The stepsister of a peasant family in a book is spoiled by the big brothers

"Of course I know you're a good woman. You won't ignore us." Tang Dafu said with emotion, "I'm sorry, Taohua. When my injury heals, I'll definitely find a job."

Qin Huiyin, who was outside the room, was listening to the conversation inside and was speechless.

Her new stepfather should be considered the ceiling of love-brain in ancient times, right?

Li Taohua had said so many things about him that he disliked her, but he had automatically filtered them out and ignored them completely. Now, when Li Taohua said just a few kind words, he was instantly moved to tears. In the original novel, it wasn't unfair that he ended up like that. After all, he had lost his mind for a woman.

However, now that she is here, it is actually a good thing that her stepfather suffers from late-stage love brain. It means that he trusts his daughter-in-law unconditionally, and his daughter-in-law is a daughter-con and trusts her unconditionally.

Li Taohua came out with a bag of things, pulled Qin Huiyin to count them, and then said, "This silver hairpin is solid, it should be worth two taels of silver. If we pawn these clothes, we can get one hundred and fifty coins without any problem. With this money, let alone a few pounds of peas, even if we want to eat rice and flour, we can have no problem."

"Mom, I can use this money as I please, right?"

"Of course, all my things are yours." Li Taohua wrapped the things and stuffed them into her arms. "Tomorrow I'll go to town with you to pawn them."

"I want to pawn these clothes to buy some medicine for Tang Yixiao." Qin Huiyin said, "Tang Yixiao's medicine has long been gone. What he is taking now is the dregs of the medicine that have been boiled for several days. It is as bland as water and has no effect. If this continues, his body will not be able to bear it. Since we have joined this family, we must treat them all as our own family and focus on important things first."

Li Taohua frowned. "He has a deficiency from the womb. The medicine he takes is all tonic, and it contains ginseng roots. A month's worth of medicine costs one or two taels of silver. Now he has no money."

"Things have their priorities, let's focus on the important things first!" Tang Luwu had just been rescued. If Tang Yixiao died like in the original novel, wouldn't the plot be back to square one?

Li Taohua was heartbroken and said angrily, "You've already asked me, how can I refuse you? I just hope that brat can remember your kindness."

Li Taohua returned to her bedroom and said many good things about her precious daughter to Tang Dafu, which made Tang Dafu praise Qin Huiyin for being sensible and greatly improved his favorability.

Qin Huiyin took this opportunity to stuff two sets of clothes into her bag. She originally had eight sets of dresses for the season, and she had altered two for Tang Luwu. Now she stuffed two more sets into her bag, leaving her with four sets.

She actually had several sets of thick winter clothes, which were more valuable and would be easier to negotiate if she pawned them. However, those clothes weren't cheap, and if she pawned them at a low price, it would cost two or three times as much to buy them back later. If she wasn't completely broke, it would be more cost-effective to keep these essential items.

When Qin Huiyin went out, she saw Tang Luwu cleaning the yard.

She glanced at the backpack under the eaves, which contained bitter wild vegetables, and suddenly felt a headache.

It's not a famine now. The mountains are covered with green trees and the rivers are full of fish and shrimps. How have we fallen to the point where we have to eat wild vegetables and corn porridge for every meal?

"Sister Yin," Tang Luwu called to Qin Huiyin. "I heard you say you wanted to buy medicine for my younger brother."

Tang Luwu's face flushed red as she said awkwardly, "Thank you."

Qin Huiyin smiled and said, "We are a family. It's our duty to take care of each other. You don't have to thank me. My mother married your father, so we are sisters, right?"

Tang Luwu nodded quickly: "Yes. Sister, if you need me in the future, just tell me. As long as I can do it, I will definitely help you."

As long as she doesn't stop taking my medication, she can do anything.

She didn't know why Qin Huiyin suddenly became so kind. Not only did she save her, but she also wanted to buy medicine for her younger brother. She only knew that her younger brother needed medicine. Without it, he would die. As long as her younger brother's medicine could be refilled, she would listen to the mother and daughter.

Tang Luwu had lived with the original owner for two months and knew her better than the Tang brothers. The original owner had bullied her behind her back, but she didn't want to worry her older and younger brothers, so she never spoke of it.

Qin Huiyin felt a pang of heartache. She was twenty-five years old in modern times, a generation older than the twelve-year-old Tang Lvwu. Children of Tang Lvwu's age would still be playing tricks in their parents' arms in modern times, while Tang Lvwu not only had to do the housework but also took care of her ailing brother, making her more reliable than many adults.

After Tang Dafu lost his first wife, he never remarried. As a grown man, he didn't know how to take care of children, so it was Tang Yichen, the eldest brother, who almost raised his younger siblings with all his heart and soul. Later, Tang Yichen was noticed by a private school teacher and was allowed to study there. The task of taking care of the sickly Tang Yixiao was given to Tang Luwu.

Logically speaking, Tang Dafu earns so much money, his family should live a good life, and Tang Luwu shouldn't be dressed so shabbily.

However, Tang Dafu wasn't always a promising man. Two years ago, like most other farmers in the village, Tang Dafu devoted himself to farm work, tending to his small plot of land. That was until he met Li Taohua, a refugee from famine, and his heart was completely taken away. As a beautiful widow, Li Taohua was courted by many men, but she chose Song the Hunter, who had the most financial resources.

Tang Dafu seemed to have his meridians opened up. He went to the town every day and finally found a job with the owner of a rice shop. The owner of the rice shop saw that he was honest and promoted him to be a manager.

However, not long after being promoted to manager, Tang Yixiao fell seriously ill. After seeing a doctor, he developed this disease of affluence and had to spend one or two taels of silver every month.

This matter was kept secret until Li Taohua and Tang Dafu got married. If she had known about his family's situation earlier, Li Taohua would not have agreed.

Li Taohua had no shortage of men courting her, but she knew how unreliable those wealthy men were. Furthermore, wealthy men only sought out beautiful, virgins, and no matter how beautiful she was, she couldn't compare to them. She had her own preferences for choosing a man, such as financial strength and obedience to her so he would treat her well.

Both Butcher Song and Tang Dafu met her standards. Butcher Song was a burly man with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and he was also a good money-maker. Tang Dafu was a bit inferior to Butcher Song, but there was nothing she could do about it; he was the best she could choose. If there was a better one, she would also want to choose the better one.

"Sister..." Tang Yixiao came back carrying firewood. Seeing Tang Luwu and Qin Huiyin talking, he was worried that his sister would be bullied and quickly called Tang Luwu. "Help me answer it."

Tang Luwu hurriedly ran towards Tang Yi and said with a smile: "Why are you carrying so much?"