After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

Yin Le reported: "The man is about the same height as Awang, looks to be around 20 years old, with a sword and a straw hat on his head. His face was not clearly visible."

"But he was wearing a pair of black boots with a special pattern on them. I think I've seen them somewhere before."

A picture flashed in his mind, and Yin Le suddenly clapped his hands and said, "I remember that before we entered the capital, at the Yunlai Inn, the guards that my uncle gave money to wore black boots like this."

Well, no need to guess.

"It's the Black Knight." Qin Yao and Awang said in unison.

Qin Yao murmured to herself in confusion: "What are they doing here?"

No one knew. Awang asked quietly: "Should we go and give them a warning?"

Yin Le had already put her hands on the thick belt around her waist which was filled with darts. As long as Qin Yao gave the order, she could rush out immediately.

"Don't be nervous." Qin Yao found it funny and motioned for her to relax. "If he had bad intentions, he would have taken action long ago."

Looking at the distance between the person outside and her house, it was so far that she could only see people coming in and out of the door. There was a high wall in the yard, so she couldn't see anything.

It's more like they are testing rather than monitoring.

"It's okay, go and rest. What is coming will come on its own." Qin Yao looked at Awang meaningfully.

Awang was stunned for a moment, then realized that this meant that he should not guard the door tonight.

He nodded, then disappeared in front of Qin Yao and went to feed the horses.

Yin Le looked at his master, then at the direction where Awang left, and was completely confused. What was going on between these two people?
But it doesn’t matter. The master must have her reasons for not telling her.

Yin Le immediately relaxed and asked, "Master, do you still want to eat melons?"

Qin Yao smiled and nodded heavily, "Of course I have to eat."

"Then I'll go get the melon, cut it up, and bring it to Si Niang and the others. Sigh, the teachers in the Kyoto school are so strict. Look how worried San Lang is."

Yin Le went to the well in the backyard, chattering, and used a wooden bucket to scoop up the watermelon that was frozen in the well. He moved it to the kitchen island and cut it. A cool and refreshing fragrance wafted into his nose, and the tempting smell soon spread throughout the yard.

A little head popped out from under the moon gate, "Senior Sister Le, are you cutting the melon?"

Yin Le knew who was coming without looking up. He cut out a piece of thick melon flesh and waved stealthily.

Sanlang's eyes lit up and he ran over immediately, taking the piece of bright red watermelon that was bigger than half his face. He took a big bite at the sweetest and crispiest part in the middle. The full sweet juice flowed down the boy's missing lower front teeth.

"Oops!" I forgot that my lower front tooth fell out last night.

Sanlang was annoyed, but he couldn't bear to stop talking. He let the juice flow all over his front. After showing off a large piece of watermelon, he said to Yin Le in a flattering way: "Senior Sister Le, this is our secret. Don't tell anyone else."

He sneaked away again.

If there hadn't been a piece of green and crispy melon rind in the basin, no one would have known that he had been here.

Yin Le raised the corners of his mouth, thinking that this greedy child was very happy, and shook his head dotingly, picked up the sliced ​​watermelon, first sent one portion to the front hall for the master who was enjoying the cool moon, and then sent another portion to the children in the backyard.

For a moment, the whole yard was filled with the fragrance of melons.

Old Mrs. Qiu lay down at the foot of the wall of her house and sniffed. The smell was so fragrant that she couldn't help swallowing.

"Does Madam Qin have so much money that she can't spend it all? These cucumbers are not cheap. The fragrance of the cucumbers wafts over every day for a whole month. It's so delicious."

The old lady murmured with envy and jealousy, and couldn't help but take a few more sniffs of the melon fragrance wafting from next door. Then she urged her playful grandchildren to go back to the house to rest.

Candles are expensive. They are just an ordinary family and cannot learn from the people in the yard next door who keep the lights on all night long.

When the time comes, no one in the family is allowed to light any lights.

The Qiu family's courtyard darkened. In Kuanzhengfang, this seemed to be a signal, reminding people to close the door, turn off the lights and go to bed.

The lights in each room dimmed, and Qin Yao's house, which was still lit, looked so out of place.

The people hiding in the dark were getting a little anxious. Doesn’t this whole family sleep?
It is said that it is easier to sneak in when it is dark, but the whole yard is brightly lit and I am afraid I will be discovered as soon as a corner of my clothes is exposed.

Wait a little longer, everyone needs to sleep.

But no matter how long I waited, the lights in the yard showed no sign of going out.

In this regard, Qin Yao, who was sitting in the main hall with a picture book in her hand and reading with great interest, said: Si Niang is afraid of the dark, San Lang has to get up at night, and Er Lang has to study overtime. In the second half of the night, Yin Le and Da Lang have to practice martial arts in the morning, plus Liu Ji who gets up early to study hard, there is no need to turn off the lights in this house!
Besides, she still had to stay up late to read the picture book.

This Kyoto painter is really something. The characters in his paintings are cute and interesting, and the stories are one melodramatic after another, making people feel more and more excited as they watch.

go to bed?

It's impossible to sleep!
With a few "bang bang" sounds, the night watchman walked past the door, reminding people that it was already midnight.

Qin Yao yawned, finished reading the last page of the picture, closed the book, stood up, walked to the yard, and stretched vigorously.

Everyone in the family was lying down, only she was still standing.

The cool night breeze blew, and I don’t know how many fragrant flowers it touched. The air was sweet. Qin Yao took a deep breath and finally felt a little sleepy.

She yawned and said impatiently to the air in an unclear voice: "Are you still not coming in? If you don't come in, I'm going to sleep."

Of course, it doesn't matter whether she is asleep or not. The point is that if she is asleep and is woken up, she will get angry.

Someone hiding in the dark was startled by the sound of self-mumbling.

He thought he was hiding well, but he had been discovered long ago.

But when he thought about it again and discovered that he was Qin Yao, everything made sense.

Perhaps knowing what the scene would be like when she got angry, a loud gust of wind swept over the courtyard, and a black shadow fell from the sky and landed gently behind Qin Yao.

Qin Yao didn't look back. She stared at the long oblique shadow cast on the ground and called out uncertainly, "Master He?"

She was just guessing, but the person behind her hummed.

Qin Yao turned around and looked in disbelief. Bai He had covered himself with a black cloak and a veil tied around his face, making it more conspicuous. Only a pair of big, clear black and white eyes were visible.

"It's really you." Qin Yao frowned unhappily. He came to her house secretly, so he must be up to no good.

Bai He nodded slightly, showing rare politeness, and said straight to the point: "I want to do business with you."

"No." Qin Yao refused.

Bai He choked and said with some dissatisfaction: "You refuse before you even listen to me. Don't you want to know what I have to give you?"

Qin Yao: "I don't want to." She answered so straightforwardly.

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It was as if the air was awkwardly stagnant for a few seconds.

Bai He took two deep breaths and continued, "Name your price."

Qin Yao glanced at him curiously, "I'm very expensive, have you asked about me?"

She was not even tempted when the eldest princess offered her a monthly salary of 100,000 taels!
Although I still feel a little painful every time I think about it later.

But only a little bit, really. (End of this chapter)