Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Chapter 849: Decision 849

Xu Hongbing also felt this was for the best. The rest didn’t say much.

Xiao Le led the children to set the table, fetch chopsticks and bowls, and even prepared soy paste and pickles. She went to the yard to pick scallions, washed them clean, and placed them on the table.

The younger ones were responsible for moving stools, and the children were all sensible.

Today, there was cornmeal porridge and pancakes, stir-fried potatoes and bok choy, and mixed wild vegetables. There were also some scrambled eggs, which were snacks for the men to accompany their drinks.

The four women cooked very quickly.

Zhao Tian brought out the liquor and fetched a scoop of raw peanuts, which were the best snacks with drinks.

The men sat at one table, and the remaining women and children sat together. The pancakes were not enough, so cornmeal bread was also available.

Zhao Xiaoling directly ate the bread and gave the pancakes to her younger siblings.

An Lixia saw this and felt very uncomfortable.

Although she wasn’t very nice to any of the children, she treated them all the same.

Seeing her sensible eldest granddaughter and looking at her eldest daughter-in-law, who also voluntarily ate the bread, she really didn’t know what to say. Everything was good about her, just that she couldn’t figure things out herself, and it was unfair to her granddaughters.

"Yuanyuan really has skills. Brother, when you go over this time, ask Xiao Li for Yuanyuan’s address, I want to write to her too."

"Alright, I’ll get the address."

Everyone in the family knew that only Xiao Li and Su Yuanyuan had the best relationship.

People are just like that, even rich relatives live far away.

The family happily finished their meal and left. In more than ten days, it would be time to harvest in the autumn. The most tiring time of the year was coming.

Actually, it was nothing. Even if it was tiring, seeing the harvest, everyone was still willing. Zhao Qingxiang’s family went home, and the two daughters immediately went to boil water, as the whole family needed to take baths.

At this time, Xiao Ling bathed her little sister, as it was too late and the little girl was also sleepy.

After everything was tidied up, the couple went back to their room, and the three children went to a room together.

After being affectionate with each other, Sun Yun looked at her husband, "Qingxiang, should we really let the two girls go to school? What about Little Hong?"

"The little girl is sensible, just let her stay home by herself."

"But there’re still so many chickens, ducks, and pigs at home. If no one takes care of them, and we still want to buy a house, we won’t have so much income in the future."

"Then you don’t have to go to the fields, I’ll do it myself. We’ll hire people for planting and harvesting."

"That would cost quite a bit. Raising daughters just to marry them off in the future, isn’t that enough?"

Zhao Qingxiang got angry. "Sun Yun, I don’t care how it was in your family, but my daughters can’t be like that. Don’t say such things again."

Zhao Qingxiang regretted it a bit. He absolutely couldn’t let his wife get pregnant again in the coming years. If she really gave birth to a son, he definitely wouldn’t let the two girls go to school.

How could that be okay? Daughters are also ours, they are also filial, and will definitely be good to us in the future.

What’s wrong with having no son? Having daughters means being taken care of in your old age.

Sun Yun stopped speaking. But she was unwilling in her heart, very unwilling.

She just believed she could certainly give birth to a son. At this time, if the girls spent all the money, what about the son in the future? Since she couldn’t make her husband understand, she decided to tell the two girls herself, not to let them go to school.

With this in mind, Sun Yun went to sleep. To be honest, she was really quite tired now.

The next day, Zhao Qingxiang didn’t go to the fields but went to the factory to deliver newspapers. When he came back, he started tidying up the corn bins, and the threshing floor also needed to be tidied again.

Every year, the two brothers-in-law helped sell the grain, and they really earned quite a bit of money. So, a lot of wheat was planted.

At lunch, Xiao Ling spoke hesitantly.

"What’s the matter?"

"Dad, I don’t want to go to school. Recognizing words and not being illiterate is enough."

Zhao Qingxiang couldn’t not understand his children. Seeing the two girls in such low spirits, what else was there to not know?

He put down his chopsticks. "Sun Yun, you can go back to your parents’ place."

The four people at the table were stunned. Sun Yun looked at her husband in disbelief, after so many years of marriage, he had never been like this.

"Qingxiang." Her voice trembled.

"Sun Yun, I’m telling you, in my family, the children are more precious than you. If you don’t cherish the three girls, they are my treasures. My children must go to school.

If you harm my daughters like this, I can’t keep you around." Letting her not be afraid wouldn’t work.

The four of them were looking at Zhao Qingxiang, and in the hearts of Xiao Ling and Xiao Le, they both vowed once again that they would definitely be filial to their dad in the future.

Dad truly cared for them. He truly loved them.

"Qingxiang, it’s the girls who don’t want to go to school, why are you blaming me?"

Originally, if Sun Yun had admitted it honestly, this matter would have passed. But her evasion made Zhao Qingxiang even angrier.

"Don’t say anything. You’re going back to your parents’, I don’t want you anymore."

Sun Yun was even more incredulous.

"Dad, it really wasn’t Mom who said anything. It’s just that we feel sorry for you two being too tired. We can read, so we don’t want to go to school." Zhao Xiaoling hurriedly pleaded for her mother. Although this mother wasn’t nice to them and looked down on them, she was still their mother.

Xiao Le just kept her head down and didn’t say a word. She was really fed up with her mom. She didn’t have the kindness of her elder sister, who still wanted to plead for her.

Zhao Qingxiang sighed, "Xiao Ling, Xiao Le, I’m telling you both, you must go to school.

If you really feel sorry for me being tired, then study hard and become capable in the future. That would be truly caring for me."

"Dad, don’t be mad at Mom."

Xiao Le still didn’t say a word.

Sun Yun saw that her husband was really angry. "Qingxiang, just let them go to school. I didn’t stop them."

Zhao Qingxiang sighed in his heart, "Sun Yun, I’m telling you, this is the last time. If you want to harm my daughters once more, I will definitely not want you anymore. As a mother, I’ve never seen anyone like you."

Sun Yun didn’t dare to refute anymore. The family continued their meal, but she liked the three daughters even less in her heart.

After eating, Xiao Le started clearing the table, "Dad, when we go to school, let Little Hong come with us. When we’re at school, she can stay home by herself, and when we’re back, we can take care of her, don’t worry, we definitely won’t trouble the two aunts."

"It’s fine, just let Little Hong stay at home."

The little girl, who was already two years old, could understand words. She hugged Xiao Le’s arm, "I want my sister."

Zhao Qingxiang felt a pang in his heart and looked at his wife expressionlessly, truly someone who didn’t understand priorities.

"Okay, let Little Hong go to school with you. Xiao Le, you’ll still go to the first grade, right?"

"Dad, I want to try the third grade. If I can pass, I’ll save on tuition. If I don’t make it to third grade, I’ll go to the second grade."