lcionline Chapter 203 The Father of the Child Has Been Found
Chapter 203 The Father of the Child Has Been Found
"Not calling her stepmother anymore?" Yunyi was taken aback, then looked at the two girls with amusement.
The two girls were a little embarrassed.
“Although you are a stepmother, you treat us like your own mother now.” Er Ya looked up at Yun Yi.
Do you know what your own mother is like?
Er Ya shook her head: "I don't remember."
"Actually, you're not your father's biological daughters, are you?"
Er Ya and San Ya's expressions changed, and then they lowered their heads and remained silent.
"After all, given your grandmother's age, your father must have been only eighteen or nineteen, right? How could he have given birth to children as big as you?"
The two of them lowered their heads even further.
"Alright, I won't ask any more questions, but I'm only fourteen years old, and I'll be of marriageable age next year, so whether you call me mother or stepmother, it all sounds really awkward to me."
The two girls looked up in surprise.
"Actually, you can just call me sister."
The two girls' eyes widened instantly. The stepmother had become the older sister?
"Call me 'sister' from now on," Yunyi said, patting the two girls' heads.
Er Ya and San Ya's lips twitched. They didn't agree. If they really still called her "sister," what about the others?
Yunyi ignored the two girls' dilemma and turned to leave.
Hong Yi and the others arrived in the middle of the night. It was Sixteen who sensed it first and alerted Yun Yi, so she arrived at the gate ahead of time.
"Girl, why aren't you asleep yet?" Old Zhou is basically in charge of guarding the door now, and he is very conscientious about it. When he saw Yunyi coming over in the middle of the night, he hurriedly put on his cotton-padded coat and came out.
"Someone will be here soon." Yunyi glanced at Old Zhou. "Uncle Zhou, thank you for your hard work."
“Young lady, what are you saying? Life is so much better now than before.” Old Zhou hurriedly waved his hand. “We have enough to eat and wear every day, and our monthly salary is high. How can it be hard?” Old Quan’s people would come over from time to time to relieve him so he could rest. It really wasn’t hard at all.
Yunyi nodded slightly, and just as she was about to say something, she heard the sound of horses' hooves. She then walked out of the gate and saw a carriage with lanterns hanging on it approaching from afar.
"Young Miss." Hong jumped off the carriage from a distance. "The person has been brought back."
The carriage arrived, and Shen Bao and the others jumped off.
Yunyi nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."
"Sister Yun." Ah Sheng got off the carriage first, looking at Yun Yi with a smile in his eyes.
“Miss Yun.” Granny Cai also got off the carriage with Hong Yi’s help. “I never thought that in the end…” she said, her eyes reddening.
"Grandma Cai, let's not talk too much for now. It's already past midnight, let's go to sleep first, we can talk about it tomorrow."
"Yes," Grandma Cai nodded.
The next morning at breakfast, Yunyi introduced everyone to each other, and everyone accepted it very well. After all, most of the people here were people Yunyi had taken in.
After breakfast, Yunyi called He Miao over and asked her in detail about the time and place when she was drugged, as well as any details she could remember. Then she examined He Miao's back.
Sure enough, He Miao had a brown mole on her back, which was said to be a birthmark: "My mother said I have a mole on my back, but I've never seen it, though I have touched it." She smiled as she spoke, "They all say that such moles are prone to growing black hair, but luckily mine hasn't."
Yunyi chuckled: "Not all moles like that grow black hair." As she spoke, she pulled her clothes up for her. "Now there's something I think I should tell you."
"What is it?" He Miao raised an eyebrow slightly.
"I might have found the father of the child in your belly."
"What?" He Miao exclaimed in surprise, "Who is it? Is it...?"
"Don't get agitated." Yun Yi quickly grabbed He Miao's arm. "Let me explain slowly." She then recounted how Mu Li had been looking for someone.
“Young Miss, do you mean to say that the child’s father… is… from an enemy country?” He Miao’s expression changed.
Yunyi frowned: "Your idea... can't you be a little more surprised? The child's father is a great general."
"But……"
“Different perspectives lead to different views.” Yunyi smiled. “What I mean is, don’t get hung up on things like enemy countries. As for Mu Li, although I don’t know much about him, I do know that he doesn’t have that many messy women around him. Of course, whether or not to let him know, and whether or not to let the child have the surname Mu, are things we can think about slowly. Don’t jump to conclusions so quickly.”
"But he is the Great General of the Empire. If I... wouldn't that be treason?"
"There's no rush to address this issue. After all, Mu Li's mother is from our Great Zhou. The King of Northern Liang didn't think the Mu family was treasonous. In fact, he even gave his father a high position. He's still a Grand General, commanding the Northern Liang army."
"Young Miss, I... let me think..."
"Think about it slowly, don't get stuck on the details. Remember, with your young lady here, nothing is a problem. Even if you're not around in the future and we have to find him a father, I already have seven children. He can be called Babao or Baya, it's fine."
“Miss.” He Miao reached out and hugged Yun Yi. “I think I must have done a lot of good deeds in my past life to have met you.”
"I feel so too."
He Miao was taken aback, then burst out laughing: "Miss, you have a really thick skin."
Yunyi patted her head and said, "Sometimes it's not a bad thing to be a little thick-skinned."
"I understand, I will definitely... be thick-skinned." He Miao said, clenching her little fist.
"Uh..." Yunyi couldn't help but touch her nose, wondering if she had led the person astray a little too far.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and everyone has started to put on thick cotton-padded clothes.
Nineteen diligently wandered back and forth in the air, becoming addicted to delivering messages. After all, he could drink spiritual spring water every time he returned from delivering a message, which seemed like a great deal.
Yunyi told Jinghan about He Miao, but asked him not to tell Muli yet, since He Miao hadn't made up her mind.
By November, the school buildings were finally all completed, and the weather was perfect, with sunny days and plenty of sunshine. With the rooms heated by fire, the buildings were completely dry in just three days.
Then, a date was chosen, and the children and Jia Xiucai's family moved in first, followed by the Xiao family and the He family. Before, the men had one room and the women had one room, which was very crowded. So, now that they had a spacious place, they naturally wanted to move out as soon as possible.
However, Xiao Jinxiu and He Miao refused to move no matter what; one insisted on being closest to her master, and the other insisted on being closest to the young lady.
Yunyi didn't care; in any case, this way, there would be enough housing.
Just as Yunyi was thinking about how so many people could enjoy hot pot, news arrived from the capital.
(***I took a day off yesterday. I can only take one day off each month, and I've already used up all my leave slips at the very beginning of this month. Sigh, I need to work harder from now on!)