Traveling through time as a peasant girl to turn things around

It was almost midnight, and the children were all asleep. Chai Zhen said, "Daughter-in-law Dong, you two go home and wake the men. Hold the gate securely. There's no need to wait for them to come back. Go to sleep. Let them finish their work and then sleep here." "Yes, Grandpa." They gave the needles to Old Lady Li. Old Lady Li put the needles away, saw them off, and left. Soon, Chai Dong, Chai Xin, Chai Shuai, and Chai Pai all arrived, and the men in the house also got up. Old Lady Li went to get them gloves, a pair for each. She grabbed the carrying rope and left.

On the way, we met Sun Quan, the village chief. He said to the fourth brother, "Our team has grown. We have to make some money tonight! Let's have a competition! Whoever has the least will go fishing tomorrow." "Let's compete." Shuai Pai was not to be outdone. "Compete." The fourth brother looked at the ropes they held and said nothing. He chuckled inwardly. "It's your turn tomorrow." The village chief said to Ping An, "We can't go far to the north. Further north is just barren mountains and wasteland with no crops. We have to be careful from now on. We're almost out of the village. If we can do it, we'll go south. The road west of the river is longer and more roundabout..."

Arriving, they put on gloves and started to work. Shuai watched them do it and followed suit, saying, "Good job!" They all knew the sticks, using them as firewood, not realizing they were good things. Soon, they had pulled two large piles. When he looked up, he saw that his family of four was left. His father told him, "Hurry up." Shuai took a rope and tied it up. He looked at the rope he had and tied two bundles. The four of them also headed back. "Auntie's house is close, so it'll be quick." He had just turned the corner when everyone else returned. The fourth child looked at them and smiled. Hehe. Old Lady Li was waiting at the door.

"Unload at the eastern end of the yard, by the empty pond." After sending them out, Old Lady Li returned to the west room. She told Dad to sleep in the grandson's room. The two daughters-in-law were still sewing, saying they would sleep after finishing the children's clothes.

The fourth brother asked Sun Quan, "Have you seen any hemp yet? Can we catch it tomorrow?" "Yes." Yeah. They worked until almost dawn, then stopped. They unloaded a huge pile by the pond at home! The fourth brother was so excited!!!

Old Lady Li boiled some hot water, washed up, and went to bed. She told her daughter-in-law to go to bed as well. "Let's do it. Just sew the buttons last." She finished making the children's clothes and put all the needles away in her sewing bag. Old Lady Li folded all the children's clothes, thinking how beautiful they would look on her grandchildren. All five of them, little darlings, soft and pretty. Old Lady Li wrapped up the remaining flowers and cloth and put them away. Once the room was tidy, Old Lady Li went to bed.

That morning, Jiaxing, Jiayu, Shuai, and Pai went to the village chief's house to help Sun Quan collect the hemp. Sun Gui also set up a rack in the yard to dry the hemp, while the fourth brother and Sun Quan collected the hemp. Jiaxing, Shuai, Pai, the village chief, Zhang Qing, and Sun Quan's wife all came to peel the hemp. They worked in pairs.

Outside the house of Old Lady Li, there were Old Man Chai, Brother Ping'an and Jia He. They were making hemp ropes and splitting them into three pieces. This thickness is usually used. Jia He found a new basket to put the hemp ropes in. Several people brought hemp strips. Everyone worked together, slowly at first, but then they got faster and faster. The hemp strips were used more and more. The three girls in the house were tearing the hemp skins. Li Ru was watching the five children in the house! She was the king of the children. She had to dress the children, serve the little Heng Heng with food, and feed him. At this time, the little milk bag could only lie on the bed, "Ahhh, ahhh." Her brother didn't want to play with her, so she hummed and sang! Li Ru couldn't stop laughing! Her daughter could sing.

On the first day, they started making ropes, splitting them three ways, as many people were using them. After a morning's work, they made ten ropes. Old Lady Li weighed each one, and they were all twenty meters long, with no significant difference. Finally, they decided to sell them by length. One meter was worth one hundred wen, and twenty meters by the jin was also worth two liang of silver. Twenty meters of three-split rope sold for two liang of silver. Everyone calculated that ten ropes made twenty liang of silver. The finest hemp was worth twenty-six wen per jin. The better ones were worth thirty wen. The hemp rope for shoe soles was worth five wen more, as was the labor, and the hemp rope itself was also worth five wen more. In the afternoon, they made twenty ropes. A full day's worth of sixty liang of silver was earned. As dusk fell, the village chief arrived, looked over the ropes he had made, and a smile crossed his eyes. This was the hemp he had harvested over the past five or six days. There was still plenty left, and he had to pick more tonight; it was all worth money. He'd go sell it in town in a few days!

The fourth brother also returned. He and his eldest brother carried the baskets into the warehouse. Everyone had been busy these past few days, and today they finally saw the fruits of their labor. Everyone was beaming with smiles. It was time to call it a day and eat.

Old Lady Li said, "We need to wait two days before we can fish again. We need to collect the sorghum stalks from the field." Old Man Chai told his father that he wanted to build a house underground and burn some red mud bricks himself. He also needed to build a few houses above ground. The south wall also needed to be repaired. Old Man Chai led his father to the room where he lived, walked to the kang hole, picked up the oil lamp, and said, "Dad, go in and take a look." Chai Zhen looked at his son and went in silently. There was only the light. "Ah, I'm stunned, this... this." Old Man Chai said, "This is our family secret. We can't let outsiders see it! We have to be very careful in the future. Our child is not an ordinary person! We have to think more about the child. Now our family has good food and clothes, thanks to Guoguo. Even the mahjong we played today was inspired by the child. The child can speak since he was born. We don't let the child speak." Chai Zhen thought, why did he feel that the child spoke to him? It really was! May the Chai ancestors bless him! The father and son discussed it for a long time in the house. Finally, I think that children should be taught as ordinary children outside to ensure their safety!