Granny Ning had three sons and one daughter. Her youngest son, Sun Boguang, was her favorite since childhood and was also the most intelligent.
"Mother, what happened?"
Sun Boguang's expression immediately turned serious.
Something must have happened, otherwise Mother wouldn't have called him over to talk in the middle of the night.
Ning Mama glanced at the doorway and instructed Caixia, "You go and go to sleep first. You don't need to look after things here."
Outside, Caixia responded with a "yes" and withdrew.
After the footsteps outside had faded into the distance, Ning Mama whispered in her youngest son's ear...
After listening to his mother's instructions, Sun Boguang narrowed his eyes. "Mother, don't worry. If that woman is really that person, I will make her disappear from this world completely!"
Granny Ning added, "Be careful in your actions, lest you give anyone a handle to use against you..."
The rain outside stopped after about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
When everyone woke up in the morning, they found that there was no trace of the rain from the previous night on the ground.
However, for farmers who are hoping for continued rain, something is better than nothing.
After Liu Yingying and the children had breakfast, she led the three of them to start tidying up a piece of wasteland behind the house.
This land could originally be used to grow some vegetables and fruits for daily consumption, but this year there has been little rain and a severe drought for several months, leaving it completely barren.
Liu Yingying instructed Zhu Jiawang and his brothers to bring the used dirty water from their home to irrigate the vegetable garden.
With a light rain last night, the surface of the land quickly became damp.
Zhao Di asked, "Liu Niang, are you clearing this land to plant vegetables?"
Liu Yingying gently patted her little head; "Yes, if we don't plant vegetables, what will we eat in winter?"
"But I heard Aunt Wang and the others say that with such a dry weather, nothing planted in the ground will survive."
Zhao Di was afraid that she would end up working for nothing.
Liu Yingying, however, looked confident and glanced up at the sky.
The clouds are thicker today than they were yesterday.
She was, after all, someone who had studied modern physics, and based on her prediction, a heavy rain should be coming soon.
The timing is perfect for planting these sweet potato vines now.
Anyway, the scholar is dead, and now she's in charge of the household.
She can plant whatever she wants!
When Zhao Di and her two siblings saw her take out a handful of sweet potato vines, they were all very curious.
"Liu Niang, what are all these things you've planted?"
Liu Yingying said, "This thing is called a sweet potato vine. Don't underestimate this little vine. The sweet potatoes that grow on just one vine will be enough to feed a family of three for two days!"
"Really?"
"That's amazing?!"
The three little ones were all very surprised by what she said, finding it hard to imagine such a scene...
Liu Yingying gave a mysterious smile; "You'll find out then!"
After planting a hundred sweet potato vines, there was still a spare space in the vegetable garden.
She then redeemed a packet of carrot seeds from the mall and sowed them.
By the time we finished, it was already noon.
Zhao Di, being very obedient and sensible, suggested, "Liu Niang, you've worked hard today. Let me cook lunch so you can rest."
Liu Yingying was very pleased and nodded in agreement: "Okay! Let Jiawang and Jiafu assist you."
Zhu Jiawang, standing to the side, immediately protested indignantly, "Why should I? I don't want to be her assistant!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Yingying gave him a cold look. This guy has become arrogant if he's not disciplined for three days!
"Why should I? Just because you two have mouths to feed but produce nothing, is it beneath you to be asked to help out in the kitchen?"
Zhu Jiawang: "But we are boys. Father said that a man should aspire to serve in the imperial court, so how can men be allowed to work in the kitchen?"
"Isn't this all the work that you women should do?" he said, seemingly with a sense of self-righteousness.
Fortunately, Liu Yingying always resorted to physical force rather than verbal abuse when it came to these two unfilial sons, and immediately grabbed Zhu Jiawang by the ear.
"Don't you two understand the situation?"
“Your father is dead, your second and third uncles are going to sell you, your grandparents don’t care about you, and now this family is in charge!”
"What you eat and drink is provided by your mother. If you want to eat, you have to work for me obediently!"
After Liu Yingying's barrage of words, Zhu Jiawang immediately backed down.
"Um... it's just going into the kitchen to cook, it's no big deal, I'll go, you can let go of my hand first..."
Liu Yingying was so angry she laughed. She let go of his hand, but didn't forget to correct him.
"Furthermore, apart from carrying a child for ten months and giving birth, there is nothing in this world that is stipulated to be done only by men or women!"
"Women are human beings just like men. Your older sister is no less than you. Do you understand?"
Seeing that she was truly angry, Zhu Jiawang dared not utter another word and quickly followed Zhao Di into the kitchen...
Zhao Di is a skillful girl. Even a simple lunch of egg and vegetable noodles becomes delicious when she makes it.
Watching this, Liu Yingying felt a sense of pride, like watching her daughter grow up.
From now on, she can spend less time in the kitchen...
The family had just finished lunch, and Liu Yingying was planning to take a nap, but an uninvited guest arrived at their home.
They were her family members.
The original owner's mother, Old Lady Chen, and her younger brother, Liu Dabao.
And an old man who looked to be around fifty years old, short and overweight, whose lecherous eyes seemed to want to stick to Liu Yingying from the first moment he saw her!
Liu Yingying's palms itched from his gaze.
What to do? Her violent streak is stirring!
"What are you doing at my house?" Liu Yingying asked coldly, looking at Old Lady Chen.
Old Mrs. Chen, putting on airs of an elder, glared at Zhao Di and scolded, "What are you standing there for, you little slut? Don't you know you should bring us chairs and let us sit down when our elders come to visit?"
Zhao Di was somewhat afraid of the old lady, and then secretly glanced at Liu Yingying.
He went into the house with his head down and, together with his younger brother, carried out three stools and placed them in front of them.
Old Mrs. Chen looked at Zhao Di with disdain, then said to Liu Yingying, "I remember this girl is almost of marriageable age, she's not young anymore. Keeping a good-for-nothing like her is a burden, she'd be better off getting married early. It just so happens that our village chief's eldest son is about the same age as her, I'll arrange a match for her later!"
Liu Yingying's face looked very unpleasant.
Just as Old Mrs. Chen was about to sit down, she suddenly stepped forward and kicked the stool away.
Old Mrs. Chen was startled at first, then enraged; "What are you doing, you wretched child?!"
Liu Dabao was also furious; "Big sister, you're going too far! How could you treat Mother like this?"
Liu Yingying slightly raised her chin, appearing completely unconcerned.
"Am I not attentive enough to my mother?"
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