Chapter 11: Sending Sparrows to the Villagers

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The square courtyard house was small and enclosed on all sides. The spiritual spring was in the corner near the central room. It was a small circular pool with a spring in the middle. The spiritual spring water spewed out from this spring, forming a small fountain.

Xiaomi entered the central room first. Because she was too short, everything in the room seemed very tall.

Fortunately, she could still propel herself to fly. Then she successfully saw the plaque above the central room.

“Youran Residence?” Xiaomi looked at it several times to make sure she was not mistaken. “Strange, this is a door plaque, right? Why isn’t the door plaque hanging on the door? Why is it here?”

Not only that, but under the plaque was a long desk with two nameless memorial tablets and an incense burner. Beside it was a handful of incense and a match.

Although she did not know who the memorial tablet belonged to, she inserted three incense sticks into the incense burner. Then she lit them with the match and bowed politely three times.

However, she left too quickly to notice that when the smoke rose, it actually floated towards the nameless tablet and was absorbed.

There was nothing in the central room but plaques and memorial tablets. Xiaomi strolled around and went to the other rooms.

There were a few bedrooms, beds, and chairs. Unfortunately, her body could not enter this space. Even if she saw these things, she did not feel anything.

There were also two other empty rooms. She guessed that they were storage spaces.

But what surprised Xiaomi the most was that there was a pharmacy-like room near the door.

It had rows of cabinets. There were many small drawers on each cabinet, and the drawers was empty.

“Are these for storing things?” Xiaomi muttered to herself. Then she went outside and brought over a bag of seeds. She opened the packaging and poured the seeds into a drawer. A second later, something magical happened.

A few words slowly appeared in the blank space of the drawer: Moonlight Grass.

Her eyes widened. “Impressive. You can even recognize it automatically!”

At the same time, the packet in her hand slowly disappeared.

She continued to stare. “And clear the trash!”

It was amazing. The changes in space were too amazing!

Just as Xiaomi was in high spirits and was about to continue bringing in all the seeds, she felt someone tugging at her.

As soon as she came out of the space, she heard her father say, “Er Niang, why is there no movement every time Sanni sleeps? She’s heavier than Bruiser.”

She even felt her arms being pulled up.

Xiaomi closed her eyes and punched him. Then she opened her eyes and glared at him. Stinky Daddy, you’re disturbing me from my work!

Jiang Hu saw that his daughter had woken up and immediately chuckled. “She’s awake, she’s awake. Er Niang, look, Sanni is awake.”

Er Niang was holding a bowl. Xiaomi could smell the broth in the air. So it had been so long. Her father had even cooked the sparrow meat.

Er Niang glared at Jiang Hu. “The child is sleeping well. Why did you wake her up?”

Jiang Hu picked Xiaomi up and showed her Er Niang’s bowl. “Sanni, look. Father cooked broth for Mother. Now you and your brother can eat more.”

Er Niang’s bowl was half-filled with meat. The sparrow had its head, internal organs, and claws removed. After its feathers were plucked, there was at most half a piece of meat, or even less.

There were at least three or four sparrows in Er Niang’s bowl.

Relishing the taste, Er Niang almost chewed the bones. It seemed that Jiang Hu had spent a long time cooking them.

Daddy, you’ve worked hard. Xiaomi loves you!

She blew bubbles at Jiang Hu happily.

She had grown up in the orphanage in her previous life. Although the granny dean treated them very well, there were too many children in the orphanage.

Although her family was very poor after being reborn, this hardship made her understand the sincerity of family relationships.

Her parents were loving and close. She liked such a family.

“Haha, Xiaomi wants to eat it too, right? When Xiaomi grows up, Daddy will cook it for you!” Jiang Hu laughed even louder.

Er Niang looked at the one-sided communication between the father and daughter and smiled warmly. Then she saw Siwa on the bed and reached out to touch him to let him know that his parents had not forgotten him.

It was not that they did not like Siwa but he slept with his eyes closed most of the day. Unless he was hungry or his butt was uncomfortable, he rarely woke up.

In contrast, Xiaomi was either looking around with wide eyes, blowing bubbles, or babbling as if she was talking.

This was also why Er Niang and Jiang Hu liked to tease her. No matter what she said to Xiaomi, she would get a babbling response, as if she could understand it.

Jiang Hu waited until Er Niang had finished eating before carrying the empty bowl out. Perhaps because he had caught a few sparrows, Jiang Hu felt the weight on his shoulders decrease greatly, and even his footsteps became much lighter.

The two children were eating in the kitchen. When Jiang Hu returned, the two of them were finishing the meat in their bowls.

There was also a small bowl on the table. It was as much as theirs and less than Second Mother’s. However, the two children did not want it after they finished eating. They did not covet the bowls on the table at all.

Instead, he looked at Jiang Hu excitedly. “Dad, are we going to catch more sparrows later? It’s so easy to catch sparrows. We’ll have meat to eat in the future.”

Jiang Hu nodded vigorously. “Catch them!

“You can catch them based on what I just taught you, Father will send two sparrows to everyone in the village.”

Dawa looked crestfallen. “Why, Father? It wasn’t easy for us to catch them.”

This was meat. He couldn’t bear to give it to anyone.

Jiang Hu rubbed Dawa’s head. “Dawa, the villagers sent us so many wild vegetables a few days ago. Also, in the past, everyone took good care of our family. We have to remember their kindness, understand?”

Dawa seemed not to understand, but he understood at last. They are good to us, so we have to be good to them.

“I understand, Father. Then send it to the others. My sister and I will continue to catch birds at home!”

Erni was still young and did not understand those principles, but she knew what she had to do. She quickly nodded with her brother to show that she would help.

Jiang Hu stroked Erni’s head again. “Good girl. I’ll cook meat every day from now on.”

The two children said in unison, “Thank you, Daddy!”

Jiang Hu took a few bites from his bowl. He did not mix in rice today. He just added a little salt to the sparrow meat. After cooking it, he added the washed wild vegetables.

The taste was a little fishy, but everyone was very satisfied.

Since the sparrows had already returned, it would not be long before the wild rabbits, pheasants, and other small animals on the mountains slowly returned.

He had learned how to hunt in the past. When he caught some prey and sold them in town, he could exchange them for money and prepare thick clothes for the family.

Although spring had just begun, Jiang Hu was already thinking about how to survive the winter this year.