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

Watching his son disappear in a flash like a little monkey, Commander Xiao shook his head helplessly and then followed him into the house.

When Commander Xiao came in, Zhou Chuan already knew. She calmly washed all the dishes and chopsticks, put them in the cupboard, and then wiped the dining table and kitchen countertops with a clean cloth. Only after everything looked clean did she have time to discuss matters with Commander Xiao.

"As you can see, we're out of firewood. Could you please go into the mountains and bring back some more, preferably the thicker kind, as they burn longer? Also, don't forget to bring back some thatch to start a fire. Hmm, now that we've covered the firewood, I need to mention what else we need to buy."

Zhou Chuan counted on his fingers for him: "Let's talk about clothes first. I went to their room and saw that apart from two changes of clothes, there was nothing else. There were no autumn jackets, winter sweaters, or cotton-padded coats. We can't wait until the weather gets cold to start preparing these things. We have to start preparing them now. The same goes for shoes. We have to start preparing them now. To get these things, we have to buy cloth and cotton, and we have to buy all sorts of needles and thread."

"Now that we've talked about clothes, let's talk about food. We have rice, but rice alone isn't enough. We need vegetables and meat, and cooking requires oil. You don't have anything like that at home, so we need to buy some. We need to buy lard, vegetable oil, ginger, garlic, and all sorts of other things. We also need to buy milk powder for Xiaomianmian. The baby is still young; just eating porridge might not be enough for her nutrition... There's a lot to buy. I think you should take the car you drove last time out tomorrow, and I'll go into town with you..."

Xiao Ran stood beside Zhou Chuan, listening to his aunt say that she was going to buy him fabric to make clothes, cotton-padded jackets and shoes. He was so excited that he could hardly contain himself.

Commander Xiao listened to the long list of things that needed to be bought, but he wasn't impatient. He knew his children were missing a lot of things, but he had been too busy to take care of them before, so he planned to find a solution after things calmed down.

He was secretly pleased that someone was offering to help, because even when he bought the cloth and cotton before, he still had to ask someone to make it for him, and there were only a few people he could ask...

Commander Xiao smiled at Zhou Chuan, a rare occurrence for him: "Okay, I'll drive over first thing tomorrow morning." He then glanced at his son, who was standing beside him with a delighted expression, and said, "I'll go get the saw now."

Seeing that he didn't say anything unpleasant and obediently took the saw to go gather firewood, Zhou Chuan turned his gaze away. Seeing Xiao Ran still grinning foolishly beside him, he slapped Xiao Ran on the back: "Aren't you going to take a nap?"

Xiao Ran then made a face at Zhou Chuan and went upstairs for a nap, while Zhou Chuan carried the sleeping little girl upstairs.

The next morning, Xiao Beichen drove over. When he entered the house, he found the family eating breakfast. His daughter had an empty bowl in front of her, and Zhou Chuan was feeding her frangipani. His son had a pile of eggshells in front of him and was eating porridge…

Hearing footsteps, Zhou Chuan turned around and saw it was him: "Have you eaten? If not, go eat quickly, I'll have to wait a while." After saying that, he continued to feed the child egg drop soup.

Commander Xiao hadn't expected such a good thing, and immediately went to the kitchen to get some porridge. Zhou Chuan saw him running to the kitchen and blinked. That wasn't what she meant. She meant for him to eat in the canteen.

Zhou Chuan was still feeling down when Xiao Ran got angry. He saw his father carrying a large bowl of porridge out of the kitchen and immediately blocked his way, saying, "That's not enough! It's not enough for you!"

Seeing that Xiao Ran was about to argue with his father again, Zhou Chuan quickly stopped him: "Alright, alright, your father has to drive your aunt to the city to buy things later, so let him have some. Your aunt will bring you two sesame cakes from the city later."

Xiao Ran obediently returned to her chair and sat down: "Auntie, just one is fine." Thinking about the sesame seed cakes she would have later, Xiao Ran couldn't help but smile.

Zhou Chuan knew he was completely lying, and firmly stated that she would still buy two: "It's fake, it's really fake. When Auntie buys them back, you can eat one if you dare, and Auntie will eat the rest for you."

Xiao Ran chuckled: "Auntie wouldn't be willing to part with it."

Holding a bowl of porridge, Commander Xiao walked awkwardly to the dining table, unsure whether to eat or not: "Look? Should I eat this or not?"

Seeing that the person was holding a rice bowl, Zhou Chuan realized they hadn't eaten breakfast. Considering he'd have to trouble the person to drive later, he generously nodded, "Eat, eat, you've already served me..."

"Hmph!" Xiao Ran couldn't help but snort when he saw that he had ladled out such a large bowl of porridge.

Zhou Chuan, fearing that Commander Xiao would feel embarrassed, glared at Xiao Ran: "What are you doing? Your dad is going to buy you cloth and cotton, and even meat to eat. What kind of attitude is this? We all depend on your dad for a living. Don't piss him off and abandon him!"

Seeing that his aunt seemed genuinely angry, Xiao Ran immediately lowered his head and remained silent.

Commander Xiao couldn't stand seeing his son looking so ashamed: "Can't you speak properly? He's my son, how could I possibly abandon him?"

Zhou Chuan slammed the bowl he was holding onto the table: "What's wrong with you? I'm trying to defend you, how can you not distinguish right from wrong?"

Before Commander Xiao could say anything, Xiao Ran, who had been keeping his head down, immediately stood in front of Zhou Chuan to protect him: "How can you not distinguish right from wrong? My aunt is only doing this for your own good."

Commander Xiao nearly vomited when he saw his son so protective of an outsider: "Fine, fine, I won't say anything more, okay?"

Looking at the porridge in front of him, Commander Xiao felt a little reluctant to eat. But then he thought again that he was the one who bought all the rice and flour in the house, so why shouldn't he eat it? If he had to, he had to eat it.

Seeing that Commander Xiao had stopped causing trouble, Zhou Chuan moved Xiao Ran aside: "Go back to your seat, I'll feed her the last two bites." As soon as she put the bowl down, the little girl opened her mouth wide, which Zhou Chuan found amusing. "Look how eager you are!"

After feeding Xiao Mianmian, Zhou Chuan asked Xiao Ran to help watch her younger sister. She started eating breakfast. A large bowl of food had been taken by a certain regimental commander, and there wasn't much left in the pot. She ate one bowl and then stopped. She could buy more food in the city if she got hungry later. Xiao Ran should eat the rest. They didn't know if they would be able to return from the city by morning, so it was better to let the child eat more.

Commander Xiao, who had just eaten a large bowl of porridge, did not have the courage to take a second bowl. He saw that Zhou Chuan had only eaten one bowl, and the rest was all eaten by his son, and he looked somewhat sullen.

After Xiao Ran finished eating, Zhou Chuan quickly washed the dishes and prepared to leave. Before leaving, he repeatedly reminded her, "Keep an eye on your sister. If she gets hungry, she can eat some rice crackers. If she's not back by noon, take some money to the cafeteria for lunch..."

Commander Xiao listened to the detailed instructions and recalled his own past experiences when he went out. He felt ashamed and wanted to disappear. Seeing that Zhou Chuan had finished giving his instructions, he hesitated whether he should also give a few words of advice. After all, in terms of relationship, he was the father of the two children.

But when he got to the point of speaking, he realized that everyone had already given him all the advice he should and shouldn't have given, and there was really nothing left for him to say. But he had already put on his act, and if he didn't say a few words, he would be embarrassed.

So Xiao Da, who had been opening and closing his mouth repeatedly, finally managed to squeeze out a sentence after a long time: "Listen...listen to your aunt!" After saying that, he quickly got into the driver's seat.

Zhou Chuan then got into the car with a basket. As for the cowardly behavior of the regimental commander just now, she pretended to be blind and deaf, and that she neither saw nor heard it.

Driving is so fast! It used to take more than an hour to get to town by oxcart, but we arrived in the blink of an eye by jeep. Zhou Chuan asked the "driver" to stop for a while and bought four sesame cakes. She handed two to the "driver": "I guessed you weren't full, so I bought you two sesame cakes as well. Consider it payment for the ride."

The driver reached out to take the hand after hearing the first sentence, but withdrew it after hearing the second: "What do you mean? Are you still angry about what happened earlier? Didn't I already apologize?"

Zhou Chuan shoved the two sesame cakes into his arms: "It has nothing to do with what happened earlier. This trip to the city isn't just to buy things for your family; I also want to buy some food and supplies for myself. Just accept them. I don't like owing favors."

Seeing Zhou Chuan's insistence, Xiao Beichen sighed, "You don't need to do this. It's all just a side thing..."

Zhou Chuan was already eating a sesame seed cake: "Hurry up and go, come back sooner rather than later. The two kids are waiting for me to come back and cook."

Unable to dissuade him, Xiao Beichen gave up. Driving along, he listened to the people next to him munching on sesame seed cakes, and smelled the aroma of the cakes in his arms... He finally gave in, thinking that he would buy two more sesame seed cakes to return on his way back.

It was quite a distance from the town to the county seat, and it took them a while to get there. They had only passed through Zhouchuan County before and were not familiar with it at all. Now that they wanted to buy things, they could only rely on Commander Xiao to lead the way.

Following Zhou Chuan's instructions, they first went to the fabric yard. There weren't many fabrics or patterns available, but she didn't buy the fancy ones. A few simple ones were enough. She chose blue fabric for Xiao Ran and floral fabric for the little girl. After all, floral fabric looks better on girls.

Zhou Chuan bought three zhang of blue cloth and one and a half zhang of floral cloth. The blue cloth was more expensive, costing four yuan and fifty cents per zhang, while the floral cloth was cheaper, costing only four yuan and twenty cents per zhang. Zhou Chuan bought two zhang of gray cloth and two zhang of blue cloth for himself.

Seeing that the shop had a good selection, she also bought needles, thread, and even rulers and scissors for sewing. Since they bought so much, Zhou Chuan asked the seller for a large bag of scrap fabric as a bonus. The fabric shop was still privately owned, so it was easy to get it now, but such a good thing might not be available again in the future.

When it came time to pay, they paid separately, even the needlework and thread were paid separately, because she didn't want to be accused of taking advantage of others.

Xiao Beichen saw through everything clearly, and she had no intention of taking advantage of him. His eyes became serious. In fact, when he heard her talking about it yesterday, he had already prepared to buy her two sets of clothes, but now it seemed that she had no such intention at all.

Seeing the regimental commander looking at him with a strange expression, Zhou Chuan calmly put away the change he received: "What, do you think I want to take advantage of you? Don't worry about it, I don't need this little bit of money to buy fabric!" After saying that, he arrogantly went to the counter to get the fabric.

Xiao Beichen shook his head as he watched her retreating figure. Perhaps he had underestimated her before.

After leaving the cloth shop, Commander Xiao offered to help Zhou Chuan carry the cloth. Four zhang of cloth was no light load, plus a large bag of scraps...

Zhou Chuan looked at the stack in his hand, then at his own, and suggested, "Put it in the car first, we still need to buy a lot of things later."

Commander Xiao would no longer misunderstand anything, after all, the other party had calculated even the smallest details, like a needle or a thread.

Afterwards, Zhou Chuan and the others went to buy cotton. She asked Commander Xiao to buy ten jin of cotton, so that the two children could make cotton-padded jackets and shoes, and the rest could be used to make thicker quilts, or they could keep it.

Zhou Chuan bought ten jin (5 kg) of blankets herself. She felt that the blankets she was sleeping on were a bit thin, and the place where the troops were stationed was in the northern mountains, where it would be very cold in winter. She had to prepare in advance.

Next, I bought oil, seasonings, and dried goods. Finally, I bought meat, but it was heavy and inconvenient to carry.

Zhou Chuan bought as much as she could. It wasn't easy for her to come to the city, so she had to buy everything she needed. Just for meat, she asked someone for a whole pork knuckle, which weighed more than 20 kilograms. Luckily, she had Commander Xiao as a helper; she definitely wouldn't have dared to buy so much on her own.

In addition, a large piece of pork fat arrived, weighing twenty jin (approximately 10 kg). He had to buy from all the nearby stalls to reach this amount, as the pigs these days are lean with little fat. Having bought so much, of course, he needed some extras. Zhou Chuan asked the seller for two pig trotters as a bonus, but the seller refused, so he sold them to him for two mao (0.2 yuan) less. Zhou Chuan then asked for a few cleanly trimmed pig bones, which the seller readily provided. Zhou Chuan then asked the seller to break the bones into pieces and take them with him…

When they got to the back, they saw that there were radishes and cabbages for sale. They were really cheap, only two cents a pound. They spent three yuan and bought a bunch. Thinking of Xiao Ran's pitiful look as he sighed while holding the almost empty pickle jar, they decided to pickle some for him when they got back.

Zhou Chuan's shopping spree shocked Xiao Beichen, who was standing nearby. Cloth and cotton were fine, as they were already in short supply, and even if they bought too much, they wouldn't spoil. But buying meat, including whole pork knuckles, was just too outrageous.

With a blank expression, he pulled out thirty yuan and left the pork stall. Seeing that Zhou Chuan could buy a whole bunch of radishes and cabbages, Xiao Beichen couldn't hold back any longer: "Comrade Zhou Chuan, what else do you want to buy? I, I've spent all the money I brought today. That thirty yuan was the last bit of money I had on me."

Knowing he was going out today, he specially brought sixty yuan with him, but little did he know that others would spend so much that they spent all of his savings.

Zhou Chuan chuckled awkwardly, "I've bought everything, except for one thing I still need to buy." She had indeed bought quite a lot today, although they were all necessities, but such a large purchase was still quite frightening. "Um, where is the place that sells face cream? I want to buy a box of face cream."

Xiao Beichen hadn't even recovered from the joy of finally buying everything when he heard someone say they needed to buy face cream...

"What did you say? What do you want to buy?" He looked at the wrinkled woman in front of him, whose hair was barely black, and thought he had misheard her.

Seeing his utterly astonished expression, Zhou Chuan knew what he was thinking, but knowing it didn't change his mood: "I want to buy face cream! I want to buy face cream! Did you hear me this time?" Seeing his still incredulous look, Zhou Chuan got a little annoyed.

"What's wrong? Does looking like this mean I can't use face cream? Let me tell you, don't let my current appearance fool you. When I was young, I was the most beautiful woman in the surrounding villages... Don't believe me? My own mother, who remarried, was incredibly beautiful. If she hadn't looked like that, how could she have remarried...?"

"Alright, alright, didn't you want to buy face cream? Go buy it now, just walk forward from here..." Xiao Beichen stopped arguing with her after hearing her babbling on and on, even bringing up her remarried mother. If she wanted to buy face cream, she could buy it; it wasn't like he was paying for it.

Zhou Chuan talked for a long time but found it boring, so he went to buy face cream following the directions. Once she gained some weight, the wrinkles on her face would definitely be gone. Right now, she's just too thin, yes, definitely too thin.

Watching the person walk away, Xiao Beichen finally breathed a sigh of relief. That was close!

The face cream was tiny, but Zhou Chuan bought four boxes in one go. Taking it was one thing, but she also needed to take care of her skin. She was only thirty, and she couldn't keep looking like this.