Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life-Chapter 907 - 896: The Biased Grandmother of the Transmigrated Heroine
"Hey, Aunt Li, where are you coming from, and why are you so happy?" The autumn harvest was ending, and some women had free time to chat under the big tree in the village. They called out to the newcomer from afar.
"Oh, I’m coming from Sister Ye’s house." Aunt Li sat down on a stone and started chatting with the women.
"Did her family give you some silver or something? That smile on your face hasn’t faded at all."
"It’s those two daughters-in-law from Sister Ye’s family. I really misjudged them before. They’re incredibly generous. I just sat at their place, and one served me a bowl of sweet water, and the other invited me to stay for lunch. These two sisters-in-law are really good people," she praised.
"Are they really that good? Weren’t people saying only the second daughter-in-law, Yao Xue Mei, is industrious and honest?"
"Who knows, but seeing is believing. I’ve really changed my view of these two sisters-in-law. People used to say the Ye Family relied on Second Son Yang, but when I visited, the rice for both the Eldest Son and the third son’s family was already harvested. They’re not lazy at all."
"I know, the fields of Eldest Son Yang and the third son’s family are next to ours. The Eldest Son Yang and his wife work so efficiently, and hasn’t the third son gone with Yuhe to work? After finishing their own work, the Eldest Son and his wife went to help the third son’s family. The two brothers have such a good relationship."
"I really didn’t expect it. I thought the Yang Family would worsen after splitting up. But the Second Son Yang and his wife are also hard-working. I heard they take on odd jobs after finishing their own work."
"Not just that. Even the rice from Yao Xue Mei’s family was harvested by the Second Son and his wife."
"Didn’t Sister Ye make a fuss about it?"
"What’s there to fuss about? The family’s already split. Who the Second Son Yang helps with work is his own business."
"Didn’t Sister Ye keep a piece of land for herself? Who harvested it?"
"The Eldest Son and his wife helped her harvest it first before doing their own. After finishing theirs, they went to help the third son’s family. They’re so diligent; not everyone is capable of that."
"Didn’t the Second Son Yang go help his mother-in-law with her harvest?"
"He did go. How could he not? He just went late, and by the time he arrived, the Eldest Son had already finished."
"All in all, I’ve really changed my view of the Eldest Son Yang and his wife. Now, there’s just the third son left. I don’t know if he can make something of himself."
"The third son? He never did anything right before. I’m afraid he’ll still need Sister Ye’s support in the future. Their brotherly relationship is good now, but when it comes to silver, I think sooner or later there’ll be a fallout."
"The Second Son Yang is sensible, living separately from his own mother and brothers. He doesn’t have to put up with anyone’s attitude and can do whatever he wants."
"Who wouldn’t say so?"
"Xinghua Sister, you look envious. Do you want to split the family, too?"
"What are you talking about? My father-in-law and mother-in-law are still in good health, why split the family?"
Though she said this, those who weren’t in charge would certainly wish for a family split.
At the same time, Yang Xiudan was worried about her first business venture. After the family split, she realized that business was not easy.
The first hurdle was her age, not yet seven. Forget others; even her own parents didn’t believe her.
The second hurdle, also due to her age, was that she had no money, and her parents were unwilling to provide her with startup funds.
Thirdly, she found that things were not easy to sell. The things she could find for free on the mountain had almost all been collected by others. Even if she was lucky enough to gather some, they wouldn’t sell for much.
The fourth issue was also due to her young age, and her parents only allowed her to move around the village and the mountain edge, never letting her go to the county.
So, her first step was to quickly find something that could be sold for money. Only after gaining her parents’ trust could she venture out, but what could she sell that required no capital yet fetched a good price?
After thinking a bit, she turned her attention to the kitchen.
"Brother, stop hoeing the ground and come with me to the stream," she said eagerly.
"What for?" Yang Shuliang asked without lifting his head, efficiently digging one hole with each swing.
"I want to catch some shrimp and crabs." This area was rich in resources. Large fish often swam in the river, so people rarely bothered to catch the shrimp and crabs in the stream, leaving plenty for the children to play with.
"I still have to cultivate the land. Why don’t you invite Da Niu and Er Niu to go play with you? Just remember not to go into the deep parts," Yang Shuliang instructed.
Yang Xiudan was reluctant. How many could she catch with two kids who only knew how to play? But seeing that her brother wouldn’t budge, she had no choice but to go catch them by herself for now.
This time, she wanted the shrimp and crabs for a reason other than play; she wanted to extract a seasoning, something similar to MSG.
MSG is a compound flavor enhancer whose main ingredient is glutamate, which imparts a rich aroma. Just adding MSG to a dish greatly enhances its fresh flavor.
Originally, it was said that MSG was extracted from kelp. This area wasn’t near the coast, but she thought shrimp and crab extracts might do the job.
Once she sold the MSG and earned some money, she could extract chicken extract from chicken soup and bones. With the initial capital, she could open a restaurant and bring the delicious foods from her past life to this world, especially hot pot. She longed for chili so much. She’d heard that noble families grew a decorative plant similar to chili; she wondered if it was what she was familiar with.
While Yang Xiudan was eagerly preparing to earn money, Ye Qiu was busy too. First was finding a husband for her daughter. Although she didn’t want her daughter to marry so early, everyone got engaged and married at this age, and delaying her daughter’s marriage because of her reluctance would only hurt her in the end.
Second, she only had three taels of silver left. The harvested rice barely sufficed for her and her daughter for a year, but there were always other expenses. The Eldest Son needed funds for his grandson’s education, which wasn’t cheap. Though the third son had yet to enter the government office, the necessary greasing of palms also required money.
So, she was considering raising something recently, whether chickens, ducks, pigs, or sheep.
Her health was still okay, and she didn’t ask her sons and daughters-in-law for help. In just a few days, she had built a chicken coop. Fortunately, there was plenty of land beside the house, and she’d even fenced an area near the mountain to prevent weasels from stealing the chickens. But weasels were very cunning, and this wasn’t enough. Once the chickens were raised, she would have to get a couple of dogs to watch them.
Chicks were hard to raise in those days, so they weren’t expensive. But even if they were cheap, they were pricier than eggs. The seller even advised her when she bought so many at once.
But just because others couldn’t keep them alive didn’t mean Ye Qiu couldn’t. The day Ye Qiu brought the chicks home, she gave them some Spiritual Spring Water, and they became remarkably lively.
"Mother, you really know how to pick. The ones we bought were never this good," Ji Qiuyan admired as she watched the lively chicks.
Zhou Qing laughed nearby: "It’s not just that Mother knows how to pick, but she knows how to raise them too. When these little chickens start laying eggs, our little treasure should remember to ask Grandma for a couple."
"It’s just a few eggs; what’s there to ask for? Once Grandma raises them, we’ll eat chicken every day. You two ought to work harder. Before, we didn’t have the conditions, so the confinement wasn’t good. Have another one, and Mother will make sure you have a proper confinement," Ye Qiu said heartily.
Ji Qiuyan and Zhou Qing blushed with shyness. Ji Qiuyan, having both a son and a daughter, didn’t mind much, but Zhou Qing took it to heart. She only had one son, which indeed felt a bit lacking.
