Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Chapter 861: 861 Come Over

The two girls are willing to study on their own, but if Zhixue doesn’t study when the time comes and only plays around, it will be hard for them to explain.

The father and two sons had already slaughtered a fat pig, and the three women had boiled hot water ready.

By the time Xu Hongbing and his family came over, they had already started scraping the hair off the first pig.

There’s a pig-killing at home today, so the whole family should have a meal, and the leftovers will be taken back by the eldest brother-in-law to sell.

Zhao Tian directly cut off a large piece of meat and let the women go and stew it.

Honestly, this big autumn just passed, everyone is pretty stretched, so it’s unrealistic for this piece of meat to satisfy the whole family.

But just below the pig’s head, people don’t want to buy it, so the family has to eat it.

”Wife, don’t rush to stew, add the front piece from this pig and stew it all, let’s have a full meal today.”

The two boys watched the fun with their little brother on the side.

Xiao Ling and Xiao Le, the two sisters, are shelling corn in the house, and they didn’t need to do anything else.

All the adults saw this, especially Zhang Fusheng, who felt even more that the two girls from the brother-in-law’s family were really great.

Sun Yun was used to the children working, so she didn’t think much of it. Zhao Xiaojing joked, ”Big sister-in-law, you’re really lucky, look at Xiao Ling and the others. Are they still going to Mr. Li’s house to study this year? Last year I encountered them, invited them to stay at my house, but both refused.”

An Lixia listened to her second daughter’s words and really felt helpless. She thought she was already foolish enough, but didn’t expect her second daughter to be even more of a fool.

Sun Yun shook her head, as the second sister-in-law said that. Hearing her words was like she was mocking her for not having a son. So she didn’t respond.

Zhao Xiaojing was someone without insight, not noticing the eldest sister-in-law’s displeasure, or perhaps she noticed but didn’t care.

”Eldest sister-in-law, are you really letting Xiao Ling and Xiao Le go to school? What about the chores at home? What about Little Hong?”

Before Sun Yun could say anything, An Lixia slammed down the kitchen knife. ”Shut up, are you brainless? That’s your niece.”

An Lixia was really fond of her two granddaughters. The two children were sensible, always helping with work when they came, while the eldest grandson and little grandson still played outside, refusing to do anything even when asked to pull onions.

But these two girls would do anything and were very capable.

Zhao Xiaojing was startled, looking at her mom glaring at her, ”I was just asking.”

”You’re the one who’s silly. Even back then, despite being so timid, I treated you siblings all the same, never favoring your two brothers. What have you done now?”

Zhao Xiaojing stayed silent, internally quite unconcerned.

The two sisters inside the house heard the second aunt’s words.

Zhao Xiaoling didn’t mind, but Zhao Xiaole remembered her second aunt.

The two sisters’ work didn’t stop.

Qi Xue Mei kept quiet; she and the eldest sister-in-law were cousins, but because she had two sons while the eldest sister-in-law had three daughters, they didn’t talk much anymore.

But looking at her two nieces, Qi Xue Mei rather wished she had two daughters.

The second front piece was brought in, and the women began to stew the meat.

The mantou had already been steamed earlier, so now the meat could be stewed.

Little Hong was still young, but she always followed her sisters, not wanting to play outside, and could help shell corn kernels. The two sisters wouldn’t let her do it, worrying that she might get hurt as her skin was tender.

”Xue Mei, go check if the sauerkraut is ready, the one in the small vat, I blanched it with boiling water earlier.

Xiao Yun, you make the blood tofu, you make it tender and delicious.”

An Lixia usually didn’t assign work to the second daughter, as she would sulk if she didn’t want to do it. No need to upset oneself, it’s not worth it. The whole family was happily together eating meat, no need for anger.

The meat was on the stew, the sauerkraut had been cut, and the blood tofu was ready; soon, they would stew the sauerkraut in the meat broth with vermicelli and blood tofu.

An Lixia entered the room and saw her three granddaughters shelling corn. ”Xiao Ling, take your sisters outside to play, I’ll finish up the rest slowly.”

”Grandma, it’s cold outside, we’ll just sit on the kang and shell corn.”

An Lixia sighed in her heart; it’s these two granddaughters that make a difference.

So she secretly took out three pieces of candy and stuffed them into the children’s mouths, ”Don’t tell anyone.”

There were quite a few candies brought over, but the old lady wanted to give a little more to the two granddaughters, so she couldn’t share them yet. Besides, if the four boys found out about the candies, they wouldn’t last until New Year’s for them.

The two sisters nodded with smiles, with candy in their mouths.

Emotions are mutual. The sisters were genuinely filial to their two elders, and the elders truly cherished the two granddaughters.

The pig had been fully slaughtered, and the offal was taken away by those who wanted it.

However, Zhao Tian kept four pieces of meat, each weighing two pounds, which could be divided among their four households.

”Brother, let’s weigh the pork so I can know how many pounds there are.”

Zhao Qingxiang was an honest man. His sister understood her brother-in-law’s intentions, so she went to get the scale.

There was still an hour before eating, so the five men started loading the truck, with four thousand pounds of wheat and four thousand pounds of corn.

The next time they brought fertilizer, they would load similarly from the two brothers’ homes.

Xu Hongbing didn’t need their help; he would secretly sell them himself in the city for a better price than they could get.

With the truck loaded, the meat would be packed up in the morning before they left.

By now, the meat was well stewed. The four boys didn’t go out; they gathered around the stove.

An Lixia sighed again, as her three granddaughters continued shelling corn on the kang.

How could children not want to eat meat? You could tell the difference in children right there.

In the evening, there were two tables, with the men drinking and chatting, and the women and children eating together.

The meat was served in a big basin, with the four boys eating quickly, while the two sisters ate properly.

Sun Yun ate her own meal, not caring about her daughters or the little one, as the two older sisters took care of her.

An Lixia couldn’t bear it, so she gave her granddaughters meat.

Even Qi Xue Mei gave meat to the two nieces, which finally made Sun Yun realize, awkwardly giving her daughters meat several times and looking after her youngest for dinner.

But the little girl was afraid of her mother, which made Sun Yun feel deeply humiliated and especially angry inside.

The others at the table didn’t say anything, even Zhao Xiaojing remained silent, knowing her mom was already displeased with her. If Re Jia wanted to do anything, so be it; she saw no point in meddling and being blamed.