The place they live in is passed down from their ancestors, so it doesn't cost them anything.
They pay attention to their clothes, mainly because they need a presentable business. Compared to adults, children dress much more simply and casually, prioritizing comfort. They don't dress extravagantly, but they're not shabby either.
The Tao family used to own horse-drawn carriages and donkey carts, but they were all sold off. If they needed to use carriages or horses, they would rent them instead of raising them themselves. Moreover, they did not travel far, and their liquor business was only conducted locally, without venturing to other places.
So, when you calculate it this way, among the basic necessities of life—clothing, food, housing, and transportation—food actually becomes the largest expense for the household.
It's only natural that the Tao family eats well, but what right do the three Tang sisters have to eat and live with them?
Yes, they did work and handed over the million, but since they didn't mention it, they couldn't just not take the initiative. Their stay here wasn't just for a few days or nights; it was uncertain. So, after discussing it with her two younger sisters, Tang Cuihua decided to cook two kinds of meals for the Tao family: when they ate white flour, they would eat coarse grains.
As soon as the old lady noticed, she frowned and said, "What are you doing? This is a new society now, we don't follow the old ways anymore. Aren't you just putting us in a bad light? From now on, you can eat whatever we want. Don't do this kind of thing, we don't do that kind of thing in our family."
Tang Cuihua insisted, "Grandma, we've been living here for more than just a day or two. Although we've worked, the work we do doesn't deserve such good food. Really, we've never eaten white flour steamed buns before, but at home, we get to eat them four times a month. Every time we get those white flour steamed buns, we feel like we can't bring ourselves to eat them. If this continues, we'll feel uneasy working here every day."
Zhao Lingli also came over to persuade her, but Tang Cuihua was determined and wouldn't budge, saying that if they really did that, they would have no face to stay any longer.
That's when the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had no choice but to agree.
The three sisters grew up eating coarse grains and were used to this lifestyle. So even when refined grains like cornmeal and millet were available, they would not eat them. Instead, they would choose cheaper foods like sweet potato flour and sorghum flour. They did not feel that they were shortchanging themselves. On the contrary, they were extremely satisfied because although they ate ordinary food, at least they were full. At home, even with such food, they were never full.
Tang Cuihua also told her sisters, "This kind of life doesn't belong to us. We've never had enough to eat before, and we shouldn't have to have enough to eat in the future. It's okay to eat our fill occasionally, but how can we eat our fill every day? When we go back home in the future, won't we still have to live that kind of life where we don't know where our next meal will come from? So we can't make it a habit. Besides, we do much less work now, so we can eat less and won't feel stomach acid because we're burning less calories."
Zhao Di and Pan Di were not as decisive as Cui Hua, so they had been used to obeying their eldest sister since they were young. Whatever their eldest sister said, they would listen to.
Hearing these words from the girls, Xiao Jiu, who was being held in their arms, felt incredibly sorry for them.
She was born in a good era in her previous life, and never went hungry, nor could she understand the bitterness of hunger.
In this life, thanks to her sister's good fortune, she found such a good family. She has always had goat milk to drink and has never gone hungry.
But seeing her sisters go hungry made her feel bad.
One day, she was stunned when she suddenly discovered that she could actually swing the warehouse she had imagined!
At first, she thought it was a dream, but she was terrified when she actually pulled out a potato in the middle of the night.
"My God, is this real? I can really move things inside as I please?"
Unconvinced, she took out a frozen fish from her spiritual space. The icy touch made her quickly put the fish back in.
Did she bring her family's logistics warehouse over?
After digesting it for a long time, Xiao Jiu was happy because it meant that she would no longer go hungry in this era.
She was initially worried about not having enough to eat or wear for the next twenty years, but now that she has these warehouses, what is there to be afraid of?
In some mysterious way, her parents were helping her. Without the logistics warehouse created by her parents, how could she have had such an opportunity?
Happy little Jiu couldn't sleep all night. The next day, she was so hungry that she started crying. But her parents were completely bewildered when they saw the super-sized potato in her crib.
"How come there are potatoes here? And they're so big! Look, they're as big as my little Jiu's thigh! How can there be such big potatoes? I've never seen any like them before. Where did they come from? I didn't see them when I put her to bed last night."
Tao Changyi took the large potato out and asked the rest of the family, but no one said they had seen it before. The couple was even more puzzled. Only their son, who was drinking milk, secretly stretched out his little hand to take a look.
"Oh no, last night I was so focused on putting away the frozen fish that it took her so much effort. The fish was as long as her! She's small and her hands are small, so she couldn't get any strength in it. Luckily, she was able to grab it and move it. Otherwise, she would have been even more shocked to see the fish next to her the next day."
She had forgotten about the potato; she was so focused on the frozen fish and figuring out how to get rid of it that she completely forgot about the big potato sitting there.
These days, seeing a large potato can cause such a commotion in a household. Even a baby can't help but look at the sacks of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and radishes in the warehouse, and the cabbages and vegetables in plastic bags...
She wondered how she would feed her family when there was no food left.
Based on the Tao family's attitude towards the four sisters, she couldn't let them go hungry.
She has three older sisters, and she can't manage them now. But when she grows up, she must find a way to keep them here and prevent them from going back to that awful couple to suffer.
Crawling out of that woman's belly was the most shameful thing that ever happened to her.
She had never seen such disgusting people in her life. How could there be such selfish and lazy parents in the world?
Thinking about how her parents worked tirelessly day and night for decades, never slacking off even when they were worth hundreds of millions, I felt that Tang Cuihua's biological parents were a perfect pair of parasites, deserving to live in such a poor environment, because it was their own fault.
The big potato eventually attracted the attention of the whole family, the eldest brother said.
"I've never seen such a big potato in my life. How about we stir-fry it and try it?"
Grandma said, "Such good potatoes, why don't we save some seeds and see if we can grow them?"
Zhao Lingli calculated the days and said, "Mom, the new potatoes have all come out, it's probably too late to plant them now!"
Potatoes planted in February or March are generally harvested in June or July.
“Who says it can’t be done? If you plant it now, you can harvest it in October or November. I happen to have some other seeds saved up. I’ll find a way to germinate them so they can be used as seeds.”
Grandma Tao's words ignited hope in the family, and they could almost see the magnificent scene of harvesting plenty of potatoes in the fall.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com