After escaping from famine, the evil stepmother was pampered by the villain Zaizai Tuan

In the woods, Li Yuanzhi bent down to pick up dead branches with a bruise on his forehead, feeling aggrieved.

Jiang Xiaohua rubbed her fists and said fiercely, "If you want to eat, work hard for me!"

Li Yuanzhi agreed in a drawled tone, "Yes..."

The four little ones were picking up stones, talking quietly while picking them up.

Liu Miaomiao already understood the meaning of committing herself to each other, "Does he really want to marry my mother?"

Liu Ming said calmly: "I don't know, but he seems to like eating the food cooked by his mother."

Liu Guang snorted coldly, "Huh, what an idiot! He jumped into the fire pit just to stutter!"

Although Liu Guang had to admit in his heart, the food cooked by Jiang Xiaohua was never delicious before.

But this does not affect his contempt for Li Yuanzhi, deep contempt!

Liu Miaomiao said, "Miaomiao also likes to eat the food cooked by my mother!"

Liu Yong, Liu Guang, and Liu Ming looked at each other guiltily and sighed silently.

Not to mention that my little sister loves to eat, who among you here is not greedy?

When it comes to dinner, everyone is secretly excited, looking forward to something delicious in this meal.

Jiang Xiaohua followed a direction alone and had already entered the depths of the dense forest.

The turf here is wet, indicating that there was local rainfall last night.

Based on her experience, she may be able to find some special foods.

In the middle of the forest, there were fallen and rotten trees, surrounded by overgrown grass.

Jiang Xiaohua pushed aside the tangled grass and walked in. After bending down to search carefully, she smiled.

On the grass by the river, four little ones have built two stone stoves, one high and one low.

Li Yuanzhi also collected two piles of firewood.

After Jiang Xiaohua accepted it, she was very satisfied.

She looked around and motioned for the children to come closer and talk, "I found a lot of mushrooms, more than one person can take. You have to follow me."

It was great to pick mushrooms, we had some to eat and some to play with. The four little ones were all gearing up, saying they wanted to have a big fight.

Jiang Xiaohua added, "There are some better things. Yong'er, please bring all our empty bags."

Liu Yong immediately felt that he had a heavy responsibility and nodded cautiously, "I understand."

Seeing that no one was paying attention, Jiang Xiaohua set off with Xiao Douding.

Before leaving, he told Li Yuanzhi to stay where he was and look at things.

Jiang Xiaohua made marks along the way, and it was easy to find the place she planned to go.

She pushed aside the wet grass with her hands, revealing large areas of brown pine mushrooms.

Mushrooms grow continuously along the trunk of the tree, layer upon layer.

The four little cubs jumped into the grass with a cheer.

Liu Guang was so excited that he said, "I have never seen so many mushrooms so big!"

Liu Yong also lost his usual sophistication and said happily, "I had mushroom soup when I was a kid, and it was delicious!"

Jiang Xiaohua couldn't help but laugh, thinking to herself, when I was a child? You are only nine years old now.

While the children were picking mushrooms, Jiang Xiaohua walked around the dead tree, stepped on the moist soil next to it, and started digging.

Without soil-turning tools, she had to use tree sticks to pry open the soil layer and then dig with her hands.

Xiao Miaomiao had sharp eyes and saw her stepmother busy there, so she ran over and knelt down to take a look.

"Mother is digging the soil, and Miao Miao is helping her."

Jiang Xiaohua's heart melted when she looked at the soft, tender and caring little girl.

"What a mother's little cotton-padded jacket. Let's dig it together."

Two hands, one big and one small, dug for a while, revealing several reddish-brown roots in the loose soil.

A bit like a wild sweet potato, but much longer than a sweet potato and cylindrical in shape.

At this time, the three brothers also finished picking mushrooms and came over to help.

Liu Ming has always had the strongest thirst for knowledge. Only at this time will he say a few more words:

"What is this? Is it edible?"

Jiang Xiaohua continued to dig hard and said, "This is wild yam, which is both medicinal and food."

"Let's move quickly and dig out all these yams!"

The largest piece of furoshiki was unfolded and the collected mushrooms were piled on it. Two people held the two corners respectively and walked around like this.

Two bags full of dug wild yams were packed with mud to dry. They can be kept for several days without rotting, thus solving the current dilemma of not having any carbohydrates to eat.

Jiang Xiaohua’s dinner menu: roasted mushrooms with salt, mushroom and yam soup.

The yam is ground into a puree with stones and boiled together with diced mushrooms into a thick and smooth soup.

When serving, sprinkle with a pinch of salt and a handful of green onion.

After drinking a bowl, I feel like my stomach is feeling warm, and the coldness of the autumn night is completely offset.

The four little ones snored and drank the soup without raising their heads.

Li Yuanzhi also received a large bowl of thick soup and ten skewers of grilled mushrooms.

He ate it with gusto, "The mushrooms are done well, they are more delicious than meat!"

"Yam is not only delicious and filling, but also has a nutritional tonic effect."

"That's right, yams and mushrooms are more useful than you." Jiang Xiaohua continued quietly, "You'd better think about what uses you can put yourself to."

Li Yuanzhi was neither annoyed nor ashamed after hearing this, he just laughed and the food tasted even sweeter, as if he didn't care about his face at all.

After dinner, everyone had just put down their rice bowls, still immersed in the satisfaction brought by the delicious food.

Jiang Xiaohua assigned them new tasks.

"Li Yuanzhi, aren't you a scholar? I'll leave these four students to you."

She looked at the four little ones again, "Starting tonight, you will learn from Mr. Li."

Li Yuanzhi and the four little beans collectively lost their voices: "Study?"

Jiang Xiaohua nodded, her tone unquestionable, "Yes, study."

The reason why she changed her mind and was willing to keep Li Yuanzhi was for this purpose.

It is very cost-effective to teach four children, plus do chores, and only need to take care of two to three meals a day.

All four little ones have never been to school.

Only the third child, Liu Ming, loved to study and secretly went outside the village school to attend classes for a few days.

Seeing the children getting older day by day, Jiang Xiaohua must not let them become illiterate.

Thus, Li Yuanzhi’s small class began.

There are two hours of teaching every night.

There is still half an hour of reading in the morning.

Liu Ming is the happiest one. Reading and literacy were such extravagant hopes for him.

Every time his stepmother found him skipping work and sneaking away to the village school, she would punish him by not eating and forcing him to kneel in the yard.

But now the stepmother not only allows him to study, but also invites a husband.

This made him cherish it even when he was traveling or eating. While working, I silently memorize the knowledge I have learned.

Three more days passed like this.

Before noon, this group of refugees saw the city gate and walls from a distance.

The crowd burst into cheers. They finally reached a populated place and could finally eat the food provided by the government!

But the reality is far from as optimistic as they imagined.

Before reaching the city gate, I saw a large number of refugees gathering in groups.

Suddenly I heard someone shouting: "Porridge is being given out at the city gate!"

In an instant, the refugees swarmed toward the city gate, pushing and shoving like hungry wolves.

A white-haired old woman was pushed down, and countless pairs of feet stepped on her.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Jiang Xiaohua grabbed the old woman and dragged her out of the crowd.