Early the next morning, many women, mostly from the families of the pig slaughtering team, waited at the foot of the mountain.

Although there's a possibility of spending the night on the mountain, and everyone knows this mountain well, there are wild boars up there after all. Could something bad happen?

People at the foot of the mountain eagerly awaited their arrival.

Yin Lan also woke up early. Last night, she used a quilt that she had brought back from her mother. Although it was an old quilt, it was newer, bigger and better than the original quilt at home.

It's so warm to have it covered up like this.

So Chen Erwa, who was originally used as a stove, was directly abandoned by Yin Lan and kicked into the bed. Chen Dawa, who was used to warm his feet, was also kicked away by Yin Lan.

Chen Da Wa pursed his lips and quietly approached his mother's feet, but was mercilessly kicked away by Yin Lan.

The mother usually gets closer to the second child, and the evenings are the only time he can cuddle with her. Now that his mother doesn't cuddle with him anymore, the little boy is a bit hurt.

In the morning, Yin Lan got up first and went to the pot to boil eggs to eat.

She was running low on eggs and needed to find a way to buy more. She also wanted to stock up on some grain, as she felt the weather was getting colder every day.

If it really snows heavily, the roads in the mountains will be difficult to travel, and the firewood will get wet, so it looks like we'll need to prepare some more firewood.

Yin Lan was busy with her work; her clothes were getting old, and she wondered when her new winter clothes would be ready.

In bed, the eldest son was snuggled in his warm blankets. For some reason, he used to be able to get up so easily, just sitting up straight. But now, with the family's breakfast maker making breakfast, he was reluctant to get out of bed at all.

And his mother never scolds or hits him; he's living such a happy life now!

So happy that she completely forgot she had a father.

Yin Lan felt unhappy at all because her home was really dilapidated, and the wind would whistle as soon as she got out of bed.

I don't know when the stove will be ready. We only have two rooms; it's so poor.

After breakfast was prepared, Yin Lan took it directly to the three children's beds, then crawled in herself, pulled the second child over, and warmed her hands and feet.

The older child pursed his lips, wondering why his mother wasn't holding him...

Does Mother really prefer Erwa and not like him?

However, Yin Lan gave the eldest child two eggs, the second child one egg, the third child a bowl of steamed eggs, and Yin Lan herself one egg.

The eldest child's lips slowly curved into a smile; his mother still liked him, didn't she?

He was very generous and shared half with his second son, whose eyes were fixed on him.

Yin Lan didn't say anything. The eldest child was growing, and so was the second child. They could just share it in half.

The family enjoyed the most luxurious breakfast in the entire Iron Sword Village.

Nobody eats five eggs for breakfast!

Chen Yourun ate the leftovers he hadn't finished the night before, which tasted bland.

He didn't know what his child had eaten. Yesterday he had a lot of meat and fish, so breakfast would probably be simple.

What he didn't know was that his children and wife were eating much better than him, and no one even thought of him.

After breakfast, Yin Lan played with the three children for a while. Since there was nothing else to do today, Yin Lan carried the three children and took the other two out.

At the mountain pass, several women were there. When they saw Yin Lan, their gazes were somewhat complicated.

They had all heard that Chen Yourun had returned yesterday, but he hadn't gone home at all last night.

It's a good thing the village head spoke up for this Lady Yin before, but look, even her husband doesn't like her.

The first thing that came to everyone's mind was the things she had done before.

Moreover, wasn't it she who instigated the pig slaughtering team to go up the mountain?

Widow Ye happened to come over from outside and saw that Yin Lan's face was very bad. "The pig slaughtering team hasn't come down yet. I knew it. Going up the mountain to slaughter pigs is a dangerous thing. But some people are just taking advantage of their good looks and are trying to get the village head to cause trouble for the men in the village. I think something bad is going to happen."

The women's expressions immediately turned sour, and they looked at Yin Lan with great hostility.

Yin Lan was really annoyed by this widow Ye. She did nothing but stir up trouble.

"Oh? Listen everyone, the slaughtering team hasn't come down yet. Everyone's hoping for good things to happen to the slaughtering team, so why are you the only one hoping for trouble?"

Widow Ye choked, "Where did I...?"

But the women's expressions changed drastically when they looked at Widow Ye. "What are you talking about? What have I been hoping for?"

Widow Ye felt a little guilty after being glared at.

"I happen to be free right now, so I'll go ask Uncle Village Head how I managed to get him involved." Yin Lan made a move to leave.

Widow Ye suddenly panicked.

If the village headman finds out, and the slaughtering team brings back wild boars, she won't get any meat.

"Old Chen's wife, you...I didn't mean that...you..."

Yin Lan couldn't be bothered with this person at all.

She took the child to the wasteland.

The kids have nothing to do and are full of energy, so let them go weed. Unexpectedly, as soon as they got to the field, they saw a figure moving up and down. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Tian Youwei.

At the same time, two more figures appeared.

"What are you doing in my field?" the eldest son immediately stepped forward and demanded.

Tian Youwei patted his dirty hands, "What's it to you!"

Just as the two children were about to start arguing, Yin Lan immediately stopped them. "Isn't it good that he helped us pull weeds?" Yin Lan asked the older child.

The eldest child was furious, "No good!"

He added, "The other two, yes!"

Da Wa knew that they had also had a hard time. In the past, when he and his younger brother were begging and digging for wild vegetables, they were just as pitiful as the others.

Da Wa and Tian Youwei glared at each other angrily.

"How about this, you two have a contest. Whoever pulls more weeds today, the other person will listen to them."

Tian Youwei was determined to win.

The eldest child was equally unwilling to admit defeat.

"Erwa, you can be the referee." Erwa was very happy and immediately agreed.

The two kids immediately went to the field and started working like crazy.

Yin Lan was troubled. What should she do if her child didn't like other people?

She couldn't think of a solution for the time being, so she decided to leave it at that. Besides, with Tian Youwei leading the way, Da Wa and Er Wa would be more motivated.

At the mountain pass, several women also saw this and couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

"This Lady Yin is too lazy. The fields are overgrown and neglected, yet she doesn't lift a finger and makes the children do all the work."

"Yes, those two kids have suffered so much. They don't even have a single relative left, and she still dares to order them around. Tsk tsk tsk..."

Widow Ye was initially very pleased with herself, but suddenly, she saw her child.

Why is he in the field? Why is he helping that woman, Lady Yin?

She was so angry she wanted to bite him, and was about to go over and scold him when suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a particularly tall and imposing figure. Realizing who it might be, she quickly brushed a stray hair behind her ear and casually turned her head.

"Brother Yourun, what...what are you doing here?"