Adorable Kids in Space: Lucky Wife is So Carefree

Auntie's family grew a lot of vegetables, and they picked three baskets in one go. Ruxiu only had one basket of her own vegetables. Together with Ruxiu, they loaded all the vegetables onto Uncle Shuanzi's oxcart, and then Caifeng turned to leave.

"Aren't you coming to town with me? Why don't we take a look around and see if there's anything we want to buy?" Ru Xiu asked in surprise.

"No, I want to go back to the village to pack my things and move them here. I'll take some vegetable seedlings to the mountain to plant this afternoon. It's such a waste to leave that piece of land empty. I just don't know if they'll survive in the wind and cold weather on the mountain. It seems I'll have to ask my husband to put up a fence to keep out the wind another day."

Although there weren't many people taking the bus in the morning and it was mostly empty, Ruxiu still gave Uncle Shuanzi an extra five coins and told him to take the vegetables to the back door of Baixianglou. After unloading the goods, she told Uncle Shuanzi to leave.

I didn't see Manager Wang today, so I borrowed a cart from the waiter and took it to the alleyway where I had been last time. It was still early and there were hardly any people on the street. I took two buckets of the biggest fish and a bucket of shrimp from my spatial storage and delivered them to Baixiang Restaurant.

Second Aunt's three baskets of vegetables weighed 152 jin, while Ruxiu's basket weighed only 40 jin; the two buckets of fish weighed a total of 105 jin, and the prawns weighed 40 jin. The waiter paid directly according to the contract price and told Ruxiu to go to the accounting office to collect the money.

With a total of over five taels of silver, Ru Xiu took four taels of loose silver and put them directly into her spatial storage, exchanging the rest for copper coins.

She also wanted to buy chicks. Last time, Ruxiu bought all four hundred chickens from the two stalls. Although she bargained hard, the two chicken sellers greeted her with smiles as if she were a god of wealth.

"How many are there in this episode? I'd like more."

"Each episode has a limited number of hatchables, the quantity is about the same. Do you think you can get all of them this time? If not, you can put down a deposit, and we'll reserve them all for you for the next episode." Wholesale is much less troublesome than retail, where you lose money at the beginning and end, and there's always the risk of losing your chickens halfway through.

There were 450 pieces in total this time, still 4 coins each. Ru Xiu didn't need to bargain anymore; she just asked them to deliver to her door.

After clarifying the specific village and recipient, the two shop owners didn't hesitate and each paid half of the shipping fee, promising to deliver it a little later.

Ru Xiu ordered another 600, planning to keep them in her space in the next episode.

Before leaving, I made a verbal agreement with them that I would order a batch of chicks every fifteen days or so. The two owners were so happy that they thanked me repeatedly. After doing business for so long, I finally met a big customer; otherwise, I wouldn't have sold out even after selling three batches.

Now that there are more people to eat at home, the food is being consumed quickly. Ru Xiu bought another 100 jin each of mixed grains and refined rice, 50 jin each of corn flour and wheat flour, and also bought 200 jin of rice bran, asking the grain shop to deliver it to the oxcart at the town entrance.

I bought two jin each of lard and salt. Now we can be self-sufficient in fish, shrimp and eggs, and there is meat for sale at the village entrance every day, so I only bought a block of tofu. I also bought six skewers of candied hawthorns, which the children like.

Ru Xiu's rice and four empty vegetable baskets quickly filled more than half of the oxcart. In front of several aunties, Ru Xiu paid an extra five coins for the fare, and no one could say anything about it.

"Why did Xiu Niang buy so much rice and flour again? How much did it cost? She didn't make much money selling several baskets of vegetables, did she?" People are bound to be curious about buying so much at once.

"With so many people in our family, we naturally don't have enough food. The share we received when we divided the property is long gone. Winter is just around the corner, so we need to stock up to get through it, right?"

"It wasn't all rice we bought, there were a few bags of rice bran too, weren't there?"

"Well, that's true. If you can't grow your own grain, just buying grain will cost a fortune. You should be more frugal." Apart from the village chief's family, no one in the village knew that Ruxiu was going to raise chickens. They figured that in those days, many poor families ate coarse grains mixed with rice bran, so they naturally assumed her situation.

"Oh, he's quite generous now that he's got money. Didn't I hear he's supporting the whole old widow's family?" Widow Qin squeezed next to Ruxiu, afraid of missing out on the oxcart, and immediately launched into a taunt.

"Widow Qin is dressed up so nicely now. It's been so long since we've seen her. I wonder where she's made her fortune?" The villagers hadn't seen Widow Qin for quite a while, and asking a widow where she'd made her fortune wasn't exactly a nice question. Everyone chuckled to themselves.

"Don't call me 'widow' anymore. I'm not a widow anymore," Widow Qin said proudly, raising her head as powder fell off her face.

"So you've found a new company, huh? I wonder which one it is? When are you hosting a party? We'd love to join in the fun." Since talking doesn't cost anything, Ruxiu didn't stand on ceremony.

"What business is it of yours? It's none of yours to ask." Widow Qin seemed to have a grudge against Ruxiu, and her anger seemed rather inexplicable.

"That would be best. You think you don't have to give gifts when drinking? I don't want to take advantage of that." Ru Xiu didn't want to give that kind of face to someone like that, and she was very disdainful.

"Widow Qin, why don't you tell us which family you're planning to marry into? Could it be someone we know?" The woman next to her pressed for details, her face full of curiosity.

"You'll all know when the time comes. Just wait to drink the wedding wine." He finished speaking with an arrogant look, like a rooster that had won a fight. He must have found a good new home.

Uncle Shuanzi naturally parked the car at Ruxiu's house.

"Ruxiu, the chicks have just been delivered. There are 450 in total. Xige and I counted them perfectly. Caifeng's family has already moved them up the mountain," Auntie said to Ruxiu as she and the children unloaded the goods.

"It arrived so quickly? I thought they would deliver it later."

"Why did you buy so much rice and flour? There's too much, the rice container can't hold it all, and it's not easy to store it."

"There are a few bags of rice bran for the chickens. We'll ask my son-in-law to carry them up the mountain after dinner tonight."

The children gathered around to help, and Ruxiu handed six candied hawthorns to Sister Shi. "Give them to your younger siblings," she said, before the children happily followed her.

Pingzi and Taozi ate candied hawthorns for the first time, holding them in their hands and slowly licking them, reluctant to take a bite. After a few days, the two children gradually opened up and talked about everything with each other. Taozi also started to cling to her second aunt like Ge'er, but she was still very respectful to Ruxiu and dared not speak loudly.

"You just spoil them. You've raised them all to be spoiled. I can't afford to support them all," Auntie scolded Ruxiu with a smile, but she was very grateful that Ruxiu did not show favoritism.

Ru Xiu used the frying cracklings from the frying pan to pan-fry the tofu until golden brown on both sides. She took out a fish from her spatial dimension, weighing four or five pounds, and chopped it all into pieces about two fingers wide. She then added the fish to the pan and stewed it all together in a large pot. The aroma was irresistible as soon as the pot was opened. The children ate mostly tofu and rarely ate fish, saying that the tofu was even tastier than the fish. Their bellies were also full and shiny.

"Mother, Le Ge and I have finished reciting the Three Character Classic and recognize all the characters. Shi Jie has also learned most of them. We plan to start reciting the Thousand Character Classic tomorrow. I know many of the characters in the Thousand Character Classic. Can you teach us the ones we don't know?" Xi Ge reported to Ru Xiu, much more confident than when they first started learning.

“But Mother still teaches us the meanings when she has time, and there are some that I don’t quite understand.” In fact, Xi Ge had already started reading the Thousand Character Classic, and he was just repeating Le Ge’s rhythm, which Ru Xiu knew.

“Actually, you’ve already learned several hundred characters by reciting the Three Character Classic. You also know many characters in the Thousand Character Classic. You can memorize, write, and practice more. If you don’t understand something, just ask your mother. Your mother will also check on you whenever she wants.” Ru Xiu knows their progress every day. The children are working so hard right under her nose.

“We are teaching Pingzi and Taozi five characters a day now, and they are also memorizing the Three Character Classic. Actually, Taozi can learn a little slower and just keep up with Ge’er.”

"That's good. We must make progress together. Pingzi and Taozi are still young, so we can take it slow and there's no rush." ​​Reviewing what you've learned is like learning something new, and being a little teacher is like reviewing what you've already learned, so it won't waste too much time.