Chapter 34

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Xiao Shu, if you don’t agree, I won’t want your conch in the future.”

Song Xi handed a stack of cash to Zhou Xiao Shu. “Xiao Shu, count them. If there’s no problem, you can pick up snails for me in the future.”

Zhou Xiao Shu hesitated for a moment before slowly reaching out to take the stack of money, but he did not count it.

No matter how much Little Aunt gave him, he would accept it.

Because he knew that he had taken advantage of her. Conches were worthless.

“Little Aunt, thank you. If you need any help in the future, just ask. We definitely won’t refuse.”

“Xiao Shu, split this money with your sister and hand some over to your family. Save the rest yourself. When the time comes, you can go to school to study and learn. Knowledge can change your fate and knowledge can allow you to live a good life.”

Since their father could chase their mother away by beating her, it meant that their father was not much.

If they handed over all the money, it was very likely that their father would use it or use it to marry their stepmother.

Song Xi only wanted to help these two children and did not want to help those unimportant people.

“Little Aunt, we understand. Thank you, Little Aunt.”

The two children were excited and bowed to thank Song Xi.

This was the first time they had received so much money!

Even if they had to hand some over to their father, they could still have a lot left.

Song Xi quickly reached out to stop them and instructed, “Xiao Shu, Xiao Hua, don’t tell anyone about this, understand? Otherwise, the three of us will be dead. You can tell others when I say we can, understand?”

Children didn’t know how to keep their mouths shut. It was very easy for them to spread the news. When it happened, it would spread.

No matter how sensible they were, she had to teach them a lesson.

Seeing the two children nod repeatedly, Song Xi continued, “As for this conch, as long as it’s not too small, I want it.”

The two children finished their water and biscuits before leaving with the empty basket in satisfaction.

As for how the money was divided, that was between the siblings. As an outsider, she would not interfere.

Song Xi came to the well and threw the wooden bucket tied with a hemp rope into the well. She fetched half a bucket of water.

She carried the well water into the supermarket and poured it into the storage box filled with conches.

Although time in the supermarket was still, the things put in would not change, and the conch would not die.

However, she still felt that the conches nourished by the well water would be cleaner.

Song Xi moved two large white plastic buckets that could hold 2,000 catties of water and placed them in the most convenient place.

She planned to slowly draw water from the well when she was free and fill the big plastic bucket. That way, it would be more convenient for her to use water in the future.

Although there was a lot of mineral water and buckets of water in the supermarket, it was potable water. She would not waste that water!

In the evening, Zhou Yi returned with a full load.

There was a basket full of raspberries, a pheasant, a big grass carp, and a snake.

When she saw the snake, Song Xi was shocked. Her entire face was pale with fear. Zhou Yi hurriedly took the snake away. “Wife, I’m sorry.”

There were many people coming for dinner at night. He wanted to add another dish for dinner, but he did not expect to scare his wife.

“It’s fine, it’s fine. Go ahead!”

Song Xi adjusted her emotions and returned to her room with the raspberries.

However, her thumping heart still showed her lingering fear.

Song Xi did not dare to put all the raspberries into the supermarket, afraid that she would not be able to answer Zhou Yi.

Hence, she took two-thirds and left one-third outside.

Zhou Yi would probably think that she had eaten it, so he naturally would not ask so much.

However, if she wanted to make wine with raspberries, she was not in a hurry for the time being. After all, it would not spoil in the supermarket.

Song Xi had just come out of the supermarket and returned to her room. Before she could rest, she heard a knock on the door and Zhou Yi’s worried voice. “Wife, how are you?”

“I’m fine.” Song Xi patted her chest gently and went over to open the door. “Brother Yi, let me help you. Otherwise, how long will it take for you to do it alone?!”

He had to cook for five to six people at night. There were so many dishes, and she did not know how long it would take him alone, so she wanted to do something small that she could.

“Sure!” Zhou Yi was overjoyed and a bright smile appeared on his face.

Of course, he was very happy that his little wife could participate in his life.

Zhou Yi knew that Song Xi was afraid of snakes, so he had already prepared the snake soup and brought it into the cupboard.

This way, Song Xi would not see it. Zhou Yi stir-fried the cured meat with sweet potato stem, braised the fishtail, steamed the egg, and stewed the fish head soup and pheasant soup.

The rice was the coarse grain that everyone ate. Their family only had a few catties of rice. Even if they cooked it all, it was not enough for everyone to eat.

Therefore, he added two handfuls of rice to the coarse grain rice to let everyone taste the taste of rice.

“Brother Yi, let me make these potatoes!” Seeing that Zhou Yi was about to cut the potatoes and throw them into the pheasant soup, Song Xi could not help but suggest, “Brother Yi, please help me heat the fire. I’ll cook the potatoes in a different way today.”

In this era, there was no fertilizer. Farming relied on farm fertilizer.

However, farm fertilizer was not even enough for paddy fields, let alone drylands.

They could only rely on manually fetching water to water it, so the production of coarse grain was extremely low. One mu [ 1. A Chinese unit of area. One mu is roughly equal to 1/15 of a hectare.]could produce two to three hundred catties at most.

Therefore, when everyone ate potatoes, they did not peel them.

Because potato skin was also edible.

After that, Zhou Yi was in charge of controlling the fire, while Song Xi displayed her skills with potatoes.

She made vinegar potato shreds and mala potato cubes.

Because Song Xi was willing to add seasoning, both the shredded potatoes and the potato cubes were very colorful and looked very tempting.

Zhou Yi sat behind the stove and started the fire. The rich fragrance assaulted his nose, making him swallow his saliva. “I suddenly feel so hungry when I smell this smell. Wife, I didn’t expect your culinary skills to be so good.”

What he had made in the past was simply pig food. It was really unfair to his wife’s stomach to let her eat it for so long.

Seeing Zhou Yi’s expectant expression, Song Xi picked up some vinegar potato shreds with chopsticks and fed them to him. “Brother Yi, as long as you’re willing to add oil and salt in the future, you can also make delicious food.”

If he wanted to push the responsibility of cooking onto her, don’t even think about it. It was more likely for her to cook occasionally.

Zhou Yi ate the potato shreds fed by his wife, his heart as sweet as honey.

The shredded potatoes were crisp and refreshing with a hint of sourness. They were especially delicious.

He opened his mouth to wait for his wife to feed him again, but Song Xi was already ignoring him.

How old was he? How childish!

At 7:30 pm, Zhou Yi’s three good brothers, Zhou Ping, Sheng Jiahe, and Mo Jiaxiang, came for dinner with food.

Zhou Ping had brought potatoes that weighed about five catties.

Sheng Jiahe brought a basket of sweet potato stems.

Mo Jiaxiang had brought wild honey that he had harvested on the mountain. It was in a canned bottle and weighed about half a kilogram.