As more and more people arrived, Yuan Mengge finished her breakfast, asked the proprietress for a disposable bowl, poured the milk into the bowl, and waited for it to cool before placing it on the ground for Duoduo to drink.

When people saw her feeding milk to her dog, they joked, "Why would anyone feed milk to a dog? This dog is eating better than people."

"Some people in the city raise their dogs like their own sons, which is incomparable to the country dogs we have here."

"Are there really people like that? Raising a dog like their own son? What are city people thinking?"

"They're rich, so they can raise their dogs however they want. Anyway, we poor people from the countryside can't compare to them."

Yuan Mengge listened to what those people were saying but ignored them.

Then he packed two steamed buns and a bag of milk coffee to take back to Li Xue'e.

Holding the steamed buns and milk coffee, I walked and ran home.

It took me more than 30 minutes to run there, but it took me an hour to run and walk back.

On the way back, I saw villagers driving by from time to time.

Upon arriving in the village, the villagers were already up, and each household began to light fires to cook and prepare breakfast.

In winter, breakfast usually consists of boiled white rice porridge with pickled vegetables or salted radish.

When Yuan Mengge returned home, she found Yao Dongqing already cooking in the kitchen.

Li Xue'e was brushing her teeth by the well, holding a toothbrush and a plastic cup.

Seeing Yuan Mengge walk back from outside, she looked at her in surprise: "Where did you go so early?"

Yuan Mengge held up the steamed buns in her hand to show them to her, and said, "I went to town for breakfast, and I bought these for you."

Li Xue'e's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Then, looking puzzled, he asked, "You walked there? Where's your bike?"

Yuan Mengge: "I went for a run, to exercise."

He then said, "I'll put this in the room; you can take it to eat later."

As she spoke, she took the coffee back to her room, found an empty cup, and poured the milk coffee into it.

Yuan Dasheng was still asleep on the bed in the living room.

After coming out, she saw Yao Dongqing standing at the kitchen door calling to her: "Aping, wake your brother up for breakfast."

Yuan Mengge turned back to the bedside in the living room, tugged at her skirt, and said, "Get up."

Yuan Dasheng, who was sleeping soundly, frowned and muttered, "Shut up."

Then she turned over, curled up in the blanket, and fell asleep on her side again.

Yuan Mengge let go of his hand, walked out, and said to the kitchen, "I already called him."

Whether he gets up or not is none of her business.

After washing her face, Li Xue'e took her cup and toothbrush back to Yuan Pingping's room, where she looked at the steaming buns and hot milk coffee on the table.

She took a bun out of the bag, took a bite, her eyes lit up, and said, "Hmm, this is exactly the kind of steamed bun I like—preserved vegetable and pork."

She assumed Yuan Mengge had just bought it casually, so she didn't think much of it.

But Yuan Mengge remembered that she liked to eat preserved vegetable and pork buns, so she bought them for her.

However, Li Xue'e quickly thought of a problem.

Why did you only buy two and one milk coffee? Was it just for her?

There are four people in the family, how can we divide the two steamed buns?

Could it really have been bought just for her?

Why is her sister-in-law so good to her?

She walked out of the room with a steamed bun in one hand and a cup in the other. Then she came out of the living room and saw Yuan Mengge squatting down on the flat ground in the yard, as if she was doing some kind of exercise.

Li Xue'e leaned closer and whispered, "Why did you only buy two steamed buns? Didn't you buy more for your parents?"

While stretching, Yuan Mengge replied, "Why buy it for them? Let them cook their own porridge."

Hearing this, Li Xue'e felt a mixture of doubt, confusion, and delight.

Seeing the changing expressions on her face, Yuan Mengge smiled and said, "Eat quickly."

Then, as if remembering something, he said, "Don't give it to Yuan Dasheng!"

Li Xue'e looked at her and laughed, saying, "You really hate your brother."

Yuan Mengge sneered: "Scumbag, I'll send him and his gang to jail sooner or later."

Li Xue'e quickly advised her, "Shh, keep your voice down. If your parents hear you, they'll beat you again."

Yuan Mengge pursed her lips and said, "So what if you hear it? It's because they spoil their son too much that he's grown up to be such a wicked and criminal. You really need to think carefully about your future. You absolutely mustn't rely on him, understand?"

She reminded Li Xue'e again.

Li Xue'e sighed helplessly, "I know, you said so much last night... wasn't that enough?"

Last night, when the two were chatting in bed, Yuan Mengge said a lot of bad things about Yuan Dasheng.

Yuan Mengge looked at her with a complicated expression and said, "You don't understand. I really don't want to see your life ruined by him."

After saying that, she turned around and went to the edge of the yard to start looking for stones.

I weighed a rock that was about ten to twenty pounds, then picked it up and held it in front of my chest to do arm strength exercises.

Seeing her holding a large rock up and down in front of her chest, Li Xue'e was completely confused: "Speaking of which, what are you doing?"

Yuan Mengge: "Exercise."

Li Xue'e: "..."

She ate her breakfast while watching Yuan Mengge lift weights.

After finishing her meal, she took her cup to the kitchen and saw Yao Dongqing scooping the cooked porridge from the iron pot into another round pot.

"Ah'e, take some dried radish from the jar next to the cupboard, wash it, and chop it up. We'll be stir-frying it later." As soon as Li Xue'e came in, Yao Dongqing immediately asked her to take out the dried radish.

"Oh, okay." After putting down the cup, Li Xue'e took a bowl from the cupboard, then squatted down by the jar and took out a few strips of dried radish.

Somewhat confused, she turned to Yao Dongqing and asked, "Mom, how many should we get?"

Yao Dongqing: "Just grab a few, that's fine... Hasn't Dasheng gotten up yet?"

Li Xue'e grabbed a handful, whatever amount was available, and put it in the bowl. As she covered the jar, she replied, "Pingping called him just now, but he didn't wake up."

Yao Dongqing didn't say anything after hearing this.

Outside, Yuan Mengge was exercising. Although it wasn't a routine exercise, she needed to improve her physical fitness.

Otherwise, insufficient physical strength will hold you back when you encounter a mission.

'System, can you predict Huang Jiazhong's mission?' she asked in her mind while holding the stone.

[Insufficient triggering conditions; unpredictable.]

'Does this mean I have to squat near his house every day to get a positive result?' Yuan Mengge pursed her lips.

It's not impossible.

Yuan Mengge instantly looked disgusted and said, "...It seems that you alone can't solve the problem of him."

[...]

The stone, weighing over ten kilograms, didn't feel too heavy at first, but as her arm strength gradually gave out, Yuan Mengge began to feel the pressure.

She took the stone and went behind the wall, avoiding the gaze of the other family members.