Chapter 10: Planting Vegetables in Space

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

When the sparrows hopped under the dustpan to dig for food, Jiang Hu quickly pulled the grass rope which pulled open the branches, and the dustpan closed down. This commotion shocked the other sparrows which flew away quickly, but some were trapped under the dustpan.

Caught them! Daddy is great! Daddy is so awesome!

Xiaomi waved her hands and shouted excitedly. Er Niang was overjoyed. “Hu, You caught them!”

Fortunately, she still remembered that she was in confinement and the children had just been born. She should not go out as it was windy. She took a step forward and hurriedly stopped.

Jiang Hu came out of the kitchen quickly, holding a patched sack.

“Er Niang, go back. Don’t stand at the door. Sanni is very heavy. It’s tiring to carry her. I’ll cook the sparrows for you immediately!”

Jiang Hu couldn’t care less about the sprouts in the field. He stepped on the sack and knelt on the ground. He opened a small crack in the dustpan and reached in. He quickly grabbed a few sparrows and placed them in the sack to step on again before continuing.

Unfortunately, before Xiaomi could see how many sparrows there were, Er Niang carried her back to the bed.

“Sanni, when I eat the sparrow, you and Little Brother will have more milk to drink.” Er Niang placed Xiaomi by the bed happily and habitually checked her Fourth Brother’s breathing before waking Dawa and Erni.

Hearing that their father caught some sparrows, the siblings immediately woke up.

“Really? Really? Daddy is so powerful! I’ll help Daddy catch sparrows!” Dawa put on his clothes and ran out.

Erni was a step behind, but after greeting her mother, she hurried out.

“Father, how many did you catch? Let me help you!” Dawa’s voice was extremely excited.

“You came at the right time. Dawa, come over. I’ll teach you. Erni, help me boil water. I’ll cook sparrows for you now!”

The two children immediately cheered. Although Xiaomi did not see them, she was still happy.

Great, now we can finally have a bite of meat at home. Even if the sparrow is small, it’s better than nothing.

Er Niang sat back on the bed and saw Xiaomi’s big eyes rolling around. She couldn’t help but laugh. “Xiaomi is happy for Daddy, right?”

That’s right, that’s right. If Daddy finds meat to eat, the family won’t be hungry all the time!

Xiaomi responded with “Ahh! Ahh!”. Finally, she could stop worrying that her family would go hungry. There were a lot of sparrows, and they were very, very easy to catch!

He must have been woken up by his sister’s voice. Bruiser woke up with a groan. When Xiaomi heard this voice, she was anxious for her parents.

The kitten-like meows and cries were useless. If they were a little further away, they would probably not be able to hear him.

“Bruiser, you’re awake. Let me hug you.” Er Niang carried him and changed his diapers and touched his face.

Xiaomi realized that ever since her parents gave him a name, she often called him Bruiser instead of Siwa. Could it be that she felt that calling him more would make her younger brother as healthy as a bruiser?

Tsk tsk. Xiaomi looked sympathetically at her younger brother who was being carried by her mother. This was too pitiful. She wondered how long this name would follow Little Bruiser.

After drinking the milk for a while, he was not hungry, but he smelled bad. His diaper was changed and his little butt wiped. Then his mother kissed and hugged him. Little Bruiser quickly fell asleep again.

The little guy was delicate and weak. Other than eating, he slept. He was not as meddlesome as his sister. She would babble non-stop as long as she woke up.

When Little Bruiser went back to sleep, Xiaomi kept making her mother laugh, until there was a burst of excited exclamations from outside the house.

“Brother must have caught the sparrow too. Does Xiaomi want to see it too? Mother will bring you to see it.”

As Er Niang spoke, she picked up Xiaomi and went to the door. The door was opened a little for some air. It was not facing the bed, so it was fine.

“Father, I caught them. I caught many. Come quickly!” Dawa pressed on the dustpan, afraid that the sparrows inside would run away, and shouted for Jiang Hu.

Jiang Hu hurriedly came out with the sack. Xiaomi’s vision was not good enough to see anything too detailed, but she still saw her father grab several times before he finally grabbed all the sparrows under the dustpan and put them into the sack.

That was great. There was so much meat. In the future, his parents, brothers, and sister would be able to eat a lot of meat every day!

Xiaomi applauded and congratulated. Er Niang couldn’t help but laugh until her eyes were full. “Xiaomi is also very happy, right?”

Xiaomi agreed. She was happy.

Er Niang held Xiaomi in her arms and looked at her for a while before going back to bed. She put Xiaomi away and took the straw mat again.

Although the roof had been repaired, the thatched cushions on the four walls were very old. It would probably be difficult for them to have the money to build a house in the next year or so, so they had to tidy up this small thatched hut.

When everyone entered the village back then, it had been abandoned for many years. The houses were all dilapidated. Even the two brick houses did not fare much better.

Moreover, after everyone entered the village, whoever entered the house first, that house would belong to them. Back then, because Er Niang was pregnant, they moved slowly. Only a few thatched houses at the end of the village were left.

Fortunately, at least the house was enough for shelter. There was nothing else to insist.

Seeing that her mother was busy, Xiaomi secretly fed her younger brother some spiritual spring water. It was easy to get angry after drinking too much milk powder, so she always took turns feeding him spiritual spring water and milk powder.

After feeding him, she closed her eyes and rested. In fact, she entered the space.

There were a lot of things in the space. They were all mixed together now. She had to slowly separate these things.

After being busy for a while, she became a little bored. Anyway, she could not take those things out for the time being, so she simply shifted her gaze to the additional courtyard.

“Can I grow vegetables in this vegetable garden?” Xiaomi used her consciousness to control a bag of cabbage seeds and brought them to the vegetable garden.

She tore open the packaging and carefully sprinkled the cabbage seeds, which were smaller than sesame seeds, on the ground. Two or three kinds of seeds were scattered over most of the vegetable garden.

If I can plant it, I can plant wheat and corn in the future. Then I can channel some spiritual spring water over and turn the vegetable garden into a paddy field. I can even plant rice!

The more she thought about it, the happier she became. This way, those dozens of catties of seeds could become many, many seeds!

She flew around the vegetable garden a few times and returned to the spiritual spring to absorb spiritual energy for a while.

It was only later that Xiaomi realized that using her consciousness to move in the space was tiring. At times like this, she could either leave the space to sleep or take a few breaths of spiritual energy.

Most of the time, she chose to absorb the spiritual energy. Anyway, after her consciousness entered the space, her body was also in a deep sleep. She followed Er Niang every day during her confinement period and relied on this space to pass the time.

After a while, Xiaomi regained her spirits. She looked at the small courtyard in front of her and was in high spirits. Speaking of which, I only saw the general situation last time. I haven’t studied the situation in this house properly!

She decided to just do it and immediately darted into the nearest room.