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

Zhao Di mustered her courage and said, "Our porridge is just rice water, so why is He Fang and He Yue'e's porridge thicker than ours? They didn't do as much work as we did."

Madam Liang glared at Zhao Di: "You think you're right? Your grandmother feeds you, and now you're talking back after you've eaten your fill!"

Immediately afterwards, Liang said to Li, "Sister-in-law, you should also keep an eye on those two. Every time they go out to dig for wild vegetables, they always come back with the least amount, and they even complain that there isn't enough to eat."

Li rolled her eyes: "How dare I interfere? Otherwise people will say I'm a heartless stepmother. If they do something wrong, you aunts should take charge and discipline them. Hit them if they need to, scold them if they need to."

Immediately afterwards, Li asked Old Yang, "Mother, do you think what I said is right?"

Old Yang's eyes widened: "If these two girls do something wrong, you can beat and scold them as you please. If anyone dares to say you're a heartless stepmother, I'll tear their mouths off!"

Then, Old Yang said to Liang and Gao, "Also, you aunts should keep an eye on them."

Hearing what Old Yang said, Li's lips curled up in a smug smile. With her mother-in-law backing her up, she had nothing to fear.

“Yes, yes, we’ll listen to Mother!” Madam Liang and Madam Gao nodded repeatedly.

Only Zhao Feng and Zhao Di trembled with fear upon hearing this, secretly terrified.

After Grandma spoke up, the stepmother and the second and third aunts tormented the two girls even more.

"Auntie~"

A sharp female voice rang out, followed by a woman entering the main room.

"Oh, Auntie, are you still eating?" The person who came was none other than Madam Mei.

Old Madam Yang glanced over and saw it was Madam Mei. She said indifferently, "It's you. Did your mother-in-law send you over to see what we're eating, hoping to make a fool of us?"

Madam Mei waved her hand and said with a smile, "Oh, Aunt, what are you saying? We're all family. My mother-in-law asked me to come and see how Uncle and the others are recovering."

"Humph!"

Old Madam Yang snorted coldly: "Family? You make it sound so nice, but that day in the ancestral hall, neither your father-in-law nor your mother-in-law said a word in our defense."

They were so afraid of implicating them that they left without even staying a little longer, and now they've sent you to watch them make a fool of themselves.

hey-hey……

After being rebuked by Old Yang, Mei could only manage a couple of dry laughs.

Seeing the two empty bowls in front of Zhao Feng and Zhao Di, Madam Mei immediately pretended to be concerned and said, "Zhao Feng and Zhao Di, you two don't need to worry about Zhao Lian."

"You wouldn't believe it, she bought so many good things at the market today! Rice, noodles, big pork bones, and pork!"

Mei added fuel to the fire, saying many good things.

Hearing that Auntie said Zhaolian had bought a lot of nice things, Zhaofeng and Zhaodi were genuinely happy for her.

Now there's no need to worry about her going hungry by herself.

Old Mrs. Yang was not happy to hear this and immediately glared at him: "Where would that jinx get money to buy rice and flour? Did he steal the money from somewhere?"

"I have no idea about that, but I did see that her basket was full of good things."

After hearing Mei's embellished account, Li, Liang, and Gao felt as if they had swallowed flies, and suddenly lost their appetite for the porridge in their bowls.

It's unbelievable that that jinxed woman, after breaking off her engagement, still has money to live a life of luxury, while they're barely able to afford even porridge.

"Are you sure you're not seeing things?"

The stepmother, Li, asked with a suspicious look, "That good-for-nothing was beaten to death and has been lying in bed for so long. Where would he have money to buy rice and flour?"

Seeing that Li didn't believe her, Mei patted her chest and said, "Sister-in-law, why don't you believe what I say? When have I ever lied to you?"

"In my opinion, it's good that Zhao Lian has severed ties with her family. Look, the whole family is eating porridge while she's enjoying herself. It's so comfortable, but it's pitiful that Zhao Fu is so young and can only eat porridge."

Mei's tone was sarcastic, her eyes occasionally sweeping over Old Yang and Liang's faces. Seeing their displeasure made her feel incredibly pleased.

Looking at Old Yang's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, Mei secretly rejoiced, knowing that she had achieved her goal for this trip.

Then, feigning surprise, she said, "Oh dear, Auntie, I just remembered I have something to do, so I'll be leaving now." With that, Madam Mei quickly turned and went out the door.

As she turned around, Ms. Mei's face immediately fell.

"Humph!"

Zhao Lian, you're so arrogant, even if I wanted some good food, I wouldn't be able to eat it.

And this aunt, didn't she always bully their family before? Now let's make sure they don't have it so easy.

After Madam Mei left, the atmosphere immediately became heavy, and Zhao Feng and Zhao Di dared not even breathe loudly.

Judging from the expressions of Grandma, stepmother, and second aunt, it was clear that they were unhappy to hear that Zhaolian had bought rice and flour.

"Mother, how come that brat has so much money to buy so many nice things?" Li asked, puzzled.

“In my opinion, she should give you good things as a token of respect.” Madam Liang slammed her hand on the table, adding fuel to the fire.

The third wife, Madam Gao, paused, looked at Old Madam Yang, and said softly, "But in the end, she severed ties and left!"

Upon hearing this, Li was immediately displeased and said in a shrill voice, "So what if you say you're severing ties? She was raised by her mother-in-law since she was a child."

“If it weren’t for my mother-in-law, she would have died long ago. If you ask me, we should be filial to our mother-in-law when there is good food.”

“Yes! This time I agree with what my sister-in-law said.” Madam Liang chimed in from the side.

"Hmm~"

Old Madam Yang nodded, her face ashen, and said, "You're right. If it weren't for me, this girl wouldn't be alive today. Now that she has meat, she doesn't even come to show her respect to her grandmother."

Zhao Fu, standing to the side, persisted in pleading with Li Shi: "Mother, I want to eat meat."

He Dong, standing to the side, pitifully said to Madam Liang, "Mother, I want to gnaw on a big bone."

"I want some too!"

"And I!"

He Yue'e and the others were making a fuss on the side.

Zhao Feng and Zhao Di exchanged a glance, not daring to utter a sound.

"Why aren't you two saying anything?" Old Madam Yang glared at Zhao Feng and Zhao Di.

Looking at Zhao Feng and Zhao Di, Liang Shi's eyes lit up, and an idea suddenly came to her. She looked at Old Yang Shi and said with a smile, "Mother, didn't they say they weren't getting enough to eat?"

"In that case, we won't cook for them anymore. Let them go to Zhaolian to ask for food, and let them ask Zhaolian for things to show their respect to you."

Madam Gao nodded repeatedly: "Hey~ Second Sister-in-law, that's a great idea!"

Seeing the second and third wives coming up with ideas, the stepmother, Li, quickly pushed Zhaofu, saying, "Fubao, hurry up, go with your eldest and second sisters to your third sister's place to ask for food."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Fu immediately perked up and quickly grabbed Zhao Feng and Zhao Di's hands, asking them to take him to find his third sister.

"Stepmother~"

Zhao Feng stammered, "Don't listen to that Second Aunt's nonsense. Zhao Lian doesn't have any money to buy food!"

Li stared at him with wide eyes: "How would you know if you don't go? Go, hurry up!"

She refused to believe that Zhao Feng and Zhao Di wouldn't get their things back!