Transmigrated into a child bride, she punishes scumbags, raises children, and marries a soldier.

Xiao Ran, who was in the ward, had already finished eating the millet porridge in the two large lunchboxes and was sitting obediently by Zhou Chuan's bedside, listening to her teach him her skills.

“I think your father will have to find you a stepmother soon. Don’t glare at me like that. Think about it, your father is busy getting promoted and making money. How can he have time to care about you? If he doesn’t care about you, you and your sister will suffer, and it will also damage his reputation.”

"To solve this problem, we have no choice but to find you a stepmother."

At this point, Zhou Chuan sighed: "You should try to think more positively. It's already quite remarkable that your father was able to wait until a year after your mother died before remarrying. Think about me, I'm the one who's truly pitiful. My father died just seven days ago, and my mother remarried, and to someone from our village no less. You can imagine how I felt, seeing her every day."

"Every day I see her calling other people's sons her darlings, but she ignores me, her own daughter, completely. Even when I'm starving and ask her for food, she beats and scolds me..."

After telling the original owner's tragic story, Zhou Chuan patted his head and said, "So, you should think more positively. It's only a matter of time before your father finds you a stepmother. Think about how many men in your village don't remarry after their wives die?"

The little guy pondered for a long time before nodding resignedly.

Zhou Chuan patted him on the shoulder to encourage him: "Sigh, it's going to rain when it's going to rain, and your father is going to marry a stepmother. You can't stop him. I don't think you and your father have a good relationship. If your father marries a stepmother and she has a younger brother or sister, you and your sister... will be in big trouble."

These days, there aren't many good stepmothers. With resources so scarce, if you get something, others will get less. For example, if a family only has a few feet of cloth, whether it's their own child or someone else's, anyone with a brain would definitely give it to their own child.

Things might be better in wealthier cities, but in impoverished rural areas where resources are scarcer, there are far more cases of stepmothers mistreating their stepchildren.

Xiao Ran remained silent, as if he had long since resigned himself to his fate.

Zhou Chuan was somewhat surprised to see that he didn't seem surprised at all: "Could it be that your father is already looking for him?" No wonder he was glaring at her earlier. It wasn't glaring, it was surprise, surprise at how she knew.

The little guy looked at Zhou Chuan pitifully, and after a long time, he nodded slightly. Even the cold-hearted Zhou Chuan felt a little sorry for him. She asked the little guy to sit next to her.

Seeing how thin and small he was, she pulled him into her arms and said, "Since your father is already looking, it probably won't be more than two months before you have a stepmother." Getting married is very quick these days. If you meet today, you can get your marriage certificate in a week if things go smoothly, and it will probably take about half a year if things go slowly.

Someone like Commander Xiao would probably be even faster, but she really couldn't bear to tell the little guy that. She'd let him enjoy a few days of peace; after that... with a stepmother, there wouldn't be a future...

She tightened her grip on the little one in her arms. "We've known each other for a while now. I'm only a couple of years older than you, so you should call me 'Big Sister.' But I suffered a lot when I was little, so I look older than my age. Just call me 'Auntie.' But you can call me 'Big Sister' in private, though."

Xiao Ran looked up at Zhou Chuan for a while, then called out, "Auntie~"

Actually, she still prefers people to call her Big Sister, but the little guy didn't understand her hint, and there was nothing she could do about it. Sigh, that damn Commander Xiao has made the child stupid, he has no spirit at all. Oh well, she's going to leave anyway, so she won't dwell on these trivial details.

"I feel so sorry for you, child. If I leave, I doubt there will be anyone in the entire military region to speak up for you. Before I go, I'll give you a couple of instructions. Remember them well, make sure you remember them well."

"Don't bother others unnecessarily. Your Aunt Tian is kind-hearted, but she has her own things to do. You're not her grandson. If you go to her for every little thing, she'll get annoyed with you eventually. And when you really need her help, she might not care about you anymore."

“You can’t count on your father now, and you’ll be even less able to count on him after he marries a stepmother. It’s right that you’re hiding grain every day, but it’s not hidden enough. You can’t hide it in one place. You have to hide it in different places. You can store some in an earthenware jar and bury it in the ground. Don’t bury it in one place. Bury it in the east and the west. If one day your stepmother finds out where you’re hiding grain, you’ll still have other places, right?”

Xiao Ran listened attentively, and when he noticed a problem, he would ask, "What if I don't have that many earthenware pots? Can I ask him for money to buy them?"

Zhou Chuan tapped his forehead: "Are you stupid? Your father remarried, does he still have any money? Your stepmother must have taken it all. Even if your father still has money, would he give it to you? Tell me, how much money has your father given you so far? Not a single penny?"

Xiao Ran shook his head: "He never gave me any money!"

Zhou Chuan was a little incredulous: "Not a single penny?"

Xiao Ran shook his head: "He never gave me any money!"

Zhou Chuan patted the little guy's head and couldn't help but scold, "Pah, what a scoundrel! He can't even spare a penny. When my dad was sick and almost died, he would give me a piece of candy every time he came back from the city for treatment. Your dad is so rich, yet he can't even spare a penny."

Zhou Chuan looked at the little guy and felt more and more sorry for him: "Sigh, you're in trouble. They say a child without a mother is like a blade of grass. You lost your mother, and your father... I'm the opposite of you. I'm a child without a father, like a blade of grass. If my father hadn't died..."

For a moment, the ward was quiet.

"Auntie, can you tell me how to get more earthenware pots?"

Seeing that such a young child already had to take care of the food himself, Zhou Chuan really wanted to run up to the man surnamed Xiao and give him a good scolding. However, she couldn't do that. First, she had no right to scold him like that, and second, she was about to leave. If things got out of hand, it wouldn't be good for the little guy.

"Auntie has money. Auntie will lend you fifty yuan. You can pay me back when you have the money."

Xiao Ran shook his head without thinking: "Auntie, lend me 50 cents. When it's time to pull weeds tomorrow, I can earn money. I'll get a cent for pulling five baskets of weeds. I've already checked, there are villages and farmland nearby. I'll go early and I'm sure I can earn two cents a day. If I work hard, I can earn a dime in no time, hehe."

When Zhou Chuan saw the gleam in Lin Chuan's eyes as he mentioned making money, she felt an unbearable pang of sadness.

She tried to speak in a gentle tone: "You're still young, don't work so hard. I'll give you a few earthenware pots. Don't be too obedient. You're still young, so your dad has to take care of you. If you're hungry in the future, just go to the cafeteria to eat. If the cafeteria won't let you eat there, just throw a tantrum."

Xiao Ran looked up at Zhou Chuan and said, "Auntie, I don't think he's my father."

Zhou Chuan blinked: "Not your father? How could he not be? You two look exactly alike."

Xiao Ran said sullenly, "He never cared about me when I was little. I thought I never had a father. Later he said he was my father... Auntie, how about I go beg for food with you? I'm very good at begging."

Zhou Chuan was so surprised that he didn't even have time to react when he heard a loud bang outside, followed by Sister Tian shouting, "Bei Chen, Bei Chen, are you alright?"