Taichu Yandao: Starting from the Villain

On the road, Lady Yan stopped the car. He looked at the snow and coaxed:

"If your parents don't want you, then you are the son of snow. Be good, Xue'er! Don't cry, Xue'er! Once we enter the gate, we will have milk to drink."

Oddly enough, the baby seemed to understand what people were saying. He put his thumb in his mouth and stopped crying.

Concubine Yan was overjoyed. She immediately took off her outer clothes, wrapped the baby in a swaddling cloth, and put him in the pile of cabbages in the pig cart.

Perhaps he was a little worried, so he covered the swaddling clothes with cabbage leaves, then set up the pig cart and slowly drove towards the village gate.

When they reached the gate, Lady Yan cleared her throat and called out, "Sister Xia, please open the door!"

On the gatehouse, Mrs. Xia poked her head out to look in and said with a smile, "Oh, you're back so soon. Yun Haiying is so lucky! You can marry such a virtuous young husband when you get old."

"Please give me some favor, Sister Xia!" Lady Yan pretended nothing happened, but her heart was pounding, fearing that the baby in the car would suddenly cry.

Fortunately, although the woman surnamed Xia was teasing, she was not really in trouble. She made a gesture and opened the gate of the village.

Lady Yan clasped her fists and bowed, then set up the pig cart and hurried into the village.

In the evening, most families in the village were making fires and cooking, and there were few pedestrians on the streets.

However, Lady Yan was still very careful. She chose some remote roads and drove to a courtyard.

He looked around and made sure that there was no one around. Then he picked up the baby from the cabbage pile and rushed into the yard.

Next to the wing room in the courtyard, there was an opening to the cellar, with a section of bamboo ladder sticking out.

Lady Yan trotted all the way to the cellar, carrying the child in her arms.

By the time he reached the bottom of the cellar, his face was flushed, his heart was pounding, and he was out of breath.

But his face was full of smiles, and he couldn't help but give a kiss to the sleeping baby.

However, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from behind: "What are you doing in such a hurry? Have you harvested all the vegetables?"

Lady Yan's heart skipped a beat, she slowly turned around and asked, "Master, why are you here?"

"Big Sir" is the name given to the husband of a family in the village, usually the first husband of the wife.

The husband of the Yun family, whose surname was Ouyang, was a famous handsome man in the village when he was young, and was called Jia Ren by everyone.

However, Ouyang Jiaren at this time was already a middle-aged man. He was tall and strong, with graying hair on his temples and a neatly trimmed goatee on his chin.

Ouyang Jiaren was bending over, pouring soy sauce into a porcelain bowl. Upon hearing this, she said, "Why can't I..."

He turned around curiously in the middle of his words, and then the porcelain bowl in his hand fell to the ground.

His eyes widened as he asked, "Where did you steal this child from?"

Lady Yan immediately knelt on the ground and said, "My Lord, I didn't steal it. I found it on the haystack in our vegetable garden."

Ouyang Jiaren frowned and said, "How is this possible? Recently, only the second child of the Gu family is pregnant in the village. I heard that she is taking care of the baby. Who gave birth to a child secretly?"

He walked to Lady Yan's side, lifted the coat that was wrapped around the child, and saw a bird. He immediately realized something and said:

"No wonder, men are useless. Maybe someone has too many boys in his family and wants to secretly give birth to a girl to carry on the family line."

"My lord, men are also human beings. If we don't take care of him in this heavy snow, I'm afraid he won't survive." Concubine Yan said.

"My wife married you in the hope that you would give birth to a girl and plant good seeds for the Yun family. But you've been married for two years and there hasn't been any movement. Now a boy appears out of nowhere. How do you want me to explain this to my wife? It's just that he has a bad fate and had to be born a man." Ouyang Jiaren shook her head repeatedly.

"Wa...wa..." The two were arguing when the baby suddenly started crying.

Lady Yan's expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly coaxed, "Xue'er, be good, don't cry, Xue'er, I'll find mother to feed you in a while."

The baby seemed to understand and immediately stopped crying, opened his little mouth and smiled happily.

"My lord, look how obedient he is." said Lady Yan.

Ouyang Jiaren showed a bit of kindness on her face. After hesitating for a moment, she finally sighed, "I can't make the decision either. Let's put him in the cellar first and find a chance to explain to my wife."

"Thank you, sir. When this boy grows up, he will definitely be filial to you." Lady Yan was overjoyed.

"If he were a girl, I would believe him. But as for a boy, why would he have to come to this world and suffer all this?"

As they were talking, the baby started crying again.

"He is hungry. I will go upstairs and make some rice porridge for him." said Lady Yan.

"Let me go, he'll be easier to coax if he kisses you."

"Sir, the cabbages outside have not been unloaded yet..."

"Is that so? Then go ahead and cook dinner for tonight. Can you handle it with your small body? Please serve my wife tonight."

"Sir..." Concubine Yan was very embarrassed. She handed the child to the other party and climbed up the bamboo ladder.

As they were about to leave the cellar, he turned around and said, "I've been training my muscles recently, and I promise to serve my wife well."

Ouyang Jiaren smiled knowingly, with a mischievous look on her face, and said, "Go quickly, and tell me what it's for."

Lady Yan’s pretty face blushed and she climbed up faster.

After Lady Yan left, Lady Ouyang continued to coax the child, patting her on the back and saying, "Be good, Xue'er! Be good, Xue'er! There will be food soon!"

He coaxed the baby for a while, but the baby just kept crying.

Seeing this, Ouyang Jiaren took out a jar of honey, dipped some with her hand, and put it to the baby's mouth.

The baby immediately began to suck, with a happy smile in his eyes.

After about an incense stick of time, Lady Yan came down with a bowl of rice porridge and said, "I'll cook the porridge here. Thank you for your help, sir."

Ouyang Jiaren rolled her eyes and said, "We are family and we don't have to talk behind each other's backs. You are being polite."

Lady Yan scratched her head, climbed up the ladder again, and returned to the kitchen to work.

After Lady Yan left, Ouyang Jiaren picked up the wooden spoon and fed the baby. His movements were gentle and his eyes were full of kindness, as if he was treating his own child.

After the baby finished half a bowl of porridge, he soon fell into a deep sleep, with a satisfied smile on his fair little face.

Ouyang Jiaren wrapped the baby's clothes tightly, put on her own coat, and then found a basket to put the baby away.

He checked again and again, and only after making sure that everything was OK did he climb up the ladder and leave the cellar.

In the kitchen, Lady Yan was cutting vegetables. When she saw Lady Ouyang coming in, her face tensed and she asked, "Master..."

"Don't worry, he's full and asleep. We'll have dinner together as a family later. How can I explain to my wife if there's one less person?" Ouyang Jiaren retorted.

Lady Yan nodded, but then said, "It's so cold, we can't leave Xue'er in the cellar all the time. Wait until my wife goes to bed at night, and I'll take him back to my room."

Ouyang Jiaren walked to the stove and added some firewood, saying, "Let me do it! My wife's period has ended a while ago, so she will probably go to your room tonight."

"If she comes, I will find a reason to refuse her and will definitely send her to the master's room." Lady Yan blushed slightly.

"Didn't you say you practiced? As men, what other excuses can we make, unless you are cheating on me and overeating and have impotence."