Han Yin wiped her tears and asked anxiously, "What's going on? Tell me quickly, you're driving me crazy!"
Cheng Yaoyao asked back: "When did you find out I was missing?"
Zhang Xiaofeng said: "Han Yin is too impatient, let me tell you."
It turned out that Han Yin and Zhang Xiaofeng went home, packed some clothes and a piece of fabric for Grandma Xie, and returned in less than 20 minutes. When they returned to the slope, they did not find Cheng Yaoyao, but a basket of Qingming vegetables was left neatly on the ground.
Lin Guiyuan, who was closest to Cheng Yaoyao at the time, said: "When I turned around, Cheng Zhiqing was gone. I thought she went home with you guys."
The other girls said, "Since Cheng Zhiqing left with you, he must have gone home on his own. Why don't you go to Xie's house first to look for him? Maybe he's already home."
Zhang Xiaofeng and Han Yin looked at each other, feeling depressed. Cheng Yaoyao couldn't possibly leave alone. Zhang Xiaofeng was calm and held down Han Yin, who was about to get angry, and said with a smile, "Yaoyao must have been impatient and ran home first. Let's go directly to Xie's house to find him."
As soon as the two walked away, Han Yin said anxiously, "Yaoyao has been very timid these days. It's impossible for him to run away alone."
Zhang Xiaofeng calmed himself down and said, "Don't worry. Isn't Xie Zhao going back to the village? Yaoyao might have gone to the village entrance to meet him."
Holding on to a glimmer of hope, the two first went to Xie's house to take a peek, only Grandma Xie was alone. The two then hurried to the village entrance, but did not find Cheng Yaoyao, but instead waited for Xie Zhao who had returned to the village alone.
After hearing what the two said, Xie Zhao's face immediately turned gloomy.
Zhang Xiaofeng said guiltily, "Where on earth could Yaoyao have gone? Lin Guiyuan said that Yaoyao disappeared the moment she turned her head."
Xie Zhao asked about the location of the slope, and his face became even uglier. He told Han Yin and Zhang Xiaofeng to wait at the entrance of Xie's alley and not to show any abnormality, and he picked up the hatchet and walked towards the slope alone.
Han Yin was so anxious that she was furious: "What does he mean? Yaoyao is missing, we must quickly tell the team and mobilize everyone in the village to look for her together!"
Zhang Xiaofeng was more thoughtful and pulled him aside, saying, "Xie Zhao must have his reasons for doing this. Yaoyao's disappearance is very strange. Don't you think it's strange? Xie Zhao asked us to pick up Yaoyao these days. Yaoyao is also very timid. Except for going to work, he stays with us and never goes out by himself. It seems like he is on guard against something."
Han Yin became more and more shocked as she listened: "You mean, then she was targeted by bad guys? Then isn't she..."
Zhang Xiaofeng and Han Yin guessed it almost exactly.
They both saw with their own eyes that Xie Zhao entered the village alone. The tricks he used to fool the villagers could not be hidden from them. Cheng Yaoyao simply told them all the bad things that Cheng Nuonuo had done, hiding the part about Raspberry and Lingquan, and just said that Xie Zhao arrived and saved them before they could do anything bad.
They both shuddered in disbelief.
"Oh my God, she is your biological sister! Even if you are not sisters, you are all educated youth from the same place. How could she do such a bad thing? After all, she is a woman!"
Cheng Yaoyao sighed: "Keep your voice down. It will be terrible if Grandma Xie hears it. She is old and can't stand being scared."
Han Yin covered her mouth and nodded, still looking shocked.
Zhang Xiaofeng said: "Then where are Cheng Nonuo and the others now..."
"Yeah, yeah!" Jianjian ran out of the yard on his short legs, holding a piece of meat in his greasy mouth.
Grandma Xie, wearing an apron, also appeared at the gate and said with a smile, "What have you three been talking about for so long? Come in!"
"Hey!" The three of them restrained their expressions and smiled.
The Xie family's yard is still as clean and warm as before.
In the downwind corner of the yard, there is a chicken coop enclosed by a bamboo fence. A dozen hens are playing around in the coop. Unlike other families, the chickens are not raised freely in the yard, making the ground full of chicken feces.
The vegetables in the small vegetable garden were lush and green, and the two skinny strawberries had grown very strong, producing more than a dozen bright red strawberries. Each strawberry was covered with leaves to prevent dust from getting on it. There was also a bamboo frame outside, and the gaps between the bamboo pieces just caught the stubborn little claws. It stared at the strawberries for a long time but failed to get them.
A bag of water-ground rice slurry was hung in front of the patio, and a copper basin was placed underneath, dripping with snow-white glutinous rice water.
The orange and white kitten was very crazy. It would rub against everyone's legs and make noises until everyone praised it and touched it.
The peaceful and homely atmosphere in the courtyard gradually calmed Cheng Yaoyao's anxiety and fear.
Zhang Xiaofeng and Han Yin both asked about Grandma Xie's well-being in a sweet way. Grandma Xie said cheerfully, "You guys are here just for the sake of coming. Why bring anything? Grandma loves young kids like you to come and make a fuss. Jianjian is back today, too. How great!"
He raised his chubby face, licked his greasy lips and thanked his grandma, saying, "Yeah!"
"What are you talking about? You are such a heartless little thing. You have been running around for so many days and now you want meat as soon as you get home." Grandma Xie deliberately put on a stern face. "It's nice outside. There is chicken for you to eat outside?"
Cheng Yaoyao smiled and said, "Grandma, please don't say that. If that happens, Jianjian will steal the chicken we stewed today, and we can eat it all the way to Lin'an City as dry food!"
Everyone couldn't help laughing.
Grandma Xie smiled and suddenly pulled Cheng Yaoyao and said, "Yaoyao, why are your clothes so dirty?"
Cheng Yaoyao's brand new white shirt with blue edges was obviously dirty. Grandma Xie could tell at a glance.
"Ah..." Cheng Yaoyao pretended to be nonchalant and repeated the confession he had agreed with Xie Zhao to Grandma Xie: "I went to the village entrance to pick up Xie Zhao and accidentally fell down."
Grandma Xie asked, "Hey, where did you fall? Are you injured? Where did you fall to get hurt like this?"
Han Yin and Zhang Xiaofeng both stared at Cheng Yaoyao nervously.
Cheng Yaoyao's eyes trembled and he looked away unconsciously: "I was picking raspberries to eat, and I... accidentally fell into the ditch."
Grandma Xie wiped the dust off her collar with a towel and complained, "You are not a child anymore. You went to pick this and dropped it! Next time you want to eat it, ask Zhao to pick it for you! Zhao, you are the same. You don't like Yaoyao, but you still indulge her!"
As soon as Xie Zhao came out after changing into clean clothes, he was scolded by Grandma Xie.
Cheng Yaoyao looked at Xie Zhao eagerly. Xie Zhao admitted his fault to Grandma Xie in a good-tempered manner and said to Cheng Yaoyao, "The water is ready. Let your sister take a bath and change her clothes."
Grandma Xie said, "Okay. Raspberries are the most attractive to snakes. I don't know what dirty things you picked up in the ditch. Go wash them quickly. Don't soak them for half a day. We are still waiting for you to make dumplings."
Han Yin and Zhang Xiaofeng laughed and said, "Aren't we here? We'll help you make dumplings!"
Han Yin and Zhang Xiaofeng washed their hands and went straight into the kitchen. Xie Zhao came out of the kitchen carrying hot water and took it to the utility room.
Grandma Xie ordered: "Zhao Ge'er, ask Yaoyao to wash quickly, and then have dinner!"
"Um."
Han Yin whispered to Zhang Xiaofeng, "So Xie Zhao prepares Yaoyao's bath water every day?"
"Tsk!" Zhang Xiaofeng pushed her, and both of them couldn't help laughing.
Xie Zhao cut a large piece of pork belly, Cheng Yaoyao chopped pork, carrots and mushrooms early in the morning, and prepared a pot of dumpling stuffing. A large ball of kneaded dough was covered with a wet towel, and there was also a bowl of flour.
Han Yin picked up the basin and smelled it: "It smells really good. Yaoyao must have put a lot of sesame oil in it, right?"
Grandma Xie said, "You are tired from work, so why would I ask you to do any work at home? Put it down, I will fix it in a moment!"
Zhang Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Grandma Xie, please don't be polite. I'm from the north and I'm the best at rolling out dumpling wrappers!"
Han Yin also said: "Every time I come to your house, I eat and drink for free. How can you be tired? Leave this to us, you go and prepare the dishes. The Korean mixed vegetables you mix are the most delicious!"
“Yes, yes, yes.” Grandma Xie said cheerfully, “I knew you were coming, so I prepared it a long time ago!”
Korean mixed vegetables are a special cold salad. Beans, bean curd, cucumber, enoki mushrooms, carrots and other ingredients are cut into strips, vermicelli is soaked, boiled and cooled, and then minced garlic, Korean chili sauce and seasonings are added to mix well. It is appetizing and refreshing. This dish is not limited to ingredients, and any leftovers and ingredients at home can be made. Every time after eating dumplings, braised pork and other big dishes, it is a bit greasy. Grandma Xie brings this bowl of Korean mixed vegetables, and everyone's appetite is immediately opened again.
Today, Grandma Xie prepared juicy cucumbers, water celery, shredded carrots, black fungus, and konjac noodles made by Cheng Yaoyao herself. She mixed the ingredients while watching Zhang Xiaofeng roll out the dumpling wrappers.
I saw her pinching the dough with one hand, flattening it with the base of her palm, pinching the edge of the dumpling skin with the other hand, turning and rolling it, and soon a round and thin dumpling skin appeared under her hands.
Grandma Xie praised me, "You are really good! You are so young, but you can cook noodles so well."
Zhang Xiaofeng smiled and said, "My family is from the north, and I've watched my mom make it since I was little, so of course I know how to do it. But my skills can't compare to Yaoyao's."
"Don't praise her. If you praise her any more, she'll go to heaven." Grandma Xie's wrinkles showed a smile. "But our Yaoyao is really good at cooking. It's inherited from our ancestors. She can make any home-cooked dish delicious! After dinner, let Yaoyao make you some green rice dumplings. They're really delicious."
"Okay, okay! Last time Yaoyao brought me a green rice dumpling, and I was craving for a long time after eating it!" Han Yin nodded repeatedly.
Grandma Xie said "Oh" and then seemed to remember: "Hey, have you picked the Qingming vegetables and soaked them?"
Han Yin slapped her thigh: "Oh! Ah!"
The sound at the back was caused by being strangled. Zhang Xiaofeng glared at her and asked with concern, "What happened?"
Han Yin's face was distorted, and she gasped for breath while forcing a smile: "No...nothing, I just remembered that we were in a hurry to get back and forgot about the Qingming vegetables!"
Grandma Xie was mixing the vegetables in the bowl, and after a pause, she smiled and said, "You are too careless."
Zhang Xiaofeng said hurriedly: "We'll pick some more later."
When Grandma Xie turned around to do something, Han Yin and Zhang Xiaofeng immediately looked terrified and started to make hand gestures to each other. Han Yin covered her mouth and whispered, "Did you reveal your secrets?"
"It's all your fault. You talk so quickly!" Zhang Xiaofeng complained to her, which was a rare occurrence.
Han Yin and Zhang Xiaofeng were feeling anxious, but Cheng Yaoyao was taking it easy.
There was steam rising from the sundries room. Two drops of rose essential oil were dropped into the water, and the air was immediately filled with the unique fragrance of roses.
Cheng Yaoyao let her hair down and soaked in hot water. She looked at the scrapes and bruises on her arms, which were particularly shocking because of her snow-white skin. She was afraid that there were more on her back, which was always aching.
Cheng Yaoyao sank into the hot water, the spiritual spring seeped into the hot water, the candlelight fell on the water and melted into a golden halo, and everything in front of him became magical. The hot water brushed his skin, taking away the dust and those disgusting touches and memories.
In the void, the small lotus leaves swayed, trying to get closer to Xie Zhao who was outside the door.
The drop of spiritual spring it gave Cheng Yaoyao today was so powerful that it made a thin branch suddenly grow to the thickness of a bowl. Later, Cheng Yaoyao released most of the spiritual spring, which really hurt the little lotus leaf. The large lotus leaves all retracted their leaves, leaving only the little lotus leaf drooping. Just now, Xie Zhao carried Cheng Yaoyao all the way, and the little lotus leaf still didn't absorb enough yang energy, and clamored for more.
Zhang Xiaofeng and Han Yin are both at home. It's broad daylight. What does Xiao Heye want to do?
Cheng Yaoyao directly cut off the spiritual consciousness.
She blew out a string of bubbles and popped out of the water. She pushed her wet hair back, and the water drops rolled over her smooth forehead, down her straight nose and lips.
Her skin has returned to its flawless whiteness.
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