Adorable Kids in Space: Lucky Wife is So Carefree

"Your vegetables weigh 152 catties, and this is 760 coins. Please check if it's correct." Ruxiu handed the counted money to her second aunt.

"How come there's so much money? Before, if you brought a basket, you'd only get twenty coins, and you often couldn't even sell them all."

"Aren't you growing your crops well now? Look around the village, whose vegetables are as good as yours? As long as you grow them well, Baixianglou will buy them, five coins a pound. You can just wait to count your money from now on."

“Ruxiu, why don’t you grow more for yourself? We’d feel bad if you sold them all to us.” Caifeng and her husband nodded in agreement.

"What's there to be embarrassed about? I'll be planting on the mountain too, won't I? Besides, I'll definitely make more money selling fish and chickens than you guys, so don't worry, I won't lose out."

"You can keep Caifeng. Once you're settled, just focus on helping Ruxiu raise the chickens and tend to the land. You can also cultivate my small vegetable garden, and the income will be yours. I won't worry about that."

“Mom, the land is yours, and you planted these vegetables too. We can’t harvest them. I’ll take care of the land when I have time. Anyway, our family needs vegetables too, so you don’t need to worry about it.” Cai Feng was a conscientious woman and didn’t want her mother to pay for her own food. Her husband, Mr. Li, thought the same way. He was capable of doing anything and didn’t need to rely on his parents.

“Take it. I’m old and don’t need much money. Make two sets of clothes for the children first. Look at the clothes the children are wearing, they’re all worn out. In the next episode, you and Ruxiu go buy some fabric and I’ll make them some.”

"I know, Mother." Cai Feng's eyes were a little teary. She had caused her mother a lot of worry since she was a child, and now that she was married and had children, her mother was still worried about her.

"Thank you, Grandma. We are sensible and we will take good care of you." Pingzi said quietly to her grandma, being especially well-behaved and sensible. Taozi nodded in agreement.

"Mommy, Mommy, can you take a look at these dolls I made?" Sister Shi has made quite a few dolls, filling up the empty wardrobe.

"Mommy thinks they're all pretty good. How come our Sister Shi is so amazing? Even Mommy can't do them as well." The toys all have beautiful color schemes, and they come in all sizes with different color combinations.

"There were a few that my second aunt and I thought had bad color schemes, so we took them apart and redid them. It took a lot of time, so please don't praise me, Mom."

Sister Shi is easily flattered; she blushes as soon as she is praised.

After the separation from her mother, she became closer to her, and her mother would often pat her head and hug her. Shijie liked it very much, but she often showed an embarrassed expression in front of her younger siblings.

"Mother, would you like to draw more and prettier ones? Wouldn't it be too much to make them all the same?"

Shi Jie thinks all the drawings her mother makes are beautiful, but since she drew those four dolls last time, her mother hasn't drawn any more. I'm so looking forward to it!

"No, you can make these four kinds of dolls as you like, and then your mother and I will take them to Taocheng to sell."

"Really? Can we really go to Fucheng? I heard Fucheng is many times bigger than Qinghe Town, and there are lots of fun things to do there." Few people in the village have been to Taocheng County, and they all like to boast and brag repeatedly under the big banyan tree, but who knows if what they say about their experiences is true.

"Of course it's true. If we do it well, we can sell not only in the prefectural city, but also in Shanghang County, and even in the capital." Since ancient times, children's and women's money has been the easiest to earn. Ru Xiu doesn't believe that 21st-century designs can't become popular.

"Mommy, Mommy, I want to go too! I want to go too! I want to go too!"

"Mommy, go ahead and I'll go too, or I'll cry!" Ge'er would always act spoiled, and as the youngest in the family, she was naturally pampered.

The promise their mother made for them was so enticing that the children's eyes sparkled with longing; the capital city was like a god to them.

"If you want to go, study hard. You can go in the future. Not only can you study in the town, but if you pass the preliminary examination, you can go to the county school in the prefectural city. If you pass the county-level examination, you can go to Shanghang County to take the examination. If you pass the provincial-level examination, you can become an official. If you pass the imperial examination, you can go to see the emperor."

The ancient imperial examination system was structured in this hierarchical manner, with a stepping stone that was much higher than the college entrance examination in later generations, making it even more difficult for commoners to enter officialdom.

"Did Grandpa also go to Shanghang County back then?" Grandpa's reputation as a scholar was well-known.

“My maternal grandfather was very talented. He passed the imperial examination at a young age and became a scholar. However, because his family was too poor and he injured his foot and couldn’t afford to treat it, he couldn’t go to Shanghang County. What a pity.”

"So only you, Lin-ge, and Wen-ge can help Grandpa fulfill this wish, understand?"

"Mother, don't worry, I will definitely help Grandpa realize this wish." Xi Ge nodded firmly, while Le Ge pondered, hoping to become the top scholar.

"Alright, alright, then Mother and Sister Shi will work together to earn money and send you to Shanghang County, then to the capital to take the imperial examination and earn a title for Mother."

Having ambition is better than having no ambition. In ancient times, transportation conditions were too poor. Ru Xiu did not intend to stay in this small mountain village for the rest of her life. She always had to go out. It is good to go out and get rich through hard work. However, if a family could produce an official, their status would rise accordingly, and they would not be easily bullied.

"Mommy, can you tell me this story tonight?" Le Ge was happy to ask because the whole family could sleep together again tonight. Pingzi and Taozi had never heard the story before, and Le Ge, being a loyal friend, wanted to get them some benefits.

"Mother, tell me the story of Chang'e flying to the moon."

"No, no, I'm tired of hearing it all." The old people in the village only ever tell the same stories over and over again.

It's easiest to build rapport with teenagers by listening to stories. Who doesn't have a few of the Four Great Classical Novels, Snow White, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, or One Thousand and One Nights in their head? Even if they can't remember them all, they can make them up, since nobody will know anyway.

Ru Xiu thought for a moment and then began to tell the story of Snow White in detail. After all, it was a classic story from later generations with a very intricate plot and vivid character portrayals, so children could easily relate to every detail.

"That wretched old witch, even worse than that old hag."

"Why doesn't that queen just die? She's so ugly."

"Mother, I love the dwarfs, but why are they so short? Do they starve like we used to?"

"Mommy, how many layers does Snow White's dress have? What colors are they? It must fly up and look so pretty when she spins around."

Except for Ge'er, who reluctantly fell asleep at the end, everyone listened with great interest and wanted to hear more. They discussed it endlessly.

"Snow White, stupid." Just as she was about to close her eyes, Brother Le said.

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The fish and shrimp in the space grow relatively quickly, and they are still crowded together when they are sold. However, the four hundred chicks have already started to shed their down and grow coarse feathers on their wings.

Two or three kinds of herbs have already started to produce seeds, so it looks like we'll be able to harvest them soon.

Ru Xiu fed the chickens and watered all the plants before coming out with peace of mind.

Lying in bed, Ru Xiu thought: Raising chickens on the mountain consumes a lot of grain every day, and constantly buying rice bran would cost a lot of money. There's still so much time before spring planting of herbs, and the seven acres of dry land in her space shouldn't be a problem to grow sorghum instead of rice. She'd still need to buy some seeds for the next episode. Leaving the land empty is a waste, and even if the chickens can't finish eating it all, it won't spoil in the storage cabinet in her space. In case of a famine, having grain on hand would be a guarantee.

He didn't sleep a wink all night, so much so that when his second aunt called him for breakfast the next day, Ru Xiucai woke up.

After washing up, Ruxiu looked at the children sleeping haphazardly beside her and didn't wake them up. She believed that children need to sleep more to grow taller, and it wouldn't be a problem if they skipped a meal.

Children are more self-disciplined than modern children, but occasional relaxation is still very necessary. For example, Xiu is not a wolf mother or tiger father, but she still teaches them a skill so that even if she has the opportunity to leave this world in the future, they can support themselves.