Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Maybe they always eat like this, so they're not too concerned, just that their family eats quite a lot.

"Sister-in-law, how come the octopus tastes so fresh?"

"Hehe, don't add anything, too many spices can ruin it. Just boil it with green onions, ginger, garlic, and clear water for this flavor."

"It's really delicious."

"If you like it, eat more. In a few days, there's a market here, and see if there's any meat for sale. Octopus stewed with meat is the best."

The three children didn't quite dare to eat the head, but eating the tentacles was quite tasty too.

The village chief's family also has three young children, the oldest being about ten years old, and the youngest being the same age as Qi Yan and the others.

When the children are together, it seems they eat quite a lot, even if it's just sorghum rice porridge, they eat plenty.

Soon the children became familiar with each other. "Qi Yan, we're going to the seaside later, want to come with us?"

The three children all looked at Su Yuanyuan.

"Sure, go with the kids." The couple just followed behind them.

Knowing they were going out to play, the three children were particularly excited.

After eating, they ran off with others. Tan Shaoting followed behind them.

The children who grew up by the sea effortlessly carried their baskets ahead.

They were just picking up jellyfish and such; these things were really abundant.

Once these things piled up, they could be sent to the acquisition station. Qi Yan and the others didn't have baskets and were a bit anxious.

In the end, it was a little girl of about seven or eight who gave them her basket.

The children of that age couldn't carry the basket by themselves, so the three of them struggled a bit. Finally, the siblings lifted the basket together.

Tan Shaoting followed at a safe distance behind them.

Watching the three solve their problem by themselves, this was quite good.

They were almost three years old. In another two years, they might be able to start cultivation.

Tan Shaoting knew that in this realm, cultivation wasn't possible, it was just to strengthen the children's bodies.

So that when they face danger in the future, they would have the ability to protect themselves.

After eating, Su Yuanyuan followed this sister-in-law to the village's threshing yard.

Actually, Su Yuanyuan had named the threshing yard, it was just an open area.

There were many women here, even in this hot weather, they wore headscarves, all busy sorting the seafood brought in by the fishing boats today.

Watching them peel shrimp, they would dry it into sea rice, right? The big fish were split open, salted, and dried in a shady place, not under direct sunlight.

Su Yuanyuan was very curious and also thought she should collect some dried goods, seeing that they were doing it quite hygienically.

For this newcomer, no one felt excluded. People here were simple and honest, and they chatted with Su Yuanyuan.

"Sister-in-law, you guys have a nice place here."

"Right, but the crops don't yield much. It's saline-alkali land." She sighed as she said.

"Sister-in-law, every place has its own features, isn't what you have here quite good? You can trade these things with inland people for grain, it's pretty much the same."

"Yes, our acquisition station takes as much as there is."

"That's true, after all, coastal places aren't that common."

The women were very talkative. Su Yuanyuan liked this atmosphere, even though she wasn't afraid of being alone, sometimes she wanted to be among people.

"Xiao Qin, how's that girl next door to your house doing now?"

"She still looks sickly, her face has no color, looking as if she could faint any moment."

"How could a girl come to our place, from her accent she's not from here."

"I asked that girl, she said she knows a distant relative here. But she hasn't found them."

When Su Yuanyuan heard this kind of story, she paid attention, because Zheng Lanying used the same excuse.

The girl Tan Shaoting found had never been located. Could it be her?

However, Su Yuanyuan thought if it really was this girl, she could talk to her about Zheng Lanying's story and see how she chose her path from there.

If she were smart, she wouldn't reveal her secrets, right? If history repeated, maybe there'd be a chance for her to take the college entrance exam again. It all depended on her.

Su Yuanyuan leaned in closer, listening to them chat.

"That girl really is quiet, rarely do we see her outside."

"If she doesn't come out, she won't have food, just buying that little grain from the village chief's house isn't enough."

"I saw that girl in the yard yesterday, turning the soil, she asked me for some cabbage seeds.

That girl also inquired if only men could go to sea?

Guess what, she said she could swim and wanted to go to sea with them."

"Our village doesn't allow women to go to sea." A woman quickly chimed in.

"Yeah, it's not convenient, a bunch of men plus a girl, it wouldn't work."

"That's what I told her, she also asked, how could she get a boat.

I got the impression she wanted to go out to sea on her own."

"A boat costs several hundred, plus one person can't achieve much, in our village, boats go out with several people daily, and when they return, they look so tired. The girl thinks too simply."

"Yes, that's what I told her. She looked so disappointed.

She seemed quite pitiful. Maybe she's unsure of what she can do here?"

"Isn't it? Everyone needs to eat, after all?"

Su Yuanyuan was half-convinced this girl was the one Tan Shaoting encountered. Surprising that the girl was quite capable. Even Hu Zi couldn't track her down, and with the distance between places being so far, wasn't she like herself who came by train?

Highly possible. Back then, train management wasn't strict.

"Outsiders are rare in our village, it's just our kind village chief took her in."

"I think that girl is fine. She's honest."

Just then, Su Yuanyuan saw a pale-faced young girl walking over.

She directly approached the woman who was speaking earlier.

"Auntie, I want to work too."

"Shanshan, you need to ask the village chief, these jobs are counted in work points."

Currently, this girl wasn't a villager, so not having work points for labor wouldn't be fair to her.

Feng Shanshan mustered up the courage to come out. Ever since she traveled here, she had been on edge. After finally reaching this small village, she hoped to settle and live here.

"Thank you, Auntie." Whatever it took, she had to survive. She died of illness in her past life, and in this life, this body wasn't healthy, so she had to take care of herself, hoping to live a long life this time around.

So she went to find the village chief. As she walked, she worried. She had no identification, just a few dozen yuan. Settling wasn't going to be easy. Wouldn't they suspect she was up to no good?