Xiao Tian served himself another large bowl of fermented glutinous rice. He first brought it to Baozi's mouth and said in a low voice, "Have a taste."
What kind of alcohol was this?
It was just that Yi Qing was too strict. There were so many things that were not allowed.
How could a boy be raised like this?
Baozi was struggling inwardly. He glanced into the room, then lowered his head and took a small sip, licking his lips.
"Is it good?"
That woman Yi Qing had a sharp tongue but was also very skillful with her hands.
He hadn't seen her medical skills firsthand, but he could definitely vouch for her cooking skills.
"Good," Baozi said with a big smile that showed his dimples, with a hint of excitement for doing something naughty behind his mother's back.
"Have another sip."
"My mother will be angry if she knows," Baozi really didn't want any more this time.
Xiao Tian stroked his head and drank the whole large bowl himself.
It was delicious.
Xiao Tian decided to finish the remaining large basin of fermented glutinous rice in the next few days.
But soon he found that the remaining fermented glutinous rice was all gone. So he asked Yi Qing, "Did you give the fermented glutinous rice away?"
Yi Qing was turning over and drying her precious medicinal herbs. Hearing this, she pointed to the chicken coop and said, "I fed it to the chickens. I used to give it to the neighbors to feed their pigs. Now that we have our own chickens, it won't be wasted."
Xiao Tian: !!!
So he had been competing for food with chickens and pigs?
He felt really bad. He suspected that Yi Qing had done it on purpose.
But after looking at her from all angles, he couldn't find any sign of her mischief. So he had to swallow his anger silently.
Yi Qing's inner thought: Do you think I don't know you secretly gave my son alcohol?
I've waited until the next day for this grudge. It's really an exception for you.
After all, normally, she would avenge any grudge on the spot.
There was something that Yi Qing found very strange. It had been almost two months since she claimed to have General Xiao Jinghan's posthumous child.
Why was there no further news about General Xiao Jinghan's funeral, and why hadn't the stepmother from the Huai'en Marquis Mansion come to find her?
What had gone wrong?
Yi Qing, who rarely went out, decided to go out and gather some information.
She told the big and the small who were practicing martial arts in the yard, then carried her medicine basket and went out.
Baozi looked at her leaving figure, looking a bit confused.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Tian was squatting in front of him, correcting his stance in the horse-riding position. Seeing his expression, he immediately asked.
His task was to figure out what was going on with Baozi. But so far, there had been no progress in uncovering the truth, while his affection for Baozi had been growing by leaps and bounds.
Xiao Tian even couldn't help thinking that maybe it was because he was getting old and it was time for him to have a child.
He even thought that even if he finally found evidence proving that Baozi was not... General Xiao Jinghan's child, he would throw the evidence in front of that hateful woman Yi Qing's face and then adopt Baozi as his godson.
Innocent children should not be blamed. Moreover, Baozi's talent was amazing and his personality was heart - rending.
"Lord Xiao, is it because you eat too much that my mother has run out of silver? Otherwise, why would she go out to sell medicine?"
You know, after Aunt Zi left, the farthest distance his mother had ever gone was probably to the north - south store at the street corner.
Looking at his worried face, Xiao Tian said, "I gave silver. You saw it."
He did eat a bit much, but he really had given silver!
Baozi thought to himself that maybe the silver Xiao Tian gave had all been eaten up by him.
Feelings are mutual. Baozi also had a bit of affection for Xiao Tian, but it was still no match for his concern for his mother. So he said, "Lord Xiao, how about we both eat a little less? I'll eat less with you, okay?"
In the evening, in front of Baozi, Xiao Tian gave a silver ingot to Yi Qing with great bravado and said, "Don't go selling medicine anymore. I'll support you two!"
Yi Qing, who was lost in thought, was startled by him. She looked at him with a "Are you sick?" look in her eyes, as if asking what had gotten into him.
Xiao Tian twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Baozi was worried that you didn't have any silver left and asked me to eat less."
Baozi quickly said, "I said I could eat less too."
Yi Qing said, "You two sit there and eat properly. You're not allowed to go to bed until you finish your food!"
Baozi finally confirmed that his mother still had silver, and he finally felt relieved.
Xiao Tian thought: I've known that for a long time. How much ill - gotten silver has your mother earned by selling those useless medicines.
But he didn't dare to say this out loud for fear of being retorted to death by Yi Qing.
At night, all was silent. Only the occasional chirping of autumn insects and the distant barking of a dog from the depths of the village could be heard.
The bright moon shone through the window, filling the room with silvery moonlight.
Xiao Tian was a night - owl. Lying in bed, he tossed and turned. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
He seemed to understand Yi Qing's motive.
She had a son whose biological father was unknown. Forced to marry in place of someone else by her stepmother, what else could she do but take a risk to find a powerful father for her son?
But why could Yi Qing fabricate such a specific date?
Why was she so sure about the day General Xiao went missing?
There were no more than ten people who really knew the situation of this matter.
Xiao Tian thought it over one by one, but still found no clues.
But there was one thing he was sure of, and that was that Yi Qing was lying. General Xiao had never slept with her and could never have left her a child.
So there was no answer, but the questions kept coming.
Who on earth was Baozi's biological father?