I won't be a prince's concubine; I'll cook delicious food and raise two villainous cu

"In front of outsiders, we pretend to be cousins ​​to avoid unnecessary gossip."

"As for home, to repay your kindness in saving me, I'm willing to take care of all the household chores!"

"Don't worry, my lord, as soon as my wounds heal, I'll be back to work immediately, and I won't slack off!"

"I promise you, in a hundred days, I will raise Ya'er to be plump and healthy, with fair skin and tender flesh, and give you back a healthy little sister!"

Shen Yu said so much in one breath, but Li Xiaoyun didn't respond at all. He just swayed slightly, then turned around and walked away step by step...

He just left like that!?

Shen Yu stood there, feeling as if she had just talked nonsense to thin air, and couldn't help but feel speechless: How could there be such a dull and rude man in this world?

But the next morning, as soon as Shen Yu opened her eyes, she saw a bowl of dark Chinese medicine on the bedside table, the aroma of which filled the air.

She propped herself up and sat up, looking at the bowl of medicine, lost in thought.

What exactly does Li Xiaoyun mean? He not only specially hired a doctor to treat her injuries but also got medicine for her. Yesterday, he didn't expose her lie about being her "cousin" in front of everyone. Could it be that he really condoned her staying to recover?

Thinking of this, Shen Yu felt a surge of excitement, picked up the medicine bowl, pinched her nose, and drank it all in one gulp.

When she walked out of the house with her cane, she found that Li Xiaoyun had already left. There was an earthenware jar in the corner, which should contain the medicine she would take later.

Just then, a noise came from inside the house, and Li Shuozhou came out. Seeing Shen Yu, his face was even more gloomy than the black earthenware pot, and he coldly questioned, "Who exactly are you? Don't try to fool me with those cousin lies! I know perfectly well that our Li family has no relatives left in this world!"

Li Shuozhou's cold eyes sized Shen Yu up and down, his gaze filled with a ruthless intent that seemed to threaten to kill her the moment she dared to utter a single lie. The sight of an eight-year-old child with such sinister eyes sent a chill down Shen Yu's spine.

But then I thought, this child is going to be a powerful and treacherous minister in the future, so it's not surprising that his temperament is different from that of ordinary children from a young age.

Even so, a bead of cold sweat still slid down her forehead.

Shen Yu didn't want to deceive them any longer, so she could only frankly say, "If I said I didn't even know who I was, would you believe me?"

This explanation was far too weak, but Shen Yu didn't know the original owner's background in her previous life, and she couldn't come up with a reasonable origin story in this life either.

She could only continue, "When I woke up, I was deep in the mountains, and I saw your brother as soon as I looked up. I only bothered him because I wanted to survive. I really didn't mean any harm, and I'm not a bad person."

Li Shuozhou clearly didn't believe a word of it. A look of disdain appeared on his face, and the words almost spilled out: "You wouldn't happen to be that rumored prostitute..."

"Erlang!" A deep shout suddenly came, interrupting Li Shuozhou's words.

Shen Yu looked up and saw that it was Li Xiaoyun returning with a bundle of firewood. He stared at his younger brother and said seriously, "Don't make unfounded accusations and spread rumors. She's not that kind of person."

With just one sentence, Shen Yu's reputation was cleared.

Shen Yu watched as Li Shuozhou angrily turned and went back into the house, her heart filled with mixed feelings: This little treacherous official is too wary; it seems there is still a long way to go to gain his trust.

Li Xiaoyun walked to Shen Yu's side, her gaze falling on her injured leg, and said calmly, "It cost three taels of silver to treat your injury."

Shen Yu was taken aback: So he suddenly brought this up because he was worried about the money and wanted to get rid of her?

Wait a minute! Three taels of silver? In the countryside, that's enough for an ordinary family to live on for a year or two! Shen Yu exclaimed in surprise, "That Doctor Lin doesn't seem like a heartless person, how could he charge so much money?"

Li Xiaoyun tossed the firewood into the kitchen and explained coldly, "A house call costs one tael of silver, and the medicine for the next three months will cost another two taels." He paused, then looked at Shen Yu, "How do you plan to repay me these three taels of silver when you leave after a hundred days?"

Shen Yu was momentarily speechless, but in her heart she thought: she would naturally repay him, and even double the amount; she couldn't possibly live and eat at the Li family's house for free. But then she thought again, he brought this up specifically, could it be…

Shen Yu suddenly raised her head, her voice trembling slightly, and asked, "Young Master Li, are you agreeing to my suggestion from last night and letting me stay?"

Li Xiaoyun nodded, then changed the subject, her eyes turning fierce and cold as she stared intently at Shen Yu: "But if I find out that you, like Ye Xiaoqin, have mistreated my younger sister in the slightest..."

"Even if I don't want those three taels of silver, I'll still personally cripple your legs again!"

Faced with the fierce warning issued by the tall and burly Li Xiaoyun, Shen Yu's heart trembled again: These Li brothers really are a family, each one of them is a ruthless character!

She quickly patted her chest and assured them, "I, Shen Yu, keep my word! I will definitely treat Ya'er as my own sister and take good care of you and Erlang! If you drink thin porridge, I will never touch dry food; if you wear one layer of clothing, I will never wear two!"

Shen Yu became more and more excited as she spoke, her cheeks flushed red, her eyes shone brightly, and she looked radiant.

Looking at the woman before him, Li Xiaoyun felt a slight itch in his chest, secretly wondering: what had bewitched him? He had repeatedly compromised because of her few words. First, he brought her home, then went to fetch a doctor, and even caused yesterday's trouble. He had even let her casually fabricate the cousin lie.

Yesterday, she was afraid that I would expose her in public, and she looked at me with such expectant and pleading eyes.

However, if it weren't for her, I would probably still be in the dark, unaware that Ye Xiaoqin was abusing Ya Ya.

Well then, since my younger sister is so close to her, what's wrong with letting her stay for a hundred days? After a hundred days, she will naturally leave once she has recovered, and everything will return to normal.

Shen Yu lay back down on the bed to rest. For the next few days, she would mostly have to stay in bed, unable to fulfill her promise to take care of the Li siblings. But the thought of staying with the Li family filled her with uncontrollable excitement and joy.

Not only will she be able to get up close to the future wicked concubine and the treacherous minister, but more importantly, she will finally be able to avoid meeting that scoundrel Li Xinyu in her lifetime.

In her previous life, she left Qingshan as soon as her physical wounds healed, only to encounter Li Xinyu on her way to the city, which led to her tragic end. In this life, as long as she doesn't leave the Li family or Qingshan, she will never meet him again!

Shen Yu wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, a surge of new hope welling up in her heart: she could finally completely escape the tragedy of her previous life and start anew in this one.

A few days later, Shen Yu's physical wounds finally healed.

Although she still needs to take her medication, she can now walk around occasionally with the help of crutches. After drinking thin porridge and eating sweet potatoes for several days in a row, Shen Yu felt that she was getting thin from hunger, so she thought of getting up early to make a different breakfast.

But when she lifted the lid of the rice jar, she finally understood what it meant to "make bricks without straw"—the rice jar was empty. The reason why the Li family's porridge was so thin was because there really was no rice left. Even the sweet potatoes piled in the corner were almost gone.

Shen Yu had a head full of recipes, but no way to put them into practice.

She searched the kitchen thoroughly with her cane, and finally found only a bunch of wild vegetables, some flour mixed with wheat bran, and a little bit of animal fat left in the earthenware pot.

She really didn't want to drink the wild vegetable soup anymore, so she quickly got to work: first, she chopped up the wild vegetables, then she mixed wheat bran flour with water to make a paste, mixed it into the chopped wild vegetables, and sprinkled it with the only coarse salt she had at home for seasoning.

She heated up the last bit of oil in the pot, then stuck the wild vegetable pancake she had shaped into a disc into the pot. With a sizzle, an enticing aroma instantly filled the air.

The aroma was so enticing that even without meat, it made Shen Yu, who had been starving for a long time, almost cry with longing.

Just then, a voice suddenly came from behind: "What are you doing?"