered for more than half a month."

Yuan Ming listened carefully. It was normal for Cao to be sad when an accident happened in the neighbor's house, but it was not enough to call them all back, and it had been so long since this happened.

Sure enough, he heard Cao change the subject: "Song Yan's miscarriage was an accident. Although it is sad, it is not a big deal. But we just found out a few days ago that Yang Chao and Song Yan had already planned not to have children and even wanted to take medicine to have an abortion."

Hearing this, Yuan Ming and Ji Qingyue's expressions did not change much.

Cao's eyes widened, and she pointed at them in disbelief: "Did you know this a long time ago?"

Yuan Ming was afraid that she would think too much, so he said hesitantly: "Brother Yang is very busy running a noodle shop. I go to the school every day and rarely meet him. I did hear him talk about this matter before, but he didn't say it in detail."

"Qing'e and his wife are looking forward to having a grandson all day long, but they don't want the child after all the hard work. They are really too impulsive."

Ji Qingyue couldn't help but speak for Song Yan: "It's not impulsive. Sister Yan said that their new shop has just opened, Regular customers come for her cooking skills, and she can't leave the kitchen without someone around. If she neglects to take care of a child, it will be bad for both the child and the adults."

Cao frowned: "What's so difficult about taking care of a child? Dali and Qing'e can do it."

Ji Qingyue wanted to say something, but Yuan Ming held his hand from under the table.

"Mother, we didn't agree with them at the time, but it's someone else's family affair after all, and it's not good to mention it again after it's been said once. Don't worry, mother, Qingqing and I definitely don't have such thoughts."

Cao's eyes swept over them: "Really?"

"Of course, Qingqing has been looking forward to becoming a father soon." Yuan Ming said as he touched Ji Qingyue's belly.

Ji Qingyue blushed, and she couldn't remember what she wanted to say just now. She nodded and said, "I will try my best."

Cao couldn't help laughing, "Okay, okay, I believe you. Let's eat quickly, it will be cold soon."

After cleaning up the dishes and returning to the bedroom, Yuan Ming carried Ji Qingyue to bed.

Their house was surrounded by mud, and the insulation effect was average. When it snowed, the house was like an ice cellar. There was a brazier in the middle of the room, but the air was still cold.

Fortunately, Yuan Ming had filled a few hot water bottles and stuffed them into the quilt early, so the bed was barely warm now.

Ji Qingyue hugged Yuan Ming tightly like a koala, curled up into a ball, with nothing exposed except her eyes.

"It's so cold in this room." Ji Qingyue said, "Mother still refuses to go to town with us. No one will know if she freezes to death."

He paused, raised half of his body and pressed on Yuan Ming: "Could Mother have heard our conversation? Is she angry because she thinks I don't want to live with her?" Ji Qingyue's expression became anxious: "That's not what I meant. No! I have to go and explain it to her." Yuan Ming even

said, "I don't want to live with her." She

quickly held him down: "It's so cold outside, and Mother is asleep, why are you going to look for her now? And it should have nothing to do with you if Mother doesn't want to go to town, don't blame yourself."

Ji Qingyue was still a little uneasy: "I'll talk to Mother tomorrow, it's too cold here, she's alone at home and she won't be willing to light charcoal, she will definitely freeze."

Yuan Ming nodded: "Okay."

The next day Yuan Ming got up early, he still had to go to school.

Cao was busy in the kitchen before dawn, and after Yuan Ming washed up, hot buns were served on the table, stuffed with mushrooms and minced meat, which was Yuan Ming's favorite flavor.

"Time is a bit tight. I just steamed two pots. Tell Yue Ge'er to go back later and wait until the buns are ready. The weather has been cold recently. If you put them in a ventilated place, they will not go bad after being eaten for more than ten days. You can ride on Yang Tao's ox cart."

Yuan Ming had no objection: "Then I'll go and tell Qingqing to let him sleep more."

"Ming'er, I have something to ask you."

It was the first time that Yuan Ming heard Cao call his name in such a serious tone. He sat up straight and looked at her: "Go ahead."

"I heard that a royal envoy came to the town some time ago. He is the prince of the current dynasty and is very close to you."

"I'm just a commoner. How can I have a relationship with the prince? I was ordered by the town governor to meet the royal envoy. During the meeting, the prince saw that I wrote well, so he asked me to do a little job, nothing else." Yuan Ming said.

Cao sat down beside him, held his hand, and said softly: "Mother knows what you are obsessed with. If I had known this, I would not have told you your life story. Even if I said that your father was just a sickly man who died early, I would not have troubled you until now."

"Mother..."

"You want to find him and make him regret it. It is your choice. Mother supports you, but mother does not want you to trap yourself in it, and you must not do things that you will regret. If you use any means to achieve your goals, then what is the difference between you and that person?"

Yuan Ming lowered his eyes.

This was not the first time Cao had heard him say these words. He had said them more than ten times in his two lifetimes, but he never really listened to them.

It was just as she said. He was essentially no different from that person.

"Don't worry." Yuan Ming raised his head, his eyes full of determination: "I will look for him, but not now, and compared to hatred, I cherish the time I spend with you and January more."

Cao looked at him steadily, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after a while: "Yue brother is really the right person to marry."

"Well, Qingqing is very good. She wanted to get up and look for you in the middle of her sleep last night." Yuan Ming said.

Cao wondered: "What did you look for me for?"

"It's cold in the house. Qingqing is worried that you will freeze to death living here alone. She hopes you can come to the town and live with us." Yuan Ming said.

"Did he really say that?"

Yuan Ming raised his hand: "How can I lie to you? How about I call him over and let him tell you in person?"

Cao held him back and said angrily: "Why call him up? He can't help, so he might as well lie down in the house and stand here to block the way."

Yuan Ming nodded: "Then I won't go."

He took a bite of the bun dipped in vinegar. The mushrooms inside were local delicacies that were only available near the end of the year. It had been more than half a year since Yuan Ming was reborn, but the taste of the buns was already deep in his memory.

"Delicious!"

Cao smiled immediately: "I knew you liked it."

After that, she went to the stove and prepared to pick up the next pot of buns.

After breakfast, the carriage had arrived at the door, and it was time for Yuan Ming to leave.

He looked at Cao, who was curled up on a small bench, and a slight sourness surged in his heart.

"Mother, do you really not want to live with us?"

Cao was silent, and paused when she bent down to pick up firewood.

"No, it's nice here."

Hearing this, Yuan Ming no longer insisted, but sighed secretly.

When Cao was pregnant with him, she was still full of fantasies about the scum father. With her status, she could only be a concubine, but it was worth it to be able to stay with her lover.

But what she didn't expect was that the scum father was just greedy for her youth and beauty. After learning that she was pregnant, he immediately changed his face and threw her a bowl of abortion medicine.

He valued face so much and put profit first, how could he allow his eldest son to crawl out of a servant's belly.

Cao certainly disagreed. The scum father didn't force her to drink the medicine, but he put her under house arrest. If she didn't have an abortion, she would not be free.

Later, Cao tried her best to escape and returned to her hometown. The prime minister knew the general location of her home and had already issued a bounty, so she was deceived by an acquaintance as soon as she returned to the town and almost lost her life.

It was also that time that the prime minister thought she was dead, so he did not track down her whereabouts.

After Cao Shi tried to survive, she did not dare to stay in the town any longer, so she changed her name and went south along the river, and finally settled in Shangguan Village.

In order to prevent more trouble, Cao Shi never left Shangguan Village, and had never even been to Shifang Town. If she encountered a situation that was really unavoidable, she would also cover her face completely with a cloth.

Yuan Ming knew very well that Cao Shi had to live secretly for him. If she had agreed to the prime minister to abort the child, maybe she would not have to hide and suffer for twenty years.

After calming down, Yuan Ming went to the bedroom to say something to Ji Qingyue, and then got on the carriage back to the town.