Transmigrated as a Stepmother: Time to Bring the Family to Prosper!-Chapter 437: Food Heals Everything

Liu Ji, with the attitude of a bystander, looked back at the woman still kneeling on the ground and curiously inquired:

"Wife, who is that person? Did you reject her because you think she’s too ugly to take in as an ugly apprentice?"

Qin Yao reminded him, "Liu Laosan, watch what you say. She has a name, it’s Yin Le. The scars on her face were self-inflicted with a fire poker."

Dear God, to be that harsh on oneself? Liu Ji inhaled sharply in his mind.

At the same time, he felt relieved. Luckily, the fierce wife didn’t take her in; otherwise, he would have two ruthless people around him, and he didn’t know how he would live like that.

"Right, she just said something about Beauty Pan being a pawn, and Zhao something Ta is the one who killed Shaoyao. Who is Shaoyao? And who is Zhao Ta?" Liu Ji’s gossiping soul burned fiercely.

Qin Yao turned to give him a cold glance, "Do you want to know?"

Liu Ji hesitated for a fraction of a second and decisively shook his head, "I don’t."

"Smart choice."

Qin Yao thought, having a pretty strong desire to live.

Regarding the matter of Zhao Ta, even Song Zhang kept it from her, showing that the opponent wasn’t easy to deal with.

She killed fifteen of their trained killers, and they didn’t pursue it, suggesting they also wanted to drop the matter.

Throwing in a Beauty Pan, the common people were satisfied, the victims were satisfied, and even Lord County Magistrate was satisfied.

Many things in this world don’t require digging to the root, just a touch and it stops, an unwritten agreement among adults.

Since Song Zhang didn’t plan to look deeper, she, a rustic village woman, wouldn’t meddle further.

"Wife... she seems to be following us." Liu Ji surprisingly reminded.

Qin Yao: "Ignore her, she’ll stop when she’s tired."

Liu Ji looked back, the woman was running after them, and soon, she caught up. The scars on her face, pulled by the muscles from the effort of running, appeared even more eerie and terrifying under the red sunset.

Liu Ji didn’t dare look any further and reminded his fierce wife that the person was about to catch up.

Qin Yao shouted, "Hah!" The horse beneath her swiftly accelerated, quickly leaving the figure far behind.

The couple rode into the road between Lower River Village to Liu Family Village, and the figure was completely out of sight.

Liu Ji muttered, "She probably won’t catch up, right?"

Qin Yao: "Hopefully not."

Before the sky fully darkened, Qin Yao and Liu Ji finally reached Liu Family Village smoothly.

Along the way, they met quite a few workers finishing their shifts, who, upon seeing Qin Yao, exclaimed with joy, "Manager Qin, you’re back!"

Qin Yao nodded with a smile, feeling that the killings and excitement of the past days felt like a dream.

The peaceful and serene village and people before her felt real and reassuring.

This morning, as Ah Wang took the children to school, he also took his master to the town, having guessed that the couple would return together in the afternoon, and informed Da Lang Brothers and Sisters in advance.

At this moment, as soon as Qin Yao and her husband entered the village, they heard Si Niang, who had been watching from a tree, excitedly scream and shout, "Mother!" running towards them.

Having not seen each other for four days felt like four months to the children.

With the family’s backbone absent, everyone was lethargic, feeling as if their vitality was collectively sucked away, no spirit in anything they did.

Now seeing Qin Yao, Da Lang, Second Lang, Third Lang, and Si Niang instantly regained their energy.

Qin Yao dismounted, arms wide open, the four siblings immediately rushed in.

She caught and lifted them together, the siblings’ uproarious laughter filled with excitement and thrill.

The unique reunion of mother and children left the other kids in awe and secretly envious.

A few kids had already secretly plotted to have their own father and mother lift them high when they returned home.

Not asking to lift all siblings together, just having their feet three feet off the ground would be enough.

"Mother, why were you gone so long? Can you take me with you next time you go out?" Sanlang asked, holding Mother’s left hand and looking up.

Qin Yao said no, and the little one was briefly disappointed but soon forgot the disappointment, excitedly saying, "Yesterday I helped my deskmate with a question, and the teacher praised me."

Qin Yao joyfully said, "Our Sanlang is amazing."

Si Niang, holding Mother’s right hand, rubbed her face against her arm like a cat acting coy, "Mother, I missed you so much, I didn’t even have the appetite to eat the meat Uncle Ah Wang made."

Liu Ji sniffed, a tempting aroma wafted from home, and he was certainly hungry.

He looked down and said to his daughter, who had no appetite, "Then just right, let Father help you eat the meat Ah Wang cooked tonight, no need to be too grateful, Father doesn’t mind."

Si Niang made a face at her father, "I’ll have Mother feed me, don’t be too jealous, Father~"

Liu Ji felt a pang in his heart, damn it, he was indeed a bit jealous.

Da Lang and Second Lang exchanged a look, Aunt Yao/Mother is back, great!

The family of six made a noisy return home, welcomed by Ah Wang, who said, "Dinner is ready, wash your hands and let’s eat."

Nodding towards Qin Yao, he took the horse to the animal pen, offering fresh feed and water, patted Old Huang’s head, and returned to wash his hands and join the dinner.

Song Zhang’s meals were actually quite delicious, but Qin Yao felt that no delicacy could surpass the simple stir-fried vegetables and rice drenched in flavorful braised pork belly in front of her.

Good food can heal everything.

Qin Yao happily finished the fragrant dinner, took a bath, and with her hair still damp, sat at the main house entrance to rest.

In the study at the back, Liu Ji was tutoring Da Lang and Second Lang on their lessons, with a ’harmonious’ scene among the three.

Beside her were the Dragon and Phoenix Twins kneeling on chairs, insisting on practicing writing next to her.

With a single stretch of her hand, she could touch the plump, white kids, oh what a comfort.

Qin Yao gazed at the Dragon and Phoenix Twins; after nurturing them for so long, the once dark and skinny little dirty child was now clean, lively, and adorable.

And they inherited their parents’ excellent features, with big eyes, small mouths, and upturned noses. Once fully grown, they would certainly be extraordinary looking.

Qin Yao was engrossed in poking the children’s cheeks, having forgotten entirely about Yin Le, who tried to apprentice at dusk.

Unexpectedly, at this hour, the tightly shut courtyard gate was knocked.

The smile on Qin Yao’s face, sitting in the main room with a hint of grin, disappeared. Frowning, she asked, "Who is it?"

It was Liu Qi’s voice.

"Third Aunt, could you open the door?"

Qin Yao sighed in relief, thinking it was Yin Le who had tracked them to their door.

She instructed the Dragon and Phoenix Twins to return to their room to practice writing and asked Ah Wang to open the door.

Liu Qi entered alone. Seeing Qin Yao dressed as if ready for bed, he avoided entering the main room, standing in the courtyard and said:

"Third Aunt, my father just brought my grandpa back from the town clinic, and on the way, they encountered a girl entangled by two rogues from Lower River Village, so he rescued her. But she claims to be your apprentice, my father fears she might be a fraud, so he sent me to ask you..."

Qin Yao’s eye twitched, wondering what sins she had committed!