While laying the cradle, Yang Ruoqing suddenly remembered what happened to her children when they were young.

A faint feeling suddenly came to my heart.

"When my children were young, I looked forward to them growing up quickly. In the blink of an eye, they were suddenly almost ten years old. I suddenly felt that they were growing up too fast and impatiently. Sometimes I wanted to hold them in my arms like I did when I was a child. Kisses and hugs are no longer as convenient as when I was a child, haha..."

Yang Ruoqing muttered to herself while laying the cradle.

Xiaohuan raised her head, smiled gently at Yang Ruoqing and said, "I understand how you feel."

"Many times when my two sons fall asleep, they sleep beside me, one on the left and one on the right." Xiaohuan continued.

"I couldn't help but raise my hand to touch the eldest brother's forehead and kiss the second child's little face. I thought that while they are still young, they don't want much and don't have to spend much money, Zhou and I can Wang seizes the time to make money as quickly as possible. When they grow up, they will need education, betrothal gifts for marriage, and capital for business..."

"We both need to make money quickly right now, make money..."

"Many times I don't have time to take care of my children, so I leave them to my mother-in-law."

"Every morning when I go to the chicken farm to work, the children are still awake. When I come back from work, the children are already asleep."

"My mother-in-law took her child to the chicken farm to find me. She was always in a hurry to feed the child. Suddenly, the eldest child was five or six years old and no longer needed to breastfeed. When the second child was breastfeeding, I would I’m trying to remember the way my boss sucked milk, but I can’t remember anything at all…”

Xiaohuan's words also resonated with Yang Ruoqing.

"Isn't that right? It was the same for me back then. I would get up early every day and go to the mountains with my herb collection team. I would finish work at night and catch a lot of mosquitoes on the pond. My mother-in-law and aunt would hold one each and wait there. …”

This scene will be deeply engraved in Yang Ruoqing's heart for the rest of her life.

Especially during the seven years when Chen'er disappeared, she often dreamed of this scene in her dreams, and her pillow was wet when she woke up.

There is a kind of guilt in this world called missing out...

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Yang Ruoqing stood up and patted the cradle beside her, "The cradle is ready. Is the little guy asleep?"

Xiao Huan said: "I have fallen asleep a long time ago. I fell asleep when we were talking earlier."

Yang Ruoqing nodded: "Then put him in the cradle quickly and ask his grandma to come over and watch later."

Xiaohuan glanced at the room and said: "No need to look, just let him sleep alone. At worst, I will come over and take a look after a while. My mother-in-law... it's not convenient."

It's not that it's inconvenient, the main reason is that Xiaohuan is worried that her mother-in-law will randomly look through the things in the house, because her mother-in-law often quietly looks through the things in her and Zhou Wang's house...

Yang Ruoqing said: "It's okay if there's no one around to watch. If a child vomits milk while he's asleep, it's okay if there's no adult around."

It's not like things like this have never happened in the village before. After feeding the child, the adults put the baby in the cradle, tied the quilt tightly on both sides, and then locked the door and went out to do farm work.

The child vomits up milk in the middle of his sleep. Because he is lying flat, the milk may block his mouth and nose.

Children who died due to this kind of small negligence were very common in ancient rural villages.

"Just stay here with me, that's fine." Yang Ruoqing said again.

There was a look of confusion on Xiaohuan's face, and she said: "After all, this is the bedroom of you and Tang Yazi. It is not convenient for my cousin sister-in-law to be here. If Tang Yazi comes back to change clothes or something..."

Yang Ruoqing smiled and said: "You are really thoughtful. Don't worry, I will just go to the front yard to say hello to him later."

After a while, Yang Ruoqing returned to the bedroom in the backyard.

"I was going to help aunt cook, but Aunt Daye rushed to help, so they sent me out. The men were talking in the front hall, so we came to the bedroom to talk."

Yang Ruoqing entered the bedroom and said to Xiaohuan.

"The eldest son followed the baby to my parents' house next door. There are many children there. My brother and cousin's children are all playing there. They are all kids. Duo'er is watching next door, so we don't have to worry."

Hearing Yang Ruoqing's words, Xiaohuan smiled reassuringly, lowered his head and continued to do the work in hand.

Yang Ruoqing looked at it and was surprised, "Hey, isn't this the shoe sole I made half way? What are you doing? Help me make the shoe sole?"

Xiaohuan said without raising his head: "I have nothing to do. I saw your sewing dustpan sitting there, so I took it over and made it. It's just a good time to pass the time."

Yang Ruoqing smiled and joked: "You are born to be restless. It's the first month of the year, how nice it is to knock melon seeds and cross your legs to chat!"

Xiaohuan curled her lips and shook her head with a smile: "It's not tiring to put on shoe soles. I like doing these tasks. It makes me sit all the time, which makes me feel nervous."

"It's like when I was in the Prince of Xiangyang's palace in the capital. At that time, my mother told me to talk less and do more. Years of habits cannot be changed."

Yang Ruoqing sat aside and picked up the other sole, listening to Xiaohuan's story about the past while playing.

"Xiaohuan, how many years have passed since you followed Zhou Xia to leave the Prince of Xiangyang in the capital and come to Zhoujia Village?" Yang Ruoqing suddenly asked.

Xiaohuan blurted out without even thinking: "Eleven years and two months."

Yang Ruoqing was stunned for a moment, "In the past eleven years, have you exchanged letters with your parents, brother and sister-in-law who are far away in the capital? Do they know your situation here?"

Xiaohuan nodded: "After I married Zhou Wang, the year I gave birth to my eldest son, I asked the coachman who sent us out to send a message to the capital."

"I told them my situation and asked them not to worry about me. If Zhou Wang and I have the ability in the future, we will take our children to the capital to visit them."

"My parents also wrote to me twice. In the first letter, my father also said that the next time my brother goes out to do business, he may have to pass through Changhuaizhou. At that time, Zhou Wang and I will take the children to Changhuaizhou in advance.

Huaizhou and so on, let’s meet our flesh and blood relatives.”

"But the second letter came right after that. When I received that letter, I knew that I would never see my parents, brother and sister-in-law, and their children again in this life."

Huan said with a sad face.

"Why is that? What happened over there?" Yang Ruoqing asked hurriedly.

Xiaohuan said: "A year ago, the eighth young lady of the Prince of Xiangyang married to Shaanxi. Before my sister-in-law married my brother, she was the maid in the eighth young lady's house. My mother also served as the eighth young lady's wet nurse."

"The eighth young lady is getting married far away. The masters of the Xiangyang Palace are worried that she is young and is marrying far away. They are afraid that without the help of capable people there, she will not be able to stand firm and be unable to suppress the servants below, so they took my father, mother and brother.
Chapter completed!