After the female supporting character in the quick transmigration series realized her mistakes

"Jie Hemin, come here quickly!"

From the main room of the second house, Ruolan's clear and melodious voice rang out, sounding full of energy.

He Min, who was playing with his younger brother, heard the shout and quickly left his brother behind, running happily to the main room to see what his stepmother wanted to see him about.

"Mother, why did you call me?"

Ruolan handed him the divided grain and said, "Go to your grandma's house and take this grain to your grandparents. Tell them that this is their food ration for this year."

He Min readily agreed, "Okay, I'll go right away!"

Ruolan, still worried, added, "You must personally hand it over to your grandmother."

"Okay, I understand!"

He Min hopped and skipped around the yard like a little monkey. When he heard Ruolan's repeated instructions, he casually replied and then disappeared in a flash.

Ruolan tidied up all the rooms in the house, and only after looking at the spotless main room did she breathe a sigh of relief with satisfaction.

The couple made ample preparations to cope with a possible famine.

It hasn't rained for months, the ground is almost parched, and the crops we planted haven't sprouted yet. I'm afraid there's no hope for this year's harvest.

Experienced farmers, seeing the unusual weather and conditions, had already started stockpiling grain, fearing another great famine.

Although Shui Sheng knew this, he wouldn't risk reminding anyone, since superstition was still deeply ingrained in rural areas despite the crackdown on it.

If he does anything unusual, people will definitely suspect him.

In this era when everyone was hunting down spies, he didn't think he was any smarter than others.

Anyway, they never saw anyone die even though they were starving in their past lives. Although there might be famines in their area, it's not as severe as in other places. There's still plenty of green grass and leaves in the deep mountains and forests.

He was unlucky in his past life. In the last year of the famine, the village organized a hunting trip to the deep mountains and forests. His mother dragged him along to make up the numbers, and he never returned.

Later, when the eldest brother and sister-in-law saw that the second wife had many children and none of them were capable of working, they separated the second wife as soon as the famine was over.

Humans are inherently selfish; they are willing to sacrifice others whenever their own interests are involved, and Shui Sheng is no exception.

His childhood friends were the same; when Ruolan, a widow and orphan, was separated from her husband, none of her former friends who had been close to Shuisheng offered a helping hand.

So the couple never said anything in their lives and just focused on taking care of themselves.

Old Lady Xie was sitting at her doorstep, looking worried, when she saw her second son carrying a burlap sack walking over.

The thought that her grandson must be bringing them food supplies for their old age immediately made her grin, revealing her big teeth, as she watched her grandson's figure draw closer and closer...

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In the second half of this year, Shuisheng went out even more often and frequently asked for leave, sometimes for ten days or half a month at a time, for which he was criticized by the brigade leader.

However, due to the drought, the commune members were too hungry to work, and there was not much to do in the fields, so it was easy for them to ask for leave.

In addition, the brigade leader and the brigade secretary were family members, and they also did him a lot of favors.

Of course, Shui Sheng also gave them a lot of benefits, since they still needed to obtain various certificates, such as production team certificates, brigade certificates, commune certificates, and so on.

In the past, when he returned home, the house was always quiet. But this time, as soon as he reached the village entrance, he heard what sounded like someone talking loudly in his own house. Thinking of this, Shuisheng quickly hurried home.

In the courtyard of the second branch of the Xie family, there stood an old woman whose clothes were covered in patches but were very clean, and next to her was a spirited young man of seventeen or eighteen.

The old woman was pouring out her grievances to Ruolan, her expression one of utter distress, and she kept rubbing her dry, almost squinting eyes.

The old woman continued, "Little boy, we had no choice but to marry you off back then. Your father and I are getting old and we simply can't support you and your brother anymore, so we had to reluctantly marry you off."

This old woman was clearly very eloquent; she sold her daughter and then claimed it was a marriage.

"Actually, we're thinking of you too. Look, your father and I found you a wealthy family, so you can live a good life. Now you live a respectable life with both a son and a daughter. You should thank us for thinking so much about you."

As he spoke, he looked around the house. It was a brand-new brick and tile house, with every corner spotless and the firewood under the eaves neatly stacked.

Ruolan looked at her wrinkled face, which was still so kind and approachable, but unfortunately, her heart did not quite match her appearance.

The more eloquently they speak, the more wicked they are inside.

Now that Ruolan saw them, she was able to remain calm, but she was a little puzzled. She had never seen them come looking for her in her past life, so why were they here now?

Ruolan, of course, had no idea that the Mi family mother and son had also come here in her previous life, but they had encountered Old Lady Jie and had been tricked away by her.

In this life, they encountered Sister-in-law Xie, who couldn't bear to see the second wife living better than them. Naturally, she pointed out the right path for the mother and son, wishing the second wife would suffer misfortune. With different words, their situations were naturally different.

The old woman seemed to have convinced herself, as if she had received tremendous affirmation, and still felt that she had not done anything wrong, that it was just that she was too temperamental.

If she hadn't married Mi Ruonan off back then, she wouldn't have the good life she has now!

“Look at how comfortable your life is now. Since you’re doing so well, you should help your brother more. If you’re ever unhappy in your husband’s family, he’ll be your support as your wife’s family.”

“Your younger brother is of marriageable age, but because our family is poor and we don’t have money, no girl wants him. If Yaozu can’t get married soon, how will our Mi family continue its lineage?”

"I'm not here to ask for any help from you for my family. I just want to borrow about a hundred catties of grain. If you have some extra money, you can lend us some as well. We'll definitely pay you back later!"

If Ruonan hadn't been so determined, she would have brainwashed him. Ruolan wasn't brainwashed, but the few ingrates standing nearby were moved by the old woman.

To make her words more convincing, Mother Mi continued, "You two are siblings born of the same mother, blood is thicker than water! Even if we wronged you back then, your brother never mistreated you!"

They weren't mistreated; they were just observing coldly. Ruolan didn't waste words with her, just watched her performance coldly, and then "invited" them out after the performance was over.

Jie Heping looked at the old woman standing unsteadily in his yard, and felt quite sorry for her.

He was about to persuade his stepmother to lend them the remaining grain in the house, but when he saw the dark look in her stepmother's eyes, he swallowed the words back.

However, He Rong didn't have so many reservations and said without hesitation, "Mom, if they are really in trouble, lend them some money and send them away quickly, otherwise it won't be good if my father sees this when he comes back!"