Traveling through time as a peasant girl to turn things around

When Little Milk Bag woke up, he saw a chubby, white child beside him. He reached out his little hand and touched the child's face. So cute. "Ahhhhh," Little Milk Bag called to Little Milk Bag. Little Milk Bag was sleeping soundly when someone disturbed him. He heard another cry, and with his eyes closed, he cried out, "Ahhhhh." "I can talk," he said. "Who touched me?" He opened his eyes and saw a child, even smaller than him, a tiny ball. "Are you my sister? I heard from my great-grandfather that you are." "Little Milk Bag, ahhhh." "Sister, you're still young. When you grow up to be as big as me, you'll be able to talk." Little Milk Bag sat up and wanted to hold Little Milk Bag. Li Ru hurried over. "Xiao Ye, Auntie is holding your sister. You're still young. Wait until you grow up, and then you can hold your sister." She dressed her daughter. Once dressed, she transformed into a tiny person. "Sister, so cute," Li Ru dressed Little Milk Bag again. Little Milk Bag could walk, so Li Ru helped him pee and put him back on the kang. The little fat boy saw that there was another child sleeping, so he went up and pulled the child down, and touched the child's face with his little hand until he woke up. Hengheng woke up and saw a little fat boy he didn't know lying on his face. He also stretched out his hand to touch the child's face and said, "Who are you?" The little fat boy said, "My name is Chai Ye, and Jia Le is my father." "You are my third uncle's son!" "Your name is Ye Ye." "Then what about my third uncle?" "I don't know either." "Why don't you ask your great-grandfather?" Li Ru put clothes on Hengheng, helped him pee, and put him on the kang to play. Huanhuan was woken up, put on his clothes, went to the ground to pee, and then climbed back onto the kang after peeing. Seeing another child, he was so cute. The little fat boy called him brother first, "Ah, you are your younger brother?!" "Yes, I am Ye Ye."

Old Lady Li warmed up the milk, three bags, half a bowl for each person. Zhang Baohua and Wang Min brought the food, and everyone ate. The men ate in the main room. Old Lady Li went to steam egg custard, which all three boys could eat. Huanhuan had already eaten leavened bread, and Hengheng could eat it too, but Yeye was too young to eat. Wang Min picked up Yeye and fed him milk. A child's world is simple and happy!

It was the first time that Xiao Xiaoye had eaten something so delicious. He was so happy that he danced with joy. After eating, he ran to the kang and jumped around, chasing his two brothers to play. He had completely forgotten about his parents.

At this time, the general and his wife who were marching on the road missed their son. His right-hand man, Lu Yong, rode forward, handed him a letter, and then retreated to his side. Only the general and his wife were left, marching side by side. General Ma opened the letter, read it carefully, smiled, and handed the letter to his wife. This was a family letter sent by Coach Ma via carrier pigeon. It talked about the situation at the Chai family. Ma Ye changed his name to Chai Ye, recognized the third son of the Chai family, Jia Le, as his father, and gave him the name Chai Ye. He was also called Chai Hua. The doctor was the child's uncle. The general's wife, Huo Ying, smiled. She knew that her son ate well, slept well, and was loved by the Chai family. He played well with the children of the Chai family and had forgotten them long ago. He rolled around on the kang. She only wanted the child to be well protected and happy. They would have no worries and could do their best to defend their country. She chewed the letter into pieces and swallowed it. Relieved!

This is a fictional dynasty. General Ma is a Yan nationality and a general. His wife, the daughter of a duke, is straightforward and skilled in martial arts, having been personally taught by the general. She is a skilled warrior, both brave and resourceful. The couple is harmonious, but their only drawback is that he is often away on military missions and unable to be with their son.

This continent has four nations, some of which are relatively powerful. Yan's borders have been harassed constantly, and this time, the Emperor, enraged, sent troops to the southeast, attacking Yue. To the northwest is the Huan Kingdom, and to the north are the Shanlian Mountains. Beyond that is Java, a foreign nation. To the northeast is the Qilian Kingdom, boasting a strong military. The mountains to the north make it relatively safe. Huan is far away, making it difficult to attack from a distance. Qilian is vast and well-developed. Yue, with its small size and developed production, cannot withstand the pressure of limited land. For years, it has been harassing Yan, and the Emperor, enraged, has sent troops to deal with Yue.

After the little girl had eaten and drunk her fill, Li Ru held her in her arms, watching the three children running around on the kang. She, too, cried anxiously, "Ahhh!" "Brother, brother," she cried, clapping her hands. Li Ru looked at her daughter and thought, if this child could walk, she wouldn't know how fast she would run. She feared it would be difficult for her to hold her for a while. She fought for it. One day, ten years later, she found a letter from her daughter and cried her heart out, but it was no use. Her daughter had gone out for a trip with her three brothers. She said she had never left home in her life and wanted to go out and broaden her horizons.

The children were tired from running, so Li Ru peeled three apples and gave them slices, which she also ate. Guoguo added sweet water. The fat boy ate some himself.

The Chai family helped Li Guang finish building the house. They only covered the west and north walls, and also the gate. The south and east walls were fenced with sticks and sorghum stalks. It snowed, so the soil couldn't be dug, and there were no bricks.

Under Chai Zhen's guidance, Sun Gui asked Sun Quan to come out and build a house. His father gave him all the ropes Sun Quan had sold. Of the 120 taels, more than 20 taels were used to build the house, leaving more than 90 taels. He and Jia Yu went to the county to buy cloth for his wife. They had her made into clothes, and also bought white flour and meat to make delicious meals for the children. They also invited their parents to come and eat. He built his house north of the kiln. In the winter, he cleared a large piece of land for planting next year. His wife worked alongside him, while the children's grandmother watched. Quan's wife was old-fashioned. She didn't talk much, but she was smart and hardworking. She knew how to work and kept the house clean. The house was so large that the bricks hadn't been fully built, so it was surrounded by a wooden fence. When Zhang Qing moved, he gave his son three chickens, which could collect two eggs a day for his son to eat. Quan's wife learned how to bake leavened flatbreads and steamed buns. The family had a good diet. Quan dug a large pond on the east side of his yard to soak hemp stalks. His father, Sun Quan, also kept it here. Sun Quan agreed to give his son 20% of the profits, 30% of the profits. It was because he hurt his son's feelings and apologized to him that Sun Quan forgave him. Whenever Sun Quan went to the county, he would bring him a share of the purchases and never asked for money.

This is the life most people want! Work hard and live a better life. Hard work will be rewarded.

Li Guang also moved into the new house, sharing a room with Runiang. Li Dong had a larger room with an attached suite. The suite was his study, where his niece had drawn numerous blueprints for him, all for carpentry work. The village school had opened, and the north wall of the house was heated. The fire was in another room, where the village chief and his wife lived during the winter. There was a large kang (kang bed) with a large hole, which was used as a firelight to pass through the children's study room, and the smoke escaped through the wall. Burning in one room kept both warm.

The village chief hired well diggers, and they dug a well in the courtyard. Li Guang's family also dug a well, and the Chai family dug another in the southeast corner of the courtyard. Sun Quan also dug a well so he could go to the river to wash clothes. His home was close to the river. During the day, the village chief taught the children, and at night, the adults studied. That winter, every household had someone studying. Some women also came to the school to learn to read.

Wangwang and Mumu both came to school, and Chai Zhen bought pens, inkstones, and brushes for his two grandsons. He thought it would be great if he had a scholar in his family. Whether he became an official or not was not a big deal. He just needed to learn to read and write, so he could make a living. He was sensible and intelligent.

Huanhuan, Hengheng, Little Fatty, and Little Milk Bag, all dressed like cotton balls, went out. The boys played in the snow, while Little Milk Bag's mother held her in her arms. The distance was a vast expanse of white. Like smoke or fog, hazy and indistinct. Desolate and deserted, the world was all white. Snow capped the air. Birds flew away from the mountains, and the paths were devoid of human presence. The children ran and jumped in the yard. The doctor stayed warm inside, and Old Lady Li made them a large quilt. She built a fire in the corner, like a kiln, with iron rods supporting it in the middle, firewood underneath, and sweet potatoes roasted on top. Chai Hua bought many jars of wine. Every evening when they had some free time, Chai Ping'an and Chai Zhen would come for a drink, and the four of them became good friends. Little Milk Bag tossed bags of peanuts and melon seeds to Grandpa, to eat with the wine. Old Lady Li sometimes made them stir-fried black fungus and meat, or beef and potato stew. In the evenings, after long hours of chores, Old Lady Li and her wife would make fish soup. The doctor would bring out some health-promoting herbs to cook with. The sheep was killed, and people often drank sheep soup in the morning. There was a layer of chili oil and green onions floating on the top of the pot, and there was meat at the bottom of the pot. Whoever wanted to eat it could dig it out by themselves.

Li Guang saved all the baskets and brooms he had woven, planning to sell them in the county town near the New Year. Li Dong still worked as a carpenter at the Chai family's, doing small jobs inside. His windows were also glass, just like the Chai family's.

The women twisted hemp rope, sewed soles, and made shoes. The men made straw fans, braided sorghum combs, made dumplings, and hung things out to dry. At night, the men dug underground houses and tunnels, while Li Dong worked inside, making beams, pillars, and wooden planks. Of course, Chai Hua also helped.

They continued soaking hemp, working on it when the weather cleared. They tore off a lot of hemp skins and rolled them into bundles. During the day, they carried the hemp stalks back from the west side of the river. They slept for two or three hours, and dug tunnels at night. One night, Chai Zhen and Ping An went to the bottom of the east cliff and shouted from the cave. They could hear the sound from the other side, indicating that they were almost through. Chai Zhen and Ping An returned and asked them to stop. They stopped digging. They blocked the entrance to the cave at the bottom of the east cliff with wooden boards, stones on the outside, and branches and weeds on the outside.

The entrance to the family's underground tunnel was at the back wall of the main house (the same one Old Lady Li and Ping'an lived in). They dug a hole five meters deep, two meters wide, and over ten feet long, creating a large room. They built it around the walls with red bricks, topped it with purlins, and placed three pillars in the center. Thick wooden boards were then laid, along with a layer of transparent cloth. Finally, they covered the entrance with earth and dug it into the kang hole in the main house. The underground room was complete, and the floor inside was paved with red bricks, making it clean and dry. They stored grain, cloth, oil, transparent cloth, and other rare items in the underground room. They flattened the dirt on top and built a shed about one meter high. They covered the roof with a layer of transparent cloth, and placed a straw fan on top. Branches were placed at the corners to block the wind. Cabbages were placed underneath, and radishes were buried against the north wall. These vegetables were sensitive to moisture, so they were protected by straw fans at the front and back. A lot of grain from the warehouse was transferred to the underground room. It was dry and cool inside. After a while, they would place charcoal in a pot to burn and dry the mixture, thus drying the air. Chai Zhen planned to buy several more jars to store the grain. The barn was also built by our family, behind He Jiaxing's house. This time, it was twice as large, the inner walls plastered with clay, and the floor paved with bricks. Wooden sticks were placed on the ground to keep the grain off the ground and out of the way. The outer walls were also plastered with mud. The windows were high off the ground, small, and covered tightly with transparent cloth, with straw fans hanging outside. When it wasn't raining, the fans were opened to let in sunlight, and the door was also left open to dry the food. At night, Old Lady Li would lock the door. Previously, it was used to store vegetables, but now they have been moved under the vegetable shed. Old Lady Li keeps a close eye on them. Baskets of flax are locked in the barn.

After being busy for half a year, Chai Zhen called the whole family to the west room for a meeting in the evening, and informed Li Guang's family that they were coming.

Chai Zhen saw everyone was there. The children were sitting on the kang playing and eating peanuts, and the men were eating melon seeds. If you were thirsty, there was tea. Chai Hua, the doctors were here.

Chai Zhen said, "The New Year is coming soon. If anyone has anything to buy or sell, let's go to the county town tomorrow at 11:00 AM.

They set off in an oxcart. Chai Hua said, "Let's drive the horsecart, it's faster." Chai Zhen glared at him, "How much can it hold?" "Oh, I didn't expect that." The fourth brother went to tell the village chief.

The fourth brother went to Sun Quan's house first and told him to tell his father, and he came back.

The fourth child went back to play with the children. Chai Zhen looked at his grandson, and he still had to worry about him. Old Lady Li waited for his father to finish speaking, and then she said, "Tomorrow, Jiahe, you and Wangmin will go to your relatives' house, and Jiaxing, you and Baohua will go to visit your relatives' house. Go to my room to get something later. I have been busy and forgot to let you go early. Wangmin has also thought about this, but it is difficult to say it. Zhang Baohua also secretly wiped away her tears. Now that she heard what her mother said, she felt relieved. Go back to your rooms early tonight." After saying this, Old Lady Li went out and called Jiahe.

Old Lady Li lit a lantern and went down to the basement with her son. They climbed into the kang hole. There was an opening in the north wall, blocked with wooden boards. When they removed the boards, a staircase appeared. Old Lady Li led the way, Jia He supporting his mother to make it easier. Soon, the entire house was clearly visible. It wasn't damp. Jia He carried a bag of flour down to the kang hole, followed by two bags of flour, two bags of rice, two bags of wheat flour, and two barrels of oil. Finally, there were pieces of cloth, cotton, and a sheer cloth. Old Lady Li looked around the basement; there was more than enough room for the whole family to live there. Air came in through the kang hole.

After checking everything, Old Lady Li went upstairs. Jiaxing also arrived, bringing two baskets. Jiahe dragged the things out; the cotton and cloth alone took up a basket. The rice, flour, and transparent cloth filled another basket. Jiahe brought two baskets and loaded them up. Old Lady Li said, "Each family will have one to move to your house. Remember to wear something thicker tomorrow, including cotton shoes, as it's cold." "I know, mother." Old Lady Li took out five taels of silver for each person, "for your wives. We have both an oxcart and a horsecart at home, so each of you can drive one. Go early and come back early. There are vegetables behind the house, so take them if you want."

The two brothers went to prepare things and visit relatives.

Grandma Li closed the door and went to the west room. Smiling, she looked at her granddaughter, the little baby in the arms of her great-grandfather, playing on the kang. Grandma Li sighed, how time flies. In a blink of an eye, another half a year has passed, and there are three more boys, all of whom are white and plump, wearing flowery cotton-padded clothes, soft and cute, especially the fat boy, who rolls around on the kang in his flowery cotton-padded jacket, like a little meatball, rolling around. Chai Hua said that he would go out tomorrow too, and he would be there tomorrow night, so there was no need to wait for him. No one asked, but Grandma Li said, "Wear thick cotton-padded clothes when you go out," and she made a set of thick cotton-padded clothes and cotton shoes for him and the doctor.