Chapter 25: Riding a Big Horse

Yan Huan knew that they had probably found something remarkable in that secret passage earlier, but since the other party didn’t mention it, she wouldn’t be foolish enough to ask. Smiling, she replied, “That’s Brother Zhao’s own good fortune. I wouldn’t dare take credit for it. However, I’ll shamelessly accept these vegetables. Those vegetable cakes really scrape the throat.”
Zhao Song looked at the girl in front of him. She was intelligent, worldly-wise, and not at all pretentious, completely different from the young ladies he had seen in the past.

Even though she clearly let him benefit, she wouldn’t take the opportunity to climb up the social ladder and gain advantages for herself.

Even though she was clearly just a delicate young lady, she spent every day with that crazy girl from the Jiang family, constantly venturing into the woods, all for the sake of getting something tasty for her family to eat.

It was precisely because he liked her character that he turned a blind eye to some things.

With her disposition, even without a prominent family background anymore, her future wouldn’t be bad.

Because she knew she had lost her wealth, knew what she was facing, what she wanted, and what she needed to do.

She would work hard to pursue the life she wanted, instead of feeling sorry for herself and not making any changes.

“Brother Zhao, I wanted to ask about Madam Liu…”

Before she could finish speaking, Zhao Song interrupted her, “Madam Liu’s matter is over. Don’t mention it again. I’ve already told your fourth uncle that it has nothing to do with you. Although she was bitten to death by a wolf, there were clearly other people’s footprints at the scene, and the wolf didn’t attack that person. The most likely possibility is that the person was a beast tamer.”

“As for why it was Madam Liu who died, this matter involves a lot. In the future, your Yan family had best act as if this person never existed.”

Only the Ma Kingdom had beast tamers. If Madam Liu was involved with Ma Jinguo and this was known by someone with ulterior motives, it would be an absolutely fatal blow to the Yan family, who were already implicated in a treason case.

“We have already reported all of this to the imperial court. Naturally, someone will investigate the subsequent matters. You don’t need to worry too much.”

Yan Huan still felt a bit melancholic.

A living life had just disappeared like that, without even a ripple. Even her own family, the Yan family, would never mention her again, including her daughter.

After Zhao Song left, Yan Huan carried the vegetables to find Jiang’s mother. There were several kinds of vegetables that her dimension didn’t have. She first threw one of each into the dimension. She now kept at least one of every vegetable as a seed, so whenever she wanted to eat them, she could directly plant them and accelerate their growth without taking up much space.

Jiang’s mother was overjoyed to receive the meat. Ever since her shackles were removed yesterday, the smile on her face hadn’t disappeared.

Looking at the cheerful faces around her, Yan Huan also felt very happy.

Starting yesterday, Yan Xiyao had taken a liking to playing with Yan Qingluo. Not only Qingluo, but also Yan Qingkun, who was the same age as her at three, and Yan Han, who was five from the second branch.

Yesterday, they thankfully didn’t have to travel, and everyone’s shackles were removed. For the children, that was a joyous event even greater than the New Year.

No matter what deep-seated grudges the adults had, the children could always easily play together.

When Yan Huan found them, her fourth aunt was holding little Qingluo to the side, while Yan Xiyao was riding on Yan Qingkun’s back, playing horsey, shouting “giddy up, giddy up,” and Yan Han was waving a makeshift flag to cheer them on.

The little ones were having a great time, but when Yan Huan saw this scene, she couldn’t help but feel embarrassed and quickly prepared to go over and pick her up.

We’re not going to be a little bandit king; we’re going to be a little lady!
However, before she could reach them, Jinshi had already walked out from the side. Seeing this scene, Jinshi’s face turned red with anger.

She stepped forward and pulled Yan Xiyao off her son. Just as she was about to scold someone, as if she had thought of something, she glanced at Yan Huan, took a deep breath, and then said, “You should also be more careful and not even realize when you’re being bullied.”

Yan Huan almost couldn’t help but laugh. She thought to herself, “It’s a good thing your son doesn’t have as many tricks up his sleeve as you do. If he were like you, I wouldn’t let Xiyao play with him.”

Yan Huan stepped forward and handed Yan Xiyao a water bottle, telling her to drink some water.

This crazy girl was already covered in sweat from playing. She also took the opportunity to wipe the sweat off her back to prevent her from catching a chill.

Yan Xiyao took a sip, and her eyes immediately lit up. Remembering Yan Huan’s promise when she drank milk earlier not to make a fuss, she smiled and leaned close to Yan Huan’s ear, whispering, “Little Auntie, is this honey water? I’ve had it before, it’s so delicious. Can Qingkun and Hanhan have some too? They’ll definitely like it.”

Yan Huan nodded and handed her the water bottle.

The children hadn’t had such delicious water in a long time, and their happy laughter carried far away.

Jinshi hadn’t seen her son so happy in a long time either and secretly wiped away tears.

Yan Huan turned around and walked to Madam Tan’s side again. Little Qingluo was sleeping peacefully, her brow and eyes relaxed, and she was sleeping soundly. Madam Tan just kept looking at her tenderly, as if she couldn’t get enough, and didn’t even notice Yan Huan approaching.
“Fourth Aunt, what did Qingluo eat this morning?”

Madam Tan looked up and saw it was Yan Huan. Her eyes were full of smiles. “This morning, I cooked some vegetable porridge with vegetable cakes. The little girl had a good appetite and ate a small bowl before falling asleep.”

Yan Huan wanted to take out the milk powder and feed some to the child. Although it was stage four milk powder, not very suitable for a one-year-old, it was at least better than nothing.

Such a young child definitely couldn’t just eat vegetable porridge.

If only she could get some more milk powder.

For children, the fastest and most comprehensive way to supplement nutrition was by drinking milk powder.

“Fourth Aunt, Qingluo is still so young. Eating only vegetable porridge all the time definitely isn’t good. I’ll cook some meat porridge and bring it over later. In the future, just tell me whatever you need. Qingluo is still small, we can’t let her suffer.” She could also add a little milk powder to the meat porridge, a small amount at a time, which shouldn’t cause indigestion.

Madam Tan knew Yan Huan could get meat and thanked her repeatedly.

“Huan’er, you’re going to so much trouble. Fourth Aunt can’t do much for you either. When we get to Ganzhou and life is a bit better, I’ll make you some clothes. Fourth Aunt isn’t good at much else, but needlework is still okay. As long as you don’t mind, I’ll make them for you every year from now on.”

To be honest, all these years, she had been immersed in her own world and had hardly spoken to Yan Huan before. She hadn’t expected Yan Huan to help her so much.

Yan Huan smiled and agreed. She knew this was Madam Tan’s heartfelt intention, and if she didn’t accept, she would probably feel bad.

She wouldn’t give honey to Qingluo. She was still too young, and eating honey too early wouldn’t be good for her.

Grind tasks, grind tasks. She just wanted to grind as many tasks as possible now.

The conditions on the road were too poor. She needed a lot of supplies. In fact, she was even a little excited, hoping that the task rewards were like blind boxes, and most likely the things she needed.
Thinking of this, Yan Huan suddenly remembered that after getting the honey before, she had been too excited and had forgotten to see what the subsequent task reward was.