My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

Seeing her bewildered expression, Li Yaozong's face instantly darkened. "Didn't you go to your stepsister to ask me about what I told you?"

"When did I promise you?"

Ji Wanying unconsciously raised her voice, but then realized something was wrong, "My stepsister lives in this village too?"

"You still don't know?" Li Yaozong thought about the scene of meeting Ji Yunshuang in the village today, and felt happy all over.

He truly never imagined that they would end up settling in the same village. What could this be but fate?

Ji Wanying felt completely unwell.

That bitch Ji Yunshuang is actually in this village? She's actually been reduced to a villager living in the same village as Ji Yunshuang?

Looking at her contorted expression, Li Yaozong questioned, "If you didn't go to see your stepsister, then what did you do all afternoon?"

"I felt unwell after vomiting, so I rested for a while."

Ji Wanying raised her chin, her eyes filled with anger as she stared at him and said, "Don't you know what you did to me?"

Seeing that she kept questioning him and hadn't gone to talk to her stepsister about his affairs, Li Yaozong became impatient and said, "Alright, you're just running off to shirk your responsibilities over such a small matter. You don't even know how to help out at home. You leave everything to your parents. How can you be a wife?"

After scolding Ji Wanying, he went back to his room, grabbed a few boxes of pastries, and headed towards the Fang family's old house.

Watching his retreating figure, Ji Wanying clenched her fists tightly, her eyes almost bleeding with hatred.

How could she have been so blind to choose such a good-for-nothing who was addicted to alcohol and women? He was weak and incompetent, falling in love with every woman he saw. How could he possibly be attracted to that bitch Ji Yunshuang?

If that bitch Ji Yunshuang knew what he was thinking, she would be laughing to death inside.

No, she absolutely couldn't let that bitch have the chance to make a fool of herself.

Despite her aching legs, she quickly caught up with him and grabbed his arm.

She bit her lip, as if giving in, and said, "Yaozong, I agree to what you said."

However, you don't understand my stepsister's personality; you must never let her know what you're thinking.

If she finds out your feelings, not only will she not agree, she'll also make a huge scene. And once she's on her guard, you'll have no chance.

Thinking about how he met Ji Yunshuang in the village today, and how she treated him with an icy and indifferent attitude, Li Yaozong hesitated.

Although his wife's stepsister was married, she didn't look like a woman who had given birth at all. Her stunningly beautiful face and her elegant demeanor... he was completely captivated by her.

In all his life, he had never seen a woman so exceptional in both appearance and temperament, and so vibrant.

He didn't want to take any risks at all.

Seeing her husband's cautiousness, Ji Wanying felt both jealous and disgusted. At the same time, her hatred for Ji Yunshuang reached its peak.

That bitch, she really is my nemesis.

Suppressing her hatred, she deliberately pushed Li Yaozong and said, "If you don't believe me, then go ahead! I'd love for you to go now and annoy her, so I won't have to suffer that humiliation."

As she spoke, she squeezed out a few tears.

Upon seeing this, Li Yaozong finally believed her words.

He grabbed her and walked back, saying a few words to coax Ji Wanying before asking, "Then tell me, what method did you use to make her submit to me?"

Ji Wanying said, "You don't need to worry about that, I have my own way of doing it."

Li Yaozong, however, was still worried. He straightened his face and said, "What can a woman like you do? Tell me, and I'll give you some advice."

"As you can probably tell, my relationship with my stepsister isn't very good. She has misunderstandings about me and my mother. My mother used to teach her, and she always suspects that my mother mistreats her and says that my mother favors me..."

As Ji Wanying spoke, she wiped away her tears, feeling wronged. "I have to find a way to repair our relationship. Then I'll set up another dinner party and make her give in to you. Once she gives in, even if she doesn't want to, she won't be able to. Don't you think so?"

Li Yaozong's eyes lit up as he held her hand and said affectionately, "Yingniang, I misunderstood you before. You are very wise, and I will treat you well from now on, so don't worry."

Ji Wanying's anger burned fiercely, but she leaned against his chest and wept, saying, "If it weren't for you, why would I have to suffer this injustice and do such shameful things! You still don't trust me..."

"How could I not trust you? I was just concerned about you and asked a few more questions. Why are you crying over such a small thing?"

Li Yaozong patiently coaxed Ji Wanying for a while until she stopped crying, then gave her another hundred taels of silver, telling her to go to the market the next day to pick out a gift to mend the relationship between the two sisters, and also to buy herself a couple of nice clothes.

Ji Wanying looked at the one hundred taels of silver he gave her, and her hatred intensified.

He was incredibly generous in order to get that bitch.

She had been married to him for nearly three years, and it was difficult to even get ten taels of silver from him on a daily basis. She must have been blind to have been so greedy.

*

The jujube cake hadn't dried completely after a day of drying, but Ji Yunshuang and Lu Yuzhu couldn't wait to take one and taste it.

"Mother, the jujube cake you made is so delicious!" Lu Yuzhu said indistinctly, with a piece of jujube cake in her mouth.

Ji Yunshuang also thought her jujube cake was delicious. It was sweet and sour, a taste she couldn't find in the post-apocalyptic world.

She smiled at the little cutie and said, "When I have some free time in a few days, I'll make another trip up the mountain and pick more sour dates so we can make more."

"Won't Mother be very tired?" Lu Yuzhu blinked her big eyes. "Zhuzhu doesn't want Mother to be tired."

"So you know how to care for your mother now?"

Ji Yunshuang found her adorable and teased her with a smile, "But it's alright. When Mother comes back, you can massage my shoulders and legs, and I won't feel tired anymore."

Lu Yuzhu stuffed the remaining sour dates into her mouth, then clenched her little fist and gently tapped Ji Yunshuang's shoulder. "Mother, is this how it's done? Let Zhuzhu give you a massage. Does that make you feel less tired?"

Ji Yunshuang smiled and said, "Yes, this way I won't be tired."

Zhu Dong'e worked nearby, glancing enviously at the two of them every now and then. Thinking of her two daughters, she looked outside with worry.

Can her daughter really be saved?

She felt panicked and afraid.

But thinking of Lu Yinheng and his wife's abilities, she quickly suppressed her panic and fear, secretly reassuring herself that everything would be alright. The couple were so capable; they had promised her, so they would definitely be able to save her two daughters.

She must work hard and do a lot of work to repay their kindness.

Thinking this way, she stopped looking at Ji Yunshuang and Lu Yuzhu and worked even harder at the housework.

After washing everyone's clothes and tidying up the yard, and when there was really no more work to do at home, she went to the place where the Lu family was building their new house and carried mud like a man.