Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse
Chapter 105 - 103 Tsk, Tsk, such an eyesore!

Chapter 105: Chapter 103 Tsk, Tsk, such an eyesore!

——————

Zhang Shan Ni immediately realized that the elderly lady had planned this long ago upon hearing it.

"Isn’t this a bit too scant? After all, it’s for warming Big Sister-in-law’s house, such a small amount of stuff, it’s not even enough for their traveling party to have a meal!"

Zhang Shan Ni hesitated for a moment and then weakly retorted.

"It’s not too scant. That’s just how things are for everyone right now; your brother-in-law won’t blame you."

"Mother, why don’t we bring some fine grains, fortified flour, and canned fruit? It will be just right for supplementing the nutrition of little Hong and the others who are still young."

The wedding gifts brought by Li Jianfeng and his group, other than the food that was distributed by Zhou Xiuhua, more valuable items such as the sewing machine, ladies’ mechanical watches, bicycles, and those fabrics, were all pointed out by Zhou Xiuhua to Xie Jingchen for moving back to their room.

After all, it was made clear that the gifts were mainly to thank Zhang Shan Ni. Although Zhou Xiuhua was envious of so many nice items, she was always fair and wise, knowing that these things had to be distributed right away, otherwise it would cause trouble for San’er and his wife later.

Because of this, on the day Xie Jingchen left, although Zhang Shan Ni would have been able to see him off out of the village, she was delayed by moving these items and could only send her husband off from within their own courtyard.

"After hearing this", Zhou Xiuhua’s eyes brightened, but her tone was hesitant.

After all, those items were explicitly meant as gifts for Third Son’s wedding. Though Third Son said she could manage the food, in her heart, she knew these items should ultimately get Third Son’s Wife’s approval. That would be proper.

Seeing her mother-in-law’s expression, Zhang Shan Ni immediately understood that she wasn’t unwilling to take it, but rather wanted her to express her position. Without any reluctance, she said several phrases in quick succession:

"Mother, you don’t need to stand on ceremony with me. In my view, we should bring Big Sister two cans of canned fruit, a bag of fortified flour, a bag of fine grains, and that blue fine cloth; I will also take two meters to Big Sister so she can make some personal clothes for the kids to wear..."

"Stop, stop, forget about the cloth. There are only two bolts of it in total, and you don’t have much clothing. It’s going to get cold in less than two months; you should prioritize your own needs first."

"Mother, it won’t make much difference. I’ll make an outfit for my little sister with this cloth, and the rest can be used to make outfits for my nephews. I, a woman, don’t need so many clothes." Zhang Shan Ni said with a pleasing smile, rejecting the idea. Most importantly, she did not fancy this loudly and brightly colored blue fabric—

Clicking her tongue, it’s blinding to the eyes!

The next day, just a little after seven in the morning, Zhang Shan Ni had already teamed up with her mother-in-law, getting up early to finish all the housework.

Don’t think that seven o’clock seems very early; in fact, before the seventies and eighties, few people would sleep until six in the morning.

Normally they would start their days at the first light of dawn, around five o’clock in the summer and in the darkness for winter chores. Before the responsibilisation of farming to households, the production team would start work at seven o’clock.

So, an ordinary housewife had to finish her household chores before going out to work. For those with pigs, chickens, geese, etc., they had to prepare the feed. Households with insufficient manpower had to go up the mountain early to gather firewood.

After finishing work in the evening, they would only return after preparing enough pig feed. Really, the entire day was spent working. Even during the slack farming season, they would go up and down hills planting sweet potatoes, catching fish to make dried fish, pickling vegetables, and so forth.

Farming work is never done for country folks.

After getting accustomed to this life, Zhang Shan Ni could finally find pleasure in it. This was thanks to her body’s natural advantage—her immense strength.

After all, farming work is all about physical labor. With strength in your body, what work can’t be accomplished?

The family had just finished eating when Xie Jingwen arrived.

It turned out that Xie Tiesheng, before returning home last night, had already notified others and asked the village chief’s nephew to look after some collective matters.

Indeed, Zhang Shan Ni successfully made the trip to the county town with Xiao Liu and her in-laws. By the time they arrived, it was just after nine o’clock.

Xiao Liu had mostly slept through the journey.

Xie Jingwen had duties to deliver grain to the grain station today. After dropping the group at the market and unloading the items prepared by Zhou Xiuhua, he hurriedly left.

Fortunately, Zhou Xiuhua had the exact address. Zhang Shan Ni was very strong, able to lift two bags at once with one hand. Xie Tiesheng, unable to stand by and watch, brought two shoulder poles with baskets.

Seeing that Third Son’s Wife was insisting on shouldering everything herself, Xie Tiesheng hastily offered to help carry some of the load. Zhang Shan Ni originally wanted to refuse since her father-in-law was not young and she didn’t want to wear him out. But when her father-in-law insisted, and considering the nature of men from rural families in this era, she eventually handed him the lightest cloth bag filled with light and bulky mountain goods.

This housewarming for her second sister, Zhou Xiuhua had put a lot of thought into it, preparing home-produced goods and high-quality items from Li Jianfeng. They only took out some coarse grains from home. Shouldering the heavy coarse grains, they were currently on Zhang Shan Ni’s shoulders.

With thirty pounds of coarse grains, fifty pounds of sweet potatoes, twenty pounds of high-quality flour, and various beans like soy and mung, the collection wasn’t massive but it was the in-laws’ way of showing their love for their eldest daughter.

Truthfully, in Zhang Shan Ni’s eyes, these items weren’t valuable, yet they represented the genuine care of parents for their children during this era. Regardless of their worth, filling one’s belly was most important. Altogether, the load was about 160 or 170 pounds, all shouldered by Zhang Shan Ni.

Mountain goods, canned fruits, brown sugar, dried meat, and other delicate items were carried by Xie Tiesheng. Zhou Xiuhua only carried a medium-sized white cloth bag with candies, biscuits, fine cloth and led Xiao Liu by the hand.

Since they were all unfamiliar with the county town, Xie Tiesheng, who had some outside experience, knew the general layout of the county town. Besides, before Xie Jingwen left, he had guided them to the right area.

However, they spent nearly thirty minutes walking and asking for directions before they found the second sister’s new home.

According to the grandmother, the second sister’s home was found through acquaintances, with a bit of subsidy from the government and all of the second sister’s savings, to buy a small, separate courtyard in the county town.

It was indeed small, the total area of the courtyard was at most just over a hundred square meters, containing only two rooms.

There was a noticeably larger room of over fifty square meters and a smaller one of about thirty square meters, clearly a later addition.

The courtyard itself was only about twenty square meters, with one side piled with wood and bricks and the other side tidily turned into a vegetable garden, with just a narrow path left in between for access from the gate to the main room.

Seeing the number on the doorplate, Zhang Shan Ni finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she still had her spiritual power to rely on. Otherwise, relying solely on her legs, it would have taken her more than half an hour to find the place.

It would have taken at least twice as long to wander around the wrong paths!