Luo Chen pondered for a moment: "Taking my little sister is fine, I want to go too."
"no."
Xiao Yunying refused without hesitation. She was thinking that after entering the city, she might be able to get some things from the supermarket to sell for money.
Luo Xin is young and easy to fool, but it's inconvenient for Luo Chen to follow along.
"Why not? Are you up to something?"
Being repeatedly questioned and doubted by the three children made Xiao Yunying feel somewhat uncomfortable.
“If I really wanted to sell the child, I would have just drugged your food and sold him in one go, which would have been much easier. There would be no need for me to argue with you all here.”
Even the original owner of this body, when she was so poor that she had to eat wild vegetables to fill her stomach, never thought of selling her child. Now that she has rice to eat, why do they still think of her like this?
Was the original owner really that wicked in their eyes?
But she's not the original owner of this body, so why should she put up with these bratty kids?
Xiao Yunying sighed inwardly, trying to console herself, as her words caused their expressions to change.
The original owner never explained why she did anything, and she didn't explain when misunderstandings arose. She also often beat and scolded them, which made the children hate her. It's understandable that they would immediately think the worst of everything.
Since she has taken over the original owner's body, let's be more tolerant and consider it as accumulating good karma for the original owner.
Xiao Yunying softened her tone and assured them, "I'm just taking your little sister to the city for a stroll. We'll be back around noon. Don't worry, I absolutely won't sell her."
Luo Yang turned to Luo Chen and advised, "Big brother, let her take little sister. Little sister has never been to the city before."
Luo Chen glared at him with wide eyes, feigning a fierce look: "Then you'd better come back soon. If you dare to sell my little sister, I'll definitely not be polite to you!"
Seeing Luo Chen's appearance, Xiao Yunying found it somewhat amusing and wanted to ask how he was being impolite.
I was also afraid that if I really angered the child and something else happened, and if I delayed any longer, I wouldn't be able to go to the city today.
"Alright, put your worries back on. Xin'er, let's go."
He went to the kitchen, grabbed a basket, carried it on his back, and led the little girl out the door.
"If I come back late, there's rice in the kitchen. You can make do with some porridge. I'll bring you something delicious when I get back."
No one answered, probably because they didn't believe she could bring back food. Xiao Yunying didn't care and led Luo Xin to the village entrance.
There was an old man in the village named Zhang. His son felt sorry for his father because of his age and didn't want him to work in the fields. But the old man couldn't stay idle, so he bought an oxcart and made two round trips to Donglin City during the off-season to earn some money pulling the cart.
A ride in an oxcart is inexpensive, costing one coin per person, and only two coins for a round trip.
It would take half an hour to walk there, but only half an hour by oxcart, and it wouldn't be tiring at all. The original person was really not strong enough and always took the oxcart.
By this time it was already broad daylight. We met many people on the road, some going up the mountain to gather pig feed and dig for wild vegetables, and others going to the river to wash clothes.
Seeing Xiao Yunying leading Luo Xin toward the village entrance, they gathered in twos and threes, whispering among themselves.
"Didn't they say yesterday that she was dying? How come she can go out today?"
"Are they going into town? What are they doing with that little brat? Are they going to sell her?"
An old woman pursed her lips and said, "Who knows? She never used to take the children to the city."
To be honest, the Luo family's children are really good-looking. They took after their father and were born with good looks. They could probably fetch a few more strings of cash than ordinary children when sold to a matchmaker.
Thinking this to herself, she felt even more bitter: "A stepmother can never be as good as a biological mother. It hasn't been long, and she's already selling her child. No wonder Luo Yong looked down on her and abandoned her."
Xiao Yunying naturally felt the malicious gazes cast upon her from all around. She was too far away to hear what they were saying, but she knew without a doubt that it wasn't anything nice.
No one came forward to speak to Xiao Yunying, which suited her just fine; she was too lazy to waste her breath on these people.
Upon reaching the village entrance, with no sign of the oxcart, Xiao Yunying squatted down and said to Luo Xin:
“Xin’er, we’re late. The oxcart has already left. We have to walk to town now. Can you manage? If you don’t want to go, Mom can take you home first.”
Luo Xin nodded firmly: "Xin'er wants to go."
"Okay, let's go."
Because there was a little girl with her, Xiao Yunying walked slowly. The two of them, one big and one small, chatted as they walked, treating it as if she were taking her child on a picnic.
After all, Luo Xin was a toddler under three years old. After walking a distance, her speed obviously slowed down, so Xiao Yunying simply put her in the basket on her back.
Xin'er initially disagreed, twisting her body and refusing to go in. It was only after Xiao Yunying said that she was too young and walked too slowly, and that if she went too late, everything would be sold out, that she finally agreed.
Having overestimated her physical strength, Xiao Yunying carried Luo Xin on her back, walking a distance and then resting for a while. What took others half an hour took her nearly an hour to reach the destination.
After resting on a rock at the city gate for a while, the little girl climbed out of the basket and wiped Xiao Yunying's sweat with her sleeve.
"It's because Xin'er is too heavy, making Mother suffer."
"My little darling, with you saying that, Mommy isn't tired at all. Come on, let's go into town."
Looking at the towering city gate, Xiao Yunying was so excited she almost cried.
She lived for twenty-five years in her previous life and had never traveled this far. When she has the means in the future, the first thing she must do is buy a horse-drawn carriage for transportation!
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