"Yes, Aunt Susu, brother, the little iron ball fell into the water, and it was the stepmother who saved her." Sanya said at the right time.
Lu Dabao frowned, does the stepmother have such a kind heart?
"Susu, in my opinion, Lu Zhi's wife also has good intentions." Someone in the crowd said.
"Why do you believe her lies? How could you not know what Li Tannian's reputation is in the village?"
After Zhao Susu finished, she heard a muffled cough, and then, the iron ball on the ground faintly woke up.
"Mom, it was me and Huwa who went down to the river to take a bath just now. Don't blame Sanya Niang. She saved me."
Zhao Susu was stunned, and Lu Tieqiu said again: "Third aunt, thank you very much. I, my mother really didn't mean it."
The little guy looks like a tiger-headed guy. Although he is young, he is polite and lovable.
Li Tannian did not regret saving him.
Nodding, she glanced coldly at Lu Dabao, who was hiding in the crowd, and walked away quickly.
Lu Dabao and Sanya looked at each other, feeling a little worried.
Especially Lu Dabao!
He didn't plan on her today, and she didn't know how to deal with herself when she went back.
However, in order not to worry his sister, he still said in a low voice: "It's okay, Sanya, if she dares to do anything to you, I will fight her!"
The two little cubs followed Li Tannian tremblingly, and Li Tannian seemed to have forgotten their existence.
She went back to the house, changed out of her wet clothes, dried the reed flowers, and went straight to the stove to cook.
There was still a lot of brown rice porridge left in the morning, so she beat eight wild eggs and fired up a pot to fry some scrambled eggs.
The four little ones looked at each other for a while.
Sanya felt that the stepmother would not blame the second brother for his absence just now, so she pushed him: "Second brother, go help the stepmother watch the fire."
"I'm afraid." Erbao shook his head violently, his face full of resistance.
Sanya was depressed for a while, so she could only walk to the stove with a grin on her face: "Stepmother, I will help you light the fire."
Li Tannian didn't even raise his eyelids. Sanya breathed a sigh of relief and sat down.
The wild duck eggs made a "sizzling" sound in the oil pan. Li Tannian patiently flipped the duck eggs with a spatula. Soon, the wild duck eggs were fried until they were crispy brown on both sides, and the aroma was overflowing.
The four little ones couldn't help but swallow.
They haven't eaten eggs for a long time and have almost forgotten what eggs taste like.
"I'm so hungry." Erbao rubbed his stomach, his dark eyes full of anticipation.
"She may not necessarily give it to us." Lu Dabao swallowed.
Although, he also wants to eat.
Li Tannian put the golden fried duck eggs in a coarse porcelain bowl, met Sanya's bright eyes, and she said softly: "Wash your hands and eat."
The four little ones all felt a little surprised, especially Lu Dabao.
"Okay, brother, wash your hands and eat!" Sanya gave Lu Dabao an expression that said nothing was wrong.
Lu Dabao couldn't believe it. Seeing his younger brothers and sisters entering the main room, he slowly followed them in.
In the main room, Sanya was serving brown rice porridge.
She tentatively filled half the bowl, and seeing that Li Tannian didn't say anything to her, she hurriedly filled another large bowl.
"Second brother, eldest brother, hurry up!"
Erbao served the rice, and Lu Dabao joined in.
"Did I let you eat it?" Li Tannian took a chopstick of eggs to Xiao Si Bao and said lightly.
In an instant, the four little ones looked at Li Tannian at the same time, feeling a bad premonition in their hearts.
Li Tannian glanced at Erbao, Sanya and Xiaosibao: "You eat first." Finally looking at Lu Dabao, she twitched her lips, but there was no smile on her face.
"Should you give me an explanation for what happened last night and today?"
Lu Dabao dragged the empty bowl, with forbearance, resentment and fear in his dark eyes.
"Your father and I have nothing to do with each other, and I have no obligation to take care of you. If I really leave, can you support the family and take care of your father and younger brothers and sisters?"
Lu Dabao pursed his lips and said nothing, feeling a hint of regret in his heart.
"Stepmother, eldest brother knows that he was wrong." Sanya winked at Lu Dabao.
"Yes, stepmother, don't be angry." Erbao quickly agreed.
Li Tannian looked at Lu Dabao's sallow and thin face, and sighed secretly in his heart, but it didn't show on his face.
"When will you think clearly before eating! No one is allowed to give him food!"
Erbao, Sanya and Xiaosibao glanced at Lu Dabao worriedly, then lowered their heads to eat.
Lu Dabao smelled the scent of eggs and couldn't help but swallowed, he was so greedy.
When Li Tannian went out to collect reed flowers, Sanya hurriedly gave him her bowl and chopsticks.
"Brother, please eat quickly, don't let the stepmother see you."
Lu Dabao hurriedly picked up a large amount of fried duck eggs with chopsticks and took a large mouthful of rice.
Lu Dabao almost swallowed the soft and fragrant fried duck eggs.
Delicious, the food cooked by this bad woman is so delicious!
Lu Dabao was eating with gusto when he heard Li Tannian's voice coming from behind him: "Should I let you eat?"
Lu Dabao stiffened and threw the bowl with dignity.
"If you don't want to eat, you won't eat. Who cares?" After saying that, he quickly ran eastward.
Li Tannian folded her arms and looked at him, with no unnecessary expression on her face. She had established this rule today.
If this little villain is not brought under control, there is no telling what tricks he will cause in the future.
Turning back, his eyes scanned the other three little beans. Li Tannian gave Sanya a meaningful look before returning to the house.
That night, Li Tannian put the reed flowers in a pillowcase, put on a new bedding, and had a good sleep.
Early the next morning, she went to the river beach again, planning to look for wild duck eggs again.
However, the riverbank was too wide. This time, she searched for more than an hour, with several holes cut by reed poles on her hands, before she found a nest of eggs.
Simply, there were twelve eggs in a nest. Li Tannian pocketed the wild duck eggs and went home.
At this time, the four little ones in the room had already exploded.
"I even looked under her wooden bed, but I didn't see any sign of the stepmother." Erbao said in a low voice.
Sanya came out of the hut and shook her head helplessly.
Lu Dabao gritted his teeth in anger: "She must have left us and ran away! I said, how can she have such a good heart!"
"Brother, did you offend your stepmother yesterday?" Erbao remembered what his stepmother said last night and couldn't help but ask.
Lu Dabao pursed his lips, and Sanya finally came back to her senses: "Yes, eldest brother, second brother is right, the stepmother must be angry."
Although she didn't believe that her stepmother would suddenly change for the better, their family really needed an adult.
While the three little ones were talking, they heard Little Four Treasures patting their belly continuously.
He can't speak, and he only pats his belly when he's hungry.
"Don't pat, your stomach will hurt." Lu Dabao grabbed his little brother's hand, feeling more and more regretful.
Is it possible that the woman really left?
"Brother... Dad is not awake yet. If there is no stepmother in the family, the people in the village will not know how to bully us in the future."
Sanya opened her mouth but stopped talking.
Lu Dabao swallowed down the resentment in his heart: "I'll go get her back. If it doesn't work, I'll just apologize to her!"
As soon as Li Tannian came back, she heard Lu Dabao's words, and she looked at Lu Dabao with a half-smile.
Little Sibao was the first to see Li Tannian coming back. His bright and round eyes flashed, and he staggered towards Li Tannian at a trot.
The little guy couldn't explain clearly, so he made a few babbling noises and tugged on the hem of Li Tannian's skirt without letting go.
"Stepmother, you are back!" Sanya and Erbao also saw Li Tannian's presence, with joy on their faces.
Li Tannian said "hmm" and took Xiao Sibao to the stove. Sanya understood and hurriedly went to light the fire.
Li Tannian found a large porcelain basin from the cupboard, immediately beat ten eggs, stirred vigorously, added a little salt and oil, mixed with water, and steamed them on the stove.
The four little ones didn't know what she was going to do, but when they thought of the scrambled eggs last night, their eyes lit up.
"What did you just say?" Li Tannian put the remaining two duck eggs in the broken clay pot and looked back at Lu Dabao.