Hua Min sneered, "Is that so? Who can guarantee that this tribe just likes to invade others? Which nearby tribe doesn't hate them? Are you going to collude with them?"
"You're overthinking it. We won't collude with the skeleton soldiers, nor will we tolerate them harming the surrounding tribes anymore. You can rest assured."
Shen Miao repeatedly apologized to Hua Min before she was finally able to persuade Hua Min to leave.
Jiuying said coldly from the side, "What right does she have to question us here? If it weren't for our help, countless orcs from the Ice Ling tribe would have suffered."
"Alright, she was probably just in a hurry and thought we were going to join forces with the skeleton soldiers. It's good that she made herself clear." Shen Miao didn't take it to heart.
Life returned to normal.
Shen Miao accidentally discovered clay during an outing. She was overjoyed; it was a treasure, and she was about to own a batch of pottery products!
It's easier said than done.
Shen Miao didn't know much about pottery making, so she could only learn by trial and error. First, she asked Jiu Ying to build a kiln for her, specifically for firing pottery. Jiu Ying built it according to her instructions, but she had no idea what to make.
They assumed Shen Miao just wanted to play by herself and even told Qing Chen that she was still a child at heart.
Qingchen didn't really approve of her getting involved in these messy things, so Shen Miao usually wouldn't go to him. If she had to go, she would go to Jiu Ying, who was easier to talk to.
After acquiring the kiln, Shen Miao began making clay models herself. She had visited pottery shops in her previous life, but back then she had guidance, and the experience was completely different from now.
After much effort, a bunch of clay blanks were made, and the next step was to fire the kiln.
Shen Miao was filled with anticipation, thinking about the time-travel novels she had read before, where the protagonist would go to ancient times and create a piece of porcelain by firing a fire. She thought to herself, "Wouldn't it be amazing if I could create a piece of porcelain too? That would probably cause a sensation throughout the entire region."
You know, the people here don't even have pottery, they skipped straight to porcelain, it's absolutely amazing.
Shen Miao had a beautiful dream all night, but when she opened the kiln the next day, it was full of fragments, not even a complete shape.
My dream of porcelain has shattered.
Shen Miao tried several more times, but the success rate was only about one or two percent. The finished product was also ugly, so Shen Miao didn't want to use it in the kitchen and used it to grow flowers.
As a result, after only two days of planting, the children broke the terracotta pot while playing wildly, smashing it to pieces along with the orchid inside.
When Shen Miao heard the sound, she came out and felt so heartbroken that she could hardly breathe.
Her earthenware pot was turned into a pile of corpses. When Xiao Sibao saw Shen Miao's hideous appearance, his heart pounded in his chest. He quickly and obediently squatted down to pick up the porcelain shards.
Because she didn't know the porcelain shards were very sharp, she injured her finger and cried loudly in pain.
The courtyard was thrown into chaos.
When Qingchen returned from outside, she saw that Xiao Sibao's hands were covered in blood, while Shen Miao was standing aside in a daze, and she felt a little uncomfortable.
"What happened?"
Erbao blurted out, "Xiao Sibao broke Mommy's flowerpot. Mommy got angry, and Xiao Sibao went to pick up the shards. He got a big cut and bled a lot."
Qingchen glanced at the shards scattered on the ground, closed his eyes briefly, and said patiently, "Sibao, come here, let me treat your wounds."
Little Sibao obediently followed Qingchen.
The remaining children looked at each other and silently fell silent.
Shen Miao finally came to her senses and found that Qing Chen had already taken Xiao Sibao to deal with the situation, so she didn't follow them in. Instead, she took a broom and began to sweep up the dirt and debris on the ground.
The poor orchid was wilted from the fall, so Shen Miao found a new place to plant it, but she didn't know if it would survive.
After thinking it over, she decided to discipline the kids, so she pointed to the flowers and plants in the house and said, "Be careful when you play in the future, don't touch these things, and if you want to run, go outside, understand?"
"This is their home, where do you expect them to run off to?" Qingchen's voice suddenly interrupted.
Shen Miao turned around and saw that he was holding Xiao Sibao in his arms. Xiao Sibao's eyes were red from crying, and his injured finger was wrapped up like a carrot, looking terribly ugly.
She looked away, raised an eyebrow, and said, "I'm teaching the kids to take care of the things in the house. Are you arguing with me?"
Qingchen didn't understand when she was being argumentative, and simply said, "They're still just kids. You have time to mess around with all that nonsense, but can't you spend more time with them?"
Shen Miao frowned.
What kind of nonsense is she messing around with? Is he blind?
She made so many things in the house. Take the kitchen, for example. Without the pots, pans, and seasonings she made, would he be able to use them so conveniently and eat so happily?
Now they're blaming her for making a mess of things.
Shen Miao felt a surge of anger rising in her heart. She rolled up her sleeves and said, "What strange things are you talking about? If you think they're weird, then don't use them, and don't eat the food I cook. Also, I'm the one who cleaned up this yard. Don't look at the flowers I planted, and don't eat the vegetables I planted."
The children were so frightened by the two adults arguing that they didn't dare to breathe.
Qingchen looked very unhappy and frowned, saying, "Don't act like a crazy woman, you're scaring the children."
Shen Miao felt incredibly wronged.
She usually put so much effort into taking care of the baby, but when it came to Qingchen, he was nothing. She couldn't help but feel a little red in her eyes and blurted out, "Fine, you take good care of him. You take care of him. I won't care about anything from now on. Let's see what you can do."
After saying that, she angrily threw down the broom and stormed out of the house.
The children were left behind, looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Waaah, Mommy ran away! Daddy, you made Mommy run away! She doesn't want us anymore! Waaah!" Little Sibao started crying first.
When she cried, the other babies started crying too.
Qingchen was at her wit's end. She tried to comfort one person, but the other started crying. She was completely at a loss.
He could only say, "Mother won't run away. You're all still here. Where could she run off to? Stop crying."
The kids were still sneezing.
Qingchen reflected on his words and realized that they had indeed been a bit harsh. He had seen everything Shen Miao had done, and she was really trying her best for the family.
"Daddy, Erbao and I are going to find Mother," Dabao suddenly said.
Qingchen hesitated for a moment, then said, "You all wait at home, I'll go."
He had felt a little embarrassed just now, but after hearing what the kids said, he realized that he was even more timid than them.
It's just an apology. If you've done something wrong, you should apologize.
Qingchen couldn't find anyone anywhere and was so anxious that he was about to go up the mountain to look for them when suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and ran to the pond where he had watched the moon that night.
A slender figure sat by the pond, gazing up at the sky.
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