Seeing that Jiang Ling was getting serious, Sister-in-law Gu quickly broke free from Jiang Ling's grip on her wrist and changed her attitude, saying to Jiang Ling, "Sister-in-law Jiang, I'm old and my eyes are blurry. I made a mistake. I apologize to you right now!" With that, Sister-in-law Gu ran off and disappeared from Jiang Ling's sight.

Jiang Ling sneered inwardly, immediately turning her attention to the people around her. The group looked at each other, then all hung their heads and walked towards their own fields.

As the sun gradually set, Jiang Ling stopped picking the fruit.

[You have obtained three pounds of wild hay. Would you like to sell it?]

Jiang Ling felt a little disappointed as she listened to the system notification. She never expected that her harvest, which she had worked so hard for so long, would only amount to three jin.

However, Jiang Ling quickly pressed the "Yes" button, and in an instant the hay disappeared, and the copper coin icon changed to "30".

Although they had the money, the dilapidated temple didn't even have a decent cooking utensil, so starting a fire and cooking would be as difficult as climbing to heaven.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ling decided to go back to her Jiang Family Village to try her luck. The original owner's family had a very bad attitude towards Jiang Ling, but Jiang Ling still held a sliver of hope in her heart.

And so, it took Jiang Ling a full half hour to reach Jiang Family Village. Relying on the original owner's memories, Jiang Ling knocked on her own door.

"Why are you here?" When Grandma Jiang saw Jiang Ling, she obviously frowned, as if Jiang Ling was a plague god.

"Mother, I..."

"Stop talking! There's no grain, and even less money!" Before Old Mrs. Jiang could finish speaking, she slammed the door shut, effectively shutting Jiang Ling out.

The setting sun, like blood, turned the originally azure sky into a fiery red.

Jiang Ling looked at the dust that had been shaken off the door and felt a tightness in her chest. She sighed helplessly, never expecting that the original owner's mother could be so cruel to her.

Just as Jiang Ling was feeling disheartened and preparing to leave, a very faint voice called out to her from behind.

Jiang Ling turned around abruptly and saw her third brother, Jiang Zhishan, quietly slipping out of the door. Before Jiang Ling could understand what was happening, she suddenly found two sweet potatoes in her hand, and could even feel their lingering warmth.

"Sister, hurry back and give this to the child! I'm going back now, or Mom will scold you if she finds out!" Before Jiang Ling could say anything, Jiang Zhishan slipped back through the crack in the door.

Jiang Ling looked at the sweet potato in her hand, feeling a mix of emotions.

Before returning to the dilapidated temple, Jiang Ling found a secluded spot and spent twelve copper coins at the shop to buy six steamed buns. She quickly hid the buns and then slipped into the temple.

"Mother! Mother! You're finally back!" As soon as Jiang Ling pushed open the door of the dilapidated temple, her youngest daughter, Lu Yingdi, rushed towards her.

Jiang Ling looked at the mixture of Lu Yingdi's tears and snot on her clothes, and her feelings were complicated, but she still smiled and took out the steamed buns she had bought.

"Oh! It's! It's steamed buns!" The youngest, Lu Yingdi, drooled as soon as she saw the fragrant steamed buns.

Jiang Ling silently divided the steamed buns and placed them in front of Lu Yaojie and her two daughters.

Lu Yaojie is also a pitiful little guy. He was bought by that old woman when he was very young. Although he is a boy, he is not her own bloodline after all, and his life has not been easy over the years.

Especially after his sister-in-law, Wang, gave birth to two sons in succession, Lu Yaojie's status plummeted.

After a prolonged period of food insecurity, the children's craving for food had almost reached its peak.

At first, the children ate cautiously, but then they began to wolf down their food, and soon the buns in front of the three children were all gone.

"If you want to eat steamed buns every day, then none of you can tell anyone else about this. Only the four of us should know about it, okay?" Jiang Ling asked the three children in front of her.

"good……"

The three children answered in unison.

While the children were eating steamed buns, Jiang Ling thought about it carefully. As a modern woman, Jiang Ling simply couldn't accept that the original owner's two children were named "Zhaodi" and "Yingdi".

Now that she has already divorced the scumbag, why should she let him have the same surname as her three children?

Thinking of this, Jiang Ling looked at the three children in front of her and said, "I have something to say to you three."

Yaojie looked at Jiang Ling calmly, while Zhaodi and Yingdi were slightly stunned. Jiang Ling looked at the three of them and tried to keep her tone very gentle.

"It's all my fault, I've made you suffer with me..."

"No way! With Mom, I get steamed buns to eat, how could I suffer?" Lu Yingdi blinked, seemingly still savoring the steamed buns from earlier, and said with a grin.

Looking at Lu Yingdi's innocent expression, Jiang Ling continued, "Now that you've followed your mother, my first thought is to change your names and surnames to take my surname. I wonder if you agree?"

Jiang Ling's words seemed somewhat profound, and the three children all stared at her blankly. After a short while, Lu Yaojie finally spoke up: "Whatever, I'm an outsider anyway. Whatever you say is fine with me!"

Lu Yaojie's words, seemingly casual, carried immense weight in Jiang Ling's ears, leaving her momentarily speechless.

Just then, Lu Yingdi's childish voice came from beside them: "Big brother, you're talking nonsense! What do you mean by outsider! You're clearly family with us!"

Lu Yingdi's words caused Lu Yaojie's eyes to flicker slightly. Lu Yaojie smiled and even raised his hand to pat Lu Yingdi's head.

Seeing this, Jiang Ling quickly seized the opportunity and said, "Yaojie, you will take my surname Jiang. Zhaodi, from now on you will be called Jiang Suihe. Mother hopes that you will grow up safely and healthily every year. Yingdi, from now on you will be called Jiang Wenxi. Mother hopes that you will be intelligent and have a long and peaceful life."

Jiang Yaojie remained calm, while Jiang Ling's two daughters seemed somewhat bewildered. However, all three of them said "Okay" in unison.

After such a long day, the three kids were completely exhausted!

Even the usually taciturn Yaojie soon started snoring softly.

Jiang Ling kept her eyes open, planning her next steps. After confirming that all three children were asleep, she carefully got up and went outside.

Although it was late at night, the sweltering heat brought no relief from the heat. Jiang Ling looked at the dilapidated state of her surroundings and sighed helplessly. Without cooking utensils, she couldn't cook, and even with her online store system, she couldn't use it for long.

Otherwise, her condition and that of her three children would inevitably arouse suspicion from others.

"It seems that living in the dilapidated temple is not a long-term solution. I should ask the village chief tomorrow if there are any vacant houses. I can rent one to avoid attracting attention." Jiang Ling thought to herself as she casually opened the mall system.

Jiang Ling looked at the goods inside, considering what to buy while secretly calculating the prices. After finishing these tasks, she tiptoed back into the dilapidated temple. She gently patted the child until he fell asleep without her realizing it.

As soon as the sky began to lighten, the village roosters started clucking incessantly. Jiang Ling felt incredibly confused, even wondering how it could be dawn so soon when she had just closed her eyes.

Jiang Ling rubbed her throbbing head and slowly sat up from the straw mat, only to find that the three children beside her were nowhere to be seen.