My dad's marriage into my family made me rich, and my fierce yet adorable older sister spoils m

Next, Lin Chuan divided the snacks and red ribbons he had bought, and put the rest of the food on the table.

Looking at the snacks in front of her, Guan Liuya's eyes almost disappeared with laughter.

"Thank you, Brother Xiaochuan!!!"

She excitedly hugged Lin Chuan's arm and jumped around several times before rushing towards the food.

Guan Xiaoqi stared at the candied hawthorn being handed to her, her eyes widening slightly before she froze for a moment.

"Me... I have one too...?"

Her eyes were completely drawn to the candied hawthorns in front of her, but she still asked with some uncertainty.

"Of course, everyone gets a share! Our little Harper will definitely get one too!"

Lin Chuan chuckled and patted Guan Xiaoqi's cheeks. Looking at the youngest and most timid girl in the family, his heart softened.

After secretly comparing them, Xiao Qi's height did seem to be much taller than before.

With that in mind, Lin Chuan felt relieved.

Xiao Qiya took the candied hawthorn from Lin Chuan's hand, her cheeks flushed with excitement, and then she smiled happily with her lips pursed.

"Thank you, brother."

Seeing their harmonious scene, Guan Hongying even secretly turned away and wiped away a tear.

However, the observant Lin Hai eventually discovered it.

Lin Hai pulled her into his arms, then gently patted her back.

but……

Guan Hongying blinked in surprise. "Oh my, Xiao Qi, have you grown a little taller?"

Guan Hongying was even afraid that she had misread it, so she squatted down to look at Xiao Qi's trouser legs.

Then, she exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! You really have grown a little taller!"

"Xiao Qi has finally grown taller! I thought Xiao Qi would only be this tall for the rest of her life~" Guan Liuya walked up, licking a candied hawthorn.

Under everyone's gaze, Qi Ya's face immediately turned bright red.

She instinctively hid behind Lin Chuan beside her.

"Xiao Chuan, you're truly our family's lucky star! Your arrival has not only given us so much more hope for the future, but even our little Qi Ya has grown so much!"

"To celebrate Qiya growing taller, we're having a big meal tonight!"

Upon hearing this, everyone cheered.

"Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay!"

Guan Siya sighed softly, "Sigh~ I've been cooking for so many years, why haven't my cooking skills improved?"

Guan Liuya shrugged, "So what? Big sister hasn't improved either, has she?"

Guan Daya: "…………" She lowered her head, her face slightly flushed.

Upon hearing this, Guan Sanya, who was flipping through her junior high school textbook, slightly curled her lips.

Guan Hongying's fiery temper immediately surfaced, and she delivered a series of sharp raps on the head!

"Ouch! Mother, why won't you let me tell the truth?!" Guan Siya cried out in pain, clutching her head and looking very aggrieved.

Guan Liuya was also covering her head, but she didn't dare to say a word, only nodding frantically.

Guan Hongying raised her hand, about to strike again, when suddenly a hand reached out in front of her.

"Mom, this is a hair tie for you!"

Guan Hongying was taken aback, then looked down at the hair tie in Lin Chuan's hand.

"Oh my! I have a hair tie too?!" she exclaimed in surprise.

However, she noticed that although the two hair ties were also red, it seemed that a small piece of something had been crocheted down one side of the hair tie.

Guan Hongying looked closely and then realized it was a flower.

"Wow! These two hair ties even have a flower on them?! My son bought me such pretty hair ties!"

Guan Hongying said with delight, holding the hair tie in her hand, as happy as a girl.

However, upon hearing this, Guan Siya and Guan Liuya immediately became restless.

"What?! What?! What?!"

"What kind of flower? Where are the flowers? Why don't I have any?"

The two leaned closer to look at the flowers in Guan Hongying's hand, and then looked at Lin Chuan with envy, jealousy and hatred.

"Lin Chuan, are you being biased?!" Guan Siya said irritably.

Even Guan Liuya pouted slightly, looking at him with a hint of resentment.

Lin Chuan was both amused and exasperated. "If we're sending Mother off, it definitely needs to be a little special, right? If it's the same as everyone else's, then it won't be special at all, will it?"

Guan Hongying proudly raised her head. "Hmph! I'm a little different, so what? Anyone have a problem with that? Anyone dare to object?! Anyone dare to rebel?!"

"Okay~" Guan Siya snorted softly, then went to find a mirror to fix her hair.

Anyway, what I just said was just to scare Lin Chuan.

Guan Liuya clung to Lin Chuan, "Brother Chuan~ Can you buy me something special next time?"

As she spoke, she blinked her big eyes and looked at Lin Chuan expectantly.

Lin Chuan's heart wasn't made of stone; seeing such a beautiful girl acting coquettishly in front of him, he naturally couldn't bear to refuse.

"Okay, okay~ Next time I have a chance to go out, I'll give you something special too!"

After getting the answer she wanted, Guan Liuya jumped up and down happily.

When Guan Siya heard that Lin Chuan had actually agreed to Guan Liuya's request, she immediately became a little awkward.

She sat to the side, shaking her head in a sarcastic tone, "Oh my, oh my~ Brother Xiao Chuan~ Oh my~ Your voice is making my bones melt~"

Even though she said that, even though Guan Siya wanted it too, even though she was very envious and jealous.

However, she simply couldn't bring herself to act like Guan Liuya and fawn over Lin Chuan in public.

That was worse than killing her.

In the end, all she could do was give the two of them a disdainful look.

However, Guan Liuya didn't care about any of that. Her plan had succeeded, and she then playfully stuck out her tongue at Guan Siya.

Upon seeing this, Guan Siya's face turned completely dark.

However, the warm days did not last long...

This winter seems to be much colder and crueler than in previous years.

The heavy snow outside had been falling for more than half a month, and the snow was knee-deep, completely blocking the road out of the mountains.

Even more frightening is that the village's food supplies are almost exhausted.

The three years were already a difficult period, and this year's autumn harvest was not good, so the grain stored in the brigade's granary was simply not enough to distribute.

Many families can only drink one thin, watery vegetable porridge a day, so thin you can see your reflection in it.

Some families who ran out of food even stripped the tree bark and grass roots bare!

Even now, every morning, the village is no longer filled with wisps of smoke from cooking fires; instead, the faint cries of hunger can be heard.

Driven to desperation, the villagers had no choice but to brave the bitter cold and go hunting in the mountains.

At first, everyone did have some success in the mountains behind the village and the surrounding mountains.

But that was only the beginning.

Although more people went up the mountain, there was basically no harvest on the surrounding mountains.

The group had no choice but to head towards the forest behind them, but that kind of place was no joke.

These farmers, who usually barely catch any rabbits, have no idea how dangerous a real winter hunt can be.

Over the past few days, not only have they failed to hunt any prey, but several people have also suffered frostbite.

Some even had their legs bitten off by hungry wolves.