I washed the two empty bowls, and smelled the bowl that had held the medicine. Sure enough, it had a strong smell of Chinese medicine.
I placed the small bowl on the stove to dry, then filled a coarse porcelain bowl with porridge and added brown sugar, preparing to feed Luo Xin when I got back.
Luo Chen kept staring at Xiao Yunying, trying to glean something from her expressionless face.
He muttered to himself, "What's wrong with this woman? She's only eaten so little today. Usually, she would drink at least two bowls of something this big."
Xiao Yunying was unaware that someone had doubted her appetite. All she knew was that she absolutely could not eat too much while drinking Chinese medicine, or she might vomit.
Seeing that the children were still not moving and were staring at her, Xiao Yunying stiffly peeled the eggshells, mimicking the original owner's tone and saying dryly:
"Aren't you going to eat? I'll feed you one by one."
The peeled eggs were broken in half, and the four children each received half of the two eggs.
Luo Lisheng quickly stuffed the egg into his mouth as if afraid it would run away, while the two older men looked down at the half-eaten egg in the bowl, each lost in their own thoughts.
"Eat quickly, how can you get full just by looking at it?"
Seeing the woman place the porridge in front of her younger sister, preparing to feed her, they each picked up their porridge and ate heartily.
They hadn't eaten all day and were extremely hungry. Regardless of what the woman planned, they decided to eat first.
Luo Xin was short, and her head barely reached above the table after she sat down. Xiao Yunying pulled her into her arms and made her sit on her lap.
Luo Xin flinched, and the three boys looked at her warily.
Xiao Yunying pretended not to notice and fed Luo Xin with a spoon: "You're too small to reach, so let Mom feed you."
The little girl didn't dare to refuse. She nodded cautiously, opened her mouth, and took the spoon in. As soon as the porridge entered her mouth, her eyes lit up like little stars.
"Is it tasty?"
The sweet rice porridge dispelled her fear, and the little girl nodded happily, saying, "Delicious, so sweet."
Poor child, so happy with just a bowl of porridge.
Xiao Yunying patted Luo Xin's head: "If you like it, Mom will make it for you again later."
After saying that, he reminded the three brothers, "There's still plenty left in the pot. Go get more if you need more."
The two older ones remained silent, but the third one, upon hearing that more could be served, responded with a "Yes, I understand."
Luo Li finished her porridge first, savoring the sweet taste, and mustered up her courage to say, "I'd like another bowl."
He thought he would hear someone swearing, but instead he heard, "I'll get you some."
Luo Li jumped off the stool: "No need, I'll go by myself."
"Then you go by yourself."
Luo Li jumped off the stool, picked up the bowl, and went to the kitchen by herself.
Luo Xin was small, and the porridge was thick, so she was full after drinking one bowl. The boys, led by Luo Li, each drank two bowls.
Xiao Yunying stacked the bowls and placed them in the wooden basin used for washing dishes in the kitchen, then scooped water from the water vat and poured it in.
Luo Chen followed him in: "I'll take care of the washing."
"No need, you go to sleep with your younger siblings."
Luo Chen looked at the woman washing dishes in front of the stove. He couldn't understand it. Was this poisonous woman really delirious from illness?
It's one thing to let them eat eggs and drink porridge, but they even put brown sugar in the porridge, personally feed their younger sister, and now they're even washing the dishes on their own initiative?
"Why are you staring at me like that? Do I have money on my face?"
Xiao Yunying could roughly guess that her eldest son had become suspicious of her behavior just now, but she was too dizzy to pretend to care about their feelings.
In short, she has changed her inner self, but her appearance is still the original owner, so there is no problem with her. As long as she gains the trust of the original owner's parents, she doesn't care what these children think.
Besides, she doesn't have the habit of hitting or scolding her children, and she can't bring herself to let them go hungry while she eats alone.
"Are you... going to sell us out?"
She used to use that phrase to scare them.
Xiao Yunying ladled out the unfinished porridge and started washing the pot, saying without turning her head:
"Go to sleep after you've eaten, and stop overthinking."
"Are you really not going to sell us?"
Xiao Yunying was still upset, and this child kept nagging, saying all sorts of nonsense, and she was losing her patience.
“I don’t need money right now. Didn’t you see my mother giving me money outside the door just now? We’ll talk about it when we need money later.”
"you……"
Luo Chen was so angry that he couldn't speak. Sure enough, this vicious woman had already decided to sell them out.
Making them drink porridge tonight is definitely an attempt to lower their guard.
Luo Chen turned and ran out, pulling her younger brother and sister back to their room.
He needs to have a serious talk with his younger siblings. They can't be alone with that wicked woman; they might get sold off one day if they're not careful.
Xiao Yunying was too lazy to guess what the child was thinking. She didn't care when Luo Chen ran out and tidied up the kitchen by herself.
After washing the pot, put the bowl of porridge into the pot, cover it with the lid, and place a stone on the lid to prevent mice from stealing it in the middle of the night.
Back in my room, I closed the door, took off my coat, lay down on the bed, and began to process all the information about my current environment.
There were people around just now, and she hadn't been able to figure things out.
She is now in a country she has never heard of before, the Winged Kingdom, located in the northern part of the country, in a village called Xiaqu Village.
This body is seventeen years old this year. Last March, she used the old trick of losing her virginity by falling into the water to force herself to marry Luo Sheng, who had a widowed mother and four children.
The original owner happily married into the family, but on their wedding day, Luo Sheng took his sick mother to the city for treatment, promising to return in a few days. However, he never returned, and now it's October of next year, with no news whatsoever.
Luo Sheng was an outsider. When they got married, his family had been living in Xiaqu Village for less than a year. They rarely interacted with the villagers and knew very little about them. They had nowhere to look for anyone.
The original owner, unwilling to give up, inquired at all the pharmacies and clinics in the city, but to no avail. She could only raise the children while waiting for him to return.
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