Traveling through time as a peasant girl to turn things around

Old Lady Li cooked the meat, placed it in the yard, and placed three chopsticks on it. Then, quietly calling the entire family together, they knelt and bowed to the heavens. "Thank you, Heaven, for your favor," Old Man Chai said, kneeling in the front. With awe, he silently added, "I will lead my entire family to work diligently and not harm our neighbors." Then, the entire family kowtowed three times and stood up. Old Lady Li removed the offerings and went into the kitchen. She cut the meat into two large plates, sprinkled them with salt and chopped green onions, and stir-fried them. The two daughters-in-law brought chopsticks and bowls, while Old Man Chai brought four bowls of wine. The women drank water, and the family gathered around the stone table, happily eating meat and drinking. And so it went until late at night. Old lady Li went to make a bowl of meat noodles for the fourth daughter-in-law and asked her to eat it, saying, "Ru, drink more broth." There was little seasoning, but the salt was okay, and there were chopped green onions floating in it. Li Ru ate it contentedly, "Thank you, mother, this is good enough. I feel like I am in a dream. In real life, it is a blessing for me to meet you. It is enough for me to enter this family for my whole life. Mother has worked all day, and it is getting late. Go and have a rest." Old lady Li changed her granddaughter's diaper, swaddled her, kissed her granddaughter, and could not see enough of her. She picked up her granddaughter and handed her to Li Ru, "Let the child have some more milk, and you go to bed early." Old lady Li put away the dishes and chopsticks, went out and closed the door tightly to prevent the wind from blowing in.

Li Ru was feeding her child when the door quietly opened. The fourth child slipped in, raised his hand to his wife, and said, "Hello..." He stepped forward and said, "Let me see you and the child." The little girl pouted, stopped eating, and slipped out of her arms, staring at the fourth child with her bright black eyes. Three days had passed, and the fourth child hadn't seen her alone, which worried the fourth child. As soon as the mother left, the fourth child slipped in. He wanted to hold the child, and held out his hand, "Ru, put our child in my arms." It was the fourth child's first time holding a child, and he didn't know how to hold her. Li Ru asked the fourth child to watch her, raising his left hand higher, and placed the child on the fourth child's arm. She helped the fourth child adjust his arm, saying, "Don't use too much force; you'll get it." The fourth child sat down on the edge of the bed and adjusted the child again, only then did he feel comfortable holding her. The little girl stared at the fourth child, as if reading his fortune. "Big, slightly round face, slightly pointed chin, eyes like black magic stone, like a vortex that draws the soul in. The little girl dared not look again. 'This is daddy,' he said. 'You're a beautiful man, I love you so much, daddy.'" The little girl blinked again. 'Ahhh, hello, daddy.' The fourth child, seeing his daughter motionless, said to Li Ru, 'Child, talk to me, call me daddy.' Li Ru also looked at her daughter and said, 'Yes.' The fourth child thought, 'Who is this reincarnated daughter of mine? I must hold her in my arms.' He kissed his daughter again, a loving smile spreading across his lips. The little girl looked from her father to her mother. 'Happy in this life, God has mercy on me.' She closed her eyes, content. Both parents held their child in their hearts. The little girl glanced from her father to her mother, and smiled, her dimples showing. The fourth child's heart melted. He thought, 'What's wrong with a girl? She's the apple of her parents' eyes.' It was late, and Li Ru told the fourth child to rest, as she had to work in the fields tomorrow. The mother and daughter lay down, and the fourth brother covered them with a quilt, then went out and closed the door tightly.

The fourth child looked at the sky. It was midnight, but he wasn't sleepy yet. His parents were still working in the distance. He walked over and started cutting the ears of corn. His eldest brother and his wife, his second brother and his wife, had all gone to rest. He no longer had a warm bed to sleep on, and no wife to cuddle with. The fourth child sighed and went back to work...

The next day, the fourth child woke up late, thanks to a slap from his father. "You bastard, you're not sleeping!" he asked. "Work harder today and finish mowing this field." With that, Old Man Chai turned swiftly and left. He smiled, deliberately sternly addressing the fourth child. "You interrupted me and my wife last night, whispering to each other. Humph, I'll remember that, hehe..."

When the fourth child got dressed and went out, he saw his mother chopping vegetables in the yard to feed the chickens. He went to the kitchen to get some rice and quickly ate it by the kitchen stove. After eating, he picked up his sickle, picked up his basket and headed to the fields. He walked all the way without running into anyone. The fourth child felt embarrassed, hehe...

Arriving at the field, the fourth child put down his basket and picked up his sickle to harvest the millet. He had eaten well and was full last night, and he also had his daughter in his arms. It seemed as if his daughter had even spoken to him. The fourth child worked even harder, grinning foolishly as he worked, and soon he had harvested the field to the edge. Old Man Chai called out to the fourth child, "Go back and harvest. When you're done, take the harvest home." "You got up late, kid," he said. The fourth child glanced at his father from a distance and said, "I'll just pick the harvest. Whatever I do is good."

Old Man Chai looked at his two daughters-in-law. Both were capable and quiet, with no idle chatter or arguments. The sisters-in-law were harmonious, the brothers loving each other. He also lowered his head and intensified his work. He was thinking about finishing the harvest on the largest plot today. The rest were smaller plots. While other families had half a year's worth of bran and vegetables, they had half a year's worth of vegetables. Not bad, a good omen. With more people in the family and a precious granddaughter, he figured that if he had to clear more land this winter, he'd have to add more people and more land. Suddenly, he thought of the third daughter. His eyes darkened. Three years had passed, and she hadn't sent a word home... Old Man Chai was upset and called the fourth daughter back, "Don't harvest anymore." The fourth daughter heard this, put her sickle down at the edge of the field, and filled the baskets. After filling two large baskets, she grabbed her load and headed back. "Hmph, there's something wrong with this old man. If the fourth daughter doesn't feel anything, she's a fool. Go home and ask my mother. She can even get a drink of water and rest for a while."

Before the fourth brother even walked into the gate, he shouted, "Mom, I'm back." Old Lady Li was feeding the child and asked, "Why are you back so early?" The fourth brother walked to the east of the yard and said, "My dad asked me to come back, mom to dry my mouth for me." Old Lady Li put down the bowl and went to the kitchen. There was still a bowl of porridge in the pot. She filled it out and put it on the stone table. The fourth brother unloaded the basket, came to the stone table, sat down, picked up the bowl and drank the porridge, and asked his mother, "What's wrong with my dad? He scolded me twice today." Old Lady Li asked, "What did he say?" The fourth brother thought about it and said, "Nothing. I just feel something is wrong, as if he is angry." The fourth brother couldn't say anything. Old Lady Li ignored him and continued to feed his grandson. After drinking, the fourth brother went to the field again. Before leaving, he took a look at the vegetables behind the house. They were growing very lush, but there were too few varieties. The last time I went to town with the villagers, I saw a kind of fruit I heard was imported from outside. It looks like a white radish, but red, yellow, and purple. It's quite nice. I talked to my mother about buying some next time and trying them to see if they're good. Maybe we can grow some ourselves. Li Laosi went to the fields and filled his baskets to carry back. It doesn't matter what you do, just pick them.

Li Laosi carried more than 20 loads in the morning and felt a little pain in his shoulders. He went back to ask his mother to take a look and found that the skin was rubbed. Old lady Li asked Laosi not to carry anymore in the afternoon. Hehe, just act coquettishly to your mother and let her feel pain. Old lady Li smiled at her son. The youngest in the family has grown up and become an adult. They have children, but they are still acting like children. It was almost noon. Laosi didn't need to go to the fields anymore. He washed his hands and face and went back to his room. When he opened the door, he saw his wife sitting on the bed holding their daughter. He took off his dirty clothes, changed into clean clothes, and went to see his daughter, wanting to hold her.

The children changed every day. The daughter, clean and soft, looked at the fourth child with a rosy smile, extending her arms for him to hold. Li Ru, feeling less attractive, looked at her daughter with resentment. The little girl turned to look at her mother, grinning widely and waving her hands. The fourth child laughed heartily, saying, "Aru, you will always be number one in my heart!" Li Ru blushed, but her heart was sweeter than honey, and her lips curled upwards. She handed the child to the fourth child, who was delighted to hold the child this time. The little milk bag looked at her father. "Ahhhh, Daddy is so beautiful! I want to see him more often and become beautiful too." The fourth child happened to say, "My daughter is so pretty!" The little milk bag's smile widened... "My daughter can talk to Daddy now!" Hahaha, the fourth child's smile was so wide that his teeth were visible. Then the mother called out, "Fourth child, come serve my wife some food." The fourth child put the child under the covers. "I'll bring you food," he said, giving his wife a quick kiss. This comforted his wife. Li Ru, with her daughter and her husband, wasn't lonely. She felt warm and at peace with her family. The little girl looked at her parents shyly, her face flushed even more, emitting the fragrance of milk.

The fourth son, Jia Yu, handed the gift to his wife, glanced at his daughter, and then left. He was thinking that after the autumn harvest, he would go to the county to find a job, do odd jobs, earn some pocket money, make a fancy dress for his daughter, dress her up, buy a nice dress for his wife, and buy some fabric for his mother. With such beautiful thoughts in his mind, he went out to eat.

At noon, the fourth brother did not rest. He took a sickle and went to work in the fields. Old Man Chai shouted, "Why don't you pick up the basket?" The fourth brother turned around, made a face, snorted, and turned away.

After the family had eaten, Old Lady Li went to coax her two grandchildren to sleep. The eldest son's wife went to clean the kitchen, and the second son's wife cut ears of corn. Old Man Chai, the eldest and second sons, also went to cut ears of corn. Sitting down to work was like taking a break, so it wasn't tiring. Old Man Chai said, "If we work harder today, we can finish it." The eldest and second sons looked at each other. The eldest said, "Dad, after the autumn harvest, the second son and I are thinking of going to the county town and doing odd jobs to earn some pocket money to supplement the family income. Is that okay with you?" Old Man Chai thought about it and said, "Okay, you guys go. I'll clear some wasteland at home so we can plant more crops next year and have a bigger harvest." Old Lady Li coaxed her two grandchildren to sleep and went to the kitchen to boil water and hang the grain. She also went to cut ears of corn, hoping to grind them quickly so they could be stored. It might rain one day, which would be troublesome. The officials were about to come to collect the grain, so they had to hurry. Alas, Old Lady Li sighed. But Old Man Chai was frightened, so he asked Old Lady Li and Hongying, "What's the matter?" Old Lady Li thought that half of the public grain tax had been paid, and it was not enough for the family's food supply for a year. Old Man Chai quickly said, "Don't be afraid, Hongying. I just told them that after the autumn harvest, we can go to the county town to do odd jobs to earn money to supplement the family income. We don't have to worry. Our wives are also hardworking. They will weave with you, and I will open up some wasteland. We can also plant more crops next year, so we don't have to worry." Old Man Li comforted his wives... The second wife also said, don't be afraid, mother will not come to us hungry, as long as we are diligent, we don't have to worry about having nothing to eat. Old Lady Li said "hmm". Everyone looked at each other, and there is also our Funiu. She is the old lady's treasure! That half of pork can be eaten for many days, and it can also be used to make more porridge. Old Lady Li asked everyone to drink water and go to the field early, today The sky has harvested the earth. Old lady Li was cutting ears of corn at home, and after a while she would go to tie the corn stalks into bundles, carry them to the east wall of the yard, stack them into piles, and put them in order. This work also needs to be done quickly. After a while, Old lady Li spread out the cut ears of corn, and worked busily. Looking at the corn piled up in front of her, Old lady Li smiled so hard that her teeth were visible. In the afternoon, the two grandsons woke up and ran out. The eldest grandson Huanhuan took his brother's shoes to his grandmother and asked his grandmother to put them on his brother. Hengheng put on his shoes, rubbed them and ran away, rolling on the ears of corn. Huanhuan imitated his grandmother to cut the ears of corn, but he couldn't get them off. Old lady Li said, "Huanhuan, be good, go play with your brother, grandma can do it yourself."

Old Mrs. Li works while watching her grandson. It is a beautiful picture.

In the afternoon, Grandma Li took her grandson out for a drink. She made a bowl of noodles for the fourth son's wife and gave her a bowl of pork rib soup. She said, "Ru, drink more."

Old Lady Li cooked some hand-rolled noodles for her grandson. Each of them ate more than half a bowl and was no longer thirsty or hungry. She let her grandson play by himself while she went to cut the ears of grain.