The children sat obediently at the table, picked up their chopsticks, grabbed the steaming noodles, and quickly slurped them into their mouths.

Considering that children have weak digestive systems, the noodles are cooked until they are soft enough to break easily with a gentle bite using their baby teeth.

After taking another sip of the noodle soup, the fresh and tender broth instantly filled his taste buds, and Da Wa felt warmth spread from his mouth all the way to the soles of his feet.

"Mom, your noodles are so delicious." Niu Niu's words were full of sincerity.

In the past, if the three children were even given a rotten sweet potato to eat, it was considered that their stepmother had a change of heart.

Now that she can eat her fill and stay warm at every meal, and the food is so delicious, Niu Niu is already very satisfied.

Niu Niu stirred the noodles, but suddenly saw a whole fried egg at the bottom of the bowl. She secretly glanced at her stepmother and was surprised to find that she could have what her brother had.

Chen Yunyun was eating when she suddenly received a notification from the system.

[Niu Niu's corruption level has decreased; currently at 7.5%, mission progress 50%]

She turned her head to look at Niu Niu, who was happily eating from a bowl of noodles. The bowl was bigger than her face, and when she bent down to eat, her whole head was submerged in the bowl.

At first glance, it's hard to tell whether Niu Niu is eating noodles or the bowl is eating Niu Niu.

Chen Yunyun almost laughed at her own thoughts and didn't dare to look at Niu Niu anymore.

She thought to herself that Niu Niu was probably a little foodie, so her "darkening value" would drop quickly when she ate something delicious.

Moreover, the task issued by the system should not be too difficult, since the task does not specify how much the corruption value needs to be reduced to qualify.

Therefore, as long as both children's "darkening" values ​​show a downward trend, the mission is considered complete.

Once Chen Yunyun understood this, she felt much more at ease.

After the children had breakfast, Chen Yunyun taught them some characters and math calculations, assigned homework to the two children, and then picked up her basket and went out.

She didn't have much firewood at home, so she planned to go up the mountain to collect more dry branches to dry and store as provisions.

On her way out of the village, she encountered several villagers, all of whom kept their heads down and avoided eye contact with Chen Yunyun. After she passed them, she could hear them whispering: "Have you heard about that? It's really unbelievable."

"Wasn't it said that Tiger was pushed off the cliff?"

"How could that be? Zhijun's two are so thin they're just skin and bones. Their stepmother doesn't feed them, and they just eat tree roots and grass every day. How could they have the strength to push people?"

"Did Tiger slip on his own?"

"Tiger's mother said it herself, Tiger hasn't gone to the water's edge for years. Only Zhijun's two kids are always there washing clothes. It must be the one who died first causing trouble!"

"Oh dear, now that you mention it, it really is a bit creepy!"

"This is nothing! Didn't you hear what Tiger's mother said? The first one climbed onto her back and kept clinging to her!"

"Oh? That's scary. We have to go up the mountain to ask our ancestors for help."

"That's right. I didn't sleep well last night. I got up in the middle of the night to burn incense before I could fall asleep again."

"If you ask me, this is really strange. If the first one was going to be looked for, she should have looked for the current one. She abuses the dolls so badly, why would she look for Tiger's mother?"

The two shook their heads, unable to understand it, and simply listened to it as village gossip and moved on.

Chen Yunyun had sharp ears and heard the whole story. The villagers now regarded the incident as the work of a ghost, which was a good thing for her family. They wouldn't hold the living accountable for what the dead did.

But for some reason, when she thought of the way Zhang the hunter had looked at them yesterday, she felt a vague unease.