Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse
Chapter 134 - 131: What Is That Thing [710 votes+]

Chapter 134: Chapter 131: What Is That Thing [710 votes+]

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Zhang Shanni truly wanted to split from the Xie Family due to the various unreliable behaviors between the daughters-in-law and uncles-in-law. But thinking about the emotional conversations her in-laws had in private, if she were in her parents’ position, perhaps she would agree with Old Xie’s thinking too...

Who wouldn’t want to maintain a clear conscience? However, living under the Xie Family’s roof, one has to think carefully. Even if it’s not for the Xie Family, just for the trust her husband has in her, she cannot act completely without consideration.

In the end, everything needs to be sorted out, and it’s best to nip things in the bud before they start.

This is the foundation of maintaining a household; only then can everyone live a bit more peacefully.

After the couple from the third branch and the younger brother returned home, what followed was a major event for the Xie Family—the winter harvest.

Today, with the gentle breeze and beautiful weather, it’s a good day for harvesting rice.

The first time Zhang Shanni used a sickle, she almost cut her own shin with a stroke that was too forceful, which scared her into a cold sweat!

Fortunately, there were no outsiders around, for everyone knew the original body was a capable worker. Thus, after the elder brother-in-law had assigned her a plot of land, he took the others and left!

Zhang Shanni was speechless -.-.

Thankfully, all around her were people diligently working. She projected her spiritual power onto others and after watching for about five minutes and trying a few times, she picked up on the essentials of rice harvesting from several of the skilled workers.

At first, her speed wasn’t as fast as others, but Zhang Shanni had a cheat—the spiritual power! As long as she wanted, she could move her hands as swiftly as her heart desired. Due to her initial unfamiliarity, her pace was far behind that of the Fourth Family’s, but in just about ten minutes, she had caught up with the Boss’s family.

Another half hour later, her speed surpassed everyone else’s by a mile.

Zhang Shanni did not care about other families, but in order to give her in-laws and mother-in-law some relief, she made sure to be the fastest when harvesting. She was even quicker than her father-in-law, an experienced harvester. Although Xie Tiesheng was in his fifties approaching sixty, rural men are not delicate and do not hold back when it comes to exerting force.

At home, it was the fifth family and the little aunt cooking, as well as taking care of the poultry, while also watching over the relatively younger ones—Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, Xiaoqi. Xiao Si was there assisting.

The mother-in-law also came to the fields. She wanted to help with the farming and was sternly refused by Zhang Shanni. But even so, she wasn’t idle. Instead, she led the three eldest grandchildren in tying up the cut rice into bundles, facilitating the subsequent labor.

Nearly twenty acres of land required the full cycle of harvesting, threshing, carrying, drying, and final processing, which took a full five days to complete.

At this time, daughters-in-law from their natal families had no time to rest, taking their husbands and heading straight to their parents’ homes to help. It’s usually the case that as soon as their own grain and rice are stored away, they rush to their natal homes without any break.

Among the four daughters-in-law in the Xie Family, three had their own natal families, but only the Boss’s and the Fourth Family’s had actual farmlands. As for the fifth family, her natal family were town dwellers without any farmland.

Now, Wang Xiaocui, who had just followed her in-laws in labor for ten days, couldn’t wait to go back to her parents’ home with the group. But Zhou Xiuhua coldly threw words at her:

"The fifth family’s daughter-in-law, I won’t stop you from going back to your natal home. But how many days has it been since you just came back from there? You want to go back again; I think it’d be less trouble to simply not come back at all. Our Old Xie Family doesn’t lack a daughter-in-law like you."

Xie Jingyang seemed truly disappointed with Wang Xiaocui’s behavior. This time, he did not make any superfluous moves. Seeing Wang Xiaocui swaying after being scolded, her closest husband and children didn’t step forward to help her.

As soon as grandma spoke, Xiao Si considerately took Xiaoqi and stepped outside as if to avoid suspicion.

Since Xie Jingyang came back home, he has become more burdened. Seeing his son’s and daughter’s indifference toward him and their disregard for their mother, his heart felt as if it had been gouged open, causing him unbearable pain.

Why was he working so hard studying abroad? Wasn’t it to give his children a better starting point?

But how was his wife taking care of the kids? Others might practice favoritism toward sons over daughters, but they still have the natural instincts of a mother. Why was his wife so selfish to the extent that she completely ignored their children being hit, scolded, or starved?

How could he bear the weight of such a wife, the mother of his children?

A sharp voice kept repeating in Xie Jingyang’s ears: How could that country bumpkin be a match for you? Could you two really connect spiritually?

Whether she was good enough for him or whether they could connect spiritually was not the point. What he wanted was a sensible ’good wife and mother’—it was the most basic requirement he had for his wife!

His wife sought only the pleasure of their time together, but ignored the hardships of the elders and children. Where was the virtue? Where was the goodness?

Even when his body was exhausted to its limits, seeing his children’s wary eyes, Xie Jingyang did not feel the fatigue; instead, he felt his heart growing colder with each moment of eye contact with them...

Everyone saw the changes in Xie Jingyang, but his wife was his own choice, and the coldness of their children toward their parents was a failure on their part as parents; it was something no one could overlook.

Seeing her son, grandson, and granddaughter like this, Zhou Xiuhua’s heart felt as if it had been viciously torn open; yet, she was powerless to do anything.

Under such circumstances, Wang Xiaocui even dared to bring up going back to her parental home? It wasn’t just Zhou Xiuhua who wouldn’t allow it, even Xie Jingyang wouldn’t agree. If it weren’t for the baby still in his wife’s womb, he felt it might be better to divorce!

Although Zhang Shanni was pained to see the children and her grandmother-in-law suffering, these were their family’s affairs, emotions beyond her control as she wasn’t a deity; at most, she could provide the children with a little more ’spiritual chicken soup.’

This actually translated to an immediate improvement in the family’s meals.

After five consecutive days of high-energy labor, everyone was exhausted, whether it was the in-laws or the little aunt and younger relatives.

Fortunately, there was a two-week break for the busy farming period, with nearly ten days left for recovery. Seeing the little aunt wake up each day, staring at her reddened skin, on the verge of tears out of pity, Zhang Shanni taught her how to quickly take care of her skin to recover its fairness.

Despite having worked for nearly a month, Zhang Shanni’s skin tone wasn’t as dark as when she first arrived. If she was previously considered a dark-skinned girl, now she was only slightly dark, her skin tone just a bit darker than wheat but not as brown as old bronze.

Seeing the noticeable fairness in Third Sister-in-law’s complexion, Xie Jingzi was extremely envious. With such evident improvement, she truly believed in Third Sister-in-law’s method. After ten days, she was indeed much fairer, visibly progressing from wheatish to a yellowish skin tone.

Thanks to the meaty nourishment provided by Zhang Shanni, the little aunt’s somewhat flat figure also started to fill out following Zhang Shanni’s example.

Zhang Shanni’s skin was a bit thicker than the little aunt’s; she was very unsatisfied with her body, which was flat like an "airport". Now that she could actually go hunting in the mountains, she would often hop around there in hopes of further development and growing just a little taller.

Every night before bed and during baths, she would massage her chest with moderate strength. This was because, after eating well and with the aid of Spirit Core Water, her small chest surprisingly began to ache with growth.

Pain was good; pain meant there was potential to grow and store fat!

Now, Zhang Shanni no longer cared about the embarrassment and would religiously massage her little mounds regularly, to pleasing effect. After the man had been gone for a month, she was delighted to find that her previously flat chest [lying down flat, not standing flat 0.0] finally had a pleasing curve, brightening her mood beautifully

Oh yes, it truly wasn’t easy!

Compared to the little aunt, who had a more delicate figure [thin waist], she, a ’married’ woman, was even less shapely than the little aunt [thin, if not for a bit of flesh in front, she would totally pass for a boy]. After all, she was a year older than the little aunt; the big difference made her wonder how to live~~ To not fall too far behind and really become a ’Princess Tai Ping,’ she was ready to throw away all shame!

You ask about integrity? Heh, what even is that thing? She’s just a village girl, clueless about such things!