Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Chapter 87: 87 ready

”Yuanyuan, thank you.” Zhao Yanli said sincerely; their whole family was grateful to Su Yuanyuan.

”No need, I had to finish my own work before I could help others anyway. Besides, I didn’t help that much.”

”Even so, we are very grateful to you.

Yuanyuan, I think you’ll be done by today.”

”Yeah, your family’s almost done too.”

”Exactly, my family’s plants are smaller than yours, my dad says plant early, it has to be done sooner or later anyway.”

By now, August had arrived, and the corn on the newly cleared land had already grown ears, and they looked quite large.

Every day, I would collect vegetables into the space, especially cucumbers and chives.

The green shrimp and the fish that were not bitter were also collected into the space every day. Alive ones put inside remain alive. It’s a way to preserve them.

By now, there were already five large baskets of eggs, probably over a thousand. Duck eggs were salted in a few jars outside, and goose eggs were also stored in the space. Occasionally, one would be cooked to eat.

Every day, I could fall asleep just lying on the heated bed. Then I’d wake up at four o’clock, living a very regular life.

By the end of September, the three acres of spring-sown corn in front of the door were ripe, and other families came to help. The harvest was completed in two days, saving a lot of effort.

During their noon break, Su Yuanyuan sighed, ”Uncle, if my parents come back. I hope you can say that this newly cleared land is yours.”

Yang Hongwen’s expression was complicated after hearing Su Yuanyuan’s words. He really looked down on Su Daqiang and them, but he also didn’t fully agree with the girl’s actions. There’s no such thing as bad parents under the heaven, and as a child, one shouldn’t resent one’s parents.

”Girl, if Su Daqiang really comes back, just say this land is ours. Don’t worry, Aunt will give you thirty percent of the harvest every year, even if you’re no longer there, it will still be saved for you.” Hu Chunhua understood Su Yuanyuan and agreed.

Su Yuanyuan shook her head, ”Aunt, I don’t want it. I heard that Da Qiang is coming back this year to take a look, and I think if they can come back, my parents definitely can too.

I went to the county last time and asked. A substitute can be arranged. I’m just afraid they will tell me to replace them and go there.”

Su Yuanyuan said this while looking at Yang Hongwen, ”Uncle, if they really want me to replace them, I’ll go, but I also want to sever ties with them.”

After she said this, everyone looked at her.

They had never heard of severing ties before.

Su Yuanyuan saw the expressions on their faces and knew they certainly didn’t agree, but this had to be done.

”Uncle, they can abandon me, they can sacrifice me, and who knows what will happen after that.

I just want to live my own life well, I don’t want to have any more involvement with them in the future.”

Hu Chunhua and Xu Chunjiao both nodded.

”Dear, Yuanyuan is right. If it wasn’t for you disagreeing, Su Daqiang and them wouldn’t have left a way out for this girl.

This time, if they just come back to take a look, it’s fine, but if they really want this girl to take their place abroad, then Yuanyuan wanting to sever ties is justified. There’s no way to let them harm this girl again.”

Yang Hongwen sighed, ”Girl, even if you sever ties, you are still family by blood.”

”Uncle, if I really replace them and leave here, I don’t even know if I’ll have a chance to come back. I want to leave cleanly.”

A ten-year-old girl saying such words made the four adults feel uneasy.

”Alright, when the time comes, however you want to handle it, I’ll help you.”

”Uncle, I haven’t figured it out yet, but this courtyard and everything here was earned by my own efforts. If they want, they have to pay me. If I go abroad alone, it won’t work without money in my hands, and there won’t be people like you four out there to help me.”

”Alright, girl, I’ll say you owe me two hundred yuan. All these things were bought with money you borrowed from me, if they want them, they need to pay, if not, fine, the money will be handed over to Granny Qian to hold for you then.”

Hu Chunhua affectionately patted the girl’s hand.

”Yes, girl. Don’t worry, I’ll also say your cart and stuff were bought with money we lent you.”

Su Yuanyuan was now relieved. She first had to communicate with their families. If they didn’t come back, she would just stay in the village for a few more years, and when she came of age, she’d leave.

If they came back, that was also fine. She’d have a different life outside anyway, no matter what happened, she could accept it.

However, being taken advantage of was impossible. Even if she had to give things to the two families who meant well to her, she wouldn’t give them anything.

The day after planting the wheat, it was time for Yang Hongwen’s family to harvest the spring-sown corn.

Honestly, working together as three families was really fast. With more people, no one slacked off.

Previously, Yang Hongwen and Yang Minggang’s families didn’t work together because Yang Minggang hadn’t split his family yet, and Yang Hongwen didn’t want to get involved with Yang Minggang’s two brothers.

When all three families’ wheat was planted, the corn that had been sown could also be harvested.

This time, they didn’t plant wheat again; the land also needed a rest.

All the grain in the field was harvested, and Su Yuanyuan felt she should thresh the corn. She felt it was time for Su Daqiang and them to return too.

So she stayed at home to shake the corn. For ten days she did nothing else, just shook corn continuously; five acres yielded four thousand catties of corn. This time she even saved the corn cobs, because in Jiangbei, without firewood, it would be tough.

The courtyard was once again tidied up so that no traces could be seen; what needed to be stored was stored.

This year, the pigs each weighed about two hundred fifty or sixty catties, and they still needed Yang Minggang’s couple to come and slaughter them.

All the pig intestines were washed and stuffed to make sausages, using up all the pork.

The pig offal was still taken to the county to be stewed by the master chef. There were four large barrels of braised offal in total. These were to be saved for eating slowly in the future or to exchange for money.

Su Yuanyuan found Old Yang, ”Uncle Yang, apart from the mother sheep, all my sheep are sold to you.”

”Girl, what’s this about?”

”The people going to Jiangbei with my parents are coming back, I figured they would too, so I don’t intend to leave anything.”

”Alright, what about the pigs? Your pigs are well raised.”

”The pigs have already been sold. I’m just selling five more sheep.

Uncle Yang, I don’t want to sell my mother sheep, nor do I want to slaughter it. It’s particularly smart.”

”Girl, you won’t be able to keep this sheep, there’s already news. They’re going to establish a commune, by then all personal belongings have to become communal property, you better think it over, even if you don’t slaughter it, it won’t necessarily be any better in government hands.”

”Then I can’t control it. If I don’t need to replace them, I will definitely keep this sheep, but if I go to replace them, I can’t take animals on the train, right?”