Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Yuanyuan nodded, agreeing with the little girl's approach.

"Opportunities are for those who are prepared. Forget about this matter and work hard in life and study hard in the future.

It's getting late, so I'll head back now. I hope you can always persist in your dreams."

"Thank you."

Yuanyuan nodded. She didn't want the little girl's vegetables, thinking that Hongling and her would also prepare vegetables tonight. There were already some green onions given by the village chief's family in the yard, so planting some cabbage would be fine too. The rest wasn't necessary. After the fifteenth of July, they would be heading to Jiangbei.

When she got home, she saw Zeng Hongling cooking.

"How is it? Is it okay?"

"No problem, don't worry about it. You can go rest for a while. Just wait to eat."

"So confident?"

"Of course, I think seafood is the simplest ingredient."

Yuanyuan had just entered the house for a few minutes when she heard Shanshan's voice in the yard.

She went out to see the girl had brought vegetables, "Thank you."

"No need, really. I didn't pick too many vegetables. The two of you won't be able to finish them. They won't taste good if left for too long. You can come and pick vegetables from my house every day. I really can't finish them alone."

Zeng Hongling also came out to thank Feng Shanshan and warmly saw her off.

"Then let's add another dish of stir-fried vegetables."

The two of them had a plentiful meal, with braised beef, red-braised pork, a seafood platter, and a dish of stir-fried vegetables.

Zeng Hongling watched Yuanyuan nervously.

"It's okay. Your rice is steamed very well."

"How about the stir-fried vegetables?"

"It's good too."

That made Hongling smile, "I'll take charge of cooking for you from now on. Tomorrow, I'll go ask the village women how to cook delicious meals."

"Tomorrow, we'll go collect old items."

"Sure, should we buy them with money or exchange them with enamel items?"

"I'll go out tonight, so let's use enamel items."

"The villagers will definitely want to buy them when they see them."

Yuanyuan overlooked this point, "Alright, we'll sell them in the village tomorrow. This way, it's also a way to thank everyone." Now, these enamel items are a very hot commodity.

"Collecting old items in the village is also fine. I'll talk to the old village chief in the afternoon."

After lunch, the two of them each took a nap. Since they were collecting in the village, Yuanyuan drove off after she woke up. Zeng Hongling went to the village chief's house.

The space still had plenty. This time, it was still packed full on the return trip.

This made things much more convenient at home.

"Yuanyuan, I talked to the village chief, starting from tomorrow afternoon. We have work in the mornings."

"Alright, you really thought this through."

"Of course, who am I?" Hongling laughed after she said this.

The next morning, the two still went to the fishing boat to buy some big shrimp. The octopus was particularly good today, so they bought two. There's still red-braised pork at home, which is even better when stewed together.

After breakfast, Hongling went to the seaside with the kids.

Yuanyuan checked the space again to see what else could be exchanged for old items. It's not that they couldn't spend money, but with so many items in the space, they should sell as much as they can.

After browsing for a while, the enamel items seemed to be the most popular with the locals.

They had too much meat. But these were to be exchanged in the city.

At noon, they had rice again. Zeng Hongling was very fond of the braised octopus with red-braised pork. Yuanyuan was afraid to eat the fish head, but Hongling loved it.

"Yuanyuan, after we gather ginseng, should we come back here? I like it here."

"Do you like the food here or the freedom?"

"I like both."

"Alright, let's see when we come back. But there are many coastal cities, they all have seafood too."

"That's great. We don't care about my brother and them. After we gather ginseng, let's travel around?"

"It's too early to talk about this now; who knows what changes will happen in the future?"

After lunch, they hadn't rested yet when they heard voices outside.

Hongling went out smiling.

"Is everyone here? We originally planned to collect old items in another county. We found these enamel items. To thank everyone for helping Xiao Su, we decided to collect in the village first. Of course, if you don't have old items to exchange, you can also buy them."

Hongling spoke slowly in standard mandarin, with a slight accent, but everyone understood.

Yuanyuan brought out a table, then took out the enamel items from the car.

"Everyone take a look, these are high-quality enamel items, but the printing was incorrect. So you can buy them without ration tickets."

"Xiao Su, even if there are misprints, we won't know. We do know that enamel items are good things. The supply and marketing cooperative in town can't even buy them."

"I prepared a lot. Enamel plates are four yuan each, the basins are three yuan, two yuan, one yuan. When we were outside the county, we sold them for five, four, two and a half, one and a half yuan each.

This enamel cup is also one yuan, and we accept old items for exchange. If you don't have them, you can buy."

"Xiao Su, I'll go get mine. I heard from the village chief that copper coins, silver coins, and old paper money can be exchanged. I have quite a bit in my dowry."

"Xiao Su, I'll go see what I can find too. We have two sets of inherited tea sets at home, you can see if they're acceptable."

Many people left at this point. Taking advantage of this, the two unloaded all the enamel items from the car.

The first to arrive was the daughter-in-law of the village chief, carrying a sack. There were several strings of copper coins, thirty silver coins, and two rolls of paper money.

She exchanged two enamel plates, two of every type of enamel basin, and two enamel cups.

Yuanyuan recorded everything and gave her twenty-three yuan. Everyone was excited now.

The second to come offered tea sets. In this era, locals didn't value porcelain much. They all knew that enamel items were the trend now. So they chose what they liked, considering old items at home weren't as nice or sturdy.

Taolin Port was indeed poor, having collected throughout the morning, they didn't get anything great, but every household bought enamelware.

Globally, there are more people who understand value. They all knew they were buying enamel items for more than a yuan less than outside, and without ration tickets.

By the time the afternoon work began, everyone in Taolin Port bought their favorite enamelware.

"I'll head out again tonight, probably won't have much left in the future."

"Yuanyuan, I have money."

Yuanyuan tossed the ledger to Hongling, "Take a look, we've spent over five thousand since we started collecting. Keep your money for yourself."