Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Back at home, the younger siblings were all waiting for him.

Nowadays, they cooked cabbage and radishes in the evening, adding some salt. Now that they had some lard, they could also add a bit after the soup was boiled, which made it quite fragrant.

"Big Brother, tomorrow morning let's move all the luggage over there first. We also need to light a fire there."

Zhao Qingxiang looked at his younger siblings, feeling quite complicated. But he knew this was the only way.

"Qingjie, you have one hundred acres over there as well, does that mean the farm department will also give you a donkey?"

"Yes, they gave a donkey."

"So we have two hundred and fifty acres then."

"Big Brother, let's also plant wheat next year."

"We'll plant in the spring."

"But there's no seeds."

"I don't understand what Yuanyuan is thinking. Why plant winter wheat? Isn't it the same if we plant in the spring?"

"Yuanyuan might be unwilling to give up. She wants to try and see if we can grow two crops." Zhao Xiaoli had heard Su Yuanyuan mention it.

"If it doesn't work out, then three hundred-plus jin of seeds would be wasted."

"If it does work, then we would have a yield from two seasons."

"I just hope it works. Even if we don't plant two crops, we will have our own seeds."

"I hope it succeeds too."

Everyone had the same thought. Many people had gone to see the wheat fields.

"I wonder when Yuanyuan will be back?"

With her around, Zhao Yanli felt a sense of reassurance.

"Xiaoli, did Yuanyuan tell you where she went?" Zhao Xiaojing asked.

"No, I didn't ask, and she didn't say."

"Xiaoli, are Yuanyuan and Tan Shaoting together?" Zhao Qingjie suddenly asked.

"Haven't they always been together?"

Zhao Qingjie looked at his little sister's confused expression and didn't know what to say.

"Second Brother is asking if they're dating." Zhao Xiaojing was also very curious.

From the first moment she saw Tan Shaoting, she liked him. But he was with Su Yuanyuan, so she always avoided him.

But in her heart, she hoped that they were just working and eating together, and nothing else.

"I don't know. They seem comfortable together. I once asked Yuanyuan, saying many families were interested in Tan Shaoting, but Yuanyuan just smiled and didn't say anything to me."

The siblings felt a bit down because they still didn't know the nature of their relationship.

Zhao Qingjie had liked Su Yuanyuan since their old home days, but they had too large an age gap, and people said her fortune was bad. Back then, she was too young, so he didn't say anything.

What caused him to like her? Maybe it was the image of her herding sheep and working the fields?

But when they moved here, seeing her living with another boy, he thought they were still young. Besides, it was probably because they had a lot of land and were both alone, so they teamed up.

But why did they do everything together?

After the five siblings finished dinner, they all went to rest.

The two brothers lay down on the heated platform. "Big Brother, should we write to Mom and Dad?"

"I've already asked the account of the farm department to help write it."

Qingjie, you and Yuanyuan are not a match."

"I know, it's just that I can't give up. That girl is so lovable and capable. She's so smart; I like that Su Yuanyuan."

"Our family wouldn't care about her fortune, but Yuanyuan has to be willing too. Besides, you're several years older than her."

"I know all of this."

After Zhao Qingjie finished speaking, he stopped talking.

Among the girls, when Zhao Yanli fell asleep, only then did Zhao Yanping speak, "Xiaojing. Tan Shaoting won't fancy you, and besides, there's Yuanyuan."

"Big Sis, I know. Haven't I always been avoiding Tan Shaoting?"

"If you can figure it out, that's even better."

After that, Zhao Yanping didn't say anything else. The younger sister was growing up, and it was normal to have someone she liked, but it was a person she shouldn't like.

The next morning, after the five siblings had breakfast, Zhao Qingjie hitched the cart and took their four siblings' luggage away.

Zhao Xiaoli also went along, as they needed to light a fire there as well.

This house was the same as the one they lived in, and it had already been cleaned up. They just needed to put their luggage in.

The two siblings stayed there for over an hour before driving back since the eldest sister-in-law would be brought over by the big brother shortly.

Sun Yun wore a new set of clothes today, looking much more spirited.

She still had quite a lot of things. Her family hadn't withheld anything, letting her take what she needed with her.

Zhao Qingxiang knelt down to Sun Yun's parents, acknowledging them as his in-laws.

"Qingxiang, you two live well together.

You are both hardworking and diligent people, you'll surely make a good life."

"Mom, don't worry, I definitely will."

"Qingxiang, Xiaoyun has a quick temper, be more accommodating to her. If she's really wrong, come back and tell me, and I'll straighten her out."

"Mom, I will treat Xiaoyun well."

The little couple paid their respects to their parents with three kowtows and then left with the cart. In fact, the bride price was quite hefty around here, but Sun Yun refused, and the Sun family didn't want their daughter to be troubled, so they only symbolically asked for twenty yuan and even returned it with the daughter.

As the couple drove along the road, the weather had been very gloomy these days and was even colder than yesterday. So Zhao Qingxiang hugged Sun Yun all the way back home.

By then, Zhao Qingjie and the siblings were back.

Zhao Yanping was cooking, as today was the happy day for the big brother. Even though there wasn't a feast or blessings from friends and relatives, just the siblings, Zhao Yanping still prepared a good meal.

Underneath were oil dregs and sauerkraut stew, with cornmeal cakes stuck to the side of the pot. This time, no vegetables were added to the cake mix.

Seeing the big brother and sister-in-law come in, all four of them called her sister-in-law. They would be family from now on.

Sun Yun answered gracefully, without any shyness.

It was rare to have such a good meal for lunch. The six of them sat on the heated platform, eating with great gusto.

"Big Sister, it's snowing outside."

"It really is. The snowflakes are so big."

They had been here for almost two years now, but this was the first time they saw such heavy snow.

"Eat quickly, go back soon, and take some grains. Judging by this, if it snows for a day and night, we won't be able to open the door tomorrow."

Sun Yun's hometown wasn't far from here, and she had come here more than three years before Zhao Qingxiang and the rest, so she had experienced such heavy snow before.

"Sister-in-law, is the snow really that heavy?"

"Of course. Eat quickly, and after, pack some grains, and take some oil back too."

The five siblings were quite surprised and sped up their eating.

Actually, they'd already sent over quite a bit of cabbage, radishes, and sweet potatoes. This time, they were just taking some lard and a bit of cornmeal, along with the utensils for eating.