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

These words stirred up a thousand waves in Lu Yuwei's heart. During the years she practiced medicine, she would still remember the excited look on her stepmother's face when she said these words.

"Stepmother, thank you." Lu Yuwei's eyes were wet. She spread her arms, walked up and hugged Xia Yingying's waist.

Xia Yingying's body stiffened slightly, and she put her arms around Lu Yuwei.

When going to bed at night, Lu Yuwei hugged one of Xia Yingying's arms and slept soundly, but Xia Yingying felt a little uncomfortable and did not fall asleep until a long time later.

Yesterday, Xia Yingying promised Zhang Wuji from the pastry shop that she would teach him how to make pastries. She got up early and took the ox cart from the next village to go to the town.

After Xia Yingying got up, Lu Yuwei also got up, dressed and washed. When Xia Yingying opened the door, Lu Yuwei said, "Stepmother, I want to go with you."

Xia Yingying nodded: "Let's go."

Lu Yuwei opened the door, and the two of them went to the village entrance to wait for the ox cart. After a while, the ox cart arrived and the two climbed on it.

Xia Yingying got up early today and didn't make breakfast, so she was a little hungry. After more than an hour, they finally arrived in the town. Xia Yingying got off the ox cart and took Lu Yuwei to the noodle shop to eat a bowl of noodles before going to the pastry shop.

Zhang Wuji had been waiting for Xia Yingying at the door since early morning. When he saw her finally come, he said with a smile on his face, "My dear, I have waited so long for you to finally come."

Zhang Wuji led Xia Yingying and Lu Yuwei to the kitchen where pastries were made.

"Uncle Zhang, are you worried that I will run away? You can rest assured. Since I promised to teach you, I will definitely do it." Xia Yingying assured again.

"My lady, you are absolutely right. I have prepared all the materials. Can you please see if there is anything missing?"

Xia Yingying glanced at the materials on the table and found that they were all fully prepared.

"The materials are not bad, let's get started."

Xia Yingying demonstrated how to make the steamed cake one by one according to the steps she wrote yesterday.

As usual, she used chopsticks to beat the eggs. Everyone in the room was looking at her. She didn't want to waste her energy, so she demonstrated the correct method.

So they let Zhang Wuji take over. Zhang Wuji was old, and his arms were so sore after a few movements.

Zhang Wuji then gave the job of beating the eggs to his son and grandson. After everyone in the room had taken a turn, the eggs were finally beaten.

Xia Yingying mixed the beaten eggs with other ingredients and stirred evenly, then poured the batter into a bowl and steamed it in a steamer.

"This is how to steam a cake. Do you have any other questions?"

Zhang Wuji shook his head. Xia Yingying explained in great detail and he understood it all.

"Thank you for today, my lady."

"Uncle Zhang, you are too polite. Since I have accepted your money, I will do my job well." Xia Yingying said with a smile.

Only then did Lu Yuwei realize that Xia Yingying had sold the recipe.

During this period, she followed Xia Yingying to set up a stall.

Knowing that steamed cakes sell very well, Xia Yingying earns most of her money from selling steamed cakes.

Replacing steamed cake with square cake means one less income for the family.

Although Lu Yuwei didn't know why Xia Yingying wanted to sell the recipe to the pastry shop, she still believed in Xia Yingying's choice.

What Xia Yingying said to her last night made her understand Xia Yingying for the first time. Xia Yingying saw many things more deeply than she did, and she must have her reasons for doing so.

After Xia Yingying left the pastry shop, Zhang Wuji packed two gift boxes of pastries for her.

The ingredients for making pastries had been bought yesterday, so there was no need to buy more today. However, she had to buy some as a gift for her husband. Xia Yingying was worried that there would be a crowd tomorrow, so she planned to buy them today and bring them out tomorrow.

Sure enough, when Xia Yingying arrived at the grocery store, there were quite a few people inside. However, there were only a few children going to school in the countryside, so the crowding was not serious.

After Xia Yingying bought the gift, she was about to go back, but Lu Yuwei pulled her sleeve and hesitated for a long time before stammering:

"Stepmother, yesterday Doctor Qin told me to buy a copy of Compendium of Materia Medica to read first. He didn't even bring his book with him."

After Lu Yuwei finished speaking, she lowered her head.

Books are precious things, one book costs about two or three taels of silver. She knew that what she said was a bit presumptuous, but after what happened yesterday, she finally said it.

As soon as I said it, I regretted it deeply.

I didn’t dare to look up at Xia Yingying’s expression.

"Stepmother, I won't buy it." She said softly, with a tearful tone in her voice.

"Aren't you going to study medicine with Doctor Qin? Why don't you buy it? Do you want other books? For example, "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Disorders" or something like that?" Xia Yingying couldn't help asking.

She had a friend who was studying medicine. He had many thick books, all covered with words. Xia Yingying was scared when she saw them.

When she heard that Lu Yuwei only wanted one copy, she couldn't help but feel a little skeptical.

"Yes, Doctor Qin said that I am just getting started now, so I only need to learn about herbs, and I can learn other books later."

Lu Yuwei was comforted by Xia Yingying's gentle tone.

It seems that different teachers have different teaching methods.

Xia Yingying didn't say much and took Lu Yuwei directly to the study.

"Boss, do you have a copy of Compendium of Materia Medica?"

"Yes, what version do you want, madam? The regular version is two taels of silver, the hardcover version without deletions is five taels of silver, and the collector's edition is ten taels of silver. It depends on what price you want."

After hearing what the study owner said, Xia Yingying couldn't help but widen her eyes. She didn't expect that books were also graded in ancient times.

"Xiao Wei, what kind do you want?"

Lu Yuwei was confused. Isn't it just a book? Why are there different prices? Does each version have different contents?

"Stepmother, I want a complete book." Lu Yuwei said in a low voice.

"Boss, we want the complete content."

"Don't worry, my lady. The books here are all complete. You can buy them without worry."

Seeing that Lu Yuwei was worried, Xia Yingying asked again, "Can we take a look at the versions of the books you mentioned?"

The owner of the study hesitated and agreed, but he also said, "My dear, you must be careful with these books. If they are damaged, you must pay for them at the original price."

Xia Yingying knew that books were rare items in this era, and that she would only understand if they were damaged, she would have to pay for the cost, so she nodded without hesitation.

"It's natural."

The owner of the study took three versions of "Compendium of Materia Medica" from the bookshelf and asked Xia Yingying to choose. Since Xia Yingying was illiterate, she asked Lu Yuwei to choose by herself.

Lu Yuwei flipped through the pages and compared the books one by one. Her eyes jumped back and forth between the lowest and middle prices. Finally, she frowned and chose the one with the lowest price.

When Xia Yingying paid, she pointed directly at the book in the middle price range and said, "Boss, pack it for me. I want this one."

"Stepmother, this one is enough. I am just a beginner and I don't know everything."

Xia Yingying knew that Lu Yuwei wanted to save money, but that's not how you save money.

"After you have identified all the herbs in this book, you will have to buy a new one if it is not recorded in this book. Isn't this a waste of money?"

Lu Yuwei was speechless for a moment.

"Stepmother, I listen to you."