Xiao Yunying let the children play in their room for a while until they felt less full, then she let them wash up and go back to their rooms to sleep.
Back in her room, Luo Li still didn't dare to speak, anxiously tugging at her two older brothers' sleeves.
Luo Yang spread out the quilt: "Your stepmother was just teasing you. You can talk while eating lotus root. She just wants you to eat quietly and ask fewer questions."
Luo Li patted the quilt: "Huh? My stepmother is really something, how can she scare people like that?"
Luo Chen placed Luo Li's coat, which she had taken off, on the bedside table: "Who told you to keep asking questions?"
"I've never seen it before, I'm just curious."
Luo Yang gently patted Luo Li's head: "From now on, no matter what your stepmother takes out, whether you've seen it or not, you're not allowed to ask about it anymore, and you're not allowed to go out and talk about it, understand?"
Who wouldn't be curious? He and his older brother were curious too, but they knew how to read each other's expressions and didn't dare to ask, for fear that their stepmother would say something they shouldn't hear.
What if her stepmother finds out that they've discovered her true identity? Will she leave and return to Xishan?
What happened to her stepmother? Will she ever come back?
Luo Li didn't understand: "Why can't I ask or say anything?"
Luo Yang could only scare his younger brother with his favorite food: "Be careful not to annoy your stepmother with her questions, or she won't make you any more novel foods. Also, have you forgotten what your stepmother said about not flaunting your wealth? You can't just show off your family's things outside, or what if it attracts bad people?"
"Second brother is right. I won't ask anymore, and I won't tell anyone."
"Okay, let's go to sleep."
Luo Li obediently crawled into the quilt, closed her eyes, and drifted off to sleep, savoring the taste of spicy hot pot.
Xiao Yunying, who was inside the house, put Luo Xin to sleep and then went into the supermarket.
He paced back and forth in front of the locked roller shutter door leading to the pharmacy, trying to figure out how to open it.
When she first entered the supermarket, she noticed that the staff dormitory looked completely uninhabited. The wardrobes were empty, and there was nothing on the bed except for the mattress. The key was probably not there.
Xiao Yunying wondered to herself, "Could it be that the supermarket returned the items to the employee when they came with me?"
After saying that, he laughed at himself. It seems that the supermarket is quite humane, not coveting other people's things.
Undeterred, I searched the staff dormitory and all the cash registers, but as expected, there was nothing there.
"There's a pharmacy behind the door. Medicines are a necessity; we can't give up on them."
Xiao Yunying made up her mind, turned around decisively and left. She wandered around the supermarket, put on several down jackets, wore a helmet and gloves to cover herself up completely, and came back carrying an axe.
"I can only apologize to you."
With a ceremonial bow to the roller shutter door, Xiao Yunying raised her axe and chopped down at the lock with all her might.
After waiting a while without hearing the alarm, and with the axe leaving deep marks on the roller shutter door, Xiao Yunying's confidence soared, and she continued to chop away.
After completely destroying the area around the lock, Xiao Yunying exclaimed excitedly, "There's light! That's great!"
Unlike the pitch-black exterior of the supermarket, the fact that it's inside at least as dark as the supermarket itself suggests that there are things inside.
Xiao Yunying put down the axe, took off her down jacket and placed it aside, wearing only gloves. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and prepared to pull open the roller shutter.
She took a deep breath and pulled the door up forcefully. When she was halfway through, a huge force pushed her out of the supermarket.
Xiao Yunying's vision blurred, and she was back in her bed.
"What's going on?!"
Was she thrown out of the supermarket?
Did she smash all the eggs at the supermarket?!
In her excitement, she didn't control her voice and woke Luo Xin up: "Mom, what's wrong?"
Xiao Yunying forced a smile: "Mother had a nightmare. It's alright, Xin'er, go back to sleep."
"Mother, don't be afraid, Xin'er is with you."
"good."
After Xin'er fell asleep again, Xiao Yunying tried to enter the supermarket but found she couldn't get in.
Before she could even react and start to panic, two lines of text flashed through her mind: "Someone has been detected maliciously damaging the supermarket's side door. It is currently repairing itself. No living beings are allowed to enter during the repair process."
Xiao Yunying slapped her forehead, realizing that her attempt to steal a chicken had backfired... and she had lost everything.
Wait, life forms can't enter during the repair period, but once it's repaired, can they enter?
After trying to take a few things out of the supermarket, Xiao Yunying felt relieved: "Thank goodness, the supermarket is still there, it's just that people can't get in right now. It should be fine once it's repaired."
It was a false alarm. Xiao Yunying didn't dare to do anything more, so she covered herself with the blanket and went to sleep quietly.
The autumn rain fell intermittently throughout the night, especially in the latter half of the night when strong winds blew, making the doors and windows rattle loudly. The rain only gradually subsided at dawn.
The rain finally stopped around noon. Xiao Yunying looked at the muddy dirt road outside and sighed, "We don't have to go into town today."
Luo Yang comforted him, saying, "No need to rush, there's still some time before it snows."
"I'm in a hurry, of course I'm in a hurry. I don't want to live in this thatched hut anymore. I want to live in a spacious and bright house."
The mud brick walls and thatched roof offered no protection against moisture, making the entire room damp and filled with a humid atmosphere, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
Thinking back to the supermarket door she had smashed last night, and how she couldn't even take a shower now, Xiao Yunying felt inexplicably irritated.
"Ugh—this is so annoying!"
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