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

"I am coming too!"

"I want to eat meat too!"

He Yue'e, He Fang, and He Dong saw that Li Shi asked Zhao Fu to go find Zhao Lian, and they also clamored to go.

“Alright! You can all go together,” Old Madam Yang said.

I don't know if what Madam Mei said is true, but it would be good to send a few of them to find out what's going on.

"Come on, let's go eat some meat!"

He Yue'e and He Fang were overjoyed.

Seeing how happy they were, Zhao Feng and Zhao Di couldn't bring themselves to move.

It's questionable whether my younger sister can even support herself, yet now Grandma is sending them to ask her for food.

"Come on, why aren't you two leaving yet?"

He Dong became impatient as he watched Zhao Feng standing still.

Li glared at Zhao Feng, hands on her hips, and yelled, "Hurry up and go! If you don't get any food, you can forget about eating. That jinx is so kind to you, isn't she? Let's see if she'll let you get beaten!"

"Second mother~"

Seeing that Zhao Feng was still standing still, Li Shi got angry and grabbed a stick from the side, hitting Zhao Feng with it: "You're not going, are you? I'll teach you to not go."

"Ah~"

Zhao Feng cried out in pain as the stick struck her mercilessly.

Zhao Di panicked and quickly stepped in to stop her, saying, "Second Aunt, please stop hitting her."

Enraged, Li said, "What a sweet talk about sisterly affection! You two aren't going, are you?" She then raised her stick and struck Zhaodi as well.

"Waaah..." Zhao Di also started crying.

"Alright! That's enough!" Old Madam Yang frowned. "If that brat finds out, she might make things worse."

Old Madam Yang pointed at Zhao Feng and Zhao Di: "You two listen up, hurry up and go over there. We can't let that brat know you two got beaten, do you hear me?"

"Hurry up, or you'll get beaten again!" Li said, raising the stick in her hand again.

Those two brats are too tough; she was panting heavily after hitting them a few times.

Zhao Feng and Zhao Di shrank back, touching the places on their bodies where they had been hit, and tears streamed down their faces again.

They didn't want to go either, not wanting to put their younger sister in a difficult position, but they couldn't refuse.

Walking down the street, He Yue'e rolled her eyes and scolded Zhao Feng, "You guys are really stupid. You know you'll get beaten up if you can't answer."

"You got beaten up but still had to come. Why didn't you just say you were coming from the start? You act like you're so wronged. All you did was ask that jinx for some food, right?"

"I'm going to gnaw on a big bone later, don't try to take it from me!" He Dong said gruffly.

He Fang, like a little adult, glanced at He Dong sideways and said, "I'm not going to fight you for it. Only a fool would gnaw on a bone. There's no meat on a bone. I want to eat meat."

"Who are you calling an idiot? Say it again and I'll beat you up." He Dong raised his fist.

"Alright, I wasn't talking about you. If you ask me, whoever buys the big bone is a fool." Eight-year-old He Fang spoke with a sarcastic tone, just like her mother, Liang Shi.

"I want to eat meat!" Zhao Fu said, his mouth watering as if he could see meat.

He Yue'e said with a look of disgust, "Zhao Fu, you're always causing trouble at home, whether she'll give you anything to eat is another matter."

Four-year-old Zhaofu put his hands on his hips and said arrogantly, "She dares! If she doesn't give me food, I'll tell Mother and make her not give my older sisters any food."

Zhao Feng and Zhao Di wouldn't listen to a word they said.

Just then, Madam Wang went out and saw them. She asked curiously, "Zhaofeng, where are you all going?"

Zhao Feng and Zhao Di were lost in thought and didn't hear what Wang Shi said. Zhao Fu, however, said excitedly, "Grandma told us to go to Third Sister's for meat."

Zhao Fu's words left Wang Shi bewildered. Judging from the direction they were heading, it seemed they were going to the end of the village.

Wang couldn't help but think to herself, "Could they really be asking Zhaolian for food? Zhaolian can't even feed herself, where would she get meat to eat?"

Soon, they arrived at the end of the village. Before they even got close, they could smell the aroma of frying lard.

He Yue'e's eyes lit up immediately: "Second Aunt is right, that jinx is indeed cooking meat."

The aroma of frying lard made their mouths water. Zhao Feng and Zhao Di smelled it too, and they exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with surprise.

Could it be that what my second aunt said was true, and that my sister really did buy meat? They were genuinely happy for her.

He Dong rushed to the front of the house and knocked on the door: "Zhao Lian, open the door. I am your elder brother, He Dong."

"Third sister, open the door! It's me, Fu Bao! I want meat! I smell it!"

Zhao Lian is currently frying lard. The first batch of lard is almost done, with a lot of lard cracklings floating on top.

A pot of pork fat had been rendered, yielding more than half a pot of lard. Just then, she heard a knock on the door. It sounded like He Dong's voice.

Then came the voices of He Yue'e and He Fang, and unexpectedly, even Zhao Fu came.

"Haha~"

After listening to their explanations, Zhao Lian was truly impressed. How did they know which meat she had bought?

Thinking back to when I came back, I didn't run into anyone except for Madam Mei. Could it be that Madam Mei was being nosy?

When she heard them knocking on the door, Zhao Lian ignored them. She had severed all ties with them and had no connection with them anymore. What she ate was none of their business.

However, she thought again that since the old woman had invited them all, she must have invited Zhao Feng and the others instead.

Thinking of this, Zhao Lian walked to the gate and looked out through the crack in the door. Sure enough, she saw He Yue'e and the others.

Zhao Feng and Zhao Di also came, but they stood at the back.

Seeing that Zhao Lian wouldn't open the door, He Yue'e pushed Zhao Feng and Zhao Di over and told them to call out, "You two, hurry up and make her open the door so we can come in, quick!"

“Yes, she’ll definitely open the door if you two knock.” He Fang also came over and nudged Zhao Feng.

Zhao Lian finally understood. It must have been Madam Mei who went to the He family, told them that she had bought a lot of things, and then sent them over to ask her for food.

I've seen shameless people before, but I've never seen anyone this shameless, sending a whole bunch of kids to beg one kid for food.

"Third sister, open the door quickly, eldest and second sisters are here too." Zhao Fu pounded on the door with both hands, her round face full of anxiety: "Grandma said that if we don't get the food back, eldest and second sisters will be beaten."

Zhao Lian didn't want to open the door at first, but after hearing this, she knew that Zhao Fu was telling the truth. If they didn't get their food back, they would definitely take their anger out on Zhao Feng and the others.

How can I better solve this problem?

It's impossible to feed them. If they do it once, they'll do it again. I can't raise these bloodsuckers.

Moreover, she can only support herself now, so where would she get extra food? Even if she did, she wouldn't support the He family.

However, she couldn't abandon Zhao Feng and Zhao Di. Old Madam Yang knew that if she had food, Zhao Feng and Zhao Di would have an even harder time in the future.

How could Zhao Lian secretly give food to Zhao Feng and Zhao Di without letting anyone else know? Zhao Lian fell into deep thought.