Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse
Chapter 513 - 508: Troublesome Matters When Returning to Hometown 43 [Mass Release 37]

Chapter 513: Chapter 508: Troublesome Matters When Returning to Hometown 43 [Mass Release 37]

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Early winter in Qingfeng Village is a season of abundant harvest. As December approaches, taking advantage of the warm sunshine, the entire village springs to action.

Although Xie Tiesheng no longer has any fields, seeing Xie Tiesheng and his wife busily engaged, the old man couldn’t stay idle.

Zhou Xiuhua, on the other hand, is more open-minded. The children are all grown up, they say to wear a hat as big as your head, if she were to help Tie Dan now, making him think he can farm more fields, wouldn’t that harm the child?

Better to just leave things as they are, do whatever needs to be done, at most during the autumn harvest, she would make some tasty dishes for the children.

Xiao Wu’s chin hurt for four days after a fall, only on the fifth day could he eat meat normally.

To accommodate Xiao Wu, Xiao Si and Xiaoqi also stopped eating meat, joining Xiao Wu for plain white porridge. Yan Jinsu took the opportunity while the children were asleep to go hunting in the mountains.

Seeing that the children couldn’t eat meat, what could Zhou Xiuhua do? Of course, she started to cure the meat, as the weather began turning cold, it was time to make smoked and salted meat.

It was good for everyone to accompany Xiao Wu, having porridge and water for a few days, it was even better for cleansing the stomach.

Because of the autumn harvest, Xiao Yi and Xiao’er also got a week off from school to help with the farming, and they are considered the main labor force. But with Xie Tiesheng watching, Xie Jingwei and his wife didn’t dare to overwork their sons, allowing Xiao Yi and Xiao’er some free time to take Xiao Si and three other children to hunt wild rabbits and chickens in their own fields.

Some fields near the ditches also yielded several fat loaches, it can be said, the harvest season is the happiest time for the children.

Although their bodies are tired from the labor, now is the time when there is the most meat, and adults, being overtired from work, would spare no expense in cooking, using more oil and even buying meat!

Those lucky enough to have wild game in their fields have a real treat in store!

Rural children, as young as four or five, during the rice harvest, already know how to follow behind the adults with a bamboo basket, dutifully picking up the rice ears.

Xiao Wu saw that her family was busy, and although young, she was already very sensible, not needing instructions from her family, she could boil water, wash and select vegetables, and after finishing, she would go pick up rice ears, earning praise from everyone.

This year, their family did not have rice fields, but in the past, they did. Seeing Xiao Wu busy, Xiao Si and Xiaoqi didn’t care that it was no longer their family’s field, but stayed by Xiao Wu’s side helping to pick up rice ears. The siblings, often tired from time to time, would gather together, snag a field mouse or a loach directly in the field, and cook it right there.

With Xiao Yi and Xiao’er around, the adults felt reassured.

Qingfeng Village is backed by a large mountain, but as the mountain is too high and too vast, when the village faced a famine a few years back, many people perished within, and many elders are reluctant to let the family’s young men go hunting in the mountains.

This caused the villagers to only long for it, besides, in those days, there were many wolf howls and boar grunts, even if a big fellow over 1.8 meters went up the mountain, if he didn’t know the routes, lacked skills and courage, he wouldn’t likely bring back game, and might even return injured for his troubles, a loss not worth the risk.

Xie Jingchen is bold, but he is prudent, and hardly anyone outside knew that he dared to venture deep into the mountains to trap game at such a young age.

Once Xie Jingchen made a name for himself, the villagers took pride in him, no longer daring to coerce him to teach villagers how to hunt. He seldom returned, spending most of his time in the military, and the villagers could hardly affect him.

At most, when Xie Jingchen returned for the New Year, a few bold villagers would go to Xie Jingchen, suggesting they organize a group to hunt for wild game.

If Xie Jingchen hadn’t organized it, the men in the village wouldn’t dare to go into the mountains on their own.

It’s not that the men of Qingfeng Village are timid; they just cherish their lives.

The name Qingfeng Village came from the large mountain behind it. In the mountains, in earlier years, there were sightings of bears, and fewer of tigers.

But the howling of wolves, many men in their twenties and thirties know, there are indeed packs of wolves in the mountains, mostly deep within. Sometimes the howling is so clear, one could hear the distinct sound of wolf howls without knowing how far away they were!

Xie Jingchen’s Combat Power is well known among the villagers, and there is a reason for that.

Yan Jinsu was curious; she heard from her mother-in-law that one year when Xie Jingchen came home for the New Year, he encountered a wild boar attack down the mountain. If it weren’t for Xie Jingchen being there, the village’s crops would have truly suffered!

Because of that incident, Xie Jingchen made quite an impression, and in Qingfeng Village, nobody dares to provoke the third branch of the Xie Family without good reason. Not to mention Xie Jingchen, the formidable tiger of the mountain, the Xie family members are also famously united.

Even more so than the Zhou Family.

Yan Jinsu couldn’t help much, but she could take care of providing meat!

Therefore, ever since she knew about the autumn harvest at home, Yan Jinsu went to the mountain even more often.

Zhou Xiuhua didn’t go down to the fields, focusing instead on taking care of Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi. Now that the family had a handcart, these two children behaved much better. After stopping, Xiaojiu would stand by the cart for a while.

Xiao Shi was lazier and still sat in the cart, pointing at Xiaoqi and Xiao Wu, laughing particularly happily.

In Xiao Shi’s eyes, Xiaoqi is her sister. Seeing Xiaoqi always makes her laugh especially happily.

Xiaoqi has been particularly sensible and obedient since the family’s changes. Moreover, Yan Jinsu, seeing how good Xiaoqi was, would smile more warmly towards her siblings. Xiaoqi, sensitive, soon realized this.

Seeing herself being nice to Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi made the Second Aunt like her even more, so Xiaoqi became even more obedient. This is a virtuous cycle.

Xiaoqi also especially liked the plump and fair-skinned Xiao Shi. Every time she saw her calling her name, she would happily pick a shy flower for her.

Xiao Shi was clever. Each time Xiaoqi handed her a flower, she would say "Don’t eat it", and then cover her mouth shaking her head. After a few times, Xiao Shi already understood what Xiaoqi meant.

A few times, when Xiao Shi just wanted to look closely at the flower, Xiaoqi would stop her, and Xiao Shi then understood what "Don’t eat" meant.

Xiaojiu, however, didn’t. He didn’t like such girly activities. Xiaojiu’s gaze mostly followed the adults’ stride, especially Xiao Si. As soon as he saw him walk away, his eyes would always follow him.

Xiao Si was a good brother. Sometimes, when he looked back and saw Xiaojiu looking at him that way, he would run back. Xiaojiu would cry out ’Ya’, and Xiao Si, patting his head, not understanding!

Xiaojiu didn’t mind, but reached out his chubby little hand, tightly grabbed Xiao Si’s hand, then tried to take a step, and then just stood there, not moving.

Clearly, Xiaojiu wanted to learn to walk, but his body wasn’t strong enough, he wobbled a bit, seemed a bit apprehensive, and only took one step. He also held onto the handcart with one hand, clutching Xiao Si’s hand with the other, his little lips pursed into a line, but he did not cry.

Seeing this, Xiao Si’s heart ached, the good brother steadied his still-shaking little body—