Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Opposite them, Luo Yiping and Wang Xisheng both noticed a woman in the carriage.

Watching her myriad of expressions, they found it quite amusing.

As soon as she walked in, she looked at them with a sour face. Then, over the past two days, she kept looking at them with a face that seemed ready to speak but stopped short.

They were also just returning from a mission, so now they were relaxed and in the mood to watch the commotion.

Zhao Yanping felt extremely stifled and embarrassed to speak up, so she tried to come back as late as possible when she went out during meals.

Even if she didn't speak, just listening to others talk would be enough.

The further they went, the higher the temperature got. Wearing heavy winter clothes was becoming unbearable, but Zhao Yanli really didn't dare to take them off, mainly because all her money was wrapped around her waist. That was a miscalculation, wearing such thick clothes.

She was too excited and forgot what Yuanyuan said about the temperature here. There was no choice, she had to endure it.

On the tenth day, a young man entered the carriage. But seeing the smile on his face, Zhao Yanli thought she finally found someone to chat with. She didn't want to wander around outside in her heavy winter clothes, feeling so out of place.

"Comrade, I'll try to move around less." Cai Yiping said to Zhao Yanli with a smile.

Oh my goodness, finally someone to talk to. "It's okay, it's okay. Comrade, where are you heading?"

Cai Yiping smilingly gave his address, and Zhao Yanping laughed, "I'm also getting off there."

"Comrade, are you visiting family?"

"Yes, I'm going to see my sister. She came here with her husband and always says she's doing fine, with three children at that. So, I'm coming over to check if it's really good."

Luo Yiping and Wang Xisheng both felt a bit of a shock, mainly because three children reminded them of the triplets at their leader's house, who indeed were northerners. And the address this lady was getting off at was there too.

"You're quite young, aren't you? How come your sister already has three kids?"

This made Zhao Yanli excited. Finally, a good conversation partner.

"My sister got married first and had triplets."

"Triplets? That's really rare."

"Yes, my nephews and niece are adorable."

Zhao Yanli's words poured out like a flood.

Now Luo Yiping understood why this lady had been glancing at them wanting to speak but holding back.

She wanted to talk but was just too shy? Listening to her chatter away now, it seemed she was really pent up.

After a while, the two men were completely certain that this lady was related to their leader.

Still, they had no intention to speak up; they were used to this now.

"Mr. Zhao, is the farm really that good?"

"Good? I think it's okay, just very tiring. But we get several months off, and aside from the cold, everything's fine.

I know people in the city need tickets for buying anything, but not us. As long as you're hardworking, you can eat whatever you want.

I sold all three of my pigs this year, saved nothing. But last year, I kept twenty pounds of meat and ate it until spring planting."

"You can still eat meat?"

"Of course, and also eggs – chicken, duck, and goose eggs. Except for necessities, we don't have any problems."

"So in winter, if you want to eat anything, you just make it?"

"Pretty much like that," said Zhao Yanli as she got down from her bunk, pulled out a bag, and took out some sweet potato chips, handing some to Cai Yiping, and after a moment of hesitation, giving some to Luo Yiping and Wang Xisheng too.

"Try these, they're the sweet potato chips I brought. They're really sweet.

I lie on the heated brick bed in winter for nothing else but to munch on these."

The three men began to eat. "Delicious. Really delicious."

Luo Yiping and Wang Xisheng also thanked her.

Zhao Yanli mentally commented, finally speaking! They hadn't spoken in over ten days. Truly impressive how long they held out.

Although both of them thanked Zhao Yanli, they still weren't joining the conversation.

But having someone to chat with made Zhao Yanli quite happy.

This made the time seem to pass quickly. She never felt annoyed until getting off the train.

After getting off the train, she was sweating profusely because of the enormous temperature difference between the two places, one above zero, the other below zero by several tens of degrees.

She had already memorized Yuanyuan's address in her heart, so she asked around.

It was awkward; she couldn't understand them, and they couldn't understand her.

Then Luo Yiping came over, "I'm headed to the same address as you. Just follow us."

Zhao Yanli thanked him profusely. She truly felt how tough it was to travel, and wondered how Yuanyuan could be so keen on going out back then.

Following the two men for about twenty minutes, they finally stopped in front of a door.

Luo Yiping knocked on the door.

Su Yuanyuan had just woken up from a nap with the kids. The four of them were drinking water when they heard the knock on the door.

"Who is it?"

Zhao Yanli didn't understand the words, but she could recognize Su Yuanyuan's voice.

"Yuanyuan, it's me."

Su Yuanyuan also recognized Zhao Yanli's voice and quickly opened the door to see her bedraggled sister outside.

She couldn't hold back and burst into laughter.

"You're still laughing. I'm dying from the heat. What kind of weather is this? It's hotter than summer back home."

"Hurry up and come in. Thank you, comrades."

"Sister-in-law, it's our duty."

Su Yuanyuan paused for a moment, realizing they were Shao Ting's comrades-in-arms since they called her sister-in-law.

"Please come in for some water and rest for a while."

"Thank you, sister-in-law, but we have work to do."

Watching them leave, only then did the two women enter the courtyard.

The three children toddled over, and Zhao Yanli threw down her bag, heading straight for the kids,

"Oh wow, Qi Yan, Qi Hong, Qi Wen can all walk now."

The three children stared, puzzled at the auntie.

"Xiao Li, go take a bath first. I have some new clothes from here for you to change into."

"Yes, hurry up and take a bath, it's really unbearable. Yuanyuan, I must be pale now from all the covering up."

"Alright, stop bantering. The bathroom is over there."

An hour later, Zhao Yanli finally sat in the living room.

The table was set with water, porridge, and salted duck eggs.

"Xiao Li, have some food first."

"Here, you can eat like this every day. Did you stop making porridge after you came here?"

"It's not as exaggerated as you think. You get used to it." She herself had a lot to adjust to when she first arrived.

The three kids each had a bowl of egg custard, accompanying Zhao Yanli during her meal.

She ate while watching the kids eat, her face adorned with a smile.