Transmigrated as a Peasant Baby Who is Pampered by All

Chapter 263: Chapter 211: Peacock Spreading Its Tail

While gathering eggs, Xiaomi deliberately pulled Xiaowei along a bit farther, and didn’t forget to call over her older brother.

”What’s up, Xiaomi?” Jiang Yu was a bit puzzled.

”The bamboo basket is too heavy, bro, you and Xiaowei carry the basket together, I’ll go pick up the eggs.”

She certainly couldn’t say that she wanted to see if there was something going on between Liu Ze and her second sister?

Jiang Yu didn’t think Xiaomi would deceive him and genuinely went off with Jiang Wei to carry the bamboo basket.

Xiaomi happily skipped around the chicken coop, claiming to gather eggs, though she didn’t do much work, and quite a lot of time was wasted.

But if you looked closely, you would notice that Xiaomi seemed to be running around carelessly when in fact, she never strayed too far from Liu Ze and Xiaoxue.

The two of them, carrying a bamboo basket, were also gathering eggs together, moving around the coop without a basket of their own.

After all, time was running late, and the sun was out. If the eggs were exposed to too much sunlight, they’d spoil easily, so it was best to gather them and bring them home early.

The two were chatting while working, completely unaware of Xiaomi’s presence.

Xiaomi pouted inwardly as she wondered, could Liu Ze really become her brother-in-law?

Should she break up the couple?

They’re so young, it’s early love!

But what if breaking up the childhood sweethearts results in something unexpected?

The eggs were gathered amidst Xiaomi’s mutterings, yet she was knocked on the forehead by Jiang Yu for not concentrating on her work and being distracted.

Xiaomi pouted, thinking her big brother was so oblivious; what did distractions matter if her sister might get whisked away by someone?

”Xiaomi, Jiang Yu bro, if you’re tired, just head back first, we can check the pond area ourselves.”

It was Liu Ze speaking; he had already taken the bamboo net to scoop eggs from the water, while Xiaoxue carried a bamboo basket containing grass for feeding ducks and geese, which could later hold duck and goose eggs.

”Actually, let me go instead; Xiaoze, you haven’t looked well these past few days, you should go back and rest first.”

Jiang Yu was about to take over what Liu Ze was holding, but Xiaomi pulled him back.

”Big brother, let’s carry the eggs over first; we need to deliver them tomorrow.”

Jiang Yu was completely bossed around by Xiaomi and had no time to pay attention to Liu Ze and Xiaoxue.

After finishing the chores at the old house, it was almost lunchtime.

It must be said, although there were many people, causing high food consumption, the work was genuinely fast; within less than half an hour, feeding the pigs, chickens, and rabbits was all done.

Jiang Hu also rushed back before lunch; today, Wei Ziang was late to school, and both were scolded by the teacher.

After a hearty lunch, everyone’s exhaustion from traveling long distances was thoroughly washed away, and their spirits improved significantly.

After finishing the last sip of fish soup, Liu Bo sighed, ”Indeed, the things here taste good. Back in the county town, the dishes were plentiful, but something about the taste seemed lacking.”

Almost every time Liu Bo returned from the county town, he would say this. Everyone was used to it.

”Uncle Liu, you’ve become accustomed to the simple congee and side dishes here, that’s why you’re not used to those exotic delicacies outside.”

When Jiang Hu came back, he specifically brought some liquor, and drank a couple of glasses with Liu Bo at lunch.

Liu Bo shook his head with a smile, ”This isn’t just simple congee and side dishes; even if you wanted to eat these outside, you couldn’t.”

Only the Jiang family is used to it, so they don’t think much of it. If these dishes were taken to the county town, the price could multiply several times!

Don’t be fooled by how small Cheng County is; there are many affluent merchants there, and the Liu family’s business is insignificant in their eyes.

As long as the items are good, there’s no worry about them not selling!

It’s just a pity...

Liu Bo suddenly thought of something, ”Oh, right, Jiang Hu, have you considered simply developing near Cheng County?”

Jiang Hu was stunned, ”Huh?”

Originally, Xiaomi, who was quietly eating, immediately perked up her ears.

This was too much of a coincidence; she had just mentioned this to her mother in the morning, and now Liu Bo had brought it up.

Liu Bo cleared his throat, ”This time when I went to the county town, I heard some news; you all know, a few years ago there was war, followed by severe drought, and many areas around us were affected.”

”Not just the villages and county towns; even Prefecture State over there hasn’t seen population growth in recent years.”

The more people a place has, the more benefits it brings to the city. Everyone knows this truth.

Jiang Hu didn’t quite understand Liu Bo’s intent, ”Liu Bo, please elaborate on how this relates to us moving to the county town?”

Liu Bo stroked his beard, ”It’s like this, over there in Prefecture State, the population is too low, so they’re planning to move some people from the surrounding county towns.”