After transmigrating into the body of a stepmother, I led the villains in a rebellion.

Lin Shu stared at him, bewildered. "What do you mean?"

“This is the fifty coins they gave you when they sold you to slave traders.”

“Now I’m returning it to you. You can do whatever you want with it. We’re even now,” Lu Junheng said clearly, making his meaning perfectly clear.

Hearing his words, Lin Shu's lips twitched slightly.

She's a grown woman, and although she's a bit ugly, she shouldn't be worth only fifty coins.

If she were in modern times, every single mission she took would be highly rewarding.

However, Lin Shu understood what he meant.

Lu Junheng and the others believed that her change was due to the money.

Looking at Lu Junheng's cautious eyes, Lin Shu, who knew what had happened to them, felt a pang of sadness in her heart.

They must have been having trouble sleeping lately.

After all, their enemies were very powerful and were keeping a close eye on them.

She sighed heavily. Although she was penniless, she wouldn't stoop so low as to rob a child.

She glanced at Lu Junheng and said, "This is money you earned through your own abilities, you don't need to give it to me."

Lu Junheng's eyes widened in surprise, as if he had heard something unbelievable.

"You...you don't want to? Are you still Lin Shu?"

Lin Shu looked away from him and continued shaking the bedding. "What do you think?"

Lu Junheng remained silent.

If it weren't for the fact that the person in front of him looked exactly like the woman from before, he would have seriously suspected that it was a different person.

He finally couldn't suppress his doubts any longer, "What is your purpose?"

She refused the money offered to her, and she didn't change her identity, so her motives are quite intriguing.

This matter concerns their safety and that of their father, so they dare not be careless.

Lin Shu stood up, looked at him, and said solemnly, "I know I was very outrageous in the past and did many things that hurt you. I apologize to you on behalf of my past self."

"Right now, all I want is to live a good life with you all. I'll leave once your father wakes up."

"Anyway, don't worry, I won't hurt you now."

After hearing Lin Shu's words, Lu Junheng was momentarily stunned.

"You...you're telling the truth."

"Whether it's true or not, we'll see in the future. What you need to do now is leave my room. I'm going to sleep," Lin Shu said, exhausted after a long day.

Lu Junheng left Lin Shu's room and returned to the main house, where he saw Ji Shi waiting there.

Upon hearing his footsteps, Lady Ji, supported by Lu Zijin, quickly walked towards Lu Junheng.

“Ah Heng, what did she say? Did she ask for money?”

Lu Junheng shook his head. "She didn't want any money. She even said... she said she wanted to live a good life with us."

"She...she really said that?" Ji couldn't help but doubt.

After all, they had no hope now; Lu Shiyuan was unconscious, and they couldn't find their former bodyguards.

With just a blind old woman and two teenagers, most people wouldn't want to waste their time on her.

“She really said that. She also said that she would leave after Father woke up.”

“I told you my stepmother had changed for the better, but you didn’t believe me,” Lu Zijing proudly puffed out her little chest.

The two completely ignored him.

Still worried, Madam Ji said, "No matter what her purpose is, we must be wary of her, just in case."

The next day.

While the three members of the Lu family were still sleeping, Lin Shu got up and went to the bridal chamber.

In her space, besides the spiritual spring and chicken, duck, fish and meat, there was nothing else superfluous.

While it's good to have food, you can't eat these things for a long time without eating staple foods.

So she planned to take these things to town to exchange them for some money to buy food for the family.

She chopped up the mushrooms and wild vegetables she had picked yesterday and made some breakfast for the three members of the Lu family. She ate a little something herself to fill her stomach, then left the yard with her bamboo basket on her back.

Lin Shu had just left the courtyard when Lu Junheng and the other two came out of the house.

When they arrived at the corn shed and saw the wild vegetable pancakes that Lin Shu had deliberately left for them, their expressions changed again.

Lu Zijing didn't stand on ceremony and grabbed a pancake, putting it in her mouth before Lu Junheng could stop her.

"Don't eat..."

"It smells good."

Lu Junheng glared at him speechlessly, "You glutton, one day you'll ruin yourself because of that mouth of yours."

“But it really is delicious,” Lu Zijin said, sounding aggrieved.

Upon seeing this, Madam Ji quickly chimed in, "Alright, since she specially saved this for us, let's eat it."

Lin Shu left the courtyard, and because she had no money on her, she had to walk to the town.

By the time she arrived in town, the sun was already high in the sky, and the golden sunlight shone on the bluestone road, giving the ancient town a warm glow.

Lin Shu took some chickens and fish from his spatial storage and put them in a bamboo basket. He then wandered through the bustling market, looking for wealthy buyers.

The town's market was bustling with activity, with all sorts of stalls displaying a dazzling array of goods and vendors calling out their wares in a constant stream.

There were vendors selling fresh fruits and vegetables, handicrafts, and various snacks, and the air was filled with enticing aromas.

Lin Shu found a relatively spacious open space before placing the chicken and fish out of the bamboo basket.

The chickens had bright feathers and the fish had shimmering scales; they were clearly top-quality, and they quickly attracted the attention of many people.

"Oh my, young lady, your chicken and fish look really good!" A simply dressed old woman walked over, squatted down, and examined them carefully.

Lin Shu smiled slightly and introduced in a gentle voice, "Auntie, you have a good eye. These are all raised by ourselves, absolutely fresh and pollution-free. Whether you stew them in soup or braise them, they will be excellent."

Upon hearing this, the old lady's eyes flashed with satisfaction. She looked at the fish again and finally decided to buy some of both.

After some haggling, the deal was struck at sixty coins.

Lin Shu looked at the sixty coins in his hand, his feelings were somewhat complicated.

I never imagined that someone as big as her would be less than a chicken or a fish.

As time went on, more and more people gathered in front of Lin Shu's stall, and her chickens and fish were soon sold out.

Fortunately, her chickens and fish cost nothing, and she has as much as she needs in the space.

Although the price wasn't high, little by little, Lin Shu still earned a considerable sum of money. She simply counted it and found it to be roughly five hundred coins.

She carefully put the money into her purse, pondering what she would buy next.

First, she went to a rice shop and bought several bushels of rice and some flour.

The four members of the Lu family had been eating wild vegetables for a long time, which had led to malnutrition, and they needed to be properly nourished.

Next, she strolled around the vegetable market.

I selected some seasonal vegetables, thinking of making a sumptuous dinner for everyone tonight.

She bought some more necessities, and although her purse was almost empty, she happily carried her bamboo basket home.

To their surprise, they hadn't walked more than a few steps when they heard cries for help coming from not far away.

"Master, master, help! Someone please save my master..."