The team had not yet brought electricity to the village, and every household used kerosene. Although it wasn't expensive, it still cost several mao every month.
After speaking, Liu Mei picked up the unfinished meal of Xiu Cheng and chased after him. She still loved her own son dearly and couldn't bear the thought of him actually going hungry.
By the time she finished coaxing and feeding Xiu Cheng, Xiu Xi had also come back from outside.
She truly despised this stepson of hers, wishing he would die outside and never come back home to bother her sight or take up the family's space. Now that she saw him return, she immediately cursed, "Oh, look who knows to come back to our house, the little bastard. You've been loafing around all day, did you manage to make something of yourself?"
