Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

At night, the couple lay on the kang bed, "Old Kang, is the newcomer next door one of your subordinates?"

"No, they're directly under a major leader."

"Hmm, I thought so."

"By the way, did you not cook today because you were waiting for them to invite us for dinner?"

There's an unspoken tradition around here that newcomers have to invite neighbors over for a meal.

"I saw them moving in this morning, and not long after, they drove out again. They seemed to have bought a lot of things. And they were even stewing fish in the afternoon. I thought they were going to have guests."

"They're still young, might not know about this custom. Besides, it's not obligatory to invite anyone."

This left Zheng Yuhua silent.

"Old Kang, this young man seems quite young. And they have three kids, identical ones."

"Didn't you ask me before? They're the ones who had triplets."

"They're really lucky."

"Alright, stop overthinking it. If they invite us, just bring something along. If they don't, don't say anything."

"Got it, got it."

Meanwhile, Meng Liping was also talking to her husband about Tan Shaoting's family.

"I thought they were going to invite us for dinner."

"Even if they invite you, you shouldn't go empty-handed. What's the point of inviting or not inviting?"

"I heard from Xiao Ling that they eat really well."

"They're young; they probably don't know how to save money yet."

Neighbors on both sides were talking about the couple.

Tan Shaoting, with ulterior motives, quickly lulled the three kids to sleep. It had been a long time since he had gotten close to his wife.

The next day, Tan Shaoting went to work, and Su Yuanyuan stayed home with the three kids.

The four of them went out for a stroll again. But this time, they were holding the triplets' hands as they were no longer riding in a stroller.

There were only about twenty households in this area, not too many. Each of these twenty houses was the same, all with their own little courtyard, three rooms in the main house, and two side rooms.

"Mom, they're all the same."

Su Yuanyuan looked down at her eldest son, smiling and nodding, "Yes, they're all the same. Can you still find our house?"

The three little ones all turned around and pointed to the door of their home.

"That's right. That's our house."

Honestly, going out from here could be quite troublesome. Su Yuanyuan thought it best to familiarize the kids with the place first.

So she took them around this place, which was large enough to keep them occupied for a few days.

The four of them walked while reciting some ancient poems learned yesterday.

It was quite amusing to hear the children reciting the poems in their little voices.

And then some quotes, which were even easier to understand and quickly absorbed by the kids.

"Are you newcomers?"

Su Yuanyuan looked at a young woman holding a child across from her. Smiling, she nodded, "Yes, we moved in yesterday."

"Those three kids are triplets. They look exactly alike."

"Yes, triplets."

"How old are your kids?" The woman asked while putting her child on the ground.

The child clung to his mother's neck and wouldn't let go, so the woman had to pick him up again.

"We're a little over two months short of two years."

"Not even two years old? You've really raised them well. Ours is already two years and three months old, doesn't look any bigger than yours."

Su Yuanyuan just smiled, puzzled about how to respond.

"Xiao Wei, do you want to come down and play with your little friends?"

The child just buried his head in his mom's neck, refusing to let go.

The three little ones saw their mom standing still, so they started urging her.

"Mom, let's go."

Su Yuanyuan nodded at the woman, "The kids want to explore, sorry about that."

The mother and her three kids left hand in hand, chatting and laughing.

Liu Hongyan watched them leave and continued strolling with her child in her arms.

"Sister-in-law, what's up?"

"Jinling, are you heading out?"

"Just out for a stroll. Sister-in-law, are you bringing Xiao Wei out to play again?"

Since they moved here, she hadn't seen the child walk or heard him speak.

"Yes, it's not good for him to stay cooped up inside all the time."

Cao Jinling glanced at the neighbor's house, noticing their door was locked.

"Jinling, I ran into your neighbor just now, a young woman with triplets."

"Hehe, they moved in yesterday."

"Those triplets look exactly alike. It's great for a woman to have triplets, saves her a lot of trouble."

Cao Jinling just smiled and listened.

"Jinling, how's your job going?"

"I don't know yet, the exam results haven't come out."

"I really envy young girls like you with jobs."

"Sister-in-law, you can find work too. I heard they need people in the canteen. Why not ask my older brother to talk to them?"

"Xiao Wei is still little, can't leave home without someone."

"True, maybe when Xiao Wei grows up, there'll be better opportunities, right?

Sister-in-law, you take Xiao Wei to play. I'm going for a walk too."

Actually, Cao Jinling wanted to meet Su Yuanyuan, so she came out.

She thought about it a lot last night and wasn't ready to give up just like that. She wanted to see how things were with them.

Su Yuanyuan, after showing the three kids around the neighborhood, decided to head back.

The kids didn't mind moving on since there wasn't much to see with the identical houses and preferred to go home to play.

Not far along, they ran into Cao Jinling.

Now facing them, Cao Jinling felt a bit intimidated, surprised that the woman looked prettier than her.

Su Yuanyuan recognized the girl from yesterday on the wall, now staring at her blankly, her eyes filled with reluctance.

What's with that look?

For someone who was openly hostile, Su Yuanyuan wasn't in the mood to engage, so she continued on, hand in hand with her kids.

Cao Jinling couldn't believe this woman simply ignored her.

Shouldn't newcomers here introduce themselves to everyone? What kind of approach is this? Too proud to say anything?

"Wait." Cao Jinling turned and stepped in front of them, blocking their way.

Su Yuanyuan furrowed her brows at this woman, "What do you want?"

"Heh, just wanted to say hi. You moved in yesterday, right? I live to the right of your house."

"Oh, hello."

And that was that.

Cao Jinling sarcastically mused to herself, does she not know how to converse?

Su Yuanyuan didn't have the time to stare back, so she led her kids around Cao Jinling.

Seeing herself left behind again, Cao Jinling thought the woman must be clueless, not knowing how to interact.

Oh well, no need to know someone like her. Better to check out that man.

She spent all night thinking about him. Heard he was exceptional, but she hadn't seen his face clearly. This time, she had to get a good look to determine if he was worth the trouble.