"Since you're here, make the best of it. It's good that you're here; your work won't be so tiring anymore. You don't need to get married and have kids. You have a whole bunch of gourd babies in your yard. As your mother, I don't have to worry about your marriage and old age anymore."
Hearing this, Liang Shuyan laughed. This was probably the biggest advantage of time travel: painless childbirth, becoming a mother directly. Her two eldest sons were already married and seemed to be quite filial children. She estimated that she would soon be a grandmother with grandchildren.
"Mother, how is your health?" Liang Shuyan had long since accepted reality. Since she was already dressed up, she still had to live her life well. However, she was worried that ancient medical care was not advanced, and her mother's body looked too thin and malnourished, and she seemed a bit weak.
"Don't worry about me, this old lady is full of energy. I'll definitely be healthier than you after I take some time to recover." Now she also knows that her daughter's original body was in her thirties and had already given birth to four or five children, and she didn't eat or dress well. How much she suffered.
If we had money, we'd better find some good medicine to help our daughter recover.
Now that her biological mother has arrived, she won't be lonely in this ancient world anymore. But the next question is, how can she ensure that her biological mother lives a comfortable and prosperous life in this ancient world?
A clear rumble of hunger came from her stomach. Liang Shuyan glanced awkwardly at the old lady and said, "Mom, you rest for a while. I'll go out for a bit!"
Only then did she arrive at the kitchen.
The kitchen consisted of a stove made of a few wooden planks and a block of mud, along with a few bowls that were black and chipped at the edges.
Two low, earthen jars were placed side by side in the corner, covered with a wooden board, presumably for storing rice and flour.
Liang Shuyan glanced at the so-called kitchen and felt a chill in her heart. She wondered how her family could survive like this.
Lifting the two small, short jars, the bottoms of the jars gleamed, and there was a pinch of rice inside; the rice jars were completely clean.
Liu stepped forward and said, "Mother, there's a lot of smoke in the house. Please go out quickly. My sister-in-law and I will have dinner ready soon."
After checking on the family's diet, Liang Shuyan returned to her room.
The two daughters-in-law prepared the meal, and the only rickety table in the house was moved to the yard. Everyone gathered together and began to eat.
There was no rice in anyone's bowl; it was supposed to be porridge, but it was really just clear soup.
The mother-in-law sat in the middle, looked everyone over, and finally fixed her gaze on Liang Shuyan: "Alright, let the children eat first!"
"Mom, you eat. I'm not hungry. We can eat later when I get hungry."
Jin Dashan stammered, "Mom, you eat with Grandma, I'm not hungry!"
Zhang stopped eating and started sweeping the yard with a broom. There was no rice left in the house, and as the cook, she dared not eat. She could only wait until everyone else had eaten, and then she would eat a little of what was left. If there was nothing left, she would just leave it.
Li glanced at Liang Shuyan and said, "Don't worry, eat. If you don't eat, the children won't eat either."
In the end, Zhang left a bowl for herself, and after everyone else had finished eating, she carefully handed it to her mother-in-law.
"Mother, please eat a little bit."
Liang Shuyan glanced at the bowl of thin porridge and waved her hand: "Never mind, I'm full. You eat it yourself. I'm a little tired, I'll go back and rest for a while!"
It's not that she can't eat, it's just that right now, the key is to make sure these kids, who are not quite grown up, are full.
Just as I lay down, a child's voice rang out: "Host is wise! You have started the mission, and the system invites you to bind!"
Startled, Liang Shuyan sat bolt upright in her seat: "Who? Who is it?"
After calming herself down, an image appeared in her mind, with a very obvious red vertical bar, followed by a child's voice: "Host, don't worry, I'm the system's little cutie!"
The system? Is it like an ATM that dispenses cash?
The system is a supermarket system. The higher the consumption points, the higher the popularity index. When the points reach 10,000, you can spin the wheel once and get a chance to win a big prize from the system.
Liang Shuyan thought to herself, "I'd love to spend money every day, however I want, as long as it's free!"
"Host, how could it be free? However, there's a newbie gift pack available right now. You can click to claim it for free!"
Like a firework, the newbie gift pack appeared before Liang Shuyan.
"With 100 points, you can spin the wheel once for free and get the rewards you need! In addition, the system has predicted your location and determined that you will be fleeing the famine, so it is giving you a free shopping bag containing 20 loaves of bread, 100 sausages, a box of instant noodles, and two boxes of spicy snacks."
If you share these modern foods with your family, won't they be scrutinized and questioned? Isn't there anything that doesn't look modern at all?
"Host, the system has flour and rice. As long as you have enough points, you can get some more. However, the system has detected that a large-scale famine will occur soon. Shouldn't you prepare to store some things in the warehouse in advance?"
"What? Flee the famine? We just got here, and we don't have a single grain of rice or flour at home. How can we flee the famine? Isn't this driving us to the brink of despair?"
The system's electronic voice sounded again: "Host, why worry? Why not take advantage of this time to store some food in the system's warehouse? You can sell it for money or exchange it for items in the mall later. Wouldn't that be better?"
Liang Shuyan pondered for a while, wondering if there were any other methods besides this.
"So, can I use the items from the newbie gift pack?"
"Of course!"
Liang Shuyan hurriedly took out two pieces of bread and two boxes of instant noodles from the system, boiled some hot water and poured it down, took out a fork and pressed the seal.
Li Lanfang stared at the thing in front of her, her eyes widening in surprise: "Shuyan, where did you get this?"
"Mother, I have some good news to tell you quietly. I have a portable system. This is a newbie gift pack from the system. I suppose you weren't full from eating that rubbish tonight. Why don't you have some first?"
Li Lanfang frowned: "If it were just the two of us, everything would be easy. But as you can see, there are so many people in the family. I'm afraid even your system can't handle it all!"
Liang Shuyan waved her hand: "Never mind, Mom, you eat something first, I'll go check if Niu Niu and the children are asleep?"
She was hungry, but when she thought of her young daughter Niu Niu and her two grandsons, it felt like something was stuck in her throat. How could she possibly eat?
“Look at this, it’s obviously not from this era. If the children see it, won’t they be suspicious?”
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