The refrigerator is well-stocked with all kinds of food; I bought almost every vegetable I could see to ensure a balanced diet.

In the yard, Ershi cleaned up the rats. Seeing that Lin Cai hadn't come out of the kitchen, he didn't bother to follow her in.

Soon, it got dark, and Da Chui, who had been working in the field, returned with his younger siblings carrying hoes.

The thawed meat was half-thawed, so Lin Cai cut it in half to make braised pork.

Fearing that Da Chui and the others might not be able to handle eating too much meat at once, I chopped some lean minced meat and cooked it into porridge.

Lin Cai asked Er Shi to light the fire, fearing he might notice something amiss, and told him to leave.

As darkness fell, the three siblings, including Da Chui, went into the yard and smelled the aroma of meat porridge. They all swallowed hard, but no one thought they would get to taste it.

Normally, when Lin Cai had something delicious, they could only watch from the sidelines, let alone taste it. They were lucky if they could even drink the dishwater from the hot pot.

"Big brother, she doesn't want rats... let's cook them and eat them." Ershi, holding a skinned rat in his hand, swallowed hard as he smelled the aroma of meat porridge wafting from the kitchen.

"Big Hammer, wash your hands and get ready for dinner." Lin Cai placed a basin of water on the ground, ignoring the strange looks from her brothers.

Now that she has transmigrated, she naturally won't mistreat them like the original owner did.

She simply cooked a pot of meat porridge; she didn't make the braised pork that she had originally planned to make.

It's better to eat something light in the evening.

Inside the cupboard, there were stacks of bowls, but very few of them were intact and in good condition.

After counting out five bowls, Lin Cai scooped out the porridge and peeked inside.

The four siblings, including Da Chui, were still standing there, staring at the wooden basin on the ground.

"Hurry up and wash your hands, come and get your porridge and eat," Lin Cai said forcefully.

"Yes, I know." Big Hammer took the lead and called on his younger siblings to wash their hands together.

Ershi secretly stored the prepared rats away, planning to roast and eat them secretly that night.

He and Sanhu spent the whole afternoon searching the rat holes before finally catching this skinny rat.

Lin Cai carried her porridge to the main room first. After washing their hands, Da Chui and his three siblings entered the kitchen and were stunned in disbelief when they saw four bowls of meat porridge on the stove.

The soft, fragrant meat congee is made with rice cooked over a wood fire for more than an hour, with bits of lard mixed in with tempting minced meat.

"Gudu"

The four siblings swallowed hard. Was the thick meat porridge really meant for them?

This is rice!

Even the wealthiest families wouldn't dare eat so much white rice at once, would they?

Swallowing hard, Big Hammer, the eldest brother, felt uneasy.

"Big brother, shall we eat?" Sanhu asked with difficulty, his eyes full of longing.

"Of course we can eat it! If that poisonous woman can eat it, why can't we?" Ershi retorted, sticking out his neck.

"Don't talk nonsense, or people will hear you."

In the main room, Lin Cai drank a small half bowl of porridge, but Da Chui and the others hadn't brought their bowls over yet.

"Do you guys want me to bring you food and feed you?!"

Unable to resist, she deliberately yelled at the kitchen in a fierce tone, and Lin Cai couldn't help but act like the original owner of the body.

After a while, the siblings nervously carried their bowls and moved slowly towards the table.

Lin Cai sipped her porridge, her lips twitching slightly as she watched her siblings crawl like tortoises.

Seemingly sensing her gaze, Ershi met Lin Cai's eyes, paused slightly, then raised his chin and took the lead in placing the porridge on the table.

If that wicked woman has any evil intentions, then beat her first.

At the square table, the twins Chunhua and Sanhu sat side by side, while Dachui and the others sat on their own sides.

"Eat up, is the oil lamp free?!" Lin Cai said rudely.

The four siblings glanced at the burning oil lamp, then immediately lowered their heads and began to drink their porridge.

However, once the meat porridge entered their mouths, the lingering aroma of the meat made them reluctant to swallow.

Taking small sips, the four siblings seemed to be tasting a heavenly delicacy, their eyes wide open, making their eyes appear even larger on their prominent cheekbones.

"You've all finished the porridge in the pot. It's too hot, it'll go bad tomorrow."

Lin Cai ate only one bowl, left a sentence, and went to the courtyard.

In ancient times, the nights were exceptionally dark, and one could faintly hear the voices of neighbors talking next door.

Da Chui felt sorry for his younger siblings, so he let the three of them share the leftover meat porridge in the pot.

As they lay in bed, the feeling of fullness and the lingering taste of meat in their mouths made them clearly certain that their wicked stepmother had indeed fed them meat porridge.

"Brother, the meat porridge is so delicious! Mother's porridge smells so good!" Chunhua murmured, nestled on the wooden board. In her memory, tonight was the happiest night.

Da Chui didn't speak; he was uneasy about Lin Cai's change.

Lin Cai had no idea what the four siblings were thinking. She lay in bed, lost in thought, and slept soundly until dawn.

"Mother, wash your face."

It was probably the meat porridge from last night. Chunhua had a look in her eyes that seemed to want to get closer to Lin Cai. She had prepared a basin of water early on and brought it to Lin Cai when she came out.

The little girl had been malnourished for a long time. Her hair was messy and her face was ashen, making it impossible to tell her skin color. Only her bright eyes were round and big.

Lin Cai clutched her chest; the little girl's blinking voice instantly touched her motherly heart.

"So good~"

Unable to resist, she reached out and touched the little girl's head. Chunhua instinctively shrank her neck and closed her eyes, thinking that her stepmother was going to pinch her again. She gritted her teeth and endured it so that she wouldn't cry out.

Lin Cai paused, then gently patted Chunhua's head.

Chunhua stared at her with wide, moist eyes, meeting Lin Cai's smiling eyes with an unprecedented tenderness.

The mother was stroking her head, gently stroking it like a mother caressing her child.

"Waaaaah..."

For some reason, seeing the tenderness in Lin Cai's eyes, Chunhua felt the grievances she had held for many years burst forth, and she suddenly burst into tears.

Ershi rushed out of the kitchen when he heard his sister crying, thinking that Lin Cai had hit her again. "You vicious woman, if you have the guts, kill me, but don't hit my sister!"

He wished Lin Cai would suddenly die, and rushed forward to shield Chunhua behind him.

Then, Chunhua, who was standing in front of Lin Cai, burst into tears and buried her head in her stepmother's arms.

"Waaah, Mother... Chunhua is good, Chunhua is obedient, Mother, please don't dislike Chunhua, waaah..."

The seven or eight-year-old child instinctively sensed a trace of kindness from Lin Cai, completely forgetting the years of abuse, and clung tightly to Lin Cai's waist, crying loudly.

Ershi's angry expression almost cracked, and then he grabbed Chunhua in exasperation, saying, "She's not your biological mother! How many times do I have to tell you?!"

"Waaah, it's my mother... Second brother, I hate you, waaah..." Chunhua let go and cried bitterly.

Lin Cai glanced helplessly at Er Shi, then picked up Chunhua and coaxed her, "Good girl, don't cry, my precious Chunhua."

As he spoke, he gently patted Chunhua's back and carried her into his house.

Ershi stood there dumbfounded, muttering, "What the hell? How could that poisonous woman..."

That gentle and pleasant voice?

Could it be...

The stepmother's personality changed when she thought about the sudden appearance of extra rice and meat.

Ershi felt a chill run down his spine and thought to himself: Could this poisonous woman be possessed by a ghost?!

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