Chapter 178: Chapter 142: Preparing to Sell Vegetables

In the evening, since there were buns, the family didn’t make any other dishes.

They only cooked a pot of vegetable and egg soup, served with shredded pickles, and called that a meal.

At the dinner table, since Mrs. Qi’s expression was not very good, everyone refrained from chatting like usual.

After tidying up and returning to their respective rooms, the men of the Qi Family learned from their wives what had happened during the day.

Yet, no matter how they thought about it, they couldn’t figure out what exactly Qi Manman did that made the old lady react that way.

In the fourth room.

Qi Quanjin was shocked as he looked at his wife, “What, what did you say? Manbao, how old is she?”

At this moment, only the two of them were in the room, as their sons were studying in the next room with the two teachers.

Yi Meng took advantage of this opportunity to tell Qi Quanjin about what happened during the day.

Seeing Qi Quanjin’s reaction, Yi Meng sighed, “You didn’t mishear, four hundred and seventy-six years old.”

“How is that possible?”

Qi Quanjin’s first reaction was shock, and the second reaction was disbelief.

“Over four hundred years old? Wouldn’t that make her an old demon? Our Manbao is so well-behaved, how could she be an old demon?”

No matter what, Qi Quanjin couldn’t believe this matter.

Yi Meng wasn’t surprised at his reaction at all.

Not to mention Qi Quanjin, even she thought this reality was too fantastical.

But, if their daughter is actually the Heavenly Lord’s own granddaughter, then having such an age isn’t all that remarkable.

It’s just that Yi Meng had some doubts about the education system of the Heavenly Court.

A little deity who lived for over four hundred years turned into looking like a four-year-old after descending to the mortal world, but how come her actions and even thoughts were just like a four-year-old?

Could this be the so-called suppression by the Heavenly Dao?

Thinking this way, Yi Meng felt she might have uncovered the truth.

“Brother Jin, right now only I and our mother know about this matter, but our father should also know by now. I figure this is just something the child said recklessly and won’t add up. I’m telling you now to remind you that if the child says this to outsiders, we have to explain.”

This was the purpose for Yi Meng mentioning the matter to Qi Quanjin.

Not only did she need Qi Quanjin to understand, but also to talk about it with his parents-in-law.

Perhaps if outsiders hear it, or even if it’s just family who hears, they need to make everyone believe it was just a child unable to do arithmetic, speaking nonsense.

Who would have thought that Qi Quanjin would just laugh after hearing this: “Silly, even if we said nothing, others wouldn’t take it seriously. It’s just you and our mother being too tense about Manbao and got frightened by such childish words.”

“Is that so?”

Yi Meng was confused.

So the matter she worried and thought over for the entire afternoon could be settled with just one sentence?

Qi Quanjin gently pinched his wife’s face, “Alright, stop overthinking. Manbao is still so young. Even if she says she’s over four hundred years old or claims she’s a fairy from the skies, if outsiders hear it, they would just think of it as child’s talk.”

Yi Meng didn’t respond.

In the main room of the back courtyard, Qi Zheng was also comforting his wife, “Manbao is indeed different from other children, but you don’t have to be this tense. Think about it, which of the other kids in the family didn’t say something wild when they were young? No matter what Manbao says, as long as we hold firm that she’s only four this year, who else could really seek out her kin to verify this?”

“Alright, tomorrow, you and the fourth daughter-in-law should give some hints too, and don’t make a fuss. It’s not a big deal originally. Instead, with the way you two made a commotion, it could make others feel uneasy.”

As Qi Zheng spoke, he removed his feet from the basin, shook them, and dried them with a towel before continuing, “Let the fourth daughter-in-law hold Manbao for sleep tonight! You haven’t slept well in a long time, so make sure to sleep soundly tonight, even if the sky falls.”

Qi Zheng’s words warmed Mrs. Qi’s heart, but she still gave him a glare, “You’re the only one who can act all nice!”

“Haha! I’m the good guy; that’s why I married you!”

Since there were no younger ones in the room, Qi Zheng rarely joked with his wife.

Mrs. Qi felt a bit embarrassed but couldn’t help laughing out loud afterward.

Early the next morning, the family discovered that the old lady and the fourth daughter-in-law had both returned to normal, no longer in yesterday’s state. Even though they were still curious, they felt more relieved.

In the following days, everyone in the Qi Family became very busy.

Qi Quanjin led the brothers to fish for almost ten days in a row, receiving bountiful catches every day, and finally got familiar with that icy area.

A pond as big as two acres.

Though they didn’t walk to the middle of the ice surface, clearing just the surrounding shores had already made everyone quite pleased.

With such a large pond, they wouldn’t have to worry about water use anymore.

Even if it’s not for drinking, it’s great for washing and cleaning.

In a separate room in the inner courtyard, they stored the caught frozen fish, which had now surpassed three hundred in total, quite an impressive sight.

The Qi Family men also went to collect firewood; when there was too much, they sold some, which brought some obvious income.

The other three families were embarrassed to use the Qi Family’s cart for hauling firewood, but each of them had buses and went chopping firewood every now and then, which provided enough for their own use and could sometimes be sold.

Not much to speak of, but it did provide for buying some salt and occasionally getting some fat to render oil.

Ji Hu’s group had mostly recovered, except Mrs. Lai Sr., who wasn’t well, though she was conscious.

Er Laizi lost an arm, feeling down for quite a few days, yet upon Mrs. Lai Sr.’s recovery, he took on the responsibility of caring for his mother.

One has to admit that after experiencing a famine escape and such a life-and-death ordeal, Er Laizi did indeed improve a lot.

The Qi Family, with the other three families, was planting greens in the house which sprouted one after another.

As the group of people settled in the city for a month, the earliest sown greens had grown significantly.

The fresh spinach and bok choy were weighed and collected together by Yi Meng, to be sold by Qi Quanjin and Qi Ercai at a restaurant on a sunny day.

Qi Ercai wasn’t aware of how many greens they had exactly; Qi Quanjin didn’t know either, but Qi Quanjin knew his wife had many greens in her space.

Therefore, for this vegetable sale, the couple decided that most of the greens grown by everyone would be placed in Qi Ercai’s basket.

As for the greens in Qi Quanjin’s basket, most of them came from the space.

To prevent any mistakes, Yi Meng specially prepared the space-grown and ordinary greens using the same method, so there was no difference in taste.

This way, Yi Meng felt more at ease letting Qi Quanjin sell the vegetables.

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