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

Over there in the main hall.

Qin Yao and his wife led Xu Wenqing's nephew and grandson into the house.

Everyone in the room hurriedly stood up to greet them. Since they didn't know the other party's true identity, they treated him as the child's parent and greeted him warmly.

Xu Jiajia was also very open and followed Si Niang around, calling everyone.

Perhaps because she had never seen a family like Qin Yao's, Xu Jiajia seemed very excited.

She has many questions.

Why are there so many people in the Liu family who are not surnamed Liu, yet they show such tenderness to their classmates as if they were family members?

And Liu’s uncle, he looks so young and when he smiles he looks like a brother, not an uncle at all.

However, since she was well-educated in etiquette at home, Xu Jiajia did not ask the question on the spot.

After asking for permission from her parents and Grandma Xu, Si Niang took Xu Jiajia to the gate.

The three Dalang brothers followed closely behind.

The sound of firecrackers that had just been interrupted rang out again, mixed with the cheers of the neighborhood children.

Xu Jiajia's laughter was also among them. For the little girl, this game of setting off firecrackers was the first time in her life. It was both interesting and exciting.

Xu Wenqing sat down in front of the stove, listening to the noise coming from outside, and said with gentle eyes looking out the window:
"My two brothers, one niece, and two nephews all died on the battlefield. Now, of the third generation of my family, only Jia Jia has grown up because I have raised her by my side and she has never been to the frontier."

As soon as these words were spoken, the lively atmosphere in the room changed instantly.

Everyone looked at Qin Yao and Liu Ji and his wife awkwardly, not knowing how to respond.

Qin Yao secretly waved her hand, signaling everyone to leave first.

Liu Ji had wanted to escape for a long time, and with Qin Yao's instructions, he immediately led everyone away.

Qin Feng felt a little strange. His step-brother-in-law's reaction to Aunt Xu was too intense. Even though he tried his best to conceal it, the fear and awe in his eyes could not be hidden.

But Qin Feng also knew that now was not the time to ask, so he could only leave first and ask his sister after the person left.

Soon, Qin Yao and Xu Wenqing, who was still reminiscing, were the only two people left in the room.

Yin Le left some hot milk tea and dried fruit cakes for the guests. Qin Yao poured a cup of hot milk tea, sprinkled a handful of dried fruit in it, put a silver spoon on it, and handed it to Xu Wenqing.

She looked back at the fragrant milk tea mixed with dried fruits, and was stunned for a long time before she reached out to take it.

Qin Yao thought she was on guard and deliberately said, "I don't have any poison at home."

"Of course, there is no outsider in the house now. If you are worried, just ask the secret guards to come out and test for poison. I don't mind." Qin Yao added.

After saying that, he scooped two large spoonfuls of dried fruits soaked in milk tea into his mouth, chewing them with satisfaction.

Feeling that the taste was not rich enough, I took a small piece of egg cake and put it in my mouth, took a sip of the fragrant milk tea, and leaned back comfortably in the chair.

Xu Wenqing didn't speak until this moment.

Following Qin Yao's example, she also took a piece of quick egg cake and had a sip of milk tea.

As he ate, Xu Wenqing began to laugh and looked at Qin Yao with some envy, "What else did you make?"

Qin Yao replied, "I also made some dumplings and other things, but I'm too lazy to cook them. Go back and ask someone to make them for you."

Xu Wenqing looked at her speechlessly, then shook his head and laughed, "Why don't you just be polite and invite me to have a meal or something?"

"Do you have time?" Qin Yao raised her eyebrows and asked.

Xu Wenqing was silent.

She really didn't have that much time, so she came here today only out of her own time.

But she felt it was worth coming today.

"What do you do on weekdays? Just eating and drinking?" Xu Wenqing asked curiously.

Qin Yao curled her lips and smiled, then took out a few sketchbooks from the high table behind her and handed them over.

"What?" Xu Wenqing asked suspiciously. But he honestly put down the food and took the notebooks.

When I opened it, I saw a comic book with pictures of little people on it. The story was very easy to understand. It was either a woman who loved a man or a man who loved a woman. After a few words of dialogue, they hugged each other.

Xu Wenqing looked at Qin Yao's smug expression in shock. He didn't expect you to be such a woman!

But the painter had great skills, and no matter whether it was a man or a woman, they all looked as handsome and graceful as gods.

However, not all books are so straightforward and hot-tempered. Some of them tell folk stories about mountain spirits and monsters.

Xu Wenqing glanced through the entire book, but perhaps because he was old, he was not very interested.

"very nice."

She sighed as she returned the picture book to Qin Yao.

Qin Yao asked her what was wrong.

Xu Wenqing said: "It's great that I can still wait for you to come."

Because before she appeared, she was really lonely and isolated.

"Do you think you belong to this world?" Xu Wenqing asked curiously.

She asked because she never felt that she belonged to this world.

Looking back on it, fifty years on from her infancy, it was like watching a role-playing game.

And she is just a character in the game, not the real her.

Qin Yao didn't think that deeply. "I think it's good enough to live in hope."

Whenever she recalled the scene of the end of the world, she felt it was an unreal nightmare.

"It seems that you had a hard life in the past." Xu Wenqing said firmly.

Qin Yao shrugged, "It's okay, you'll get used to it."

I don't know when the sound of firecrackers outside the house stopped.

The four siblings of Si Niang took Xu Jiajia, who was still unsatisfied, back to the main hall. When they saw snacks on the table, Xu Jiajia winked at Si Niang.

Si Niang understood and gave her a little of each, letting her eat slowly while roasting them by the fire.

Xu Wenqing asked with concern: "Are you cold?"

Xu Jiajia's cheeks were puffy from eating so much, and she shook her head and said nonsense: "It's not cold, it's interesting and fun."

The three Dalang brothers stood aside awkwardly and smiled.

Xu Wenqing looked at the three brothers and joked to Qin Yao, "None of them looks like you, but they are all handsome."

"Handsome?" Xu Jiajia and Si Niang looked over and asked, "What is handsome?"

Qin Yao explained: "It means handsome and good-looking."

The two little girls said "oh" and learned a new word.

"Auntie, I'm full." Xu Jiajia patted the cake crumbs on her hands, looking very satisfied.

She also said to Qin Yao: "Aunt Qin, your food is really delicious, better than the ones in the imperial kitchen!"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that he had let the cat out of the bag. Like a frightened little squirrel, he glanced at Xu Wenqing in panic, his brain working rapidly, and he explained lamely:

"Aunt Qin, what I mean is that the food in your house is very delicious, probably better than the food in the imperial kitchen in the palace, although I haven't eaten in the imperial kitchen either, hehe~"

San Lang laughed, "I thought you had eaten in the imperial kitchen, and was just about to ask you what delicious food there is in the imperial study."

The result was a slip of the tongue.

Xu Jiajia snorted, "When I really go there, I'll tell you what delicious food there is."

Turning back, he whispered to Si Niang, "Your third brother is really greedy."

San Lang's eyes widened: "I heard you say I was greedy!"

Xu Jiajia: "." (End of this chapter)