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

Fortunately, Qiao Dun was small and didn't exert much force, so He Mu wasn't injured, but he felt a little dizzy.

"How dare you push my father!"

It's not necessarily true that Zhao Fu is very good to his father, but seeing Qiao Dun beat his father is absolutely unacceptable.

Zhao Fu glared at Qiao Dun, pinned him against the wall, and started beating him mercilessly until Qiao Dun cried out in pain.

He Mu and Li Chunhua quickly and frantically pulled the two apart. At this moment, Qiao Dun was once again beaten black and blue by Zhao Fu.

Li Chunhua cried with heartache, "Dun'er, does it hurt? It's all my fault!"

Qiao Dun slapped Li Chunhua's hand away and said angrily, "Mother, let's not go with them. Take me with you, and let's go find Father, okay?"

Li Chunhua tried to persuade Qiao Dun: "Dun'er, we don't know where your father is right now, and there are too many dangers on this road. Let's go with Uncle He."

"I hate you!" Qiao Dun shouted hoarsely, then slumped against the wall and burst into tears.

"Ow ooh..."

Seeing Qiaodun crying so sadly, Li Chunhua felt a deep sense of helplessness.

What could she do? Zhaofu and Qiaodun were both her own flesh and blood, her own sons.

Li Chunhua felt more guilty towards Zhao Fu. She had abandoned him these past few years and it was only with great difficulty that she was able to see him again, but Zhao Fu hated her.

He tried his best to find a way to get Zhao Fu and Qiao Dun to live together peacefully, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult.

Now he's pleasing neither side; not only does Zhao Fu hate him, but Qiao Dun also hates him.

Seeing Qiao Dun crying beside him, He Mu looked at Zhao Fu and said sternly, "Zhao Fu, don't hit Qiao Dun so easily in the future, do you hear me!"

Zhao Fu looked on incredulously: "I'm your son! You hit him all for your sake, and you're actually cursing me for someone else's son!"

"He's also your brother, your mother's son. Hitting him breaks your mother's heart too."

Before He Mu could finish speaking, Zhao Fu immediately flew into a rage: "Why don't you ask me if I'm heartbroken? My mother didn't want me, so she went off to have a son for someone else, and now that she's back, you actually expect me to give in to this bastard? Waaaaah~"

Zhao Fu cried for a long time, feeling very sad.

Seeing her two sons wailing, Li Chunhua immediately lost her temper.

Suddenly, her eyes caught sight of a restaurant in the distance. Li Chunhua's eyes lit up, and an idea struck her: "Alright, you two stop crying. Everyone's hungry, right? Let's have a nice meal today, go out to eat! Come on, I'll take you!"

Huh? Go to a restaurant?

Upon hearing that Li Chunhua was going to take them to a restaurant, Zhao Fu and Qiao Dun immediately stopped crying.

He Mu quickly waved his hands: "Chunhua, let me tell you, I have no money!"

Li Chunhua raised an eyebrow slightly: "Alright, I wasn't expecting anything from you anyway!"

Seeing that this trick worked, Li Chunhua's lips curled up, and she glanced at Zhao Fu and Qiao Dun with a half-smile, saying, "You two aren't crying anymore? Then let's go!"

With that, he ignored them and walked straight out.

Upon hearing that they were going out to eat, Zhao Fu and Qiao Dun quickly wiped away their tears and followed them.

He Mu and Zhao Feng looked at each other, wondering what Li Chunhua was up to. Eating out would cost a lot of money, and if they didn't have the money to pay after the meal, they would all suffer.

After what happened with Zhao Lian, the restaurant waiter didn't dare to neglect He Mu and his group's arrival, and greeted them with a smile: "Sir, are you here for a meal? Please come in~"

With not a single penny in his pocket, He Mu didn't dare to say a word and looked at Li Chunhua.

This waiter was quite clever this time. Seeing He Mu's actions, he immediately understood that whether they could eat or not depended on this woman.

The woman was dressed in fine cotton clothes. Although she looked dark-skinned, her skin was delicate. Moreover, her every move was more graceful and proper than that of an ordinary peasant. She was clearly not an ordinary person.

Looking at the man in front of her, he was timid and lacked any manly spirit. He must be from an ordinary farming family, and perhaps even a servant of this woman.

The waiter quickly put on a smile and bowed to Li Chunhua, saying, "Madam, are you here to eat?"

Li Chunhua rolled her eyes at him: "Nonsense! If I'm not coming in to eat, what am I doing here?"

The waiter raised his hand and slapped his own mouth: "Ugh! Look at my foul mouth! Madam, please come in!"

Seeing the waiter bowing and scraping as he invited them in to sit down, He Mutou felt respected for the first time and immediately straightened his back. Li Chunhua secretly rejoiced at the sight.

Seeing the menu on the wall, Li Chunhua couldn't help but gasp inwardly. How could such an inconspicuous, run-down shop have such expensive dishes?

Li Chunhua used to be illiterate, but in the past few years, following Qiao Tai, she has learned to recognize some recipe names.

My family used to own a restaurant, which looked much more upscale than this run-down place, and it didn't seem to cost much more.

But since we're here to eat, let's just order a few dishes; it's not like we can't afford it.

Although He Mu didn't recognize the other characters, he did recognize a few Arabic numerals and guessed that the dish was not cheap.

Li Chunhua ordered: "Waiter, give me a tomato and egg stir-fry, pork and wood ear mushrooms, and a serving of braised tofu."

Li Chunhua mentally calculated the cost of the dishes. Although they looked unremarkable, they would cost nearly 400 coins in total.

"Alright, Madam, please have a seat and some tea. The dishes will be here shortly!"

Watching the waiter leave, He Mu tugged at Li Chunhua's sleeve: "Chunhua, the food here must be very expensive, right? Why don't we go to the steamed bun shop and buy some steamed buns instead?"

Li Chunhua said calmly, "Don't worry, I still have that much money!"

Before long, all the dishes were served. In addition, Li Chunhua also asked for a few steamed buns to pack up and eat on the way, and a large bowl of rice.

As soon as the dish was served, Zhao Fu didn't hold back. He hadn't eaten rice in a long time, let alone meat.

He picked up a few pieces of pork with his chopsticks, quickly put them in his bowl, and then wolfed them down.

Seeing that Zhao Fu had picked up a few pieces of meat, Qiao Dun immediately became anxious, fearing that there wouldn't be any meat left, and quickly picked up two pieces as well.

"Slow down, slow down, don't choke!"

Seeing them wolfing down their food, Li Chunhua couldn't help but give them some instructions.

Right now, everyone is too busy eating to talk, including Zhao Feng and He Mu.

In less than fifteen minutes, everyone had finished all the dishes on the table, not even leaving a drop of sauce.

"It's so delicious!" Zhao Fu patted his belly, looking completely satisfied.

When it was time to pay the bill, Li Chunhua suddenly had a whim and asked the shopkeeper if he had seen Zhao Lian. She even gave a brief description of what Zhao Lian and her group of people looked like.

"Hey!"

The innkeeper laughed: "Madam, you've come to the right person. They were just eating here a moment ago, and you arrived right after they left."

As he spoke, the shopkeeper also told Li Chunhua about Zhao Lian and the others buying the carriage.