Fu Yuling decided to put He Xuan down and explain herself properly.
“I made mistakes in the past. From now on, I will take responsibility for raising all of you. It’s something I should do.”
“I know you don’t trust me, but I still want to say that everything that happened before will not happen again in the future. You can be cautious and wary of me, but you should also try to accept my changes. Can you do that?”
Dealing with children is neither easy nor difficult.
But Fu Yuling was their biological mother after all, and children deep down still long for the care and love of their parents.
He Wen hesitated and lowered his head. He didn’t know whether he should trust her or not.
The thick hair fell in front of Fu Yuling, and she couldn’t help but rub it.
Holding one child’s hand on each side, they walked inside.
Before going out to find He Xuan and He Wen, she had left He An at home.
Even though it had only been a short time, Fu Yuling was still worried.
Seeing Fu Yuling entering the room directly, He Wen ran to the kitchen by himself. After confirming that the pot was still there, he breathed a sigh of relief.
It was not winter now, so Fu Yuling removed a few layers of clothes wrapped around He An’s body to allow him to stretch better.
Nonetheless, He An remained motionless, except for the occasional movements of his eyes.
“Xiao Wen, please put the rice on the table first. The dishes are on the table.”
The porridge she was cooking will be ready soon. He An was too young to eat rice completely, so she made the porridge.
After hearing this, He Wen moved his small body to get bowls and chopsticks to serve himself and He Xuan rice. When he opened the pot and saw the rice inside, he was stunned.
Then he hurriedly ran to the rice bag. But upon seeing that it was empty, his face turned red with anger as he ran to Fu Yuling. “You cooked all the rice?”
Suddenly being questioned, Fu Yuling nodded, “Yes.”
“That was half a month’s worth of food for us!”
Fu Yuling sighed. It turned out that such a small amount of rice was their food for half a month. It seemed that she had to implement her plan to earn money sooner.
“Eat for now. In the afternoon, I’ll go to the town and buy some rice.”
Yes, she not only needed to buy rice but also books and other things.
Even though the children were young, she still wanted them to go to school. Regardless of the era, education was always a good path.
She didn’t plan to let these children be trapped in this secluded mountain village, not to mention that according to the plot, this small village would be submerged by floods and become ruins in a few years.
He Wen’s mind was quick, and he knew she would go buy it herself, so he didn’t say anything more.
As she was about to leave, he heard Fu Yuling say, “I’m very happy that you have something to tell me now.”
He Wen coldly snorted. What did he care about whether she was happy or not?
The only thing that betrayed his emotions was that at least he no longer mocked her with sarcastic remarks.
That was a good sign.
After He Wen finished his meal, Fu Yuling asked him to hold He An, while she saw that He Xuan was still struggling to eat. She went to get a bowl of warm rice porridge and blew on it a few times to cool it down. Once she was sure it wasn’t hot, she fed it to He An.
“In the afternoon, I’ll go and bring He Qiu back. You don’t need to do your afternoon work.”
Fu Yuling made this suggestion. Generally speaking, He Wen, being a big child, shouldn’t be doing chores and earning work points outside. However, because the village chief pitied him, he was assigned to the task of weeding every day. The work points weren’t high, but it was better than nothing.
“No.”
He Wen immediately refused.
If he didn’t work, he would have nothing.
“You take care of Xiao Xuan. I’ll be back soon in the afternoon. Let’s agree on that.”
She definitely wouldn’t allow the children to work.
