Chapter 9: Catching Sparrows

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The most practical things in the space were definitely the assortment of seeds. Back then, she had swept through the inventory of the warehouse. There were many seeds for planting grains, vegetables, and flowers.

It’s not worth it to waste such a big space. Xiaomi controlled herself and slowly sorted the resources in the space.

Shanghai Green? Vegetables, over there. Sunflower? Over here. Western ginseng? Wow, there’s actually ginseng. It’s a precious item. If it’s cultivated, it’s worth a lot of money!

She quickly put the western ginseng seeds aside, but soon, Xiaomi realized that she had been too excited. There were still Lingzhi mushroom mold, ginseng seeds from the Changbai Mountains, Snow Lotus and Solomon’s Seals seeds, and so on. There was everything!

In the end, Xiaomi became apathetic.

But what she was happiest with were the rice and wheat and corn seeds.

“That’s great. I finally found them! These are hybrid seeds modified by great people. They can produce more than a thousand kilograms per mu!”

Xiaomi carefully placed the three bags of seeds that were 20 catties each. These were the most valuable things.

Those rare herbs could be exchanged for some silver at most, but if these seeds were used well, they could support the population of a country!

If she remembered correctly, most of the wars and calamities in history originated from scarcity of food.

Moreover, from the information she had gathered over the past few days, her parents had fled from war. Although it was temporarily peaceful now, the Imperial Court did not have much food. When they settled down, the family of four only received 20 catties of food.

From this, it could be seen that no matter which dynasty this was, food was definitely scarce.

She touched the three bags of seeds like they were precious treasures and said to them foolishly, “Don’t be anxious. Wait for me for another two years. I’ll definitely let you see the light of day again.”

After making a fool of herself, Xiaomi looked at the supplies again. “If I remember correctly, I saw sweet potatoes and potatoes at the supermarket back then.”

After all, the things in this space would look the same when they were taken out. She did not have to worry about them deteriorating at all.

However, in her previous life, she had originally categorized these supplies. But, probably because she had transmigrated, these things were all mixed together and had to be re-categorized again.

She was about to continue working when she heard her mother’s voice. “Why isn’t Sanni moving? Sanni, Sanni?”

Xiaomi hurriedly retreated from the space and opened her eyes to smile at her mother. Mother, I’m looking at something that can support our family.

Seeing Xiaomi shouting and laughing, Er Niang was relieved. She picked up Xiaomi and leaned against the wall. “Sanni, drink some milk. After drinking it, you can sleep with Daddy.”

Xiaomi did not stand on ceremony. She took large gulps of the bland milk. It did not taste good. It was no different from drinking water. The main reason was that her mother was eating poorly to begin with, even though Xiaomi secretly fed her milk powder every day.

However, Xiaomi also knew that the benefits of breast milk could not be completely replaced by milk powder. It was said that babies who had drunk breast milk had better immunity than those who only drank milk powder.

Therefore, she still had to drink it. She could not be too polite.

After drinking half of it, Xiaomi was only half full. However, she pretended that she had had enough and babbled that she wanted to sleep.

She still had to go back to the space to brew milk powder. She had forgotten to give her younger brother milk powder earlier.

“Sanni, are you full? Do you want some more?” Er Niang changed Xiaomi’s position, but Xiaomi dodged her.

I’m not eating anymore. I’m almost done eating here. If I eat any more, you’ll feel terrible!

Xiaomi babbled “Ah Ah Ah” to refuse.

Er Niang had no choice but to hand Xiaomi over to Jiang Hu. “Say, Sanni is so much bigger than Bruiser. Why does she eat as little as Bruiser?”

Hearing the name ‘Bruiser’, Xiaomi couldn’t help but want to laugh. She couldn’t help spitting out a few bubbles.

When her younger brother grew up, this would definitely be a dark history! She had to call him by this name a few times in the future!

When Jiang Hu saw Xiaomi’s bright smile, he immediately felt his heart melt. “It’s fine. Look at how good Sanni is. She must have had enough.”

Er NIang nodded. That was true. Although Sanni and Bruiser did not eat much, they had grown up well. They were even bigger than when they were born.

Er Niang covered the eldest boy and the second daughter, who were already asleep, with a blanket and lay down beside Bruiser. “It’s said that children grow up fast during their mother’s confinement month. Look, Bruiser has grown a lot since he was first born.”

Jiang Hu placed Xiaomi beside Bruiser and lay at the outermost area, protecting his wife and children. “That’s right. From the looks of it, we will definitely be able to raise Sanni and Bruiser well.”

Er Niang nodded. She trusted him.

Jiang Hu blew out the only oil lamp in the house and let Er Niang sleep.

Xiaomi, on the other hand, entered the space immediately with her consciousness. She brewed the milk powder that would be drunk every night before preparing to sleep.

In the middle of the night, as usual, she fed Bruiser and her father milk powder first, then drank some milk herself. Then she fed her eldest brother and second sister with milk powder. After feeding them a second time, her mother would carry her over to continue drinking milk. Then she would sleep beside her mother and to feed her and Bruiser with milk powder.

The night passed.

Xiaomi’s biological clock was especially punctual. She would wake up at the right time and would not miss the feeding time at all.

Perhaps because they were not so hungry anymore, everyone slept soundly.

The next morning, as soon as Xiaomi woke up, she heard the patter of rain and Er Niang talking to Jiang Hu.

Fortunately, they had already repaired the roof. Otherwise, they would be suffering now.

Jiang Hu covered his family members with a blanket. As soon as he woke up and opened the door, there was the sound of a large number of sparrows flying away.

Jiang Hu was shocked. “This will not do, Er Niang, I’ll go and make a trap first. When Dawa and Erni wake up later, tell them not to come out in a hurry.”

As he spoke, Jiang Hu took the dustpan and the straw rope that everyone had woven last night and went out. He did not forget to close the door.

Xiaomi was also excited. Sparrows, sparrows, meat, meat! As long as Daddy caught sparrows, the family would have a better meal!

Immediately after, her small face was touched. “Sanni, you also want to see Daddy catch sparrows, right? Mother will bring you to the door to take a peek.”

Yes, thank you, Mother!

Xiaomi thanked her quickly.

Er Niang didn’t understand what Sanni said, but she knew that she must be very happy. “Hehe, let’s go. Mother will show you.”

Although giving birth had been a little difficult for her, it was not to the extent that she could not get out of bed now. Moreover, she had been lying down for a few days. Coupled with the nourishment of the spiritual spring water, she had recovered quite well these few days.

Er Niang carried Xiaomi to the door and opened it a little. “Come, we’ll go back after watching for a while. We can’t stay here for long.”

Xiaomi nodded repeatedly to show that she understood. Unfortunately, the words that came out of her mouth were all kinds of “Ahhh”.

But she saw that her father had tied the grass rope to a branch and used it to support the dustpan. It was a simple trap.

But in just a short while, the sparrows landed in the vegetable field in the courtyard again.