It was not until Xia Yingying came in with the cloth and saw Lu Haojie looking at her with wide eyes and curiosity that she noticed his abnormality.

"Xiaojie, what's wrong?" Xia Yingying touched Lu Haojie's head.

Lu Haojie held Xia Yingying's hand and touched her sleeve, but there was nothing inside.

"I like clothes of this color on you." Lu Haojie said with a smile.

Xia Yingying looked at her dress, which was green and more suitable for girls. But Lu Haojie was a boy, so how could he like girls' things? Was he a transvestite?

Xia Yingying automatically imagined Lu Haojie wearing women's clothes and couldn't help shivering. Although Lu Haojie was good-looking and young, he would look good in women's clothes, but in this era he would be beaten to death.

As Lu Haojie's guardian, Xia Yingying has the obligation to help Lu Haojie correct his behavior. Even if it cannot be corrected, she must hide this quirk and not let him put himself in danger.

"Why do you like it?" Xia Yingying decided to continue to induce.

"The color is beautiful." Lu Haojie pretended to touch Xia Yingying's arms casually with his little hands, but did not find any container that could hold things.

What's going on? How could it be gone?

Could it be that the stepmother is really a big monster? But don’t big monsters eat people? And the stepmother doesn’t eat people.

"I still have a piece of cloth of this color left. Do you want me to ask grandma to make you new clothes?" Xia Yingying asked nervously.

Lu Haojie looked at her with wide eyes in confusion. This stepmother was really strange. Why did she use the cloth for girls to make clothes for him?

"No, stepmother, I am a boy. I can only wear boys' clothes. How can you make me wear a girl's skirt?" Lu Haojie stood up, pouted, pointed at his body, and said righteously.

"Yeah, I know you are a boy." Xia Yingying realized it was a misunderstanding at this time and hurriedly apologized to Lu Haojie.

The stepmother is so stupid that the eldest brother can kick her away with one kick. Even if she is a monster, she is a stupid monster.

He couldn't tell his eldest brother, nor his second sister. She listened to his eldest brother the most, so she wouldn't tell anyone else. He was the only one who knew the stepmother's secret, and he had to protect her.

Xia Yingying ignored Lu Haojie and went back to her room to count the money, and also called Lu Yuwei to join her.

Song Ruyi and Lu Haoran were drying the remaining mushrooms.

Xia Yingying poured the money in her purse onto the table and moved two stools to sit on while she circulated the money.

Lu Yuwei had experience and this time she was very skilled in holding the thread with one hand and making money with the other.

The money earned this time was more than Xia Yingying had expected. Apart from the money spent on buying things, the money earned from selling cakes totaled eight taels of silver.

People in the village earn less than eight taels a year, and those who earn five taels are considered wealthy.

It can be said that Xia Yingying suddenly became rich in one day.

After counting the money, Xia Yingying counted out seventeen coins and gave them to Lu Yuwei: "This is what you deserve. You can share it with your brothers. You have two more coins than them."

Lu Yuwei's lips moved.

"This money is what you deserve. Save it and buy whatever you want next time you go to the market. The extra two cents is because you helped me to make money."

When Xia Yingying put the money in, she saw a piece of wrapped cloth. She opened it and found a headdress and a hairpin inside. She handed the headdress she bought for Lu Yuwei to her and said, "I bought these two hair accessories because I thought you would like them. If you don't like them, you can pick the ones you like next time you go to the market. You can wear these two for now."

"Thank you, stepmother." Lu Yuwei's eyes lit up and she held it in her hands like a treasure.

"Go and do your work."

After Lu Yuwei went out, she closed the door. Xia Yingying put the money in the space and then went into the space to see if there was any chicken poop on it.

As a result, the space was unusually clean, without any dust, chicken feathers or strange smells, as if the chickens had never been here.

Xia Yingying guessed that there must be an automatic cleaning function inside, otherwise it wouldn't be so clean.

It would be convenient to raise livestock here, and she wouldn't have to clean up after herself. It's not like she didn't have other ways to make money, so she didn't want to bring in living things and destroy them.

Now that I have a livelihood, I have settled down here. I have earned some money, there is not much work to do at home, and it is time to send my children to school.

In a few days it will be the enrollment day for the town school. She will take Lu Haoran to take a look then. Lu Yuwei is also old enough to go to school.

After counting the money, Xia Yingying stood under the eaves with her hands on her waist and shouted, "Mom, Haoran, Xiaowei, Haojie, come to the meeting soon."

Lu Haoran and Lu Yuwei looked at each other in bewilderment. Meeting? What was a meeting? Even though they were confused, they still went to the kitchen.

Song Ruyi was completely confused by what Xia Yingying meant by the meeting.

"It's time for a meeting." Lu Haojie didn't understand but still rushed into the room excitedly like a cannonball.

"Now our family has enough money to send the children to school. Xiaojie is still young, but Haoran and Yuwei are old enough to go to school. The purpose of my meeting this time is mainly to ask you two, do you want to go to school?"

Lu Haoran was stunned. He nodded heavily and thought, he had dreamed about it. In the days after he came back, he read the knowledge in the books eagerly, just so that he would not forget the knowledge when he returned to school one day.

But he was beaten severely by Xia Yingying. From that time on, he never mentioned studying again, and all his textbooks were burned by Xia Yingying.

Reading was like a fantasy, giving him only a little hope when he was in the dark. In front of Xia Yingying, this hope did not exist.

But now Xia Yingying told him in person that she would send him to school. Was he dreaming?

Or is Xia Yingying crazy?

"The town school will open in a few days. Once you have made your decision, I will take you to register."

Lu Yuwei was also happy to hear this, she knew that studying was her eldest brother's dream: "Let her go, it's okay for me not to study. Hei Niu said that girls don't need to study."

"Don't worry, there is enough money at home, otherwise we wouldn't let you two decide whether to go or not." Xia Yingying continued when she saw Lu Yuwei hesitated.

"Who says girls don't need to study? Studying can make you wise and sensible. Every child should study and go to school. Anyone who says girls can't study is a fool."

Xia Yingying's words fell heavily on Lu Yuwei's heart, opening a window and letting in bright light.

"I'll ask you again, do you want to go to school?"

Lu Yuwei nodded with a gleam in her eyes.

"Stepmother, I want to go to school."

"Yeah." Xia Yingying nodded, turned to Lu Haoran and said, "Haoran, what about you?"

"I...I do." Lu Haoran said in a trembling voice.

"But the money for school..."

Sending one person to school is a huge expense for a family, let alone two. He didn't quite believe that Xia Yingying could come up with so much money to support his schooling.

"Don't worry about the money. I will find a way. Now the family business is stable, so you can rest assured."

"Thank you, stepmother." Lu Haoran's eyes were filled with tears and he was obviously very excited.

Seeing that his elder brother and second sister were about to go to school, Lu Haojie also clamored to go.

"I want to go to school, too."

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