Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Chapter 1693: Chapter 1693: Freedom

This time on the road, there was no rush as everyone was busy with the autumn harvest. The weather was favorable. The farmers had a good yield, of course.

When tired, they would find a place to rest for a few days, and sometimes they would go into town to taste the local delicacies.

Tan Shaoting, who was following behind her, found it quite interesting; it felt as if freedom had been unleashed completely.

These days were quite nice.

Su Xing already knew the two of them had left and thought he had never seen anyone as willful as them.

Yuanyuan didn’t know Tan Shaoting was behind her; actually, even if she knew, she wouldn’t be so self-important as to think he was following her, she’d just assume they were going the same way.

A month later, the weather turned cold. Yuanyuan found a small village where she wanted to settle down, but honestly, she felt out of place everywhere.

The weather was too cold, and it was inconvenient to stay as a guest at someone else’s home.

Finally, reluctantly, she had to head into the county town. Disguised as a man made things much easier, but staying at an inn for several months was not feasible.

She found a human trafficker and decided to rent a house.

Tan Shaoting had been following behind her, watching her arrangements, and thought that these were not things a lady from a sheltered household would know how to do.

However, she arranged everything so well—could it really be from reading too many books?

He also needed a place to stay, so after Yuanyuan had arranged her accommodation, Tan Shaoting showed up.

Looking at the person in front of her, Yuanyuan had an urge to hit someone, "Just passing by?"

Seeing her gritted teeth, Tan Shaoting suddenly felt particularly happy.

"Yeah, I also want to stay here for the winter."

"Haha, the human trafficker just left, you can still catch up." Yuanyuan felt she was wasting her breath. Turning away, Tan Shaoting quickly followed her inside.

"That would be too wasteful; let’s rent together. The house is so big you could fit a few more people."

Yuanyuan was extremely unwilling, frowning, "I disagree."

Tan Shaoting simply stopped talking. His attitude conveyed: I am going to stay here no matter what.

Yuanyuan was angry, acting petulantly by stomping and making noise, yet he maintained the same expression.

She was truly out of temper; although he spoke disrespectfully to her, his aura was still there, and she honestly didn’t dare to throw him out.

The more she thought about it, the more frustrated she was. She thought she had finally gotten rid of him, only to encounter the jailer again after a short spell of freedom.

Unwilling to accept this, Yuanyuan decided to leave with her horse in the afternoon, thinking she might avoid what she couldn’t confront.

Just as she was about to leave the town, she glanced back at Tan Shaoting following behind.

"What do you want?"

"To travel together."

"I don’t want to."

"You can pretend I don’t exist."

"But you do exist."

"I won’t have any impact on you."

Yuanyuan knew that this person would surely follow her indefinitely, no matter where she went.

Pouting, she led the horse back to the rented courtyard, figuring things out along the way. She would just pretend he didn’t exist.

Tan Shaoting was still following behind, thinking that making her unwilling somehow made him happy.

Yuanyuan went out in the afternoon and bought a lot of things; the firewood was delivered to them.

Grains, meat, and spices were also delivered by someone.

Winters in ancient times were really cold, but she didn’t want to suffer.

She never thought of buying any servants; she could handle it all herself and didn’t want to bother too much.

Tan Shaoting really didn’t show up; if she hadn’t remembered, she’d almost have forgotten there was someone else there.

Everything was cleaned up, and Yuanyuan lit a fire; otherwise, it would be too cold.

After dinner was prepared, Tan Shaoting showed up, directly sitting down to eat.

Yuanyuan’s chest heaved in anger; she was genuinely furious. Using her tableware, eating the meals she cooked.

Tan Shaoting found the taste surprisingly good; he underestimated this sheltered lady’s cooking skills.

They ate in silence. After the meal, Tan Shaoting took the initiative to clean up, and after hearing the sound of dishes breaking, Yuanyuan wondered if she might die from anger.

He made his own fire, thinking he’d handle everything himself, refusing her help.

Though they had been husband and wife for more than ten years, they hadn’t seen each other much. Now that they were both out of the cage, they were together again; it was truly exasperating.

In the middle of the night, Yuanyuan went into her space to bathe. This was how her days would go, but she refused to compromise. She cooked every single dish she had once craved.

Half a month later, she discovered Tan Shaoting slaughtering wild game in the courtyard; the wild boar was really quite massive.

That night, the two of them ate stewed pork bones.

While stewing, she sneakily added some seasonings, and the gamey smell lessened.

It was really fragrant, and the two normally self-restrained people ate too much.

Though they hardly exchanged words, they no longer felt as unfamiliar as at first.

Every day, Yuanyuan strolled the streets, buying whatever was good to bring back.

Every now and then, Tan Shaoting would bring back some wild game. Yuanyuan didn’t know he had such skills before, but now she realized he must be quite adept.

With two men living together, the neighbors paid a lot of attention.

One day, carrying a butchered rooster, Yuanyuan was stopped by two women.

"Please hold on, big brother," one of the women said.

Yuanyuan looked at them, waiting for them to speak.

"Big brother, you’ve been living here with your uncle for some time now, and there’s no woman in the house. Are you considering settling down here?"

Yuanyuan was taken aback but quickly shook her head, "Thank you, but I have no such plans."

Finishing her words, she hurriedly ran off as if being chased.

Didn’t expect someone to try and set her up with a wife?

The two women laughed as they watched Yuanyuan flee. Truthfully, if not for the delicious scents wafting from their home each day, and seeing them always buying good things, they wouldn’t be tempted.

This was what a wealthy family was like. Marrying into such a household would guarantee food and livelihood.

So what if someone became a concubine? As long as they didn’t suffer hardship, it was fine.

Yuanyuan ran home, feeling apprehensive. She feared attention in women’s attire, so why was it the same in male disguise?

Tan Shaoting had already known, with a smile on his face. It was genuinely amusing.

In the evening, she made shredded chicken and stewed chicken frames with noodles.

Tan Shaoting had never eaten like this before. Especially the shredded chicken, the taste was really irresistible.

"Tomorrow, I’ll go buy more chickens. I want to keep eating this kind of chicken meat," he said.

Yuanyuan didn’t nod, but Tan Shaoting took it as her agreement.

He went early the next morning to buy three butchered roosters.

Standing to the side, he clearly wanted to watch Yuanyuan cook.

At noon, he again enjoyed shredded chicken, finding it just as delicious.

In the evening, Yuanyuan used the chicken frames to make chicken soup. Cooking it for a long time made it remarkably tasty.

Su Xing now knew about their situation, surprised to see them together again, unable to understand why. However, they seemed to be living leisurely.

As long as Yuanyuan could live such a life, it was fine. As long as she was willing, it was just like she said: living a carefree life.