Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Chapter 133: 133 Broken Hearted

”Xiao Li, I’m going to heat up the food for them and I’ve steamed some vegetable buns for you guys,” Han Lixia said as she headed to the main room.

Zhao Yanli’s eyes turned red, and at that moment, Zhao Xiuzhen and Zhao Yanmei entered the courtyard.

”Second Uncle, Second Aunt.”

”What are you two doing at my house?”

”This is my second uncle’s house, why can’t I come?” Zhao Yanmei snorted, retorting unceremoniously.

Zhao Yanli just looked at her father, the person who was supposed to back her up, just stood there without saying anything.

At this point, the little girl truly lost hope.

”Hmph.” She snorted and went into her elder brother’s room.

At this time, the four siblings were transporting winter melons into the cellar. They also heard that someone had arrived outside. So, they moved faster but were careful not to make any noise.

When the five of them came out, they saw the sisters collecting pine cones.

Zhao Yanli was furious. She picked up a fire stick and directly headed to hit the two of them.

”Shameless! These were picked up by me.”

The two of them were older than her, but they took a hit. Realizing what happened, Zhao Yanmei rushed over.

Zhao Xiaojing saw her sister was at a disadvantage, so she also grabbed a stick and rushed over.

Zhao Tian sighed on the side, ”Stop it, Xiao Li, stop it.”

If Zhao Tian hadn’t said anything, Zhao Xiaojing and Zhao Yanli would have just hit each other a few times. His words only added fuel to the fire.

The fight became even more intense, ”A bunch of shameless folks. Dreaming of eating my things, I’d rather throw them away than give them to you.”

Han Lixia was burning a fire in the main room, hearing the commotion outside, she sighed but didn’t go out.

Zhao Xiuzhen and Zhao Yanmei were no match for Zhao Yanli and her sisters, who had sticks. In no time, the two sisters were wailing, ”Second Uncle, Second Uncle, you’re just going to watch them bully us?”

Zhao Tian was also quite upset, feeling like his words had no effect.

So he was about to intervene, but was blocked by his two sons.

Although it was already dark, there was still some starlight, Zhao Tian looked at his two sons blocking him, their faces expressionless. Suddenly, he felt deflated.

The sisters were beaten and ran off, leaving just the two sisters’ rapid breathing in the courtyard. It was unusually quiet.

Zhao Qingxiang looked at his father who showed regret, knowing he was regretting not helping his nieces.

At this point, Han Lixia came out from the main room.

”You five, come eat.”

Zhao Yanli threw down the stick, ”Brother, sister, let’s go eat. We earned this ourselves.”

The five siblings ate their meal in silence, while the couple just sat beside them. Zhao Tian couldn’t quite describe his feelings now.

After the five finished eating, Zhao Yanping got up to clean up. The remaining four siblings all left. The sisters felt for their big brother and second brother, who came back carrying a basket and three bags each this time.

Returning to the eldest’s room, ”Big brother, I’m going with you tomorrow. I must go to Jiangbei, even if none of you want to go, I will,” Zhao Yanli said angrily.

”Alright, we’ll go tomorrow. If possible, let’s just sign up ourselves,” Zhao Qingxiang was determined, but still a bit hesitant. After what happened just now, he made up his mind completely.

The main room was left with Zhao Tian, his wife, and the eldest daughter.

”Xiao Ping,” Han Lixia called out to her eldest daughter.

Zhao Yanping, who was washing dishes, sighed inwardly.

Knowing her parents’ nature, she actually agreed with her little sister’s idea, now that her parents were still young, really if they waited until they were old, it would be best to take them. Now is the time to leave.

The couple didn’t get any response from their eldest daughter. Knowing the kids were angry, Zhao Tian felt upset and sighed as he went back to his room.

Seeing her husband leave, Han Lixia also went inside.

Their house had four main rooms, the three sisters lived across from their parents. The two brothers had their own entrance.

Zhao Yanping cleaned up and went to the eldest brother’s room.

”Let’s rest for a bit, we’ll go at midnight, and we should be careful then.”

So the three sisters simply freshened up and went back to lie down.

Zhao Qingjie didn’t take off his clothes, lying on the kang bed, at seventeen he was also an adult now.

”Big brother, is it really okay for all of us to leave?”

”Let’s go, in over a decade, we’ll take the parents there. After all, we have regular jobs.”

”Alright, tomorrow the five of us will go together, if possible, we’ll all sign up.”

”Okay, we’ll all go, maybe without us, Dad won’t be so troubled.”

The five siblings didn’t know the time, but knew it must have been midnight, so they set off carrying their baskets.

They only finished fetching all the winter melons when the sky was slightly light. There were over eighty of them.

The five had already planned, today they would go to the county together.

Since they didn’t have money, they had to walk directly. However, even so, they decided to go.

In fact, Zhao Tian and his wife didn’t really notice the children sneaking out at night, mainly because they were too tired. Although many people slacked off, Zhao Tian wasn’t that kind, he still worked diligently, even more so than for himself.

So they didn’t know that many more winter melons had been added to the house.

The five siblings returned home, boiled water to wash up, and the two little girls boiled the water. Zhao Yanping washed all five siblings’ clothes clean.

At this time, the couple also came out. The four siblings softly greeted their parents, while Zhao Yanli didn’t say anything at all.

The family readied themselves and went to the canteen for breakfast, which was porridge. It was the kind with more wild vegetables and fewer grains, a thin porridge.

The vegetable buns from last night, the five siblings didn’t eat, so now they had something for lunch today.

Zhao Xiuzhen and her five siblings saw the five siblings, glaring at them like fierce chickens, but they really didn’t dare to do anything, just glaring at them.

Zhao Yanli now completely ignored them. It was best if it frustrated them to death.

After breakfast, the adults went to work, and the five siblings directly left. As the village wasn’t strictly regulated, no one stopped them.

It took them over four hours to walk from the village to the county. Zhao Yanli was actually gritting her teeth to hold on. To leave here, she gave it her all.

Having heard from Su Yuanyuan before, the five siblings went straight to find the place.

Knowing Jiangbei needed people, Zhao Qingxiang and his siblings all announced they wanted to sign up to go there.

”Only one of you is eligible, the other four aren’t old enough. You cannot go.”

Zhao Yanli was anxious. ”Comrade, we’re blood siblings, can we go with our big brother?”

”Even if you go, you won’t have a salary, no documentation, but in the future when you’re old enough, you can be transferred in.”