The Lu brothers, Jiang Jiang and Lu Shi, sat in the main room chatting casually, while Jiang Wanwan sat to the side listening, occasionally chiming in with a few words.

She kept touching her empty stomach, feeling a bit anxious from hunger.

She had only eaten half a bowl of watery porridge last night, enough to take a bath in, and she was already starving. Adding to that, her bickering with Jiang Xun earlier had made her even angrier; her limbs felt weak with hunger.

Sigh, it's all because of poverty.

That's how it is with the farmers in the village; they're generally poor, especially in Dashui Village. Unless they have to go out to do farm work, they only eat two meals a day. Not only that, but those two meals are also just gruel. Only during the busy farming season do they eat three meals a day, which are semi-dry.

Breakfast is an important meal of the day; skipping breakfast is like eating poop.

She was so focused on her work in her past life that she neglected her health, which led to her collapsing at her post at a young age.

Having been given a second chance at life, she vowed to take good care of her body, pay attention to health, and strive to live to be a hundred years old.

This goal was set not long ago, and it's about to fall today.

Why!

Dashui Village is a desolate place, far from any other village or town. Even if she had money, it would be difficult for her to buy food.

Thinking about it this way, she felt even more hopeless.

Jiang Wanwan looked sadly at the rain curtain outside the house, worried that she would repeat the same mistake in this life and die young.

Mrs. Lu had been keeping a close eye on her daughter. When she noticed that her daughter was touching her stomach from time to time, she knew that her daughter must be hungry.

So, Madam Lu pulled Jiang Wanwan to her feet. "Wanwan, let's hurry back inside and check if the basin is full. If it is, we need to empty it quickly, otherwise it will overflow."

Jiang Wanwan looked at Lu Shi in confusion. Didn't they just put the basin in? The basin is so big, how could it be filled so quickly?

Despite her doubts, Jiang Wanwan obediently followed Madam Lu out.

The two entered Lu's room. At that moment, Jiang Jialin was also in the room, copying a book in a place where there was no water leakage.

"Wanwan, come in quickly, be careful of the leaky areas, don't get wet in the rain." Jiang Jialin put down his brush and waved to Jiang Wanwan.

Madam Lu turned around and closed the door. Then she walked to a box on the side, took out an oil paper package, and stuffed it into Jiang Wanwan's hand.

Jiang Wanwan looked down at her palm.

It's an oil paper package!

She gently squeezed the oil paper package; there was something inside.

She looked up at Madam Lu and Jiang Jialin, "Father, Mother, what's this?"

Madam Lu looked at her with a smile, "Hurry up and open it."

Jiang Wanwan did as instructed and opened the oil paper package. Inside, she saw two pink jujube paste cakes lying quietly. Perhaps they had been accidentally pressed, because the jujube paste cakes were already a little loose.

"Wanwan, this is some jujube paste cake that your father brought back for me. I've already eaten two pieces, and these two are for you. Eat them quickly."

Jiang Wanwan didn't believe what Lu Shi said. The Jiang family was poor, and Lu Shi loved her son and daughter. How could she bear to eat jujube cake herself? She was probably just saying that to make her feel at ease eating the jujube cake.

Without hesitation, she picked up a piece of jujube cake and brought it to Madam Lu's lips, her eyebrows curving into a sweet smile. "Mother, you should eat some too."

Madam Lu turned her head away, avoiding the jujube paste cake that Jiang Wanwan offered. "Hehe, Mother has already eaten, Wanwan, you can eat it yourself."

“If Mother won’t eat it, Wanwan won’t eat it either.” Jiang Wanwan pretended to be angry and put the jujube paste cake in her hand back into the oil paper package.

Madam Lu grew anxious. "Wanwan, eat quickly. Aren't you hungry? Eat quickly, don't ruin your health by starving yourself."

Jiang Wanwan pouted and said unhappily, "If Mom doesn't eat, Wanwan won't eat either. If Mom eats, Wanwan will eat too."

Jiang Jialin chuckled and gently advised, "Mingzhu, your daughter is filial. Just eat what we're offering."

Only then did Lu Mingzhu relent and eat the jujube cake that Jiang Wanwan handed her. "Mmm, it's so sweet and fragrant, Wanwan, eat it quickly."

“Okay, I’ll eat too.” Jiang Wanwan picked up the snacks and ate them in small bites.

She felt ashamed inwardly; it was really not easy for a woman in her twenties to pretend to be a young girl!

The two had just finished eating jujube cake and talking for a while when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Third sister-in-law, the rain has stopped, let's go for a walk in the mountains!"