“I know. You must be scared, right? Don’t worry, I will never abandon you.”
Lu Meiyu patted their little heads again, comforting them.
“I wonder why you kids can’t think clearly. Qingsheng said he’s going to serve as a soldier, who knows if he’ll return in glory…”
Aunt Li spoke, but even she felt her words falter.
Returning in glory sounded nice in theory.
But once on the battlefield, life and death are uncertain. Simply surviving, keeping your arms and legs intact, is a blessing.
Seeing how many strong men from the village had been conscripted, everyone felt a bit heavy-hearted.
“In any case, don’t be foolish anymore. If there’s any grievance, wait until Qingsheng comes back to take care of it for you.”
The two girls comforted Lu Meiyu again before leaving.
Lu Meiyu sighed quietly.
She didn’t really expect anything bad to happen to Liu Qingsheng, just hoped that when he returned, she could get a clean divorce.
Living a quiet life with the two children didn’t sound bad at all.
She didn’t want some other villager forcing himself into her life.
To cheer up the two girls, Lu Meiyu bought a few eggs from the space and slowly cooked them in the stove.
Before long, there was a soft “pop” as the eggs finished cooking.
Lu Meiyu quickly used tongs to take out the eggs and handed them to the girls.
The faintly roasted aroma was a true delight.
Xiaoxuan carefully brushed off the ash and peeled the shell, first offering it to Lu Meiyu: “Mom, you eat.”
Lu Meiyu accepted the little hand and took a bite.
“Good girl, so delicious.”
Lu Meiyu’s closeness made Xiaoxuan both happy and a little shy.
Her eyes shone as she helped her sister peel an egg.
Xiaowei had been waiting eagerly; under her sister’s gentle warning of “be careful, it’s hot,” she carefully brought the egg to her mouth.
“So good! We’ve never had boiled eggs before, but we have eaten baked sweet potatoes.”
Hearing sweet potatoes, even Lu Meiyu felt a craving.
Sweet potatoes cooked in a wood stove smelled far better and sweeter than those bought in the city.
“I wonder when the sweet potatoes will be ready?”
Lu Meiyu, having not lived in the countryside before, didn’t know what grew when.
“In about half a month, they should be ready,” Xiaoxuan replied.
“That’s good. We also got half a mu of land. I wonder what’s planted there. If it’s sweet potatoes, that would be perfect.”
Thinking of this, Lu Meiyu felt she had to check the field.
She glanced at the spiritual spring water in the space—only three drops left.
Lu Meiyu took the two girls to survey the fields. On the way, others exclaimed: “Meiyu, you actually give these two girls eggs?”
“What’s so strange about it?” Lu Meiyu replied indifferently.
“Good heavens! How wasteful! These eggs could be exchanged for oil or salt…”
The girls, excited moments ago, now froze, feeling they had committed a grave error.
Lu Meiyu smiled: “Exchanging for oil or salt is fine, but they need to eat too. My little girls must eat more meat and eggs to grow strong.”
Instantly, the girls relaxed.
Feeling protected by their mother was wonderful.
The aunt still looked regretful: “If these were boys, it’d be fine to feed them well, but these two girls…”
Lu Meiyu frowned at the unfinished remark.
“Auntie, these two girls are my heart. Not only will they eat, I will eat too. Our whole family will eat well, grow plump and strong!”
Lu Meiyu snorted coldly and walked on with the two girls.
The aunt tugged her little grandson: “Why are you crying? Go home to cry.”
The little boy sniffled: “I want eggs too.”
“You want eggs…? I don’t have that many to waste on you.”
Lu Meiyu sighed inwardly. In the future world, eggs were ordinary, but here, they were precious.
Xiaowei blinked her big eyes: “Mom, we are your heart, even more precious than that boy, right?”
Lu Meiyu laughed: “Of course. In my heart, you are more precious than anyone.”
The girls smiled at each other, completely satisfied.
Back in the old house, they had always been called and scolded by the aunt and grandmother, sent to do all kinds of chores.
They ate poorly and were bullied by cousins.
When they showed grievance, the aunt would mock: “Why do you act like that? You’re just two useless girls.”
The cousins would look on smugly.
Their mother could only weakly pull them into the house, never daring to confront the aunt.
Because if she argued, the aunt and the biased grandmother would sneer: “If you can’t bear sons, what’s the difference from a hen that can’t lay eggs?”
Even their father would sigh in frustration, never showing closeness.
【System, I am here fully taking on the role of mother for the original owner. Has the original owner passed away?】
【She has passed away peacefully.】
Good.
Lu Meiyu finally relaxed.
Her gaze on the two children became more tender.
In truth, these two children no longer had a mother…
Looking at the rice fields, the ears were sprouting, but they were shriveled.
The drought was worsening; this season would surely have a poor harvest, and taxes were due.
Lu Meiyu wondered how much silver the villagers had stored—they were likely wealthier than she was.
Arriving at her half-mu of land, Lu Meiyu felt relatively lucky—it was planted with sweet potatoes.
“We’ll have roasted sweet potatoes to eat, maybe make some sweet potato noodles or sour-spicy soup. Just thinking about it makes me happy.”
The girls didn’t know what “sour-spicy soup” was, but that didn’t stop them from feeling cheerful.
Lu Meiyu picked some sweet potato leaves to cook as vegetables.
With harvest half a month away, she figured digging a few now wouldn’t hurt, even if they were small.
Acting immediately, she tugged on the vines and pulled out a few small sweet potatoes.
Though the drought made them smaller, she was still satisfied.
Passing the small river, she noticed the water flow had decreased and felt concerned.
She needed to earn silver to survive well in this world.
The space seemed to tease her, showing all kinds of seasonings on the shelves!
To her delight, even her personal anti-wolf spray appeared.
It wasn’t on the shelf—it was just in the space.
This was a valuable item she had stockpiled in the post-apocalyptic world!
【System, why did my anti-wolf spray appear?】
【The space is slowly repairing itself. Though very slowly, items gradually reappear.】
Alright, very slowly…