The whole family traveled through ancient times with their house

From Zhang Xiaoqi, Jiang Yan learned about Aunt Li's life experience and found out that she was also a poor person.

The Li family was also unlucky. They were originally honest farmers, but because their family made a big mistake, their distant relatives also suffered.

Less than two years after being exiled to Black Stone City, the head of the family and his son died in battle. His daughter-in-law fell ill and died too because the family had no money for her treatment.

Now there are only the two of them, the grandparents and the grandchildren, at home, and they are so poor that they can barely make ends meet.

After hearing Zhang Xiaoqi's words today, the grandmother and granddaughter took their valuable belongings, put on their most decent clothes, and sat in Zhang Xiaoqi's donkey cart to come to the Thirteenth Banner.

Zhang Xiaoqi and Guan led Aunt Li and Niuniu into the main hall, and Guan began to introduce them to each other.

"Sister, this is Aunt Li, and this is Aunt Li's granddaughter Niuniu."

"Aunt Li, this is Madam Jiang."

"Mrs. Jiang, we've long heard of your great name." Aunt Li and her grandson had never thought that they would be able to meet Mrs. Jiang, who was respected by everyone in the Xishan Hundred Households Office.

Also, the two of them, grandparents and grandchildren, will work at Madam Jiang's house in the future.

Oh, Aunt Li thought that they would not have to go hungry in the future, so she pulled her granddaughter to kowtow to Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan saw Aunt Li kneeling in front of her and was so scared that she jumped up from her chair.

"Hey, hey, Aunt Li, we don't do this."

Zhang Xiaoqi and Guan were also nearly frightened to death by Jiang Yan's actions. Guan quickly stepped forward and supported Jiang Yan's body. "Hey, sister, you're still pregnant, don't do that, jumping around like a monkey."

"No, no." Jiang Yan was also afraid of her previous loss of composure. If this hurt the baby in her belly, she would regret it to death.

Aunt Li didn't expect to scare Madam Jiang so much, so she quickly stood up and didn't dare to kneel again.

When Jiang Yan saw Aunt Li get up, she stroked her chest and was forced to sit on the chair by Guan.

"Sister, don't be so stupid next time."

"Yeah." Jiang Yan could only listen to what Guan said now, because she had just done something inappropriate out of reflex.

She herself was also scared.

"Okay. Sister, where do you want Aunt Li and her grandchildren to live?"

"There's a room in the woodshed in the backyard with a ready-made kang. I'll take Aunt Li and the others over there to have a look."

"Okay, let's go together."

This is a house built at the back. There were some materials left over when the cellar was built, so Captain Dong decided to build another room next to the woodshed.

Captain Dong even said at the time, "If Madam Jiang wants to hire a permanent worker in the future, she can live here."

At that time, Jiang Yan thought that Captain Dong had a very rich imagination and did not take it seriously.

No one expected that it would actually be used today.

Aunt Li and her grandson were overjoyed when they saw the house made of slate and blue tiles. They couldn't believe it was real and asked Madam Jiang twice before they were sure that the house was really for them to live in.

"Thank you, Madam Jiang, thank you, Madam Jiang." Aunt Li almost knelt down to Madam Jiang again. But she also remembered Madam Jiang's violent reaction just now, and she didn't dare kneel again.

Madam Jiang is pregnant. If anything happens to her, both the grandfather and the granddaughter will have to die to atone for their sins.

Jiang Yan looked at Aunt Li, who was feeling uneasy, and said to them, "This house is now for you and your grandchildren to live in. You just need to tidy it up and light the kang, otherwise this house will be uninhabitable."

"Thank you, Madam Jiang."

"Okay, go ahead and clean it up. If you need anything, just tell me."

"Eh."

Aunt Li agreed verbally, but was stunned for a long time before she pulled her granddaughter to do it.

"Grandma, will we live in this beautiful house from now on?" Li Niuniu thought she was dreaming and didn't dare to blink, for she was afraid that if she blinked, she would be back in her dilapidated house with leaks everywhere.

Aunt Li also looked at it for a long time before she believed that this clean and tidy stone and blue-tiled house was for her and her grandson to live in.

"Niuniu, grandma cleans up the house, and you go get some firewood to heat the kang."

"Hey! I'll go right away." Li Niuniu was very sensible and only took a small bundle of firewood and lit a few straws to start a fire.

In the front yard, Zhang Xiaoqi and Guan had already gone back to work.

Jiang Yan sat on a wooden stool peeling potatoes, preparing to make bacon and potato stew for dinner.

Aunt Li simply tidied the house and left all the work to her granddaughter. She ran over to help Mrs. Jiang cook dinner.

Jiang Yan did not refuse. She took Aunt Li to the kitchen, told her where the rice and noodles were stored, and told her how many bowls of rice they usually cooked at home.

And every day at noon, Master Wang would have lunch at home.

Aunt Li felt particularly relieved when she looked at the two rice jars and flour jars in the storage room, which were filled to 80%.

She and her granddaughter will never have to get up in the middle of the night to drink cold water because they are hungry again.

Jiang Yan didn't know that Aunt Li and her grandson could taste the flavor of New Year's Eve dinner in their family's ordinary dinner.

Pure sorghum rice porridge, bacon stewed with potatoes, and salted duck eggs. With both meat and eggs, the grandparents and grandchildren couldn't eat so well even during the Spring Festival.

Lying in bed at night, the grandfather and grandson touched the soft cotton quilt covering their bodies and both found it difficult to sleep.

"Milk~"

"What's wrong, Niuniu?"

"Nana, I feel like I'm dreaming."

"So is milk."

"Mrs. Jiang's family is so kind! They even gave us new linen to make clothes."

"Yes." Aunt Li thought of the best clothes of her and her grandson, which were also patched with many pieces. She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had made clothes. "Niuniu."

"Milk?"

"Go to sleep. We have to get up early to work tomorrow morning. Otherwise, we will be unworthy of the delicious food and nice place to live that Madam Jiang has given us."

"Grandma, I know you said we should cherish our blessings."

Li Niuniu was eight years old. It was the first time for her to live in such a nice house and eat such delicious food. She was very satisfied and wanted to live in Madam Jiang's house with her grandmother forever.

She had thought about it all. In order to prevent Madam Jiang from thinking that she and her grandmother were just eating for free, she had to work hard to help her grandmother with the work.

The next day, with the help of the wounded soldiers downstream, they finally finished planting their own fields.

Ye Zhan personally delivered the seed drill to the Wang family and taught the Wang brothers how to use the seed drill.

Wang Xiaolang jumped up in joy, shouting, "Great! With this seed drill, my brother and I can finish planting this field today."

Old Mrs. Wang was also very happy and kept expressing her gratitude to Ye Zhan.

Ye Zhan felt embarrassed to stay any longer, so he waved his hand and went back.

Seeing Ye Zhan leave, Old Yu, who was working in the field next to him, wiped the sweat off his face with the hem of his jacket and said to Old Lady Wang, "Auntie, that seed drill is useful, isn't it?"