It was not too late, and the men of the village were still busy in their fields, and the women had already dug up wild vegetables and picked up the tender bark of the trees, ready to mix them in the few brown rice noodles left in the house to make dinner.

Originally, in the rich years of the village, they could barely eat three meals in the busy season, but now, being able to eat two meals is already satisfied, and some people have even eaten only one meal a day.

Most people feel that they can sleep only when they are full at night, so they concentrate their meals on the evening throughout the day.

The men in the field looked at the crops that had withered and yellowed, and they were even more envious of the families in the village.

Looking back at the smoke coming out of the chimney in the direction of his house, the irritability in his heart was suppressed a little, people died every day in these years, and a lot of people in the village have died one after another in the past few days.

I don't know who took the lead, and the rest of the people also withdrew their eyes from staring at the crops in frustration, and walked home dejectedly.

And Jiang Ran and the two cubs had already returned to Zhou's house before they went home.

As soon as he arrived at the door of Zhou's house, he inhaled the dragon qi, his voice became more and more high-pitched, and he felt that he had already stopped leaving the house and suppressed the dogs in the village with a barking sound, and the rhubarb, who was the king and hegemon, began to bark non-stop overnight.

Especially when I saw the "cat" that was carefully held in the arms of the three cubs Zhou Shen, it was even more powerful.

Biao was recuperating all the way, and at this time, he saw an ordinary dog cub who dared to bark at himself, and everything in his blood was awakened.

In just a moment, Shicai was still majestic and was about to overwhelm a piece of rhubarb stool.

It's just shallow, but it's not stupid, this is not an ordinary meow, this is a fucking tiger, no, it's a more ferocious than a tiger, instantly reverted to the way it was before it absorbed the dragon's energy, stuck out its tongue and coaxed a batch, and instantly trembled and was about to go back to the kennel.

But he was blocked by a strong and domineering way, staring at a pair of copper bell-like eyes, staring at him deadly, and looking arrogant, as if to say: Xiaoxiao, wasn't it quite arrogant just now, what about your domineering? What about your might?

The scream led to Zhou Yuan, who was in the courtyard, and Zhou Nian, who had recovered a little, and the two little guys saw Biao at a glance, but their reactions were slightly different.

"Where did this kitten come from? Oops, it's pretty good. Zhou Yuan tried to hug Biao, but Biao, who was awakened by the bloodline, forgot for a while that there was a big guy behind him, and grinned at Zhou Yuan and showed his fangs, so frightened that Zhou Yuan hurriedly retracted his hand and stood up and staggered away.

This cat is so fierce!

subconsciously protected Xiao Niannian behind him, and said in his heart, fortunately, my sister didn't rush out.

But he didn't notice the stupid sister in his eyes, who was squinting at the cub in front of him at this time, it was the cub, the three of them went out and brought back a cub?

Jiang Ran angrily pointed his finger at Biao Cub, Biao Cub's whole body was like being struck by lightning, and his back was cold in fright, only to remember, he instantly turned into a soft and cute cat cub "Meow" and "Meow" to release kindness towards Zhou Yuan, and also took the initiative to stretch out his tongue to lick Zhou Yuan, asking for more dogs.

"Oops, it likes me, it likes me." Zhou Yuan happily forgot how fierce this "cat cub" was just now, and took the initiative to pick up the meow, brushed it with his hand, and saw that it was indeed well-behaved, so he handed it to Zhou Nian again.

"Sister, don't be afraid, it's pretty well-behaved." Seeing that his sister didn't dare, Zhou Yuan also took the initiative to try to show her, and when he saw that his sister took it, he remembered that the rhubarb at home that seemed to be particularly fierce today dared to tremble.

"Hey, what's wrong with Rhubarb? Wasn't that the case just now? Zhou Yuan was surprised, and called out the rhubarb in the past, pointing to the cub: "Rhubarb will have a companion in the future." ”

Thinking of something, he looked at Zhou Er: "Do we still have a useless dog collar at home, or take it out and put it on for the cat." ”

Zhou Er glanced at Jiang Ran, and when he saw that Jiang Ran had no opinion, he nodded.

Biao, who was forced to learn how to meow, was about to explode in an instant: let it become a cat, and restrain it.

Biao said that he would not do it, and Biao wanted to go back to the mountains to claim the king, but as soon as someone's two big dragon eyes were revealed, he was so frightened that he once again raised his corpse to the whole family's pet cubs: "Meow", "Meow." ”

Zhou Nian pretended to be stupid and stared at Biao Xiao, brushing his hair one by one, but muttering in his heart, as soon as the woman stared at it just now, it was obedient again.

"I'll go clean up in the stove, you guys? By the way, what about your daddy? Jiang Ran remembered that he had to take some of the things he bought out this time, and was surprised to remember that there seemed to be one less person at home.

"Daddy went to chop wood, and there is not much firewood at home." Zhou Yuan thought of his father who insisted on going to work, he couldn't stop him, he was helpless, he wanted to go with him, but his father asked him to take care of his sister at home.

"Oh." Jiang Ran nodded, remembered something, and muttered in a low voice: "Isn't the leg still good?" ”

As he spoke, he walked inside.

Zhou Er thought about it, and hurriedly raised his head and shouted, "Mother, do you need my help?" ”

"And me, mother." Zhou Shen also shouted.

"No need, you guys should accompany the eldest brother and Xiao Niannian well, by the way, don't forget to find out what that is and put it on." She always subconsciously became kind to the original host Zhou Nian, and took the opportunity to deter the cub.

Looking at her back, Zhou Yuan and Zhou Nian looked at Zhou Er and Zhou Shen in disbelief, and no one noticed the cub who was cowering in fright.

"You guys? You just called her mother? "Did you hear that right? Zhou Yuan.

"Big brother, we feel that after the stepmother was struck by lightning, she has become much better, and we want to call her mother in the future." The two cubs spoke in unison.

Zhou Yuan opened his mouth, wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, went to the house to rummage through the cabinets, in fact, it was not so exaggerated, the collar was made by his father before, hung on the wall, took it off and put it on for the cub, remembering his father who was still chopping wood outside, he left his little sister Zhou Nian with his two younger brothers, and went out.

The two cubs originally wanted to follow the eldest brother, but the little sister Zhou Nian kept pestering them, they hadn't seen the little sister for most of the day, and they missed it very much, so they squatted on the stone at the door together, and talked while watching the cat cub bully the big yellow dog.

Zhou Nian had a lot of doubts in her heart, she knew that the simplest thing in the family was the third brother Zhou Shen, so she wanted to know something, and she could only find an excuse to take the second brother away from the mouth of the third brother, so she threw herself on the third brother Zhou Shen.

"Three-pot pot, stepmother, beating people, afraid, three-pot pot, like the back bag, don't you like it, miss it? Whining. ”

"Nian Nian, don't cry, the third brother said to you, the stepmother is not the previous stepmother, she is super powerful now."

"Tears?" Zhou Nian wiped the big tears of beans he tried to squeeze out, and still looked at Zhou Shen stupidly.

"Nian Nian, I'm ...... with you" Zhou Shen was thinking, Nian Nian has been a little stupid since that time, so telling Nian Nian should not be considered a violation of the promise to his stepmother, right?

And hearing everything that happened in this short half a day, Zhou Nian was completely stunned.

Not only is that person not the evil woman she used to be, but she is also possessed by a monster?

What kind of monster, so powerful, can take out a lot of ginseng and reishi mushrooms at will, and can also release lightning strikes? In the world she knows, there is no kind of monster that is so powerful, right?

But that's not the point, the monsters don't cultivate in the mountains, what do they do in this poor mountain and remote place?

And it seems that this monster has no ill will towards the family, on the contrary, it is still trying to make this family better.

She said that she was a little confused and had to drink some water to digest it.

And Zhou Er had already taken out the water and handed it to her, she took it and drank it in a big gulp, spilled some of it, and wet her clothes.

Zhou Er watched, hurriedly wiped her with a patched handkerchief, looked at the obviously ill-fitting and dirty clothes on the little sister, and thought of the cloth that the stepmother asked for today, and when the father came back, he asked the father to take it and ask Aunt Wang to help make new clothes for the little sister.

Looking at the stupid little sister, he wondered if the stepmother had a way to help the little sister, or let the stepmother blow a few more breaths of demonic gas to the little sister?

Xiao Zhou Nian, who felt the care of his relatives, poured out a warm current in his heart, after a long absence, family affection.

Zhou Er knew that Zhou Shen told Zhou Nian about the matter, and he didn't care too much, after all, the little sister would not say it to the outside world, the little sister had always been very well-behaved, and if she didn't say anything to the outside world, she wouldn't say it to the outside world.

There was no secret between the three of them, and they exchanged in a whisper, thinking that they would be able to eat enough for every meal in the future, and they could still eat meat, so they couldn't hide their happiness.

happened to be seen by Zhou Yuan, who came back with firewood on his back.

The three little babies all rushed to help the eldest brother take the firewood off his back.

Xiao Niannian was still too young to help, so she used the handkerchief that the second brother gave her to wipe her saliva just now to wipe the eldest brother.

"Cauldron pot, rub."

"Niannian, good." Zhou Yuan took it, and when he saw Xiao Niannian so happy, he couldn't help touching Xiao Niannian's yellowish and withered hair.

"Why is Nian Nian so happy, he was at home with his eldest brother just now, and he kept shouting that he was hungry, why was his eldest brother so happy just left?"

"Are you hungry? I have big meat buns here, for Nian Nian, and for my eldest brother. Zhou Shen remembered, slapped his head with his hand, and hurriedly took out the burden behind him that he hadn't had time to untie.

When Zhou Yuan and Zhou Nian saw it, they couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Zhou Yuan watched Zhou Nian bite open the skin of the bun, revealing the full meat inside, and he couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, but he was reluctant to eat it, for fear that his thoughts would not be enough.

Seeing this, Zhou quickly took out two more and handed them to the eldest brother: "Big brother, it's enough, that person bought a lot for my mother." ”

"That person?" Zhou Yuan keenly caught it, frowned, and grabbed Zhou Shen: "I haven't asked yet, what's wrong with you?" Going out? Why do you still call her mother? Who did you go out with her to meet? ”

He remembered that the Jiang clan had tried to lure them out and sell them before.