If her mother doesn't make a fuss and eats quietly, even if she gives Liu Shiping special treatment later, Liu Shile won't say anything.

But her mistake was that she scolded Liu Shile because she was unhappy. So, as soon as Miss Liu was unhappy, she directly confronted her, which then attracted more help from others.

“That’s true. The children are all growing, so it’s normal for their appetites to increase. Why don’t we make some more so that everyone can have enough to eat?” At this moment, Liu Weisong also chimed in.

Zhang Sumei felt that she had tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice instead. However, given her status, she said with a stern face, "Where would we get so much grain at home right now?"

You know perfectly well that you need grain coupons to buy rice these days. By the way, Shihua, do you only have money and no grain coupons when you work at the grain station?

She wanted to seize everything Liu Shihua had, even if she could have bought some from the villagers privately, she wanted to keep all the grain coupons in her own hands.

Liu Shihua's heart sank slightly. When he returned, his younger sister jokingly brought up the matter of food coupons, but he thought she was overthinking it.

But before long after they got back, their mother started asking them for food coupons. To be honest, he had been given food coupons, but he and his sister had really big appetites.

Their household registrations were at home, so their ration books and such were not in their possession. They needed money for everything to live in the county, but that wasn't a problem, since they weren't short of money.

The problem is that nowadays you can't buy grain even if you have money; you need grain coupons to buy it. Even if he's a temporary worker at the grain station and can buy a little bit privately, it's not much.

They were eating with Grandma Wang now, and they couldn't possibly take advantage of her, so even though he had food coupons, he bought the food and took it back to share with her.

"Mom, I'm just a temporary worker, I don't get any food rations." Liu Shihua finally lied, trying to avoid trouble as much as possible.

Zhang Sumei was skeptical, but she really didn't know whether the temporary workers at the grain station received grain coupons or not, so she planned to go back to the grain station in town to ask.

However, she didn't show it. She snorted coldly and waved her hand impatiently at Liu Shixi, saying, "Go to the cellar and get some sweet potatoes to cook. We're out of food at home."

Sweet potatoes aren't worth much, and she's tired of eating them anyway. Besides, the brother and sister live in the county town most of the time, so she's too lazy to bring them to her room and put them away.

Well, the most important thing is that sweet potatoes are easier to preserve in a cellar. Even though she's tired of eating them, they are still staple food, so how can they be wasted?

Liu Shile didn't mind. She hadn't had roasted sweet potatoes in a long time, and said with a grin, "Mom, give me one to roast and eat. I won't eat dinner for a while, okay?"

She smiled, as if she wasn't angry at all. Well, she really wasn't angry; those words didn't bother her at all.

Seeing her like this, Zhang Su wanted to scold her, but when she noticed that her eyes swept over Ping'er a few times, she swallowed her words of reprimand.

He glared at her and said, "I don't care what you do, but Xi'er, you have to steam an egg custard for your third brother."

As she spoke, she took out the key, opened the cabinet containing the precious grains, took out an egg, and handed it over.

Although Liu Shiping often eats this, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva. She wanted to urge her eldest sister to hurry up, but after glancing at her second sister, she didn't dare to say a word.

He was genuinely afraid of his second sister. Whenever she came back, he would behave himself and even if he did something bad, he would do it in secret.

Seeing his wife like this, Liu Weisong felt a little embarrassed. He didn't understand why his wife would do this. He said that he wanted to give Ping'er special treatment, but he didn't have to say it in front of everyone.

He only breathed a sigh of relief when he noticed that the children didn't seem to have any particular expression on their faces. He then decided to talk to his wife about it and tell her not to do it again.

"Lele, don't take it to heart. She's just worried about Ping'er being so young." Liu Shixi held the eggs and watched her younger sister come in. She was a little unhappy, but she still spoke up for her mother.

Liu Shile shrugged, not caring at all, and said, "What's there to care about? She's always been like this. It's just that we weren't there when my eldest sister got engaged, and my second brother and I didn't even get a chance to congratulate her."

"Big sister, congratulations on finding your Mr. Right! By the way, big sister, how is my future brother-in-law treating you?"

I don't know what her adoptive mother was thinking. She didn't even send them a word about her older sister's engagement. Did she and her brother have something to hide?

Hearing her sister mention this, Liu Shixi's face turned slightly red, but a hint of anger flashed in her eyes, not at her sister, but at her mother's actions.

She originally intended to inform her younger siblings, but her mother not only disagreed but also demanded a large dowry. If Zhang Shoujun hadn't genuinely wanted to marry her, the engagement might have fallen through!

Moreover, lately, when Mom talks to her, she keeps mentioning how difficult things are at home.

She sensed that her mother wanted her to continue sending her salary to her parents' home after she got married, and she felt very uncomfortable about it, though she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Seeing her younger sister looking at her with a gossipy expression, Liu Shixi gave her a reproachful look, "What else can it be? It's just like that. He's busy at the end of the year."

Indeed, most organizations are very busy at the end of the year, let alone transportation teams.

Judging from the way my eldest sister is, it seems that Zhang Shoujun treats her well, otherwise she wouldn't be acting like this.

The two sisters chatted and laughed in the kitchen, while Liu Weisong asked Liu Shihua about their situation at school and in the county.

They chatted happily, but Zhang Sumei was furious. She simply gave Ping'er two more candies to eat, not wanting to watch them anymore, lest she get even angrier.

After the family had finally eaten and drunk their fill, Liu Shile returned to her room contentedly and then went off to work on the farm.

After more than half a year of effort, the farm has only reached level 5. Although it can grow more varieties, it is not very useful to Liu Shile.

After all, she had already bought all the seeds from outside. Now she just wanted to upgrade her equipment like crazy and open a processing workshop so she could make some delicious snacks.

After arriving in this era, the farm's upgrade speed is far behind that of the post-apocalyptic world. What used to be a normal difficulty level is now a hellish difficulty level.

"Big White, Little White, do you two want to go back to your hometown for a visit?" After finishing her work, Liu Shile looked at the two little ones who were no longer little dumplings and asked softly.

The two little ones used to be as cute as meows, but now they can be really fierce when they get angry. However, they won't show it in front of Liu Shile.

With a hint of doubt in their very human-like eyes, perhaps recalling their birth, they nodded simultaneously.

This is only because Liu Shile has become accustomed to seeing such human-like changes in animals in the apocalypse; if it were someone else, they would probably be incredibly surprised.

When she was in the county town, she would let her two little ones out to hunt for her when she got lazy. They always came back with a full catch, so Liu Shile doted on the two little ones.