Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

Zheng Yuan slept very deeply and had no dreams all night. When he woke up, it was already dawn.

He quickly threw off the quilt and went out. Only Sanni was left at home, chopping pig grass in the kitchen. The other children were nowhere to be seen. He guessed that they must have gone to the fields.

This is the custom here. We get up early to work, have our first meal around 10 a.m., and then go back to the fields. We don't go home for the second meal until the evening. There is no such thing as three meals a day.

I feel so embarrassed that I, as a mother, am sleeping late while my children are busy working in the fields. Zheng Yuan hurried to the kitchen to prepare dinner. It was too late to go to the fields now, so I might as well make some delicious food, Zheng Yuan thought guiltily.

Seeing her come in, Sanni said, "Mom, you're awake. Do you still need to go to Aunt Duan's house to have dinner together this morning?"

"No, let's cook for ourselves." After dinner yesterday, Amin and her friend agreed not to eat together this morning to save trouble.

Zheng Yuan skillfully washed the rice and mixed it with corn paste and put it into the pot to cook. She always felt that she would have the strength to work only after she was full. How could she have the strength to work if she only ate corn paste like before? She would always earn money to buy food. She didn't believe that two people from the future couldn't think of a way to make money.

Seeing her mother busying herself in the stove efficiently, Sanni, who had gotten used to her mother's recent lavish work, had no choice but to help. After chopping the pig grass, she went outside to sweep the floor and feed the chickens.

When the children came back from the fields, Zheng Yuan had already prepared the meal and pulled Chen Sizhu out of bed to eat. The children were very happy to see the still sticky porridge and two side dishes.

After dinner, Zheng Yuan instructed, "Sanni and Sizhu will be at home today, but Sizhu, I have a task for you. You have to deliver water to our house and Aunt Duan's house. I didn't give this task to your sister because I believe in you. You run fast and steady, so you will definitely be able to deliver the water to the fields on time, right?"

Chen Sizhu had never seen such encouraging education before. He was so overwhelmed by Zheng Yuan's praise that he wished he could send two cans of water to the fields right away. He nodded and promised, "Mom, I will definitely send it on time."

"Well, mother believes in you. Our Four Pillars are really well behaved." Zheng Yuan thought to himself, little guy, I can't control you with this. If you don't respond to my hard approach, I'll try the soft approach.

After arranging things at home, Zheng Yuan still took the children to the fields. There was no other way. At the moment, this was the only thing they could hope for from the crops in the fields.

At noon, Sizhu really came trotting to the field with a jar of water in his arms, shouting as he ran, "Mom, I'm here to bring you water!" He looked as if he was afraid that others wouldn't know that he had brought you water.

Sanni also followed behind with a backpack on her back. She had to find some pig feed for tomorrow.

Zheng Yuan took the water and pinched his face as usual: "Sizhu is awesome! Mom was right about you, you really helped me a lot. Mom and your brother and sister-in-law are almost dying of thirst, luckily we have Sizhu."

Chen Sizhu had never been praised like this before, and his face instantly turned red, and he tugged at the corner of his clothes with a shy look on his face. The other children looked at him with envy, wishing that Sizhu's little face was their own.

After everyone had finished drinking water, Zheng Yuan realized that Old Man Chen and Chen Jiadong's family were also resting on the ridge of the field. The field of the eldest brother of the Chen family was right next to her home, but she didn't even notice it yesterday. Since the old man and the old lady had just come to her house to show their concern last night, and now Zheng Yuan was the boss of the family, she naturally wanted to show some goodwill and improve the relationship between the two families.

So she called out to Sizhu: "Sizhu, come here."

Chen Sizhu ran over happily, in a good mood.

"Sizhu, Grandpa and uncle are also very tired from working, and it's very hot. Mom, can you please go over and ask them if they don't have any water, and help bring them some water?"

"Okay, grandpa and grandma gave me eggs to eat before." Chen Sizhu agreed happily, then covered his mouth again and glanced at Zheng Yuan quietly. He was relieved when he saw that she didn't react.

After all, their mother had not allowed them to interact with the people in the old house.

Chen Sizhu skipped to the ridge over there and asked, "Grandpa, have you had some water? My mother asked me to ask you. If you haven't had any, I'll go home and get some for you."

His shout startled the people who were resting. After they realized what he said, they were even more surprised. Has the second son's wife really changed her personality? She even came over to ask them if they had water to drink.

On the way home last night, Mr. Chen and his wife were still wondering whether the second son's wife had really changed her nature or was up to something bad. But when he thought of the second son, he hoped that she had really changed for the better. Now that she took the initiative to show her goodwill, it meant that she had really thought it through, right?

"Yes, Sizhu. We have water to drink. Your grandmother just brought it to us." Mr. Chen replied.

"Oh, well, I'll go back first."

As soon as Sizhu left, several people who were resting came over. Chen Jiadong asked, "Dad, what did you and mom talk about when you went to your sister-in-law's house last night? Why did she suddenly come to ask if we have water to drink?" Li Shuhua and several children looked at Grandpa Chen with curiosity.

"What can we old two say? We said so much before, but she didn't listen at all. This time, she said that she saw the second brother when she hit her head, and the second brother convinced her." Old man Chen said, holding the pipe in his hand.

Did you see the second son? The whole family was silent. Thinking of the second son's wife's previous carefree attitude, she suddenly changed. Perhaps only the second son's spiritual appearance could explain it.

Sizhu came back and said that they already had water. Zheng Yuan nodded to show that he understood, and then directed Sizhu to deliver another trip of water to Duan Minmin's field. After receiving the praise, Chen Sizhu was full of energy and ran home quickly.

When the water was delivered to Duan Minmin, Duan Minmin also praised Sizhu so much that he felt dizzy and like he was walking on clouds. He wished he could deliver water to them eight hundred times a day.

It was almost afternoon, and Zheng Yuan thought of going to see if there were any surprises, so she told the children to wait for her in the fields while she went to the mountains. Xu Hui Niang said she would accompany her, and she thought about it and agreed. The mountains were close to the forest, and if they encountered insects, snakes, rats, or ants, it would be better to go with two people than alone.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law left the field and climbed up the mountain. When they were almost exhausted, they finally climbed to their own field. A large area of ​​mountain land was planted with corn, but it was not growing well. The more than 20 acres did not look like more than 20 acres. It was probably because the measurement method of this era was different from that of modern times.

As she walked in, she saw some melon vines hanging on the edge of the field. She wondered if there were any young melons. She squatted down and lifted the melon leaves, and she actually found a few young melons. She picked them up and put them in her arms, planning to go back and stir-fry them.

There was also a field of small sparrow beans and a field of soybeans planted in the field next to it. They did produce beans, but they did not look full yet, so Zheng Yuan did not plan to eat them.

The corn silk had already started to wilt, so I raised my hand and tore off a bag. It looked edible. Thinking of boiled corn and stir-fried corn, my mouth began to water again. I handed the pumpkin to Xu Hui Niang and quickly tore off a dozen bags of corn.

Seeing Zheng Yuan tearing the unripe corn, Xu Hui Niang felt distressed. No one could eat corn so tenderly. But she didn't dare to say anything. She could only watch Zheng Yuan tearing the corn with pride.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law returned to the field with pumpkins and corns. An old lady carrying a hoe was walking in front of them. She heard the noise and turned around to see what the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were holding. She was shocked and said, "Hey, Dashu Madam, how can you two be so greedy about food? The pumpkins haven't grown yet, and the corns haven't ripened yet, and you're eating them?"

Startled by her exclamation, Zheng Yuan hurriedly recalled who the old lady was. It turned out to be Granny Sun. The old lady was much older than Granny Chen, and no one knew how old she was. Anyway, everyone called her "Granny Sun! Granny Sun!" After her only daughter got married, she and her husband were the only two left.

Life was very difficult, so seeing Zheng Yuan picking the unripe crops, he naturally felt distressed. Zheng Yuan also recalled that people in ancient times also ate tender corn and tender pumpkin, but that was something only rich people could do. Poor people would wait until the crops were fully grown before picking them up and eating them slowly.