"Mom, what are we having for dinner?" The two girls looked at their mother expectantly.
Looking at the empty house, Lin Anniang realized the problem. Although the Lin family no longer dared to provoke her or bully her and her daughters.
But they are all penniless right now and can't even afford to eat!
"Xiuxiu and Zhuzhu, wait here, Mom will bring the food over in a bit."
Lin Anniang didn't stand on ceremony with the Lin family. While the group was making a ruckus, she went straight into the kitchen, scooped out a bowl of rice and cooked a fragrant and sticky rice porridge. Finally, she made three simple scallion pancakes, each with a fried egg rolled inside.
When Grandma Lin looked over, she felt as if the sky was about to collapse. If she hadn't been intimidated by the lingering power from before, she would have pounced on her right then and there.
"Damn it, how could you take so much grain, and three eggs too, wasting so much rice!"
Every egg in the house is counted. Grandma Lin will save the best for her son and grandson, and then give one to her husband.
She herself was reluctant to eat them, but three were taken away at once, which almost killed her.
"You old madman, if you dare come any closer, then give it a try." Lin Anniang threw the stone knife in her hand onto the chopping board, and soon the knife stood upright on it.
She was deliberately controlling her strength; otherwise, not only would the cutting board collapse, but the stove underneath would too.
Grandma Lin immediately fell silent, like a rooster being choked, and just stared at him.
Lin Anniang snorted coldly, and waited for the rice porridge to thicken before scooping out all the porridge from the pot, leaving not a single grain of rice behind.
Previously, her daughters could only drink clear soup and water, and there wasn't a single grain of rice in their rice porridge. Today, let the Lin family drink these leftover soup and water!
She turned and left, completely ignoring the old lady Lin's eye-rolling, feigned-fainting expression.
"Mom, there's so much food today!" Lin Xiu and Lin Zhu were overjoyed when they returned to the small house.
Lin Anniang's eyes welled up with tears as she looked at the bowl of plain porridge. She had once lived the life of a wealthy family, but she never imagined that her daughter could be so happy with just a bowl of plain porridge.
"Good child, tomorrow we'll find the materials to build a new house, and then we'll all be able to live a good life."
"But you must also remember that these good days are given to us by the Mountain Goddess. We must go and visit the Mountain Goddess every few days."
Lin Anniang still can't forget that wonderful feeling; it was the Mountain Goddess who helped her change her fate!
Otherwise, she would probably gradually forget that dream, and she would return to that state of being in a daze, working like a slave for the Lin family, doing all the hard work without complaint!
The two children, Lin Xiu and Lin Zhu, kept nodding as they ate the soft and fragrant scallion pancakes.
After dinner, Lin Anniang washed the dishes and placed them on the small table.
"Anniang, Anniang, are you home?"
“Anniang, we noticed that you have very few things in your room, so we came to bring you some things.”
Several familiar voices came from outside the door. These were the same women who had been watching the commotion outside earlier. After they went back, they only ate a few bites of food after cooking before rushing over.
There was no way around it; the change in the third son's wife was too drastic. Her terrifying strength was probably enough to make her roam freely in several nearby villages.
Just look at the Lin family members. The old Mrs. Lin was notoriously vicious. She starved the two girls from the third branch of the family until they were skin and bones, as if they could be blown away by the wind.
Look at the Lin family now, who would dare to bully the third branch again?
If they could have that kind of strength, what would they be afraid of?
With a creak, the wooden door of the small house opened, revealing Lin Anniang with a somewhat troubled expression.
"Sisters, please come in first."
A group of women hurried into the small wooden house, and even though they were crammed into the cramped space, they all had smiles on their faces.
"Auntie, this is homemade malt candy, it's so sweet! It's a snack for Xiuxiu and Zhuzhu."
As she spoke, Aunt Hua stuffed two long pieces of maltose into Lin Xiu's hand.
The other aunties also brought some small gifts, which were very practical.
Lin Anniang sighed and took Aunt Hua's hand to sit on the bed.
"Sister Hua, it's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that you might not believe me!"
"How could I not believe it? You've changed so much, anyone with eyes can see!"
"Yes, Anniang, you've never lied since you married into Linjia Village. Don't we all know your character?"
A group of aunties were talking all at once.
Lin Anniang glanced at the group of people in front of her before continuing, "Back then, I was desperate and Xiuxiu took Zhuzhu to the mountain god temple. I really didn't expect to meet such a compassionate mountain god."
She waved to a group of women and whispered about the roast chicken.
A group of women instinctively widened their eyes, some even holding their breath.
"Oh my god! So the roast chicken that Granny Lin wanted to steal was actually sent by the Mountain Goddess. Luckily, she didn't succeed!" Aunt Hua was so excited that she didn't know what to say.
They were all from the same village, and they had heard about the Lin family's affairs this morning. At first, they didn't think much of it, but now these women wished they could slap themselves in the face.
We should have gone there sooner; maybe we could have found out about the mountain god temple sooner!
"Sisters, if you really want to go and pay your respects, then come with me to the desolate mountains tomorrow."
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