The whole afternoon passed in the chat between Ye Xiaoyu and Hong'er, and sure enough, it was different to have one more person to help, although Hong'er was not very old, but her movements were very agile, and half of the weeds in the field were basically cleared.

By this time the sun had gone down and the sky was getting dark.

"Hong'er, it's not early, let's go back."

Ye Xiaoyu took a small hoe and said to Hong'er.

It gets dark early in winter, and if you don't go back early, you won't even be able to see the road clearly.

"Well, okay, miss, anyway, the rest of the time and a half won't be cleaned up......"

Hong'er stood up, patted the dirt on her body and said.

"Let's go......"

On the wide road, Ye Xiaoyu and Hong'er's two small bodies slowly walked side by side, from time to time one or two villagers drove by with ox carts, the smoke curling from the houses in the distance, and the sound of parents calling their children home for dinner could be vaguely heard in front of the house. Ye Xiaoyu, who was accustomed to living in a house made of reinforced concrete in her previous life, suddenly felt that this quiet and leisurely atmosphere was very reassuring.

Although they walked slowly, because the distance was not far, after a while, Ye Xiaoyu and the others returned to Lujiazhuang.

Because they came back late, or the people in this time and space ate dinner early, they were ready to eat dinner at about half past four in the afternoon, so Ye Xiaoyu and Hong'er missed dinner.

"Miss is back, the master has already asked the kitchen to prepare another dinner for you, I'll go and heat it up now."

It is estimated that she was in a hurry to rest, and as soon as she saw Ye Xiaoyu, Liu's mother immediately rushed over.

"No need Liu, Mom, you go and rest, I'll just come by myself."

"Huh? Miss, will you? I'd better come, or the old man will blame me......"

"It's okay, Mother Liu, I'll just come by myself, Uncle Lu will tell him if he asks. You go to rest early, it's a tiring day. ”

"That'...... Everything is put in the pot in the kitchen, the charcoal fire in it has not been completely extinguished, you can heat it up a little yourself, I will go to my own room to sit first, if you don't understand anything, call me. ”

Mother Liu hurriedly explained.

"Okay, I know, Mother Liu, go and rest."

After seeing Liu's mother leave, Ye Xiaoyu and Hong'er came to the kitchen.

Lift the lid of the pot, and sure enough, there is food inside.

After covering the pot, Ye Xiaoyu squatted down and lit the charcoal in the stove, because the coal was not completely extinguished, after adding some firewood, the fire burned vigorously after a while.

"Miss, I didn't expect you to be so skilled in lighting fires."

From the moment she entered the door just now, Hong'er was stunned by Ye Xiaoyu's series of actions in one go.

"That's, how can such a trivial matter as lighting a fire be difficult for me."

Ye Xiaoyu said with a smile while lighting a fire.

"Miss, why did you let Mother Liu go first, this was originally her job."

Hong'er is still angry about Mama Liu's behavior just now.

"You see it's dark outside, it's so late, Mother Liu is so old, don't bother her with this little thing."

"But Miss, if we continue like this, others will bully us more and more."

As if realizing that something was missing, Hong'er quickly stopped talking.

"Hong'er, what are you talking about, is someone bullying you in private?"

Hong'er's voice seemed to have a faint bad message.

"What's the matter, didn't I say it, like Hong'er, I'm so well-behaved and obedient, no one won't like it. In addition, there is a young lady here, where will she be bullied. ”

Hong'er explained it in a hurry.

"That's good, the meal is already hot, let's eat."

Seeing that Hong'er didn't want to talk, Ye Xiaoyu didn't want to ask more.

"Okay, wow, miss, I think today's meal is particularly delicious."

Hong'er stuffed a mouthful, and her words were a little inarticulate.

"Fool, that's because you're hungry."

"Miss, you're so nice."

"Okay, don't be numb anymore, hurry up and eat."

Seeing that Hong'er was about to start saying something like gratitude again, Ye Xiaoyu hurriedly stopped it.

In fact, although Ye Xiaoyu has a strong personality, she is not a person with a cold nature, she has always regarded Hong'er as her sister, and she does many things by herself, and does not let Hong'er do it, but Ye Xiaoyu has a strange habit, that is, she is afraid that others will always say some words of gratitude and gratitude, she doesn't know how to respond to others' thanks and praises, for the good of others, she usually silently repays in action, just like Hong'er, but on her lips, she can't open her mouth, because she has always felt, A true confidant doesn't need any words to describe it. To put it bluntly, Ye Xiaoyu is a person who is not good at expressing his emotions, otherwise, he would not have been entangled with the scumbag Chen Hao for so long in his previous life.

The two of them finished eating with laughter, and when they washed the dishes, Hong'er didn't want Ye Xiaoyu to help, but they couldn't help Ye Xiaoyu's requests, so the two washed the dishes and chopsticks together and put them in the cupboard.

After finishing this, it was already dark outside, and the lanterns in the courtyard had already been lit and hung.

Out of the kitchen door, the two of them also took a lantern in their hands for lighting, but not long after they walked out, Ye Xiaoyu touched her pocket, and suddenly found that her small purse was forgotten in the kitchen, so she said to Hong'er: "Hong'er, I seem to have left my purse in the kitchen, you go first, I'll go back and get it." ”

"Miss, it's so dark, I'll go with you."

"No need, it's not far from the kitchen, just take this step, I'll go by myself, you go back and wash up first."

"Okay then, I'll go put the bath water first, and you can wash it directly when you come back."

Hong'er felt that what Ye Xiaoyu said was reasonable, anyway, the kitchen was not far from here, and it was in Lujiazhuang, so it must be safe, so she no longer insisted.

"Well, there you go."

After arriving at the kitchen, Ye Xiaoyu really found a purse on the stove, in fact, this purse is not a precious thing, if you lose it, you will lose it, but the key is the things in the purse, this purse contains the jade pendant that the young man in white fell at that time, Ye Xiaoyu must put away this jade pendant no matter what, because whether you can meet and recognize the young man in white again depends on it. Even if Ye Xiaoyu knows that the probability of meeting the young man in white again in this life is very rare, as long as there is this jade pendant, there is a glimmer of hope, and people always have to live by hope.

After coming out of the kitchen, Ye Xiaoyu walked directly to Nanyuan.

The people of this time and space rest early, and there are basically no people as soon as it gets dark, even if it is a big family like the Lu family, it is no exception.

If you want to go back to Nanyuan's own residence, the small garden and the rockery are the only way to go, in fact, Ye Xiaoyu is a little scared now, the small garden is now dark, and the shape of the plants inside shows ups and downs in the dark, and the rockery, standing in the dark, like a monster, is very terrifying.

I knew that I would have let Hong'er be with me, what could I do if I was blind just now, Ye Xiaoyu regretted it silently in her heart.

"When exactly will I get my hands on it?"

"I try to ...... as much as I can"

Ye Xiaoyu was about to run, when she suddenly heard a conversation.

"I want the exact time, or ...... Hmph......"

"Another day or two, I really don't have a chance to start......"

Ye Xiaoyu hurriedly extinguished the lantern in his hand and walked to the bushes next to the rockery to hide, but because it was too dark, after extinguishing the lantern, he accidentally stepped on the dead branches in the bushes, and the dead branches suddenly made a "squeak" sound, which looked particularly stingy in the silent night.

"Who!!!! ……”

The person who was talking in the dark suddenly became alert, and followed the source of the sound step by step towards the bushes where Ye Xiaoyu was hiding.

Ye Xiaoyu, who was hiding in the bushes, could clearly hear the footsteps getting closer and closer at this time.

It's over, and it's going to be discovered.