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

One hundred and eighty coins seemed like a lot, but Lin Bao didn't ask her where the money came from.

He felt that his younger sister seemed different after not seeing her for a few days, making her seem somewhat unfamiliar to him.

After giving a few instructions, he led his henchmen to collect protection money from house to house.

Lin Cai browsed around for a while, and found that the refrigerator had almost everything she needed to eat, so there was nothing in particular she wanted to buy.

Seeing that there were steamed buns for sale by the roadside, she bought two to try.

The refrigerator contains frozen steamed buns, dumplings, glutinous rice balls, and other cooked foods, which can be steamed and eaten.

When she came across someone selling candied hawthorns, Lin Cai bought a few skewers and hurried back.

When Lin Cai finally got back to the village, she was exhausted and thought she would get up earlier next time to take the oxcart.

"Chunhua, guess what Mom brought you..."

As soon as Lin Cai entered the courtyard, she saw her sister-in-law Liu Shi there. Seeing her return, Liu Shi smiled awkwardly and said, "Cai Niang, you're back."

"Sister-in-law, is there something you need?" Lin Cai asked curiously. The old house usually avoided the original owner, so it was strange that they suddenly came to the door.

"Hehe, it's a good thing." Liu looked at Lin Cai with a mixture of disdain and fear in her eyes.

"Chunhua, bring me some candied hawthorns, and share one with each of your brothers."

Lin Cai handed four strings of candied hawthorns to Chunhua with her hands behind her back.

"Oh, candied hawthorns!" Chunhua exclaimed excitedly, but hesitated to reach out her hand, asking, "Are they really for us?"

"Sweetie, take it and share it with your brother."

"Uh-huh."

Liu, standing to the side, had a strange expression on her face, her gaze lingering on the candied hawthorn for a few seconds.

In this world, let alone children, even adults like them rarely get to eat sweets more than a few times a year.

Chunhua, holding back her tears, took a candied hawthorn and went to the field to find her brothers.

When Da Chui saw that he had also been counted as a skewer of candied hawthorns, only he knew how he felt.

He was no longer a child; he was an adult who should be getting married. Yet, his stepmother still remembered to buy him a string of candied hawthorns.

Meanwhile, Ershi's feelings were even more complicated. It was the first time in his life that he had felt loved. He hesitated secretly, but did not tell his older brother about his stepmother being possessed by a monster.

Gu family.

Lin Cai poured Liu a bowl of cooled boiled water. After drinking it, Liu smiled with a hint of calculation:

“Cai Niang, you’ve worked so hard taking care of Da Chui and the others these past few years.” She paused, then continued, “It’s alright, Da Chui has grown up now.”

"Sister-in-law, just tell me what's on your mind."

"Hehe, okay." Liu couldn't help but take a closer look at Lin Cai, vaguely feeling that there was something incongruous between her temperament and appearance. "It's like this, the Liang family in the next village, they have four daughters... Da Chui is also of marriageable age, and thinking that he has many brothers, why don't he become a live-in son-in-law? The woman's family said that the 'bride price' and such can be discussed."

"A live-in son-in-law?" Lin Caiwei's eyes widened. Wasn't this sending Da Chui to marry into the family?

In this era, if a man married into the woman's family, he would be treated like a slave.

Unless they're desperate, no parent would willingly let their son marry into another family.

First, they couldn't bear the humiliation; second, in this era, the status of a son-in-law was extremely low, even lower than that of a wife in some families—he was truly treated like a beast of burden.

“Yes, they said that if you’re interested, Cai Niang, he’ll come over tomorrow to talk to you.” As she spoke, Liu leaned closer and said in a deep voice, “The dowry is not small; we should be able to get at least this amount.”

She gestured with her hand at Lin Cai, then couldn't help but say, "A full five taels of silver!"

The price of marrying a virgin.

Of course, she didn't say what benefits she had received from the Liang family.

"Of all the families around here, the Liang family has their eye on your Da Chui. You can ask for a high dowry, no problem at all," Liu Shi advised. Seeing Lin Cai frown, she added, "Cai Niang, Da Chui is almost nineteen. You still need to spend money to get him a wife, otherwise the villagers will gossip about him to death."

"Sister-in-law, Da Chui marrying into the family is definitely not going to work. Please help me push it off with the Liang family."

Lin Cai firmly refused.

On one hand, she was thinking that Da Chui was only nineteen years old and was about to get married, which meant that he was considered an older unmarried man.

Liu tried to persuade her further, but Lin Cai refused and then subtly sent her away.

In the past, the original owner didn't care about what others said behind her back. Asking her to spend money to get a wife for Da Chui was something she could only dream of.

Lin Cai took the steamed buns out of the refrigerator and put them in a hot pot to steam, all the while thinking about making money.

Although there are many things in the refrigerator, most of them are not convenient to be exposed to people.

If it were exposed in front of Big Hammer and the others, they would immediately eat it without attracting anyone's attention.

Soon, Da Chui and the others returned after weeding. Da Chui only ate one candied hawthorn and left the remaining three for Lin Cai. Er Shi and his sister also each kept two.

Undoubtedly, all the siblings are very good children.

"Wow, it's meat buns!" Sanhu smelled the aroma and forgot all about being afraid of Lin Cai, taking deep breaths of the meaty fragrance emanating from the hot steam rising from the stove.

In just one day, they not only ate meat porridge and candied hawthorn, but now they also have meat buns to eat. It feels like a dream.

While waiting for dinner, the four siblings ate their meat buns in small, restrained bites.

"Big Hammer, do you have a girl you like? Do you want to get married?" Lin Cai originally thought it wouldn't be too late for Big Hammer to get married when he was twenty-two or twenty-three.

But this isn't modern times, so she decided to ask Big Hammer for his opinion.

"Ah? Ah, I, Mom, I..." Da Chui's dark face instantly changed color. Even with his skin tanned from long-term sun exposure, you could see that he was so embarrassed that his neck turned red.

Lin Cai could tell at a glance that Da Chui wanted to get married, since most of the villagers got married at sixteen or seventeen.

"Big Hammer, tell your mother, is there any girl you like? I'll find a matchmaker to propose marriage to you."

Looking at Da Chui's increasingly flushed face, Lin Cai couldn't help but shed tears.

I was a single dog in my past life, and now I'm worrying about my eldest son's marriage.

"Mother, I..." Da Chui's eyes reddened slightly. He had waited so long, and finally his mother was arranging his wedding.

However, considering his family situation, Huani's parents would definitely not agree.

"Do you have a girl you like? Just tell your mother, and I'll find a way to help you."

“Mother, I didn’t…” Da Chui said, shaking his head.

"It's Sister Huani, Big Brother likes..." Ershi, who often worked with Dachui, interrupted, but Dachui, who looked flustered, covered his mouth.

Upon hearing this, Lin Cai immediately pictured a kind and honest-looking girl.

However, because Huani's family favored boys over girls, she had long suffered from a malnourished appearance.

Lin Cai nodded and didn't ask any more questions; she had already made up her mind.

After finishing her meal, Lin Cai counted out one hundred coins and gave them to Da Chui.

"Mom, I won't spend any money. You can take it to supplement the family income. After the harvest season, I'll go to the county to find odd jobs and earn some money."

Big Hammer's eyes welled up with tears, as if all the grievances of the past had vanished.

"Take it. You're an adult now, you should always keep some money with you."

Lin Cai placed the copper coins on the table and said, "Quickly put them away and put them away carefully."

"Chunhua, let's boil some water for you to wash up nicely."

"Mother~"

Chunhua immediately followed Lin Cai, as she now loved her mother the most.

Ershi's face turned pale. Why was 'she' giving his little sister a bath?

Taking a bath without taking a bath during holidays or festivals, is he planning to eat his little sister?