Luo Xin always welcomed Xiao Yunying the most, running over with open arms: "Mom, you're back!"
Xiao Yunying composed herself and smiled, "How about I hug you later? Let's move the things first and let Grandpa Zhang go home for dinner."
"good."
Luo Xin waited obediently to the side. Old Zhang helped Xiao Yunying carry the grain into the kitchen. Xiao Yunying didn't ask how many copper coins the driver wanted, and directly counted out fifty coins and gave them to Old Zhang.
Old Zhang refused to take it: "Why would I give you so much? You wouldn't need this much even if you chartered a car."
"Uncle Zhang, please take this. You've been running around with me all morning, helping me move things, and now you've even missed your lunch break."
Old Zhang resolutely refused to accept the money, only asking for ten coins, saying, "I won't go hungry if I eat a little later."
Xiao Yunying knew the old man was notoriously stubborn, so she stopped trying to give him coins and instead placed an apple and a bag of milk cake on the cart.
"I bought this in the city. The milk cake is soft and chewy, and even those with bad teeth can eat it. Uncle Zhang, please keep it and don't refuse. Otherwise, I'll be too embarrassed to ride in your oxcart in the future."
"Put it on the cart, I'm leaving."
Old Zhang turned the oxcart around, saying with some concern, "Your head injury looks a bit serious. Don't take it lightly. Go see your third grandfather."
After saying that, he drove away in his oxcart.
Xiao Yunying closed the door, and Luo Xin quickly came over.
Xiao Yunying squatted down and hugged her. Luo Xin asked worriedly, "Mother, why is your forehead so black?"
"It's dark?"
Xiao Yunying walked to the water tank and looked at her reflection: "Oh my god, what a color!"
I don't know if it's because I took a hot shower this morning, but the red swelling that was originally slightly bluish has turned into a mix of blue and purple, and the color has become several shades darker.
Her fair skin made the purple bruises look particularly gruesome, making the small wounds appear even more ferocious.
No wonder everyone was so surprised when they saw the injury on her head; the color of the bruise was quite frightening.
I gently pressed the swollen area, and felt nothing except for the swelling and pain.
I shook my head; I wasn't dizzy or nauseous.
Xiao Yunying said to Luo Xin, "It's alright, it will subside in a few days. Xin'er, are you hungry? Mother will go cook."
"Mom, why don't you take a rest and let your older brother cook porridge?"
Xiao Yunying expressed her dislike for bland white porridge: "Mother bought meat, doesn't Xin'er want to eat Mother's cooking?"
Luo Xin said earnestly, "I want to eat, but I want my mother to rest even more."
Xiao Yunying felt an inexplicable surge of emotion welling up inside her, and she hugged Luo Xin, unable to speak.
After a while, Xiao Yunying raised her head and let go of Luo Xin: "But Mother doesn't want to drink plain porridge. Mother is fine. I'll go cook now. Xin'er will wait outside for a while."
Xiao Yunying entered the kitchen, took a deep breath, and suppressed the tears welling up in her eyes.
"It must be because you caught a cold. Your nose is stuffy, and when it feels sore, it makes your eyes water. That must be it."
After adjusting her mood, Xiao Yunying took out a bunch of celery and two potatoes from the supermarket. She washed the rice and started cooking. Worried that Luo Xin was hungry, she simply made celery stir-fry with meat and braised potato slices.
Luo Chen waited and waited outside the door, but his stepmother didn't call him in to cook, and he started to get anxious.
It wasn't until the kitchen door opened and Xiao Yunying brought the dishes to the main room, telling them to wash their hands and eat, that Luo Chen smelled the aroma of rice and realized that his stepmother no longer needed him to cook.
At the dinner table, Xiao Yunying took a small plate and put some food on Luo Xin's plate: "Where's Luo Li?"
Luo Xin said, "Third brother is inside the house and hasn't come out. Second brother said that third brother is not feeling well and told him to rest in the house."
Xiao Yunying snorted coldly. Not feeling well? He's probably just upset because she didn't die.
“Go and call him out for dinner. After dinner, he can go back to his room if he feels uncomfortable. If he doesn’t come, tell him what I said: if he’s so capable, then he should never come out and should stay in his room forever.”
Luo Xin felt that her mother's tone was a bit off: "Mother, what's wrong with Third Brother? He was acting strange last night. Eldest Brother said that Third Brother was scared by wild dogs."
Xiao Yunying choked on her breath, coughed, covered her mouth, and then laughed in exasperation, giving Luo Chen a half-smile.
That's really something, comparing her to a stray dog.
Luo Chen almost buried her head in the bowl, not daring to meet her stepmother's gaze.
Silly little sister, you've really got your big brother in trouble.
Luo Yang dared not speak and quickly went out of the main room to call Luo Li over for dinner.
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