Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

The village chief and Lu Haoran waited for about a cup of tea, and then saw Xia Yingying coming over with bags of goodies, followed by a burly man carrying several sacks. He asked curiously, "Yingying, why did you buy so many things?"

"Village chief, I plan to make some snacks and sell them at the market to bring in some money for my family." Xia Yingying did not hide anything and told the truth. She knew that the village chief was not the kind of person who was jealous of others, so it was okay to tell him.

The village chief stroked his beard and nodded to Xia Yingying: "You are a woman with no land at home, so making and selling cakes is a good way to make a living. But, Yingying, treat these children well, they will be filial to you when they grow up."

The village chief suddenly said something like "treat the child well". Xia Yingying seemed to be back in class, feeling embarrassed when the teacher called on her to answer a question, a question she didn't know the answer to.

Her bad reputation must be known to everyone in the village. How could the village chief not punish her when he gets the chance this time?

"I know. I will treat them well. These children are very well behaved." Xia Yingying smiled awkwardly and put the things in her hands in the cart. She bought a lot of things, and with the help of the waiter in the grain store, she didn't have to make several trips.

Xia Yingying thanked him, climbed onto the ox cart swiftly and sat next to Lu Haoran.

The village chief cracked his whip and hit the cows. Time passed quickly amid the sound of the ruts and laughter.

From time to time, the roar of wild beasts could be heard in the mountains, which made Xia Yingying feel creepy.

The road was between the mountains, and it was dark. Especially since it was still ancient times, wild beasts loved to come out at night. The three of them had no defensive weapons and no fighting power...

Xia Yingying clutched her clothes tightly and took a defensive posture.

"Village chief, will these beasts come down?" Xia Yingying asked in a trembling voice.

"Yingying, don't be afraid. Those are the cries of wild beasts in the deep mountains. Any that are close to the roadside will be eaten by people. Don't worry, I have walked this road at night many times and nothing happened." The village chief comforted Xia Yingying.

"Hey." Xia Yingying responded and relaxed a little.

By the time Xia Yingying and the others returned to the village, it had already fallen dark.

Xia Yingying jumped off the ox cart holding the cloth and knocked on the door: "Mom, I'm back."

Xia Yingying and the others made quite a noise when they returned. Except for Lu Yurou, who ate and slept all the time and didn't know what was going on, Song Ruyi, Lu Yuwei and Lu Haojie were still awake. They were worried all night.

Now hearing the noise, he immediately ran to the yard.

"Grandma, grandma, mom and brother are back." Lu Haojie was so happy that he ran out with his short legs like a little rocket to open the door.

But he was short and couldn't reach the bolt at all. He jumped up anxiously and said, "Grandma, come and open the door."

Song Ruyi wiped the sweat off Lu Haojie's head and said, "Take it easy. Your brother is fine."

Lu Haojie consciously walked aside and made room for Song Ruyi. Song Ruyi opened the door and saw the village chief carrying a sack in the yard, followed by Xia Yingying and Lu Haoran who were holding things.

Seeing Lu Haoran standing next to Xia Yingying, Song Ruyi and her siblings finally felt relieved.

"Yingying, you go ahead and do your work. I'll be back soon."

"Village chief, would you like some water?"

"No."

Xia Yingying put the cloth in Song Ruyi's arms and took out twenty cents from her purse and gave them to the village chief.

The village chief shook his head and said, "Yingying, your family just had this incident. It's not easy for a woman like you to make money. Keep it to buy some candy for the children. Besides, the pork you gave me last time is still there. If I take your money again this time, wouldn't it make me look like a vicious old man?"

"Village chief..." Xia Yingying chased out and gave him money.

"Don't see me off." The village chief got on the ox cart, cracked the whip, and the ox cart swayed away.

Xia Yingying took out the copper coins and put them back into her purse. Since the village chief didn't want to take the money, she could only wait until next time to send something over.

Song Ruyi delivered the cloth to Xia Yingying's room, and then went to the yard to pick up the things in the sack.

Lu Haoran was already carrying a sack, and Song Ruyi took it over. The things in the sack were quite heavy, and her adopted grandson was quite strong.

Song Ruyi looked at the contents of the sack in the moonlight. It was a bag of flour and brown sugar. How much did it cost? Yingying was also a sloppy person. She still had rice and flour at home, but she bought so much. Was she buying it to feed the rats? And she even bought so much brown sugar, which was extremely expensive. Was she too rich to spend?

Her daughter was also a miserable person. She married a man, but he died on the battlefield, leaving four children to her. She was a weak woman with no land. How much money would it cost to raise these four children?

It was not easy to get some money, so I should cherish it. How could I spend it so lavishly? No! No! When Yingying came back, she would have to talk to her.

After Xia Yingying handed out the cloth and saw that the things in the sack had been put away, she sat in the main room, poured a cup of cold boiled water from the ceramic kettle, took a bowl, and drank three bowls in one breath. She didn't drink a drop of water all day. If she hadn't drunk a bowl of soup after dinner, her throat would probably be smoking now.

Xia Yingying put down the bowl, remembered that Lu Haoran's ointment was still on her body, and gave the ointment to Lu Haoran.

Song Ruyi was taking care of the children in Lu Yuwei's room, and the three children were all in Lu Haoran's room. Lu Yuwei and Lu Haojie looked left and right, and confirmed that Lu Haoran only had injuries on his face. Lu Yuwei then asked about what happened during the day.

During the day she only heard that her elder brother had an accident. She had to take care of Arou and had no chance to hear what happened.

Lu Haoran talked about how he had an argument with Wang Dachui. When talking about how Wang Dachui hit him, the two boys clenched their fists together, with expressions as if they wanted to tear Wang Dachui into pieces.

"I fainted and I don't know what happened after that." Lu Haoran turned his gaze to Lu Haojie.

"I know, I know." Lu Haojie said in a baby voice. He continued with the second half of Lu Haoran's coma and described in vivid detail how Xia Yingying cleverly made Wang Dachui apologize and pay back the money. Lu Haoran's eyebrows twitched when he heard it, and Lu Yuwei's face turned red when she thought of Xia Yingying's soft embrace.

Lu Haojie walked with his short legs to the cupboard and took out three strings of candied haws like a magic trick.

"Where are you from?" Lu Yuwei couldn't help swallowing as she looked at the red candied haws.

Lu Haoran also looked at Lu Haojie curiously.

Lu Haojie lowered his head shyly under the intense gazes of his brother and sister, and said in an embarrassed voice, "This was bought for me by my stepmother today. She said we should each have one."

Lu Haojie generously shared the candied haws with his brothers and sisters.

Lu Haoran and Lu Yuwei took the candied haws and exchanged glances: "Does the stepmother have sex with grandma?"

Lu Haojie bit a candied haws and said incoherently: "I don't know."

"Xiao Wei, give me your candied haws."

Lu Yuwei reluctantly gave the candied haws to Lu Haoran, who took it and ran out of the house.

"Brother, sister, why aren't you eating? Hey, brother, where are you going?" Lu Haojie asked in confusion while chewing the sweet and sour hawthorn.