Seeing that Meng Huaishao stopped teasing her, Ye Yaoyao was no longer angry.

She didn't have to eat the radish. Wasn't it that Meng Huaishao was being childish and teasing her?

You can be greedy for anyone but not for the baby!

Just bully her because she can't speak!

After dinner, Meng Huaishao asked Ye Yaoyao: "How is it going over there? Do you still need me to work?"

Ye Yaoyao looked inward at the farm space. The rice and wheat seedlings had grown and were about to ear, but it was not time for harvest yet, so she shook her head.

"Okay, I'll go get some water, you wait for me at home."

Meng Huaishao put Ye Yaoyao down and was about to leave when he was stopped by Xiaopang's hand.

"Look at me, I forgot the bucket, let's go get it."

As they talked, the two of them changed places.

Meng Huaishao picked up the bucket and prepared to leave, but Ye Yaoyao pointed to the spring, well, that small puddle.

"Ahh!" There is water there.

"There is not much water left in the small pond. We have to keep it for watering the crops." Meng Huaishao refused.

"Ah ah!" Ye Yaoyao was determined not to change her mind.

She still remembered that when her classmates were discussing novels, they said that the things in the space were generally spiritual springs. Even if they were not, drinking them for a long time would be good for the body. She had to try it.

Meng Huaishao couldn't resist and had to fetch a bucket of water.

Seeing that he had filled his bag, Ye Yaoyao took him away with satisfaction.

Meng Huaishao filled the water into the water tank and became busy again.

He placed Ye Yaoyao in the backpack and stuffed a lot of mugwort leaves into it to repel mosquitoes. Then he went out with the hatchet.

There was still some time before dark, so he planned to go chop some firewood.

With the baby, he could bring home much less at one time, but he was still willing to do it. The worst that could happen was that he would have to make a few more trips.

It's much better for two people to depend on each other than to be alone.

"Brother Xiao Meng, are you picking wild vegetables now?"

Meng Huaishao shook his head and said, "There is no firewood left at home. I am going to chop some and take it back."

Ye Yaoyao looked out through the gap in the backpack and saw a group of children, both boys and girls, aged five to six or seven. Each of them was carrying a bamboo basket filled with wild vegetables.

“Oh, oh, oh!” The little girl nodded and said, “Brother Xiao Meng, you can ask me to join you when you chop wood next time. I know where the most and tenderest wild vegetables are.”

Meng Huaishao nodded in agreement and separated from them.

After walking away, Ye Yaoyao heard Meng Huaishao speak, "Those just now were all children from the village. They are still young and can't do heavy work, so they often go to pick wild vegetables. They were also the ones who taught me to recognize wild vegetables."

"Hey~"

Hearing Ye Yaoyao's response, Meng Huaishao was in a good mood. Regardless of how much Ye Yaoyao could understand, he continued to introduce enthusiastically: "The girl who just asked me is the daughter of Aunt Liu next door. She is holding..."

Ye Yaoyao listened, occasionally uttering "yay" or "ahhh", but for some reason, Meng Huaishao talked a lot today, which made Ye Yaoyao drowsy.

When they arrived at the place, Meng Huaishao chose a flat place on all sides, put down the backpack, and saw the baby sleeping soundly.

His eyes were gentle and his brows were smiling. He helped her wipe the saliva from the corner of her mouth, put his coat on her, and then went to chop the dead branches.

The villagers all have a tacit understanding that unless necessary, they only cut dead branches and twigs and leave the main trunk alone. Only in this way can they have firewood every year.

Meng Huaishao was not very strong and had a baby with him, so he could only collect thin dead branches, tie them up, hang them on a backpack and take them home.

Ye Yaoyao woke up without knowing when.

She was playing with her fingers out of boredom, when suddenly, she felt something was spying on her. Feeling uneasy, she turned her head to look, and was caught off guard by a pair of vertical pupils.

"what!"

Ye Yaoyao felt her heart skip a beat, and then she screamed. A golden light flashed in her pupils.

The pair of vertical pupils that were spying on her shrank into a line the moment the golden light appeared. The huge body stiffened for a moment and then shot away like an arrow.

Meng Huaishao heard the baby's tearing cry and turned back in a hurry. He saw a shadow that swept away the grass and trees, raised a gust of evil wind, and disappeared.

It's a snake!

Meng Huaishao was almost frightened to death. When he came to his senses, he was already hugging Ye Yaoyao, his whole body trembling.

Ye Yaoyao was no worse off, her face was pale and her eyes were dull.

She had been afraid of these mollusks since she was a child, not to mention snakes, which were the nightmare of most girls.

Seeing her like this, Meng Huaishao no longer cared about the firewood. He grabbed the backpack, carried Ye Yaoyao, and ran to the village chief's house.

He checked and fortunately, Ye Yaoyao was not injured, but it was obvious that she was still frightened.

He was so frightened that he had to go find Niu Nai.

When Grandma Niu heard Meng Huaishao say that the baby was frightened by the big snake, she hurriedly took it over.

She looked at the frightened Meng Huaishao and could not find any words to blame him. She could only hold the baby in her arms with heartache and mutter as she walked:

"The sky is in a state of panic, the earth is in a state of panic, there is a crying boy in my house, a gentleman passing by recites a few words and he sleeps till dawn. The sky is in a state of panic, the earth is in a state of panic..."

Listening to Niu Nainai's gentle voice, Ye Yaoyao gradually relaxed. Seeing this, Meng Huaishao also slowly put his heart at ease.

After Ye Yaoyao fell asleep, Niu Nainai returned Ye Yaoyao to Meng Huaishao.

Then Niu Nainai went back to the house, filled a large bowl of millet, put it in a cloth bag, and carefully placed it in Meng Huaishao's backpack. Then she solemnly instructed Meng Huaishao:

"When you go back, use Yaoyao's clothes to seal the bowl filled with millet, and then turn it upside down on her head. Turn it seven times to the left and seven times to the right. At the same time, quietly recite the 'Qujing Jue' (the formula I just recited). You can recite it several times."

Meng Huaishao nodded, he had already written it down.

Grandma Niu looked at his pale face and tears in the corners of his eyes and felt sorry for him.

But, how can a baby be so easy to take care of? There are still many things to do in the future, Meng Huaishao can only learn slowly, and she will teach him well.

"After reciting it several times, check if there are any gaps in the millet in the bowl. If there are, fill them up and continue turning the bowl until there are no gaps in the millet. Then put the millet on the bedside and make porridge with it tomorrow."

"Do you remember?" Grandma Niu asked him.

"remember!"

Meng Huaishao wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and bowed solemnly to Niu Nainai.

"Thank you, Granny Niu! I am so grateful to you for this! Otherwise, I really don't know what to do..."

"Silly boy!"

Grandma Niu rubbed his head and said gently, "Stay at home for the next few days and don't take the child out. If you need anything, just tell Grandma Niu."

"Yeah." Meng Huaishao took note of it and thanked her again, then he carried Ye Yaoyao home with lingering fear in his heart.

Looking at the baby in my arms who was still sleeping restlessly, I felt worried, sad and guilty.

"I'm sorry." Meng Huaishao murmured and quickened his pace towards home.

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