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

"I know that the crossbow arrow is your secret. If you don't want to tell it, then don't tell it."

Lu Ziren took the initiative to pick up Xia Yingying's words and ended the topic.

Xia Yingying breathed a sigh of relief. "Yeah, okay."

Lu Ziren picked up a load of firewood with a shoulder pole and prepared to go out.

Xia Yingying frowned slightly. It was time to eat. She thought Lu Ziren didn't know the meal was ready, so she held onto the door frame and said, "Lu Ziren, the meal is ready."

When Lu Ziren heard this, his heart warmed.

He hadn't heard anyone calling him to eat for many years. When it was time to eat in the military camp, someone would deliver food. Most of his subordinates were afraid of him and would just deliver the food to inform him.

Later, he brought a few children to the small mountain village, and every time he took the initiative to cook for the children.

The only time he remembered being asked to eat was when he was very young and his mother was still alive, but after his mother died of illness, he never heard this sentence again.

"Okay, I understand. You guys eat first. I'll bring the firewood over and put the pig in the water to scald it. I'll be back soon." Lu Ziren explained to Xia Yingying.

Xia Yingying was slightly stunned, then nodded, "Okay."

Since Lu Ziren told them not to wait for him, and the adults were not hungry, they might as well wait. It would be easier to eat when there were more people.

There are two children in the family, and they cannot stand being hungry, so Xia Yingying prepared to let them eat something to fill their stomachs first.

But Lu Haojie and Jingjing were not there. When Xia Yingying asked, she found out that Lu Haojie and Jingjing had gone to the pig slaughterhouse with Lu Ziren.

Lu Ziren was full of energy, and after a while he carried the firewood to the place where the pigs were slaughtered. When he put down the firewood and lit the fire, he heard Chen Yi's surprised voice: "Xiao Gong... Xiao Jie, why are you here?"

Lu Ziren looked up and saw two little kids looking at them with curious eyes.

Lu Ziren added a few pieces of firewood and made the fire burn vigorously, then asked Lu Haojie: "Didn't your mother call you to eat? Why did you come here?"

"Dad, I came to watch you kill a pig. The wild boar that mom brought back last time was really big. It was killed by Grandpa Niu and Uncle Niu and Second Uncle Niu together. My eldest brother and second sister saw it, but I didn't. Don't send me back. Let me broaden my horizons."

"We are not slaughtering the pigs yet. We will slaughter them after we have eaten."

They came back to eat first, and then went to kill the pig. Anyway, there were people coming and going in the village, and everyone was acquaintance. Everyone in the village knew that the pig belonged to him. Besides, no one dared to mess with his reputation in the village, so they believed that no one would be stupid enough to steal the pig.

Lu Ziren's words poured a bucket of water on the small flame that was burning brightly in Lu Haojie's heart.

"Oh." Lu Haojie pouted, "Then I want to come with you!"

"It's up to you." Lu Ziren walked to the pig, and he and Chen Yi moved the pig into the pot.

"Let's go back and eat."

When Lu Ziren returned home, Xia Yingying and Song Ruyi took down the bowls covering the food and used them to scoop out the rice. They had not known when Lu Ziren and his friends would return, so they covered the bowls to keep them warm.

After eating rabbit meat for two days in a row, Xia Yingying stewed the pheasant hunted by Lu Ziren with mushrooms today, made braised pork, and also cooked old potatoes, tofu in tomato sauce, eggplant with fish flavor, stir-fried rapeseed, cucumber and egg soup, and a bowl of rice and steamed buns.

After Lu Ziren and Chen Yi washed their hands, they sat down and started eating the prepared rice.

Xia Yingying originally planned to wait for Lu Ziren to be free in the afternoon so that he could help her beat the eggs so that she could make egg cake.

She also has no intention of giving up making steamed cakes.

According to the contract she signed when she sold the steamed cake recipe to the pastry shop owner, she can still make steamed cakes.

But she was in competition with the pastry shop owner. Since she took so much money from him, she dared not make too many steamed cakes. Since she was able to make egg cakes, she deliberately reduced the number of steamed cakes and increased the number of egg cakes.

Since steamed cake is steamed out of water, it is generally softer. However, egg cake is baked and has a crispy outer skin. As milk is added to it, the taste is richer than steamed cake. In short, they each have their own flavor.

Since I started selling egg cakes, in the beginning more people bought steamed cakes than steamed cakes. But after the steamed cakes were sold out, many people also bought egg cakes, although egg cakes are a little more expensive than steamed cakes.

Xia Yingying couldn't help but look up in the direction of Lu Ziren, couldn't help but sigh, and continued to eat.

Lu Ziren had sharp ears and sharp eyes, so there was no way he didn't see Xia Yingying's actions, but he didn't say anything.

After dinner, Song Ruyi helped to clear the dishes, Lu Ziren took over this job, Xia Yingying wiped the tables and chairs and put the rag in the pot.

Lu Ziren put the dishes on the stove, walked to Xiang Yingying, and asked in a low voice: "Do you have anything to tell me?"

Xia Yingying looked at Lu Ziren in confusion.

Lu Ziren raised his eyebrows, "You kept looking at me while you were eating, I thought you had something to say to me."

Lu Ziren looked at Xia Yingying quietly, waiting for her answer.

Xia Yingying was confused, with a face full of question marks.

What do you mean by "keep looking at him"? She just glanced at Lu Ziren!

God can testify that she only took one look.

But she wasn't staring at him all the time. Why was Lu Ziren so self-conceited and flattering himself?

Originally, she didn't plan to trouble Lu Ziren with beating the eggs, and planned to make some herself.

But now that Lu Ziren actually asked her, she couldn't waste this opportunity.

"Well, first of all, let me clarify something. I just glanced at you." Xia Yingying clenched her fist, put it to her mouth, coughed, and said solemnly.

Well, whether you take one look or several looks, you have looked at it anyway.

There were people who liked to peek at him before, and he was very disgusted. But when Xia Yingying looked at him, he actually felt happy.

Now Xia Yingying refused to admit it because he caught her peeking at him and she was too shy to admit it.

Thinking of this, Lu Ziren couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

"Well, you only looked at me." Lu Ziren repeated Xia Yingying's words.

"Actually, I want you to help me beat the eggs, if you're free."

It was just a small matter, but he thought it was something particularly difficult to deal with.

Lu Ziren nodded without hesitation, "Okay, I'll help you beat the eggs first, and then I'll get the pigs."

Because there are many people in the family now, there are many dishes and chopsticks for every meal. Since Lu Ziren and Xia Yingying were in the kitchen, Song Ruyi didn't want to disturb them, so she took Lu Haojie out.

Now there were only Xia Yingying and Lu Ziren in the kitchen, so Lu Ziren helped Xia Yingying wash the dishes.

Because Lu Ziren was washing dishes, Xia Yingying swept the floor.

She brought all the eggs to be used today to the table, brought the other ingredients over, took a basin, and prepared to beat the eggs. She went out and called Lu Haojie in, and Jingjing naturally followed her in.

Chen Yi came in to help, and when Lu Ziren saw Chen Yi coming, he said to him, "Go check on the pigs first, I'll come and help you kill them later."

Chen Yi nodded, said OK and left.

Xia Yingying and Jingjing were beating eggs, while Lu Haojie scooped the egg yolks into another bowl with a spoon.

Song Ruyi knew that Xia Yingying was going to make cakes, so she came in to help. Because there were so many people, even if there were a lot of eggs, the eggs could crack quickly. After Lu Ziren washed the dishes, he helped Lu Haojie scoop the egg yolks.

After getting all the eggs out, Lu Ziren began to stir them with ease.

He knew that this was a job that required both strength and endurance, so he secretly used his internal strength to beat all the eggs. He then asked Xia Yingying if she needed any other help. Seeing that she didn't need help, he took the ox cart that Xia Yingying and the innkeeper's wife had rented and headed out.

Xia Yingying just happened to look up and saw him pulling a naked bike out, and couldn't help frowning.