When the two brothers returned after pouring the water, Xiao Yunying had already gone back to her room. They put the wooden basin into the kitchen and looked at the untouched white porridge on the stove. Luo Chen felt a little panicked.
"Second brother, stepmother didn't drink the porridge. She's really angry."
Luo Yang sighed. His stepmother was less angry and more heartbroken.
Indeed, to those unaware of the situation, their actions seem to show a complete disregard for the stepmother's well-being.
Luo Yang advised Luo Chen, "Your stepmother probably doesn't have an appetite right now. Put the porridge out and let her eat it tomorrow morning."
The two brothers closed the kitchen door and went back to their rooms, each lost in their own thoughts.
Xiao Yunying lay in bed, pondering what to do next.
Are these kids really impossible to raise properly?
She must have exhausted herself in the water, because she fell asleep soon after.
When I have something on my mind, I can't sleep soundly, and I wake up before dawn the next day.
After lazing around with her eyes closed for a while, she muttered softly, "Can we go into the supermarket now? I want to take a shower."
Then I realized I was lying on the cold ground.
Opening her eyes and looking at the familiar surroundings, Xiao Yunying sat up: "I can actually get in now, is it all fixed?"
The first thing Xiao Yunying did was take a shower. She used a towel to cover her wound and struggled to wash her hair. After drying her hair, she came out feeling refreshed.
We can't vandalize the supermarket anymore; what will she do without a water heater?
She planned to go to the city today. After tidying herself up, she went to the kitchen. She had vomited up all the water in her stomach last night and hadn't eaten, so she was hungry now.
I wasn't in the mood to cook, so I just made some egg pancakes, heated up the leftover porridge from last night, and opened two packets of pickled vegetables.
She didn't want to drink the bland white porridge, so she took out two bags of sesame paste from the supermarket, muttering, "One bowl for me, one bowl for Xin'er, I won't give any to those three heartless brats."
When it came time to open the second bag, Xiao Yunying hesitated again. After thinking for a while, she took out three more bags and poured all four bags of sesame paste into a large bowl to dissolve.
After placing the food on the table, Xiao Yunying knocked on the door of Luo Chen's room: "Get up quickly, let's eat."
Just as dawn was breaking, Luo Chen heard her stepmother's voice and immediately called out to her younger brother and sister.
Luo Yang dressed Luo Xin, and Luo Xin said happily, "I think I heard Mother's voice. Second Brother didn't lie to me. Mother will come back after I take a nap."
Luo Yang gave a wry smile, hoping that his stepmother wouldn't take her anger out on his younger sister.
Luo Li remained huddled in the corner, motionless. Luo Chen nudged his younger brother, "Li, our stepmother is calling us for dinner. Don't sleep."
Luo Li buried her head in the blanket: "I, I'm not hungry..."
Luo Chen frowned: "Aren't you going to get up and apologize to your stepmother? Can you just stay in bed and not eat?"
Luo Li's voice trembled with tears: "I dare not..."
Luo Chen wanted to say something, but Luo Yang stopped him: "Big brother, let's go out first, don't keep our stepmother waiting."
Luo Xinxian quickly dressed and ran out, hugging Xiao Yunying's leg, saying, "Mother, what did you do last night? Why couldn't you do it during the day? I was so worried about you."
Xiao Yunying was warmed by Luo Xin's words. She didn't keep a cold face to the little girl, but squatted down and hugged her: "Mother had something important to do and came back late. Xin'er, don't worry, Mother will take good care of herself."
Luo Xin only noticed the injury on Xiao Yunying's head when she squatted down: "Mother, how did you get your head hurt?"
"I didn't get back until dark last night. I didn't see the road clearly and bumped into the wall. It's nothing serious."
Luo Xin frowned with heartache: "Mom lied to me. She said she could protect herself. You can't come back so late anymore. What if you bump your head again?"
Xiao Yunying didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so she coaxed the little girl to go wash up. When the group sat down at the dinner table, they found that Luo Li was not there.
"Where is Luo Li?"
Luo Xin ate her egg pancake and said, "Third brother is still sleeping in."
Xiao Yunying understood and didn't mention Luo Li again. She placed the large bowl of sesame paste in front of Luo Xin and fed her with a spoon.
The little girl waved her hand and said, "Wait a minute, Mom, did you forget to put it in the bowl?"
"I haven't forgotten, they're all for you."
Luo Xin said with a bitter face, "Xin'er can't drink that much."
"If you can't finish it, throw it away."
"Huh? Why don't you give some to the brothers? It's such a waste to pour it away."
"They don't care."
"Why wouldn't you want some? This dark paste is fragrant and sweet. Big brother, second brother, it's delicious. Do you want some?"
The two brothers lowered their heads and silently drank their congee, not daring to utter a single word.
Xiao Yunying handed the spoon to Luo Xin: "Eat quickly, this can't be kept for long, it will spoil if you don't finish it in an hour."
Xin'er received no response, so she could only frown and gulp down the sesame paste.
Do her two older brothers not like this dark, gooey stuff? Then she should eat more; we can't waste it.
Xiao Yunying finished eating first and told her that she was going to the city. Luo Xin wanted to go with her, but she didn't let her this time.
After coaxing the little girl, Luo Xin carried the basket of snow fungus on her back to the village entrance. After she left, Luo Xin asked her two older brothers for help, "Xin'er's stomach is already full, I really can't drink anymore."
With the mindset of not wasting food, the two brothers shared the remaining sesame paste, their feelings quite complicated.
What can they do to gain their stepmother's forgiveness?
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