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

Zhao Feng didn't dare to speak, but Zhao Di did. Zhao Di recounted the whole story from beginning to end.

She said that the two sisters hadn't eaten a single grain of rice since morning because their grandmother wouldn't give them any food and told them to go to Zhaolian's place to mooch off her.

Because Zhaolian was away from home all day, the two of them had no food and were too weak to carry water, so they accidentally broke the bucket.

Zhao Lian was furious. Suddenly, she remembered that she still had meat buns in her arms, so she quickly took them out and gave two to each of Zhao Lian and Zhao Di.

Zhao Di and Zhao Feng quickly grabbed the steamed buns and started eating them in big mouthfuls. Afraid they would choke, Zhao Lian told them to eat slowly.

Watching Zhao Feng and Zhao Di eat meat buns, Old Yang and the others' eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Zhao Fu kept clamoring for steamed buns, while Zhao Feng and Zhao Di quickly devoured both buns.

After eating the steamed buns, the two of them felt much more energetic.

At this point, the villagers who had followed immediately began to criticize.

"You guys are so despicable, how could you do such a thing? They are your granddaughters."

“Zhao Lian has severed ties with you, yet she still sends Zhao Feng and Zhao Feng to her place for meals. Either give them to Zhao Lian or you can give them to her.”

"Exactly! I've never seen anyone like this before!"

"..."

The villagers were all talking at once.

He Sen spoke up from inside the house: "Village chief, this is our family matter. Why did you bring so many people? Isn't this ruining our reputation?"

The village chief's face turned ashen: "Do you even care about your reputation? You've ruined the village's reputation."

"That's right, they're ruining the reputation of our Datian Village. An entire family is actually scavenging food from their granddaughter's mouth."

Chen Donghua couldn't stand it anymore. Her purse was only found thanks to Zhaolian, and the actions of Old Yang and the others were truly outrageous.

Just then, Zhao Lian spoke up, saying that if the He family couldn't afford to support the two of them, they should give Zhao Feng and the other girl to them, or at least provide them with food.

"Old Yang, how about it? Discuss it with your husband?" the village chief asked, looking at Old Yang.

Old Mrs. Yang quickly ran into the house and discussed the matter with Yang Sen.

Now, there are only two choices: either give Zhao Feng to Zhao Lian, or give food to Zhao Feng and the others.

Of course, Old Madam Yang was reluctant to give Zhaofeng to Zhaolian, as that would mean two fewer maids in the household. Besides, she could marry them off in a few years.

After discussing it, the elderly couple, Mrs. Yang, promised the village chief that they would eat whatever their family ate from now on.

After leaving the He family's house, because it was late at night and dark, the village chief carried a lantern and escorted Zhaolian home.

Later, Zhao Feng and Zhao Di secretly came once.

They told Zhaolian that Grandma was treating them better now, and they hadn't been beaten in the past few days.

They are given food at mealtimes. Although it is porridge or noodle soup, it is thicker than before and is no longer rice water.

Hearing this, Zhao Lian felt much more at ease. Last time, she thought that Old Madam Yang would give Zhao Feng and Zhao Di to her under pressure, but she didn't expect her to refuse.

For now, this is the only way. Fearing they wouldn't have enough to eat, Zhao Lian told Zhao Feng to go to the phoenix tree not far behind the He family's house every day to get food.

Zhaolian would put food there every morning and cover it with something.

Zhaolian measured their shoe sizes and planned to buy them two pairs of shoes when she went to the market.

She also took out the fabrics she had bought before and let the two of them choose, saying that her third aunt would make them new clothes later.

Zhao Di chose lake blue, Zhao Feng chose light purple, and Zhao Lian chose lotus root pink.

Zhao Lian has made a plan: if there is enough fabric, each person will have two extra sets made.

When they learned that they would have new clothes to wear, Zhao Feng and Zhao Di were overjoyed. They had never worn new clothes before and always wore their old ones.

When Zhao Feng was little, she used to wear He Run's old clothes. When she got older, she wore the clothes that her second and third aunts didn't want anymore.

Zhao Di and Zhao Di also wore clothes that He Yue'e and He Fang no longer wore, so these clothes were all short and small, patched and faded from washing.

From that day on, Zhaolian cooked more breakfast, trying to make things that would keep longer, such as flatbread or steamed buns.

More in the morning, and then, when it's early and no one's around, I put them under the phoenix tree behind the He family's house.

Later, every time Zhao Lian went there to put something away, she found that it had been taken away; it must have been Zhao Feng and the other girl who took it.

As long as they can eat their fill every day, Zhaolian is at ease.

These days, Zhao Lian still goes out early and returns late, going up the mountain every day. A couple of days ago, she dug up that patch of bucktooth wolf, and there were more than ten kilograms of bucktooth wolf roots.

In a mountain hollow, the motherwort was found again, totaling five or six catties. Taking advantage of the market day, it was sold to Manager Li of Tong'an Hall. The two items were sold for a total of more than 528 coins.

Finally, Zhao Lian went to the clothing store and bought two pairs of shoes for Zhao Di and Zhao Feng.

Soon, it was mid-June. The sun was shining brightly, and the weather was too hot. These days, Zhaolian would get up early every morning to go up the mountain to pick star anise and dig ginger.

Star anise sells for a high price; a pound can fetch one tael of silver. It's just a pity that the star anise flowering season has just ended.

Some of the items found on the ground were unusable, while a few that looked good were still barely usable.

After picking for a while, she had only collected about two or three pounds of star anise. She had basically picked all the star anise trees in the vicinity.

Zhaolian now has more than ten taels of silver and no longer worries about food.

The weather has been hot and humid these past two days, and it looks like it's going to rain, so Zhaolian plans to stay home for a couple of days.

Last night, a torrential downpour finally began, lasting for two days and two nights before stopping. This delighted the villagers of Datian.

It hasn't rained for more than half a year since last year. During the spring planting season, villagers had to fetch water from the river to plant their crops.

The river was getting dwindling, but finally it rained, which relieved the drought.

Thanks to this rain, the crops in the fields were well-hydrated.

In just the last two days, the rice has grown lush and green, and the grains have even started to swell. If it weren't for this rain, the yield would probably have been reduced by more than half.

It rained for two days, and Zhaolian didn't go anywhere. The rain had just stopped, and the mountain was still wet.

Zhao Lian thought she would go up the mountain in a few days. The weather was hot and humid now, and after such a heavy rain, the mushrooms would probably grow back in a few days.

After lunch that day, Zhaolian brought a piece of cloth to Wang Shi, intending to ask Wang Shi to help her make clothes.

The women in the village generally know how to make clothes, and they usually make their own clothes, including Wang Shi.

"Third Aunt, is Third Aunt home?" Zhao Lian called out as soon as she entered the courtyard.

Unbeknownst to Zhao Lian, her stepmother, Li Chunhua, saw her carrying the cloth into the Li family home. The moment she entered, Li Chunhua secretly followed her.

"Hey~ Who is it?~"

Hearing the shouts, Madam Wang came out of the main room and saw Zhao Lian holding several bolts of cloth. She was immediately filled with surprise.