Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Chapter 151: 151 arrangement

Feng Baoshan sighed again, feeling like he had sighed more this year than in the past.

”Alright, let’s give two hundred jin of corn, but not the kernels—just the corn cobs with the stalks.”

This time, it was Su Yuanyuan’s turn to sigh; this was the best they could do. It was already pretty good to even get corn.

Feng Baoshan had Tan Shaoting take two boys to the warehouse with the note he wrote to get the corn.

This left only him and four girls in the office.

”Why did you three girls come to the farm when you’re so young? It’s very tough here.” Seeing the three young faces, he felt a wave of empathy.

”Director Feng, Su Yuanyuan and I are good sisters. Since she can live here and live well, we definitely can too,” Zhao Yanli said excitedly.

She had long thought about how to respond if someone really asked. She thought of many reasons, but of course, she couldn’t mention family troubles, so this was the only way to answer.

Feng Baoshan was quite satisfied with Zhao Yanli’s answer. However, he thought to himself that they were still kids; it wasn’t that simple.

”Alright, our farm needs people like you.”

Su Yuanyuan also thought Zhao Yanli’s answer was quite good.

The three boys returned. Feng Baoshan wasn’t in a rush to go back.

”Xiao Zhao, how much land are you planning to cultivate?”

”Director Feng, we’re thinking of cultivating one hundred and fifty acres. Each person having one hundred acres would get a little donkey, so the five of us siblings can manage.”

Feng Baoshan nodded. ”Okay, I’ll give you the note so you can take the donkey cart home today. Keeping them fed here is becoming a burden; better distribute them to individuals quickly.”

Zhao Qingxiang was quite happy. Having a donkey cart made everything much more convenient in the future.

Tan Shaoting went with them to the livestock shed to pick a better one.

Thus, the grain was directly placed on their donkey cart.

”Director Feng, do Tan Shaoting and I have a salary from last year?” Su Yuanyuan decided to ask; it was only fair. The two of them had earned four hundred and eighty yuan this year.

It was a good time to ask since they had donated a few thousand yuan, so having no money on hand was normal.

Feng Baoshan smiled and nodded, ”I thought you wouldn’t ask.”

Su Yuanyuan just smiled; there’s no way she wouldn’t ask, even one cent was her due.

”You two left in a hurry; the money is distributed at the end of the year. Just go to the accountant to get it.”

”Thank you, Director Feng. We also pooled in our money to make it six thousand yuan.”

Meaning that they really had no money on hand. It couldn’t be helped.

Zhao Yanping and her two sisters stayed there while she went to the accounting office.

Two people for four hundred and eighty, Su Yuanyuan signed, took the money, and also got the tickets for these months.

When she returned, she saw Feng Baoshan chatting with the three sisters.

The three boys were also there. Su Yuanyuan handed the money and tickets to Tan Shaoting.

He smiled and put them in his satchel.

Feng Baoshan raised his eyebrows; it seemed like these two kids were really living together as partners.

It was already time to leave, so they left, not wanting to delay Director Feng from going home.

”When you have the time, come to my place to get some corn stalks. There’s feed for the donkeys later, and it’s better to prepare early.

We also need to clear the fields. You can use our donkey cart too.”

”Yuanyuan, we’ll come over to get it tomorrow.”

”Yeah, don’t place them too close to the house. It’s not raining, and the weather’s too dry; be careful of fires,” Su Yuanyuan added, still worried.

As they rode back on the donkey cart, Su Yuanyuan sighed. It wasn’t that she wanted to be alone; she just didn’t like having acquaintances around.

But since they had already come, there was nothing she could say.

Tan Shaoting looked at the frowning girl and patted her shoulder, ”It’s alright. If they can help us, just let them.”

This was the best they could do. Su Yuanyuan thought that she couldn’t pretend not to know them or ignore them if they came up to her, but she definitely wouldn’t go too far.

After all, she wasn’t that kind-hearted. The main thing was to see if they had anything worth helping with.

If they were greedy or acted inappropriately, then there would be no need to help.

Tan Shaoting found her conflicted expression quite amusing. Was she making problems for herself?

When they got home, Tan Shaoting fed the livestock. Su Yuanyuan cooked; now that they had more free time, they no longer ate the food from the space.

That evening, Su Yuanyuan made eight-treasure porridge and added sugar, which turned out to be quite delicious.

However, Tan Shaoting didn’t like sweets, so Su Yuanyuan also stir-fried some carrots for him.

Originally, Tan Shaoting didn’t like carrots, but Su Yuanyuan told him they were very nutritious. So now, Tan Shaoting ate them too.

At night, the two of them still practiced their skills, but Su Yuanyuan would sleep in the latter half of the night. She wasn’t addicted to training like Tan Shaoting, who could practice all night; she couldn’t do that.

The next day, after they finished breakfast, the five Zhao siblings came over.

Tan Shaoting didn’t help load the cart but instead went to feed the livestock, then came back to hitch the cart.

For lunch, it was still Su Yuanyuan who cooked. The boys only ate two cornbread each, but they drank a lot of pickled vegetable soup, while the girls each had one.

Su Yuanyuan was quite satisfied with their behavior. They were sensible.

She cooked for them to eat, but she didn’t want them to be too selfish. Moreover, they needed to get used to eating less.

In the evening, she gave them all the remaining cornbread to take home. The cornbread could be eaten cold now. Su Yuanyuan mixed the batter with winter melon, making it sweet and tasty.

They had been hauling corn stalks all day, which was just about enough.

So the next day, Su Yuanyuan and Tan Shaoting planned to store all the corn stalks in the courtyard where Tan Shaoting used to live.

A lot of the corn stalks had been lost, but they didn’t say anything about it. After all, they had two donkeys and a sheep at home, and the ewe seemed about to give birth. Once that happened, they’d have more animals needing feed, so they needed to keep it.

The Zhao siblings didn’t come to help today. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to, but Su Yuanyuan refused their help, telling them to dig the cellar slowly since they weren’t in a hurry.

All the corn stalks were gathered. The courtyard was too full, so they stored them outside the courtyard.

The two of them busily used rakes to gather crushed firewood leaves and hay.

They lit them directly in the field. Even though there were two hundred acres, it took them more than ten days to finish clearing all the land.

However, the ground hadn’t thawed yet. In the remaining time, the two cleaned around the field edges and went to cut some trees.