Then Ruolan said, "If I were a stepmother, how could you all live so comfortably? Think about it yourselves, am I a bad person? If you think I'm not good, then I won't meddle in other people's business anymore, let your father handle it."

He Fen thought about what her stepmother said. Xiao Tao had fainted from hunger because of his stepmother, and his stepmother had chased and beaten him until he bled. Compared to that, it seemed that her stepmother was actually not bad to them.

Ruolan had indeed treated them well in the past, and she would not be a bad person in the future. Ruolan wanted to always be the good stepmother in their hearts, and let their father bear the bad reputation.

Although she didn't think her stepmother was that bad, He Fen was still a little happy when she heard her stepmother say that she wouldn't take care of them anymore.

Jie and Fen are the straightforward type; they can't stand being provoked and their feelings are always on their faces. They are also very direct about what they don't like.

She felt that her stepmother was two-faced and she simply disliked her.

Since their stepmother no longer cares about them, does that mean they no longer need to pay their respects to her or do chores under her orders?

Ruolan scoffed coldly as she looked at the three siblings' outward behavior.

Upon hearing his wife say she was giving up, Shuisheng quickly chimed in, "Since you don't want your mother to take care of you, then she won't. I'll take care of you from now on."

When He Min heard his father agree, he was quite happy. His mother wasn't his biological mother, but his father was still his biological father, and he certainly wouldn't treat them badly.

Shuisheng continued, "From now on, it will be the same as before. You will come to pay your respects to your mother in the morning and evening. Tomorrow it will be our second branch's turn to cook. So Heping, Hefen, and Hemin, you should all get up early tomorrow to cook."

“The triplets He Rong, He Jun, and He Ling get up to clean and feed the chickens. The youngest, He Qiang, can’t even walk properly yet. Let’s wait a couple of years.”

Shui Sheng made these arrangements in a flurry of activity, and then asked Ruolan if this arrangement was acceptable.

Ruolan pretended to think about it for a moment, then nodded, thinking there was no problem.

Seeing his wife nod, Shuisheng then told them to go back to sleep.

Ruolan noticed the oranges and sugarcane beside her as they were about to leave.

Considering how sour the oranges were and how hard the sugarcane was, she had no interest in eating them, so showing them off as a gesture of kindness was a good idea.

“These oranges and sugarcane were given to me by your father. I don’t like to eat them all by myself, so I shared an orange with your father. There’s one left, and there’s also sugarcane. You can take them and share them.”

The group was overjoyed to see the oranges.

The youngest, Heqiang, was unhappy that his older siblings were leaving; he wanted to sleep with his parents.

When He Min saw this, he quickly picked him up and put him in He Fen's arms, telling her to take her little brother to sleep. Anyway, the little brother was still young, so it wouldn't be a problem for him to sleep with his two little sisters.

He Fen, carrying her younger brother, took two steps forward, leaned closer to her older brother He Ping, and whispered, "What do you think she means by this? Is she really abandoning us?"

Heping glanced at his outspoken younger sister and felt utterly exhausted.

Their stepmother seemed fair, but she was actually constantly whispering in their father's ear, trying to get him to favor her biological children.

Otherwise, why wouldn't they let the three siblings go to school? It's because they're afraid the three siblings will be more outstanding than their younger brothers.

Moreover, he also hated that this stepmother had taken the place of his biological mother's original wife.

When he was a child, he went to the market with his mother and witnessed a farce at the home of a landlord in the neighboring county.

The son born to Liu the landlord's first wife insisted on burying Liu the landlord and their own mother together after Liu the landlord passed away.

His second wife was unhappy and kept saying that Liu the landlord had promised her that they would be buried together after they passed away, but the first wife's son did not agree, so no matter how much she made a fuss, it was no use.

In the end, the clan head was called in, which finally calmed the stepmother down.

From then on, Jie Heping understood that only the first wife was the rightful wife, and the others did not count.

So no matter how much his stepmother pleases his father, his biological mother will still have to be buried with his biological father after she passes away.

Unfortunately, the stepmother was too cunning, bewitching his father so much that he abandoned his first wife and directly removed his mother from the ancestral graveyard.

He even declared in front of his elders that his stepmother was his rightful wife and that he would be buried with her after he died.

Unfortunately, he was young and his words carried little weight; no one took his objections seriously. Otherwise, he would have certainly fought to the death to oppose them.

Jie Heping is indeed a bit too shrewd, petty, and overly concerned with gains and losses. He only values ​​the result and doesn't care about the process.

After they all left, Shuisheng closed the door and quickly climbed into bed.

Ruolan was still thinking about the delicious food he had mentioned. As soon as he got into bed, she asked, "You said there was more delicious food, you haven't forgotten, have you?"

Shui Sheng, of course, hadn't forgotten Le. "How could I forget? If I say I'll give you something delicious, I definitely will."

As soon as he finished speaking, as if by magic, a large bowl of chicken soup suddenly appeared in his hand.

It's still the mushroom stewed chicken. The aroma of the chicken is irresistible, and the umami flavors of the chicken and mushrooms blend perfectly. Just smelling it makes your mouth water.

Ruolan couldn't resist picking up the only chicken leg in the bowl and taking a bite. It was tender and delicious, and every bite was packed with nutrition. The tender chicken and the rich broth burst on the tongue, leaving one wanting more.

Ruolan almost forgot about Shuisheng's elusive abilities while eating.

She was puzzled, looking around nervously. Seeing that their room was safe, she quickly lowered her voice and asked, "What's going on? Why did you suddenly conjure something up?"

Looking at his wife's frightened appearance, Shuisheng seemed to understand something. He knew that his wife had just been reborn and did not remember what he had told her before.

However, seeing his wife ask again, he quickly explained, "I told you before, this is a small space that suddenly appeared in my mind a year ago!"

Ruolan recalled that there seemed to be such a thing. When she first came back, she was too busy and forgot all about this magical thing.

But this thing didn't exist in her past life. Could it be that it changed because she was reborn?

Ruolan never even considered that Shuisheng was also reborn, and Shuisheng would never tell his wife about what happened after his death.

Shuisheng knew that his wife had just been reborn and was still not used to it. She was just too soft-hearted. In her previous life, she was bullied by such a group of heartless people, but she was still kind and gentle to the children after she came back.

It seems he needs to carefully plan for his wife to prevent the children from getting too close to her, lest they be hurt by them again.

While munching on a large chicken leg, Ruolan asked, "Do you have any money?" She remembered that in her past life, Brother Shuisheng had used all his money to buy her, so he probably didn't have much money on him now.

Shuisheng naturally understood his wife's meaning; after all, they were both aware of the famine that would occur two years later.

He died in the last year of the famine, and now he wouldn't meddle in other people's business, much less try to be a pushover.

Shuisheng pulled his wife into his arms and whispered to her, "After I got this magical thing, I raised a lot of pigs, goats and chickens on the back mountain."

“I secretly took the pigs to the city to sell a few days ago, and also bought a lot of grain to store in the space.”

"The chicken I brought you today was just cleaned and is very fresh. I also saved a lot of pork and lamb, so I'll cook it for you every other day."

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