"Oh dear! Mother, what are we going to do with the vegetables in our garden? There are too many for the four of us to eat!" Gu Xin thought of the family's vegetable garden again, her face full of worry.
"Xinxin, shall we use the cabbage and radish to make spicy cabbage and dried radish?" Gu Nian asked.
"What are spicy cabbage and dried radish?" Gu Xin looked at Gu Nian blankly.
"It's just for eating with rice, it's really delicious. If we can't finish it, we can sell it," Gu Nian said.
Gu Xin shook her head, feeling somewhat guilty, and said, "Sister, I don't know how to make the dried radish and kimchi you mentioned."
“I know how! Take me to the kitchen to find the seasonings, and we’ll start cooking after breakfast!” Gu Nian rolled up her sleeves and got right to work.
She now understood that the original owner never went into the kitchen and left everything to her younger sister.
The original owner's parents didn't care either. What village girl doesn't know how to do kitchen work?
She had no memory, so she didn't know that the original owner was indeed good at embroidery, and that her embroidered items could be sold for money, always being bought by Gu Shouxin and Cai Xiaolian.
The couple treated her well because they saw that the original owner's embroidery could be sold for money, and they didn't say anything to her even if she didn't do housework.
The mother and her two daughters went to the kitchen, and Gu Xin asked Gu Nian what seasonings she needed.
Gu Nian then spoke.
"Sister, we only have salt at home." Gu Xin said, holding the salt jar.
Gu Nian: "..."
Cai Xiaolian: "..."
Imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel.
Gu Nian took the salt shaker and looked at it. Oh dear, the salt shaker at home was almost empty, only enough for cooking today.
Cai Xiaolian took a closer look and was speechless.
Gu Xin understood what her mother and sister meant—that there wasn't enough salt—so she said, "Sister, how much salt do you need? I'll go borrow some from Grandpa and Grandma."
Cai Xiaolian shook her head and said, "No need, no need. Your father gave me an ounce of silver last night, we'll go to town to buy it this afternoon."
Speaking of borrowing salt, Cai Xiaolian immediately pictured Gu Xin going to the old house to borrow salt, only to be met with several sarcastic remarks from her aunt, making Gu Xin blush. Meanwhile, the original owner of the body, Cai Xiaolian, was hiding outside, waiting for Gu Xin to come out after borrowing the salt before scolding her for being useless, managing to borrow only such a small amount.
Therefore, no matter what, Cai Xiaolian would not let Gu Xin go to borrow salt.
Grandpa Gu was quite kind to Gu Xin, but Grandma Gu treated everyone the same; it was impossible to tell which son or grandson she favored. Oh no, it wasn't the same. Grandma Gu was particularly harsh on Gu Shouxin and even kicked him out.
"Mother, shouldn't we save the money to pay off Father's debts? Grandpa just said that if Father doesn't have any money in ten days, I should go to him," Gu Xin said.
“No need. Your father owes money himself, he’ll figure it out himself. Alright, Niannian, make breakfast first. Xinxin and I will start the fire. This afternoon, the three of us will go to Zhoujia Town together!” Cai Xiaolian shook her head and said.
Yesterday, the debt collectors forced her to give them two taels of silver. Last night, Gu Shouxin gave her one tael, telling her to use it to buy some necessities for the household.
Cai Xiaolian learned from the original owner's memories that one tael of silver could buy quite a lot of things.
So, she plans to take her two daughters to town for a stroll later.
The town is so close, and Gu Xin is already ten years old but has never been there. It's quite pitiful.
Gu Xin, who was about to go to the stove to start a fire, suddenly froze, then clenched her fists and said somewhat flusteredly, "Mother, sister, I need to go to the outhouse!"
Gu Xin ran out of the kitchen, went to the outhouse, looked around, and then opened her hand, revealing a jade bead in her palm.
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