Chapter 31 Change
It just so happened that Li Luo also bought potatoes and bell peppers. Except for the lack of mushrooms, he could make braised chicken, which is Li Luo's favorite fast food.

Li Luo first washed the chicken pieces. There was not much blood on the freshly killed chicken, but in order to avoid the fishy taste, Li Luo still put the chicken pieces into cold water and added ginger slices and scallion knots to remove the fishy smell.

After it boiled quickly, Li Luo took out the chicken pieces, washed them, put them into the wok, added soybean paste and stir-fried until fragrant, then poured in the cleaned chicken. After stir-frying over high heat, added dark soy sauce for color and some salt for flavor.

Finally, change to the casserole and simmer for another ten minutes before adding the chopped potato cubes. Before serving, add the green peppers and cook them for one minute.

Li Luo planned to braise five chicken legs. He would cut the skin of the chicken legs, add star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, dried chili peppers and other spices, salt and dark soy sauce for coloring, and a little sugar to make the flavor richer.

Stewing chicken and chicken legs takes time, so Li Luo also fried a plate of rapeseed and made a simple soup with tomatoes.

After a while, the aroma of braised chicken wafted out. Ling Xiaoguang and Ling Xiaolei, who had changed their clothes, looked at each other.

"Brother, this looks really good on you! It fits me well." Ling Xiaolei looked at Ling Xiaoguang's clothes and then at his own. Not only did it look good, but it also fit them perfectly.

Wow, this stepmother is so bad, his will is almost weakened! And there is a smell coming from the kitchen, it is chicken! He doesn't know how long it has been since he last ate chicken... Every time he eats chicken, it seems that he always eats bones.

There was not a single piece of meat to be seen.

Ling Xiaolei couldn't wait to run to the kitchen. He wanted to show his stepmother how good he looked in his new clothes.

Li Luo was about to wash her hands when she saw Ling Xiaolei blinking and looking at her expectantly.

It is true that clothes make the man. After putting on the new clothes, the boy looked much more energetic. It can be seen that he has been a handsome boy since he was young, but he just didn't get enough nutrition.

"It fits well and looks very handsome." Li Luo bent down and looked at it carefully.

Ling Xiaolei blushed for a moment and lowered his head shyly: "You have good taste."

After saying that, he quickly ran away, went into the house, picked up Yaya, gave her a kiss, and smiled foolishly.

Ling Xiaoguang narrowed his eyes after putting on new clothes. He knew that this might be a woman's trick. They give you honey first, and only after you fall into it do you find out that the honey is mixed with poison!
Looking at his brother staring at his new clothes and grinning foolishly, Ling Xiaoguang shook his head helplessly. It seemed that he was the only sober person in the family.

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Before Wang Xiumei reached the farm, she saw Ling Zhuoqun returning home, so Aunt Wang quickly stepped forward and blocked Ling Zhuoqun's way.

Ling Zhuoqun glanced at Aunt Wang. Aunt Wang had not been home to cook for the past two days. Li Luo was in charge of everything inside and outside the house, and every time the children ate the food cooked by Li Luo, they would eat two extra bowls of rice.

Obviously she takes much more care of me than Aunt Wang.

Besides, Aunt Wang has her own family to take care of, and her sister-in-law did that to him...Aunt Wang can't stay at home.

But Aunt Wang herself had no awareness of the situation at all, and she just kept telling Ling Zhuoqun how lavishly Li Luo spent money today and how he spent the money on herself.

She belittled Li Luo and said that he was worthless, as if she had seen everything with her own eyes.

How could Aunt Wang not know how much Ling Zhuoqun cared about the children? So as long as she worked harder and kicked Li Luo out of the house, she could continue to live in Ling Zhuoqun's big house.

That soft sofa, that big color TV... these are things you can't enjoy at home.

After complaining all the way, they arrived at Ling's house and saw three children wearing new clothes in the yard.

Aunt Wang rubbed her eyes. Who are these? Da Mao, Xiao Mao, and Ya Ya? Why are they different from before? They are all wearing new clothes! The aroma of food coming out of the room made Aunt Wang want to take a closer look.

chicken!

Ever since Li Luo came, there has been no meat in their family’s meals. Even the mother-in-law is dissatisfied with this. Li Luo is really willing to give up!

"Look, she cooked so late on purpose. It must be because Da Mao and Xiao Mao had already eaten, so Li Luo ate everything herself!"

Ling Zhuoqun walked forward without saying a word. Wang Xiumei thought she had succeeded in fanning the flames and followed Ling Zhuoqun to enter the door.

When Ling Xiaolei saw that it was his father who came back, he quickly ran to Ling Zhuoqun and showed his new clothes: "Dad, look!"

After all, they are children. Even though they had a miserable life before, they are very surprised by the little touches.

Ling Zhuoqun touched Ling Xiaolei's head and said, "Very handsome, like a soldier."

After Ling Zhuoqun finished speaking, Ling Xiaolei straightened his back and saluted Ling Zhuoqun with a serious look.

Then Ling Xiaolei pulled Ling Zhuoqun into the house and showed them the new stationery that Li Luo bought for them today.

"This is a mechanical pencil, very advanced. Press the button on it and the refill will come out. Brother doesn't have to sharpen pencils and cut his hands anymore!" Ling Xiaolei was fully focused on the mechanical pencil and didn't notice the trace of pain in Ling Zhuoqun's eyes.

"And these!" Ling Xiaolei told Ling Zhuoqun all the things that Li Luo bought for them, as if he was showing off treasures.

"These were all...bought by Auntie." Ling Xiaolei didn't know how to call his stepmother, but he felt more at ease if he called her Auntie.

Ling Zhuoqun looked at the piles of things, all of which were for the children's growth, and some were helpful for their studies... These were details that he had never considered or noticed, but Li Luo noticed them.

Wang Xiumei was dumbfounded. She didn't believe it at all. Could Li Luo be so kind?

Buying so many things for the kids would probably cost over a hundred dollars.

She really is willing to please these children. She has set her eyes on Ling Zhuoqun, the fat sheep, right?
This amount of money is enough for her family to live on for three months, and they can still eat meat. It hurts Aunt Wang to spend this money.

If it weren't for Li Luo, all this money would have ended up in her pocket!

Li Luo, wearing an apron, brought out the prepared braised chicken and placed it on the dining table.

"Big Mao, Little Mao, change your clothes first and wear them to school tomorrow." We still have to wash the dishes later, and I'm afraid the children will feel bad if I put on their new clothes now and get them dirty.

"You're back?" Li Luo glanced sideways and saw Wang Xiumei following behind Ling Zhuoqun. She really didn't want to even glance at her and said to Ling Zhuoqun, "There are chicken legs and soup in the kitchen."

When the lid of the casserole was opened, the aroma of chicken filled the whole house. This woman was really good at cooking. Not only did the children like to eat it, but whenever he was at the farm, he would think about coming back to have a taste of it at home.

"I'll go get it."

Turning around, he saw Aunt Wang still standing there in a daze: "Aunt Wang, if you have nothing else, please go back."

When Aunt Wang saw such a huge table of food, she couldn't even move a step. She was still hungry anyway. Could the Ling family not be able to afford even two bites of food for her?
Besides, she had never eaten a single bite of food in their house before, so it wouldn’t matter if she had one now. She didn’t want to leave.

(End of this chapter)