"Mother, how could we have guessed?" Bai Yunfei pouted, her eyes filled with sorrow.
Shangguan Yunxi tilted her head: "Mother, a pound of rice costs three coins, how much would a hundred pounds cost?"
Mo Qingcheng gave Shangguan Yunxi a look that said, "You're a promising student," and blurted out, "Three hundred coins."
"Mother is so amazing! Mother, a pound of meat costs fifteen coins, how much is five pounds?" Mu Yunchuan stared intently at Mo Qingcheng, hoping that his stepmother wouldn't come out this time.
The next second she was slapped in the face, and without thinking, Mo Qingcheng gave the answer: "Seventy-five coins".
"..." The six children were dumbfounded. Did their stepmother have some kind of magic weapon?
The little ones chattered around Mo Qingcheng, and Shangguan Yichen's cold expression softened a bit.
Cough cough... I reluctantly gave it to myself to be... my mother...
Mo Qingcheng was driven crazy by the children's cravings, and slowly said with a black line on her forehead: "After we settle down, Mother will teach you to read and do arithmetic. If you are interested, I will teach you the Three Character Classic first."
"Mother, what is the Three Character Classic?" Bai Yunfei immediately perked up.
Mo Qingcheng gave a brief explanation and began her lecture: "At birth, human nature is inherently good..."
"At the beginning of life, people are inherently good..." Before long, the sound of reading aloud rang out from the oxcart, and several little ones swayed their heads and quickly entered a state of complete absorption.
Shangguan Yichen was silently reciting the Three Character Classic, but his attention was not focused, and the old ox almost bumped into the village chief Li Changgeng.
Li Changgeng was also startled and apologized repeatedly, "I'm sorry, Brother Chen."
Shangguan Yichen shook his head, opened his mouth, and the reading stopped. The young boy was filled with regret.
It's all my fault.
Mo Qingcheng jumped off the carriage: "Boss, go and rest for a while. You are the pillar of our family."
"..." Shangguan Yichen blushed and looked stubbornly at Mo Qingcheng.
"Alright, sweetie, Mommy's got lunch ready for you today." Mo Qingcheng chuckled and took the opportunity to pat Shangguan Yichen's little face.
With a dark expression, Shangguan Yichen was dragged onto the oxcart by Shangguan Yunxi and Mu Wanqing.
Li Changgeng stopped in his tracks: "Ahem... Lady Mo..."
"Village Chief Li, it's alright, let's continue on our way... Before I got married, I learned a bit of the Three Character Classic from my father..."
Mo Qingcheng raised an eyebrow at Li Changgeng, then looked away and patted the old ox's head: "Good boy, don't get distracted. I'll give you an extra treat tonight..."
The villagers who had their ears perked up were speechless.
Good heavens, what's going on in Lady Mo's head? Can a beast understand speech? Why don't you just fly to the heavens?
Surprisingly, the old ox worked very hard along the way, occasionally bellowing.
Mo Qingcheng hummed a folk song, and the children were filled with worry again. When would their father come back?
"Bang!" The oxcart belonging to village chief Li Changgeng crashed into a rock. The child screamed in fright, the procession was thrown into chaos, and Li Changgeng's expression changed.
Bishui Village Chief Liu Changming and Yanfeng Village Chief instructed their respective villagers not to come and join the fun. The two exchanged a glance and hurried over.
"Brother Li, what happened?" Liu Changming frowned, wondering if Li Changgeng was some kind of gigolo.
Li Changgeng's youngest son, Li Yuanlin, was so frightened that he covered his mouth tightly. He was the one who had been driving the carriage.
As a result, he accidentally bumped into a rock, and more importantly, he also hit someone...
Li Changgeng's face was very ugly. The oxcart was about to fall off one side. A boy was lying next to a big rock, covered in dirt and the hoof prints of the old ox.
"Brother Liu, who are these people...?" Li Changgeng was a little annoyed. His youngest son was a playful boy. He was already eighteen years old and still not married. What girl would dare to marry him in the future?
Liu Cuihua was stunned. She saw the boy on the ground struggling and reaching out his hand, and then screamed.
"Help...help..."
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