Back to the sixties: farm, get wealthy and raise the cubs

by Usui Takumii

not mine, free web novel

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Description

Lin Qing He transmigrated into a novel and became one of its cannon fodders. The novel's background is non-viable 1960s, a time of want to eat but nothing to eat and want to wear but nothing to wear.

Although there is a lack of supplies and life was monotonous, this wasn't what she was concerned about because she got a small personal interspatial space, which was stuffed with supplies, so temporarily there were no worries about her basic needs.

What she's worried about is that if she remembers correctly, her three so-called sons will become big villains in the future, and their upright and cold dad will end up with an undeniable end.

Lin Qing He looked at the three future villain sons, the eldest who was only five years old, the second child was only three years old, and the third child was only one year old, and decided to give them half of a big white bun first…

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Chapter 1 Personal Interspatial Space part1

"Mother, I'm so hungry. "

In the single apartment, Lin Qing He opened her eyes on her bed and was in a daze. After a while, she sighed frankly.

She grabbed the phone at the bedside and checked the time. It was only 5:30 in the morning, and it was May in the lunar calendar. The sky outside was already bright at this time.

Lin Qing He put down her phone silently, and then a magical scene happened. Out of nowhere a glass of water in her hands!

Lin Qing He observed this cup of hot water which was still steaming. It was just like when she put it in last night.

Taking in the phenomenon within her eyes, Lin Qinghe no longer hesitated, she got up to wash up.

She was just an ordinary office worker and did it pretty well. She is currently the sales department manager. Although she was ordinary, what happened to her recently was not ordinary.

As she brushed her teeth and saw her dark circles in the mirror, Lin Qing He shook her head again and sighed. Although her heart was in a mess, she did not forget to put on her makeup.

No one would believe her if she talked about it. For three consecutive nights, the dream she had contained a child who grabbed her, called her mother and ask for something to eat. The dream felt so real, it nearly scared her witless.

At first, she thought she was too tired as she had recently worked overtime, so she didn't care.

But the second night, she had the exact same dream. Along with this dream, an interspatial space of about ten square meters appeared in her body. It was about the same size as her single apartment.

This scared her.

But probably because she had the habit of reading novels, her ability to accept was relatively strong. Of course, this is also related to her strong tenacity.

In short, she accepted quickly.

The interspatial space on her body is in the palm of her hand. With just a thought, she can see it. The space was like a storage box. Last night, she put a cup of hot water into it as an experiment and it was exactly the same when she took it out in the morning. The temperature didn't change at all.

This is enough to prove that the space was unchanging. The condition it was in when placed inside, is the condition it'll be when taken out.

And just now, the child was in her dream again, calling her Mother and saying he was hungry. And then she was awakened.

But this time, she finally didn't hesitate anymore. The strong uneasiness in her heart made her have an intuition that something strange would happen, so she had to make some preparations.

Because she saw in the 'dream' that the place was extremely poor, she wondered whether if it was in the apocalyptic years. The supplies and food were very scarce. The faces she saw were very vague, but without exception, their bodies were all skinny and faces were sickly yellow.

Although her childhood days weren't easy. But compared to the environment seen in the 'dream', her life growing up under the five star, red flag (basically Chinese flag) in the early days of reform, food and clothing was not a problem. It is impossible to imagine that(the dream) kind of living environment.

Her novel was not read in vain, and now she had an additional interspatial space on her. She believes that if she didn't do anything else, then maybe by chance transmigrated to the apocalyptic era, she will starve to death!

Soon Lin Qing He finished washing and sorting herself. She took out a pen and paper and began to count the supplies to be purchased. The basic seven (firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, tea) had to be prepared with the exception of firewood and tea.

Among them, rice and oil are the top priority!

Lin Qing He replaced the firewood and tea with brown sugar and rock sugar. White sugar isn't necessary. Rock sugar was enough to replace it. Eggs were added to the notebook.

In the dream place, something like eggs is definitely an asset currency.

In addition to the eggs, there was meat. No matter what kind of meat, she had to get some anyway.

And also medicines, for emergencies, colds, fevers, bloating and diarrhea are all necessary. And needed to buy some oil/menthol balm for all kinds of aches.

One box of these things was sufficient, and will not occupy much space.

After writing these, Lin Qing He felt that the food supplies were almost enough.

Then she started to write the rest. She didn't know if it was cold there or not, but warm quilts had to be prepared. The mattresses had to be prepared as well. All of it needed to be grey and not colorful because she saw in the 'dream', the place is gray and white. There was no color at all.

Thinking of this, she blew out some heavy exhales, despite her optimistic nature.

Afterward, materials began to be added again. There were some personal items of her own. Although the materials were important, she also wanted to leave some private space for herself to buy some female personal items, which were also equally important to her.

Few pages are written full of materials. She looked back and forth several times to make sure she didn't have anything left out and then sighed in relief.

Then she started counting her savings.

After checking a few times, her saving was only 50,000 yuan.

For her who had been working as a department manager for just a few years after graduation, this deposit is naturally small. But there was no other way, as her expenses weren't small on most days.

Cosmetics are a necessity. Every so often, she goes shopping or eats out with my friends, which one didn't cost money?

From the current her, one can't find the shadow of the past.

She was an orphan girl abandoned by her parents. She grew up with her grandmother in rural from a young age. When she was a sophomore, her grandmother passed away. From them on she fed herself until she graduated from college to find a job.

Although life wasn't easy, she still persisted. Now she was living very well.

Originally she wanted to save a down payment, and when the time comes for her to get a house for herself so that got her to save on some expenses and try not to be part of the moonlight group.

She still had more than 2,000 yuan of loose money on her, plus 50,000 in her card, it's a total of more than 52,000 yuan.

Straight out, she rented a minibus online.

It was a driver's license she got from the time she studied in college and work. At that time, she wanted to make some money as a chauffeur. Later, I dislike the fact it was little money and lots of trouble, so she dropped it.

It was a young man who rented out the minibus. Because he wants to go back to his hometown for a few days, so he planned to rent it out. He originally thought of just giving it go, and didn't expect someone would really rent it.

After Lin Qing He contacted him and heard that urgently need it, he drove it over. It was not too far away and arrived downstair in around ten minutes.

Lin Qing He paid the deposit online, so there is no need to pay anymore. After trying to drive it, it was very smooth, even if she hadn't driven for a long time.

Although the minibus was a bit old, there was only one row of seats behind the seat, and the last row was dismantled to become a minibus that could carry goods. Lin Qing He was very satisfied.

Sending off the vehicle's young owner, who tried to strike a conversation with her, she carried her bag and hit the road.

She hadn't had breakfast yet, so better to eat breakfast before you start fighting.

This breakfast shop was a ten-minute drive from the apartment where she lives. The journey was short. Lin Qing He was aware she's a foodie. But she can't come here often because the location wasn't on the way to work.

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Sure enough, the other business had yet to open, but the breakfast shop here opened at 6.15a.m. There were already street cleaners buying buns from here and ate while leaving.

"Auntie, give me one bun and a cup of soy milk. The three yuan worth bun." Lin Qing He said.

The aunt of the breakfast shop answered and soon brought it to her.

A hot steamed bun with a cup of soy milk.

Lin Qing He came by this store by chance half a year ago and came in for breakfast once and found this store.

The aunt in this store is local. Her family got three buildings for rental. According to the current house prices, like her single apartment will cost one thousand a month, without including the utility bills.

Cheap ones cost six or seven hundred a month. And three buildings are collecting rent, what does that mean?

Even if a family does nothing, there's no worry about food and clothing.

But the aunt's family couldn't sit still. The couple opened the breakfast shop with their eldest son and daughter-in-law, and the business was extremely prosperous.

Not only was it clean and hygienic, but it was also particularly good.

Like the bun Lin Qing He was eating, just one is enough for her to be full as she got a small stomach.

A bun costs three yuan, but it contains meat, eggs, and cabbage. It tastes very delicious and had plenty of ingredients.

And this bun is why she drove all the way here.

When Lin Qing He still haven't figured it out, she was skeptical. Would transmigrating with an interspatial space really happen to her?

After hesitating for two days, she thought it through today, the third day. This decision made her feel a sense of urgency. She was afraid that she would transmigrate to the poor place before she was ready.

Then that would mean call heaven get no answer, call earth get no inspiration (T/N: nowhere to turn for help).

And she didn't know if there was any place for cooking. This big and delicious bun was really suitable!

"Auntie, how many buns are there? You're very skilled. It's so fragrant, I want to buy it for my colleagues." Lin Qing He wiped her mouth with paper and told the aunt.

The aunt laughed, "There is still more, but if you buy more, I can't make it cheap for you, our profit is not big."

Because the business is really good, there are a lot of made in general stores. Before there were construction sites making a large order, but it was the same, no discount on the price. That's because no matter how much was bought, this store's bun can be all sold out.

There is no shortage of big clients like Lin Qing He.

"Auntie, how much you have, pack it all for me. I drove over here, so I can be put in the back seat." Lin Qing He said: "But you really have to give me a cheaper price, this trip of mine saved your family a lot of effort?"

The aunt saw that she wasn't joking, said, "Then I'll see how much there is."

She went to take a look and soon came out: "I have made a lot today. There are three hundred, how much do you want?"

"There are only three hundred?" Lin Qing He couldn't help ask.

"Oh, little girl is not big in age, your tone is not small. Three hundred isn't little. At most, three of our buns are enough to make a big fellow full," the aunt said.

"There are many people in our workplace unit, and they are all big men. Their appetite can't be compared to us. And it tastes this good, one person will have at least two or three. The three hundred are not enough to share." Lin Qing He said with a smile.

"Are there that many people in your unit?" Aunt froze and looked at her suspiciously.

Even if one person gets three, three hundred are enough for one hundred men.

Lin Qing He laughed: "Just our unit doesn't need so many. Isn't there a unit next door? However, I'll take those three hundred first. Auntie, what do you think it should be pack in? I'll take it to them first to see if they like it. If they like to eat them, you may have to work hard and do overtime today. Been working overtime for a while, so the workplace order snacks."

"What kind of workplace are you in? To need a big girl to come out to handle this?" The aunt saw that she wasn't fooling her, so she took out a foam box and spoke.

It's a bit like a foam box that contains popsicles when you were a kid.

"How about using this box?" said the aunt. Because construction sites order buns, so the store had these big boxes, specially reserved for packaging buns.

"Okay." Lin Qing He saw it looked very clean, nodded, and replied to her last question: "This wasn't appointed for me to do. My sister-in-law is responsible for the few unit's meals, but she has a cold. I have no choice but to help her out? Auntie, your bun is good, a lot of filling and clean. This is famous in the area, everyone will definitely like it, and my sister-in-law can also rest. "

Although these words are full of loopholes, under the rendering of Lin Qing He's colorful rubbish, the aunt didn't care about it that much.

First packed up three foam boxes for her, because some had not been steamed yet, so the aunt asked Lin Qing He to wait for her. Lin Qing He said that she'll take the three foam boxes first and told the aunt to continue steaming for her and she will take the already steamed ones in the foam box to her workplace first and will return soon.

Although there were some loopholes in Lin Qing He's remarks, it was true she got matters to handle. The payment was cleared in one go, so the aunt didn't doubt anything. Under Lin Qing He's bargaining, the aunt reduced the price by twenty yuan.

Although it's only twenty yuan, Lin Qing He doesn't mind the saving was small. She can't wait to divide one cent into two cents. Twenty yuan is enough for her to refuel.

After leaving the breakfast shop, Lin Qing He parked the car in a quiet, deserted place, and directly put three foam boxes into the space.

Then she headed straight to the nearby market.

She came to buy eggs.

She usually cooks herself and treats herself, so she comes to this market to shop.

As soon as Lin Qing He arrived there, she bought up the free-range egg from a local old aunt.

It was because they are familiar and she also knows the old aunt's eggs are the freshest, and basically, none are broken.

Speaking of about, there are also free-range eggs sold in supermarkets. Those eggs are also cheaper, but they have to be picked carefully, otherwise, it was easy to buy bad ones.

Although the eggs of this old aunt are a bit expensive, Lin Qing He doesn't mind buying from her. And this transaction, the old aunt also gave her a little discount.

It was the old aunt's son who carried them over to the market for her to be sold. Lin Qing He came over at that time. The old aunt's son hadn't left because he will help the morning rush, otherwise, the old aunt can't handle on her own.

So Lin Qing He asked the young man to load her two baskets of eggs into the vehicle.

Two baskets of eggs got loaded in, Lin Qing He immediately settled the money including two baskets and carrying pole. Then sent him away.

Knowing that the other party would be confused, Lin Qing He ignored it. Anyway, she gave him enough money.

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This kind of basket was relatively large and contains a lot of eggs. She heard the old aunt said that one basket of eggs weighs 45 pounds.

A pound of eggs cost her eight yuans, originally was eight point two. Ninety pounds of eggs in two baskets cost her more than seven hundred yuans because they are all free-range eggs. Even if she got a discount, they are still expensive.

Naturally, two baskets of eggs couldn't satisfy Lin Qing He, but it was still OK. She crossed the eggs out of the book.

At this time, the aunt from the breakfast shop called. Lin Qing He drove back to the breakfast shop. She gave the aunt a few positive comments. After the praises, she took away three boxes of steamed bun.

Although the size of this foam box wasn't large, the volume wasn't small. It can hold almost fifty in one go. Three hundred big buns were completely packed in six boxes and two trips.

However, Lin Qing He still wanted more big buns, so she straight out booked five hundred, and planned to come to collect it tomorrow morning.

Although the aunt didn't understand the reason behind the action, Lin Qing He gave a deposit of 1,000 yuan, so she readily agreed and didn't act nosy. She simply asked her to come over at this time tomorrow morning to get her buns. At that time, she would have it all packed up with the same foam box and not one less.

Lin Qing He expressed that they're a known brand, she naturally believed nothing will go wrong.

Then she drove away, returned to the market again. Because she had bought eggs here, and what's more two baskets. So this time Lin Qing He didn't dare to make such a big move.

At this time, the market has opened, and soon it became bustling with people.

Lin Qing He got her eyes on the pork. Her luck was pretty good because today 's pork was all excellent and from local pigs. It's the type that has no taste and very delicious. Even if she didn't like pork much, if she encounters this pork, she'll buy a little.

However, the price was a bit more expensive, but Lin Qing He didn't care a bit.

Originally she wanted to be low-key but seeing this kind of pork, Lin Qing He threw it out of mind. At once, she asked for a half side of the rib, pork belly, lean meat, oily fat and the likes she wants from the first pork shore. The same situation with the next few pork store.

This made the few pork stores' bosses puzzled and questioned what's going on?

"There are three relatives from my mother's family who have a happy event happening today. Initially, they already had it arranged with the pork store there but suddenly they sold it to others. This is an emergency ah, so they came to me?" He helplessly explained: "I won't talk more. Hurry, help me chop up the ribs. Don't need to bother with the pork belly and fats meat. Just pack them for me."

Although the few pork store owners didn't understand how the other pork store promised and then go back on their word? But there seems to be no other explanation than this.

Why else would they suddenly ask for so much pork?

Only weddings can use so much pork.

So without hesitation, they immediately chopped the ribs and the likes for her.

Lin Qing He settled the bill one store by one store. Altogether the ribs weighed 80 pounds or so and one pound was 25 yuan. The ribs cost more than 2,000 yuan.

There were also pork belly, lean meat, and fatty meat. Because they were already picked out and heard her say that it was for happy events, they were willing to give her leeway.

Just buying so much at once, except for giving her back a few yuans change, the price was not cheap.

Lin Qing He asked them to help carry them to the vehicle and transported all the pork away.

She drove the vehicle to a remote place. After Lin Qing He made sure no one was around, she immediately put the eight bags of ribs and all kinds of meat into the space.

Adding up the pork and ribs, it amounted to 5,000.

In addition to buying buns and eggs, she now has almost 45,000 yuan left.

She canceled the word meat off the list. With this much ribs and pork, it's enough to eat for a long time. As for other meat, chickens, ducks, fish, etc., forget it, she didn't have much money. She thought it through, even if there's a lot of money, the space only has ten square meters. It is very limited, can't hold much.

She had to prepare some of everything for the just-in-case moments.

As for the market, she couldn't go there anymore. She drove to a pretty far large wholesale market in the city.

She began to order rice, brand name rice, and 50 full packs of it. Each pack was 20jin (aka 10kg) of top-quality good rice packed in vacuum.

The wholesale manager thought she was going to open a store by herself. As soon as he asked and found she wasn't, he wondered why did she order so much?

Lin Qing He explained that it was ordered by her workplace and was a benefit for everyone.

Besides the fifty bags of rice, she also ordered fifty bags of 20jin flour, also top quality.

Because it was a large order, the price was at the wholesale price, so it wasn't expensive.

On top of that, there was peanut oil. She bought a certain flower brand one. This brand was very expensive, but it was also very pure.

She also uses this brand of peanut oil. A barrel was 5.5kg, equalizing to 11jin. She looked at the wholesale price. After a moment of hesitation, she got five barrels. Even wholesale price, it was 100 yuan or so per barrel!

Five barrels were nearly six hundred.

The wholesale price of one bag of rice was 45 yuan. The retail price was 60 yuan. Meaning 15 yuan cheaper.

But fifty packs of rice also meant more than 2200 yuan.

The price of flour was similar to rice. Fifty bags also amounted to 2000 or so.

Adding all these, it's at the boundary of 5000.

Lin Qing He counted in her head and then appraised the space again. Two baskets of eggs, eight bags of pork, and six foam boxes of ready-to-eat buns were inside. This left five-sevenths of the ten squares space.

After putting these rice, flour and peanut oil, there were still about three-sevenths space left.

She asked the wholesale manager to call people to put all the goods in the minibus. But there were too many things and the minivan couldn't fit it all.

Lin Qing He decided to take half and send it to her workplace first and then came back half an hour later. The wholesale manager said that it was no problem and gave her a receipt.

Lin Qing He left fifty bags of rice and five barrels of peanut oil before leaving. Halfway on the road, she placed the goods inside the space.

And crossed out the words oil and rice in the book.

As a sales department manager, Lin Qing He was skilled at making maximum use of one day's time.

Halfway on the road, she changed direction and headed directly to the pharmacy next to the urban hospital. She visited this pharmacy once before, and their stock was complete. Just the price was expensive. One trip a few hundred was cut down.

But now Lin Qing He couldn't care about so much.

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She got some for cold, fever, bloating and diarrhea and other emergency use. She bought ten boxes of the triple six brand cold capsule.

She also bought some other medicines that are very likely to be used, such as the menthol balm jotted in the book.

Several of them were particularly expensive, costing her nearly 10,000 yuan, but Lin Qing He didn't mind as they were prepared for just-in-case.

These don't take up much space. Because Lin Qing He bought a lot, she asked the pharmacy to give a paper suitcase to pack it.

After putting it on the minibus, Lin Qing He took out the notebook and crossed out the word 'medicine'.

Then she drove over to the wholesaler, and the wholesale manager called someone to load her remaining fifty bags of flour into the vehicle.

"If you still need anything, I can prepare it all. As long as you come here, I can ask someone to load It into the vehicle for you." The wholesale manager said politely.

Dragon Boat Festival was nearly approaching, and he deduced that this must be a big company giving benefits to its employees.

When Lin Qing He heard what he said, on impulse, she took out the notebook and wrote down brown sugar, rock sugar, soy, vinegar, and salt.

Then she gave it to the wholesale manager and asked him to prepare it according to the amount above while she sends the flour to the unit first.

The wholesale manager expressed that it was no problem.

Lin Qing He drove away and collected the flour into the space halfway on the road.

Now there are three-sevenths of space left in the space. She felt that the food supplies are almost enough.

She stopped on the main street, took out the notebook and crossed out the words flour. Then she looked at the other things to see if there was anything missing. She would make up for it if she lacked it. She organized the space and checked if she can make more room.

Taking out her cell phone and checked that it was nearly half an hour, she drove back.

The wholesale manager had brown sugar, rock sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, and salt ready for her.

Twenty jin of brown sugar, twenty jin of rock sugar, twelve bottles in a box of soy sauce, fifteen bottles in a box of vinegar, a large sack with twenty-five small bags of salt inside, and one small bag contain two jins of refined salt.

Someone put it in a vehicle for her, and then Lin Qing He settled the bill first.

"I still have something to buy." Lin Qing He said after the checkout.

"Miss, what you want to buy, you can tell me, I will take Miss over." The wholesale manager nodded.

Lin Qing He didn't act shy with him, this time she came to buy women's products (a.k.a. period stuff).

She frankly ordered ten boxes of supplies, and she requested the wholesale manager to call someone to tear off the outer packaging and scattered them into five boxes.

Because this saves space. With these five large boxes plus the brown sugar, white sugar and stuff before, the two-sevenths of space was left in the end.

Although it was a bit excessive, Lin Qing He felt that the current supplies are not in short supply but this stuff was really indispensable!

Because a lot of materials had been stored in the space, enough to temporarily stabilize the situation in the desperate situation, she did not believe that if she was really to transmigrate, she wouldn't be able to live successfully.

So what she had to consider now should be personal issues.

Lin Qing He ignored the perplexed look of the male wholesale manager and asked someone to take it to the minibus. and took it with her, Then she took the yet-to-recover and first-time-meeting-such-bizarre-client male wholesale manager with her to continue shopping.

Lin Qing He also bought two large boxes of tissues.

Toothbrush, toothpaste, body wash, shampoo, face towel, soap, moisturizer and so on also can't be forgotten.

She even saw old-fashioned double-eared iron pots and old-fashioned casseroles pot in the supermarket. She got two of each. In addition to those, were five sharp old-fashioned cleavers...

The male manager automatically attributed this was for her female colleague to take home to use, so there was nothing to ask.

Whatever the client wants, he just give it to them, and it's not like he never saw this kind of client.

Lin Qing He glanced at him and said, "These things, you have to make it cheaper for me. I bought so much from you."

"That's for sure," asserted the male manager with a slight smile.

"How heavy is this quilt? How is it sold?" Lin Qing He came to the clothing area (T/N:shouldn't it be homeware), pointed directly at the shelves of quilts packed in bags.

"This is a good five-jin quilt. If Miss wants to buy it, I'll give Miss a discount. The wholesale price for one is only three hundred and eight." The wholesale manager said.

"Five pounds isn't enough. Give me another. No, give me two seven-jin quilts!" Lin Qing He glanced and frankly spoken.

The male wholesale manager swiftly arranged two seven-jin quilts, both of which can be used for double beds.

Lin Qing He was satisfied with a glance because the quilt could leave the inner core and remove the outside.

She briefly looked at the mattress and also asked for two wool mattresses, both of which were grayish in color. They looked very old, but the quality was really good and the price was not cheap. The wholesale manager said that it was targeted at middle-aged and elderly people and would she like to change it?

Lin Qing He conveyed no, it's exactly what she wanted!

"A new batch of fruit arrived in the fruit area today. Would you like to see it, Miss?" The wholesale manager said politely when it seemed like she was almost done.

Lin Qing He originally wanted to leave, but after he said that, she examined the space. There was currently one-seventh space left. It was just enough to keep the ordered big buns, but if it was packed in a bag, she can find a bit of space.

And with more than 10,000 savings left, Lin Qing He came to the fruit area. In the end, she got a box of grapes, a box of yellow pear (Pyrus nivalis) and two boxes of apples.

(T/N: it's one of these? For me, it's right)

When the bill was settled, Lin Qing He drove away with all the goods. It was one vehicle full. She took all the materials into the space halfway on the road.

After solving these problems, Lin Qing He let out a sigh of relief.

Now that these things are gathered, even if there were any accident, she should not have to worry about it for a short time when she went over, right?

Ten square meters was only so big. From start to end, so many things were put in, the space in her palm left some room but not very big. There was only a place reserved for the last five hundred white buns.

And when the time comes, she'll have to put it in a bag and take it inside. If she uses a foam box, it may not be able to fit it.

After being busy outside all day, she grabbed a bun from the space and ate it when hungry, drank mineral water, and passed it as a meal.

She reached home when it was 6:30 in the evening.

After a long day of exhaustion, her spending was down to the last few thousand yuan after all her spending. However, she didn't plan to spend any more. Don't mention that the space couldn't fit anymore, it was for in case the unexpected didn't happen. Then she'll be empty-handed!

However, after sweeping in so many things, satisfied Lin Qing He was tired and paralyzed. She planned to sleep after taking a bath.

She didn't know whether these preparations were enough or not, but she had done her best. The only thing she prayed now was to hope that place would not be the apocalypse.

She had read a good quantity of popular male apocalypse novel. The male lead got a space without a warning, but apocalypse was too dangerous ...

Along with the random thoughts, Lin Qing He went to sleep, but she didn't expect that once she sleeps, she would sleep to the sixties...

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Chapter 5. Three villain sons

"Mother, I'm hungry."

A ragged child carefully pulled her hem and pulled Lin Qing He, who was familiar with this phrase, from her daze.

Lin Qing He looked at the child, who was as thin as a little monkey, with complex eyes, and fell into the silence again.

She didn't expect that she would transmigrate like this, and what's more transmigrate into a novel she had read before.

It was after she had received the memory of the original body owner that she reacted.

Because the deepest impression she got this novel was the three villains in the story, Zhou Kai, Zhou Xuan, and Zhou Gui Lai.

These three are brothers, the eldest Zhou Kai, the second Zhou Xuan, the third Zhou Gui Lai.

This (the boys' names) inferred wish for their father, who is on the front line of the organizational unit (T/N: the army?), to be able to return triumphantly early.

But the name didn't have any use, their father didn't return triumphantly but instead retired halfway.

This was a fatal blow to the family.

The mother of these three villains a.k.a the original owner who was one of the village flower (prettiest girl), only married the villains' father cause she got her own objective. She wanted to be an official wife one day.

From a young age, she dreamed of flying up a branch and turn into a phoenix.

For this purpose, the original owner resolutely married the villains' father and toward the villains' father, who wasn't at home all year round, even if he goes home he had to leave before the seat gets warmed and what's more never say words of love, she tolerated with the little patience she had.

But it was also limited to tolerance. Don't think about getting any warmth and tenderness from her.

As a village flower, the original owner got a proud heart as she was beautiful from young to big. Only others can coax her. How can she be humbled and be good-naturedly with others?

However, because the villains' father sent money back every month punctually, the original owner would pretend to be polite and compliant with him, even when she hadn't taken a liking to him. That's why they got three sons.

However, this situation remained until the villain's father retired.

The villains' father retired due to injury.

But no matter what the reason was, the original body owner's dream of becoming an official wife was broken and in the following month, there wasn't any stable allowance of a dozen yuans. On top of that, the villains' father wasn't thoughtful and don't know how to say pleasant and comforting words. Let alone words of love.

How could the original owner, who had taken a blow, endure such a life?

Under the same roof, the original owner's grievances became deeper and deeper, and her temper became more and more irritable. When she was in a bad mood, she would readily treat the three sons with hits, scolding, and punishment of starvation.

Although the three sons weren't so decent after growing up in this environment of domestic violence but also weren't super bad.

The real trigger was the original body a.k.a. the lowest rank/18-line female cannon fodder, at the age of 31, also the time of 1977 college entrance examination restoration, ran away with the educated urban youth(a special term during the Cultural Revolution) who passed college exam and was going to return to the city!

Having said that, got to talk about the appearance of the original owner even if she was an 18-line female cannon fodder that was only mentioned in a few sentences under the author's pen.

The author's description of her appearance was carefully written, saying that her eyes were eyes and her nose was a nose. From young to big, she was pretty in her maternal family's village and well deserved to be the village's flower.

And even if the villain's father retired and got no allowance for every month, she never went to the field and relied on the incommunicative villains' father and her three sons to support her. She took the blood of the whole family to provide herself.

As for the villains' father and the three sons, don't think of getting anything. For she must have two new clothes every half a year, and she always had to apply vanishing cream and clam balm on her face.

Additionally, she didn't need to go out in the wind and rain. So even at the age of 31, the original owner looked younger than the average 25-year-old girl.

The foundation was there and she knew how to dress up, so even if she was 31 years old, she was still a pretty beauty.

In private, she hooked up with the educated youth in the countryside. Later, the college entrance examination resumed, the educated youth became part of the first group of intellectuals admitted to the university. At this time, the original owner couldn't endure. Under his encouragement, she took all the family's money and ran away with him.

The author's description of the backgrounds of the three villains, Zhou Kai, Zhou Xuan, and Zhou Gui Lai did not stop there. Later, the tragic end of the original owner was written. She was abandoned by the educated youth, all her money got scammed and finally died in a foreign land.

And her three villain sons had made a name for themselves in the underworld. But their ends were no exception, including the villains' father.

When the description of the villains' father appeared again in the novel, he was already in his fifties. On the way out, he ran into his eldest son who was fighting with people and was losing because other side got more people.

The villains' father was skilled, but because of old injuries that haven't been nursed in the early stage. Sometimes it acts up, making him unable to walk in the past years. So how could he be a match to 20 or 30 years old youths?

He was stabbed with a knife within a few moves, and it was a good few. He died before his eldest son Zhou Kai could cry and send him to the hospital.

The villains' father was the biggest trigger because when he died, it cut off all the chance for the three villains' sons to turn back, prompting the three of them to truly embark on this path of no return.

Later, there was a severe attack on their underworld. The oldest brother Zhou and the second brother clashed with the police male lead, while the youngest brother fell in love with the gentle and kind like a rabbit girlfriend of the male lead, which was the female hero.

The author wrote that at first, the three brothers planned to kill the male lead through his weak point, the female lead. Zhou number three pretended to be mentally retarded, approached the female lead and was taken home by the female lead to be taken care of. In the end, instead of using her, he was attracted by her kindness and innocence.

He fell really deep and couldn't extricate himself.

Zhou number three had a lot of entanglement with the female lead. As a reader, Lin Qing He had spitslot at the time.

Because under the author's pen, the heroine was not completely without feeling toward infatuated Zhou number three.

Zhou number three described by the author as a very manly and handsome man and was smooth talker, especially skilled at pleasing girls.

In fact, the three villains' appearances were top quality in the author's writings. They can be compared with the male lead. And if he wasn't good-looking, the female lead wouldn't take him home if she saw an ugly monster with mental retardation.

Let's not go into details on the process. In the end, because of this kind female hostess, Zhou number three, as well as his elder brother and second elder brother, were all served.

Without exception, they got executed (by gunfire).

From the beginning to the end of the story, this novel is laying the foundation for the hero and heroine's love road. Using the misfortunes of other people to set off the happiness and purity of love of the hero and heroine.

"Mother, have you cooked yet? I'm starving to death!"

When Lin Qing He was immersed in the plot she had seen before, a completely dirty boy burst inside from outside.

Seeing this boy, Lin Qing He's mind sprang at Zhou Da Wa a.k.a Zhou Kai, the same message was same as Zhou Er Wa, who was glancing at her as he held onto her hem and asking for food.

It was also because of the names of her three sons, did she come to sense that she had entered this kind of wolf and tiger den.

"Mother, my elder brother said that he was hungry." Zhou Er Wa was worthy of being a dog-headed tactician among the three brothers in the author's writing. Listening to it, he's only three years old and already knew how to play mind games. He himself really wanted to eat, but label another as the culprit.

"Ah, ah." At this time, Zhou number three, who was sleeping on the side, was also awake. He was one year old. He couldn't speak now, not even the simplest father and mother.

That's all right, all three big villains who cause trouble in every direction are all here. Should she hang them up first and beat, or beat first then hang up?

T/N: The three sons' name are Kai, Xuan and Gui Lai. But it later changes in the chapter, cause it's their nickname or childhood name. The nicknames are simple. Da Wa is biggest baby, Er Wa is second baby. You can also learn the number order in pinyin here!

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Chapter 6. Mold and pinch

"Guru."

When Lin Qing He looked at the three brothers without good intentions, a loud belly sounded.

Zhou Da Wa, Zhou Er Wa, and one-year-old Zhou San Wa, all looked at their mother's belly.

Zhou San also puffed out saliva to copy the stomach grumble.

Lin Qing He: "... Let's eat first."

According to the memory of the original owner, it was time to eat at this time, otherwise, Zhou Da Wa, this kid won't come back. It was all well-timed to come back for dinner time punctually.

"Mother, what did you buy?"

Zhou Da Wa saw a package on the Kang and asked.

Lin Qing He noticed the big package, and the corner of her mouth twitched.

This was what the original owner got from to the market in the county city after breakfast at half-past five. The fabric she bought for herself was going to make a new dress for herself.

It was already the end of September in the lunar calendar. Although it was not cold, it was already a bit cool, especially in the morning and evening, but after entering the lunar calendar's October, it will get colder each day.

This fabric was for preparing clothes for herself, and there are two pounds of new cotton in it, so the package looks a bit big. But it doesn't matter how big it was, it had nothing to do with the three children are. The original owner prepared it for herself.

"Delicious stuff."

With a turn of a head, Lin Qing He answered.

"Don't coax us, mother. Every time you buy cloth for yourself when you go out and lie to us that it is food." The future villain who was still Zhou Da Wa, was already very smart. He grinned when she said that.

In fact, the original owner's treatment toward the three brothers was so-so. It was set to the minimum level of won't starve to death. As for how well, it was non-existent.

However, children at this age have a natural dependence and attachment to their mothers, and what's more, they are also in the age of remembering to eat and forgetting the hit, so naturally, they won't hold it to their heart.

Hearing what his elder brother said, Zhou Er Wa released her dress, because he remembered it too.

"Ah." Zhou San Wa could not understand this, also noticed the big package, so he stood up and staggered towards that side.

Lin Qing He quickly hugged him. It won't be a trivial matter if he fell.

It then came to her and asked Zhou Er Wa: "Who put your brother on the kang?"

The thoughtless original owner went to the market early this morning as she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to buy good cloth if she was late. She had saved a lot of cloth coupons.

When she left in the morning, Zhou San Wa was left to his two brothers' care. However, Zhou Da Wa immediately ran off to play. While Zhou Er Wa stayed behind but he didn't have the ability to put San Wa on the bed to sleep.

"My grandma," said Zhou Er Wa with disinterest.

His grandma was Mother Zhou, the mother-in-law of the original owner.

Speaking of which, Lin Qing He even wanted to criticize the low rank, small cannon fodder.

The population of Old Zhou's family wasn't monotonous. The villains' father, Zhou Qing Bai was the youngest son of Father Zhou and Mother Zhou. Above Zhou Qing Bai, were three brothers and two sisters. And below Zhou Qing Bai, was a still-not-married sister. She was currently a worker in the county city, which was very decent.

All three elder brothers above him had already started a family, but they did not receive as good treatment as the original owner.

That's because Father Zhou and Mother Zhou both doted on the youngest son Zhou Qing Bai.

But it was also exactly because of this, that the original owner wickedly caused trouble on the first day of the marriage. The excuse had come knocking on the door.

On the day of the wedding, Zhou Qing Bai could only consummate and then hurried away after receiving the urgent report, leaving no words behind.

This made the original owner feel like she lost lots of faces.

Of course, Father Zhou and Mother Zhou felt like they owed her, so when she complained, they said nothing. After all, the newlyweds hadn't stayed together for two days before their son left. They had mistreated Fourth Daughter-in-law.

At this time, the original owner wanted to seize the opportunity to propose a separation. She had the idea of splitting away from the family before she married, as she wanted to have sole financial power.

Perhaps the original owner was a bit lucky. One month later, it was found out that she was pregnant.

Forgive all three sisters-in-law above her for are secretly lamenting the original owner's stomach capability.

The original owner was a person who knows how to take advantage of the situation. On the day she found out about her pregnancy, she started a starvation strike. An appearance of not wanting to live.

If it was just her, Mother Zhou, her mother-in-law really didn't want her to get used to getting her way. But there was no other way, she had her Fourth Son's baby in her stomach now ah.

Being on the front line, Fourth Son was in a lot of danger. If something ever happened, then this was the only bloodline of the Fourth Son!

So when the original owner proposed a separation, she had no worries at all and did not think about the consequences of the word coming out of her mouth like what would the villagers think of her or what would they say her behind her back.

But even if she thought of it, the original owner didn't care at all,

because she had never put herself together with the people in the village. She thought that she would leave the village and barren land sooner or later.

Because of using her life, as well as treating her tummy as a protection amulet, Father Zhou and Mother Zhou finally let her separate in desperation.

And also mobilized other people in the old Zhou Family to build two bedrooms house.

This caused quite a stir in the village.

No matter how others comment, the original owner ignored it. In short, the original owner successfully separated and had not been to Father Zhou's and Mother Zhou's side since then.

But it's still that phrase, the original owners have no other skills other than a capable belly. One after another, she got three sons. With this, even Father Zhou said nothing.

Because the eldest brother, Zhou Qing Mu and Eldest Sister-in-law Zhou now have three daughters. It was until the fourth child, they got a son, currently only two years old.

However, her stomach have movement again now. Don't know if it's a boy or girl. The author did not elaborate.

The second brother, Zhou Qing Lin was also in a similar situation, two daughters in a row, the last child was the son, now only three years old.

The third brother, Zhou Qing Sen, currently had a daughter, who was already six years old. The last time she gave birth to her daughter, she lost her vitality. It was until this year she recovered and became pregnant.

Third Zhou Sister-in-law's stomach was no longer small, it seems that she will give birth by the end of this year.

Under this premise, the original owner with three sons in a row made the original owner stood very tall in Old Zhou Family's home.

Rural people, especially people in this era, have a desire for a son that is more than a full stomach. The stomach can be hungry, but one can't be without a son.

Sons birthed by the original was equal to all of her sisters-in-law, so Mother Zhou didn't make it hard on her.

But in the end, her heart ached for her three grandchildren. What's more, Mother Zhou was also clear about original owner's personality. From time to time, she would come and take a look.

For example, now, in the midst of a busy autumn harvest, Mother Zhou still took the time to take a look.

"Mother, why are you in a daze? My stomach is flat out hungry!" When she was in deep contemplation, Zhou Da Wa became a little impatient waiting.

Lin Qing He took a deep breath and glared at him: "Dare to yell at your mother again, there is nothing for you to eat!"

Who cares that he'll be some villain in the future. Right now he's just a small bean now for her to mold and pinch!

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Chapter 7 Big White Bun?

Zhou Da Wa didn't put it on his mind but curled his lips.

"Wait for me." Putting Zhou San Wa on the ground to let him move freely, she then hummed away as she carried her big parcel back to the room.

She had her own room, next to the children's room. Outside was the kitchen.

"Mother really brought back delicious food?" In the neighboring room, Zhou Da Wa asked Zhou Er Wa.

Zhou Er Wa pouted. When his mother just got back, he thought so. After being reminded by Big Brother, he didn't have any hope. Even though he looked three years old, he was already sharpwitted.

Under the command of Zhou number two, besides killing the male lead, it was possible for a tie when fighting with the male lead, if it weren't for Zhou number three ruining everything.

"Keep acting like this, I'll beat you!" Although Zhou Dawa didn't understand his brother's expression, he still felt like he was being underestimated and glared at him.

"Who do you want to beat?" Lin Qing He opened the door and spoke out.

And she was holding a bun in her hand at this time, it was still warm, and the scent emitted from it made Zhou Dawa and Zhou Er Wa gulp: "Big white bun?"

"Want to eat?" Lin Qing He glanced at the brothers.

"Want." Both nodded honestly.

Even Zhou San Wa stepped forward to hug her feet. He also wanted to eat.

"Will you be obedient in the future?" Lin Qing He asked.

"Mother, I have always been obedient, and the disobedient one is Big Brother." Zhou Er Wa expressed.

"You dare to talk about, I'll really beat you!" Zhou Da Wa angrily roared.

"Beat who?" Lin Qing He glared.

Zhou Da Wa wanted to reply with 'beat Second Brother', but in the end, the big white bread was too tempting to say anything.

"Half for you guys. I still have it in the cupboard, so if you behave well, you will have it for the next meal. But if you are not obedient, eat cornmeal cakes." Lin Qing He stated.

Compared to the earlier famine years, cornmeal cakes are undoubtedly a good thing. In those years, it wasn't a lie to say that they ate bran and coarse vegetable. Obviously, Zhou Da Wa and Zhou Er Wa did not like to eat it.

After all, they received allowances and ration coupons that villains' father sent back each month, all of which the original owner had to bring their marriage certificate to get.

So even if the original owner does not go to the field to earn workpoint, living standard at home was not bad. But eating cornmeal cakes was a common occurrence.

"I'll be obedient!"

Lin Qing He finished speaking, and Zhou Er Wa immediately answered.

Zhou Da Wa scolded him for being gutless, but under Lin Qing He's gaze, he also quickly followed and copied him.

Then Lin Qing He decided to give these three villains half a white bun...

A white flour bun wasn't small. Lin Qing He just transmigrated over and couldn't fully digest the matter. So eating half a white bun was enough.

The remaining half was given to the three sons, but half of the white bun was not enough for them to eat. Lin Qing He looked at the egg jar at home and there were a few eggs inside. So she beat the three eggs for their brother. She poured boiling water over it, and it became egg drop soup.

"Mother, I not full yet!" Zhou Da Wa quickly drank and declared.

Zhou Er Wa was not full either, at most was half full.

On the other hand, Zhou San Wa's appetite was not that big. With a few gulps of the egg drop soup, he was full.

Of course, he got full fast and got hungry just as quick. Children of this age were generally white and fat, but Zhou San Wa was skinny.

Although the children in this era were all like this, as they were thirty to forty percent starved. They all lived like this. However, on this side, it was because the original owner didn't care.

Because with the villains' father's allowance, there was no shortage of food in the family. The three children could avoid being raised to this extent.

"Both of you, go to sleep on the kang," Lin Qing He said.

"I'm going out to play." Zhou Da Wa immediately rebutted.

"Go out after sleep and I'll cook meat for you tonight." Lin Qing He said.

"Really?" Zhou Da Wa quickly enquired.

Not just him, even Zhou Er Wa's eyes also brightened as he looked at their mother who was a little different today.

"It's fine if you don't eat." Lin Qing He gruffly responded.

Zhou Da Wa and Zhou Er Wa immediately hopped to Kang. Zhou San Wa couldn't get up, was still off the Kang, uttering 'ah-ah'. Zhou Da Wa was afraid that this little brother would cause them to have no meat tonight, so he came down, picked him up and Zhou Er Wa pulled him up.

Really must say, the two of them really got Zhou San Wa onto the kang.

"... sleep well." Lin Qing He covered them with thin sheets and said.

"Is there really meat tonight?" Zhou Da Wa confirmed again.

"Yes." Lin Qing He nodded with certainty.

Zhou Da Wa and Zhou Er Wa were relieved and then took their brother to sleep together.

Lin Qing He returned to her room regardless of whether they were whispering in private.

It was a single room, but it wasn't big. It only got a kang and a closet, as well as a washbasin and a towel. Next to it were rice crock, corn pot, egg jar, half a bottle of oil and salt container that was about to reach the bottom.

These were stored in her room.

Because there was a small door in her room, she didn't put it in the cabinet. In other people's homes, it was directly placed and locked in the cabinet.

Lin Qing He was also a little tired. The original owner had walked all morning and she also just transmigrated over. So she came out to close the door and decided to let other matters wait till she wakes up.

So the mother and sons took an afternoon nap together.

At the same time, in the remote frontline units, Zhou Qing Bai was immediately sent to their district hospital for an emergency operation.

Several of the partners rescued by him almost kneeled down to the doctor, willed for the doctor and nurse to save their old Zhou!

The district's major upper ranks deeply frowned when he learned that Zhou Qing Bai was seriously injured and was sent to the district hospital. He was very optimistic about Zhou Qing Bai, but this time it may not be easy to save his life. In the future ...

"Prepare for a small clerical job for little Zhou." Finally, one upper rank sighed and declared.

"With Little Zhou's temperament, I'm afraid he won't stay again." Another upper rank also felt deep pity, shaking his head.

If this hadn't happened this time, Little Zhou's position would have also be promoted again. It wasn't easy for the farmer's children to break into the current spot with their bare hands. Really a pity.

Hearing this, the previous upper rank was also silent, because they all knew Zhou Qing Bai's character. If he could not go to the front, he would not stay.

"Then used the credit he made this time to apply for a living allowance for him to take home. I heard that he still had three sons at home." Finally, the upper rank stated.

The other one had no comments.

While at home, the mother and sons, who carelessly and heartlessly slept, didn't receive the legendary telepathy-connection at all.

Lin Qing He slept till four o'clock. When she woke up, her three sons were awake as well. Probably because of thinking about the meat she promised, Zhou Da Wa didn't run out to play in private.

Lin Qing He scooped up and washed her face.

She took out two new towels from her space. The color was very low-key, one for herself and one for their brothers.

As for the original owner's treasured one, she was going to use it to wipe the feet of the three Zhou brothers.

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Chapter 8 Egg Lean Pork Congee

She called them over, wiped the face of all three brothers, washed their hands again and then sent them off.

"Mother, it's time to cook." Zhou Da Wa reminded her.

The children were hungry fast. At this time they all became hungry.

Lin Qing He relied on the fact that the brothers were all young and didn't know what she brought back in her big package, so she went in and got an apple. Without peeling, she just washed, cut to two quarters, and gave a quarter each to Zhou Da Wa and Zhou Er Wa.

As for San Wa, Lin Qing He took a spoon and scraped apple puree to feed him.

Zhou Da Wa and Zhou Er Wa never expected there was such delicious fruit to eat. Even though it was only a quarter, the two of them were very satisfied.

Lin Qing He was not worried, because there were apples and pears at this side, but there were no grapes. She intended to eat the grapes secretly. Occasionally taking advantage of the absence of the two big ones, she can feed some to the little baby, who can't talk yet.

As for Zhou Er Wa, he was too ghostly sharp. Don't give it to him to eat, so she can save all the trouble that comes from eating.

After feeding half to San Wa, Lin Qing He ate the rest herself. Zhou Da Wa and Zhou Er Wa, who already finished and was prepared to protest about her bias, shut up.

"I'll make meat for you, so take care of your brother." Lin Qing He got up and instructed.

Because the white bun at noon and the little half of the apple, Zhou Da Wa and Zhou Er Wa dare not disobey.

Although they were young and don't understand a lot, they are not stupid. They can slightly feel that their mother seems to treat them better than before?

Lin Qing He entered the kitchen.

There was only one earth stove in the kitchen, but the wok on the top was good. Although the spatula was very old, it was in good condition.

But these were all exchanged by the original owner with her maternal family after her family separation. She had exchanged them for a large price. And it was because of the kitchen equipment, old Zhou Family only agreed on splitting the family.

Otherwise, the wok would have been a big problem after separation. Industrial coupons were not easy to get, and the old Zhou family didn't have any.

Although the kitchen was simple, everyone else was in a similar condition.

From young Lin Qing He had lived with her grandmother in the countryside. So it wasn't hard for her to use this old stove pot, even if she wasn't used to it. What's more, she still had the memory of the original owner. She scrubbed the wok, boiled water, and then got a pot of rice washed.

There was rice in the barrel and flour in the other barrel. But there wasn't much. The original owner had not thought of buying rice and flour on this trip, just cloth for herself to make clothes.

Lin Qing He shook her head, took a bag of rice from the space and poured it in. And then took another bag of flour, poured it into the other barrel and filled the jar full with eggs.

The three kids in the family don't care about these, and they don't know to count. At most, they know that there are more eggs and more rice. As for how much, they don't know. So it was up to her how it goes.

After doing this, Lin Qing He took a piece of lean meat from the space, about 150-200g of it. She planned to make egg lean and pork congee (rice porridge).

As the knife at home was very blunt, Lin Qing He frankly took a new old-fashioned styled kitchen knife from the space and used it.

Since there are few kids at home, as long as she did not do anything out of the ordinary, she was not worried at all. Even if there was something out of the ordinary, can she be worst than the original owner?

Besides, she collected these materials to make herself more comfortable, but not for them to collect dust.

Her new knife was sharp. After washing, it was much easier to chop the meat. The 150-200g lean meat was soon all chopped up. At this time, the water in the pot was also boiled, so the washed rice was poured into it, and then she started stirring with a large spoon to avoid them sticking to the bottom.

"Mother, what are you making for us?" At some unknown time, Zhou Er Wa appeared at the kitchen door and blinkingly asked.

Lin Qing He said: "Tonight we're having egg and lean pork congee tonight."

"Is it delicious?" Zhou Er Wa never had egg and lean pork congee before. But there are eggs and meat, just think about it, it must be very delicious.

"That's of course. It'll make you swallow your tongue later." Lin Qing He said.

Zhou Er Wa could hear that his mother was joking, looked at her, and then cautiously walked over to hug her leg. Lin Qing He glanced down at him, "What's wrong?"

"Mother, you're so good," Zhou Er Wa gazed at her.

"It's enough to know I'm good. In the village, whose mother is a stepmother. Look at the lives of other children, and then look at you, three brothers." Lin Qing He said.

This wasn't a false statement. A household in the village married in a stepmother and toward the former wife's children, she beat and berated. Their lives weren't easy.

Zhou Er Wa giggled, "Mother, don't scare me."

"Won't scare you. Take good care of your younger brother, and I'll have a few new clothes made for you brothers this New Year." Lin Qing He promised.

"New clothes?" Zhou Da Wa heard this as soon as he brought San Wa in and his eyes brightened.

"Mother, do I also get new clothes?" Zhou Er Wa also had an anxious face.

Lin Qing He opened the lid and without turning her head back as she answered, "Be obedient and not do bad things, there will be delicious food and new clothes. But if you are not obedient, then go wear your broken clothes and nibble your cornmeal cake."

"I'll be good!" The brothers shouted immediately.

"Good!" San Wa echoed.

Lin Qing He looked at him in surprise: "San Wa can speak?"

"Ah." San Wa immediately hugged her legs and act spoiled.

Come on, back to his original form again.

However, Lin Qing He was not worried at all. Under the author's pen, he started talking later. Later, he became a guy who is so skilled at talking that he can coax a girl into bursting in joy.

Lin Qing He said to the two big ones: "Do you know where the eggs are? Go in and each get two."

"I know." The two older ones left to get the eggs.

One in each hand meant a total of four. Sure enough, the brothers didn't think about why there were more eggs.

Lin Qing He let Zhou Da Wa go in to get the salt. At this time, the salt was the kind of coarse ones. Lin Qing He glanced and sent out all three brothers.

Then she took out a pack of table salt and used it.

Now that she had materials in the space, it goes without saying she would use the materials in the space first.

Anyway, there are fifty pounds of salt in her space.

After the congee was cooked, Lin Qing He put the minced meat in it and evenly mixed it. She stirred the beaten egg in, added a little salt and this pot of egg and lean pork congee was ready.

Don't know if it was because the original owner hadn't eaten meat for too long, Lin Qing He felt it was very fragrant.

So don't mention the three sons. All three brothers stared into the kitchen.

"All of you wait, it's very hot." Lin Qing He said as she took the bowls, ladled one bowl each for Zhou Dawa and Zhou Er Wa and placed it on the side.

"I can blow my own food!" Zhou DaWa immediately said.

"I can too," Zhou Er Wa followed.

And Zhou San Wa, who was still unable to speak, ran over to hug her leg and screaming 'ah-ah'. His eyes were desperately staring at the porridge.

Lin Qing He picked up Zhou San Wa and left the porridge in the kitchen to cool. She brought Zhou Da Wa and Zhou Er Wa out.

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Chapter 9. Sound bitchy

She carried Zhou San Wa. Zhou Da Wa and Zhou Er Wa wanted to eat meat congee, so they do not want to leave. However, Lin Qing He had a task for both of them: "Go and call your grandma to come over."

"Call grandma to drink meat congee?" Asked Zhou Er Wa.

"Your grandma usually treats you well and it's only right to call her over to have a bowl of meat congee. Piety is the foundation of all virtues. You need to be filial to your elders, okay?" Lin Qing He explained.

"Mother, you are not always filial to grandma." Zhou Er Wa blinked.

Lin Qing He choked, pretended to be angry: "Are you going or not? If you don't go call your grandma over, all of you don't get to eat!"

"I'm going to call grandma now!" Zhou Da Wa said.

After he finished speaking, he opened the door and sprinted out. Lin Qing He looked at Zhou Er Wa. Zhou Er Wa responded: "Brother already went."

It meant that one was enough, no need for him.

Lin Qing He didn't bother about him then. Zhou Er Wa spoke: "Mother, I want to eat first, I'm hungry."

"If you're not afraid of your elder brother coming back and beating you, then you can not wait for him. This time I will definitely not stop him when he beat you." Lin Qing He said with a smile.

Zhou Er Wa knew that his elder brother's fists were powerful, so he stopped talking and waited honestly.

Although they were separated, the house was not far away from the old Zhou's house. It takes less than two minutes to run on the foot for Da Wa.

But even at this distance, the original owner had never been there again. She never thought herself was as Old Zhou Family's daughter-in-law and everyone knew this.

Therefore, Mother Zhou was surprised when Zhou Da Wa came to find her and said his mother was looking for her.

Because she was clear about Fourth Daughter-in-law's character. She usually wanted to stay away from them. How could she take the initiative to invite her over?

Toward Lin Qing He sending Da Wa over to call her instead of Lin Qing He coming to find her, Mother Zhou did not care, because there were more worst things than this. For example, the ruckus to split the family at the time. That was really going all the way out. Not letting her split off, she'll go die together with Fourth Son's unborn child.

"Mother, go over and see. Maybe there's really a matter." Third Zhou Sister-in-law said as she held her stomach.

"Third Auntie, when will little brother come out?" Zhou Da Wa asked as soon as he saw her belly.

These words made Third Zhou Sister-in-law, who only had daughters so far, smiled with more sincerity and replied: "It will be two months. When the time comes, play with little brother?"

It was said that the child's eyes are wise. From the first time, Zhou Da Wa saw her belly, he always says it' a little brother. This made Third Zhou Sister-in-law, who didn't really like his mother a.k.a her Fourth Sister-in-law, be friendly with him.

"Okay, when little brother comes out, I will take him around to play." Zhou Da Wa cheerfully promised.

Afterward, he couldn't wait to pull grandma away.

Truthfully, Mother Zhou was not so kind. She just favored her youngest son, so she also loved these grandsons. They also knew that their grandma dotes on them, otherwise, they wouldn't dare to pull her like this.

"What's the hurry?" Said Mother Zhou verbally.

Mentally, she started to figure out what Fourth Daughter-in-law wanted to do. Was there no food and wanted to take advantage of the autumn harvest to buy food with the family?

That shouldn't be. Fourth Daughter-in-law always turned her elbows outward. She had always bought them at the market and disdained to have exchange with old Zhou Family's people.

They have a market here. In the countryside, there was no need for a food coupon to buy food, just money was enough.

Fourth Son sent money back every month. She wasn't short of food and drink. Just by looking at how well-fed she was, one can tell.

If it weren't for her fourth son, this lazy girl who only knew to eat would have been pulled out and have her acts criticize by all.

This wasn't Mother Zhou joking. Now it was quite strict, however, because there was Zhou Qing Bai, a divine needle which guarded the sea (T/N: a reference from Journey to the West Chinese novel?). Old Zhou Family members were highly respected whenever they go out.

The original owner thought Zhou San Wa was still too young and Zhou Da Wa was not as sensible as the female kid. He didn't do any chores at all, so of course, there was no food share at the end of the year.

In half a month or so, the production team will kill pigs to reward everyone, but the original owner does not have any pork work points. If she wanted to eat pork, it was possible. After all, they are all from one village. She just needed to use the money to buy it from the team. And it was leftovers after everyone else picked their share.

But the leftovers were also good. In this era, anything with oil was good stuff.

The original owner had done that and didn't care that in others' eyes, she was a spendthrift and that marrying someone like her was three lifetime of misfortune for a good guy like Zhou Qing Bai.

Of course, this was what women thought. Every time men see the original owner's swaying, healthy posture and the way she carried her face and figure when going out, they can't help but take a few more glances. And then feel that Zhou QingBai wasn't blessed. To marry a beautiful girl like this, he can't sleep with her for more than two-three days a year.

It's not that some bachelors didn't have thoughts (of doing bad things) in the village. It was just that the current social atmosphere was the best security, so who dares to do anything?

And take look at whose woman it was. This was Zhou Qing Bai's woman, the daughter-in-law of the old Zhou family.

Even though Old Zhou Family was dissatisfied with her for causing a ruckus to split, but if something really happened, the dozen to twenty people in old Zhou Family will definitely unify to fight outsiders.

At this time, people wanted more sons exactly for this reason.

To put it awkwardly, if there was no son at home, there's no power to go out and quarrel with others.

But the most important reason was at that stage, the original owner, who was still dreaming of becoming an official wife, don't want any dust in her sight. She looked down at these single bumpkins.

Not to mention the bachelors, she even looked down on the urban educated youths who went to the countryside.

But then the dream shattered, so she lowered the standard.

Along the way, Mother Zhou had misgivings. It was until she reached the house and she saw Fourth Daughter-in-law carrying the egg and lean pork congee, she was stunned: "Where did you get your pork?"

"I bought it from that part in the city," Lin Qing He replied casually, as she held San Wa.

That part referred to the black market, but it was inconvenient to say with children present.

In the county town, a black market existed. It was a place for private transactions. The original owner had visited there as well, but not to buy meat and grain, but to buy cotton.

She bought one jin of cotton at the Demand and Supply Cooperative, and the remaining jin was bought in the black market.

Mother Zhou understood. She knew that Fourth Daughter-in-law was a daring one, but she didn't expect her to be that daring. To even go to the black market!

"Mother, you don't need to talk about me. My sons are all growing. How can it do to be without meat from the start to the end of the year?" Lin Qing He said.

Mother Zhou mentally commented, 'I hadn't seen you show any affection toward your children before. If you have any tricks, show them already and don't drag on these.

Lin Qing He said: "Today's made a bit too much meat congee. This autumn harvest has been very busy, mother, you have some for nourishment."

This was not surprising when the other three daughters-in-law said it to Mother Zhou. But the words were spoken by Fourth Daughter-in-law, so she should be careful.

"Say it. Did something happen to you?" Without being roundabout with her, Mother Zhou asked her directly.

"I bought some cotton and cloth from the black market and plan to make a new one for these three boys, but my skills are lacking as I can make my own. Mother, how about you help me to bring it back to Third Sister-in-law to avoid me ruining it. Third Sister-in-law's craftsmanship is excellent and among the sister-in-law, I only have taken a liking to hers. Treat the leftover fabric as a fee for her. "Lin Qing He said.

These words were said very bitch-like. But this was the original owner's tone.

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Chapter 10 Well Made Foundation

Mother Zhou also knew she was distressed for herself, as for others, don't think about it. In fact, the clothes Da Wa, Er Wa, and San Wa wore were from a year ago. At that time, it was made a bit longer and was wearable even to now.

At that time, it was made by Third Sister-in-law. And because of this, Zhou Da Wa would 'little brother' whenever he saw Third Auntie's belly...

Must say he was discerning.

"But third daughter-in-law's belly is so big now." Although she doted her three grandchildren, Mother Zhou was hesitant.

"How far along is she?" Lin Qing He asked.

"There are still two months left," Mother Zhou answered.

"Then Mother, go back and ask Third Sister-in-law to see if she wants to or not. If she is willing, I can give her two pounds of brown sugar to nourish her body while she is confined in birth rest." Lin Qing He stated.

"Brown sugar? Where did you get the brown sugar?" Mother Zhou couldn't help saying.

"With money, naturally there is brown sugar." Lin Qing He raised an eyebrow.

When Mother Zhou heard it, she understood that it must have been obtained from the black market.

Lin Qing He also what kind of character the original owner was, she put Zhou San Wa in her arms and said, "Mother, you feed San Wa first. I'm going in to get brown sugar."

At this time, brown sugar was a rare thing. Especially for the soon-to-give-birth Third Sister-in-law, it was definitely a scarce item.

When Lin Qing He returned to her room, she took two jin of it out of the space. In her space, she only had twenty jin ( or 10kg), so it was not much.

Two jin of brown sugar was packed in a clean jar, which was a lot of weight, and what's more the color of this brown sugar was also good quality.

"Mother, have a look." Lin Qing He showed her the brown sugar.

Toward the business-like tone, Mother Zhou didn't find it strange. Having a quick look and she said, "Then I'll take it back and ask for you?"

"All right." Lin Qing He nodded and pointed to the porridge: "This is for Mother to nourish your body. Have it." It was an appearance of once this passes, it expires.

If she had acted filial, Mother Zhou would panic in her heart and not eat it. But seeing her like this, Mother Zhou thought 'I'm your mother-in-law, so what if I eat this?'

So she ate the bowl of egg and lean pork congee as well. The taste was really fragrant.

Then she took a jar of brown sugar and went back.

"Mother, do you really want Third Auntie to make clothes for us?" Zhou Da Wa's eyes shone brightly.

"It's a big jar of brown sugar." Zhou Er Wa was focus on that.

Zhou San Wa was already full and played by himself in the yard. Lin Qing He started eating by herself, and said, "One for each person, no more. As for the brown sugar, it takes a lot of care to make clothes for you, so I need to give some fee for the effort. "

Although she inherited the original owner's skill, she really can't make children's clothes. Probably was because the original owner's obsession was too deep, she will make ...

"Mother, if you do it yourself, you don't have to give Third Auntie brown sugar." Er Wa was still thinking about this.

Lin Qing He stared: "If I don't make clothes for you, I don't have to give this brown sugar!"

With this sentence, Er Wa shut up.

Lin Qing He wasn't going to spoil him and drank her egg and lean pork congee. After a while, she remembered, "You have to change your shoes. I have to make shoes for you as well. It would have been good to have a daughter to help out, but you all are sons. Can't count on it any of you. Giving birth to sons is making debts."

When she said this, Mother Zhou had just returned. And her face was unchanged. This Fourth Daughter-in-law is lazy to death, so naturally, she wishes for a daughter to work for her.

"Your Third Sister-in-law agreed." Mother Zhou said when she came in.

"I'm finished. Mother, wait a moment, I'll go in to get the cloth and cotton." Lin Qing He put down her tableware and said.

It was already the end of September now and it wasn't that fast to make cotton coats. Afraid it will be around mid-October when the cotton coats for the three brothers are done. At that time, it will be cold. Now it was one day different from another.

And as Third Sister-in-law's belly grows bigger, so can't really order her around later.

Lin Qing He went in and took the cloth and two pounds of cotton.

This time the cloth bought back was not only for the original owner herself. The original owner intended to send it to her maternal family to gain face. In fact, one jin of two jin of cotton was prepared for her maternal family.

But now Lin Qing He was here, old Lin Family better not expect anything. If there was a chance, she still wanted to take back the new military coat that Zhou Qing Bai sent back before!

Counting how much it takes to make her own clothes and the amount reserved for old Lin Family, it was just right to make three sets of winter clothes for the three brothers. After all, Zhou Da Wa would need a lot of fabrics because she had to reserve some length to avoid it being too short when he grew next year.

The same thing for Zhou Er Wa. Actually, there was no need to do it for Zhou San Wa, as above him were two older brothers. But since they were making it, then they should make it for all three brothers.

Anyway, she didn't need to use her hands, just only move her mouth.

As a low-rank female cannon fodder, she was that capricious!

Mother Zhou did not expect that she could get such good cloth and so much cotton, and what's more, it wasn't for herself but for her three sons.

This was somewhat comforting for Mother Zhou. But it was inevitable that she'll say a few more words: "Now Da Wa and the others are still young, but within a few years, they will all grow up one by one. At that time, it will cost money to marry a wife... "

"Mother, don't worry, I know." Lin Qing He interrupted her directly and said.

Mother Zhou choked, mentally said, 'You understand? What do you understand? Whose life isn't like a tight belt? You are eating congee from outside. As well as that, egg and pork are in the congee. How much does it cost?'

But in the end, the original owner had a well-laid foundation, so Mother Zhou didn't go too far and stopped talking. She took the cloth and cotton and went back.

As soon as she left, Lin Qing He was actually quietly relieved in her heart.

In fact, she was asked to deal with Mother Zhou like this, she really couldn't. But according to today's performance, it seems that Mother Zhou adapts well to her performance?

Oh, original owner, original owner! You can be considered doing a good deed.

Lin Qing He was very emotional. With such an extraordinary foundation, even if she acted out of character, it won't be excessive now.

In a good mood, she picked up Zhou San Wa and kissed him, causing Zhou San Wa to giggle.

Both Zhou Da Wa and Zhou Er Wa saw it, and they couldn't help staring at Lin Qing He. Lin Qing He kissed each of their foreheads.

Zhou Da Wa blushed and said, "I'm going out to play!" Then he ran out.

Zhou Er Wa was also a little embarrassed and ran out.

Lin Qing He didn't bother about them either. She divided a bowl of congee for Mother Zhou. There was almost one bowl left in the pot. Lin Qing He scooped it up and put it aside.

Then she cleaned up the tableware and boiled the water while she was at it to prepare for the kids to wash up when they come back.

Mother Zhou brought the cloth and cotton back.

Actually at this time was getting off work hour, but old Zhou Family members haven't returned yet. It wasn't five o'clock yet. Mother Zhou had been working for three days and couldn't keep going, so she rested today and not go work. Her family was large, so it didn't matter if she rested for half a day.

As for Third Sister-in-law, her pregnancy month was big, so she was responsible for cooking at home. Of course, Eldest Sister-in-law, whose pregnancy was small, also helped out. However Mother Zhou was resting today, so she was replaced by Mother Zhou. Otherwise, it was usually Eldest Sister-in-law and Third Sister-in-law was responsible at home.

Seeing the cloth and cotton brought back by Mother Zhou, Third Sister-in-law was envious. However, this can't be enviable. She looked at the cloth size and the amount of cotton, and she said with some joy in her heart: "Mother, Fourth sister-in-law request that Da Wa and his brothers each one set of clothes? And the rest is for me?"

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