Chapter 3: The Two Poor and Thin Cubs
Shen Yueyao touched the small quilt they were covering themselves with and sighed, "It's too thin. It's just the beginning of spring and it's still cold at night."
Shen Yueyao returned to her and Su Xueyi's room. She originally wanted to find a thicker quilt, but she found that there were only two thin quilts in their house and no extra ones.
Only then did she realize how difficult the conditions at home were.
The Su family originally inherited the title of Marquis, but because the struggle for succession involved many officials, the Su family was stripped of their marquisate more than ten years ago and was exiled to the northwest to serve. It was only four years ago that they were freed from the labor camp.
When the Su family came out of the labor camp, they were not only penniless but also had very thin clothes.
Because they could not afford the registration fees, they could only settle down in the remote Liuhe Village.
The family worked together to make ends meet. With a house that could shelter them from the wind and rain, their lives became a little better and they were no longer frozen or starving to death.
Shen Yueyao sighed inwardly, and had no choice but to take out her thick clothes from the cabinet. The thick clothes could also be placed on the two treasures' quilts, so that at least they could keep them warmer.
But when she was putting clothes on them, Shen Yueyao found that the clothes they were wearing were torn in several places.
The clothes were worn out, revealing his thin arms.
With the moonlight shining into the room, Shen Yueyao could clearly see some blue and purple marks on their arms.
Looking at those marks, Shen Yueyao felt shocked.
She remembered that those were the marks left by her predecessor's abuse of them by beating and pinching them.
Shen Yueyao only felt that her eyes were stinging.
“How could you hit them?!”
At this moment, Shen Yueyao's eyes turned slightly red.
At the same time, a surging murderous intent surged in his heart.
If that dark soul was still alive, she would kill her.
But now, when she returned, that dark soul had been completely purified and eliminated, and was completely dead.
She took a deep breath, tried to calm herself down, carefully put thick clothes on them, took them away, and covered them.
Maybe the two little guys were tired during the day and slept soundly at night, so they didn't notice anything.
Shen Yueyao sat by the bed and looked at them gently for a while, then reluctantly returned to another room.
She wanted to watch over the two little ones while they slept.
But she also knew that her previous life had left a huge psychological shadow on the two little ones, and they might be scared if they woke up and saw her.
She could only slowly make up for the two treasures in the future.
Raise the two little guys to be healthy and strong.
Thinking about these things, Shen Yueyao washed up, lay down and quickly fell asleep.
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The next day, when Shen Yueyao woke up, it was already dawn.
When she opened her eyes and looked at the room, she was sure that she was indeed back in her clothes.
When she woke up, Su Xueyi was no longer on the bed, and she didn't know where he had gone.
Although Su Xueyi's leg was broken and his body was very weak, he could still go to some places with the help of crutches.
Shen Yueyao didn't care about these.
When she got out of bed to wash up, Dabao and Erbao instinctively shrank back when they saw her.
Especially Erbao's big eyes showed fear.
Dabao held his brother's hand, as if trying to comfort him.
Then he hurriedly scooped some cold water with a ladle, mixed it with hot water, and poured it into a basin. He used his small hands to laboriously carry it to Shen Yueyao so that she could wash her face, and said carefully, "My brother and I have prepared breakfast. The chicken laid an egg today, and my brother and I cooked it. We'll be eating soon."
Even though Dabao was a little afraid of Shen Yueyao, he still tried his best to speak clearly.
But Dabao didn't call her mother.
Shen Yueyao remembered that the two babies used to be very well behaved and wanted to be close to her, and also called her mother.
But every time, her predecessor would scold and beat them, saying that she was not their mother and told them not to call her mother.
So later, in order to avoid being beaten, Dabao and Erbao stopped crying.
Thinking of the scenes in her mind, Shen Yueyao felt a pang of bitterness in her heart.
They both suffered a lot.
A child who is only three years old has to do everything at home. He has to get up early in the morning, dress himself, wash himself, cook, and feed the chickens and ducks.
It should be the adults who take care of them, but her previous life made the two treasures serve her.
The water you use to wash your face in the morning must be warm, not too cold or too hot.
Shen Yueyao wanted to say something, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she felt her throat choked and she was unable to speak.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Dabao and Erbao blinked their big eyes and looked at her with some fear.
They were afraid that their mother would beat them again if she was unhappy.
Dabao protected his younger brother behind him without making a sound.
If mother is unhappy and wants to hit someone, just hit him.
Shen Yueyao realized that her silence would also frighten the two treasures.
She squatted down and said to them in a gentle voice: "You did a great job, very good. Thank you."
"We'll have breakfast together later."
Shen Yueyao spoke so gently that Dabao and Erbao were stunned.
Mother had never spoken to them so gently.
Shen Yueyao wanted to reach out and touch Liang Bao's head.
But the two treasures dodged reflexively, and their faces turned pale.
Especially Erbao's body started to tremble.
He grabbed his brother's hand tightly, as if he was grabbing a life-saving straw.
Shen Yueyao realized something and quickly stretched out her hand and said, "Dabao, take your brother to the yard to wash the wild vegetables."
It is just the beginning of spring now. Although the weather is a bit cold, some wild vegetables are growing on the mountain. You can dig them up and cook them to eat, at least to fill your stomach.
These wild vegetables were dug up by Liangbao from the mountains.
Dabao and Erbao hurried to the yard as if they had been pardoned.
Only then did the two of them breathe a sigh of relief.
Shen Yueyao felt very uncomfortable.
But she also knew that it would take time for her eldest and second sons to change their views of her and trust her.
She really wanted to hug her two beautiful, precious sons.
She is so beautiful, but due to long-term malnutrition and abuse, she has thin arms and legs and is very thin.
When Shen Yueyao was washing up, she realized that there seemed to be only one basin in this house, and it was a wooden basin.
The place where they lived was also three simple adobe houses. There were not even tiles on the roof, but only wooden boards and grass piled up.
If it rains, Shen Yueyao is worried that it will leak.
If the wind was strong, she would worry that the wind would blow away the grass and trees.
It would be different if there were tiles.
But based on her memory, she also knew that the family conditions were too difficult. Tiles were very expensive, and each tile cost two cents in the town. It would cost at least several taels of silver to build a roof.
The Su family can't afford tiles.
After washing up, she prepared to open the lid of the pot to see the food inside.
The big pot at home is an iron pot, but the lid is not made of iron, but a lid woven with straw.
Although the lid is made of straw, it is very dense and easy to use. This is the diligence and wisdom of the ancient people.
Shen Yueyao didn't dislike this kind of pot lid, she just thought that if you use this kind of pot lid to steam buns, the smell that overflows will be more fragrant.
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