《Transmigrated as a Peasant Baby Who is Pampered by All》 Chapter 1 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios ¡°Granny Liu is here. Mother, I¡¯ve invited Granny Liu.¡± ¡°Hot water, scissors, do you have anything to eat? Give your mother a bite. She has no strength left!¡± ¡°It¡¯s out, it¡¯s out. It¡¯s¡­ there¡¯s another one. Hurry up, there¡¯s another one!¡± Jiang Xiaomi managed to crawl out of a crowded and moist place. Before she could open her eyes, someone grabbed her by the foot and slapped her butt. ¡°Let go of me!¡± Jiang Xiaomi struggled and shouted. However, as soon as she opened her mouth, a pool of fishy water flowed out of her throat. Immediately after, she heard her own words turn into ¡°Ahhh~¡± Jiang Xiaomi was stunned. Then she was carried to a soft place and her body was wrapped up. At the same time, there was a foul smell and noisy voices. The house was smelly. Jiang Xiaomi opened her eyes. Her vision was not very clear and she could only vaguely see things. Soon, after a while, a little guy appeared beside her. Jiang Xiaomi vaguely understood that she had died and been reincarnated. The place she felt crowded in just now was her mother¡¯s stomach. She also had a brother, this little thing beside her. ¡°Er Niang, congratulations. Look, we¡¯ve just settled down, and you¡¯ve already given birth to twins. This is a good sign.¡± An old woman was talking happily to the weak Er Niang. She even carried Jiang Xiaomi and the other little fellow for Er Niang to see. But soon, the old woman sounded worried. ¡°It¡¯s just that this younger brother is very weak. There¡¯s also a bruise on his waist, and his cries are especially weak. Er Niang, it¡¯s not that I want to say this, but we¡¯ve just settled down and can¡¯t even fill our stomachs. You don¡¯t have much milk left. I¡¯m afraid you won¡¯t be able to support the two children.¡± Hearing this, Jiang Xiaomi felt a little guilty. When she came out just now, this younger brother was originally in front of her. She had kicked him to come out in front of him and he even became her younger brother instead of her elder brother. Er Niang had just given birth to two children and was very weak now. She opened her eyes and looked at the two children with a worried expression, but she still perked up and thanked Auntie Liu. ¡°Thank you, Auntie Liu.¡± ¡°Mother, the sugar water is here.¡± A three or four-year-old girl brought over a bowl of water. Auntie Liu quickly put the two children down and did not say anything else. Instead, she fed Er Niang sugar water and told her to rest first. She would wait for her man to return. No matter what, this younger one was still a son. Whether or not he would live long, he had to be raised. The newborn child was very weak. Jiang Xiaomi thought that the newborn family seemed to be a little poor. She did not wake up for long before she became groggy and went to sleep. In her sleep, Xiaomi felt as if she was traveling through the clouds and suspended in the air. She was feeling exceptionally uncomfortable and was about to complain when she suddenly descended rapidly, causing her to break out of her daze. Now that she was awake, the feeling of descent became even more real. She was stunned for a moment before she screamed, ¡°Ahhh! Help!¡± With a series of echoes, Jiang Xiaomi landed safely. Seeing these familiar things in front of her, her eyes widened. ¡°Empty¡­ empty space!¡± Then she pinched herself. It hurt! She was not dreaming! ¡°Could it be that my reincarnation just now was a dream?¡± Jiang Xiaomi muttered to herself. Just as she was about to take a look at the things she had collected in her previous life, she was shocked by her own hands. Tiny, round, the knuckles barely visible. These were clearly the hands of a small baby! She had really been reborn and became a baby. Even the space had come with her! ¡°Why is there an additional house?¡± Jiang Xiaomi looked at the mountain of supplies. There was also a small farmyard beside it, and a vegetable garden under her feet. She was about to walk over to take a look when she fell flat on her face. She wanted to turn over, but she felt weak all over. Then she remembered that she had just been born. How could she turn over on her own? But how could she stand just now? Jiang Xiaomi slowly controlled her body. Then she was surprised to find that she didn¡¯t have to walk on her own. She just had to use her mind to control her movements. ¡°Could it be that my consciousness has entered the space but my body hasn¡¯t?¡± Jiang Xiaomi muttered to herself and quickly controlled herself to approach the supplies. There were food, drinks, medicine, food, alcohol, and various grain seeds. In her previous life, when the apocalypse descended, Jiang Xiaomi was lucky to awaken her spatial superpower and secretly collected a lot of supplies. In the end, she was still discovered by the two big shots. The two big shots wanted Jiang Xiaomi¡¯s abilities and supplies. During the fight, the remaining power accidentally swept over a telephone pole, which smashed straight into Jiang Xiaomi who was being trapped. So Jiang Xiaomi died with these supplies. ¡°Hehe, these are still mine. So many things are mine.¡± Jiang Xiaomi giggled as she went round the mountain of supplies. The new family seemed to be quite poor. One could only drink sugar water when one gave birth. And had to worry about not being able to raise twins. However, with these things, it should not be a problem to give her mother something good to eat and also to replenish her milk. Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, Jiang Xiaomi suddenly rummaged through the mountain of supplies. That¡¯s right, milk powder. I remember there¡¯s milk powder! As long as she had this, she was not afraid even if her mother did not have milk! Soon, Jiang Xiaomi found a large pile of milk powder, rice noodles, and rice paste. She placed them on the ground according to various batches and there were hundreds of cans! Jiang Xiaomi, who had just heaved a sigh of relief, suddenly became worried again. She had milk powder. How could she give it to her little brother? She couldn¡¯t just take it out, right? She would be taken as a demon and be burnt alive! After thinking for a while, she still could not think of a solution. Instead, she saw a small courtyard beside her. It was a very small courtyard house. Forget it. I¡¯ll take a look at what this extra thing is. In her previous life, there were no such things in the space. She controlled the spirit body to float into the courtyard and look around. The house had just about everything, but there was no aura of life. Instead, a spring in the courtyard attracted Jiang Xiaomi¡¯s attention. ¡°It smells so fragrant and tempting.¡± Leaning against the spring, Jiang Xiaomi took a deep breath. Waves of energy fluctuations surged into her body as she breathed. Her originally tired spiritual body instantly perked up. Jiang Xiaomi was pleasantly surprised. ¡°Could this be the legendary spiritual spring?¡± ¡°Ah, ah, ah.¡± A faint voice woke Jiang Xiaomi up. She instantly broke away from space and returned to reality. The sound came from the little brother she had kicked. Now his eyes were closed and he was crying weakly, like a kitten meowing. Er Niang was unconscious and there was no one else to take care of her. Xiaomi wanted to tell her brother not to cry, but the sound she made was also ¡°Ah, Ah.¡± Only then did she remember that she was also a baby. After struggling a few times, her hand broke free from the swaddling clothes. Jiang Xiaomi moved her finger closer to her brother. With a thought, she slowly controlled a little spiritual spring water to flow out from her fingers. The child was too young. She fed the little brother almost drop by drop. After drinking about two or three mouthfuls, the little brother smacked his lips twice and rested quietly. Jiang Xiaomi was delighted. It seemed to work! She quickly churned and fed Er Niang some spiritual spring water. She was just a newborn baby now and relied on her parents to eat, drink, and poop. Nothing must happen to her mother. After feeding Er Niang more spiritual spring water, Jiang Xiaomi also fed herself some more. After such a short while, she was already tired. Before she closed her eyes, she wondered if she didn¡¯t have a father. Why didn¡¯t he appear all this while? Chapter 2 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Jiang Hu dug the ground uneasily. The Yong¡¯an Dynasty had just ended the war, and less than 10% of the surrounding towns were left. Fu¡¯an Village was also filled with homeless people from all over who had been placed in the same village by the Imperial Court. They had just settled down for less than half a month when his wife, Er Niang¡¯s stomach was beginning to show movement. Er Niang was more than seven months pregnant and her stomach was very big, as if she was about to give birth. The doctor said that Er Niang was very likely to have twins in her stomach. She would be pregnant for seven or eight months at most before she gave birth. Calculating the days, it would be soon. Jiang Hu wanted to stay at home with his wife, but he could not. The Imperial Court had just distributed grain seeds. He had to plant them as soon as possible and dig up wild vegetables to ensure that the family would not starve to death. The eldest son was only five years old and worked in the fields with him. Only his three-year-old daughter was left at home to watch over his mother. If his wife was due to give birth, his daughter would go to Granny Liu at the village. Granny Liu was a midwife and the only old woman in the village who had experience delivering babies. ¡°Dad, look at this. It¡¯s a huge worm!¡± The eldest son, Dawa, suddenly picked up a white worm from the ground in surprise. It was fat and had several pairs of small feet in the front of its body. It curled up together after being dug out. However, not only was Dawa not afraid, he even held it in his hands happily. Jiang Hu was also delighted. ¡°Put it away. I¡¯ll roast it for your mother when we get home.¡± Having just settled down, their homes were bare. Even the place they lived in was left behind by the former villagers after they fled. Other than 20 catties of food distributed by the Imperial Court, there was nothing at home. As for the 20 catties of food, their family of six might have to eat until the crops in the fields grew! Although this worm was scary, it was still meat. His wife was pregnant with two. It was good to have a bite. Dawa quickly found leaves and carefully wrapped the worm, tied it with fine grass, and placed it on the field. The two of them busied themselves for a while more before Erni rushed up the mountain. ¡°Father, Eldest Brother, Mother has given birth, a sister and a brother!¡± When Jiang Hu heard this, he immediately stopped working. He picked up the hoe and ran down the mountain. ¡°Dawa, come back slowly with your sister!¡± When Dawa heard that his mother had given birth to a younger brother and sister, he also hurriedly wanted to go home. But he did not forget that he still had to bring the big fat worm and his younger sister with him. Jiang Hu ran home quickly. When the others saw this, they probably knew what was going on and did not ask further, lest they delayed Jiang Hu. When Jiang Hu reached home, the house was quiet. There was no sound of adults or children. He was shocked and hurriedly went to the bedroom. As soon as he pushed open the door, he could smell the strong smell of blood. Er Niang was lying on the bed with two small swaddling clothes beside her. They were his two children. Jiang Hu slowed down and walked quietly to the bed. He checked his breathing and heaved a sigh of relief when he knew that his wife and child were sleeping. He did not disturb her. He just lifted the blanket and took a look. Er Niang¡¯s lower body had only been cleaned up briefly. There was still a lot of blood. After all, Granny Liu was old and Erni was young. She could not do these things at all. Jiang Hu was not in the mood to work, so he went to the kitchen to boil hot water and bathe Er Niang. There was nothing to eat at home, not even a mouthful of meat or fish. In the previous war, all the pheasants and hares in the nearby mountains had been chased away and had yet to return. It was not easy to hunt for food up in the mountains. Er Niang was much more energetic after a nap. When she woke up, she saw Jiang Hu helping to clean her up. She hurriedly said, ¡°Why are you doing this? Stop doing it. You¡¯ll be laughed at.¡± Although Jiang Hu was tall and burly, his movements were very gentle. When he heard this, he only pretended to be angry. ¡°I¡¯m cleaning my wife¡¯s body. Who dares to say anything?¡± This was what Jiang Xiaomi heard when she woke up again. So she had a father. That was good, that was good. Her chances of survival had increased again. Moreover, it seemed that her parents were quite close. Her father was actually willing to help her mother clean up after childbirth. Perhaps because the father sensed his daughter, Jiang Hu looked over and saw Jiang Xiaomi looking at him curiously with her big eyes. ¡°Er Niang, look, the child is awake. He¡¯s so obedient. He¡¯s fair and fat. Is this your younger brother?¡± Jiang Hu leaned closer happily, his honest face imprinted in Jiang Xiaomi¡¯s eyes. You¡¯re the younger brother. Your entire family are younger brothers! Jiang Xiaomi tried her best to retort, but unfortunately, all she said was ¡°Ahh!¡± Jiang Hu was even happier. ¡°Er Niang, look. Baby is looking at me. He must like me very much.¡± Then he looked at the other one. ¡°Why is his sister still sleeping? So tiny. Why is she so tiny?¡± With that, he picked up the little guy with heartache. Jiang Xiaomi almost rolled her eyes. Er Niang remembered Auntie Liu¡¯s words. She turned slightly and touched Xiaomi¡¯s face. ¡°This is the elder sister. The one you¡¯re carrying is the younger brother. Auntie Liu said that there¡¯s a bruise on the younger brother¡¯s waist. He is very small.¡± Usually for newborn children the boys were stronger than girls. No wonder Jiang Hu was mistaken. ¡°Really? Let me see?¡± Jiang Hu was extremely surprised. He quickly opened the swaddling clothes and took a look. Then he quickly wrapped him up. ¡°It¡¯s really the younger brother. The mark on his waist looks like a footprint.¡± Xiaomi was a little embarrassed. It was fine if her brother was a little difficult to raise, but she had even kicked him before he was born. ¡°Mother, Mother!¡± At this moment, Dawa rushed in with his hands cupped. ¡°Mother, eat this. I roasted a worm. It¡¯s very fat. Eat the worm so that you can raise my younger siblings.¡± Dawa had been back for a while. He roasted the fat worms in the kitchen with a charcoal fire before hurriedly bringing it to his mother. There were three fat worms. They were roasted until they were brown and smelled good. Erni, who had followed her brother into the room, couldn¡¯t help but swallow her saliva. Although Er Niang was hungry, her heart still ached for the children. ¡°Mother won¡¯t eat. Dawa, eat with your sister.¡± ¡°Mother, eat. Grandma Liu said that you have to eat well so that your younger siblings can live.¡± The three-year-old Erni was very sensible. She remembered everything Grandma Liu said. Coincidentally, her little brother woke up at this moment. Perhaps he was hungry and started to cry, but his voice was very weak, making Jiang Hu¡¯s heart clench. ¡°Er Niang, eat quickly. If you don¡¯t eat, how can you have milk? My younger siblings must be hungry.¡± Er Niang was also anxious when she heard her youngest son¡¯s kitten-like cries, but she did not feel like she was breastfeeding yet. This made her panic. ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll eat.¡± Er Niang quickly fed the three roasted fat worms into her mouth. Although they smelled good, they did not taste good. But it was already rare to have a bite at this time, how could she be picky about the taste? After eating, Jiang Hu helped her sit up and carried his crying youngest son over for his wife to feed him. After that, Jiang Hu then carried Xiaomi. ¡°Sanni, wait a moment. Your younger brother is too thin. After he finishes, it¡¯ll be your turn. Don¡¯t worry, Daddy will definitely make you all fat and fair.¡± Jiang Hu¡¯s heart ached. He was useless. He could not find anything delicious, causing the two newborn children to be in danger of starving at any time. Xiaomi uttered ¡°Ahh¡± twice, indicating that it was fine. She had kicked her younger brother. She probably had her reasons for being so thin. It was only right for her younger brother to eat first. ¡°Er Niang, look, Sanni is smiling. Her smile is so beautiful.¡± Jiang Hu felt his heart melting. Dawa and Erni also came over and Dawa reminded them, ¡°Sanni, be good. I¡¯ll find worms for Mother to eat. Sanni and little brother will drink milk and grow up together.¡± Xiaomi looked at the two siblings, who were so thin that their eyes were bulging. She was shocked. Was this family too poor? No, no. How could one who raises a child be eating only worms? Thinking of the mountain of supplies in her space, she had to think of a way to not let everyone starve to death. Xiaomi felt stifled at the thought of having to worry about the survival of her family as soon as she was born. Sigh, who asked her to have a cheat sheet? Don¡¯t be afraid, don¡¯t be afraid. With the space in hand, I have the world. It¡¯s just raising a family. There¡¯s no problem at all! Chapter 3 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Fourth baby, Siwa, quickly ate his fill and stopped crying. Er Niang quickly handed Siwa to Jiang Hu and carried Xiaomi over. ¡°Sanni, you must be hungry. let me feed you.¡± Seeing Sanni¡¯s big eyes looking at her, Er Niang couldn¡¯t help but smile. Her worries from before were swept away. Siwa was really too thin, only half the size of Sanni. She was very anxious just by looking at him. Auntie Liu¡¯s words kept replaying in her ears. Xiaomi cried out a few times in response to her mother. The faint smell of milk made Xiaomi¡¯s stomach growl. There was no time to be shy. She opened her mouth and began to suck. Although the spiritual spring water could temporarily relieve hunger, it could not be eaten. Now she was feeding on the milk. Unfortunately, after a long period of hunger, Er Niang¡¯s breasts were shriveled and the milk was gone after a few bites. Fortunately, she had food in her stomach. Although she was not full yet, she could last for a while. After Xiaomi finished feeding, Er Niang gathered her clothes, picked up Xiaomi, and kissed her. ¡°Sanni, be good. I just ate something. I can feed you again later.¡± Siwa was small. A little milk was enough. Sanni probably did not have enough. Xiaomi narrowed her eyes and comforted her. It was fine, it was fine. She had milk powder and spiritual spring in her space. She would make her own food later. ¡°Er Niang, look. Sanni is so obedient. She¡¯s responding to you.¡± Jiang Hu sat by the bed with Siwa in his arms and looked at Sanni. The more he looked at her, the cuter he found her to be. ¡°Yes.¡± Er Niang smiled and nodded. ¡°Sanni hasn¡¯t cried all this time. How obedient.¡± Er Niang still looked tired. Jiang Hu quickly placed the child on the bed and helped Er Niang lie down. ¡°Sleep a little longer. I¡¯ll make something to eat.¡± Er Niang nodded. Having two children had indeed hurt her vitality, especially since there was nothing to eat at home. She could only rest more. She wasn¡¯t concerned about herself, but she was worried about her two children. They were newborns and couldn¡¯t eat anything but milk. Whether they survived was up to her. Siwa was too young. Jiang Hu placed him in the middle, and Xiao beside him. He tied a bundle of straw to block Xiaomi as he was afraid that she would roll to the ground. He completely forgot that a newborn child could not roll. ¡°Erni, look after the younger siblings. Dawa, come with me to cook.¡± Jiang Hu left with Dawa. Erni lay by the bed and looked at her mother and younger siblings. Xiaomi closed her eyes and entered the space. ¡°Bowls, bowls. I remember there were bowls in the supplies.¡± Xiaomi went straight to the mountain of supplies and found two large bowls and two spoons at a glance. In the space, she could control these at will. She quickly brought a small bowl to the spring in the courtyard and filled half a bowl with spiritual spring water. Then she went to find milk powder. ¡°This is the first stage, Tiny Tot and I will be eating this. This adult milk powder is to nourish Mother¡¯s body.¡± Xiaomi had been an orphan in her previous life. In this life, she had parents, siblings, and seemed to have a good relationship with them. They were loving and respectful. Xiaomi was very satisfied. Since there was no shortage of food and drink in the space, Xiaomi expressed her responsibility to support her family! Humming in a brisk tone, she opened the milk powder jar and mixed the milk powder according to the ratio. Then Xiaomi left the space. ¡°Sanni, you woke up so quickly.¡± Erni was still lying by the bed. When she saw Xiaomi open her eyes, she quickly leaned closer. ¡°Sanni, I¡¯m Second Sister.¡± Xiaomi cried out ¡°Ahh! Ahh!¡± I know, I know. When I find an opportunity, I¡¯ll give you milk powder too. ¡°Sanni is so obedient. You know that Second Sister is talking to you.¡± Erni looked at Xiaomi with starry eyes. Sanni was so cute. She had never cried or made a fuss, unlike other family¡¯s children who were so noisy. Xiaomi slowly put her finger in her mouth. Erni was still young and didn¡¯t know anything about bad finger biting. She didn¡¯t stop her at all. Xiaomi slowly controlled the milk powder that had been prepared in the space and swallowed it drop by drop. She counted in her heart so that she would not choke Fourth Brother when she fed him later. When she was full, Xiaomi knew what to do. She had grown up in an orphanage and helped take care of abandoned babies. She probably knew how much babies ate. However, Siwa was weak and small, and he ate even less. In future, she had to feed him less food each time but increased the number of times. After all, Sanni was still young. She got distracted after watching for a while. Xiaomi quickly took the opportunity to reach out and feed her fourth brother milk powder. Fortunately, the siblings were close together, so it was not a problem at all. Xiaomi fed Siwa about 10 millimeters. Coupled with the breast milk he had taken previously, it was almost enough. Because it was fed drop by drop, he did not have to worry about choking. Besides, Siwa knew how to swallow. She actually wanted to give it to her mother, but Siwa was between them. ¡°Second sister, second sister, come and help!¡± Xiaomi cried out, ¡°Ahh! Ahh!¡±. ¡°Mother has just given birth and needs to eat. Otherwise, she will starve to death!¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong with Sanni?¡± Xiaomi didn¡¯t raise her voice, but Erni was attracted and came over. ¡°In the middle, I want to lie between Fourth Brother and Mother!¡± Xiaomi looked at the space between Er Niang and Siwa and kept calling out. It was not loud enough to wake Er Niang and Siwa. Probably all children could speak baby language. Erni actually understood by listening or probably by seeing. ¡°Is Sanni going to sleep next to Mother?¡± Erni asked. Xiaomi quickly made a cheerful sound, indicating that her answer was correct! ¡°Wait a minute. Second Sister is going to carry Siwa out first.¡± Xiaomi quickly shut up. ¡°Sanni is so smart. You can understand your older sister at such a young age.¡± Erni kissed Xiaomi gently on the cheek before carrying Siwa out and placing him at the end of the bed. She then placed Xiaomi beside her mother and carried her younger brother over. Probably because he had eaten his fill, Siwa had been sleeping soundly. Er Niang was so weak that she was almost semi-conscious. Xiaomi leaned against her mother and could even feel that her mother¡¯s body was not very warm. In order to bore Erni, Xiaomi closed her eyes and pretended to sleep. When Erni stopped paying attention to them, Xiaomi quickly put her finger in her mother¡¯s mouth. The adult milk powder soaked in the spiritual spring water flowed from her fingers into her mother¡¯s mouth. It was not drop by drop, but like a small stream of water. Er Niang subconsciously drank the milk powder. Soon, she finished most of the bowl of milk. Xiaomi was tired. She retracted her hand and closed her eyes to sleep. No matter what, she could support her younger brother and mother now, right? As long as her mother was fine, she and her younger brother should be able to survive. As for her eldest brother, second sister, and her father, she could only think of other ways when she woke up. Next to her, Erni seemed to smell something and sniffed. ¡°That smells good.¡± It was a smell she had never smelled before, but it was fragrant, making her already hungry stomach even hungrier. Xiaomi snorted. Of course it smelled good. This was the taste of milk powder! Chapter 4 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Jiang Hu quickly came over with a bowl of vegetable porridge. There were more wild vegetables than rice, and a large bowl of soup. This was already very good. The remaining soup in the pot was watery and tasteless. ¡°Er Niang, get up and eat something.¡± Erni was still young. She could barely start a fire and did not know how to cook yet. As for the sugar water she had prepared for her mother earlier, she did not even boil the water. After consuming the milk powder and spiritual spring water, Er Niang was much more energetic and woke up immediately. Erni explained why her younger siblings had changed places. Er Niang smiled and touched Xiaomi¡¯s face. ¡°So Sanni likes to be close to me.¡± Jiang Hu placed the two little ones on the other side of the bed and helped Er Niang to sit up. ¡°Er Niang, eat something. It¡¯s just that I¡¯m too useless. It was so hard on you when you gave birth, but I can¡¯t even provide decent food.¡± Jiang Hu¡¯s heart ached and he blamed himself. When Er Niang saw the vegetable porridge in the bowl, she knew that Jiang Hu must have scooped all the vegetables for her. She quickly shook her head. ¡°Don¡¯t just care for me alone. You and the children have to eat. If you give it all to me, what about all of you?¡± ¡°Er Niang, you¡¯re feeding three people now. If you don¡¯t eat, what are you going to feed Sanni and Siwa? Don¡¯t worry, Dawa has gone to dig for wild vegetables. It¡¯s spring now, and there are many wild vegetables in the mountains. The birds and beasts might come back later. When the time comes, I¡¯ll go hunting in the mountains and I¡¯ll be able to support our family.¡± ¡°Hu, it¡¯s been hard on you. I¡¯ll go to the fields with you tomorrow. Let¡¯s quickly plant the crops and harvest early.¡± Er Niang was touched. Although life was hard with Jiang Hu, it was worth it as her man loved her. ¡°What are you talking about? You just gave birth. How can you go to work? The doctor said that it is much harder to conceive two than one. You have to go through confinement. Otherwise, what if you fall ill?¡± Jiang Hu¡¯s expression turned serious. He could not get anything delicious for the family, but he could always let his wife rest more. ¡°But in the field¡ª¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry about the fields, you take your meal first. Sanni and Siwa will be hungry again.¡± Xiaomi, who was placed at her feet, rolled her eyes. She was not hungry. She had just drunk her fill. She could manage for three to four hours. However, Xiaomi had also gathered some information from her parents¡¯ conversation. For example, it was only spring now. There was no food at home, and from the sound of it, one could tell that there was more water than rice. That sounded like the best. There might only be boiled wild vegetables left in the pot. Xiaomi was anxious. How could she secretly get the things out of the space and feed the entire family? She did not want her family to starve to death as soon as she was reborn! At this moment, Er Niang ate two mouthfuls of wild vegetable porridge and smacked her lips. ¡°Hu, I don¡¯t think I¡¯m hungry.¡± ¡°Nonsense. You just gave birth. How can you not be hungry? Eat quickly. If you don¡¯t eat, I¡¯ll pour it away!¡± Jiang Hu thought that Er Niang wanted to save food and he uttered a direct threat. ¡°No, no, really. I¡¯m not talking nonsense. Touch my stomach. I¡¯m full. I¡¯m really not hungry!¡± Er Niang panicked and quickly pulled Jiang Hu¡¯s hand to her stomach. ¡°Do you feel it? I¡¯m really not hungry.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± Jiang Hu was also surprised. In the past few years of fleeing, the couple¡¯s stomachs had almost dried up. She was not like this now. Her stomach was a little protruding. ¡°How did this happen? Erni, did you feed Mother?¡± When she was sleeping just now, Erni was the only one in the room. Erni shook her head, ¡°No, I don¡¯t have any food.¡± Xiaomi snorted. Her second sister didn¡¯t have any food, but she did! She had given her mother at least half a catty of milk and made a lot of milk powder. It must be better than that wild vegetable porridge! Er Niang touched her stomach. She was full and comfortable. Then she quickly handed the wild vegetable porridge to Jiang Hu. ¡°Hu, eat this with the children. Don¡¯t waste it.¡± Jiang Hu took the bowl suspiciously, still finding it hard to believe. ¡°Why are you full without eating anything? Could you be sick?¡± Thinking of this, Jiang Hu was alarmed. ¡°No, Er Niang, lie down for a while. I¡¯ll go find Doctor Xie. Erni, look after Mother and Brother!¡± With that, he ran out without looking back. Xiaomi realized belatedly that this was bad. She had fed her mother too much. This would easily expose her. From the look of her parents¡¯ clothes, this was ancient times. If she was treated as a demon or ghost, she would be burned to death! It seemed that she had to be careful in the future, especially when feeding her mother. She had to pay attention to the amount. Doctor Xie arrived quickly. After taking her pulse, he said that Er Niang was fine. She had just given birth and was very weak. She needed to recuperate well. As soon as Doctor Xie had left, Xiaomi felt that something was wrong. She was going to poop! ¡°Ahhh!¡± Someone, quickly carry me to poop. I shouldn¡¯t poop in my pants! ¡°What¡¯s wrong with Sanni? Hu, Hu, see why Sanni is crying.¡± This was the first time Er Niang had heard Sanni sound so flustered. She immediately became a little anxious. ¡°Er Niang, don¡¯t be anxious. Let me take a look.¡± Jiang Hu had just picked up Sanni when a stench assaulted him. The first poop of a baby was extremely smelly. Xiaomi looked desperate. She had lost face in an alternate world. Damn it, can I still survive? However, in contrast to Xiaomi¡¯s despair, Jiang Hu happily changed his daughter¡¯s diaper and even wiped her butt clean. ¡°Sanni is so cute. She can even call me Daddy when pooping.¡± Xiaomi indicated that she did not want to speak. Fortunately, another stench followed. Her younger brother, Siwa, had also pooped. Xiaomi finally felt a little better. Jiang Hu asked Erni to bring the bowl of vegetable porridge back and share it with Dawa. He then fetched water to wash the dirty diapers. There were not many diapers to begin with, and now that the two babies were both using them, there was an even greater shortage. He had to wash and dry the diapers in time before he could keep up. He had just moved to Fu¡¯an Village and the fields were all reclaimed and not fertilized. Jiang Hu carefully splashed diaper water into the vegetable garden. He thought that it was considered manure. Perhaps the vegetable seeds would germinate sooner. After Mimi experienced social death, she simply closed her eyes and pretended to sleep. In fact, she entered the space and began to rummage through the things in the space, wondering what could be taken out without worrying about being treated as a demon. According to her brief observation, this family was very poor. Not only did they not have anything to eat, but even the beds were hard and did not keep them warm. There were many winter clothes, cotton clothes, duvets, and so on in her space. Unfortunately, she could not take these out. Not to mention whether these would scare her family, if others in the village found out, it would probably be a disaster. Fortunately, it was already spring. The weather would get warmer. If they had survived the winter, there was no reason why they wouldn¡¯t survive now. The most important thing now was to find something that could fill the stomachs of her family members. Chapter 5 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Unfortunately, after searching for a long time, Xiaomi still could not think of a solution. After all, she couldn¡¯t walk yet. Anything that appeared out of thin air beside her would cause trouble. And it could cause dangerous trouble. Finally, Xiaomi looked at the spiritual spring. It seemed that she could only make something out of it. After such a long time, Xiaomi was a little tired. Even if she was conscious, she was still young and would get tired. She simply came out of the space and went to sleep. In the afternoon, Jiang Hu asked Erni to stay at home to look after her mother and younger siblings while he continued to sow seeds with Dawa. At night, there was still wild vegetable porridge. While Er Niang was sleeping, Xiaomi secretly fed her milk powder, but it was not as much as at noon time. It was only a small bowl and she appeared to be half full. This way, by supplementing with milk powder, she would not be too full to eat rice, and Xiaomi would not be exposed. She and Siwa had also drunk the children¡¯s milk powder. They did not drink much and seemed to be able to suckle some milk. Xiaomi felt pretty good. She did not have to worry about being hungry or found to be abnormal, but Er Niang became worried. ¡°Hu, what should we do? Sanni and Siwa only ate a little and stopped eating.¡± Back then, for Dawa and Erni, the food was not even enough for one. Now that the two children were eating together, they actually did not eat much. Er Niang frowned. Jiang Hu was also a little anxious. ¡°Could they be sick?¡± He carefully picked up Xiaomi. ¡°Sanni, why don¡¯t you drink milk? You¡¯ll be hungry.¡± Xiaomi waved at her father. Don¡¯t be afraid. I¡¯m full. I¡¯m not hungry! Sanni smiled adorably, her big almond-shaped eyes filled with joy. She even burped. Jiang Hu was immediately relieved. ¡°Er Niang, you¡¯re light-handed, you touch Sanni¡¯s stomach. She just burped. Is she full?¡± As he spoke, he handed Xiaomi to Er Niang and picked up Siwa who leaned into his arms. He patted his back gently. As expected, he burped a little, and there was a strong milky fragrance. Er Niang also touched Xiaomi¡¯s stomach with her hand and was extremely surprised. ¡°Really? Her stomach is full. Why are they so full after eating so little?¡± After saying that, she looked down at her shriveled chest in disbelief. Xiaomi was tickled by her touch and let out a series of laughs, causing Er Niang to laugh until her eyes teared. ¡°Sanni, you¡¯re so obedient. Hurry up and sleep after eating. Sleep more so that you can grow up quickly.¡± As she spoke, she put down Xiaomi and ate. She knew that her man was giving her good food. They probably ate far worse than what she had. However, Er Niang also knew that if she did not eat well now, the two children would not be able to survive without milk. Although her heart ached for her man and the older children, she had to endure it now. Fortunately, as long as they survived this period and the crops in the fields grew, they would not have to continue to starve or become refugees. In the afternoon, Dawa found two fat worms and roasted them for his mother to eat. No matter how greedy he and Erni were, they did not eat them. Xiaomi looked at the family and began to think about how to feed them milk powder. Yes, it was milk powder. There were a lot of things in the space, but the only thing that could be fed while they were sleeping was really milk powder. Fortunately, there was a lot of milk powder. She just had to find a way to feed them while everyone was sleeping. The house was very dilapidated. The only large bed was a bed plank placed on the ground and then covered with thick thatch. The family of six slept here. Dawa, Erni, slept at the other end. Jiang Hu slept beside the bed with Xiaomi in his arms. Er Niang and Siwa slept inside. When Jiang Hu lay down, Xiaomi heard the swaying sound. It took her a moment to react. Jiang Hu must not have eaten much at night. He might not even have eaten wild vegetables. It would have been fine if he had drunk a stomach full of water. Xiaomi was anxious. How could that be? He only drank water and did not eat rice. He still had to plant the crops. Wasn¡¯t he going to die of exhaustion and hunger?! No, no, I can¡¯t wait! Jiang Hu was the pillar of this family. If he was gone, this family would probably starve to death! Xiaomi hurriedly entered the space, found a large bowl, and mixed a large bowl of adult milk powder with spiritual spring water. Oh right, there was also milk powder for children. Dawa and Erni were also seriously malnourished. She did not dare to take out anything else, but she could secretly feed them some milk powder while they were sleeping. Fortunately, this milk powder was very nutritious. This would complement how much he ate during the day, and it should be fine to get through this period of time. Besides, there was also spiritual spring water. The spiritual spring could also nourish people! Xiaomi felt that since she was better-looking than her younger brother, the spiritual spring must have contributed a lot. When she grew up, she would get her family more spiritual spring water to drink. They would definitely be in good health! After tossing and turning in the space for a while, Xiaomi came out. It was already dark outside, and the room was extremely quiet. Jiang Hu even snored. Xiaomi first moved her arms and legs, feeling a little hungry. It seemed that a long time had passed, but she still fed her younger brother a few mouthfuls of milk powder. When her younger brother¡¯s swallowing slowed, she quickly stopped. After that, it was her father¡¯s turn. Jiang Hu was snoring. Although it was a little noisy, his mouth happened to be half open. Xiaomi stretched out her arm and placed her finger on the corner of her father¡¯s mouth, letting the milk powder flow down his mouth and into his throat. Even in sleep, people would swallow naturally, as long as they did not choke. Her father almost finished a large bowl of milk powder! Xiaomi was speechless. She hoped her father wouldn¡¯t wet the bed. As she was thinking, she felt the urge to pee. A child¡¯s urine could not be held in, and Xiaomi could not control it. She was instantly terrified. Mom and Dad, get up quickly. Your precious daughter is going to wet the bed! Xiaomi cried out with all her might, and Jiang Hu and Er Niang were instantly jolted awake. Jiang Hu instinctively wiped his mouth with his sleeve and did not notice the taste of milk powder in his mouth. ¡°What¡¯s wrong, what¡¯s wrong? Is Sanni hungry?¡± He picked Xiaomi up in a hurry. ¡°Er Niang, do you think Sanni is hungry? It¡¯s been a while.¡± Xiaomi continued to scream. She had forgotten to drink milk powder for herself just now. She was indeed hungry, but that was not important. What was important was that she had wet the bed! Perhaps sensing his sister¡¯s emotions, Siwa also woke up. He was not hungry, so he did not cry but he screamed. Unfortunately, Xiaomi didn¡¯t understand the baby language and didn¡¯t know what Siwa was talking about. Er Niang touched the two babies¡¯ buttocks. ¡°Yes, they peed. A large area of the diaper was wet. They might have peed several times. No wonder the babies are uncomfortable.¡± Xiaomi almost fainted and she was absolutely mortified. She had wet the bed several times, but she actually didn¡¯t know anything! Jiang Hu quickly changed Sanni and Siwa¡¯s diapers. While Er Niang was breastfeeding, he went out in the dark to wash the diapers. Siwa stopped eating after he was full. Xiaomi ate a little more, which caused Er Niang and Jiang Hu to be rest assured. However, they looked at Siwa even more worriedly. This baby was thin and small to begin with. Now that he ate even less, how could he survive? Xiaomi did not care. She had fed Siwa with milk powder and he was full now. But next, it was Big Brother and Second Sister¡¯s turn! Therefore, when she was put down, Xiaomi continued to shout, Stinky Daddy, quickly put me together with Second Sister and Big Brother. They¡¯re about to starve to death! ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Sanni? Are you not full?¡± Er Niang wanted to carry Xiaomi over to continue feeding her. Xiaoimi turned her head away. She didn¡¯t eat or cry. She just screamed. The cry was loud and clear, successfully waking Erni. ¡°Father, Mother, why is Third Sister crying?¡± Erni rubbed her eyes and sat up. Xiaomi stopped crying instantly and even reached out in the direction of Erni¡¯s voice. Jiang Hu was stunned. ¡°Sanni, you want Second Sister?¡± Ahh, right, right. Go to Second Sister¡¯s side and sleep with them! Xiaomi waved her hand. Jiang Hu looked at Er NIang in disbelief. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me our Sanni understands me?¡± How is this possible? Xiaomi did not care. She just wanted her Second Sister. ¡°Mother, does Third Sister want to sleep with me?¡± Erni woke up. ¡°Third Sister is so obedient. She cries during the day and wants to sleep with Mother, and at night, she wants to sleep with Father. Now, she wants to sleep with me. Third Sister is so fair. She likes every one of us!¡± No matter what, Xiaomi was successfully placed between Erni and Dawa. Xiaomi believed that as long as she did it a few more times, everyone would develop the habit. At that time, she wouldn¡¯t have to cry! Chapter 6 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Xiaomi¡¯s worry that her father would wet the bed did not happen. After all, he was an adult. Moreover, when he woke up in the middle of the night to wash the diapers, he went to the toilet. On the other hand, the eldest child, who had been sleeping soundly all night and had not been woken up by his younger siblings¡¯ cries, wet the bed. He got up early in the morning to wash his pants with a red face, afraid that his sisters and mother would laugh at him. In the morning, Jiang Hu got up to cook. Siwa whined and cried. The sound made Xiaomi worried, afraid that this little brother would die if he couldn¡¯t hold on. Fortunately, Er Niang woke up quickly. She fed Siwa, changed his diaper, and carried Xiaomi over. ¡°Sanni, you¡¯re hungry too, right? I¡¯ll feed you now.¡± Er Niang looked at Sanni¡¯s round big eyes and most of the sorrow brought by Siwa had dissipated. Xiaomi had not fed herself with milk powder just now and was very quickly fed till full by her mother. Seeing this, Er Niang became more relaxed. Fortunately, the two children had eaten more today than yesterday. In that case, the two children had a higher chance of survival. Thinking of this, Er Niang stroked Xiaomi¡¯s head. ¡°Sanni is going to grow up safely with her younger brother.¡± Xiaomi replied, ¡°Ahh, Ahh.¡± Don¡¯t worry, Mother. They¡¯ll grow up well. We¡¯ll all be together! Er Niang smiled until her eyes curved. ¡°Sanni, you¡¯re so obedient. Did you understand what Mother said?¡± Xiaomi indicated that she understood, of course. She was not a real baby. ¡°Er Niang, it¡¯s time to eat.¡± Jiang Hu brought over the vegetable porridge. ¡°I saw that there was still some sugar left. I added it to your porridge. Eat some sweet porridge to nourish yourself.¡± His family was too poor. It was not easy for him to save up this bit of sugar. Er Niang had just fed the children and was indeed hungry. She did not refuse. She placed Xiaomi by the bed and took the bowl. ¡°Hu, bring the thatch into the house later. I¡¯ll weave some straw mats. Our roof needs to be patched so that there won¡¯t be a leak.¡± Jiang Hu frowned. ¡°You just gave birth. Rest well. I¡¯ll come back tonight to weave the straw mat.¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine. I won¡¯t get out of bed. I¡¯ll stay at home. If I¡¯m tired, I¡¯ll rest. Hu, you won¡¯t let me go to the field, this bit of work won¡¯t tire me out.¡± It was not that easy to cultivate crops. Everyone else was working together as a family, but she rushed to give birth at this time. All the work was on her man alone. Jiang Hu doted on her and told her to go through confinement. Her heart ached for her man. Jiang Hu looked at the big hole in the corner. The weather had been fine recently, but he was afraid that it would rain for a period of time. He had been busy with work in the field recently and indeed did not have the time to care. He hesitated for a moment. ¡°Alright then. But Er Niang, if you¡¯re tired, you have to rest. Get a small piece first. Let¡¯s plug that hole. We¡¯ll take our time with the rest.¡± Er Niang nodded repeatedly. She even ate comfortably. No matter what, finding something to do was better than lying in bed all the time. ¡°Father, Mother.¡± Dawa ran over. ¡°Mother, I don¡¯t seem very hungry today.¡± Erni, who was following closely behind, said, ¡°Me too, me too. Mother, I¡¯m full after only eating a little porridge today. Father, eat more. It¡¯s tiring to work.¡± Jiang Hu¡¯s face darkened. He was about to order them to take dinner when Er Niang touched her stomach. ¡°That¡¯s right. It¡¯s so strange. I don¡¯t think I¡¯m as hungry today.¡± Jiang Hu was stunned. He realized belatedly that he seemed to be¡­ He touched his stomach. In the past, it used to twitch every morning when he woke up as he was hungry and in pain. But not today. He was just a little hungry. ¡°What¡¯s going on? I don¡¯t seem to be very hungry either?¡± Jiang Hu was surprised. He had only drunk two bowls of wild vegetable soup last night and couldn¡¯t even bear to eat a grain of rice. He had only eaten a little of the wild vegetables. Although spring had arrived and the wild vegetables on the mountain had grown, there were dozens of families in Fu¡¯an Village. Everyone had fled here, and none of them was better than anyone else. They were all counting on the wild vegetables on the mountain to survive. Therefore, even if wild vegetables were free, they were not unlimited. They had to eat sparingly. He was an adult and could still endure. Therefore, he usually took care of the children and his wife first. In the past, when he woke up in the morning, he would often feel dizzy, but today, he did not feel that way at all! Hearing her parents¡¯ words, Xiaomi chuckled. Of course he was not hungry. Her father had drunk a large bowl of milk powder in the first half of the night. In the latter half of the night, she slept with Dawa and Erni and fed them two bowls of milk powder. When it was almost dawn, Er Niang fed her and her younger brother, so she conveniently slept beside her mother and fed her mother more than half a bowl of milk powder. Because there were not many opportunities during the day, Xiaomi made more milk powder for Dawa, Erni and her parents. Anyway, adults knew how to drink water even if they were thirsty, right? As for her and her younger brother, they were too young. It was not easy to digest milk powder. Instead, it was prone to accidents. Xiaomi brewed the milk powder strictly according to the ratio. In addition, she used spiritual spring water to brew milk powder. This way, they did not have to worry that everyone would not be able to survive! Xiaomi gave herself a thumbs up happily. As expected of a young capable family member, it was no problem at all to support a family! Xiaomi¡¯s chuckle attracted Jiang Hu and Er NIang¡¯s attention. The two of them looked at Xiaomi at the same time. Seeing Xiaomi¡¯s chubby little face, Er Niang immediately threw away her previous doubts. ¡°Hu, no matter what, this is a good thing. If we save more food, we can survive another day.¡± Jiang Hu nodded repeatedly. At this moment, someone came from outside. ¡°Jiang Hu, Er Niang, are you at home?¡± It was a voice Xiaomi had never heard before. Jiang Hu hurriedly went out. ¡°Village Chief, why are you here?¡± ¡°I heard from Auntie Liu that your Er Niang has given birth to two babies. Logically speaking, we¡¯ll all be one village from now on, we should congratulate her.¡± Village Chief, Li Mu was about 40 years old. After they settled down, everyone elected him together. ¡°Unfortunately, everyone is in the same situation now. There¡¯s nothing to offer. Everyone went to the mountain to dig this basket of wild vegetables this morning and asked me to send it to you so that your Er Niang and you can at least eat till full.¡± Jiang Hu was very touched. ¡°Thank you, Village Chief. Please thank everyone for me. After this period of time, I¡¯ll definitely visit you personally to thank you.¡± Although it was just a basket of wild vegetables, this was almost a few days¡¯ worth of rations for a family. ¡°Sigh, there¡¯s no need to be polite. We all escaped together and supported each other on the way. Otherwise, how could we have waited for stability? Don¡¯t worry about anything else. Take good care of the children first. In the recent year or so, in our village, I¡¯m afraid only your family has a baby.¡± The village chief patted Jiang Hu¡¯s shoulder. ¡°It¡¯s morning, there¡¯s heavy dew. Don¡¯t stand outside. Go back and take care of your wife and children. I¡¯ll go back first.¡± ¡°Thank you, Village Chief. Take care, Village Chief.¡± Jiang Hu quickly carried a basket of wild vegetables. They were all very tender. It could be said that they had been carefully selected. Er Niang smiled. ¡°Hu, the villagers are so nice. After this period of time, we will definitely get better.¡± Xiaomi, on the other hand, sharply caught on to a phrase. Escape? And the entire village was filled with refugees! Xiaomi, who had been in high spirits and promised to let everyone live well, instantly wilted. These days were probably harder than she had imagined. Not only was their family poor, but their entire village and even the entire Imperial Court were not very rich! Otherwise, how could there be a whole village of refugees? Or even more than that. Chapter 7 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios However, Xiaomi¡¯s worries were useless. There was nothing she could do now. At most, she would secretly feed her family some milk powder to satisfy their hunger while they were sleeping. With her previous experience, Xiaomi also knew that she could not feed too much at one time. Anyway, it should be frequent small manything eals. She had to survive this period of time first. When she grew up a little, she could think of a way to get out those things in the space. Jiang Hu had eaten his fill last night and was full of energy today. He had even turned over half an acre of land more than usual. When others saw this, they felt that Jiang Hu was working even harder to raise the children. This went on for three consecutive days. The family was indeed used to it. At night, Xiaomi had to take turns sleeping next to the others. In Erni¡¯s words, Third Sister was the best. She liked everyone in the family. The only thing that troubled Xiaomi was that other than the first few days, Er Niang would sleep for a while when she was tired during the day. She could secretly feed Er Niang some milk powder. When Er Niang was in better spirits, she would not sleep during the day. Fortunately, there was still an opportunity at night. After a few days, the family looked a little bit better. Xiaomi felt a sense of accomplishment. On the afternoon of the fourth day, Jiang Hu returned with a hoe and leaned towards his wife mysteriously. ¡°Er Niang, I realized that in the past two days, many sparrows have been searching for food in our courtyard.¡± Jiang Hu¡¯s eyes were shining. Er Niang put down the straw mat in her hand. ¡°I heard fluttering sounds too. I thought I heard wrongly. Are there really sparrows?¡± The hole in the roof was patched two days ago, but Er Niang had to make more straw mats to replace the old ones. Jiang Hu nodded repeatedly. ¡°Coincidentally, the food has been planted. I found an old dustpan and will specially stay at home tomorrow to see if I can catch a few.¡± If he could catch a few sparrows, he would be able to nourish Er Niang¡¯s body. Ever since she gave birth, she had not even tasted a mouthful of meat. Jiang Hu¡¯s heart ached. Er Niang licked her lips, ¡°It¡¯s nourishing for you and the children. If you can catch more, you have to return the favor to the villagers.¡± No matter how small a sparrow was, it was still meat. They hadn¡¯t tasted meat in more than a year. Jiang Hu: ¡°I know. We were taken care of along the way. I remember everything. ¡°By the way, Er NIang, the water I used to wash Sanni and the other children¡¯s diapers in the past few days has been splashed in the vegetable garden. The vegetable seedlings grow faster than elsewhere. Do you think that¡¯s why there are so many sparrows?¡± Xiaomi, who had just woken up, immediately pricked up her ears to listen to her parents. ¡°Really? But this village has been abandoned for several years. The good fields have become barren fields. Since you splash the water every day, the children¡¯s excrement must be nourishing them a little more than elsewhere.¡± When Jiang Hu heard that it made sense, he stopped thinking about it and started thinking about the sparrows again. ¡°Er Niang, stop making straw mats now. I¡¯ll go and cook. Twist a straw rope for me, it needs to be longer. We¡¯ll catch sparrows tomorrow!¡± Xiaomi¡¯s eyes lit up. Her father had finally found something edible. Sparrows, meat. Catching a few for a meal was better than drinking wild vegetable soup every day! Er Niang nodded in agreement. She happened to see Xiaomi¡¯s big round eyes looking around, and a beautiful smile immediately appeared on her face. ¡°Sanni, you¡¯re awake? Good girl. Lie down a little longer. Mother will make a straw rope. Daddy will catch little birds to eat tomorrow.¡± As she spoke, she kissed Xiaomi¡¯s cheek. These two children gave her peace of mind. They usually did not cry or make a fuss. Although they did not eat much, fortunately, their bodies were not too weak. Even Siwa, whom she was most worried about, was fine now. This was what made Er Niang feel most at ease. She had been worried that she would not be able to raise the two children. Now she was used to them eating less and sleeping well. However, after putting Sanni down, she couldn¡¯t help but check Siwa¡¯s breathing. His breathing was weak, but fortunately, he was still breathing. Xiaomi saw Er Niang¡¯s actions and shouted for her not to panic. Fourth Brother had her to take care of him. Don¡¯t be afraid! Er Niang laughed at Xiaomi¡¯s voice and touched her little face. ¡°Sanni is so obedient. You¡¯re the most obedient child I¡¯ve ever seen.¡± It had been a few days since they were born, and the fourth child could not help but cry a few times. However, Sanni did not. She only cried a few times when she pooped or when her diapers were wet enough to remind them that it was time to change. Xiaomi blew a bubble. Of course, look at who she was! She was the little darling with a heavy responsibility! ¡°Mother, I found bird eggs!¡± Erni, who was in the courtyard, suddenly shouted in surprise. ¡°Mother, look, three, three bird eggs!¡± As she spoke, she rushed into the house and presented them to Er Niang with both hands. Er Niang was also delighted, ¡°Really?¡± At a glance, it was indeed three gray bird eggs with black spots on them, two circles smaller than a finger. ¡°These must be sparrow eggs. Your father just said that there were many sparrows in the field. I didn¡¯t expect there to be so many sparrow eggs.¡± Er Niang was pleasantly surprised. The sparrows had laid eggs in the ground. How many sparrows were digging in the ground? Xiaomi cried out. Hurry up and let me see. I¡¯ve never seen what a sparrow egg looks like. As expected of Erni, who could understand baby language, she immediately brought the bird egg to Xiaomi. ¡°Sanni wants to see the bird eggs too, right? When you grow up, I¡¯ll pick up bird eggs for you every day.¡± When Xiaomi saw the eggs, she was a little disappointed. There was nothing different. They looked very much like quail eggs and were much smaller. Erni said, ¡°Does Sanni want to eat bird eggs too? Don¡¯t be anxious. You¡¯re still young. You can only drink milk. I¡¯ll let you eat when you grow up.¡± This time, she had clearly misheard her. ¡°Erni, did you pick up a bird egg?¡± Dawa, who was cooking with his father, ran over, followed by Jiang Hu. ¡°I heard Erni¡¯s voice just now. Did you really pick up a bird egg?¡± Jiang Hu was as surprised as the others. ¡°That¡¯s right, Hu. Erni is amazing.¡± Er Niang stroked Erni¡¯s hair. ¡°Hu, let¡¯s cook these bird eggs.¡± Jiang Hu nodded. ¡°Erni, give them to Daddy. Daddy will cook them. You can share them with Brother and Mother.¡± Erni and Dawa swallowed hard. It had been a long time since they had picked up a bird egg. Although these sparrow eggs were small, they were still meaty. Xiaomi felt a little sad when she heard that. She wished she could take out the roasted chicken and roasted goose from her space. Fortunately, reason overcame emotion. She did not want to be treated as a demon. However, the existence of the bird eggs and her father¡¯s words made Xiaomi think of something. Her father said that the laundry water was used to water the fields. The things in the fields grew well and attracted many sparrows. In her previous life, she had never heard of babies¡¯ feces and urine attracting sparrows. Could it be because of the spiritual spring water? After all, they had drunk a lot of spiritual spring water mixed with milk powder these few days. However, the excrement of the others was stored in the latrine pit, waiting to be poured on the ground. For the time being, she could not tell. Xiaomi decided to drink more spiritual spring water with her younger brother in the future. Not to mention anything else, it would be good for her father to catch a few sparrows or pick up a few more sparrow eggs. However, the appearance of the sparrow eggs reminded Xiaomi of something. If she remembered correctly, there seemed to be various eggs in her space. There were quail eggs, pigeon eggs, peacock eggs, ostrich eggs, and so on! Chapter 8 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The sparrow eggs were cooked quickly. Jiang Hu carefully carried the three sparrow eggs back into the house. ¡°Er Niang, eat the eggs quickly.¡± Dawa and Erni followed, but both did not say they wanted to eat. When Er Niang saw the two children, her heart ached for them. She took two and gave one each to the eldest son and the second daughter. ¡°Dawa, Erni, you¡¯ve worked hard during this period of time. Come, these two are yours. One for each of you.¡± Jiang Hu opened his mouth but did not stop her. During the escape, the two children cried from hunger. As a father, he could do nothing except feel sorry for them. Fortunately, the two children were sensible. After they settled down, they held on tight to their mother whenever there was food. They wanted their mother to be full so that their younger siblings would not be hungry. Although Jiang Hu did not stop her, the two children shook their heads. ¡°Mother, we¡¯re not eating. Mother, you eat.¡± ¡°I still have more. You guys eat. Daddy will catch sparrows tomorrow. We¡¯ll eat together then.¡± Er Niang stuffed one into each of their hands. ¡°There¡¯s no need to shell it. When it¡¯s cooked, you can eat it together with the shell.¡± The two children immediately beamed. ¡°Thank you, Mother!¡± As expected, they stuffed it into their mouth. Even the eggshell was fragrant. Er NIang looked at Jiang Hu and knew that he would definitely not want it if she gave it to him. She took the remaining one and bit half of it before putting the remaining half into Jiang Hu¡¯s mouth. ¡°Hu, let¡¯s eat together.¡± Jiang Hu quickly retreated a little. ¡°I¡¯m not eating. Er Niang, you eat. You¡¯ve worked hard recently. Eat more. I¡¯ll catch sparrows to eat tomorrow.¡± Er Niang pretended to look fierce. ¡°You already said that you¡¯ll catch sparrows tomorrow. Then won¡¯t it be the same if we eat sparrows together tomorrow? Besides, you¡¯ve worked much harder than me recently. If you don¡¯t eat, I won¡¯t eat anymore!¡± This threat was indeed effective. Jiang Hu ate the remaining half of the sparrow egg helplessly. It was a little fishy and there was not much in his mouth, but to the two of them, this was definitely the best and most precious thing they had eaten in the past few months. Xiaomi looked at everyone who had to give up even a sparrow egg. While her heart ached, she was also touched by her parents¡¯ relationship. It was great. The better the relationship between her parents, the happier her family would be! As expected of a father-daughter bond, Jiang Hu looked at Xiaomi almost immediately and picked her up. ¡°Is Sanni greedy too? You¡¯re still young. When you grow up, I¡¯ll earn money to buy chicks to lay eggs for Sanni.¡± Thank you, Father. I¡¯ll treat you to peacock eggs. Xiaomi responded happily. She had so many peacock eggs! ¡°Haha, Er Niang, look. Is Sanni thanking me? Look, she¡¯s so happy.¡± Jiang Hu laughed and carried Xiaomi to Er NIang. Er Niang smiled and nodded. ¡°Yes, Sanni must be thanking Daddy.¡± After all, they were husband and wife. Jiang Hu quickly sensed Er Niang¡¯s absent-mindedness. When he saw Siwa on the bed, he freed one hand and pulled Er Niang into his arms. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Er Niang. I met Doctor Xie when I came back today and told him about Siwa. He said that Siwa is weak and was born premature. He¡¯s not energetic and it¡¯s normal for him to sleep more. As long as he can eat and sleep, it¡¯s the best.¡± After all, he was his son. How could he not care? Jiang Hu was also worried about his youngest son. He was really afraid that he would not be able to raise him. During his two years of escape, he had seen too many newborn babies starve to death. But he was the backbone of the family. He couldn¡¯t panic. If he did, the whole family would not know what to do. Fortunately, the children were born after they settled down. At least there was still food distributed by the imperial court for now. Even if it was very little, he would be able to support the entire family as long as he was thrifty and diligent. Jiang Hu¡¯s words successfully comforted Er Niang. She picked up Siwa and touched Xiaomi¡¯s face. ¡°Hu, give the children names.¡± The children had been born for a few days. It was time they had proper names. Jiang Hu pondered for a moment. ¡°Er Niang, do you remember the old scholar we met previously? He named Dawa and Erni.¡± Er Niang was stunned. ¡°You mean that old man?¡± Jiang Hu smiled. ¡°Yes, he named Dawa ¡®Jiang Yu¡¯ and Erni ¡®Xiao Xue.¡¯ Let¡¯s name Sanni and Siwa accordingly.¡± Er Niang nodded repeatedly and looked at Jiang Hu expectantly. Jiang Hu saved that elementary scholar back then. For a few months, the old man taught Jiang Hu how to read. When Xiaomi heard that she was finally going to be given a name, she pricked up her ears and listened carefully. Her eldest brother and second sister¡¯s names were not bad. She hoped that her name and her fourth brother¡¯s name would be good too. ¡°Hehe, Sanni, do you want to know your name as soon as possible?¡± Jiang Hu tapped the tip of Xiaomi¡¯s nose. ¡°Yes, Xiaoxue, Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu are not good. When it rains heavily, we can¡¯t go out. Why don¡¯t we name Sanni ¡®Xiaomi?¡¯ I heard that only the rich can eat rice. I hope that Sanni can eat rice every day in the future and be fair and chubby.¡± Good, good, good. This is good. It¡¯s the same name as before! Xiaomi babbled in response. Er Niang said in surprise, ¡°Hu, Sanni likes this name very much.¡± Jiang Hu raised his chin proudly. ¡°Of course. Daddy personally named her.¡± Er Niang looked at Jiang Hu with admiration. ¡°What¡¯s Siwa¡¯s name?¡± Jiang Hu pretended to be deep in thought. ¡°Siwa is not in good health. I hope he can grow up to be mighty and strong in the future. Let¡¯s call him Jiang Wei. Oh right, let¡¯s also give him a nickname. It¡¯s easier to raise him then. Let¡¯s call him ¡®Bruiser¡±.¡± With a puff, Xiaomi spat out a bubble. Hahaha, ¡®Bruiser.¡¯ Luckily it¡¯s not ¡®Dog Egg¡¯! However, it was obvious that Xiaomi¡¯s reaction was misunderstood by her parents. Jiang Hu shook Xiaomi in his arms. ¡°Sanni also thinks that the name Daddy gave little brother is very nice, right?¡± Xiaomi waved her small hand. Don¡¯t worry, Daddy. I¡¯ll definitely help you raise little brother to be mighty and strong. But forget about ¡®Bruiser¡¯. I¡¯m afraid that won¡¯t do. ¡°Hehe, I knew Sanni thought so too.¡± Jiang Hu continued to smile foolishly. They were like a chicken talking to a duck, not understanding each other. But no matter what, the names of the two children were decided. Xiaomi now knew her eldest brother and second sister¡¯s names. So they were not just Dawa and Erni. So everyone had official names. After playing with the children for a while, Jiang Hu brought the two older children to the kitchen for dinner. He did not forget to bring a bowl for Er Niang. After dinner and washing up, the family sat on the bed and rubbed the straw rope. Although there were stools at home, it was a little cold to sit on them. They sat on the bed with a mattress covering their legs. The straw rope was placed on the mattress. Although it was not very clean, it was much warmer this way. There were no thick clothes at home. Other than filling the stomach, they had to protect themselves from falling sick. If they got sick at this time, they could only lie down and wait for death. Therefore, rather than keeping clean, it was more important to keep warm first before talking about anything else. But Xiaomi took the opportunity to rummage through the space. Chapter 9 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The most practical things in the space were definitely the assortment of seeds. Back then, she had swept through the inventory of the warehouse. There were many seeds for planting grains, vegetables, and flowers. It¡¯s not worth it to waste such a big space. Xiaomi controlled herself and slowly sorted the resources in the space. Shanghai Green? Vegetables, over there. Sunflower? Over here. Western ginseng? Wow, there¡¯s actually ginseng. It¡¯s a precious item. If it¡¯s cultivated, it¡¯s worth a lot of money! She quickly put the western ginseng seeds aside, but soon, Xiaomi realized that she had been too excited. There were still Lingzhi mushroom mold, ginseng seeds from the Changbai Mountains, Snow Lotus and Solomon¡¯s Seals seeds, and so on. There was everything! In the end, Xiaomi became apathetic. But what she was happiest with were the rice and wheat and corn seeds. ¡°That¡¯s great. I finally found them! These are hybrid seeds modified by great people. They can produce more than a thousand kilograms per mu!¡± Xiaomi carefully placed the three bags of seeds that were 20 catties each. These were the most valuable things. Those rare herbs could be exchanged for some silver at most, but if these seeds were used well, they could support the population of a country! If she remembered correctly, most of the wars and calamities in history originated from scarcity of food. Moreover, from the information she had gathered over the past few days, her parents had fled from war. Although it was temporarily peaceful now, the Imperial Court did not have much food. When they settled down, the family of four only received 20 catties of food. From this, it could be seen that no matter which dynasty this was, food was definitely scarce. She touched the three bags of seeds like they were precious treasures and said to them foolishly, ¡°Don¡¯t be anxious. Wait for me for another two years. I¡¯ll definitely let you see the light of day again.¡± After making a fool of herself, Xiaomi looked at the supplies again. ¡°If I remember correctly, I saw sweet potatoes and potatoes at the supermarket back then.¡± After all, the things in this space would look the same when they were taken out. She did not have to worry about them deteriorating at all. However, in her previous life, she had originally categorized these supplies. But, probably because she had transmigrated, these things were all mixed together and had to be re-categorized again. She was about to continue working when she heard her mother¡¯s voice. ¡°Why isn¡¯t Sanni moving? Sanni, Sanni?¡± Xiaomi hurriedly retreated from the space and opened her eyes to smile at her mother. Mother, I¡¯m looking at something that can support our family. Seeing Xiaomi shouting and laughing, Er Niang was relieved. She picked up Xiaomi and leaned against the wall. ¡°Sanni, drink some milk. After drinking it, you can sleep with Daddy.¡± Xiaomi did not stand on ceremony. She took large gulps of the bland milk. It did not taste good. It was no different from drinking water. The main reason was that her mother was eating poorly to begin with, even though Xiaomi secretly fed her milk powder every day. However, Xiaomi also knew that the benefits of breast milk could not be completely replaced by milk powder. It was said that babies who had drunk breast milk had better immunity than those who only drank milk powder. Therefore, she still had to drink it. She could not be too polite. After drinking half of it, Xiaomi was only half full. However, she pretended that she had had enough and babbled that she wanted to sleep. She still had to go back to the space to brew milk powder. She had forgotten to give her younger brother milk powder earlier. ¡°Sanni, are you full? Do you want some more?¡± Er Niang changed Xiaomi¡¯s position, but Xiaomi dodged her. I¡¯m not eating anymore. I¡¯m almost done eating here. If I eat any more, you¡¯ll feel terrible! Xiaomi babbled ¡°Ah Ah Ah¡± to refuse. Er Niang had no choice but to hand Xiaomi over to Jiang Hu. ¡°Say, Sanni is so much bigger than Bruiser. Why does she eat as little as Bruiser?¡± Hearing the name ¡®Bruiser¡¯, Xiaomi couldn¡¯t help but want to laugh. She couldn¡¯t help spitting out a few bubbles. When her younger brother grew up, this would definitely be a dark history! She had to call him by this name a few times in the future! When Jiang Hu saw Xiaomi¡¯s bright smile, he immediately felt his heart melt. ¡°It¡¯s fine. Look at how good Sanni is. She must have had enough.¡± Er NIang nodded. That was true. Although Sanni and Bruiser did not eat much, they had grown up well. They were even bigger than when they were born. Er Niang covered the eldest boy and the second daughter, who were already asleep, with a blanket and lay down beside Bruiser. ¡°It¡¯s said that children grow up fast during their mother¡¯s confinement month. Look, Bruiser has grown a lot since he was first born.¡± Jiang Hu placed Xiaomi beside Bruiser and lay at the outermost area, protecting his wife and children. ¡°That¡¯s right. From the looks of it, we will definitely be able to raise Sanni and Bruiser well.¡± Er Niang nodded. She trusted him. Jiang Hu blew out the only oil lamp in the house and let Er Niang sleep. Xiaomi, on the other hand, entered the space immediately with her consciousness. She brewed the milk powder that would be drunk every night before preparing to sleep. In the middle of the night, as usual, she fed Bruiser and her father milk powder first, then drank some milk herself. Then she fed her eldest brother and second sister with milk powder. After feeding them a second time, her mother would carry her over to continue drinking milk. Then she would sleep beside her mother and to feed her and Bruiser with milk powder. The night passed. Xiaomi¡¯s biological clock was especially punctual. She would wake up at the right time and would not miss the feeding time at all. Perhaps because they were not so hungry anymore, everyone slept soundly. The next morning, as soon as Xiaomi woke up, she heard the patter of rain and Er Niang talking to Jiang Hu. Fortunately, they had already repaired the roof. Otherwise, they would be suffering now. Jiang Hu covered his family members with a blanket. As soon as he woke up and opened the door, there was the sound of a large number of sparrows flying away. Jiang Hu was shocked. ¡°This will not do, Er Niang, I¡¯ll go and make a trap first. When Dawa and Erni wake up later, tell them not to come out in a hurry.¡± As he spoke, Jiang Hu took the dustpan and the straw rope that everyone had woven last night and went out. He did not forget to close the door. Xiaomi was also excited. Sparrows, sparrows, meat, meat! As long as Daddy caught sparrows, the family would have a better meal! Immediately after, her small face was touched. ¡°Sanni, you also want to see Daddy catch sparrows, right? Mother will bring you to the door to take a peek.¡± Yes, thank you, Mother! Xiaomi thanked her quickly. Er Niang didn¡¯t understand what Sanni said, but she knew that she must be very happy. ¡°Hehe, let¡¯s go. Mother will show you.¡± Although giving birth had been a little difficult for her, it was not to the extent that she could not get out of bed now. Moreover, she had been lying down for a few days. Coupled with the nourishment of the spiritual spring water, she had recovered quite well these few days. Er Niang carried Xiaomi to the door and opened it a little. ¡°Come, we¡¯ll go back after watching for a while. We can¡¯t stay here for long.¡± Xiaomi nodded repeatedly to show that she understood. Unfortunately, the words that came out of her mouth were all kinds of ¡°Ahhh¡±. But she saw that her father had tied the grass rope to a branch and used it to support the dustpan. It was a simple trap. But in just a short while, the sparrows landed in the vegetable field in the courtyard again. Chapter 10 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios When the sparrows hopped under the dustpan to dig for food, Jiang Hu quickly pulled the grass rope which pulled open the branches, and the dustpan closed down. This commotion shocked the other sparrows which flew away quickly, but some were trapped under the dustpan. Caught them! Daddy is great! Daddy is so awesome! Xiaomi waved her hands and shouted excitedly. Er Niang was overjoyed. ¡°Hu, You caught them!¡± Fortunately, she still remembered that she was in confinement and the children had just been born. She should not go out as it was windy. She took a step forward and hurriedly stopped. Jiang Hu came out of the kitchen quickly, holding a patched sack. ¡°Er Niang, go back. Don¡¯t stand at the door. Sanni is very heavy. It¡¯s tiring to carry her. I¡¯ll cook the sparrows for you immediately!¡± Jiang Hu couldn¡¯t care less about the sprouts in the field. He stepped on the sack and knelt on the ground. He opened a small crack in the dustpan and reached in. He quickly grabbed a few sparrows and placed them in the sack to step on again before continuing. Unfortunately, before Xiaomi could see how many sparrows there were, Er Niang carried her back to the bed. ¡°Sanni, when I eat the sparrow, you and Little Brother will have more milk to drink.¡± Er Niang placed Xiaomi by the bed happily and habitually checked her Fourth Brother¡¯s breathing before waking Dawa and Erni. Hearing that their father caught some sparrows, the siblings immediately woke up. ¡°Really? Really? Daddy is so powerful! I¡¯ll help Daddy catch sparrows!¡± Dawa put on his clothes and ran out. Erni was a step behind, but after greeting her mother, she hurried out. ¡°Father, how many did you catch? Let me help you!¡± Dawa¡¯s voice was extremely excited. ¡°You came at the right time. Dawa, come over. I¡¯ll teach you. Erni, help me boil water. I¡¯ll cook sparrows for you now!¡± The two children immediately cheered. Although Xiaomi did not see them, she was still happy. Great, now we can finally have a bite of meat at home. Even if the sparrow is small, it¡¯s better than nothing. Er Niang sat back on the bed and saw Xiaomi¡¯s big eyes rolling around. She couldn¡¯t help but laugh. ¡°Xiaomi is happy for Daddy, right?¡± That¡¯s right, that¡¯s right. If Daddy finds meat to eat, the family won¡¯t be hungry all the time! Xiaomi responded with ¡°Ahh! Ahh!¡±. Finally, she could stop worrying that her family would go hungry. There were a lot of sparrows, and they were very, very easy to catch! He must have been woken up by his sister¡¯s voice. Bruiser woke up with a groan. When Xiaomi heard this voice, she was anxious for her parents. The kitten-like meows and cries were useless. If they were a little further away, they would probably not be able to hear him. ¡°Bruiser, you¡¯re awake. Let me hug you.¡± Er Niang carried him and changed his diapers and touched his face. Xiaomi realized that ever since her parents gave him a name, she often called him Bruiser instead of Siwa. Could it be that she felt that calling him more would make her younger brother as healthy as a bruiser? Tsk tsk. Xiaomi looked sympathetically at her younger brother who was being carried by her mother. This was too pitiful. She wondered how long this name would follow Little Bruiser. After drinking the milk for a while, he was not hungry, but he smelled bad. His diaper was changed and his little butt wiped. Then his mother kissed and hugged him. Little Bruiser quickly fell asleep again. The little guy was delicate and weak. Other than eating, he slept. He was not as meddlesome as his sister. She would babble non-stop as long as she woke up. When Little Bruiser went back to sleep, Xiaomi kept making her mother laugh, until there was a burst of excited exclamations from outside the house. ¡°Brother must have caught the sparrow too. Does Xiaomi want to see it too? Mother will bring you to see it.¡± As Er Niang spoke, she picked up Xiaomi and went to the door. The door was opened a little for some air. It was not facing the bed, so it was fine. ¡°Father, I caught them. I caught many. Come quickly!¡± Dawa pressed on the dustpan, afraid that the sparrows inside would run away, and shouted for Jiang Hu. Jiang Hu hurriedly came out with the sack. Xiaomi¡¯s vision was not good enough to see anything too detailed, but she still saw her father grab several times before he finally grabbed all the sparrows under the dustpan and put them into the sack. That was great. There was so much meat. In the future, his parents, brothers, and sister would be able to eat a lot of meat every day! Xiaomi applauded and congratulated. Er Niang couldn¡¯t help but laugh until her eyes were full. ¡°Xiaomi is also very happy, right?¡± Xiaomi agreed. She was happy. Er Niang held Xiaomi in her arms and looked at her for a while before going back to bed. She put Xiaomi away and took the straw mat again. Although the roof had been repaired, the thatched cushions on the four walls were very old. It would probably be difficult for them to have the money to build a house in the next year or so, so they had to tidy up this small thatched hut. When everyone entered the village back then, it had been abandoned for many years. The houses were all dilapidated. Even the two brick houses did not fare much better. Moreover, after everyone entered the village, whoever entered the house first, that house would belong to them. Back then, because Er Niang was pregnant, they moved slowly. Only a few thatched houses at the end of the village were left. Fortunately, at least the house was enough for shelter. There was nothing else to insist. Seeing that her mother was busy, Xiaomi secretly fed her younger brother some spiritual spring water. It was easy to get angry after drinking too much milk powder, so she always took turns feeding him spiritual spring water and milk powder. After feeding him, she closed her eyes and rested. In fact, she entered the space. There were a lot of things in the space. They were all mixed together now. She had to slowly separate these things. After being busy for a while, she became a little bored. Anyway, she could not take those things out for the time being, so she simply shifted her gaze to the additional courtyard. ¡°Can I grow vegetables in this vegetable garden?¡± Xiaomi used her consciousness to control a bag of cabbage seeds and brought them to the vegetable garden. She tore open the packaging and carefully sprinkled the cabbage seeds, which were smaller than sesame seeds, on the ground. Two or three kinds of seeds were scattered over most of the vegetable garden. If I can plant it, I can plant wheat and corn in the future. Then I can channel some spiritual spring water over and turn the vegetable garden into a paddy field. I can even plant rice! The more she thought about it, the happier she became. This way, those dozens of catties of seeds could become many, many seeds! She flew around the vegetable garden a few times and returned to the spiritual spring to absorb spiritual energy for a while. It was only later that Xiaomi realized that using her consciousness to move in the space was tiring. At times like this, she could either leave the space to sleep or take a few breaths of spiritual energy. Most of the time, she chose to absorb the spiritual energy. Anyway, after her consciousness entered the space, her body was also in a deep sleep. She followed Er Niang every day during her confinement period and relied on this space to pass the time. After a while, Xiaomi regained her spirits. She looked at the small courtyard in front of her and was in high spirits. Speaking of which, I only saw the general situation last time. I haven¡¯t studied the situation in this house properly! She decided to just do it and immediately darted into the nearest room. Chapter 11 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The square courtyard house was small and enclosed on all sides. The spiritual spring was in the corner near the central room. It was a small circular pool with a spring in the middle. The spiritual spring water spewed out from this spring, forming a small fountain. Xiaomi entered the central room first. Because she was too short, everything in the room seemed very tall. Fortunately, she could still propel herself to fly. Then she successfully saw the plaque above the central room. ¡°Youran Residence?¡± Xiaomi looked at it several times to make sure she was not mistaken. ¡°Strange, this is a door plaque, right? Why isn¡¯t the door plaque hanging on the door? Why is it here?¡± Not only that, but under the plaque was a long desk with two nameless memorial tablets and an incense burner. Beside it was a handful of incense and a match. Although she did not know who the memorial tablet belonged to, she inserted three incense sticks into the incense burner. Then she lit them with the match and bowed politely three times. However, she left too quickly to notice that when the smoke rose, it actually floated towards the nameless tablet and was absorbed. There was nothing in the central room but plaques and memorial tablets. Xiaomi strolled around and went to the other rooms. There were a few bedrooms, beds, and chairs. Unfortunately, her body could not enter this space. Even if she saw these things, she did not feel anything. There were also two other empty rooms. She guessed that they were storage spaces. But what surprised Xiaomi the most was that there was a pharmacy-like room near the door. It had rows of cabinets. There were many small drawers on each cabinet, and the drawers was empty. ¡°Are these for storing things?¡± Xiaomi muttered to herself. Then she went outside and brought over a bag of seeds. She opened the packaging and poured the seeds into a drawer. A second later, something magical happened. A few words slowly appeared in the blank space of the drawer: Moonlight Grass. Her eyes widened. ¡°Impressive. You can even recognize it automatically!¡± At the same time, the packet in her hand slowly disappeared. She continued to stare. ¡°And clear the trash!¡± It was amazing. The changes in space were too amazing! Just as Xiaomi was in high spirits and was about to continue bringing in all the seeds, she felt someone tugging at her. As soon as she came out of the space, she heard her father say, ¡°Er Niang, why is there no movement every time Sanni sleeps? She¡¯s heavier than Bruiser.¡± She even felt her arms being pulled up. Xiaomi closed her eyes and punched him. Then she opened her eyes and glared at him. Stinky Daddy, you¡¯re disturbing me from my work! Jiang Hu saw that his daughter had woken up and immediately chuckled. ¡°She¡¯s awake, she¡¯s awake. Er Niang, look, Sanni is awake.¡± Er Niang was holding a bowl. Xiaomi could smell the broth in the air. So it had been so long. Her father had even cooked the sparrow meat. Er Niang glared at Jiang Hu. ¡°The child is sleeping well. Why did you wake her up?¡± Jiang Hu picked Xiaomi up and showed her Er Niang¡¯s bowl. ¡°Sanni, look. Father cooked broth for Mother. Now you and your brother can eat more.¡± Er Niang¡¯s bowl was half-filled with meat. The sparrow had its head, internal organs, and claws removed. After its feathers were plucked, there was at most half a piece of meat, or even less. There were at least three or four sparrows in Er Niang¡¯s bowl. Relishing the taste, Er Niang almost chewed the bones. It seemed that Jiang Hu had spent a long time cooking them. Daddy, you¡¯ve worked hard. Xiaomi loves you! She blew bubbles at Jiang Hu happily. She had grown up in the orphanage in her previous life. Although the granny dean treated them very well, there were too many children in the orphanage. Although her family was very poor after being reborn, this hardship made her understand the sincerity of family relationships. Her parents were loving and close. She liked such a family. ¡°Haha, Xiaomi wants to eat it too, right? When Xiaomi grows up, Daddy will cook it for you!¡± Jiang Hu laughed even louder. Er Niang looked at the one-sided communication between the father and daughter and smiled warmly. Then she saw Siwa on the bed and reached out to touch him to let him know that his parents had not forgotten him. It was not that they did not like Siwa but he slept with his eyes closed most of the day. Unless he was hungry or his butt was uncomfortable, he rarely woke up. In contrast, Xiaomi was either looking around with wide eyes, blowing bubbles, or babbling as if she was talking. This was also why Er Niang and Jiang Hu liked to tease her. No matter what she said to Xiaomi, she would get a babbling response, as if she could understand it. Jiang Hu waited until Er Niang had finished eating before carrying the empty bowl out. Perhaps because he had caught a few sparrows, Jiang Hu felt the weight on his shoulders decrease greatly, and even his footsteps became much lighter. The two children were eating in the kitchen. When Jiang Hu returned, the two of them were finishing the meat in their bowls. There was also a small bowl on the table. It was as much as theirs and less than Second Mother¡¯s. However, the two children did not want it after they finished eating. They did not covet the bowls on the table at all. Instead, he looked at Jiang Hu excitedly. ¡°Dad, are we going to catch more sparrows later? It¡¯s so easy to catch sparrows. We¡¯ll have meat to eat in the future.¡± Jiang Hu nodded vigorously. ¡°Catch them! ¡°You can catch them based on what I just taught you, Father will send two sparrows to everyone in the village.¡± Dawa looked crestfallen. ¡°Why, Father? It wasn¡¯t easy for us to catch them.¡± This was meat. He couldn¡¯t bear to give it to anyone. Jiang Hu rubbed Dawa¡¯s head. ¡°Dawa, the villagers sent us so many wild vegetables a few days ago. Also, in the past, everyone took good care of our family. We have to remember their kindness, understand?¡± Dawa seemed not to understand, but he understood at last. They are good to us, so we have to be good to them. ¡°I understand, Father. Then send it to the others. My sister and I will continue to catch birds at home!¡± Erni was still young and did not understand those principles, but she knew what she had to do. She quickly nodded with her brother to show that she would help. Jiang Hu stroked Erni¡¯s head again. ¡°Good girl. I¡¯ll cook meat every day from now on.¡± The two children said in unison, ¡°Thank you, Daddy!¡± Jiang Hu took a few bites from his bowl. He did not mix in rice today. He just added a little salt to the sparrow meat. After cooking it, he added the washed wild vegetables. The taste was a little fishy, but everyone was very satisfied. Since the sparrows had already returned, it would not be long before the wild rabbits, pheasants, and other small animals on the mountains slowly returned. He had learned how to hunt in the past. When he caught some prey and sold them in town, he could exchange them for money and prepare thick clothes for the family. Although spring had just begun, Jiang Hu was already thinking about how to survive the winter this year. Chapter 12 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Although the sparrows were small, they were still meat. Jiang Hu was not in a hurry to deliver the things first. Anyway, it was raining today and he could not go to the fields to work. Everyone must be at home. It did not matter when he sent them. He asked Erni to go to the house to accompany Er Niang and look after the children, leaving the heavy responsibility of continuing to catch sparrows to Dawa. Then he took the thatch and basket himself, ready to pack up these sparrows that were captured. He did not know exactly how many were caught. He was busy cooking earlier. When Dawa caught them and shouted for him, he grabbed them and stuffed them into a sack. Now that the mouth of the sack was tied, the sparrows kept fluttering inside. They were carried out the door like this. If he was not careful, all the sparrows would escape. Therefore, he was prepared to tie up the sparrows one by one. The thatch was placed aside, and the basket was covered with a bamboo plaque. He first stepped on the mouth of the sack containing the sparrows before slowly reaching in to grab one. He drew a thatch and tied up the sparrow¡¯s wings and legs to make sure it didn¡¯t fly away. Then he put it in the wicker basket and covered it with a bamboo plaque. Basically, everyone in Fu¡¯an Village knew each other, but Jiang Hu did not know how many families there were. Back then, after everyone settled down, they only hurriedly chose the village chief and went to till the land. However, everyone had finished their work in the past few days. Jiang Hu estimated that the village chief had already calculated how many families there were in the village. Jiang Hu decided to count how many sparrows he had captured first before going to the village chief¡¯s house to ask how many families there were in the village. Then he would give them according to the situation. Not long after, Dawa ran out excitedly, shouting for his father to come quickly. Without thinking, Jiang Hu grabbed the sack and strode out. However, it might be that sparrows also communicated with each other. Other than the fact that it was easy to catch a lot at the beginning, there were less of them later on, and they waited longer each time for one to be caught. When it was almost noon, Jiang Hu patted his pants and stood up. ¡°Dawa, let¡¯s stop waiting. We¡¯ll continue catching tomorrow. Let¡¯s cook first.¡± At noon, he continued to cook sparrows with wild vegetables soup. After eating in the morning, he did not feel cold even though it was still raining. Usually, he would shiver from the cold if he sat outside like this. It seemed that this sparrow was good stuff. ¡°Father, how many did we catch in total?¡± Dawa bounced back to help start the fire. He was overjoyed to see his father deal with the sparrows. ¡°We caught more than 70. I¡¯ll keep 10 at home in the afternoon and distribute the rest to the villagers.¡± Dawaimmediately pursed his lips. ¡°Why do we have to split so much? It wasn¡¯t easy for us to catch them.¡± Jiang Hu comforted him. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, we¡¯ll catch more tomorrow. Look at the sparrows on the tree in the distance. In the future, when I go to the fields to work, you¡¯ll stay at home to catch sparrows, okay? ¡°Even if the sparrows become smarter, there will always be a few stupid ones. It¡¯s enough to catch a few every day.¡± ¡°Alright, Father, you might as well tell the others how to catch them. When the time comes, everyone can catch sparrows themselves. We don¡¯t have to give any to them.¡± As for whether others could catch them or not, that was up to them. Jiang Hu nodded. ¡°I know.¡± It was the same sparrow meat seasoned with a little salt. Although the sparrows were small, the meat was really firm. It took Jiang Hu more than an hour to cook to his satisfaction before he added the wild vegetables he had dug up yesterday. He scooped up a third of the breasts, sparrow legs, and other meat for Er Niang. The rest was for the three of them. After that, he washed the diapers and took out the buckets in the house to pour into the latrine pit and wash them again. Finally, he packed the sparrows that he was going to give away in a sack and took the bamboo basket. He asked Dawa to follow with the grass rope and the sparrows¡¯ internal organs. ¡°Father, what are we doing with these?¡± It was drizzling. Dawa hung the bamboo grass rope around his neck and held a broken bowl with the sparrows¡¯ innards in it. ¡°We¡¯ll catch fish in the river first, then send the sparrows to the others.¡± Jiang Hu strode ahead. Dawa had to jog to keep up. ¡°Catch fish!¡± Dawa immediately became greedy. ¡°Does Daddy know how to catch fish?¡± Jiang Hu nodded. ¡°Of course, but there was no bait previously. Father didn¡¯t think of it either. Let¡¯s try fishing today.¡± As they spoke, they reached the river. Villages were typically built near water sources, so Fu¡¯an Village naturally had a river. It was not far from their house, only about a thousand feet away. As the saying went, the more anxious one was, the more anxious one became. Previously, he was so anxious that he had completely forgotten that there was a river in the village and there were fish in the river. After eating his fill today, his brain finally came alive. When they reached the river, he put the sack aside and let Dawa watch him. He tied the bamboo basket with a straw rope and placed the internal organs into the bamboo basket with the broken bowl. Then he placed the bamboo basket in the river with the straw rope. The river was not deep, but they happened to be upstream. The current was a little rapid. Jiang Hu tied one end of the rope to a mulberry tree by the river. After he was done, Jiang Hu picked up the sack again and called out to Dawa, ¡°Let¡¯s go and deliver the sparrows first. We¡¯ll come back and take a look.¡± The father and son went to the village chief¡¯s house first and asked how many families there were in the village and where they lived. When the village chief found out what they were going to do, he was so happy that he personally led the way for them. He also told them how many people each family had. Other than the 10 that were left at home, Jiang Hu took out a total of 67 sparrows. There were more than 40 families in the village. He gave two to those with more family members and one to those with fewer people. At this time, having meat to eat was very extravagant. No one thought it was too little. Just as Dawa had suggested, Jiang Hu also told them how to catch the sparrows. If there was nothing in the field and there was no extra grain, they could find the grass seeds that had not been sown the previous year as bait. There was always a way. The best thing about Fu¡¯an Village now was that everyone helped each other along the way. As for those mean families, they had long disappeared because no one helped them. After walking around the village and going back, two hours passed. The sacks were empty. Before father and son went home, they jogged towards the river. ¡°Father, there¡¯s fish! There¡¯s really fish!¡± Dawa shouted as soon as they arrived at the river. He was not as steady as his father. However, although he was steady, Jiang Hu could not help but be happy. He nodded hard. ¡°Yes!¡± He had already begun to pull the rope up quickly. Jiang Hu was tall and strong. Recently, he had been fed spiritual spring milk by Xiaomi every night. His strength had returned. In a few moments, he lifted the bamboo basket without a single fish escaping. ¡°Dad, you¡¯re so awesome. There are so many fish!¡± Dawa jumped up and down excitedly. Today was definitely the happiest day! The smile in Jiang Hu¡¯s eyes became even more obvious. ¡°We won¡¯t eat sparrows tonight. I¡¯ll cook fish soup for you all!¡± There were five to six palm-sized big fish in the bamboo basket, as well as many finger-sized small fish. It was enough for several meals. When he delivered the sparrows earlier, he had also mentioned catching fish using the sparrows¡¯ internal organs as bait. Now there was no need to specially inform them about their catch. The fish¡¯s internal organs could still be used as bait. This river was not small. It would definitely help everyone tide over their difficulties! Chapter 13 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Jiang Hu picked up the bamboo basket, carried Dawa, and rushed home, wanting to put the fish into a bucket of water as soon as possible. When he returned to the kitchen, he put Dawa down first. ¡°You start the fire first, I¡¯ll bring the fish to your mother.¡± As he spoke, he poured a few fish into a wooden basin and scooped two ladles of water into it. ¡°Er Niang, look what I caught. It¡¯s fish. There are so many fish!¡± Before he entered the house, his voice could be heard. Xiaomi quickly retracted her hand. Er Niang opened her eyes in confusion and smacked her lips twice. She had dreamed that she was eating. The feeling was so real that she didn¡¯t even come back to her senses. Fortunately, Jiang Hu pushed open the door and entered, bringing a whiff of chilly air. However, he was not in a hurry to approach his wife. Instead, he stood at the door. ¡°Er Niang, I caught many fish using the sparrows¡¯ innards as bait. There are big and small fish!¡± Jiang Hu could not hide his excitement. Earlier, he had to be polite in front of his son, but there was no need in front of his wife. He caught Er Niang¡¯s attention and she stopped dwelling on the dream. She sat up happily. ¡°Really? Hu, you¡¯re so awesome!¡± As she spoke, she wanted to get out of bed, but Jiang Hu stopped her. ¡°Er Niang, you stay over there. I¡¯ll stand here for a while. I¡¯m cold. Don¡¯t let the chill pass on to you and the child. I¡¯ll bring the fish over for you later.¡± Er Niang did stop, but she still sat at the head of the bed and looked around. It was Erni who was woken up. In the afternoon, the mother and daughter braided straw mats together. When they were tired, they lay down and rested for a while. The child was in a deep sleep, so she woke up late. Hearing about the fish, Erni ignored Jiang Hu¡¯s obstruction and ran over in her straw shoes. She tiptoed and looked. Jiang Hu hurriedly lowered the wooden basin. ¡°Daddy, so fish look like this. I heard that the fish meat is very delicious. Daddy, can we eat fish tonight?¡± Jiang Hu nodded repeatedly. ¡°Of course. I¡¯ll cook fish for you all tonight, but the fish has bones. You have to eat slowly and carefully, understand?¡± Erni quickly nodded. ¡°Yes, yes, I understand, Daddy.¡± Xiaomi also stretched out her arms and shouted ¡°Ahh! Ahh!¡± Daddy, how many fish are there? Hurry up and bring them over for us to see! Er Niang reached out and picked up Xiaomi. ¡°Sanni has never seen fish either, right? Daddy will bring them over immediately and we can look at them together.¡± Jiang Hu stood at the door for a while, and the coldness in his body subsided. Then he carried the wooden basin to the bed and approached Er Niang as if he was presenting a treasure. ¡°Er Niang, look. There are five big fish and many small fish.¡± Because Xiaomi was being carried by her mother, she could see the fish in the wooden basin if she lowered her head slightly. The so-called big fish was not even the size of her Daddy¡¯s palm. However, there were all kinds of small fish. There were also some small carp that were two fingers wide. There were indeed many of them. Xiaomi¡¯s heart skipped a beat. When her parents weren¡¯t looking, she secretly stretched out her arm and touched the water with her fingers. She placed a small amount of spiritual spring into the water and almost instantly attracted all the fish. ¡°Ah, Sanni, The fish is going to eat Sanni¡¯s hand!¡± Oh no, I actually forgot about Erni! In a flash, Xiaomi quickly collected a small carp and brought it into the space. Then she waved her hands wildly and shouted in the air. ¡°Oh my, why are Xiaomi¡¯s fingers touching water?¡± Er Niang quickly took Xiaomi¡¯s hand and dried it. Then she leaned close to her and blew hot air over her hand. ¡°Don¡¯t catch a cold.¡± Jiang Hu quickly moved the wooden basin further away. ¡°It¡¯s all my fault. I forgot that Xiaomi is naughty. Is she alright? Is Xiaomi cold?¡± She was not cold. Her mother had warmed her up. Xiaomi smiled in response to her father. Unfortunately, Jiang Hu did not understand. Er Niang smiled and stuffed Xiaomi¡¯s hand back into the swaddling clothes. ¡°It¡¯s fine. She just touched a little water with her fingertips.¡± Jiang Hu heaved a sigh of relief. ¡°You scared me to death. It seems that I have to bring less of these things to Xiaomi in the future.¡± After all, she had only been born a few days ago. If she caught a cold, even a doctor would not be able to do anything. Then Jiang Hu stood up with the basin again. ¡°Erni, let¡¯s go. I¡¯m cooking fish. Do you want to take a look?¡± These two children had not had a good day since they were born. Jiang Hu felt guilty, so he was exceptionally patient with the two children, be it the eldest son or the second daughter. Of course, this also had to do with the two children being exceptionally obedient and sensible. ¡°I want to see!¡± Erni quickly followed. ¡°I want to see Daddy cook fish!¡± After the father and daughter left, only the three of them were left in the house. Er Niang habitually touched the two children¡¯s buttocks and picked up Bruiser to hug him, mainly to confirm if the little guy was still breathing. ¡°Sigh, Bruiser, you have to grow up well.¡± Er Niang was constantly worried. Every time she saw the lively Xiaomi, she would be happy and when she looked at the quiet Bruiser, she would be worried. She was afraid that if she did not pay attention to him, the child would be gone. Don¡¯t worry, Mother. Bruiser is fine. Xiaomi comforted her mother. As expected, when she heard Xiaomi¡¯s cheerful voice, the worried look on Er Niang¡¯s face instantly disappeared. She simply hugged Xiaomi as well. ¡°Xiaomi also thinks that Little Brother will grow up well, right?¡± Xiaomi hurriedly nodded. That¡¯s right. With milk powder and spiritual spring water to nourish him, Bruiser must be in good health! However, Xiaomi¡¯s eyes also began to drift to Bruiser. Although they were twins, she couldn¡¯t see him clearly because of the swaddling clothes and her blurry baby¡¯s vision. However, because of the nourishment of the spiritual spring these few days, Xiaomi realized that her vision and hearing had improved a lot. Just like this moment, when Er Niang picked her up, she happened to see the other half of Bruiser in Er Niang¡¯s arms. Xiaomi was instantly shocked. So dirty! There were many yellow scabs on his forehead and hair, all dried up! ¡°Boohoo.¡± Xiaomi felt terrible at the thought that she must be as dirty as he was. She had forgotten that she had not taken a shower since she was born. They were so dirty. Why could their parents still kiss and touch them? Why did their brother and sister still say that they were cute? Xiaomi felt stifled. She felt that she was not clean. However, Er Niang clearly misunderstood Xiaomi¡¯s reaction. She smiled and let the siblings move closer. ¡°Xiaomi also wants to see your younger brother, right?¡± Alright, Xiaomi reached out and touched Bruiser. Mother, when are you going to give us a shower? Don¡¯t tell me you have to wait until after confinement? Er Niang felt that Xiaomi must have liked her brother very much. ¡°Hehe, your brother is also very obedient. Your brother¡¯s health is not good. Xiaomi, when you grow up, you have to take good care of him.¡± Don¡¯t worry, Mother. Bruiser is so weak. I must have snatched too much nutrition in your stomach. I¡¯ll take good care of Bruiser in the future! Xiaomi quickly forgot that Bruiser was dirty and promised her mother happily, not caring if she understood. Er Niang looked at Xiaomi, who was waving happily, and couldn¡¯t help but kiss her cheek again. As for what she said to Xiaomi, she just said it casually and didn¡¯t think Xiaomi could understand. Hence, this beautiful promise was made informally. Chapter 14 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios There was still only a little salt in the fish soup at night. It was very fishy and did not taste good, but everyone ate to their heart¡¯s content. Today was definitely the day they had eaten the best meal in years! After Er Niang was full, she carried the children and fed them. After eating meat today, she had more milk. Her chest was not as shriveled as before. Seeing the two children gulping down milk, Er Niang was very relaxed. When Jiang Hu saw this, he walked in and hugged Er Niang. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. From now on, Dawa and I will catch fish and sparrows every day. When the weather is warmer, there might even be pheasants and hares. You and the children will be fine.¡± Er Niang smiled and nodded. Then she let Jiang Hu look at Bruiser in her arms. ¡°Look at Bruiser. He wasn¡¯t so energetic when he was breastfed in the past. He¡¯s much stronger than two days ago.¡± That¡¯s right. Previously, he did not have much strength to drink milk. Now he was gulping it down. Jiang Hu said, ¡°Yes, you must have eaten well, and the breast milk is more tasty. Er Niang, drink another bowl of soup later. I¡¯ll set another bamboo trap later and bring it back tomorrow morning.¡± Er Niang couldn¡¯t bear to refuse when she saw Bruiser suck her breast milk with relish. Xiaomi lay at the side and listened to her parents talk. She smacked her lips twice. The milk today was indeed better than before. As expected, eating meat was more effective. Just the spiritual spring water and milk powder were not enough. Seeing that her parents were still talking sweetly, Xiaomi quickly took the opportunity to enter the space. She had not forgotten that she had stolen a small carp earlier. Fortunately, her father did not exactly count how many there were. In addition, there were quite a lot of small fish to begin with, so he did not notice that one was missing. As soon as Xiaomi entered the space, she went straight to the spiritual spring. When she lured the small fish over with the spiritual spring, she also placed the small fish in the spring. ¡°That¡¯s great. It¡¯s still there.¡± Seeing the small carp swimming in the spring, Xiaomi heaved a sigh of relief. Then she became worried. ¡°There¡¯s only one. It can¡¯t reproduce. I have to find an opportunity to get another fish.¡± Moreover, she needed the luck to have a female and a male. Unfortunately, she did not know how to identify them. After lying by the spring for a while, Xiaomi left. She still had to sort out all the supplies in the space. As she passed by the vegetable garden, Xiaomi took a few more glances. Nothing yet, but then she thought it made sense. How could the cabbage seeds that had just been planted this morning germinate so quickly? Arriving at the mountain of supplies, Xiaomi composed herself. Instead of rushing to work, she walked around the space first. Other than the additional courtyard and land, there were also some other changes. For example, the original space had become a little larger. The originally black and empty fringe had also turned into a large white fog that enveloped the entire space. The first time Xiaomi entered this space was when she had fallen from an unknown height. Intrigued, Xiaomi entered the white fog and quickly emerged from the other direction. In disbelief, she tried several more times. No matter which way she entered, she would emerge from another direction. Xiaomi was exasperated. ¡°Damn it! What a waste of my time!¡± Forget it, forget it. Let¡¯s pack up first. Since the space was so big, she would sort out the resources that had piled up like a mountain. She would also sort out what was there. She had earlier packed a lot of all kinds of milk powder. Of course, this was definitely not all of them. After all, she had been in the apocalypse for more than a year. The supplies she had collected could make two big shots fight over them. It could be seen how many good things she had here. However, at the thought of this, Xiaomi couldn¡¯t help but laugh foolishly. No matter what happened to the two big shots, these things were still hers! They were all hers! ¡°Seeds? Put them all in a pile and slowly organize them in the storage room in the courtyard. ¡°Cooked food? Unfortunately, I can¡¯t take it out directly. Forget it, I¡¯ll put it aside for now. I¡¯ll slowly consume it when I grow up. ¡°Ah, there¡¯s actually so much raw meat? It¡¯s still frozen stiff. Oh right, I seem to remember I collected a freezer. Unfortunately, I can¡¯t take out so much meat right away!¡± The more she thought about it, the more her heart ached! Beef, mutton, pork, chicken, duck, goose, and fish. There were also various seafood, chicken gizzard, duck gizzard, pig trotters, and so on. There was no hurry. Xiaomi patted her chest. When she grew up, she would definitely find an opportunity to eat these things! ¡°Wow, so many eggs. Chicken eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs. Eh? This looks like a pigeon egg, right? I wonder if it¡¯s fertilized. Even if it¡¯s a pigeon, raising it will definitely make more money than chicken, ducks, and geese.¡± She packed all kinds of eggs in boxes and put them aside. There must be more inside. ¡°I wonder what the chickens here look like. I remember that the local chickens in the countryside seem to be relatively thin. If they can hatch chickens that are big and fat, they will definitely be popular.¡± In this day and age, meat must be more popular than taste. No matter how fragrant a black chicken was, it was not as popular as a fat and heavy rooster in the eyes of the commoners. At least they could eat a few more catties of meat! After working for an hour or two and absorbing the spiritual energy several times, she only sorted out less than one percent of the supplies. However, what made Xiaomi the happiest was that she found some basic medicines, such as cold medicine, fever medicine, and anti-inflammatory medicine. Today, her father and eldest brother went out in the rain. When they returned, her father¡¯s mouth had turned a little purple from the cold. Her brother was in the kitchen building a fire. She didn¡¯t see his situation, but she didn¡¯t think he would be much better. Xiaomi took a packet of cold medicine and rinsed it with the spiritual spring water. She was prepared to give them medicine instead of milk powder that night. Because no one in their world had taken cold medicine, their resistance to medicine must be very low. Therefore, Xiaomi only made a packet and she would let her father drink more. One-third of it was enough for her brother. Xiaomi washed the bowls which were used for the milk powder, with spiritual spring water every day and poured the dishwashing water into the vegetable garden outside. For this, there were several basins, dishes, and cupboards beside the spiritual spring. Fortunately, Xiaomi could control these things in the space with her consciousness. Otherwise, it would be really difficult for her. After she was done, she made enough milk powder again. Xiaomi estimated the time and felt that it was about time. She quickly left the space. As expected, as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Er Niang leaning over, ready to touch her. When she saw Xiaomi open her eyes, Er Niang immediately smiled. ¡°Xiaomi, are you awake?¡± That¡¯s right, Mother. Xiaomi immediately smiled. I saw so many peacock eggs just now. When the time comes, I¡¯ll hatch a peacock and let it unfold its feathers for you to see. Unfortunately, Er Niang did not hear it. ¡°Is Xiaomi hungry? Daddy went to prepare the cage to catch fish again. Mother wants to wait for Daddy. Let your Second Sister play with you, okay?¡± How could he catch fish on a rainy day! Xiaomi was furious, but Er Niang touched her stomach and felt that she was not hungry yet. She went back to weave straw mats and waited for Jiang Hu to return. Erni and Dawa had returned to the room. Dawa was helping to weave straw mats, and Erni hurried to Xiaomi and Bruiser. ¡°Third Sister, be good. I¡¯ll play with you. Don¡¯t wake your little brother up. He¡¯s still asleep.¡± Chapter 15 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios At night, Xiaomi successfully fed her father and brother the cold medicine. When she touched Dawa¡¯s forehead, he clearly felt a little feverish. Fortunately, the temperature was not high. Coupled with the timely arrival of the cold medicine and the nourishment of the spiritual spring water, the fever quickly subsided. The next day, he was full of energy again. After all, Jiang Hu was an adult and had a stronger resistance. He did not have much of a reaction. However, when he was about to go to the river in the morning, he was stopped by Erniang. She gave him a simple raincoat that she made out of thatch last night. ¡°It¡¯s still raining. It sounds even heavier than yesterday. Dawa, don¡¯t follow Father, lest you catch a cold.¡± The eager Dawa instantly wilted. ¡°Mother, why don¡¯t you make a raincoat for me too? Then I can go with Father.¡± The fish soup last night was delicious and there was fish meat to eat. He had been eating even in his dreams at night and was not hungry at all. However, just as Dawa finished speaking, he was knocked on the head by Jiang Hu, who had yet to go out. ¡°Why don¡¯t you know how to do it yourself? Your mother hasn¡¯t recovered yet, and she still has to take care of your younger siblings.¡± Dawa knew that he was in the wrong and pursed his lips. ¡°Then I¡¯ll make my own raincoat today. Father, you have to bring me along next time.¡± He wanted to see his father catch the fish with his own eyes. ¡°No problem,¡± Jiang Hu said and went out. Before he left, he paid special attention to the surroundings. Perhaps the rain was heavier today, so the sparrows did not come out. Fortunately, there were still 10 sparrows left at home yesterday and there were fish also. If he ate less every day, there should be enough to eat for a few days. Perhaps because of the weather, Xiaomi was not in high spirits today. Fortunately, the house was airtight and rainproof and it was warm in the house. There was a pile of thatch in the corner of the house. Dawa took a bundle and learned how to make a straw raincoat from his mother while Erni played with Xiaomi and Bruiser. After being nourished by the spiritual spring water during this period of time, Bruiser finally became a little more energetic. He interacted with his second sister for a while before resuming his sleep. Xiaomi did not enter the space. After all, sleeping for too long would worry her family, so she kept herself occupied by squinting at Erni and Bruiser. Outside, there was the patter of rain. It was not loud, but it sounded dense. But from the looks of it, this spring rain would probably last for a few days. She had placed some spiritual spring water in the wooden basin where the fish were kept yesterday. If her father would not be so idle as to change the water again, the fish in that basin would definitely live for a few more days. It seemed to have been more than 10 days since she was born. In another 20 days, she could go out with her mother. Jiang Hu returned quickly. Fortunately, he caught a few more fish. Although there were not as many as yesterday, it was enough to make the family very happy. In the morning, he made fish soup as usual. He did not dig for wild vegetables because it rained the day before. They had already eaten all the previous ones, so there was only fish soup today. There was more soup than fish, but it was good to save a meal. After dinner, Dawa volunteered to wash the dishes. Jiang Hu was at the door washing the diapers. The door was ajar. The gap was not facing the bed and there was no wind. This made the room brighter. ¡°Erniang, I realized that sparrows love places that have been watered with diaper-washing water. Do you think the insects in that area are fatter?¡± Xiaomi groaned in her swaddling clothes. Of course. She and Bruiser had drunk the most spiritual spring water. There must be a certain amount of spiritual energy in their excrement. They watered the vegetable fields, nourished the microorganisms and various insects in the fields, and attracted animals that fed on them. She believed that after the manure in the latrine at home was poured on the ground, it would have the same effect. After all, everyone in the family had drunk spiritual spring water. Erniang had eaten well these past two days and was even more energetic. She was nimbly making a straw raincoat for Dawa and did not miss Jiang Hu¡¯s words. ¡°That¡¯s possible. This vegetable garden that has been abandoned for many years is now watered every day. The grass seeds and insect eggs in the ground must have come alive.¡± Jiang Hu nodded seriously. After some thought, he poured the diaper-washing water on another spot. ¡°Erniang, since birds like to dig for food over there, I¡¯ll look for insects and earthworms there later. I might also be able to catch more fish. ¡°By the way, there are also those small weeds. Some fish can eat grass. It¡¯s probably going to rain for the next few days. Anyway, there are no sparrows on rainy days. I¡¯ll go to the river and catch more fish. It¡¯s easier to catch fish on rainy days.¡± ¡°Then be careful. Wear your raincoat and don¡¯t catch a cold.¡± ¡°Mother, what about me? Is my raincoat almost done? I want to catch insects and fish with Father!¡± Dawa came over after washing the dishes and heard his parents talking about catching fish. He immediately hopped into the room. ¡°Alright, alright. It¡¯ll be done soon. Look at how anxious you are. Come over and change into these shoes first.¡± The shoes were also straw shoes. It had to be said that Erniang was really good with her hands. She knew how to make straw clothes and straw shoes, and she made them very well. ¡°No need, Mother. I¡¯m wearing these today. These are about to break apart. If they break apart, I can throw them away. Keep the new ones for now.¡± Dawa carried the straw shoes and put them aside. When he returned, he happened to see Xiaomi looking at him with wide eyes. He quickly leaned closer to coax her. ¡°Sanni, stay at home with Mother. Brother will catch fish for Mother to eat. Mother will be full after eating them and you will also be full.¡± Although he was only five years old and a boy at that, he was good at coaxing people. Xiaomi held out her hand. Brother, you have to be careful. The road is slippery in the rain. Don¡¯t fall into the river. When Dawa saw Xiaomi reaching out and calling out, he immediately became happy. ¡°Mother, Sanni wants me to carry her!¡± As he spoke, he picked up Xiaomi and drooled on her face. ¡°Haha, does Sanni want to eat fish too? Don¡¯t be anxious. You can eat it when you grow up.¡± Erniang wanted to stop him, but she saw that Dawa was carrying her properly and Xiaomi did not cry. She simply said, ¡°Be careful. Don¡¯t drop your sister.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Mother. I¡¯m hugging her very tightly.¡± Dawa had even forgotten about digging for insects. After hugging Xiaomi for a while, he switched to Bruiser. Unfortunately, Bruiser did not give him face. He kept his eyes closed and slept soundly, not even looking at his brother. Dawa was a little disappointed. He had to put Bruiser down and play with Xiaomi for a while. When his mother finished making his raincoat, he hurriedly put it on and ran out to dig for insects with his father. Listening to the excited voices of her father and brother, Xiaomi slowly felt tired. She simply closed her eyes and slept. As for whether her father could catch fish, Xiaomi was not worried at all. If those larvae could attract the sparrows, they would definitely attract fish. As long as her father was careful not to slip on the road in the rain. However, to be able to escape for several years and bring along a family, including a pregnant woman and young children until they could settle down safely, Xiaomi felt that her father was capable. He would remember to be careful. So Xiaomi slept more peacefully. Although she could enter the space to absorb spiritual energy and let her body sleep at the same time, how could it compare to simply sleeping? Sleeping was more comfortable! Chapter 16 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios As Xiaomi had guessed, when she woke up, her father and eldest brother had returned and were excitedly talking to her mother about their gains today. Not only did they catch fish with the insects from the ground, but they also caught a lot of fish! There were several catties of big and small fish. The basin could not even hold them all. They had to fill buckets with water! Xiaomi was instantly relieved. Now they did not have to worry about food at all. The spring rain fell for days. Jiang Hu and Dawa were sometimes at home and sometimes not when Xiaomi woke up. Occasionally she heard her father and mother talking about how other families used the same method to catch fish but their catch was far less than theirs. Jiang Hu even gave fish twice to the other families in the village who had children. Once again, she woke up from her sleep. The sky had cleared. There were many children talking in the courtyard. ¡°Dawa, your younger siblings are so awesome. Do they really not cry or make a fuss?¡± ¡°Of course. Xiaomi and Bruiser are very obedient and rarely cry. Father said that they wanted to protect Mother and let her rest well.¡± ¡°Really? My little sister used to cry so much that her throat was hoarse. Her voice is so unpleasant now.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t say things like that about your younger sister. A younger sister is to be protected. Don¡¯t chide her.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s not talk about it anymore. Hurry up and dig. There are so many insects here.¡± A voice came from outside. Xiaomi blinked, unable to react. What¡¯s going on? ¡°Is Xiaomi awake?¡± Erniang put down her half-weaved straw sandals and reached out to pick Xiaomi up and pat her on the back. Seeing that Xiaomi¡¯s eyes were constantly looking outside, she didn¡¯t care if she was not a month old yet. ¡°Your brother and his friends are digging for worms. If they dig up worms, they can catch fish. Then everyone can have fish soup.¡± Daddy and Mommy are so generous, Xiaomi babbled in response. Erniang gently pinched the tip of Xiaomi¡¯s nose. ¡°Does Xiaomi want to go out and play too? No, Xiaomi is still young. It¡¯s easy for her to get sick if she goes out. I¡¯ll take you out to play after one month.¡± Xiaomi pouted. I don¡¯t want to go out and play. I want to stay with my mother and younger brother to recuperate! However, Erniang clearly misunderstood. She thought that Xiaomi was unhappy because she could not go out to play. ¡°Xiaomi, don¡¯t be anxious. When you grow up, you can go out to play every day.¡± Unfortunately, Xiaomi couldn¡¯t explain. She could only smile foolishly at her mother. Erniang laughed and shook her head. She was confused. How could she think that Xiaomi could understand her? She patted Xiaomi and fed her. At this moment, Bruiser was awake and it was his turn. The two children were no trouble at all. Xiaomi almost never cried. When she peed or pooped, she only cried in discomfort until she changed her diaper. After changing Xiaomi¡¯s diaper, she would change Bruiser¡¯s. It would take 15 minutes at most. The siblings acted as if they had a prior agreement. Fortunately, the siblings were no trouble, so they were not too tired. After all, everyone in the family was counting on the father now, and no one could help. The less worrisome the children were, the more their father could rest. ¡°Erniang, I¡¯m back. The children are not crying, are they?¡± As she was thinking, Jiang Hu pushed the door open and entered. ¡°No, they¡¯re very obedient. It¡¯s not like you don¡¯t know.¡± Erniang carried Bruiser and fed him. Xiaomi was placed beside her. When she heard Jiang Hu¡¯s voice, she stretched out her arms. ¡°Hu, you went out early in the morning. Xiaomi must have missed you. Look, she wants you to carry her.¡± When Bruiser was full, Erniang picked him up and gently patted his back with one hand. After Bruiser burped, she let him lie down again. A burp would prevent the child from vomiting milk. He didn¡¯t eat much to begin with. It would be a waste if he vomited. Jiang Hu quickly dusted himself. ¡°I went to cut bamboo.¡± As he spoke, he picked up Xiaomi. ¡°Xiaomi, be good. After Daddy makes a small bed for you and Little Brother, you can go out with Daddy and Mommy.¡± Xiaomi¡¯s eyes lit up and she clapped her hands. Daddy, you¡¯re so awesome. You actually know how to make a bed! ¡°Hehe, Xiaomi also likes beds, right? Then play with Mommy. Daddy will go and get busy first.¡± Yes, yes. Daddy, go ahead and do your work. Don¡¯t worry about me. Xiaomi continued to babble, not caring if her father understood her at all. Then Jiang Hu placed Xiaomi beside her mother. The father and daughter could communicate without any barriers. Jiang Hu left the door half open and sat at the door to deal with the bamboo. The bamboo was fresh. After making the bed, he would leave it behind the stove for a few days. When they cooked there, it would warm the place and dry the moisture in the bamboo. There was not much work in the fields recently. There were many sparrows and fish at home, so he prepared to clean up the house first. When the people in this village fled, they did not take anything except food and clothes. They had pots, pans, and everything else. It was considered a bargain for them. However, the tables and chairs at home were old and rotten because they had not been used for many years. He took this opportunity to set up everything at home. ¡°By the way, Er Nioang, after I make the bed, I¡¯ll bring a few fish to town to take a look. I¡¯ll exchange them for some copper coins to buy salt. There¡¯s almost no salt left in the house.¡± The salt they were eating now was also distributed by the Imperial Court, just like food. However, there was very little, less than a tael of coarse salt. ¡°Alright, take more. The fish is cheap. It won¡¯t sell for much.¡± Jiang Hu nodded in agreement. He had caught a lot of fish, big and small, in the past few days. There was a stone vat under the roof, which was now specially used to raise fish. It was also because he had these fish that he did not have to worry about food at home. That was why Jiang Hu was in the mood to make a bed. Hearing her parents¡¯ voices, Xiaomi blew a bubble regretfully. Unfortunately, she couldn¡¯t move now. Otherwise, if she placed more spiritual spring water in her father¡¯s fish tank, the fish raised by the spiritual spring water would definitely be worth more. Sigh, everyday, Xiaomi wanted to grow up. Unfortunately, she could only lie in bed and blow bubbles. At the same time, she would think about when her parents would bathe her. It had been half a month since they were born, and the siblings had yet to see the water. Fortunately, from the third day onwards, her mother would wipe their faces and hands, and even their armpits, with hot water every day. The scabs on her face were slowly clearing up and she gradually became clean. Xiaomi waved her hand and felt that her arms and legs were stronger. This spiritual spring was indeed good stuff. When she grew up, she would definitely let her family drink spiritual spring water every day! Recently, there was food at home. Xiaomi still fed everyone milk powder every night. It was mainly because milk powder was nutritious and they could drink spiritual spring water at the same time. Based on Xiaomi¡¯s observation, in the past two weeks, everyone in the family looked much better, especially her eldest brother and second sister. Their faces did not look as jaundiced as before. She exclaimed again that the spiritual spring water was really good stuff. Then she closed her eyes and entered the space. Chapter 17 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios During this period of time, when Xiaomi was bored, she would enter the space to mess around for a while. One after another, portions of the supplies in the space were organized. ¡°How can I use up so many things?¡± Xiaomi looked at the supplies that almost filled the space and sighed affectedly. Then she rushed into the vegetable garden excitedly. ¡°They¡¯ve grown so well. They¡¯re emerald cabbages, edible emerald cabbages!¡± Xiaomi touched the vegetables in the garden. Perhaps because there was sufficient spiritual energy in the space. It had only been 10 days since the planting and the cabbage had already grown to the size of a palm. But that didn¡¯t matter. What mattered was that the cabbage looked juicy and tempting. But soon, Xiaomi began to sigh, ¡°It¡¯s a pity that I¡¯m not able to eat such a good dish.¡± Even if she wanted to eat it, she would have to wait until she could walk and jump before replacing the vegetables at home with the ones in the space. Fortunately, the things stored in the space would not spoil, and these cabbages would not be wasted. ¡°When these cabbages are harvested, I¡¯ll plant wheat and corn and then draw water to plant rice. Unfortunately, land is scarce over here. It¡¯ll take more than a year to rotate the crops in the land.¡± Xiaomi calculated that it would be best to plant wheat first. The wheat was to be planted in the winter. It was only spring now. There was spiritual energy in the space, so there was no need to care about the season. Moreover, the space seemed to be in a constant temperature all the time. There was no need to worry about the wheat growing badly. Before winter comes this year, there will have been a batch of wheat harvested in the space. At that time, I will be able to walk on my own, right? Even if that doesn¡¯t work, let Big Brother take me to the village to play or I will follow my parents to the fields. It shouldn¡¯t be a problem to watch them work, right? As long as she could leave the house, she would think of a way to sprinkle the wheat seeds from her space in everyone¡¯s fields! If she harvested the wheat in the space, she would plant corn. By spring next year, the corn in the space would already be ripe! She did not believe that with her new century¡¯s cleverness, she could not legitimately let everyone eat high-yielding crops! The more Xiaomi thought about it, the happier she became. She reluctantly bade farewell to the vegetable garden and went to her pile of supplies. ¡°There¡¯s no room in such a big space. Let¡¯s clean up the place today.¡± Xiaomi muttered to herself. Then she went to the pile of seeds. First, she found a storage basket and placed all the bags of seeds inside. Then she brought the storage basket back to the courtyard. As she passed by the vegetable garden, Xiaomi thought for a moment and plucked a cabbage. She remembered that there was an empty room next to where the seeds were stored. She wanted to do an experiment and see if the things stored in the empty rooms would stay the same. After all, the seeds planted in the vegetable garden had grown, which meant that the time in the vegetable garden was different from the place where supplies were piled up beside it. Time passed in the vegetable garden, but time stood still in the place beside it. Things did not go bad. In this small courtyard, other than the central room, bedroom, study, and kitchen, these two rooms were very out of place. One could store seeds, and the other was completely empty. Xiaomi controlled the cabbage and threw it into the empty room. Then she quickly took a few breaths of spiritual energy. ¡°I¡¯m so tired. Why am I so tired? Did I take too many things?¡± Xiaomi lay beside the spring and looked at the storage basket not far away. There were dozens of pounds in a big box. Tsk tsk, it seemed that she had become smaller. Even her consciousness had become weaker. After resting enough, Xiaomi started working again. She tore open the bags and categorize the seeds according to flowers, vegetables, medicinal herbs, rare, expensive, and so on. Anyway, there were many cabinets here, and there were many drawers in each cabinet. There was no end to them. But halfway through organizing the seeds, Xiaomi suddenly stopped. No, the space is wrong! Xiaomi flew up from the ground and looked around the room in midair. This room was too big. From above, it looked similar to the entire courtyard! Xiaomi gasped at the possibility. ¡°How is that possible? Could it really be a space in space?¡± Then she hurriedly flew out of the door and floated above the entire courtyard. After carefully observing and confirming it, she hurriedly flew into the room and flew out a moment later, her face filled with disbelief. ¡°This is unbelievable. That room is actually a shrinking space!¡± No wonder she saw so many cabinets and drawers inside that it felt dense, as if she could not use them all. Xiaomi was speechless. It took her a long time to come back to her senses. She felt more and more that this space was magical. It seemed that it was no longer just the spatial superpower she had awakened back then. Shaking her head, she cast aside these strange things. Forget it, there was no point in thinking too much. She would continue working. She still had time to dig up the wonders of this space in the future. After busying herself for a while, she sensed that someone was pulling at her outside again. Xiaomi hurriedly went out of the space. It was Dawa who had returned from catching insects and wanted to play with his younger sister. Dawa had been very happy recently. His father was very good at catching fish and he brought Dawa along. Even he was respected by his little friends in the village. Under his father¡¯s instructions, he had specially brought his little friends to the vegetable garden to dig for insects. Even the newly grown vegetable seedlings had been pulled out. This was because there were not as many insects dug up elsewhere as there were in their own vegetable garden. This made everyone else extremely envious, and Dawa felt proud. However, Dawa knew that there was another small secret. ¡°Sanni, you and Bruiser are so powerful. It¡¯s all thanks to both of you that we were able to catch so many fish. Sanni and Bruiser are lucky stars!¡± Dawa saw Xiaomi open her eyes and he immediately laughed. Jiang Hu was still making a bed under the eaves outside the door. When he heard his eldest son¡¯s words, he did not know whether to laugh or cry. ¡°Dawa, who told you that?¡± Dawa looked at his sleeping brother and carried Sanni to the door, but he did not go out. ¡°The uncles and aunties in the village said so.¡± Jiang Hu stopped what he was doing. ¡°What did they say?¡± Dawa recalled and started imitating, ¡°We encountered many pregnant wives along the way, but in the end, they had miscarriages. Look at Jiang Hu¡¯s wife. She gave birth to twins safely and she¡¯s doing well.¡± ¡°This is simply God¡¯s blessing!¡± ¡°Also, before Sanni and Siwa were born, everyone was about to starve to death. Jiang Hu¡¯s face was sunken from hunger. Ever since the children were born, Jiang Hu has been catching sparrows and fish. Everyone has gained a little weight these few days. What could it be if this isn¡¯t the birth of lucky stars which bring blessings to Fu¡¯an Village!¡± Dawa mimicked the voice of the women in the village, making Jiang Hu dumbfounded. However, after Dawa finished speaking, Jiang Hu thought about it seriously and nodded hard. ¡°Indeed, Sanni and Bruiser must be the reincarnation of lucky stars. Our lives will get better in the future!¡± Dawa instantly jumped for joy and grinned at the still confused Xiaomi. ¡°I knew it. Sanni is the reincarnation of a lucky star. So is Little Brother Bruiser!¡± It was just that Little Brother Bruiser kept sleeping and did not play with them. Sanni was cuter! Chapter 18 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Jiang Hu was very good at working. In just a day, he made the bed. He took it back to his room and placed Mimi and Bruiser inside it. The size was very suitable, and it could last the siblings for at least six or seven months. ¡°Dawa, I¡¯ll place this bed in front of the stove. Be careful when you light the fire.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Dad. I know.¡± Dawa was playing with Bruiser. Recently, Bruiser had been staying awake for a longer time. Although he was still much quieter than Xiaomi, Dawa was excited. There were only a few days left until the full moon, but he had yet to play with Bruiser. He was in high spirits. Jiang Hu put down the bed and called for Dawa and Erni to follow him to the river. Dawa hurriedly put down Bruiser and jogged after him with Erni. Jiang Hu planned to go to town tomorrow. It would be best if he caught more fish today. Big fish or small fish were fine. The restaurants in town would probably accept them. The restaurant was rich. They had oil and spices. Big fish braised in soy sauce and small fish cooked in soup tasted much more delicious. Their family had a lot of fish recently. When the weather was clear, they could even catch birds. Other than sparrows, there would also be other larger birds, such as magpies and crows. ¡°Today, let¡¯s go to a deeper part of the river. There are big fish there. Dawa, look after your sister. Be careful not to fall into the river.¡± He knew how to swim, as did Dawa. The river was not particularly rapid, but if falling into the river would frighten the children. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Daddy. I¡¯m holding Erni¡¯s hand. I won¡¯t go too close to the river.¡± Dawa was not naughty and knew how to take care of his younger siblings. He just wanted to see his Daddy catch fish. The insects that Dawa dug up were all wrapped in a large leaf. Jiang Hu crushed them all and threw them into the bamboo basket. Then he placed the bamboo basket in the river with a rope. The place he had found today happened to be a river bay. The water was relatively calm, but the river was deep. It was a little scary to stand on the riverbank and look down. There were usually big fish in such places, but this place was relatively far away. In addition, it had rained previously, so he did not dare to bring his children here and waited until now. After putting down the bamboo basket and tying the rope to a tree by the river, Jiang Hu waved his hand and picked up Erni. ¡°Let¡¯s go to the fields and take a look. We¡¯ll come back later.¡± It rained less than two days after planting the crops in the fields. He had yet to go to the fields to take a look. ¡°Okay!¡± Dawa quickly followed. Erni lay on Jiang Hu¡¯s shoulder and looked at the river, then at Jiang Hu. Finally, she looked at Jiang Hu in admiration. ¡°Dad, will we be able to catch the fish later?¡± How magical. Daddy is so powerful! Without waiting for Jiang Hu to answer, Dawa nodded hurriedly. ¡°That¡¯s right, that¡¯s right. Every time I see Daddy, he catches them like this. The fish eats insects and so it enters the bamboo basket.¡± Because the pressure on Jiang Hu had decreased greatly recently, he had become cheerful. He always had a smile on his face. Coupled with the admiration of the children, he felt even more refreshed. ¡°Brother is right. When Daddy goes to town to sell big fish tomorrow, he can buy more salt. In the future, cooking will taste even better.¡± ¡°Thank you, Daddy!¡± The two children spoke in unison. Looking at the children¡¯s smiling faces, Jiang Hu felt that he had to work harder. When he arrived at the fields, he realized that a lot of weeds had grown in the wasteland that was first opened. He put Erni down and described to them the crops, wild vegetables, and weeds. The weeds left behind in the past germinated when they encountered water. In the past year or two, the weeds thrived. As long as anyone slacked off, the weeds would grow stronger than the crops. It was only spring and the weather was still relatively cold. Actually, it was not the best time to plant seeds. It was most appropriate to wait for another month or so. However, the situation at home did not give them time to wait. Even if the crops planted were growing slowly now, at least there was hope in their hearts. When it was warmer, they would naturally grow faster. ¡°Dad, when these are harvested, we don¡¯t have to go hungry anymore, right?¡± Dawa carefully avoided the newly sprouted crops and uprooted almost all the weeds that had grown. When he came across edible wild vegetables, he placed them aside. ¡°Yes, when I go to town tomorrow, Dawa, you stay at home and take care of your siblings and mother. Dig for more insects. I¡¯ll go to the mountains in the afternoon and see if I can catch some pheasants.¡± When he went to cut the bamboo in the morning, he saw a few pheasants flying back into the mountains. It seemed that animals were more forgetful than humans. They returned so quickly. ¡°Dad, do pheasants eat insects too?¡± Erni was slow at work, but she was also very diligent. ¡°I know, I know,¡± Dawa answered quickly. ¡°Erni, pheasants are also a kind of bird, a kind of big bird. Birds will eat insects.¡± ¡°Oh.¡± Erni nodded as if she understood, then smiled sweetly. ¡°Big Brother, I¡¯ll dig for worms with you tomorrow. Daddy will catch pheasants.¡± Jiang Hu listened to the children¡¯s childish words and thought about his wife and children waiting for him at home. He felt that the future was filled with hope. The father, son and daughter had been pulling weeds in the field. During this period, they encountered other people who came to work. Everyone greeted Jiang Hu warmly. Everyone was beaming and their eyes were filled with vigor. Clearly, everyone gained a lot from the insects that Jiang Hu asked Dawa and his friends to catch today. In the evening, almost two hours passed before Jiang Hu hurriedly called the two little ones down the mountain. Erni walked slowly. Jiang Hu picked her up and ran down the mountain in large strides. Dawa had followed his father to many places over the past few days and was already used to his father¡¯s speed. Now he followed him very closely. The three of them first came to the river. Jiang Hu put down Erni and asked Dawa to take good care of his sister. Then he rolled up his sleeves and went forward. Erni was the most nervous among them. She grabbed Dawa¡¯s arm with all her might and kept poking her head out. However, she remembered that her father had told her not to go too near, so she did not move her feet. Dawa was also very nervous. After all, it¡¯s about catching big fish! However, when he saw Erni¡¯s expression, he immediately sounded experienced. ¡°Erni, don¡¯t be anxious. Look carefully later. There will be fish!¡± As long as there were fish, it didn¡¯t matter if they were big or small fish. Anyway, there were still many at home. Jiang Hu was already holding the rope. Actually, he was looking forward to it too. He took a deep breath. ¡°Dawa, Erni, watch closely!¡± Then he exerted strength in his hands and quickly lifted it. In just a few breaths, the bamboo basket was lifted out of the water. Water flowed out of the bamboo basket. Before Jiang Hu could see it clearly, Dawa jumped up. ¡°I saw it, I saw it. Dad, what a big fish! It¡¯s bigger than those in our home!¡± Erni was too excited to speak. She simply nodded vigorously. ¡°Yes, it¡¯s huge. What a huge fish!¡± Jiang Hu saw it too. He quickly pulled up the bamboo basket and ran further away from the river, afraid that the fish in the bamboo basket would jump back. Then he picked up a big fish longer than his forearm from the bamboo basket and exclaimed, ¡°What a fat fish!¡± ¡°Dad, let¡¯s go home and put the fish away¡± Dawa quickly reminded him. Jiang Hu reacted and put the fish back into the bamboo basket. He picked it up and left. ¡°Dawa, you take your sister and walk slowly. I¡¯ll go back first!¡± Chapter 19 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios When he got home, he heard Erniang coaxing the child. Jiang Hu shouted to her and hurried to the kitchen. He immediately placed the largest big fish in a vat. His gains today were not bad. In addition to the big silver carp that was longer than his forearm, there were also two carps that were larger than his palm and a group of small fish as thick as his finger. He placed the big silver carp and the two carps in the vat and poured the remaining small fish into the stone vat outside. The stone vat was filled with small fish. The largest were only the size of a woman¡¯s palm. The larger ones were all raised in the kitchen vat. Jiang Hu first went to the courtyard to see if Dawa and Erni had returned. Seeing that the siblings were walking home, he went into the house. ¡°Erniang, I caught a big fish!¡± Jiang Hu excitedly gestured the size of the silver carp to Erniang. ¡°It¡¯s so big. I¡¯ll take it to town tomorrow. I¡¯ll definitely be able to sell it for a good price!¡± ¡°It¡¯s so big!¡± Erniang exclaimed. Beside her, Xiaomi waved her hand and called out a few times. Erniang patted her. Jiang Hu nodded. ¡°Yes, I came to tell you. I¡¯ll go fetch water first and I¡¯ll be back to cook. Wait a moment.¡± Erniang quickly said, ¡°Hu, slow down. It¡¯s dark.¡± Jiang Hu had already gone out, and only one word of acknowledgment came from outside. The water vat was filled with fish. The water used for cooking was freshly fetched from the village. There were only three wells in Fu¡¯an Village. Every family had to come here to get water for their meals. In the past, Jiang Hu would immediately fill a vat with water. Even if he wanted to wash the diapers, he could use the water for two to three days. Now he only fetched the water he needed every day. After all, there were only these two buckets at home. He fetched a bucket of water to cook rice for dinner. It was still fish soup today, but he had also cooked wild vegetable porridge. Although it was all soup, at least there was meat and fish so that they would not get hungry so quickly. After dinner, Dawa went to wash the dishes. Jiang Hu washed the diapers he had saved for the day and placed them on the bed behind the stove. The coals for cooking had not all been extinguished, and it was warm here. After a night of drying, they would be completely dry in the morning and ready to be worn. It had been like this before when it rained. It was more convenient. At night, when they slept, the two children kept telling Erniang about the big fish. The two little fellows were especially excited, thinking about catching more and bigger fish in the future. Xiaomi was also listening with relish. She wanted to get up immediately and catch fish with her brother and sister. This excitement lasted until she fell asleep. Even in her dream, she was dreaming of drinking fish soup. To be able to eat fish soup every day was sheer luxury! Early the next morning, Jiang Hu woke up before dawn to cook. He cooked the rice and washed the diapers the children had changed out of the night before. This time he splashed water in a place without vegetables. While there was still time, he planted the vegetable sprouts he had plucked the day before back into the vegetable garden. It was amazing that the vegetable seedlings that had been pulled out the morning before did not wilt much. After the meal, he reminded Dawa not to go anywhere today. He was to take good care of his sisters, brother and mother at home. Jiang Hu carried the wooden bucket, loaded it with fish, and went to town. It would take more than an hour to walk to the town closest to Fu¡¯an Village. With things on his back, he would have to rest on the way. It would only take longer. At this moment, the sun had just risen. From the end of the village to the entrance, he encountered many people on the way. When everyone saw the big fish on Jiang Hu¡¯s back, they exclaimed enviously. Jiang Hu was in a hurry to go to town to sell the fish. He did not have time to chat with everyone. He just greeted them and left in a hurry. However, with Jiang Hu as a lesson learned, everyone was even more expectant and motivated to catch fish and birds. Anyway, they had nothing to do for the time being. Why not take this opportunity to specially get some food? Even if they could not sell it for money, they could roast it into dried fish and save it for later. Therefore, a fishing craze quickly rose in Fu¡¯an Village. No one had such good bait, but who said that fishing had to use bait? People always came up with solutions. Someone discovered that there were many small fish under the cracks in the rocks by the river, but those small fish swam very quickly. As soon as they touched the water, they quickly fled. However, this was not difficult for people who wanted to eat fish. They found a rock and stood a little further away, smashing it hard against the big rock by the river. With a loud bang, the fish in the crack were stunned. If they lifted the big rock now, they would be able to pick up the small fish. Not to mention adult men, even slightly stronger children could catch a lot in a day. However, there was also a drawback to catching fish like this. These small fish would not live long. At most, they would die in an hour. However, no one cared. After bringing the fish home, they squeezed the fish with two fingers to remove the dirty contents from the fish stomach. Then they strung the small fish with a rope and roasted them by the fire into dried fish. Such dried fish could be kept for months! However, Jiang Hu did not know about these things yet. After he left Fu¡¯an Village, he relied on his memories to find the direction to town. They had fled to the county town in the other direction and had been arranged by the county magistrate to settle in this village. He had only walked the road from town to Fu¡¯an Village once. Fortunately, it hadn¡¯t been long, and the traces on the road were obvious, so he wouldn¡¯t get lost. Xiang Ma Town, the town closest to Fu¡¯an Village. Seeing the town from afar, Jiang Hu heaved a sigh of relief. He had finally arrived. After resting, Jiang Hu strode in again. When he entered the town, he saw traces of swords on the nearby walls, proving that this place had also suffered the ravages of war not long ago. Fortunately, that was all in the past. The town was bustling with people and noise. Jiang Hu was not in a hurry to sell the fish. Instead, he walked around the town and confirmed that there were only three restaurants in town. Then he went to one of them. ¡°Hello, do you want fish here? The big fish I caught yesterday is still alive.¡± ¡°Go away, go away. Where did this country bumpkin come from? Don¡¯t you know that all the dishes in our restaurant are specially sent by someone? Go back to where you came from.¡± Before he could enter, he was chased out by the waiter like a fly. Jiang Hu blushed and was a little discouraged. However, when he thought of the expectant gazes of his wife and children when he left, he perked up again and turned to go to the second restaurant. In the end, he was chased away by the waiter before he could finish speaking. There was only one last restaurant left. If they did not want his fish, he would have to go to the market and have a slimmer chance of selling it. Jiang Hu took a deep breath outside the door, then smiled the biggest smile he thought he had and walked into the last restaurant. ¡°Hello, Shopkeeper. I have a very big fish here. Do you want it?¡± The shopkeeper was settling accounts and was a little unhappy to have his thoughts interrupted, but he looked up at Jiang Hu and then at the large bucket he was carrying. ¡°How big is the big fish? Put it down for me to see.¡± When Jiang Hu heard that there was a chance, he hurriedly put down the basket and took out the bucket.