Bai Chen's jaw almost dropped in shock. He rubbed his ears and looked at Su Mujin in disbelief.
"Mother, are you telling the truth?"
"Of course, why would I lie to you."
"Studying costs a lot of money!"
Before, the siblings had heard the twins from the second room show off to them.
He said that when the family saves enough money, they will send the twins to study.
The twins also joked that they would never be able to enter school in their lifetime.
Unexpectedly, the stepmother also wanted to support them in studying. Happiness came so suddenly!
"It's okay, I'll make money!" Su Muxin replied casually.
"Okay, okay, if I can go to school, I will definitely study hard and come back with a top score for my mother!" Bai Chen looked at Bai Hao with excitement.
"Okay, mother, wait!"
Bai Hao was very calm, very calm, "If you can read, of course it will be great!"
He felt that Su Mujin was talking nonsense.
Shuxiu of the county academy needs one tael of silver per month. With the current economic situation, it is difficult to support one person to study, let alone the two brothers.
But it was great that the stepmother had such a heart, so he didn't take it seriously.
Su Mujin saw the suspicion in Bai Hao's eyes, but she didn't care.
She will prove everything with practical actions.
After dinner, Su Muxin finished cleaning up and just got into bed when she heard a knock on the door.
"Who?"
"Mother, Yaoyao wants to sleep with mother, is that okay?"
"Of course!" Su Muxin quickly stood up, opened the door, and hugged Bai Yao into the bed.
The little guy held Su Mujin's arm and kept rubbing his little face, like a docile kitten.
After a while, I fell asleep sweetly.
It was the first time that Su Mujin slept with a child. It felt amazing and she fell asleep without even realizing it.
While she was sleeping, she suddenly felt the little guy next to her twitching. She immediately got up to check.
The weak moonlight shines through the window, and you can clearly see two large tears spilling from the corners of the little guy's eyes and sliding down his tender cheeks.
The little guy closed his eyes tightly, looking sad. Is this a nightmare?
Su Mujin patted the little guy gently and whispered comfort.
"Yao Yao, don't be afraid, my mother is here, sleep well, don't be afraid!"
After saying it twice, the little guy's nervous expression relaxed, and the corners of his mouth were slightly curved.
After coaxing Bai Yao, Su Muxin quietly got up and went to the west room.
Sure enough, as she guessed, not only Bai Yao had nightmares while sleeping, but Bai Hao and Bai Chen were also dreaming.
Seeing the sad expressions of the two people, Su Muxin felt a little distressed.
She began to coax Bai Hao and Bai Chen just like she coaxed Bai Yao.
Bai Chen fell into a relatively deep sleep, and fell asleep again under the coaxing sound of Su Mujin.
Bai Hao was very vigilant. When Su Muzhen touched him, he woke up and subconsciously held Su Muzhen's wrist.
"Shh! Go to sleep!"
Su Mujin made a silent gesture towards Bai Hao, then lay down next to Bai Hao and patted him gently.
Bai Hao took back his hand embarrassedly and looked at her straight for a moment.
The siblings have nightmares every night.
He also often wakes up from his dreams, very scared.
But when he saw Su Mujin, for some reason, he felt a little at ease.
Is this what it feels like to be loved by a mother?
He slowly closed his eyes.
In the even sleep, he fell asleep again.
This time he didn't have nightmares, but saw his long-lost mother.
It's just that his mother is far away from him, and he can't see her face clearly.
Su Mujin watched the two brothers fall asleep, then returned to the east room with confidence and got back into bed.
The children always have nightmares that interfere with their rest, and she has to find a solution.
Her mind entered the space and thought of the lavender essential oil she had obtained before.
This helps her sleep, so she should take advantage of it.
But she couldn't give it to the three little ones directly. She thought for a moment and came up with an idea.
She opened the control panel again and found that the heart on Bai Chen's head was now a little red.
Although it wasn't too much, it was still a gain. Su Mujin tried to touch the Q version of Bai Chen. Bai Chen didn't hide, but he wasn't enthusiastic either.
Su Muzhen raised her eyebrows, left the space with her thoughts, and continued to sleep.
Early the next morning, Su Mujin prepared breakfast for the three little ones as usual, then took Zhao Dazhuang's ox cart to the county seat with a basket on his back.
She found yesterday's stall, and her neighbors had already arrived.
After a brief greeting, she started setting up a stall to sell.
Soon, customers were queuing up to buy because of the smell, and some of them were repeat customers from yesterday.
After they ate Su Mujin’s braised food, they no longer wanted to buy other people’s braised food.
Seeing how busy Su Mujin's stall was, the corners of the mouths of the bun seller and the candy seller also curled up.
Only during the sale process, a small episode occurred.
The two cadres pushed aside the crowd and walked up to Su Muxin.
"Who asked you to set up shop here?" One of the officials crossed his arms and asked arrogantly.
Another cadre pushed the customers back, "Public officials should stay back when doing business!"
No one wanted to offend the government officials, so they all moved back to put a certain distance away from Su Mujin's stall.
"Two officials, I hope you will forgive me for not understanding the rules as a newbie here. However, I would like to ask you for advice. Does the government not allow ordinary people to set up stalls here?"
Su Mujin's tone was soft and her attitude was sincere, but the two yamen were speechless for a moment.
"Um...of course you are allowed to sell stalls!" the first cadre replied.
"Oh, don't worry, little girl!" Su Muxin looked relieved and planned to continue selling braised meat.
Another officer quickly stopped him, "Hey, who said you can set up a stall, so you can sell things here!"
"Can I please make it clearer, sir? Don't you understand what this means?"
The Yamen looked at Su Mujin's harmless appearance, but he always felt that something was not right about what he said!
This seemingly ordinary question is inexplicably full of coercion.
The cadre didn't waste any more time and said directly: "You have to pay the stall fee before you can set up a stall!"
"Oh, that's it, it should be, it should be. How much stall fee do I have to pay?" Su Muxin suddenly realized.
As long as the government official lets her work, everything else is not a problem.
"Five cents a day!"
Su Muxin was stunned for a moment, but still handed over the money in full.
The official weighed the five copper coins in his hand and looked at Su Muxin with a deep look.
"We'll collect the stall fee again tomorrow!"
"Okay, please go slowly!" Su Muxin kept smiling as she saw off the two cadres.
Su Mujin knows one thing very well: since ancient times, people have not fought with officials.
After the government officials left, those waiting customers dared to come forward and continue to buy braised food.
But there seemed to be something wrong with their expressions. Su Muxin noticed the abnormality and did not ask further questions.
After the braised food was sold out, Su Mujin started to clean up the stall.
The boy selling buns next to him looked around cautiously to make sure no one noticed them, and then walked over with a solemn expression.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Su Muxin asked.
