Ning Tang has a clear understanding of her own positioning. She and Shen Lie are just partners in life.

She used Shen Lie to escape farm work, and Shen Lie used her to look after their three children. To put it bluntly, it was a mutually beneficial situation, and she was just a live-in nanny.

But she can look after the children. She guarantees that the three children's lives will be safe under her care.

But to expect her to be like Ning Xue in the original novel, devoted to the Su twins and taking care of their food and clothing like an old mother, is pure wishful thinking.

She can't even take care of herself, how can she take care of three children? What a fool's dream!

The eldest child looked at the second and third children, and the three children stared at Ningtang who was lying on the rocking chair.

Ning Tang closed her eyes and ignored the looks from the three children. She lay in the rocking chair with full concentration, swaying from side to side. Only the creaking sound of the rocking chair could be heard in the living room.

To be honest, Da Wa didn't quite believe that Ning Tang could really abandon them.

The three children sat at the table and waited for a long time, until they heard Ningtang snoring softly, then they were dumbfounded.

What should I do? It seems that what my stepmother said is true?!

Erniu nudged Da Wa with her elbow and said, "Brother, that woman seems to be serious. What should we do? Should we really fight her?"

The third child blinked his big eyes like black grapes, looked at the eldest child cutely, and said in a baby voice, "Brother, I'm hungry~"

The eldest is the oldest and is the backbone of the three children. The second and third children all obey his orders.

The eldest child hesitated for a while with a tense face, and when he saw that Ning Tang had no intention of paying any attention to them, he waved his hand and said, "Let's go and serve our own food."

The eldest walked in front, and the second and third children followed closely behind him.

The three children entered the kitchen. The eldest child took out a small stool from behind the door and placed it in front of the stove, then climbed onto the stool in two or three steps.

Erniu took out a bowl from the chest of drawers and handed it to Da Wa. Da Wa took the bowl with one hand and opened the lid of the pot with the other hand. He casually placed the lid on the stove and then used a large iron spoon to scoop a full bowl of noodle soup.

The third child squatted obediently beside them, watching his older brothers and sisters work.

With the joint efforts of Da Wa and Er Niu, three bowls of noodle soup were ready in a short while.

Ning Tang opened one eye and secretly looked at what was going on in the kitchen. When he saw the two children served the soup in an orderly manner, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

She had just woken up, how could she fall asleep in the rocking chair so quickly? She was just pretending to deceive the three children.

The eldest child came out of the kitchen, holding a bowl in each of his little hands. The second girl followed behind him, holding a bowl in each of her hands. The third child, the little follower, was still following the two older children, taking a step as the two older children took.

Seeing them coming out, Ning Tang quickly closed his open eye and continued to snore: Zzzzz.

The eldest boy glanced at Ningtang and saw that she was still sleeping. His little face wrinkled with anger. He put two bowls heavily on the table with a "bang" sound, trying to scare Ningtang.

However, Ning Tang did not react at all.

The three children looked at each other. The eldest and the second girl saw the same cunning in each other's eyes. They picked up their chopsticks and held their bowls, deliberately eating the noodle soup in big mouthfuls, making a series of "slurping" sounds.

Unfortunately, Ning Tang turned a deaf ear to them and even turned over with his back to the three children, almost making Da Wa and Er Niu die of anger.

The eldest and second daughter finished the noodle soup in just a few mouthfuls, and together they fed the third child.

Sanwa is still young, only three years old this year. He can't even use a spoon properly, let alone chopsticks. Dawa and Erniu have to take turns using chopsticks to pick up vermicelli and feed him.

When San Wa was done eating, Er Niu wiped his mouth with the bib hanging on his chest, then put the bowl down and asked Da Wa, "Brother, what about the bowl?"

The eldest child puffed up his cheeks and said angrily, "How would I know? I don't know how to wash. When Uncle Zhao brought us food, he always took the bowls back to wash them."

Ning Tang's ears moved slightly. This Uncle Zhao was probably referring to Shen Lie's guard who came to deliver food.

Although Da Wa was talking to Er Niu, his face was facing Ning Tang, and it was obvious that he was talking to Ning Tang.

However, Ning Tang remained indifferent.

After a stalemate, Da Wa had no more words to say. Ning Tang made it clear that she would not help them, and her meaning was very obvious.

But the three children, the eldest, the second and the third, didn't know how to wash dishes. The eldest gritted his teeth and dragged over a wooden basin filled with water and put the dirty bowls in the basin.

As soon as Da Wa finished these things, he saw Ning Tang get up and stretch his back. "Oh, it feels so good to take a nap."

Da Wa opened his eyes wide and stared at Ning Tang in disbelief.

Ning Tang looked back at him and blinked, "Why are you looking at me?"

Big Brother complained in his heart, I wonder how you can be so shameless.

You pretend to be asleep when we ask you to do work, and you get up as soon as we finish the work.

The eldest boy snorted and said in a muffled voice, "Nothing!"

Ning Tang turned his face away and smiled, hehe, I can’t deal with the three of you.

After all this trouble, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.

Ning Tang glanced outside the house. The sun was scorching, and the dazzling sunlight was projected on the grass and trees, as if it was going to burn them to death. The cicada monkeys were making noisy calls in the trees, which made people feel irritated from the bottom of their hearts.

The weather at Hailang Island in the far south and Shangang Village in the far north are two completely different things.

The weather in Shangang Village in June is not too hot, but the sunshine in Hailang Island is enough to make people peel off a layer of skin.

Ning Tang tried standing in the yard for a while, but was forced back into the house by the scorching sun and immediately gave up the idea of ​​going out for a walk.

Although Da Wa looked like he was concentrating on playing with his toy car, he was actually watching Ning Tang's movements out of the corner of his eye.

Seeing Ningtang standing in the yard for a while and then running back, Da Wa curled his lips. What was this stepmother doing?

Ning Tang went back to the house and killed some time, until it was about five in the afternoon, when he went out when the sun was not particularly bright.

When she got off the boat, she was very interested in the sea of ​​Hailang Island. Unfortunately, it was late at night and everyone was in a hurry to go home, so she didn't have time to take a good look at the scenery. Now that she has time, she must take a good walk and feel what it means to be surrounded by coconut breeze and sea.

After all, Hailang Island was a famous tourist attraction in her previous life. Ning Tang had long wanted to take advantage of the holidays to travel there. Unfortunately, she was extremely busy at work and was exploited by her boss every day. She had to work 996 hours a day and never found the time.

This time, she has traveled to this era. The scenery of Hailang Island is even better than that of later generations. She must take a good look around to make the trip worthwhile.

Ning Tang went out, recalling the path Shen Lie had taken with her, and rushed towards the sea in a heroic and high-spirited manner.

After taking just two steps, she felt something was wrong. She turned around and saw three little tails following her.

The eldest boy held his toy wooden car in one hand, and the second girl followed behind him, holding the third boy. When the third boy saw Ningtang had discovered them, he grinned, revealing a row of white baby teeth.

Ning Tang raised an eyebrow, "Why are you following me?"

Da Wa's dark eyebrows wrinkled into an inverted eight shape, staring at Ning Tang closely, "I won't follow you because I'm afraid you'll get into trouble."

"I'm causing trouble?" Ning Tang laughed, looking at the three little kids, "How old are you three? By the way, Shen Lie told me that you, the eldest, are seven, the second girl is five, and the third girl is three. Even if you add up the three of you, you're only fifteen years old, not even adults yet. I'm twenty-four this year, an adult, right? Are you still afraid that I'll cause trouble? I'm glad I don't worry about you causing trouble."

Erniu imitated Da Wa and frowned, saying, "Anyway, Dad said that your ginseng and sweet potatoes are not ripe, so let us watch you."

Ginseng sweet potato is not ripe? What the hell?

Ning Tang was stunned for a moment before he realized that Erniu meant that she was unfamiliar with the place.

Since the three children followed Shen Lie’s instructions, then fine, just follow him.

Ning Tang figured it out, so he let Da Wa and the other three follow behind him and continued to head towards the beach.

However, she was stopped after taking only two steps.

The one who called her was none other than Ning Xue.

The Su family's yard was the same as the Shen family's. Because Su Junyan hadn't been back for a while, the yard was full of weeds. Ning Xue was bending over in the yard to weed.

Ning Xue was thinking about weeding the yard and then clearing two plots of land to grow some onions, ginger, garlic or bok choy to add flavor to the dishes at home and save money on vegetables.

So Ning Xue worked under the scorching sun of Hailang Island for the entire afternoon.