Traveling to ancient times, with space

Chapter 17 Reading

Su Yue looked at Su Dabao, who didn't answer, and assumed that if he didn't want to, then so be it; she would find someone in town next time.

However, if Su Dabao really dares to refuse, he will definitely get a good scolding from her.

Su Dabao stammered, "If I teach you to read, will I get any meat to eat?"

Hey! Su Yue almost laughed out of anger, and after stammering for a while, she realized she just wanted to eat meat.

This small request could be met, so I nodded in agreement.

Su Yue found her second aunt and gestured with the piece of fabric she had bought in town, asking her to sew a crossbody bag for her.

Aunt Su was quite talented; she quickly understood what Su Yue wanted and told her she would make it for her first thing tomorrow morning.

After returning to the house and closing the door, I entered the space.

Seeing that the seeds I planted have already sprouted, their tender green leaves are very pleasing to the eye.

She went to check on her succulents on the mountain in the space again, and they were all active in their own areas.

After eating some pastries in the space, they went to find tools to plant the trees that had been collected in the past two days.

After working for a while, I looked around and saw that I had planted the fruit trees on the side near the mountain, and the other trees on the other side.

I was thinking that I should find more fruit trees in the future so that I would never lack fruit to eat. It's true that you have to be self-reliant to have enough to eat.

Once all this is over, I figure it will be over soon, so I plan to leave the space and learn to read with Su Dabao.

Su Yue wasn't without a foundation; she could basically learn it after Su Dabao taught her just once.

It's just that the writing isn't very good; the characters written on the paper all look crooked and distorted.

On the first day of learning to recognize characters, Su Dabao was thinking of just teaching a few characters to get by.

He still looked down on women, believing that women shouldn't learn to read.

He was surprised that Su Yue could read so quickly. He was glad that she was just a girl, otherwise, someone like her would have surpassed him.

Su Yue only put down her calligraphy brush, rubbed her wrists, and went outside when Su Xiaobao called her for dinner.

Aunt Su brought over a bowl of white rice and placed it in front of Su Yue in a flattering manner.

Eating the white rice in her bowl, this was the first time Su Yue had eaten white rice since she came here.

It doesn't look very appealing, but it tastes delicious. It's just a little small; a bowl only lasts a few bites.

After dinner, it was almost dark. Villagers rarely used mutton oil lamps at night; they all went to sleep as soon as it got dark.

The Su family was similar; mutton fat was very expensive, and Su Ershen (Second Aunt Su) used to only allow Su Dabao to use it.

Since Su Dabao returned to the village after starting school, his second aunt has been reluctant to buy mutton fat for him to use for studying at night, and has instead made him study during the day.

Su Yue lay in bed unable to sleep, and a bowl of white rice was only enough to fill her stomach.

As long as they could find something to eat in the space, it was fortunate that they had moved the entire kitchen into the space when they were at the Qian residence.

The food has been almost gone in the last couple of days; there are only a few plates of pastries and a steamer of meat buns left.

Su Yue couldn't enter the house that appeared behind the bamboo house in the space, but she could see the scene inside using her mental power.

It doesn't look big from the outside, but it's a completely different story inside, like a huge warehouse.

Su Yue actually put all the things she had collected from the Qian residence into the room, and when she used her spiritual power to see, all those things didn't take up much space.

Su Yue really wants to eat braised pork belly, stewed ribs, Sichuan peppercorn chicken, and salted duck...

The more I think about it, the more I can't control my drooling. This body is so lacking in nutrition. Even though I've eaten meat these past few days, it still doesn't satisfy my craving. I wonder if it's because Aunt Su's cooking skills are too bad.

Su Yue just wants to cook herself a meal and have a full meal first.

Without further ado, Su Yue left the space again, went to the backyard to collect a few stones and put them into the space, then went to the dilapidated cooking shed to get a flint and steel before returning to the house and entering the space.

He built two simple stoves with stones, and prepared to make himself a braised pork dish with the large pot and all the cooking utensils he had collected from the Qian family.

Fortunately, the Qian family had even brought in firewood for cooking. I wasn't quite used to using a flint and steel, and it took me several tries to light the firewood.

One big pot for steaming rice, another big pot for making braised pork.

Su Yue busied herself in the space for almost half an hour, finally making herself a braised pork dish, and also picked some green vegetables from the space to stir-fry.

I steamed a pot of rice with the spiritual spring water from the spring. I don't know if it was because the rice was good or because of the spiritual spring water, but the aroma that wafted out was so strong that it almost made me faint from the smell.

Su Yue opened the lid of the rice steamer and ladled herself a large bowl.

It's so delicious it's almost explosive! Every bite is so flavorful it leaves a lingering fragrance in your mouth.

The fragrant air filled the air as the yellow-haired family on the mountain kept whining and pacing around at the foot of the mountain, unable to come over.

Su Yue ate two large bowls before stopping. She couldn't stop, or she would be too full to sleep later.

This was truly the first full meal Su Yue had eaten since her father's death.

I patted my full stomach and really didn't want to move at all.

Seeing the few wolf cubs whimpering and unable to get across the mountain, he put the remaining rice and meat into a wooden basin and used his spiritual power to send it to Huang Mao's family.

Then I washed the clothes I bought in my spatial storage, because the clothes I was wearing were too worn out.

Every time I went out into town dressed like that, I felt like a beggar.

The night passed quickly, and Su Yue got up as dawn broke.

She would go to Uncle Su's house in town every day until Uncle Su paid her the five taels of silver from the sale of the house.

Whether it's the original Su Yue or the current Su Yue, this kind of advantage is not easy to take.

Anyway, I don't have to do housework all day now, and I have plenty of time to go to town every day.

Today, Su Erbao accompanied Su Yue to town.

Since Su Yue caught a rabbit from the mountain, every household in the village has been sending people into the mountain every day. Seeing this, Uncle Su Er also wanted to go into the mountain to take a look, and he brought back some edible meat to satisfy his craving.

Su Yue didn't care who she went to town with, but every time she went to town, she was unlucky and couldn't find an oxcart or mule cart.

This troubled Su Yue greatly. She had the item in her own space, but she dared not take it out to use it, for fear of being recognized by the Qian family.

I'm hoping to have the opportunity to sell them in a more distant county.

When Su Erbao and Su Sanbao arrived at Su San's pickle shop again, Su San's face turned green when he saw Su Yue and Su Erbao.

He wanted to kick the person out, but the table Su Yue had smashed with her fist that day reminded him that he couldn't beat her.

Having no other choice, Uncle Su paid another tael of silver to send the person away.

After receiving the money, Su Yue took Su Erbao and headed straight to the place where livestock were sold.

The drought and lack of rain have resulted in a severe shortage of people, even at livestock markets.

There are only four or five sellers in the whole area.

Su Yue took a liking to a mule, mainly because it looked the healthiest.

The others all looked listless, as if they were going to be killed as soon as they were sold.

Su Yue wanted to ride in a mule cart, not buy a fast car to go back and eat meat.

Su Erbao and Su Yue arrived at the livestock market. Seeing that she seemed to want to buy a mule, Su Erbao pulled her away, afraid that if they were any slower, they would be thrown out.

"Sister Yue, let's not go. A mule costs more than ten taels of silver. We can't rob it. Let's go back quickly!"

Su Yue broke free, patted Su Erbao on the head, and asked, "Do you know how to drive a mule cart?"

I don't know how either, so it would be a real problem if Su Erbao didn't know how either.

Su Erbao didn't know what Su Yue was planning, so he said, "I know how to drive an oxcart. I learned from someone before. Dad said that when we have money, we'll buy an ox and have me drive it to town to pick up passengers."

"That's enough."

Su Yue went straight to ask the price, ignoring Su Erbao who was trying to stop her.