Time flies. Under the careful care of Tang Li, three years have passed in the blink of an eye. Tang Mianmian is four years old this year. Finally, she doesn't have to follow the adults around every day anymore and has some private space of her own. It's just that her parents have spoiled her too much. Oh, by the way, her name is now Tang Baozhu. After being called that for so many years, she has gotten used to the name and thinks it sounds pretty.
In recent years, Baozhu learned that her parents had separated from her eldest, second, and third brothers. The reason was that when her parents were pregnant with Baozhu, they were a bit older, and her brothers did not agree to her having another child, fearing the danger. Her sisters-in-law were even more concerned. If her parents-in-law had another son, and her parents-in-law were old and passed away one day, wouldn't that son-in-law be their responsibility? So they strongly opposed it, and her parents separated from the family in a fit of anger.
Fortunately, the older brothers are not heartless people. Every year they send them holiday gifts and retirement money. No matter how much their wives try to persuade them, they insist on sending these. Since Baozhu was born, they have breathed a sigh of relief and will chat with her when they meet on the street.
The original owner's mission was to survive this calamity and die peacefully in her old age. Baozhu wondered if she should run away with her parents, but the problem was where to run to. They would have to flee the famine in seven years, which meant they had six years to prepare.
Baozhu planned to bring the silver back little by little, saying that she found it outside, so that her parents would believe that she was lucky. Then she would trick them into moving. That's how she planned it.
Baozhu carried the small basket her father had specially woven for her, picked up a small shovel, and headed towards the small hill.
Baozhu opened the red envelope group. She hadn't really checked it in all these years, so she decided to say hello.
Farm girl Tang Mianmian: Hello everyone, it's been a long time! I finally have my own private space now.
Consort Su Rushi: Long time no see, you must be a little older now.
Farm girl Tang Mianmian: Now that I'm four years old, I can finally move around freely.
Interstellar Carlo: Considering our average lifespan is 500 years, and cultivation can extend our lifespan, four years old is equivalent to an infant. You must grow up well.
Farm girl Tang Mianmian: Thank you, I will try my best to live to a ripe old age.
Welcome newcomer 'Liu Meimei, the Cannon Fodder of the Era' to the group chat.
Farm girl Tang Mianmian: Welcome the newcomers
Consort Su Rushi: Welcome the newcomers
StarCraft Carlo: Welcome Newcomer
Cannon Fodder of the Era, Liu Meimei: Thank you everyone. Is this all? I thought there would be many more people. Please help me. I've traveled to an alternate 1960s and we're currently experiencing a famine. Please give me some food.
Baozhu felt that the Consort only had jewelry and ornaments, and the Star Alliance only had nutrient solution. Only she could help, and everyone else was probably just chatting in the group and hadn't seen it.
Farm girl Tang Mianmian: Red envelope
Baozhu gave 100 jin each of rice and flour, and my own was also given by General Manager Xu of Modern. It wasn't much, but giving so much already shows how generous I am.
Consort Su Rushi: Red Envelope
StarCraft Carlo: Red Envelope
Liu Meimei, a cannon fodder of the era: Thank you, Consort Gui, for the jewelry; thank you, Carlo, for the nutrient solution; peasant girl Tang Mianmian, don't be so stingy, only giving 100 jin (50 catties) isn't even enough to fill a tooth gap, please give me a little more.
The group chat went silent instantly, as if no one had been there at all.
Liu Meimei, a cannon fodder of the era: Tang Mianmian, a peasant girl, don't pretend you're not here. You're so stingy, give me some more.
Baozhu looked at the messages in the group chat, but no one paid any attention to her. She didn't know why someone so ungrateful had joined, so she closed the group chat.
Baozhu used a small shovel to dig up some wild vegetables, enough for one meal, and then prepared to go home. Before leaving, she took out a small bag of gold and silver jewelry from the warehouse and stuffed it under the wild vegetables. It was surprisingly heavy, considering how small she was. She carried it home with a heavy thud.
Halfway there, she ran into Old Tang, who had come to pick her up. "Old girl, what are you carrying? Look how tired you are, all sweaty."
"Father, I picked up a lot of things, but I don't recognize them. You can see them when we get home. I also dug up a lot of wild vegetables," Baozhu said, pretending not to recognize the things she had put there.
"Alright, Daddy will see what treasures my little girl brought back when we get home," he said, carrying a basket in one hand and holding his little girl's hand in the other, as they slowly walked home.
When they got home, Tang Li was preparing lunch. She saw some wild vegetables in her little girl's basket and thought that she didn't need to pick any vegetables. She took the wild vegetables out to wash them.
Who would have thought that as soon as the wild vegetables were taken out, they would see gold at the bottom of the basket and be startled. "Husband, quickly look where this came from?"
Seeing his daughter-in-law's panicked eyes, Old Tang walked over to her and was also startled by what was in the basket. Could this be the treasure his little girl had found?
"Close the gate, or someone might find out."
Old Tang picked up the basket, carried his little girl, and went straight into the house. "Baozhu, did you find these things in the basket?"
Tang Baozhu pretended to be clueless and said, "I saw it when I was digging for wild vegetables. It was very pretty, so I picked it up."
Old Tang happily picked up his little girl and tossed her around a few times. "My precious pearl is so capable. Does my pearl want anything?"
Upon hearing this good news, Tang Baozhu thought it was a perfect opportunity to ask her parents to move. "Father, I want to go out and see the world. I want to learn embroidery and I also want to learn to read. But are all of these things possible?"
Old Man Tang felt wronged by his youngest daughter's desire to learn something. To learn something, he needed to find a good teacher. Good teachers were all in the county town, and even better ones were in the capital.
Tang Li heard what her youngest daughter said and secretly made up her mind that she must learn, and she must find a good teacher to learn from.
"Baozhu, if you want to learn something, you must persevere and not give up halfway, understand?"
"Yes, Mother."
Tang Baozhu was eager to learn more, after all, who knew what the future held, and learning more would always be useful.
Seeing that her daughter had agreed, Tang Li looked at her husband without saying a word.
Old Tang knew exactly what his wife meant, but he avoided her gaze, still not having thought it through.
"Husband, please agree. I want our daughter to have a better life in the future. There's no future in the countryside. Do you want her to just marry any farmer when she grows up? How can you bear to do that?"
After Tang Li finished speaking, tears unconsciously streamed down her face.
Seeing his daughter-in-law's tears, Old Tang quickly comforted her, "I promise you, okay? Stop crying, or your daughter will laugh at you."
Tang Baozhu quickly gave him a bewildered look and then lowered her head.
"I didn't cry! Since you promised me, we'll find the best one and go straight to the capital."
Tang Baozhu was even happier when she heard that she was going to such a far place, thinking that she could avoid it when the time came. She just didn't know if all the jewelry would be enough to live on.
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