Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

"Miss, please, my mother hasn't eaten for two days!" the little girl said timidly to Zhao Lian.

Seeing that Zhao Lian didn't say anything, the little girl said to the little girl next to her, "Second Sister, Third Sister, quickly beg this young lady."

"Miss, please! Just give me some charity, my mother is pregnant with my little brother."

"I beg you!"

Upon hearing what the eldest daughter said, the second and third daughters quickly knelt down and kowtowed before Zhaolian.

Zhao Lian could be ruthless when others knelt before her, but seeing these three- or four-year-old children kneeling in front of her, she couldn't bring herself to move her feet.

Unexpectedly, these little girls were so sensible, which reminded Zhao Lian of her own mother.

Zhao Lian never met her mother when she was a child, because her mother died shortly after she was born. As a result, she was also burdened with the stigma of being a jinx or a nemesis.

In ancient times, people generally held the idea of ​​valuing sons over daughters. The reason why people kept having children was that they wanted to have a son. Because if they didn't have a son, their husband's family would look down on them.

My mother just wanted to have a son, so she kept having children, but she died from postpartum hemorrhage during her final birth.

The woman in front of me doesn't look very old, but she has already given birth to three daughters and is pregnant with another one. It's true that the poorer you are, the more children you have, and the more children you have, the poorer you become.

Zhao Lian said to Da Niu, "Da Niu, you guys quickly help your mother up, she's pregnant with your little brother!"

The two sisters exchanged a glance and quickly turned around to help their mother up.

"Summoning Lotus~"

Seeing Zhao Lian reach out to take something, Sun Shangxiang tugged at Zhao Lian's sleeve. She knew that Zhao Lian couldn't bring herself to give them meat.

But dozens of people were staring at her menacingly. If she only gave the mother and daughter the money, the others would definitely not agree.

"Aunt, these children are so pitiful, please help them if you can."

"Sister, you've given them food, what are we going to eat then?" Zhao Di asked anxiously.

"Second sister, it's alright, there's always a way."

As she spoke, Zhao Lian took out two pancakes from her bundle and handed them to the woman, along with a few pieces of dried meat.

Seeing Zhao Lian give them so much without even blinking, Zhao Di was so anxious she kept stamping her feet.

"Thank you, Miss! Thank you, Miss!" The woman bowed to Zhao Lian with gratitude and then pulled her daughter aside.

When the others saw that Zhao Lian had given the woman food, they surrounded her like hungry wolves, reaching out their hands: "Miss, please have mercy and give us some alms!"

"Everyone, make way! I only have these few pieces of bread left," Zhao Lian said loudly to the refugees watching, her face grim.

"Then why do you give it to her but not to us?" a woman said.

"Exactly! Either everyone gets it, or nobody gets it!"

"Haha~"

Zhao Lian sneered: "Just because she's heavily pregnant, she still says she can give my things to whomever she wants!"

"Wow...that's my pancake, give it back to me!"

"Mother~"

As soon as Zhao Lian finished speaking, a little girl started crying, and everyone's attention was immediately drawn to her.

Two girls, Erniu and Sanniu, started crying at the same time. It turned out that the two brothers, Da Kui and Er Kui, had snatched the pancakes from their hands.

The two big and two small guys snatched the cakes and stuffed them into their mouths. They finished them in no time, which made the two little girls cry loudly.

After Da Kui finished his pancake, he tried to snatch the one from Da Niu's hand. Da Niu was quick-witted and stuffed the rest of the pancake into her mouth. Da Kui was so angry that he cursed, "You good-for-nothing, you've wasted all this food!"

Not only that, the old woman with the floral headscarf snatched the food from the pregnant woman's hand and gave one of the flatbreads to a skinny old man next to her: "Dad, eat the flatbread."

The old woman knew that food was never safe to store anywhere; it was safest to put it in her own stomach. Besides, it was stolen, so she had to eat it quickly.

The pregnant woman's dull-witted husband stood by, watching helplessly as his wife and daughter's belongings were taken away, yet he remained unmoved.

Zhao Lian was furious and wanted to curse the man, but what the old woman in the flowered headscarf said next made her even angrier.

The old woman in the floral headscarf glared at the pregnant woman with disdain: "With a belly like yours, all you'll do is give birth to girls, what else will you eat?"

“Mother is right, it’s a waste to eat it, we might as well give more to our Da Kui and Er Kui,” the dark-skinned, sturdy woman interjected.

“That’s right, that’s right~ Mother, I’m hungry too, give me this pancake~” The triangular-eyed man chimed in, snatching the pancake from the old woman’s hand, breaking off a piece for himself and the woman, and finishing it in no time.

The old woman in the floral headscarf shouted anxiously, "You little rascal, your mother hasn't eaten yet!"

"These are the cakes that young lady gave us," the pregnant woman murmured.

The old woman in the floral headscarf, having not received any pancakes, immediately vented her anger on the pregnant woman: "Giving you food is a waste of resources, Gou Sheng, control your wife!"

Seeing the fierce look in the old woman's eyes, the pregnant woman spoke softer and softer, not daring to say another word.

“Mother is right, we won’t eat the locust flowers,” the taciturn man finally spoke up.

"Dad~ Mom~ I want to eat pancakes~" Erniu and Sanniu sat on the ground and cried loudly.

"What are you eating, you bunch of good-for-nothings? Eating is a waste of food. All you do all day is cry. If you keep crying, I'll throw you into the ravine to feed the wolves!"

The old woman with the floral headscarf glared at Erniu and Sanniu with vicious curses. Erniu and Sanniu quickly covered their mouths, afraid to cry out.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Lian finally realized that these people were a large family. The dull-witted man was named Gou Sheng, and he and the man with triangular eyes were both the old woman's sons.

The two big ones were born to the triangular-eyed woman and the sturdy woman; they were also the grandsons of the old woman with the flowery headscarf.

To her surprise, the pregnant woman didn't eat a single bite of the food she had given her; the old woman had snatched it all away. Zhao Lian was truly exasperated.

The two brothers were such a stark contrast; one was glib and smooth-talking, while the other was dull and honest. It was obvious that the dull man was not well-liked at home, and his wife and daughter were also disliked by him.

On the other hand, the man with the triangular eyes and his wife were both tall and strong, and their two sons were the same size. It was obvious that they must have eaten a lot at home.

The old woman still had a few pieces of dried meat in her hand, and was about to eat them when Zhao Lian flashed by, snatched the dried meat back from her hand, and stuffed it into the pregnant woman's hand: "Eat quickly~"

The pregnant woman realized what was happening and quickly gave each of her daughters a piece, then stuffed one into her own mouth as well.

The two girls, including Da Niu and Er Niu, got smart and quickly stuffed the food into their mouths.