Traveling through time as a peasant girl to turn things around

On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Chai family went to the county town early in the morning, even Jia He's second child, who was only a few months old, went there.

Chai Zhen held the infant, Li Ru held her daughter, and Huanhuan, Hengheng, and Jiahe all entered the space. Old Lady Li and Chai Ping'an were also pulled in. Some were entering for the first time and were speechless with surprise. Jiale and Chai Hua drove the two carriages. Chen Jun was tidying up his new home today and didn't come. Zhang Ying was helping out at the academy, and Juanzi was cooking.

Seeing that his wife hadn't come in, Jia He said to Guo Guo, "Can you let your aunt in?" The little milk bag said, "Uncle, you are from the Chai family and your surname is Chai. Guo Guo also wants her to come in. Although we are family, her surname is Wang. It's okay for her to come in, but can you guarantee that she won't tell anyone when she goes out?" Jia He: "Hey..." The little milk bag said, "I'm doing this for her own good. If she goes out and says a word, everything will be wiped out immediately. Uncle! !" Jia He was shocked and said hurriedly, "It's not that she can't be trusted, but women are afraid of keeping secrets. Guo, we can't let her in. Uncle, go out and accompany her." The little milk bag: "Okay." In a flash of light, Jia He went outside. Wang Min was still frightened when she saw this scene. Everyone suddenly disappeared just now. She thought of something and didn't dare to speak. She was still trembling. Then she saw Jia He suddenly appear and threw herself into his arms. Jia He: "Don't be afraid, we are family. Don't be afraid. Don't say anything. Don't ask. "Wang Min thought, since Guoguo was born, the changes in their Chai family were already amazing! Today they experienced this scene again. ...

The car was loaded with a lot of things, bags and baskets. Jia He comforted his wife! !

Jia He: "It's so nice to be the two of us, no one will bother us." The driver in front said, "Drivers are people too, big brother. Why don't you drive the car and let me get in?" Jia He: "We'll talk about it after you get married."

Wang Min smiled and was no longer afraid to say this. Jia He: "Wife, when you go out, you must not say a word about our family affairs. Protect your family." Wang Min: "I know. Even when I go to my mother's house, I always talk about farming, reclaiming more land, and planting more crops. Give them some seeds to eat. I don't say much because I'm afraid it will be bad for my family." Jia He: "You are right. Otherwise, I will not go far away and stay with you. We will make a lot of money at home. Even if they make money, they will share it with us. Don't worry." Wang Min: "I know, my parents will think about me, so I don't have to worry." Jia He: "Yes, you are a lucky person. The money you save can't be spent by our family in several lifetimes, let alone other people. Li Dong also gave me a letter last time saying that a carpentry shop was built in the name of the Li and Chai families. It opened in two months and made a lot of money. I have seen the drawings that Guoguo drew for him. It's amazing. You have also seen the sofa in Guoguo's room. It's comfortable to sit on." Wang Min nodded and said, "Comfortable." Jia He continued, " This kind of furniture is all the rage in the capital. The Ministry of Revenue went to discuss cooperation, but Li Dong didn't mention it. He told them to speak to the prince. He also wants me to go. Wang Min heard this and asked, "Are you going?" Jia He looked at him and smiled. "I want to see what the capital is like. But I won't be staying there permanently. When the second child is older, we can go as a family." Wang Min was delighted to hear Jia He say this. "Okay, let's wait until the second child is older." Perhaps because Wang Min's meal was so good, the second child was so clever. Not to mention Jia He and his wife being so affectionate.

Inside the space, a large group of people looked around, their curiosity surging. Li Ru held the second child, making him face outward. The second child stared, looking here and there. "Awoo awoo _______" the tiger roared. Guoguo's short legs darted over, filling up some spiritual spring water. Ahh ...

Old Lady Li found a basket and went with Chai Ping'an to pick vegetables. "So many!" Chai Ping'an said, "Where do you think Guoguo gets the food for us? The child works hard! I knew it long ago." He stood up and looked into the distance and said, "Hongying, look at this field in the distance. It's so huge, you can't see the end at a glance. It's all the food grown by our Guoguo. Haven't you noticed that the child doesn't grow taller even though he eats so much? He's over a year old, right? Look at Guoguo. His father always asks him to play with him, and he often holds our Guoguo in his arms. The child is tired." How could Li Hongying know all this? "I've always said that this child is always hungry and doesn't eat much, but she just doesn't grow tall! So that's why, it's all my fault." Chai Ping'an: "Don't blame yourself, just watch her and let her play more and rest more." Li Hongying: "Wow, crying, my baby! It's all grandma's fault, wuwuwuwuwuwu..." Guoguo heard Grandma Li crying on the mountain, so she said, "Grandma." The little milk bag came down and jumped in front of Grandma Li, "Grandma, don't cry, you love Guoguo the most, don't cry, grandma." Grandma Li picked up Guoguo, "Grandma's baby,... don't worry about anything, just eat well and have fun. Grandpa and grandma will do whatever they do, you just play." Little milk bag: "Well, I know, Guoguo is not tired. Grandma, don't cry." Grandma Li sat down on the ground and hugged Guoguo tightly, Chai Ping'an: "Hongying is picking vegetables, you want Guoguo to do it." When Grandma Li heard it, she put Guoguo down and said, " "Guoguo, go play with your brother and them, while grandma works." The little kid smiled, "Yeah." He went into the ground and disappeared in the blink of an eye. If Grandma Li didn't know where this place was, she would have gone to look for someone. After a while, Guoguo came out holding a big pumpkin. "Grandma, look, a big pumpkin." Grandma Li stood up and looked at Guoguo and smiled, "Good girl, grandma's good girl." Li Ru was a little jealous of her daughter, but fortunately she was her daughter. Mom was so good to Guoguo. The second child witnessed all this. Grandma seldom held him, but he knew that the whole family liked him. Whoever looked into his eyes, the second child could see that they loved him, and he was also the treasure of the whole family. Li Ru held the second child and walked to the edge of the field and turned around.

Looking at the fruit trees, "What kind of fruit are on the Guoguo trees?" "Mom," Guoguo's voice came from afar, "Guoguo picked you a peach to eat." A few minutes later, Guoguo took a big peach and handed it to Li Ru. "Mom, eat it. Give the second child a bag of milk to drink." The second child held the milk in his hands and sucked it into his mouth. "Haha, mom, look, this little one can eat it by himself." Li Ru looked at him and said, "Hey, they are all smart. They can eat even a little bit."

Chai Ping'an and Li Hongying picked vegetables, "There are a lot of vegetables, they planted so many." Chai Ping'an: "What else can we eat? I see there are twenty acres of vegetables." Guoguo said at the edge of the field, "Grandma and Grandpa, there are twenty acres of vegetables, and one hundred acres of grain. This land has thirty acres of yellow soil, thirty acres of black soil, and sixty acres of red soil. You see in the distance there are sixty acres of red soil planted with wheat, and it has grown so tall. Grandpa and grandma harvested 360,000 kilograms of wheat last time. One acre of land is equivalent to a yield of six thousand kilograms." Grandma Li and Chai Ping'an were shocked when they heard this. What kind of land is this?

What kind of land has such a high yield! Old Lady Li: "It produces so much grain?" "Yes, Grandma. So, Grandma, you have to eat your fill. Our family has no shortage of grain. Next time, Guoguo will plant rice, dryland rice." Old Lady Li almost jumped up when she heard this. "Dryland rice"?! "Yes, Grandma, there's nothing you can't do. Just try it and you'll know. So Guoguo is going to sell grain. Now it harvests every two months, so we can plant six crops a year."

Old Lady Li fainted! Guoguo was stunned. Even Grandma had fainted from shock. Chai Ping'an rushed over and cut her Ren Zhong. Old Lady Li slowly regained consciousness and said, "I'm too old to be frightened." Little Milk Bag said, "Grandma, look at what's piled up in the yard!" Little Milk Bag fell silent and ran to the mountain to find Great Grandpa.

Several boys on the mountain were running around like crazy and playing with the tiger. Hengheng even rode on the little tiger, while the tigress lay in a nest on the side.

Chai Zhen was picking up eggs; the ground was covered in them. "Children, come and work, pick up eggs." Guoguo was the first to go. "Why are there so many?" Chai Zhen said, "We drink the spiritual spring water and eat the food from it, so how can there not be many eggs?" "That's right. Brothers, come and pick up eggs and work. Strength in numbers." A group of boys swarmed over again, working quickly. Soon, they had two large baskets of eggs. Chai Zhen came down the mountain and brought back two large baskets, saying, "Hurry up, I'll give you something delicious later." Hahahaha! Kids, they work fast. The eggs are running out all over the mountain. If we don't pick them up soon, the beasts will eat them. Little Milk Bag said, "Grandpa, we have a lot of chickens. Shall we kill a few for New Year?" Chai Zhen said, "Yeah. Let's drink chicken soup and eat chicken meat." The chickens in the distance heard what they said and flew away, far away. The mountain was so big that it was hard to find them. Chai Zhen laughed heartily, saying, "The chickens are all full of eggs." Finally, they gathered five large baskets full of eggs. Little Milk Bag brought Jia He with him, and Grandpa carried them down the mountain. After Little Milk Bag left the space, Wang Min stared at the baskets of eggs before her, stunned, unable to recover for a long time.

Fortunately, Jiale was watching outside. Jiahe appeared at the carriage's drawbar. Jiale looked at Jiahe and laughed until his stomach hurt. Hahahahahaha! Ahahahaha! He almost dropped Jiahe. There was no room inside for him.

Jiale: "Come and sit down, it's okay outside, it's not cold." Jiahe was stunned and cursed angrily, and he ignored people after finishing his work.

The little kid laughed loudly in the space and said embarrassedly, "I almost made uncle fall."

After collecting the eggs, Chai Zhen went to shear the sheep. "Ah, I'm getting old, and I have to work again, son!" Guoguo watched his great-grandfather show off. She also took out her scissors. They were electric shears. Several children held the sheep, starting at the leg. Little Milk Bag made a cut, and the others gently pulled. Soon, a complete sheepskin came off. "This is fun," Hengheng said. The next child became more and more skilled, tearing off one sheepskin after another. Chai Zhen looked at the children and then at himself. "Ah, I'm just getting old. A bunch of brats are better than me." With that, Chai Zhen went down the mountain.

"Picking vegetables," Chai Zhen was not discouraged.

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As they neared the county town, Jiale called out, "We're almost there, time to go into town." Little Naibao inside noticed and said, "Everyone, it's time to go out! Wash your hands and pack up!" Chai Zhen led everyone inside for a quick bath and change into clean clothes. Chai Ping'an, who had never enjoyed such a bath before, felt incredibly comfortable. His father rubbed his back while the other boys washed themselves. Little Naibao and Li Ru washed first, and then Old Lady Li went in. Li Ru looked after her child, Little Two.

Little Milk Bag came out of the bath and gave Little Two a glass of milk, saying, "Why do you only drink milk?" Li Ru heard Guo Guo say, "You were the same when you were little." Guo...! Out, out! The carriage had arrived at the house and stopped. Little Milk Bag escorted them out one by one. From outside, it looked like people were getting out of the carriages one by one, carrying out baskets one by one. They filled the yard.

Wang Min took the child. Her son's face was rosy and smiling, indicating that he had been doing well recently. "Whoever gives me milk is my mother," the second child looked at Wang Min aggrievedly.

Old Lady Li looked inside and said, "Not bad, let's live in this one." She called Guoguo in. Guoguo knew what was going on, and with a wave of her hand, the bed was filled with more quilts, mattresses, sheets, and duvet covers. Chai Ping'an looked at the things in the room. Great! He began to move the quilts. The old lady made the bed, laying the quilts in two layers. Now there were the sheets, the coverlet, and the pillows. The sofa, coffee table, desk, and stool were all neatly arranged. The extra quilts were taken to other rooms. Old Lady Li made a bed for Chai Zhen. Li Ru had one room, Jia He had another. Jia Le went to stay in Grandpa's room. Chai Ye slept with Chai Zhen. Three generations, three bachelors. Chai Zhen looked at the three of them, not knowing what to say. Guoguo came in and placed two pots of flowers for Chai Zhen, while Jia Le placed them on the windowsill. The window was bright and clean. Old Lady Li looked at the eldest room. Wang Min had also made the bed. Li Ru was the fastest, tidying up everything. The floor was paved with blue bricks, the windows were glass, and there were large curtains. It was just a short door curtain—a cotton curtain. Li Ru told Guo Guo, and Guo Guo went into the house and waved her hand towards the bed, and several curtains appeared on the bed. "Mother, one for each room." Li Ru was hanging next to him, while Chai Hua was in the yard chopping wood and making a fire. They kept warm, just like at home, in the kitchen. The back wall was a fire wall, and when the kitchen fire was big, the house was warm. Old Mrs. Li Ru cooked, steamed buns, and cooked big pots of food to warm the house. They put out a lot of stewed meat, winter melon, vegetables, and small milk dumplings. After a while, Guo Guo and Chai Zhen went to the warehouse and moved out all the eggs, vegetables, fruits, flour and oil from the space. They stopped only when the warehouse was full. "Grandpa, the warehouse is not big." Chai Zhen went to check out the other room and said, "This one is a bit small. It can only hold some furniture and farm tools." There was a yard three yards away, so some space could be put in there. No need to squeeze in here. Chai Zhen: "Jia He, talk to your wife and ask you to move in. It's too crowded outside." Jia He: "Okay."

Jia He called Wang Min over, "Let's go take a look inside." They went to the second courtyard. "It's nice!" Wang Min said. Jia He: "Then let's live here. The furniture is the same." Wang Min looked around the rooms and said, "Let's live in this big one with a study for the kids to study in." Jia He was delighted. Grandpa had been wanting him to live here, so he said, "Okay, I'll go get some blankets." Wang Min walked around the yard. It was nice. The rooms were all new, decorated the same way, and the backyard was quiet. Everything was great. Wang Min was satisfied. The only problem was that she had to burn a fire to keep warm, and the front wasn't accessible. Jia He came over and learned about the heating issue. He went back to talk to Grandpa, Chai Zhen, and said, "You decide. We can stay here for a few days. We can come over here. It saves you the trouble of burning the fire." Jia He went back and told Wang Min, and they moved back to their original place. "It's a little crowded, just for a few days. It's warm here, and Mom's cooking." Wang Min gave Xiao Er to him and went to cook. Jia He carried his second child to his grandfather's room. The other children were there. He put the second child on the bed and left. Chai Ping'an watched. Jia He went to the shop, and Chai Zhen and Guo Guo followed. Four rows of tables surrounded the shop. The workmanship was exquisite, and the two adults arranged the vegetables on the tables. The fruit section and the vegetable section were arranged on carved wooden blocks, with prices clearly marked. Vegetables were cheap, while fruits were expensive, especially durian, which cost five hundred coins per pound. The grain section had white flour, cornmeal, millet flour, and rice. Xiao Nai Bao also ground some sweet potato flour. There were soybeans, mung beans, cowpeas, and black beans. There were also dried fruits, peanuts, walnuts, melon seeds, and various dried fruits. There was also a seed section, and so on. Prices were clearly marked! After finishing all that, Xiao Nai Bao brought out several scales, placed a table in each section, and weighed the goods. He settled the bill at the front door. Guo Guo thought the shop was a bit small; they hadn't sold any daily necessities yet, so there was no room. He wondered if they could convert the back into a large space and build it after the New Year.

Little Milk Bag had already set up firecrackers in his space, ready for tomorrow's opening. He decided to take them out and put them on the cash register. It was a large table with drawers. Chai Zhen said, "Jia He, you collect the money." Jia He: "I can't remember the prices of things." Little Milk Bag said, "That's easy! Just write down the prices on a large piece of paper and refer to it when you forget." Little Milk Bag took out a pen and paper and handed it to Jia He. "This paper is pretty thick!" Little Milk Bag: "Just write small words on one sheet. You can write on both sides. Categorize them so they're easier to remember." Jia He understood. He wrote down the prices himself!

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