C12

When Xia Yi came down from the mountain, the sky was already bright.

In order not to run into the people in the village, she made a detour and did not go down from the village entrance.

As expected, the villagers of Zhongling Village were very hardworking.

On the way back home, Xia Yi met three people who greeted her.

"Xia Yi, where did you go so early in the morning?" Niu Fengzhi was the first person Xia Yi saw after entering the village.

"Go around." Xia Yi vaguely said, "Where's Aunt Fengzhi?"

"I have some matters to attend to at my parents' place, so I'll be going back first. I won't be talking to you anymore." Niu Fengzhi's tone was fast, and with that, he quickly headed in the direction of the Taurus Village.

Before even reaching home, Xia Yi saw Xia Yue standing at her doorstep looking around.

After seeing Xia Yi, Xia Yue jogged over and extended her hand to hold onto Xia Yi's clothes.

"Sister, you're finally back!"

Xia Yue's eyes were red, her face still had indistinct tears. She had just cried, but now her face had a bright and beautiful smile.

"Why are you crying? Where's Yang? " Xia Yi's hand gently caressed Xia Yue's soft face and asked.

"Yang fell asleep due to my coaxing." Xia Yue carefully looked at Xia Yi and asked hesitantly, "Big sister won't leave us behind any longer, right?"

It was only then that Xia Yi realized how much damage the original owner giving up his own life had done to his two young hearts.

Xia Yue and Xia Yang were worried that Xia Yi would catch a glimpse of them again and ignore them.

Xia Yi squatted and stared into Xia Yue's eyes as she said in a serious tone, "Yue Yue, you heard from Big Sister that no matter what happens in the future, Big Sister will not abandon you and Yang. You must believe in Big Sister. Not only that, big sister will also work hard in the future, and earn money to support you and Yang. If you one day find out that big sister isn't at home, big sister will help you guys earn money, you can just obediently wait for big sister at home, understand?

"Really?"

"Yes." Xia Yi nodded heavily, she stood up and grabbed onto Xia Yue's hand, "Let's go, let's go see if Yang has woken up yet."

After breakfast, Xia Yi started to prepare the ingredients needed to make the Red Bean Cake.

In the cold winter days, they had to prepare the noodles and make the lard, and the red beans had to be cooked well in advance.

After all, it would take at least two to three hours to boil the red bean into soft, sticky, and sticky soy sauce.

Xia Yue and Xia Yang sat obediently in front of the stove to help Xia Yi light a fire, while watching him busy himself.

But after busying themselves for the entire morning, they still could not see what Xia Yi was planning to do.

"Elder sister, what are you doing? I'm hungry." The sweet smell of the Red Bean Sand filled the entire kitchen. Smelling the smell, Xia Yang's saliva was about to come out.

"Sister is making Red Bean Cake, does Yang want to eat it?" Xia Yi asked.

"Yes."

"I reckon we'll have to wait until tomorrow." Xia Yi laughed.

"Huh?" Xia Yang instantly withered.

Hearing the two words "Red Bean Cake", Xia Yue's eyes lit up. "Big sister, is it that kind of Red Bean Cake?"

"Yeah." Xia Yi asked, "Have you eaten it before?"

Mao Cuilan was extremely harsh towards the Third Sister and her brother. She didn't even let them eat their fill often, so how could she bear to let them eat dim sum?

Sure enough, Xia Yue shook her head and replied: "I heard it from big sister Xuejiao."

When Xia Erfu came back from the imperial city, he had brought back a few snacks which Mao Cuilan had hidden away.

Xia Erfu's family was considered a wealthier family in the entire Zhongling Village, so they had not eaten much.

For them, being able to fill their stomachs and have meat to eat during New Year's was already a very good life. They rarely went back to spend money on those.

Since the snacks were already in Xia Xuejiao's stomach, the three siblings naturally did not have a share.

When Xia Xuejiao was eating, she did not give her a bite. She only boasted to Xia Yue that the food she was eating was called Red Bean Cake.

Xia Yi could clearly see the anticipation in Xia Yue's eyes, and she said to Xia Yue: "In the future, just tell me what you want to eat, Big Sis will make it for all of you."

"Ah!" Xia Yue clapped happily.

Suddenly, a bustling sound came from outside.

Just as Xia Yi was bringing the roasted red bean sand out, she said to Xia Yue: "Yue Yue, what are you going to do outside?"

Just as Xia Yue was about to leave, she heard Mao Cuilan's voice from outside. "Where's your sister? Get her out! "

Xia Yi could not help but frown. With Mao Cuilan's aggressive approach, there must be something bad going on.

She tossed the spoon into the pan and hurried out of the kitchen.

There were also two other women who came with Mao Cuilan.

had met one of the women before, but he had seen the other woman's eyes very clearly, and the malice in her eyes was clear.

According to Xia Yi's understanding of the original owner, she belonged to the type of meek and submissive personality, who wouldn't casually clash with others.

Then why did this woman have such malicious intent towards Xia Yi?

"I wonder why Aunt is here?" Xia Yi suppressed the suspicions in her heart and asked indifferently.

Mao Cuilan acted as if she was heartbroken, "Xia Yi, if you can't afford to eat, you should just tell Second Aunt, how can you steal your Aunt Wu's money?"

"Xia Yi, return the money to Aunt, Aunt will not pursue this matter any further. I know that it is not easy for you three siblings, so you shouldn't steal the money either!" The woman who looked unfamiliar opened her mouth.

Needless to say, she was Aunt Wu.

"Aunty, please don't speak carelessly without any proof. After all, it is not a small matter to falsely accuse others of stealing."

Xia Yi unhurriedly retorted, but in Aunt Wu's eyes, it was akin to not admitting defeat even at death's door, and not repenting at all.

"Since Madame Li has seen it, don't think of denying it." After Lady Wu said that, she pulled Lady Li who was standing behind her out, "Tell me, did you see Xia Yi stealing my money?"

"Oh? Is that so? Did Aunt Li see it? " Xia Yi raised her eyebrows, as if she was watching a good show, "Could Aunt Li please explain in detail how I stole Aunt Wu's money?"

The Li Clan was dragged here by the Wu Clan in the first place, but if they really met face to face, she felt guilty again. After all, she did not personally witness Xia Yi stealing the Wu Clan's money.

"I... I saw Xia Yi walking around the village in the morning, and she still... I also saw Xia Yi buying a lot of dishes from the town. "

When Madame Li spoke, she did not even dare to look into Xia Yi's eyes. At that time, she had only said that, but she did not expect Mao Cuilan and Madame Wu to insist that it was Xia Yi who stole Lady Wu's money, and even forcefully pull her to testify.

"Did you hear that? Your Aunt Li saw it. Hurry up and return the money to your Aunt Wu so I can help you talk to your Aunt Wu."

After Mao Cuilan finished speaking, she immediately turned around and said to Lady Wu: "She's Aunt Wu, Xia Yi is still young, don't bother with children. I will definitely help you teach her a lesson later, so that she won't dare to steal any more money."

Xia Yi finally understood that the person who was claiming that she stole the money was precisely this person who said that he stole money for her own Second Aunt.