Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

9. Building a house

In the kitchen, Anran, Anxin, and Axuan, the three children, were already sitting around the table.

My mom put a bowl of cooked sweet potatoes and potatoes on the table, with a dish of fermented bean curd next to it.

Sweet potatoes don't need to be eaten with pickled vegetables; potatoes taste best when dipped in fermented bean curd.

Su Ke and his two daughters sat down, and the family began to eat.

Anran and Axuan couldn't wait to grab a sweet potato and eat it in their own bowls.

Anxin was afraid of getting burned, so she tried it once but didn't dare to pick it up.

Grandma said affectionately, "Anxin, do you want sweet potato or potato? I'll peel it for you."

"I want to eat sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are sweet and delicious."

"Okay, the sweet potato is sweet and delicious."

Grandma took a big sweet potato, peeled it, put it in a bowl, mashed it with a spoon, and fed it to Anxin with a spoon.

After Liu Yulan finished serving her granddaughter, she glanced at Su Jinru, who quickly lowered her head to eat potatoes, avoiding eye contact with her mother.

Seeing that no one was speaking, Liu Yulan sighed helplessly.

"Aru, did Qi Zhengyang bring you some food and money?"

Su Jinyu: "Apart from their clothes and a quilt, there was nothing else."

"What about the two children? They haven't been given any food at all?"

Su Jinru: "Mom, I'll find a way to solve the food problem."

"What can you do? The wheat won't be harvested for another three months, and then the team will distribute the grain. Are we going to go without food for the next three months?"

Su Ke: "Don't we still have some food at home?"

"The food we have at home will only last for a little over two months."

The family's food supply was originally enough for his parents and their two children to eat for three months, but after Su Jinru and her two children came, it wasn't enough, and it was only enough for two months.

Su Ke: "Stop talking. They are our own children. We can't let them sleep on the street or beg for food! No matter how hard it is, the whole family will work together to find a way. If we don't have enough, we'll borrow some. The difficulties will eventually pass."

Su Jinru: "I'm sorry, Dad, Mom, I've caused you trouble. Don't worry, since I have the courage to get a divorce, I have the ability to support our two children and I won't be a burden to you."

Su Ke: "Aru, don't talk about being a burden or not. Your mother doesn't mean anything by saying that; she just feels sorry for you."

Liu Yulan gave her husband a grateful look.

She wanted to say something, but ultimately said nothing.

She truly felt sorry for her daughter. In all her life, she had never heard of a woman getting divorced. Divorce was a huge deal to her, but her daughter had quietly gotten divorced on her own.

She brought up the issue of food rations, but in her heart she was just blaming her daughter for acting rashly. As for the food shortage, she would rather go hungry herself than let her daughter go hungry.

However, her daughter didn't understand her feelings and misinterpreted her meaning, making her feel even more lost. This daughter, who used to be the most sensible and worry-free among her children, had suddenly become like this. She was somewhat confused and didn't know what to say.

Seeing her mother's sad and worried appearance, Su Jinru felt a pang of sadness for the first time since the divorce.

"Dad, after you've eaten, come with me to Jingui's house. I need to ask the team leader for a plot of land for building a house, the vacant lot right next to yours."

Suko was surprised.

"You want to build a house?"

"Yes! If we don't build houses, where will I live?"

"It's not like we won't let you stay at our house."

“I’m already a married daughter. It’s okay for me to come back to my parents’ home for a while, but I can’t stay there forever! Ah Xuan is still young, but he will have to get married eventually! With an older sister living at her parents’ home year after year, what good girl would want to marry him?”

"Big sister, you can stay here! I don't want to get married!"

Su Jinyu: "You're too young to want to get married now, but you'll want to when you grow up."

The whole family laughed.

Su Jinxuan blushed.

Su Ke: "Okay! Aru is right. This vacant lot next to our house is indeed good. It's square and right next to us, so it will be convenient to walk around in the future. Let's apply for the land first and get the foundation approved. We can build the house slowly."

Liu Yulan couldn't help but say, "Building a house is not an easy task; it can't be done in a month at all."

Su Ke: "It's okay. When we have free time after work, the two of us, along with Aru and Ayu, can do a few foundations every day. We can do enough foundations for three houses in a month."

Liu Yulan nodded and said nothing more, which was considered as her agreement with her husband's words.

After dinner, Su Ke accompanied Su Jinru to Captain Jin Gui's house.

Before leaving home, Su Jinru packed some sweet potatoes in a bag.

You can't go empty-handed when you need someone's help!

At that time, food was the most precious thing, so giving food was the best gift.

Sure enough, after entering the house, Su Jinru handed the sweet potatoes to her precious wife Dingxiang, saying that she had just bought them and wanted to give some to their children.

Dingxiang smiled warmly: "You've come all this way, and you've even brought things. You're too kind!"

"Sister-in-law, we need to talk to Brother Jingui about something."

Dingxiang then called into the house, "Jingui, Uncle Su and Sister Aru are here to see you."

Jin Gui ran out of the house, smiling, and asked, "Uncle, Aru, what's wrong?"

Su Jinru handed the divorce certificate to Jin Gui.

“Brother Jingui, I’m divorced. Here’s my divorce certificate.”

Dingxiang leaned over in surprise and took the divorce certificate to look at it.

"What are you looking at? You can't even read."

"I can't read, but can't I at least look at what a divorce certificate looks like?"

"Oh! By the way, Aru, why did you and Teacher Qi get a divorce? Do you know how many people in the village envy you? Teacher Qi is such an educated man, how could you bear to divorce him? If it were me, I would never divorce him even if you killed me."

"Yes! Aru, you were doing so well, you had children, you even took care of your parents up in the mountains, how could you get divorced?"

"Sister-in-law Dingxiang, Brother Jingui, every family has its own troubles, too many to explain in a few words! It's all heartbreaking, better left unsaid!"

"I'm here today because I need your help, Brother Jingui."

"What is it, Aru? Tell me, and I'll help if I can."

“I’m divorced. I took both children with me and didn’t take anything except a few clothes. I have nowhere to live now and I want to apply to the village for a plot of land to build a house.”

Dingxiang: "You're taking two children with you? Are you stupid! The children should stay with him. He has a salary and can support two children. How can you, a woman, support two children? Besides, you're single and young, so it's easy for you to find someone. Maybe you can even find an unmarried man! With two children in tow, it won't be easy to find someone."

Jin Gui tugged at his wife.

"What nonsense are you spouting!"

Su Jinru smiled and said, "Brother Jingui, it's nothing. What your sister-in-law said is the truth. She's only doing it for my own good. However, I never plan to find someone again in this life. Being with my child, no matter how hard or tiring it is, life is still sweet."