Lucky Peasant Woman: Raising kids and making wealth

Chapter 27: Not fat

Translated by: NekoCat

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 "Mother, it smells good." An An leaned on the door of the stove room, staring at the food on the table with big eyes.

"Call your brother to eat."
Gu Chunzhu beckoned to her.

An An immediately ran to the back room to call Xiaocheng, and soon the two children came hand in hand.

The meals on the table were also set, Su Wangqin put a bowl of brown rice porridge on the table.

The two children sat prim, after tasting the fried prawns, they almost swallowed their tongues. Two people peeled the shrimps, after a while the plate of fried river prawns was eaten by the family.

Gu Chunzhu ate half a bowl of brown rice porridge and stopped. She looked lovingly at the two children and finally, her eyes fell on Xiaocheng.

She mentioned the matter in the Su family. "Xiaocheng, you have to tell us if you are being bullied. No one in the world will protect you except your father and mother. You as a child can't bear everything."

Xiao Cheng head was low, Gu Chunzhu knew he had heard her since the chopsticks on his hand paused for a while.

"Xiaocheng, your mother is fighting your second aunt and is protecting you. In the future, you must listen to your mother's words. Be good to her"
Su Wangqin raised his chopstick and put some cabbage on his bowl. He also touched his head.

"Got it." Xiaocheng lowered his head deeper.

Such a big child was not so easy to win over but Gu Chunzhu will continue fighting the protracted battle, anyway, sooner or later, one day Xiaocheng will open up to her, because she is sincere to these two children.

After eating, Xiaocheng took An'an to wash their faces and feet.
Gu Chunzhu had time to sort out the things they brought back from the county, a pile of rotten leaves and three bloody skins.

She carried the skin and asked Su Wangqin, who was doing the dishes, "Brother Wang, does this have to be processed to sew a leather jacket or something?"

"Yeah,  Let me do it tomorrow."
Su Wangqin looked up at her and explained the doubts in her eyes. "I studied nitrate in the army with a master who handles weapons, It will take twenty days. "

    " So long! "

Gu Chunzhu sighed and put the skin aside, thinking that Su Wangqin learned so many skills in the military camp, it must not be an ordinary army, would it be like a modern special forces?

    But she didn't ask.

 Gu Chunzhu was thinking about making vegetable pickles. She had helped her grandmother many times when she lived in the countryside in her previous life.

If there is no salt at home, she had to buy salt and oil in the town tomorrow. Gu Chunzhu made a note of it and told Su Wangqin, "Brother Wang, I will go to town tomorrow, will you look after the children at home?"

    "OK." Su Wangqin didn't mind .

"I want to sell shrimps. I used to sell shrimps in town for 5 coppers per bowl.  I think there is still some left in the barrel tonight." As a family, Gu Chunzhu is obliged to explain to him. "Tomorrow I'm going to buy some oil and salt, this is the seven silver and seventy coppers we earned today."
(Tl: Im sorry, I translated it wrong. It was 5 coppers and not 1 copper per bowl of shrimp)

She said as she took out today's money from her arms . The currency of Min Dynasty is one silver for 100 coppers. 10 silver is equal to one thousand coppers.

"You keep it." Su Wangqin had no desire on controlling over money, he gave Gu Chunzhu the power to run his family.

After the discussion, it was already late at night and the two went to bed. The dog outside would occasionally bark, which was also very quiet.

After walking all the way today,  Gu Chunzu fell asleep as soon as she touched the bed.

She woke up early the next morning and didn't see Su Wangqin on the bed. She dressed and went to the stove room and saw that he was there.

Seeing Gu Chunzhu, Su Wangqin's eye burned like a small fire, He said:
"I steamed the meatbun for you."

"Leave it to the two children." Gu Chunzhu hurriedly waved her hands. She fried the prawns last night and did not give the children any buns. It would be bad if they eat too much.

    "One for you half for each children" Su Wangqin was standing in front of the stove, opened the pot lid, clippied the meat buns into the bowl and handed it to her.

Judging by his expression, not eating it herself would may make him uneasy. Gu Chunzhu thought that Su Wangqin's lame leg as a soldier was even more difficult to accept than the average person, he was prone to self pity.

She had no choice but to nibble on the buns, and the greasy juice of the buns flowed into her mouth. Gu Chunzhu chewed it with guilt.

She was so fat and refused to take a second bite. She put the bun and the bowl down on the table.

Su Wangqin's sullen face turned depressed. Gu Chunzu took his hand and put it on her stomach. This time Su Wangqin's wheat-colored skin obviously revealed a blush,  he was shy.

    "Brother Wang, I just want you to see how fat I am." Looking at his appearance, Gu Chunzhu felt like he was molesting a big boy.

"Not fat." Su Wangqin shakes his head, his hand lingered on Gu Chunzhu's stomach. The warm temperature on his palm spreads across her clothes. Gu Chunzhu's whole body trembled, she immediately pushed his hand away.

She filled half a bowl of brown rice porridge from the pot and drank it with embarrassment and after talking to Su Wangqin, she carried the barrel of river prawns on her back basket and went to town.

When she arrived in town, the vegetable uncle had already secured her spot, it was still the old position.

    "Sister-in-law, you have arrived! How many prawns?" The vegetable uncle knocked his cigarette rod and reached out to look at Gu Chunzhu's bucket, He didn't see alot of prawns jumping "It's getting colder and colder each day, there are fewer fish and shrimps in the river."

    "Hm" Gu Chunzhu didn't want to elaborate. They are all public rivers.

After sitting for a while, an old customer came, It was the auntie maid last time. She saw Gu Chunzhu twisting and walked over.

    "Auntie, come and see?"
Gu Chunzhu responded with a smile, thinking that since there wasn't many prawns today. If the auntie wanted to a do deal the same last time, she won't take her business.

Who knows this time, the aunt happily said: "Give me a bowl. Last time I brought it home alive and kicking and stir fried it with some oil. My cute grandson ate it. "

    " OK. " The shrimps in the bucket can sell three bowls at most. Gu Chunzhu did not skimp on her bowl, the aunt left cheerfully.

Then Gu Chunzhu also shouted and called customers, many came to buy. The shrimps was sold out within an hour.

    "Uncle Zheng, please help me look after my bucket and baskets. I'll buy some salt and oil." After selling prawns, Gu Chunzhu and the uncle had a good chat. She knew that his family lived in town and he'll get back when it turn dark.

She was inconvenient to carry the basket and the wooden bucket so she had to ask him to take care of it temporarily. Of course, Gu Chunzhu also generously gave the remaining five-tailed river shrimp to Uncle Zheng.

TL:
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