Qi Qingyao slept till morning the next day. She was woken up by hunger!

When the children awakened and saw their mommy beside them, they happily surrounded her, wanting hugs and kisses. They did not see their mother return before they went to bed last night and had been lying down together on the bed in confusion for a long time. They resisted the urge to go out looking for her, fearing that their mother had abandoned them.

They cried in bed for a good while before finally exhausting themselves to sleep.

Some time after they drifted off to sleep, they woke up blearily, dreading that their mother would not be able to come in through the door when she returned. Xiaobao had removed the bolt from the door so that their mother would not need to knock when she came back. He could not remember exactly when he had fallen asleep again after worrying fretfully for the entire night.

They did not know when she had returned either.

Now that Mommy was lying down beside them, the children were dancing out of joy. They even wanted to jump up and down on the bed to express their happiness.

Qi Qingyao gave each of them a kiss on the cheek.

The four of them washed themselves up after they had risen. Then, Qi Qingyao went next door to call the other two over to eat. Weirdly enough, the two of them appeared from downstairs. Could they have gone to the toilet again? Well, it was normal to relieve oneself after waking up in the morning.

She called the two to the room to have breakfast together.

While they were eating, Qi Qingyao noticed that one particular man's eyes seemed to be fixed on Si Jin. However, Si Jin was still cradling his bowl obediently as he shoveled down the porridge in big gulps like the cutie he was. She realized recently that Si Jin loved rice and plain porridge, so she would order ten bowls of rice every day and give a few extra bowls to Si Jin. He was like a little rice tub that would definitely mop up the grain!

Jiang Yeqian's unblinking eyes that were fixed on Si Jin were cold and persistent.

This "affectionate gaze" touched Qi Qingyao to the point she was rubbing at her eyes.

She thought to herself, 'Could some secret, adulterous things have happened between the two of them after sleeping in the same bed every night?'

Being a very simple person, Si Jin seemed to have not noticed the oppressing gaze on him at all. He devoured three large bowls of porridge in one breath before finally slowing down a little.

Noting how much he had eaten in the morning, Qi Qingyao was shocked! What kind of 'exercise' had they been doing last night for him to be so ravished~?

Hohoho~!

After a while, Jiang Yeqian finally looked away before glancing at the pile of unprocessed herbs in the corner of the room. He then asked Qi Qingyao if she still needed them to carry out any tasks in the village today.

QI Qingyao firmly replied, "There's no need. I want you two to stay here and keep watch of these herbs so long as they have not been sold. These are more important than my life! I will hang myself of a beam if someone were to steal them!"

"..." Jiang Yeqian was speechless. This woman always placed money over her life!

Si Jin drank another bowl of porridge before licking his lips and putting down the bowl. "Where do you plan on selling these medicinal herbs?"

Qi Qingyao paused at this question. She still had not figured out where she was going to sell them.

After their meal, Qi Qingyao deliberately ran over to the next door. The scent of the medicinal herbs was not as thick here. When she saw the servant passing by with a pot of tea, she seized the opportunity and pulled at his sleeve and slipped him a bit of money. The servant's eyes lit up. They indulged in some histrionics before the servant stowed the money in his sleeves before immediately following Qi Qingyao into the room. He put down the teapot and Qi Qingyao immediately poured them both some tea as she asked in a courteous voice, "Mister, I have a friend who recently stumbled upon a batch of quality medicinal herbs, ginseng and the like. She asked me if there were any places here where she could sell them."