Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse
Chapter 500 - 495: Going Back to Hometown Troublesome Matter 30 [Explosive Update 24]

Chapter 500: Chapter 495: Going Back to Hometown Troublesome Matter 30 [Explosive Update 24]

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Xie Jinghong knew a little about the old affairs of the family, but she was not very clear on the details, as they all concerned the senior generation, and Fan Jiefang was not a talkative person, so her understanding was partial and fragmented.

Fan Jiefang immediately started telling her all about the old affairs of the Fan Family, from beginning to end.

After listening, Xie Jinghong wanted nothing more than to crack her brother-in-law’s head open and see if it was filled with nothing but black scum and poisonous eggs.

Just over ten years old, and he was able to play adults like puppets; no wonder her husband couldn’t outsmart him, and even her mother-in-law had been deceived by him for over a decade!

However, considering who Li Xiaochun was as a person, Xie Jinghong found it hard to feel any sympathy for her.

The old lady voluntarily turning to Buddhism might just be the best outcome.

After the adoption controversy was resolved, Xie Jinghong still insisted on staying a few more days at her maternal home because she could see that her elder sister-in-law, who had just returned to Qingfeng Village, was simply overwhelmed with caring for both the elderly and the children.

She couldn’t just resolve her own matters and then wash her hands clean and leave.

Besides, during these days staying at her maternal home, she truly found that her elder sister-in-law was very capable at parenting; her own three children had become not only fond of washing their hands and faces but also obedient and sensible.

In the past, whenever the children had something delicious, they would never think to offer their mother a bite but would instead eat their own share. This was seen by Xie Jinghong as a sign they were already well-taught and obedient.

But when compared to Xiao Si and Xiaoqi, she felt like she had been shot through the heart with arrows!

Her nephews Xiao Si and Xiaoqi, whenever they had tasty food or anything they deemed good, would always make sure to offer a bite to their elders before taking a bite themselves.

It might just be a small bite, but it was the essence of love and filial piety.

Da Hong and her siblings were still young, and children naturally love to imitate their peers. Da Hong learned from Xiao Si and Xiaoqi, and seeing the children behave like this, Xie Jinghong thought it was well worth any effort for the sake of the children.

Yan Jinsu woke up thinking that her elder sister-in-law would leave with Fan Jiefang, but to her surprise, Fan Jiefang only had breakfast before driving off.

Xie Jinghong, however, stayed behind, saying it was beneficial for the kids to have companions at their maternal home and learn from Xiao Si and Xiaoqi, which was far more useful than staying at home.

As for whether Fan Jiefang had anyone to take care of him, well, wasn’t it that Xie Jinghong wanted her husband to learn a lesson?

Yan Jinsu was genuinely happy to see her elder sister-in-law stay, saying that she was finally able to free up her hands with her around.

She was planning to visit the town today to call on the Li Baojia family.

Zhou Xiuhua nodded understandingly, considering that Ni’s truly close relatives that she could visit were only Uncle Zhang and the Li Baojia family.

Yan Jinsu had given birth, and the child was already nearly half a year old; it had been a long time since she had returned, and by all rights, she should pay them a visit.

However, with the cold weather outside and her children still very young, and two of them at that, Yan Jinsu didn’t want to take them out to suffer and decided to leave them home. After preparing gifts, bidding farewell to her in-laws and others, she grabbed her stuff and left.

Yan Jinsu took the mountain path, firstly because she was in a hurry and the mountain path was the fastest. Secondly, taking the mountain path could yield some wild game for her.

Taking the main road would mean enduring the smell of vehicles, which was less preferable to her than the mountain path.

Oh my, the strength of her ’sturdy’ pace couldn’t be measured by an average person’s stride.

Heading straight up from the back mountain and seeing that she was far from the village, she threw the gifts in her hands directly into Space, using her spiritual power to collect all the nearby abundant game into Space.

Offhandedly, she also picked a lot of wild fruits, such as wild oranges, wild persimmons, Physalis, mountain dates, and so on. These things, in the eyes of future generations, are really both sour and astringent, what’s so good about them?

But now, these are all natural, and as long as they’re brought back and washed clean, many nutritious foods can be made from them.

For instance, with wild oranges, once ripened, pick them and wash them clean, fry them with coarse salt, then put them into sealed jars, preferably those made of glass or porcelain, lay a layer of salt, then a layer of oranges, then a layer of salt again, until the jar is full, and seal it to store in a cool place.

The longer it’s stored, the better the medicinal effectiveness, which can moisten the heart and lungs, and reduce Heart Fire.

Making it into orange honey syrup is also fine.

Persimmons can be made into persimmon cakes, which are a necessary item for entertaining guests in the south during winter.

Both mountain dates and Physalis can be made into sweet cakes, which have the effect of stimulating the appetite, and it’s helpful for children to eat some from time to time for digestion.

Furthermore, Xiao Ba and Xiaojiu are preparing to add lanterns [to have children], and when the time comes, they will definitely need to entertain elderly relatives from the Yan Clan. Yan Jinsu plans to take them out when she returns, by then they will be dried; perfect for entertaining guests.

As she walked, she collected, and Yan Jinsu didn’t carefully count just how much she had gathered during this period.

She just felt that she was about to fill up the corners of Space that she had just cleared out.

Eh, fortunately, when she returned, she had transferred some items her husband might use to his Space Button, which freed up a large area in her Space.

Now, one area is filled with game, another stores wild fruits and mountain herbs, etc., getting filled up more and more with increasing speed.

By the time Yan Jinsu arrived in town, only a little over an hour had passed, much faster than taking a bus.

To go from Qingfeng Village to the main road to wait for the bus takes about twenty minutes of walking, then waiting for the bus, which is not like the later buses that come every few minutes. The bus also takes time to reach its destination, and combined with the time spent waiting, it takes at least an hour to reach town.

Yan Jinsu walked down from the mountain, and she did not mention the amount of game she hunted with her spiritual power—a good dozen baskets of just wild leaves like persimmons, which many people like, and she picked six or seven baskets in one go.

The orange honey is her favorite, so she picked a lot of wild oranges. The mountain dates and Physalis behind, since they have medicinal value, Yan Jinsu did not disdain them and picked two baskets of each directly.

The harvest was indeed rich.

Before reaching the town, she had already taken out a prepared small hemp bag, which was full of gifts she had prepared in advance for the Li Family. Then from Space, she selected two wild chickens and a wild rabbit, stuffed them into another coarse cloth bag, and carried one bag in each hand.

Because after returning home, there were many things to do, she had not reserved her own homemade pastries in Space, so now she could only buy them in the town.

After a year’s development, the small town had completely changed. Yan Jinsu had already noticed several dilapidated houses had been torn down and rebuilt! There was a semblance of urban planning, and the streets had been rectified; at least there was no longer rubbish and waste everywhere, which disgusted people with the terrible environment.

On the pedestrian walkways on both sides of the highway, there were many newly opened various shops.

Among them, there was a pastry shop selling homemade pastries and steamed buns.

Yan Jinsu happened to see it, so she picked two types of small pastries that looked sweet. Seeing that quite a few people from the town came to buy, she followed suit and purchased two types.

There were also people setting up stalls on the roadside, with fruits, sundries, snacks like peanuts and melon seeds on sale.

The fruit stall only had two kinds, apples and snow pears, each fruit gleaming and emitting a strong fruity fragrance.

Thinking that she was going to visit someone’s house, she picked out ten big apples, which weighed nearly eight pounds in total. Heading to the Li Family, Yan Jinsu bought a little of whatever was suitable, and by the time she arrived at the Li Family, she was carrying things in both hands—