Traveling through time as a peasant girl to turn things around

It's harvest time for Chai Xin's family, and the entire Chai family is out, except for Wang Min and her newborn son. Villagers who haven't harvested yet are helping out. Everyone's fields are finished in a single day, and with so many people working, even ox carts are arriving to help haul the grain. These days, every household in Taohua Village is shut up, and men and women, young and old, are in the fields. Even the sick have been healed by the miracle healer Chen Jun. School is on break, and the children are doing whatever they can. Those who have harvested their crops plant wheat in their large plots, while their smaller plots rest. The reclaimed land needs fertilizer and further rest, or they can plant early next year, with spring corn and cotton. The Taohua Village chief is a master in command, and along with the experienced farmers, they often discuss when to plant what crops, how to hoe the fields, and how many times to hoe them—there's a formula for it all!

The fields were packed with people; even the teachers at the school had gone to help with the harvest. Little Milk Bag was playing when she remembered the emperor's secret guards. She called Xiaodong, "Brother Dong, Uncle Huang's secret guards are in the woods west of the river." Xiaodong was stunned for a moment, then understood! "Sister?" Little Milk Bag: "Brother Dong, for Uncle Huang's sake, let's let them live in the house during the winter and help us with the work! They also need food, drink, and rest!" Xiaodong looked at his sister Guoguo. His sister was kind-hearted, and anyone would take care of her! So, he said, "Let's go ask them?" Little Milk Bag nodded. Xiaodong pulled Guoguo, or in fact, Guoguo was pulling Xiaodong towards the west of the river. Chai Zhen saw it but didn't say anything, knowing that Xiaodong was reliable.

Deep in the woods, the Anling appeared, saying, "Master," and bowing to Xiaodong. Unaccustomed to this, Xiaodong said, "No need to perform formalities from now on. If you have anything to say, please speak. Remember, I'm just an ordinary child of the Chai family." The Anling replied, "Okay, I'll obey you, Master." The little milk bag looked at Dong Gege. He wondered, how could he finally make peace with his brother and Uncle Huang? "I'll call you Big Brother!" the Anling said, "My name is Chonghua." "Then I'll call you Big Brother Chonghua!" The Anling thought to himself, feeling overly proud. Even though they were cold-blooded, they had lived here for a while and witnessed the villagers' love and support for each other. This, in turn, brought a touch of warmth to the hearts of those who walked on the edge of a knife. Little Milk Bag: "Big Brother, you've been here for more than a day or two. Right now, it's not cold yet, and the food and shelter are manageable. But as the weather gets colder, you need a place to live too. Why don't you discuss working with us, building a house and farming? It won't interfere with your duties. If you have work to do, go and do it. If you don't, just consider yourself a local!" Little Milk Bag said, looking at Chonghua. Chonghua thought about it. "That's fine," Little Milk Bag asked. "Brother Chonghua, where are you going to build your house? What do you choose?" Xiaodong: "With time, the villagers will definitely find you." Little Milk Bag thought about it and said, "You are my friends in the capital, right? Build your house on the edge of the village, away from the villagers, so it's convenient for everything." Chonghua said, "We'll be right here on the west side of the river, heading northwest!" "Okay, now, come to my house. Wash up and change into clothes like ordinary people. This black will make you look different." Chonghua: "We don't have any. Everything is black." Little Milk Bag couldn't find any clothes from that era. He said, "Then it's clean. Come to my house in a while." After saying that, Little Milk Bag pulled Xiaodong away.

When they returned home, the little girl went to look for her aunt. Wang Min was feeding the child and lifted the door curtain. "Aunt, Guoguo is here to see you and your brother." Wang Min said, "Guoguo, come and sit down. Why did you come back so early today?" "Well, Guoguo came back because she had something to do. I wanted to see my brother." The little girl stood on tiptoe and clung to Wang Min's legs... Wang Min picked her up with one hand and put her on the edge of the kang. Her brother stopped eating and faced up. The little girl saw her brother, "Your face is so small and red." Wang Min said, "All children are like this. They will be fine when they grow up. It's only been more than a month. You will be good-looking when you are three months old. The older you are, the more beautiful you will be..." "Aunt, was Guoguo like this when he was a child?" Wang Min looked at Guoguo and said, "You seem to be prettier. You also have a rosy face, and your skin is white with a rosy complexion. Your little face is chubby. You are prettier than your brother." When the little girl heard what her aunt said, she was prettier than her brother, and the corners of her mouth curled up with joy! She couldn't laugh out loud. "Brother, he looks good too." The little kid pulled out two sets of underwear from behind her back: cotton and stretchy floral cotton underwear. Wang Min picked them up and examined them. The little kid explained that they were socks, gloves, and a small hat. They were autumn clothes, innerwear. "It's getting cold, give your brother a hat." "Okay," Wang Min said, trying them on her son. "He looks like a little landlord!" He put on his underwear and socks. "He looks like a child, not a baby." "It's right for my brother to be dressed. Auntie, our family is rich now. You should be willing to let him wear good clothes. Guoguo is unhappy because he's wrapped in a piece of cloth every day. If you need money, just tell grandma." Wang Min was frightened when she heard this and quickly said, "Guoguo, it's your fault. I'll make clothes for you in the future. Your grandma just gave me over five thousand taels of silver a few days ago. We have money, but it's your fault!" The little milk bag finally felt less upset and said, "Auntie, when my brother is a little older, you can do whatever you want. Guoguo will give you the capital. You can open a shop and do any business you want." Then the little milk bag took out ten ingots of gold and gave them to my auntie, saying, "This is for my brother. Please keep it for him." Wang Min said she wouldn't take anything. She couldn't take the child's money. "Guoguo wants to give it to my brother. When he grows up, you can give it to him. Auntie, don't want it." "Okay, I'll give it to my brother when he needs it." The little milk bag took the money back. "Aunt, you still can't feel it, our family is better off now. We have reclaimed a lot of wasteland and grown crops for food. Your uncle works every day and makes a lot of money even with the waterwheel." Wang Min: "Yes, your uncle made a lot of money this year by making the waterwheel. We are not short of money." "From now on, aunt, you can buy whatever you want. Buy what you need and don't save. Brother Huanhuan and brother En should eat well and dress well. They should use good things and play good things in the future." "Yes, aunt, you should change it." The little milk bag laughed out loud. That was the right thing to do. "Didn't your uncle tell you that Guoguo wants your uncle to go to Beijing to open a carpentry shop in a while?" Wang Min was even happier and said, "Yes, I agreed to let him go. Your uncle said that after autumn, your second uncle and your father are not at home, your great-grandfather is old, and our family has a lot of land, so your uncle said he would leave after autumn. He said that he is the eldest son and has to take care of the family. It was me who persuaded him to leave after autumn. I can also go out to work." Little Milk Bag knew that his aunt was not a lazy person. There was a lot of work to do in the fields at home and they were short of manpower! "If not, why don't we recruit workers? How much per day? Find people from other villages to help with the work." Little Milk Bag said. Wang Min listened and didn't understand? She couldn't keep up with Guoguo's ideas? !

Aunt, "Guoguo, I have something. You can do it while you stay in the house and look after the children." "Guoguo, you say it, and Aunt will listen to you!" "Well, Guoguo knows Aunt is hardworking." Guoguo thought about it and said, "Let our family make clothes first. You can also ask villagers to help. I will pay you 20 cents a day at the beginning, and you can pay for processing when you become proficient." When Wang Min heard that making clothes could make money, she said, "Guoguo, how many clothes do you make? You still need to hire people? And you pay them." Little Milk Bag smiled, "Aunt, don't you want to make money?! Just say whether you will do it or not?" "Aunt can also make money?" Little Milk Bag said, "Why can't I make money?" Wang Min looked at Guoguo, "I can make money too!" "Yes!!" "Okay, Aunt will do it. Guoguo, you say it, I will do it. I can do it while the children are lying down!"

Little Milk Bag found some plastic sheeting and spread it across a large area of ​​the floor near the wall of his aunt's house. With a wave of his little hand, he began to spread two huge mountains of fabric onto the floor: black, gray, khaki, dark blue, khaki, florals, red and green orchid-like patterns, small florals, and large white fabrics. He then took out a ruler, cutting scissors, a needle, and various colored threads. "Aunt, put away your needles and thread. Remember not to lose them. When making clothes or quilts, take out a few as you need them and put a few back when you're done," Wang Min said quickly. "Don't worry, Guoguo, I understand." Wang Min then gathered the needles and thread and placed them in a small basket. Wang Min was used to Guoguo's manipulations and was no longer surprised. He was so excited, "Guo, how big should we make it?" Little Milk Bag: "As big as my great uncle, as big as my grandfather, as big as my daddy, we want any." As they were talking, many people came into the yard with a clatter. Xiaodong arranged for them to sit in the yard and said, "Boil some water for yourselves." The secret guards looked at each other, and two of them followed Xiaodong into the kitchen to boil water. Xiaodong brought out two boxes of apples and said, "Everyone, wash them and eat them yourself!" The secret leader said, "Okay." Then they went to the kitchen in groups of three or four to scoop water to wash the apples, and sat in the yard to eat them. Little Milk Bag said to his aunt, "Based on the size of the people in the yard, what size clothes do you think we should make?" Wang Min looked at the people in the yard and knew in her heart that they were Guoguo's people. "Measure them with a ruler," Wang Min said. "A little bigger is fine," Xiao Naibao said. The two of them arrived in the courtyard. Wang Min took out a ruler, paper, and pen. Xiao Naibao said, "The brothers have had their clothes measured. Each of you will have two suits made first. Then someone else will make winter coats." The secret guards listened, and it was a beautiful thing. No one had ever spoken to them about anything other than training and missions. They had to provide their own clothing, food, and shelter. It was hardship, hardship, from childhood. No one had ever cared about them. Now, Guoguo softly offered to make them clothes and coats. It was a child's words, barely a year old, yet he knew how to care for these people who walked in darkness year after year, who lived from day to day, with nothing to eat or wear, and no tomorrow. "Go, get measured," they said, heads bowed. Wang Min took the ruler and measured, writing down the numbers. Fifteen people were quickly measured. "Auntie, do you have shoes?" "Then make a footprint on the ground." Wang Min traced the shoe sizes one by one and wrote them down on paper. Little Milk Bag looked at the shoe prints. There weren't many sizes, so she said, "Auntie, mark down the small size, size 41." Little Milk Bag pointed to a size. Size 42, size 43, to be kept as a shoe pattern, and there was also an extra-large size 45. Wang Min marked them one by one. Little Milk Bag: "Auntie, keep these sizes. If Guoguo wants to make a size 42 or more in the future, just find the size 42 pattern and make them accordingly."

Wang Min understood. She put them away. "Aunt, you can do it this afternoon when you have time. Take a notebook and write your name down. You'll get 20 coins a day for every day you work." As for what color to make, it's up to you. You can also ask the older brothers. These fifteen people will stay in the new house in the north tonight. Aunt, you should also make the quilts. Brother Dong, take them to see the new house and live there first. You can move in after the house is built for them. "Okay, brother, I'll be there right away." A group of people left, each holding an apple. Little Milk Bag muttered to himself, "It's time for the grandfathers to make straw fans tonight. I'd better ask Grandpa and the others." Hehe, everyone has their own expertise!