Traveling through ancient times: living a different life

After lunch, the sun was very hot at noon, so everyone rested at home for an hour. They still had to go to the fields to work in the afternoon. The younger ones also went to take a nap. Biyue had also slept enough, but she lost her sleepiness at noon and lay on the bed in a daze.

Grandma came in and saw her, "Nannan, if you don't want to sleep anymore, then grandma will take a nap next to you."

Then she lay down beside her, "You've been in a coma for three days. The adults at home have to be busy with farming these days. I let you sleep next to me so that I can take care of you. When you wake up, you will get better slowly. Grandma believes in my daughter and is the best."

"Thank you, grandma." Grandma was probably worried that Biyue hadn't slept well for several days, so she fell asleep as soon as she relaxed. The yard became quiet.

Bi Yue quietly got out of bed and came to the yard. The yard was also large, half the width of a basketball court. The house was in a square shape, with a total of 8 rooms. The living room was the third room of the main house. Next to the living room was a large kitchen. Next to the kitchen was a large passage connecting to the backyard.

The main gate is on the right hand side. There are two main rooms built next to each other on the right hand side. There are three rooms opposite. Each room is more than ten square meters. There are peach trees and osmanthus trees planted in the yard. The peach blossoms are almost finished, and there are still some flowers scattered around. The osmanthus trees are lush and leafy. There are also wild flowers dug from the mountains planted by the wall.

Looking at this new home, the family is well off, and a big blue brick and tile house is very nice in the countryside.

The kitchen is about ten square meters in size. Biyue goes to the backyard from the corridor next to the kitchen. The backyard is quite large, larger than a basketball court. Next to it is a large vegetable plot with many vegetables, and a well. Then there is the toilet, pigpen, chicken coop, cowshed, and a large firewood room with a lot of firewood in it. There is an empty space next to it for farm tools.

There were two orange trees in the backyard. Bi Yue walked to the vegetable patch and saw some lush green plantains, which can be used for cooking and medicine. She bent down and used branches she picked up from the ground to dig out a few of the largest and fattest ones, which were still covered with mud. She asked, "System, are you there? I pulled out a few plantains. Do you want to collect them?"

"Received. Plantain earned one penny." The system announced calmly.

"You really collected some. Haha, I'm happy. I'll pick more at the foot of the mountain when I get better."

"Does the host not trust 0025? Our loyalty and credibility are absolutely %."

"I want to ask, why are you called 0025?"

"This is because the host died in that world at the age of 25 and can never return. Also, this was randomly selected by the system, so the numbers were the same just now."

Bi Yue was silent. Yes! 25 is still very young. I can never go back. I will never see my parents and relatives again. They must be very sad when I die! I don't know if I can still live well in another world with the memory of my past life.

All this was God's will. Bi Yue sighed for a while and then stopped. She squatted down and continued to pull. She also dug up some gray vegetables and other unknown weeds for a while and exchanged them for 10 points.

She was also a little tired. It seemed that the 100 points that the system said were easy to get. She only had 10 points in a moment, and only 90 points were left to be filled. She could upgrade, and she laughed softly.

The system seemed to know what she was thinking and said, "Host, we will stop collecting each plant once we have collected a certain amount. For example, the amount of the ash-gray vegetable, including the roots and stems, is 50 kilograms. The other plants we collected today will not be collected if they exceed 50 kilograms. It is not unlimited."

"Oh, so that's how it is! Got it, don't worry, I will complete it as required."

Then she went to the well in the backyard to scoop some water to wash her hands, and quietly returned to the room. Grandma was still asleep, so Biyue climbed onto the bed and closed her eyes, unable to fall asleep. She had to wait until she was completely well before she could find an excuse to redeem points.

But I was only 5 years old, the only girl in my family, and no one would let me do any work. Plus, after this incident, the elders in my family watched me even more closely. I was afraid that they wouldn’t even let me out of the door. How could I earn points? Oh! I didn’t think about it anymore. I closed my eyes, and someone who couldn’t sleep fell asleep again.

Ten minutes later, grandma woke up, looked at the little blue moon, tucked the quilt in for her with a smile, went out of the room, fetched a bucket of water from the well, scooped a ladle of water and started drinking it, "gulp, gulp."

After drinking, I went to the backyard to check. The pig weighed more than 40 kilograms. It was bought after the New Year. There were only four hens and a rooster. There was also a three-year-old bull in the backyard. They were considered a well-off family in Shuwan Village.

In the past, our family raised two cows, a male and a female, and could exchange the calves for money. Now, we have a big family, our son is getting married, our grandchildren are born, and the population is growing. In addition, two boys in the family are in school, and there will be three more to come. With the annual taxes, we can’t save much at the end of the year.

Fortunately, I bought 20 acres of high-quality land, five acres of medium-quality land, and five acres of low-quality land, so we can still make ends meet. My youngest son goes to school in the county, and he earns eight taels of silver a year. He earns money by copying books for his pens, ink, paper, and inkstone. My eldest grandson goes to school in the village, and he costs two taels of silver a year, plus other expenses, it costs nearly four taels of silver. It's a lot of money, but the only thing I'm thankful for is that there have been no natural disasters or man-made disasters in recent years, and the weather has been good.

With surplus food, farmers are not worried. Every family has its own problems. Life has to go on. Think positively. It would be more difficult for young people to escape famine. People! Without endless suffering, there is no endless happiness. After sighing for a while, Grandma Liu returned to the front yard. People who were going to work in the fields got up one after another, holding tools.

Fourth uncle Chen Qinghui also took a hoe and changed into clothes for working in the fields. Grandma saw him and said, "Fourth uncle, you should go too. Don't go to the old house in the morning. You should stay at home and look after the children in the afternoon. Nannan is still sick, so mother should stay with her. I will go to the fields in the afternoon."

Seeing her mother-in-law say this, Wang stayed and went into the house to take out the clothes of the whole family and prepare to wash them. Bi Yue also woke up, and then the three brothers. The youngest one, Brother Bo, was still sleeping.

Wang went to the kitchen and scooped a ladle of warm water for the children to drink. There was still fire in the pot from cooking at noon, and the water was still warm. Although the weather was hot at noon, it was still cold in April. The children were still young, so she didn't dare let them drink the well water for fear of getting an upset stomach.

Tingsong said, "Mom, the adults have gone to the fields. You have so many clothes to wash. I'll go get some grass for the pigs!"

"Okay, slow down."

"Aunt, I want to go with my eldest brother." The speaker was Chen Tingwei, who was over 5 years old.

Biyue also wanted to go. If Tingwei went, she would have hope, but she was immediately opposed by her mother.

Tingsong said, "Tingwei, do you know how to write the five words I taught you? Go practice on the sand table. I'll check them when I come back." After saying that, Tingsong went out carrying a small backpack and a sickle in his hand.

Tingwei ran into the house and took the sand table to the main hall and sat down. Tingyuan also came over. Biyue stood beside and watched him write. His handwriting was quite neat, every stroke counts. It seemed that he knew quite a few characters. Tingyuan also went to get his own small sand table.

Biyue looked at the two brothers and felt good. The two brothers studied very seriously, which was good.

In fact, in Biyue's memory, her fourth uncle and eldest brother would teach the children in the family to read after coming back from school. This was set by her grandmother, who said that reading would help people gain wisdom.

In this backward rural area in ancient times, literate people, regardless of gender, were popular. Boys could find wives more easily when they grew up, and girls could find husbands when they grew up. Everyone wanted to find someone who could read and write.

There is an old saying that goes, it is better to find a maid from a rich family than a peasant girl. Maids from rich families are knowledgeable, educated, and courageous. They are much better than peasant girls. No wonder grandma made such a decision. It seems that grandma is not an ordinary peasant girl.

My father and second uncle both attended private schools for three years, and the wives they married were not the kind of people who would cause trouble at home. After marrying into the Chen family, they learned quite a few words like their husbands. The family is united and friendly, the sisters-in-law are harmonious, the brothers are of one mind, and the parents-in-law do not bully their daughter-in-law, but love and cherish her like their own daughters. Who wouldn't envy marrying into the Chen family?