Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 22 A Killer Star? A Thief?
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" Li Ruru shouted.

The boy paused for a moment, but did not stop walking forward.

Suddenly, Da Ya ran into the house and took out a sickle.

"Mother, don't be afraid, we have weapons."

Since defeating her two cousins ​​last time, Daya has become a bit bolder.

The boy on the other side is alone, while the three sisters, their mother, and this sickle mean they can definitely win.

Li Ruru took the sickle and bravely approached the boy.

As soon as the boy saw her approach, his whole body trembled, and he began to back away step by step.

The ground, where the lawn had just been cut, was uneven. He took a few steps back and suddenly stumbled, almost falling.

Li Ruru quickly grabbed the boy's wrist. "Be careful."

When she touched the boy's arm, she felt a nauseating discomfort. She couldn't feel any flesh or skin; she could only feel his thin, hard bones.

The three girls in the family are very thin, and he is even thinner than them.

The boy's face was completely dark, making it impossible to see his expression; only his two dark, bright eyes were fixed on Li Ruru.

To Li Ruru, this jinx in the eyes of others was just a pitiful child whose parents had passed away, who was destitute and starving.

After a long while, he took two or three steps forward and then four or five steps back.

He held a blood-dripping cleaver in his hand, but there was no murderous intent in his eyes.

If he really wanted to kill someone, he would have done it already; why would he have taken so long?

Li Ruru thought this person wasn't a bad person; he must have encountered some difficulties by barging in today.

She asked softly, "Are you hungry?"

The boy was taken aback, then shook his head violently, but his stomach betrayed him with a rumbling sound.

"I still have some food at home, come with me."

Li Ruru put away her sickle, took the boy's arm, and walked forward.

The boy struggled free, dragging the machete in his hands, and handed it to Li Ruru.

Er Ya was startled. "Mother, be careful! He might chop you up!"

Li Ruru saw no malice in the boy's eyes; his clear, watery eyes held only timidity.

“Here…you!” the boy finally uttered.

"Are you trying to trade this machete for a meal?" Li Ruru asked tentatively.

The boy nodded; he hadn't had a hot meal in a long time.

He just smelled the aroma of rice at Li Ruru's doorstep.

Normally he could just bear it, but recently he hadn't caught any prey for several days in a row, and he was so hungry he was about to faint.

If he doesn't eat something soon, he really will die.

His survival instinct led him to Li Ruru's house as if by magic.

He didn't want to eat someone else's food for nothing; he wanted to exchange it for his own machete.

Li Ruru waved her hand and said, "Hey, I don't want your machete, you can keep it for chopping wood."

She smiled; the child was quite honest.

When Sanya saw her mother smile, she knew that the person in front of her was not a bad person. She ran over and looked at the older brother in front of her.

"Come on, let's eat rice."

The little girl grabbed the boy's hand and walked into the kitchen without saying a word.

Li Ruru looked at the remaining rice and said to Daya, "Go pick some lamb's quarters. Just eating rice won't do. I'll make a soup."

There were lots of wild vegetables growing in the backyard, and Daya ran out quickly.

While helping to stoke the fire, Er Ya kept a wary eye on the boy.

Under the cover of the broken pot lid, Li Ruru took out two eggs from her spatial storage.

Soon, a bowl of golden-yellow fried rice with eggs was ready.

"Eat up," Li Ruru said, handing the food to the boy. "Eat slowly, there's still soup here."

Add some water to the pan after frying the rice, crack an egg into it, add seasonings, and then add some lamb's quarters. You'll have a delicious wild vegetable and egg drop soup.

The boy took the broken bowl, picked up the chopsticks made of twigs, and quickly shoveled rice into his mouth.

He wiped his mouth and smiled after finishing every last grain of rice and the last drop of egg drop soup.

"Thank you."

Daya put away the dishes and chopsticks and started washing the pot.

Li Ruru looked at the boy and said, "Go back now that you've eaten, it's getting dark." She might give someone a bowl of rice, but she would never invite a strange man of unknown origin into her house.

There are three girls in the family, so you have to be careful in everything you do.

The boy stood up from the ground, forcing a smile, "Xiao... Xiao Yishan."

"Your name is Xiao Yishan?"

"Ah."

"Where do you live?"

"I live... next door."

After saying that, Xiao Yishan ran out.

Li Ruru followed him out and stood at the doorway, looking around.

The area around here is desolate, with overgrown grasslands on both sides.

I didn't see any houses at all. Which neighbor did Xiao Yishan mean by "next door"?

Er Ya, with her sharp eyes, pointed to the wasteland on the left and said, "Mom, look there, there's a house over there."

Following the direction Er Ya pointed, Li Ruru finally saw the so-called house clearly.

It's not quite a house, but you can still see the roof faintly.

Er Ya asked somewhat nervously, "Mother, is he that thief, that murderous fiend?"

Li Ruru shook her head. "How can a petty thief be a jinx? Why would a jinx who can kill and set fires steal things? That child was just starving, not a bad person."

When Er Ya heard her mother say this, she immediately felt relieved.

Daya had already washed the pot. "Mom, are we making konjac tofu again today?"

To make konjac tofu, you have to go up the mountain early to dig up konjac, grind it, and then cook it.

The process is cumbersome and time-consuming.

Daya is the eldest daughter in the family, and she worries about even more than Li Ruru.

Li Ruru tapped her forehead. "Come on, let's go dig konjac with Mom."

There was no other way; she had to earn money, clean up the house, and buy a lot of new things.

Everywhere you look, you have to spend money.

Li Ruru carried a tattered basket on her back and went out with Daya, while Erya stayed at home to take care of Sanya.

The back mountain was very large, and they wandered through the woods, soon digging up a konjac plant.

"Let's go back," Li Ruru said.

"Mom, let's dig more, make more, and sell more for more money."

Daya found another one and started digging it up without a second thought. Li Ruru also took out a hoe to help.

As they dug, Li Ruru suddenly felt a strange sensation all over her body, as if someone was watching them.

She turned around abruptly and met a pair of amber eyes.

Li Ruru's hair stood on end. Good heavens, a wolf was staring at them menacingly not far away.

"Da Ya, stop digging," Li Ruru whispered.

Daya asked, puzzled, "Mother, what's wrong?"

"Shhh."

Li Ruru covered Daya's mouth, and the two of them huddled together next to a big tree.

"There are wolves!"

At that moment, Daya also saw the wolf, and a great fear gripped her heart.

Li Ruru quietly took out a hunting rifle from her spatial storage and hid it behind her back.

If the wolf dared to pounce, she would shoot.

The wolf looked a lot like a husky, except that its tail was thicker and longer, and hung down.

The wolf seemed very interested in Li Ruru and her daughter, and it kept tentatively moving forward.

The wolf approached step by step, and Daya screamed in terror.

what--

She screamed and ran away, but because she was so scared, she fell to the ground after only two steps.

Almost the instant she fell to the ground, the wolf pounced, its jaws wide open, aimed at her neck...

(End of this chapter)