Plane Trading: A Peasant Girl Escapes from Famine and Becomes Rich Enough of a Nation

Xu Hui had no mouth to talk to Su Lishi, she could only accept whatever happened.

He lowered his head and took the little water he got into the kitchen to boil medicine.

Decocting medicine requires a lot of water, and several bowls of water need to be boiled into one small bowl.

Just like that, all the water for the third room was used up today, not a drop left.

In the yard, as soon as Su Laosan came out, Old Man Su went to talk to him.

"Third brother, the harvest has almost completely gone. Your two nephews have been back from the academy for several days. There is really nothing left at home. What should we do?"

Thanks to his elder sister's boldness, Su Laosan began his education at the age of eight. Although he only studied for three years and failed to pass the examination for becoming a student, Su Li was forced to take him back from the academy. However, he was smart since childhood and learned most of it by self-study. He was able to read and do arithmetic without any problem.

He is also the smartest of Old Man Su’s three sons, and the only one who can earn money now.

He knows a lot of people in the town, and Old Man Su likes to ask him about everything.

"Dad, several villages around here have run out of water. If things continue like this, we'll have no way to escape. We can't just sit there guarding a dry well and die of thirst and starvation! I heard that several villages in the east have already left and are heading towards the capital!"

This is also the reason why he was reluctant to buy a bun for the children even though he had more than 300 coins in his hand.

It is impossible to save money at ordinary times, and when it comes to the critical moment, if you really have to flee the famine, it is impossible to do it without any money.

"Alas... God is blind. The disaster has befallen this small place." Old Man Su sighed, his face full of worry. "If we really have to flee, our family will have no way to survive!"

Su Laosan knew what his father meant. In the past few years, almost all the family savings had been used to support the education of the two sons of the eldest wife.

Faced with two years of harvest failure, the whole family could no longer support themselves and fled to Kyoto.

He was also worried. Seeing that the business was not good, the lumber shop had no business, and he had no work. The shopkeeper had mentioned today, intentionally or unintentionally, that if he was busy, he should not go to work.

The father and son talked in the house for a long time. When they came out, Old Man Su announced directly that all the men in the family should go up the mountain, hunt if they could, find wild vegetables if they could, and find water if they could. In any case, they could not wait to die at home.

All the men in the family went up the mountain, carrying buckets, baskets, firewood and farm tools.

After leaving like this, I can’t wait until tomorrow morning.

Su Qiuyi was lying on the kang in the west wing, thinking and worrying about the items to be traded. Wen Xiner had been waiting for most of the day, but she still couldn't get anything. The room was so small that she couldn't find anything good no matter how hard she looked.

When her eyes were rolling around, her two younger sisters came in with their heads pulled up. Seeing that she was not asleep, they climbed onto the kang and sat next to her.

"Sister, is your head still hurting?" The second sister has a softer and gentler personality, and always speaks in a soft voice.

Su Qiuyi uttered a listless "hmm".

The younger sister quickly covered her mouth with her hands, "Shh! Big sister, don't say your headache isn't gone. Grandma is preparing to have us go pick those dead vegetable seeds in the yard. You can be lazy if you want, it's too hot outside..."

She has a chatterbox and her brain is much more flexible than her second sister's.

Su Qiuyi's eyes brightened up immediately after hearing this. He was no longer sickly and listless, and he got up.

"Let's go to work! Let's go!"

The two younger sisters were a little overwhelmed for a moment.

"Hurry up, grandma will start scolding us soon!" Su Qiuyi urged her two sisters again and went out first.

"Second sister, did the eldest sister's brain really get damaged? Why is she so active today? If it were in the past, she would definitely lie still. Even if grandma came over and scolded her, she would pretend not to hear it!"

Su Wenxing learned most of her behaviors from her older sister, and her suggestion that she be allowed to shirk her responsibilities was also the original owner's usual style.

"Let's go quickly. You will feel better if grandma really beats and scolds you! It's good that your elder sister is like this. You will suffer less physical pain..." Su Mingyue hurriedly followed and went down to the field. She felt very relieved. It was a good thing that her elder sister could be more tactful and not be scolded by grandma and her younger sister-in-law. She wouldn't be exhausted to death by doing some work.

There are seven girls in the family, two in the first room, two in the second room, and three in the third room.

The eldest daughter of the first wife, Su Lianduo, is already fifteen years old. The second daughter, Su Lianxiang, is one year younger than Su Qiuyi, at 13 years old, the same age as the eldest daughter of the second wife, Su Linger.

Su Yuer, the second daughter of the second wife, is the same age as Su Wenxing, both are ten years old.

So Su Qiuyi is the second oldest among daughters, followed by Su Lianxiang, Su Ling'er, Su Mingyue, Su Yu'er, and the youngest is Su Wenxing.

At this time, the seven maids gathered in the yard. Old Madam Su asked Su Xiaofei to help her and was instructing the seven people to do their work.

Usually, Su Xiaofei doesn't do any housework at home. She is also a 15-year-old girl. Although she eats the same food as everyone else at home, she lives a much more comfortable life. She lets her nieces serve her and doesn't do any housework. She has even never been to the kitchen since she was a child.

"Before dark tonight, pick all the mature seeds in the vegetable garden and bring them back to me! If the unripe roots are still alive, leave them. If the roots are dead, pick them separately for me! If you don't pick them back, don't even think about eating!"

Old Mrs. Su never had a good word to say about her seven granddaughters.

Su Qiuyi turned around excitedly, ran into the vegetable garden first, and started looking with his head down.

But as she expected, the old woman did not come into the house, but was standing in the yard with her hands behind her back, checking on them working.

In the end, she only got a dozen bean seeds. She couldn't hide the rest of the cucumbers, eggplants, and pumpkins, which were all whole. The old woman's eyes were fixed on the three sisters from the third room.

It was not until dark in the evening that they finished picking the fruits and were able to return home.

The men who went up the mountain had not returned yet, so dinner was postponed indefinitely. Su Qiuyi made the excuse of being tired and lay down on the kang. He entered the space with his spiritual consciousness and began to operate the transaction.

After fiddling with it for a while, she found the trading tutorial, successfully opened the storage space, and put the fifteen bean seeds she had obtained into it.

On the other side, Wen Xin'er had been waiting for her news. When she saw the seeds she sent, she didn't recognize some of them. The two of them communicated again. Su Qiuyi introduced the beans, and Wen Xin'er went out to buy them without stopping.

Su Qiuyi waited for almost another hour before the beeping sound began to rang in his mind.

Wen Xin'er: "Sister, I sold all the plant seeds, and I also bought you some golden beans! I'm putting them in your storage compartment now!"

Su Qiuyi rubbed his hands and replied "OK". After a while, with a ding, a storage compartment popped open. Su Qiuyi ran over without stopping to open it and took out a small iron box from it.

It was quite heavy, and she swayed it a few times, making a continuous tinkling and clanging sound. Wen Xin'er's message from the other side came again.

Wen Xin'er: "Sister, I will give you a golden bean for each plant seed. Is this a good deal?"