Transmigrated into a Farmhouse: The Stepmother Spoils Her Child to the Heavens

When Lin Cai woke up, she saw the person on the floor and was startled. Then she sat on the edge of the bed and watched the woman keep rubbing her old waist.

"Sister Hua, does it hurt a lot?"

"You try sleeping on the floor for one night."

"I have a bed to sleep in, why would I sleep on the floor? I'm not stupid."

Lin Cai put on her shoes and came to the table. She poured herself a glass of water, but when she brought it to her lips, she felt it was cold and put the glass back.

"Sister Hua, you didn't go home last night. Didn't any of your people come looking for you?"

"It seems that none of the people you keep don't really care about you. Otherwise, how come there wasn't a sound outside when you were gone all night?"

Hua Niang rolled her eyes, pressed her aching back, and got up from the carpet: "I told them not to come looking for me."

She originally planned to come and take a look, and then discipline the girl a bit, so that she could avoid a lot of trouble when she sent her over. Who knew that this girl was even fiercer than her!

"Sister Hua, I'm hungry."

Hua Niang, who had just gotten up, looked up at Lin Cai. After meeting Lin Cai's gaze, Hua Niang rubbed her aching back, resignedly opened the door, and asked someone to bring the food over.

After hearing this, Lin Cai mentioned a few more dishes. Hua Niang turned to look at her and said, "You're already so greasy so early in the morning. Aren't you afraid your face will rot?"

"If you sleep well and eat well, you can get by. I didn't eat anything last night, so if I don't eat well this morning, the day will be wasted."

She ordered several meat dishes and steamed buns, all of which cost money. When Hua Niang saw the dishes being delivered, she clutched her chest, looking like she was about to collapse at any moment.

She herself has never eaten this well, and this brat dares to eat like this. Doesn't she feel any pain at all just because she spent her own money?

Braised pork belly, braised fish, sliced ​​pork belly... and a plate of vibrant green vegetables.

Seeing all that meat, vegetables, and flowers makes my heart ache; it all costs money!

Lin Cai didn't care about the cost. She took a steamed bun and started eating the dishes, beginning with the braised pork.

She had thought the braised pork would be good, since it looked quite appealing in color, but she immediately spat it out after taking a bite.

"Tuituitui, what is this? Why does it taste like this? It's so awful!"

Just as Hua Niang was about to start eating, she saw Lin Cai vomit the meat and was heartbroken: "Oh dear, you wild boar who can't eat good food! This is meat! The chef made braised pork, if you're not going to eat it, don't touch it! Why are you wasting meat!"

Lin Cai rinsed her mouth with water, put down her cup, and looked at the flower maid: "Where did I waste the meat?"

"This is clearly not tasty, okay? Even a dog would refuse to eat it."

The flower girl looked distressed: "..." Dogs don't mind meat!

The braised pork was unpalatable, so Lin Cai tried braised fish instead, but it tasted the same. After trying two dishes in a row, both of which tasted identical, she had given up hope on meat dishes.

Lin Cai's eyes fell on the plate of vegetarian dishes. She hadn't ordered the vegetarian dishes, so she didn't know what they were.

Lin Cai picked up a piece, took a bite, and immediately spat it out. She threw her chopsticks on the table: "Where did you buy this? How can it taste so awful?"

"Aren't there any decent restaurants in Longxing County?"

"It's a miracle they haven't gone out of business with such terrible food!"

Hua Niang didn't think it tasted bad at all. After hearing what Lin Cai said, she stopped and said, "This is the kind of food made by the best restaurant in Longxing County."

Meat dishes like these can only be made at Fudelou Restaurant, because everyone who goes there is a wealthy and powerful family.

Ordinary people simply cannot afford to go to that place.

Hearing what Hua Niang said, Lin Cai was completely shocked. These were the dishes made by the most famous restaurant in Longxing County?

How can it taste so bad? Does anyone actually go to eat such terrible food?

And that plate of greens was really just a plate of greens, without a drop of oil. Don't they ever add oil when they cook?

"My dear aunt, what are you thinking? It's just a plate of vegetables, and you want to put oil in it? Are you dreaming?"

Do you know just how expensive oil is in our ancient Dragon Kingdom?

How could a restaurant like that possibly put oil in its vegetables?

This is Longxing County, not the capital. There's no need for them to use their influence to entice those high-ranking officials. Without that need, why would they bother with such things?

"And what about these? How could they bear to put oil in them?"

Hua Niang looked at the meat and vegetables Lin Cai was pointing to, then looked at Lin Cai again: "Grandma, are you really stupid?"

"This is a meat dish. Why would you need to add oil when cooking meat dishes? I've never heard of adding oil when cooking meat dishes."

This time, Lin Cai was completely dumbfounded. She didn't add oil to vegetarian dishes because there was no need for it, and she didn't add oil to meat dishes because she didn't need to add oil.

What kind of dishes do they use oil in?

The answer Hua Niang gave was that they would all use oil, but ordinary people like them didn't need it.

Lin Cai now understood, but then she thought of something else. When she first arrived, she saw some oil in the Gu family's kitchen. What kind of oil was that?

She felt she should forget about it and stop thinking about it, because if she did, or if the matter were exposed, she might regret it very much.

Lin Cai was in a particularly bad mood after only eating two steamed buns that morning. She asked Hua Niang to take her out, and Hua Niang immediately agreed after having the room tidied up.

"Grandma, if I send you away, can you give me the antidote?"

"see your performance."

"If I behave well, could you give me some of that medicine?"

The flower maid spoke the second half of her sentence very softly, and Lin Cai looked at her after hearing it: "What are you going to do with it?"

Hua Niang chuckled: "Grandma, you know what I do. Look at my line of work, it's actually quite tiring."

"I just want to use that drug to make myself feel a little better, so those girls won't get beaten up, and I won't have to be so tired!"

Hearing that she was going to use medicine to control those girls, Lin Cai stopped in her tracks. Hua Niang was about to ask why she had stopped when she noticed that Lin Cai's expression was a little off.

“They’re all still children. Even if they were sold to you, it’s still a human life. You were a girl once too. How can you treat them like this…aren’t you afraid…”

"I'm scared." Before Lin Cai could finish speaking, Hua Niang interrupted her: "I'm scared? Who said I'm not scared?"

“But if I don’t do that, those stubborn little rascals simply won’t listen to me.”

Hua Niang continued leading the way: "They were all sold into this place."