Chapter 171: My Grandchild and I Still Argue

Ye Xiu watched as her daughter, who should have been clinging to her, was instead comforting other children.

Watching Xingxing reluctantly agree, the two of them, hand in hand, walked into the kitchen while she stood alone in the courtyard, somewhat at a loss.

She wanted to help in the kitchen and found Wu Wa stoking the fire while her daughter, standing on a stool, was about to cut the cured meat hanging from the beam—so high, so dangerous.

She covered her mouth, not letting herself make a sound, fearful that it would distract her daughter and cause her to fall.

Soon, Bai Zhi took down the meat and started cooking skillfully, then washing; each process was so practiced,

Though she knew her daughter had done it countless times, at that moment, she couldn't help but cry, feeling an especially suffocating, sharp pain in her heart.

"Ye Xiu, you're here?"

Bai Dan, who had just returned from chopping bamboo, spotted Ye Xiu standing at the kitchen doorway.