Time Travel: A Fisherwoman Goes to the Sea to Raise a Baby

"Don't be ridiculous, young lady. I want to sell it, but no one can afford it."

This small town is not even as big as an island, and there are not many residents in the town.

The female shopkeeper was not making much money running this shop. If she could afford to sell expensive jewelry, she would have moved to the provincial capital long ago.

"So you don't accept pearls here anymore?"

If the female shopkeeper hadn't seen the seriousness on Xu Yiyi's face, she would have thought that he was making fun of her.

"My dear lady, I can't afford it. I'm just doing some small business. If you have pearls to sell, it's best to go to the capital. You can get a high price there."

Xu Yiyi was dressed in rags and looked unhappy, and the female shopkeeper felt a little sorry for him.

After leaving the jewelry shop, Xu Yiyi went to the rice market and bought ten dou of rice, five dou of flour, and one dou of mung beans.

I asked about the price of some sugar and almost couldn't breathe.

Sixty cents per pound, I gritted my teeth and bought two pounds.

I weighed two pounds of pork belly, ordered a pair of spare ribs, and bought two bunches of green vegetables on the roadside.

The weather was getting hot at this time of year, so Xu Yiyi didn't dare to buy too much.

When we walked to the dock and boarded Uncle Li's boat to go back, we heard a tinkling sound.

Many people gathered at the dock.

"What does Uncle Li sell?"

Xu Yiyi stretched her neck to look and saw a group of people scrambling for things.

"We have fruits, snacks, rice, flour, grains, oil, and everything else."

As soon as he heard the word "fruit", Xu Yiyi squeezed into the crowd.

"Ouch, take it easy, you stepped on my foot..."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Uncle Li looked at the boat, which was almost full of items, and the bleating sheep beside it, and felt a black screen before his eyes.

I saw some cherries I liked and weighed five pounds of them, two pounds of plums, and ordered ten palm-sized peaches.

When they returned to the boat, Uncle Li acted as if she was ignorant.

"I thought my kids at home had never eaten it, so I bought some to try."

Xu Yiyi shrank her neck and didn't dare to look at Uncle Li. After all, he had just been scolded by him.

He just promised to save money, but then he spent money again.

"It can't be eaten as a meal, so don't buy it next time."

Xu Yiyi felt that Uncle Li must be a chatterbox, and he kept talking while rowing the boat on the way back.

When I got home, Sanchuan and Sihai were sleeping, and Er'er had gone out.

Xu Yiyi quickly cleared out a space in the yard specifically for raising sheep.

"Sister, are you back?"

Er'er doesn't like to take a nap, so he runs out to collect firewood after lunch.

There is a place on the island that is full of green plants, and the villagers go there to collect firewood.

The little girl was well-informed. She ran back as soon as Xu Yiyi entered the door.

"Sister, did you really buy a sheep?"

Er'er's eyes were shining at this time. It was the first time she saw such an animal.

She stretched out her hand and touched it tremblingly, but the ewe bleated and scared her so much that she pulled her hand back.

"Little brother, don't go hungry. Big sister, you don't know. After you left today, little brother cried so hard. I took him to Sister Cuihua to feed him once, but he refused to eat."

Er Er watched his younger brother constantly pupating in Sister Cuihua's arms, and was afraid that he would be thrown out if he annoyed others.

The ewe kept bleating, and Xu Yiyi thought it was hungry.

He took Er'er to fetch a basket of grass and threw it in front of the sheep, but the sheep refused to eat it.

Looking down, I saw the ewe's milk dripping drop by drop. No wonder she was so irritable.

Xu Yiyi quickly went to wash a wooden barrel and wiped her nipples with a warm and clean towel.

Two thin milky white lines shot out, Xu Yiyi's hands gradually became numb, and Er'er stared at this magical scene intently.

The small half bucket of goat's milk was filled with the aroma of milk, and Er'er couldn't help swallowing.

The ewe, after being milked, went to eat grass happily.

Er'er scraped the milk that dripped onto the edge of the bucket with her index finger and was about to put it into her mouth.

“It has to be cooked before it can be eaten.”

Freshly squeezed goat milk needs to be boiled to sterilize it.

As the goat milk boiled, the aroma became stronger. The two children who were sleeping soundly in the room thought they were dreaming when they smelled the aroma.

Wu Yuan was also brought back.

This kid is very clever and hardly ever cries at home.

When he was hungry or had his pants pooped, he would groan a few times, but when he was with Sister Cuihua, he could never cry until his voice was hoarse.

At this moment, he is lying in his elder sister's arms, drinking milk happily.

Er'er, Sanchuan and Sihai sat in a row, took a sip of goat milk from a small bowl, and almost vomited it out.

The smell is too strong.

"Hmm—not tasty."

Sihai, the pickiest eater in the family, scratched his tongue with his hands, as if this could get rid of the fishy smell.

"Sister, this is really not tasty..."

Er'er's face was wrinkled like a bitter gourd, and he couldn't drink it.

"Drinking goat milk is good for your health and helps you grow taller."

As soon as these words were spoken, Er'er and Sanchuan pinched their noses and drank them down. Seeing this, Sihai quickly poured the liquid in his bowl to his brother.

Zhan Jilan doesn't take care of the children, and Xu Yinli is not at home all year round.

At first, the Xu siblings just wanted to have enough to eat, but when they started to get shorter than their peers, they felt uncomfortable.

"Why does Wu Yuan eat so deliciously?"

Sihai looked at his younger brother curiously. The child was eating with real relish. He opened his little mouth immediately after swallowing it.

Xu Yiyi saw that Wuyuan was full, so he fed the rest of the bowl to Sihai.

"Pah, pah, pah...Wu Yuan's tongue is broken."

Sihai was extremely depressed.

……

"Sanchuan and Sihai, go to the small river. Uncle wants you to learn how to swim!"

Uncle Li and Aunt Li's child Yuanbao ran over to call for help. When Sihai heard that, he wanted to escape back into his room.

Yuanbao was pulled back all of a sudden.

"Si Hai, you must go, otherwise your uncle will come to your house to arrest you."

Sihai pouted and the boss was unhappy.

Sanchuan patted his brother's head gently, and the child followed behind him listlessly, like an eggplant hit by frost.

Er'er couldn't sit still, so he ran out to cut the grass again.

Although goat milk doesn't taste good, the ewe must be taken good care of.

She and Sanchuan grew taller, and Wuyuan depended on this ewe to have enough to eat.

As for Sihai, he was not within her consideration at all. It was just that this younger brother was too picky about food and she had no choice.

"Is Aunt Li home?"

Xu Yiyi came to Li's house carrying a few peaches and holding Wu Yuan.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Li Xiuying mending the fishing net in the yard. When she saw Xu Yiyi, she gave her a strange look.

"I'm home, what's wrong?"

The sun is shining brightly now, and Aunt Li doesn't want to go out.

"I'm sending you some peaches. I just bought them, so they're still fresh."

Fruits are quite expensive here. The ones Xu Yiyi bought cost more than one or two taels of silver.

Of course I feel sad, but money is meant to be spent.

Saving money all the time won’t make money.

Life is short and unpredictable, so we should enjoy it while we can.

Apart from the money for her children's education, Xu Yiyi did not save any of the rest.

The Li family is indeed different. They are used to living a frugal life.

When they saw the peaches brought by Xu Yiyi, the couple had the same reaction, and they were so angry that their hearts ached.