"Mom, my bottom hurts from falling, I want a hug," Er Ya said to Jiang's mother with teary eyes. Since coming into this world, she has really integrated into it and really sees herself as a four-year-old baby who can act cute and spoiled with her parents at will.

Jiang's mother was heartbroken when she heard this. She hugged Er Ya and comforted her for a while. After she finished being affectionate, Er Ya remembered something. "Mom, you are pregnant with your little brother now. You have to be careful. Watch your step when you go in and out."

At this moment, Lin Jianguo returned and said, "What are you two doing? Why are you sitting on the ground and not getting up?"

Er Ya suddenly felt embarrassed. Why was she still acting like a child? If her modern friends saw this, they would definitely laugh at her again.

Jiang's mother glared at him. "What's it to you? Why are you back now? Have you finished everything? I've already prepared dinner."

She had always felt sorry for Er Ya. In this family, Er Ya was always an unpopular person. Usually, she would just work silently and not say a word. It was rare for her daughter to show her girlish innocence today, but she was interrupted by this unromantic person. Thinking of this, she glared at Lin Jianguo again.

Lin Jianguo was completely bewildered. What had he done to offend his wife? He thought about it and realized that he hadn't done anything except work in the fields lately.

Lin Jianguo, looking completely bewildered, racked his brains for a long time but couldn't figure out how he had offended the mother and daughter. He scratched his head helplessly before remembering, "There's one more thing. I'll take this composted fertilizer from the yard over there. Once that's done, I'll be free tomorrow. You can go check on the fields when you're at home."

Er Ya hadn't been to the fields since she arrived, so she shouted, "Dad, I want to go too! I'll go with Mom to cheer you on!"

"What are you saying, child? I don't understand. What do you mean by 'pumping up'? I'm not a bicycle. If you want to go, come with your mother. The roads in the fields are all dirt roads, so be careful." After saying that, she pulled the cart away, and Er Ya excitedly pulled Jiang's mother to follow behind.

The sky was a pale blue with white undertones, and the ground was covered with lush green wheat fields. A layer of mist shrouded the wheat fields, which turned out to be wisps of smoke rising from the farmhouses.

Take a deep breath; the air is filled with the fragrance of earth. Walk quickly to your own plot of land.

The sharp-eyed Niu saw Jiang's mother and Er Ya coming over. "Mother, my stomach hurts. My sister-in-law is here. Let her do the work for a while. I want to go to the outhouse."

When Old Mrs. Shen came to her senses and turned around, she could no longer see Niu Shi. "That lazy woman, she's such a lazy person, always pooping and peeing."

Looking up, I saw Jiang's mother coming over. I thought about how she had also rested for a day. When I was young, I was still working even when I was heavily pregnant, calling out, "Second son's wife, come over quickly, finish this and then go home."

Er Ya could only sit idly on the edge of the ground, playing with the ants on the ground.

After all the fertilizer had been spread, Niu returned. Seeing that it was time to go home, she picked up an iron shovel and started walking forward with large and small steps.

As they walked, their pace slowed down. When Jiang's mother reached her, she suddenly stretched out her leg. Jiang's mother didn't react in time and was about to fall when Er Ya, as if she had a telepathic connection, had Lin Jianguo standing next to her beforehand. Seeing that she was about to fall, he grabbed her and pulled her back.

"What's wrong with you? If you don't want to work, just tell me, old woman. Don't keep giving me this and that after you quit. If you hurt my grandson today, you can forget about staying in the Lin family." Old Mrs. Shen thought that Jiang's mother was deliberately trying to intimidate her by taking advantage of her pregnancy.

Jiang's mother couldn't say whether she hadn't been watching where she was going or had tripped. Seeing that Old Mrs. Shen was angry, she quickly stepped forward to assure her that she hadn't done it on purpose.

The group returned home, ate dinner, and then rested.

The next day, after finishing the work in the fields, Old Man Lin ate breakfast and started cutting bamboo to weave baskets. He would then sell them for 50 cents each, enough to buy half a pound of meat.

The family didn't have much food left, but they had enough eggs to sell. They could get eight cents a egg at the supply and marketing cooperative and ten cents a egg in town. Old Mrs. Shen called on Lin Jianguo to go to town to sell the eggs and buy some daily necessities like salt.

Er Ya was overjoyed to hear that there was a chance to go to town. It was like a godsend, as she had been worried about how to find an opportunity to go out and sell ginseng.

She stepped forward, tugged at Grandma Shen's sleeve, blinked her big, watery eyes, and said in a low voice, "Grandma, I want to go to town with Dad too. I promise I won't run around, okay, Grandma~".

Grandma Shen wanted to yell at them, "Where are you going? You're just getting in the way. You might as well go out and dig up some wild vegetables. That way you can save some food."

Just as he was about to speak, seeing Er Ya's sullen face, he couldn't bring himself to refuse. "Go if you want to. It takes two hours to walk there and back. Don't come back complaining about being tired in front of me."

"Okay, thank you, Grandma!" After saying that, she gave Grandma Shen a big kiss on the cheek, turned around and ran into the house.

When did this kid learn this trick? He got my face all spit on it, it's so dirty. I wiped my face with my hand, but a smile involuntarily crept onto my face.

When Daya saw that Erya could go to town, she quickly ran over and said, "Grandma, I want to go to town too."

Old Mrs. Shen glared at her and said, "Go where? Hurry up and feed the pigs, are you itching for a beating?" Daya went to feed the pigs, wailing loudly.

Er Ya, who was inside the house, had no idea what was happening outside. She excitedly called Jiang's mother over and asked her to bring out the ginseng so she could sell it today. She felt more at ease having money in her hands.

I carefully put the ginseng in my bosom. Luckily, I was wearing a lot of winter clothes; otherwise, it would have been obvious in the summer.

Finally, I can take a good look at the towns of this era. Today, I'm going to observe the specific situation in the town and see if I can sell some different kinds of food.

After walking for a long time on a dirt road, Er Ya could no longer laugh. How could it be so far? Her feet were aching from walking, and she still couldn't see any sign of the town.

Seeing Er Ya's pitiful little face, Lin Jianguo asked, "Are you tired? We've only gone halfway. How about Daddy carries you?"

Er Ya, who had intended to refuse, looked at the endless dirt road ahead and obediently sat on Lin Jianguo's back.

"Dad, do we always have to walk such a long way to town?" Er Ya asked curiously.

“There are also oxcarts in the village. A trip costs two cents, enough to buy a bag of matches. Walking isn’t tiring, it just takes a bit of time.”

"Dad, I will definitely buy you a cow, no, a horse, so you can ride in a carriage every day."

"Okay, I'll wait for my daughter to grow up and buy me a horse-drawn carriage. Alright, I'm going to speed up now, fly, fly!"

Hahahaha... A series of silvery laughs echoed through the quiet road.

To be continued!