Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Yuanyuan looked at the young woman and showed a relieved smile, knowing that she had figured it out. Fortunately, she was someone who listened to advice.

"Yuanyuan, do you think I should go to your farm?"

Yuanyuan saw that the young woman still hadn't thought it through. Oh well, she'd done what she could.

"I don't know. All I know is the farm work is really tiring."

"But you can handle it, right?"

"Me? I've been working since I was three, and even I find it really exhausting."

"Is it really that exhausting?"

"Let me put it this way—walking from our farm to the city takes a day and a night on foot. Even with a donkey cart, it takes more than a day."

"What about the First Farm, Yuanyuan?"

"I really don't know. I think it's also quite far from the city?"

"How do you live then?"

"Why would there be no way to live? Besides, there's food and vegetables on the farm."

Isn't having enough to eat enough at this point? What more could one ask for?

"But what about daily necessities?"

"Just stock up a bit more. Besides, during the spring planting and autumn harvest, even if you want to go to the city, you can't."

At this point, Zheng Lanying's desire to go to the farm waned again.

"Yuanyuan, I was born in '45. Do you think I should get married by now?"

Yuanyuan felt a headache coming on. Isn't this her own business? Is it really appropriate to ask others like this?

Zheng Lanying said she wasn't looking for an answer from Yuanyuan and continued talking to herself, "By the time a good opportunity comes, I'll be thirty-three. What if I'm still not married by then?"

At thirty-three, not being married wasn't a big deal in future societies, but it was different in this era.

Zheng Lanying lay there dejectedly, mumbling softly to herself.

Yuanyuan, with her keen senses, heard it too. Impressive, this one was already calculating how to take the university entrance exam later.

It was truly a promising way out, as long as she could pass exams.

Yuanyuan picked up her book to continue reading, with no intention of continuing the conversation. She figured she'd better just stay put.

Yuanyuan didn't have any plans to take the university entrance exam yet. She knew there were spots for direct admission, but they wouldn't come to her.

"Yuanyuan, I've decided to go to the farm. I'll go find out more, since you don't seem to know much."

Yuanyuan thought to herself that this person really acted on a whim.

Zheng Lanying left like a whirlwind, and Yuanyuan also lost the mood to continue reading.

She pulled out some dried fruit to nibble on, hard as it was to wait.

She suddenly remembered she could go chat with the aunts outside. It was better than brooding here alone.

So Yuanyuan left with some melon seeds and peanuts.

Two aunts were stitching shoe soles when Yuanyuan placed the peanuts and seeds on the table.

They say sharing food is the best way to get closer.

The two aunts were talkative, and they knew lots of gossip.

Whose daughter-in-law was unfilial, whose young woman had dated multiple people. Who had money, who had offended someone.

Yuanyuan found it all quite fascinating. This is life.

"Xiao Su, how long are you staying?"

"Auntie, I'll leave in three days."

"Impressive, such a young girl, and you dared to come alone. Do you have a partner? Want me to introduce someone? My nephew's in the army, and he's a leader."

Yuanyuan smiled, "Auntie, I already have someone."

"That guy's lucky to have you."

"Isn't he? Xiao Su looks steady and honest. Not like those young girls."

Everybody loves to hear nice things, and Yuanyuan was no exception. So, she just sat there smiling, listening to them chat.

It was past four when Yuanyuan was about to leave and saw Zheng Lanying briskly walk in.

She also saw Yuanyuan sitting there chatting with the waitresses.

"Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan, I've signed up here. I'm going to the Second Farm with you."

Yuanyuan had a moment of unease; having such a person around was quite troublesome. But considering how big the farm was, they wouldn't be close unless they intended to be.

"Welcome. But why the Second Farm?"

"Because you're there."

Yuanyuan suddenly felt anxious about her future life.

"Hope you won't regret it."

"How could I? Yuanyuan, tell me more about the Second Farm."

"Xiao Su, tell us too. We'd like to hear."

Yuanyuan felt a bit helpless, worried if saying this would impact the farm. "The farm work is tiring. But there are benefits, like working about half the year and resting the other half.

But this means the workload is substantially high.

Still, if you're willing to work, you can earn a lot. My highest was three thousand a year."

That shocked the two still stitching shoe soles so much they forgot their work.

"Xiao Su? How much?"

"Three thousand."

"Wow, three thousand! That's nearly ten years' wages for me. Didn't expect that, Xiao Su, you're so rich."

This made Yuanyuan laugh cheerfully, "I donate all the money I earn every year to the soldiers guarding the border. Without them, how could we enjoy this comfortable life?

"You aunties have lived through wartime, right?"

Both aunties nodded with a sigh, "We did, and surviving was our luck."

"Though I've not experienced it, I understand their hardships, so I've donated all my earnings for three consecutive years." Yuanyuan hadn't meant to mention this.

But with Zheng Lanying around, she felt she had to say it.

"Xiao Su, you're so noble. We feel humbled."

"Aunties, it's just something within my capacity. It's because I'm on my own that I can do this, while you all have families."

Both aunties were particularly fond of what Yuanyuan said, admiring how well she spoke.

Zheng Lanying was also shocked on the side. She knew she only had a hundred and thirty-two yuan, all from selling her grains.

Honestly, she'd never thought of going back. That's why she kept pushing her luck. Otherwise, knowing she had no options, she wouldn't even consider the farm. Of course, she knew it would be tiring.

But internally, she disdained Yuanyuan's donations, thinking she was a fool.

You think three thousand is a lot, but in such a large military force, it doesn't count for much, you know?

Moreover, you still live on a tight budget every day. Donating so much just to show off, really. She considered Yuanyuan a fool, an absolute fool.