The road to wealth of a peasant widow

The backpack was filled with probably thirty to forty kilograms of yam. Chen Cui felt her steps getting heavier the more she walked.

By the time she got home, it was already getting dark. Her forehead was sweating from the heat. She took off the backpack and sat there gasping for breath due to exhaustion.

Several children were also sweating profusely because their hands and bodies were covered with mud when they were digging yam today. They kept wiping the sweat with their elbows and sleeves along the way, and their faces were now covered with dirt.

The three children threw the firewood under the firewood shed, and followed Chen Cui one by one to wash their hands and faces and drink water.

We only brought two bamboo water jugs with us when we went up the mountain today. The water in them had already been drunk up, and now we were all very thirsty.

Chen Cui was glad that she had boiled a little more water before going up the mountain in the afternoon. Now it was all in the pot, making it convenient to drink. She could just scoop it out with a bowl.

Although the three brothers didn't understand why their mother said that they would only drink boiled water at home in the future, they didn't care about that now. As long as they had water to drink, it was fine. Besides, the boiled and then cooled water seemed to taste even sweeter!

The five people in the family gathered in the kitchen, each holding a bowl, and gathered around the stove to drink water, not putting down the bowl until all the water was gone.

Although Chen Cui was very tired, she was even hungrier. Drinking a bowl of water did not relieve her hunger, so she had to start preparing dinner.

She plans to make dumpling soup, which is simpler, more convenient and saves time.

First add water to the pot again and let Changfu start the fire.

She went to mix the batter and asked Changping to go to the backyard vegetable garden to pick a green radish and some green onions, then chop the radish and green onions into pieces and mix them into the batter.

After the water boils, use a spoon to scoop the batter into the pot one by one, and it will form lumps that will sink and float in the water. Cook for a while, and when all the lumps have floated up, you can turn off the heat.

Before serving, add a little salt, chopped green onion and lard to the water. The fragrant smell attracted several boys to gather around the stove and sniff.

By the time bowls of soup and dumplings were served, the three boys were eating so much that they almost buried their heads in the bowls.

They had never eaten anything like this before, and they didn't know how their mother came up with the idea.

"I just wanted to be lazy and didn't want to go through the hassle of cooking, so I thought of trying this method. I didn't expect it to taste so good," Chen Cui explained.

"Mom, I want to eat this tomorrow. Can you make it again?" Changfu said incoherently with a mouthful of rice in his mouth.

"It's not that difficult. If you want to eat it, mom will cook it for you." Chen Cui replied with a smile.

"Mom is so nice. It feels so good to be full!" Changfu swallowed a mouthful of soup and said happily.

When we lived in the old house, everyone had to rely on grandma to distribute food to them. They would eat whatever grandma said to cook. Each person had to eat only as much as they were given. If they were not full, they could not ask for more and could only wait hungry for the next meal.

But grandma and aunt would secretly cook for their cousins, and uncle would bring back snacks from time to time, and they could only watch.

After the family separated, my father said that they were at home and could just tell him and my mother what they wanted to eat. As long as there was food at home, he would cook it for them. There was no limit on the amount of food they could eat and they could eat until they were full.

At that time, he felt extremely happy. Without the supervision of his grandparents, without the contempt of his eldest wife, and with enough food to eat, life was simply too good.

He remembered that his father had said at that time that if their family worked hard and saved enough money, he would send him and his brother to school, and then they would be able to work in the city like his uncle and cousin.

Thinking of this, Changfu suddenly burst into tears, and his tears "plop" dripped into the bowl.

Chang Ping saw his brother's originally cheerful expression suddenly turned sad and he even cried. He quickly asked, "Chang Fu, what's wrong with you?"

Changfu sobbed and said, "I miss my dad."

Changping and Changan felt sad when they heard this. They missed their father too, but their father was gone after all!

For a moment, the atmosphere suddenly became depressing.

Seeing this, Chen Cui put down the bowl in her hand and touched Changfu's head: "Your father is also watching us from heaven, so Changfu, you have to eat well, grow up quickly, and become a man of our family, the pillar of the family, okay?"

With tears in his eyes, Changfu nodded vigorously: "Yes, I understand, mother!"

She looked at Changping and Changan, and they both nodded heavily. Then the family resumed their eating and drinking.

Chen Cui then fed Sui Sui.

I have to say, this little girl is really well-behaved. She stayed in the mountain for a whole afternoon without crying or making a fuss.

She would hum a few times before she urinated. After he untied her and urinated, he carried her back on his back. She would fall asleep again after a while and basically did not cause any trouble to Chen Cui.

After dinner, Changping asked Chen Cui to stop moving while he went to clean up the kitchen. Chen Cui did not object because she was indeed tired.

Chen Cui asked Changping to wash the pot and then boil some warm water. She wanted to mix some dough to make steamed buns the next morning.

Then boil another pot of water and the whole family will do some washing tonight.

Although the Liu family had only three wooden basins, one for washing face, one for washing feet, and one for taking a bath, and they were often used to wash clothes, but Chen Cui no longer cared about much. She felt uncomfortable with the stickiness on her body, and she couldn't sleep without washing.

When boiling water in Chang'an, she worked hard to wash the three basins several times. After the water boiled, she scalded them with boiling water again and again, constantly reminding herself that they were already very clean.

She used the big basin for bathing herself, and asked the boys to use the washbasin and bring water to her room to wash.

Chen Cui brought the water into the house, first took off Sui Sui's clothes and washed them briefly, then wiped her dry and covered her on the bed, and then she started to wash herself.

It was a little cold at night, and she didn't dare to take too long to wash for fear of catching a cold. She just scrubbed herself lightly, not even washing her hair. She just dried herself and put on her clothes.

The conditions are limited, so I can only make do with this.

According to Chen's memory, she always chose the afternoon when the weather was clear to wash her hair, and then dried her hair in the sun to avoid getting a headache.

Moreover, she doesn't wash her hair very often, at least once every half a month, and in winter she doesn't wash it for a month or two.

But despite this, Chen is already considered a very particular person. Some people may not even wash their hair more than a few times throughout the year.

Although her hair felt greasy, Chen Cui had just arrived and did not want to risk too much sudden change, so she resisted the urge to wash it and just combed it several times with a comb.

Most importantly, she was afraid of catching a cold. Chen's hair was thick, long and thick. It was difficult to dry her hair at night without a hair dryer or a hair drying cap.

In ancient times, colds were no joke; a minor cold could easily cost a life.

Although the Great Zhou Dynasty was not the dynasties she had known from history books, it was not much more developed. It was still ancient and backward.

Chen Cui lay down on the bed, looked at the baby sleeping sweetly beside her, and sighed softly.

Alas, she had thought that she had prepared herself for hardships and should be able to adapt well. However, she had no idea that in this backward dynasty, everything had to rely on manpower. She was exhausted after just going up the mountain and carrying some yams.

She is a time traveler after all, so why doesn't she bring a space or something? In the novels she read, spaces and systems are all must-haves for time travelers.

If she had a space, she could put her things in it and walk with empty hands, which would make her feel much more relaxed and she wouldn't get tired and have back and leg pains!

Chen Cui blew out the light, lay on the bed, turned over, feeling the pain in her body and hoping strongly.

Suddenly, she felt her body lighten, her eyes lit up, and she was actually in another place!