More than half a month later, the team left the desert, passed through Jiuyuan Pass, and returned to Dasheng Kingdom.

Su Youyue, who was still secretly anxious, finally calmed down completely.

The shadow that Tuoba Xiao brought to her was so great that she had obviously run away from him, but the fear in her heart was still lingering and would not dissipate for a long time.

After returning to Dasheng, they temporarily rented a private house in a village in Jiuyuan Pass, preparing to let the team rest for two days and replenish supplies.

There are four members of the homeowner's family living in the front yard. There is only an old lady with her daughter-in-law, a grandson and a granddaughter. There is also a man at home who is the father of two children, but he has joined the army and is not at home now.

When Su Youyue first arrived, she felt that the two children in the family were secretly watching her. When they settled down and sat down in the yard, she heard the two children muttering outside the fence.

"That sister looks like the fairy that storytellers talk about!"

"Sister, can we go in and see the fairy?"

"No, Agou, I told you that although these people are dressed in ordinary clothes, they look like big shots. We can't disturb them, or they will beat us!"

"All right……"

The words of the two people had strong accents. Su Youyue could only understand sixty-seven out of ten, but she still couldn't help laughing. When she turned around, she saw two pairs of black eyes peeking at her from the hole in the fence.

The two children didn't expect to be discovered and were about to run away in fear, but Su Youyue waved to them.

The two little cubs were dumbfounded and muttered on the spot for a while. In the end, they could not resist the temptation and got in through the gap in the fence one after another.

Su Youyue, who originally thought that the two of them would come in through the back door, was also stunned for a moment: "Why did you come in from here? There are no scratches, right?"

The boy seemed to be very shy and hid behind the girl, not daring to speak.

The girl quickly shook her head: "Miss, no, we are thick-skinned!"

The two children are about seven or eight years old. The girl is a little taller, but they are both thin, with a yellowish look from malnutrition on their faces, but they are very energetic and have many patches on their clothes. , but it looks clean.

When Su Youyue saw the two of them, she couldn't help but recall the dead children in the massacred village she had seen before, and then thought of the children in Yanjing. Compared with the children on the two sides, their lives were very different.

She felt pity for a moment and wanted to give the two children something to eat, but her sleeves were empty. She had not had a few good bites in the past two months, so how could she get snacks for the little ones.

She waved her hand: "You don't need to call me miss, just call me aunt. What are your names and how old are you?"

The girl answered quickly: "My name is Xiaohua, and my brother's name is Agou. My grandfather gave us the names because he said they are easy to make a living with."

At this moment, Agou also mustered up the courage to share his joy with his good-looking aunt: "My father asked someone to bring a letter to say that he will be back in a few days."

Xiaohua nodded vigorously: "My father hasn't been back for three years. When he left, he said that when he came back, he would make a small wooden sword for me and Agou, so that we could also learn martial arts and fight against the Dongrong people in the future!"

Su Youyue saw that the two children's eyes were bright, and her mood couldn't help being infected by them, and she felt much better.

Although they would only stay for two days and then leave, and would not be able to see the grandfather and father of their two children, it did not stop her from imagining how happy the family would be when they reunited.

Just as he was talking, Xie Yuan came out of the room. He was tall and powerful, making it difficult for ordinary people to resist, let alone two little cubs.

The two children who were talking non-stop just now were so frightened that they shrank.

Su Youyue turned around and saw that it was Xie Yuan, but she smiled, pointed at him and told the two children to shout: "Call me aunt, just call him uncle Xie."

Xiaohua and Agou looked at each other, and it was Xiaohua who spoke first: "Uncle Xie..."

After shouting, the little girl stared at the man's trousers nervously, not daring to look up.

Xie Yuan looked down at the two little cubs, his face expressionless as usual.

Agou was so frightened that he almost peed. He thought that the man was angry because he didn't call him, so he stammered and shouted: "Thank you...thank you, uncle."

Su Youyue quickly poked the man with her arm, and Xie Yuancai responded: "Yes."

The two children immediately ran away as if they had been granted amnesty.

Seeing them running away, Su Youyue couldn't help but laugh: "You, you don't know how to get along with children at all, and you don't know how you grew up before."

After finishing speaking, she suddenly remembered that Xie Yuan was ostracized by his peers when he was a child. He had no playmates. He only had one playmate, and it was understandable that he couldn't get along with children.

She quickly stood up and changed the subject: "If we have children in the future, you can't be so straight-faced."

"Okay." Xie Yuan seemed to be seriously thinking about how to treat their children in the future, and finally broke out into a smile.

This smile could be described as extremely gentle. Su Youyue had seen him smile gently towards her, but it was still different from the smile that looked like he was looking at his beloved child.

She immediately stopped worrying that this man would be stern with her child in the future. It was his and her child, how could he let it go.

As they were talking, the old lady and her daughter-in-law from the front yard came over carrying a basin of corn porridge, some vegetables and bowls.

"I'm really sorry that these two kids have caused trouble to the nobles. Let's eat some rice porridge and some vegetables to fill our bellies. Later we will go to the town to buy some meat."

Su Youyue waved her hands quickly: "It's okay, I just see the two of them falling in love with each other... Just do this, you don't have to run to the town, but if you need anything, you can tell us, our people will go to the town for shopping soon."

The old lady was stunned and said hurriedly: "How can this be done? If you want to buy meat, the nobles have given you too much money. We have to entertain the nobles well."

"No need." Xie Yuan said calmly.

He only said two words, and the old lady didn't dare to continue talking for a moment. She said in her heart, Guaiguaili, just now she felt that this noble man looked terrifying and absolutely extraordinary. Now that he spoke, it was even more so. She was usually known in the village as being shameless and courageous, but she didn't dare to say a word after this man said it.

She didn't dare to say it, and her daughter-in-law didn't even dare to say it. Women who have been married but are not very old are somewhat shy about foreign men.

Su Youyue hurriedly said politely: "Just put down the porridge and vegetables."

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief after listening to her words, put down their things and hurried out.

As soon as she came out, the old lady told her daughter-in-law: "Xiaolian, I think this group of noble people must have traveled a long way. This little lady is the only woman here, and there is no one around to serve her. I'm afraid there is no one to talk to." It’s funny, please tell me that you can chat with me, but please don’t accept anything from the noble person again.”

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