Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Zhao Yanli's words were quite blunt, as they should be. Although the Zhao Family is honest, what needs to be said must be said, standing up for their young woman is something they can do.

"Xiang Zhiqiang, now that you're marrying my sister today, if we find out that he bullies her, you should know that she has two brothers."

"Big Brother, Second Brother, sisters, don't worry. Yanping is now my wife. How could I bully her? I will definitely treat her well. Really, trust me. If I truly mistreat her, you can deal with me as you see fit."

The Zhao Family was satisfied with this, and they loaded all of Zhao Yanping's usual belongings, clothes, and bedding onto the cart.

The family watched as Xiang Zhiqiang drove away, and Zhao Xiaojing and her sisters felt a bit melancholic.

"Xiao Li, I want to raise a few chickens this year. When should we go to the town to take a look?"

Su Yuanyuan quickly changed the subject. She couldn't feel such a sad emotion and didn't want to see the usually cheerful girls upset.

"Yuanyuan, can we go now? Actually, you could also raise ducks. Just like before, raise chickens, ducks, and geese."

"Sure, let's go have a look. It's just that we don't know if they have any for sale."

Sun Yun felt quite moved by this because the family still had children. How great would it be to give them eggs to eat?

"Yuanyuan, buy me ten chicks too." She thought that not all ten could possibly be hens, and by the time the roosters grew up, they could be slaughtered and eaten.

Besides, things were going well for her now. She planned to bring something nice home when she returned this year.

Finally, the three girls drove away. They would ask around in the town or the village if necessary.

Right now, it might not be possible to buy any, but once settled, they could raise the chicks once they hatched.

"Yuanyuan, why are you still wearing so much?"

"Aren't you cold?"

"Not at all. Looking at you, I feel quite cold instead.

Yuanyuan, have you seen Tan Shaoting when you went out?"

"Yes, we spent three days together. His work is really busy."

"You went out for a few months and only spent three days together?"

"Didn't you get to eat dried fruit and meat?"

"Still, you can't say that."

"Why can't I say that? I came back with quite a lot of gains; otherwise, would you be eating rice?"

Zhao Yanli fell silent at this. What was going on?

"Yuanyuan, I didn't get to eat rice. My sister-in-law said she was saving it for my niece.

The lard and meat you brought, we only got to eat oil residue cabbage dumplings once."

Su Yuanyuan thought for a moment, "Next time, I'll separate the items when I send them over to you."

Zhao Yanli nodded. Her sister-in-law was actually quite nice, just stingy, wanting to control all the money and things herself.

Actually, Second Brother's partner had already been arranged.

Once Second Brother gets married, those situations wouldn't occur anymore.

Zhao Xiaojing was very down-to-earth and rarely spoke.

Now she also had a partner. But she wasn't in a hurry and just wanted to stay at home a bit longer. She planned to wait until Second Brother got married before moving forward.

The three arrived in town, and Su Yuanyuan thought it best to inquire at the supply and marketing cooperative.

They learned that there were chicks for sale, but they would have to wait a month and a half.

Since they weren't available yet, the three of them left.

"Xiao Li, let's drive to nearby villages and ask around."

Zhao Yanli was very compliant. The three entered a village and started inquiring.

Since they were young women, people's guard was lower.

Zhao Yanli was friendly and chatty, so she quickly found several families that had hatching chicks. However, these were generally not for sale to outsiders.

They still found someone to help. They explained their situation, wanting dozens of chicks, as well as ducks and geese.

"Auntie, if you have more chicks, you could sell them to the farm; they should want them."

The elderly lady laughed, "But I can't get there. I don't have any strong workers at home."

It was a bit awkward. Zhao Yanli felt she had asked something inappropriate.

"Girls, don't worry. The family members are all working elsewhere."

Zhao Yanli breathed a sigh of relief.

"I have the ducks and geese you want. Come pick them up in fifty days; I'll raise them for a few extra days to reduce the chances of them dying."

The three expressed a lot of thanks, and Su Yuanyuan left two yuan as a deposit.

Buying directly from fellow villagers felt more secure. Not to say the supply and marketing cooperative was bad, but isn't it great that they offered to raise them a few extra days?

Returning once more to the supply and marketing cooperative, they bought salt, kerosene, and matches.

On the ride back, Zhao Yanli kept talking non-stop.

Su Yuanyuan loved this about her, so she just sat smilingly at the side, occasionally chiming in.

The following days went on as usual for Su Yuanyuan, but a week later, she started preparing the sweet potato bed.

She'd already asked around and knew that the Zhao Family could handle it themselves this year, so she also brought some over for the Li Family.

Li Hongxiang and the others from the Li Family also came to help.

The ground was still not fully thawed, so digging was quite exhausting.

"Elder sister, can they still sprout in these cold conditions?"

"Don't worry, they can. We also need to cultivate winter melon seedlings, cucumber seedlings, tomato seedlings, and eggplant seedlings. I want to plant more chili peppers this year, so we'll be cultivating seedlings for those too."

Su Yuanyuan was teaching the Li Family how to do it step by step, as they needed to learn these things.

Having someone to talk to while working made things much more bearable.

They cultivated sweet potato seedlings on about three-tenths of an acre.

"Yuanyuan, how many sweet potato seedlings can we expect from this amount?"

Su Yuanyuan worked while answering their questions. "This small sweet potato is also known as 'ten-thousand roots potato,' although it's an exaggerated term, these should be enough for both our families to plant."

Since the temperature wasn't ideal, they needed to cover the seedbed with grass mats.

All the seedlings were cultivated. It took a total of one week.

Now the Li Family was quite enthusiastic about farming as well.

In the large fields, the soil was still frozen, making work impossible. So they waited for the northwest wind to blow over in a few days.

The Li Family planned out their planting too, deciding on twenty acres of wheat, fifty acres of corn, with the remaining thirty acres for sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Upon learning that Su Yuanyuan also had cotton seeds, they decided to set aside two acres just for their family's use.

"Elder sister, what are you planning to plant?"

"I'll plant thirty acres of wheat, ten acres of corn, and the rest will be sweet potatoes and potatoes. I have nearly seventy acres in total, with five acres set aside for cotton and some for peppers. I haven't made the final plans, so we'll see. The main focus will definitely be on planting wheat."

The wheat seeds for the Li Family were also purchased from Su Yuanyuan.