Chapter 111: Why Is It Them Again

Brother Dachui kept repeating the same few lines over and over. She could practically recite them backward by now.

Uncle Wang had mentioned once that this was called…

“Recite it fluently, even backwards!”

Listening to Brother Dachui say the same thing again and again—she’d rather hear her father speak from the heart!

“Chui Chui, if you want to see me, just go to the private school¹! Uncle will be there too.”

Juanjuan spoke earnestly, clearly trying to act like a grown-up as she lectured Da Chui.

Da Chui: …

He really didn’t want to go to school!

Studying?

That was torture!

Just looking at those dense black characters made him sleepy!

“If you don’t want to study, then be good and let Grandma take you to the county. Then you can come find me!”

Juanjuan didn’t want to see Da Chui so sad either, so she tried to comfort him.

Truth be told, she couldn’t bear to leave this familiar little home, or Grandma Wang, or Da Chui.

But Juanjuan knew she also wanted to go to the county, to go to school, to be with her parents.

Right now, she couldn’t even explain how she felt.

She wanted to go to the county, but she also wanted to stay home.

“Juanjuan! Time to go!”

Jiang Dai called out to her.

“Coming!”

Juanjuan responded cheerfully, then stood up and looked at Wang Dachui beside her. She crouched down and gave him a sweet, obedient smile.

“Don’t be sad! I’ll be waiting for you to come play with me!”

“Mm…”

Da Chui sniffled, but he still looked unhappy.

Juanjuan secretly handed him some preserved fruit she hadn’t eaten over the past few days. “These are my favorite. You can have them!”

With that, she ran over to her mother’s side.

She then heard her mother say to Grandma Wang, “Auntie, that sweet potato I told you about—if you dig some up, you can eat them right away. Steam them, boil them, roast them—they’re all good.”

“Alright!”

Granny Wang agreed readily, though she was a bit puzzled inside.

That sweet potato Jiang Dai had shown her earlier…

She’d lived in Niantao Village for so many years, and this was the first time she’d seen something like that. Even when digging for wild vegetables, she’d never come across it.

Jiang Dai had even given her a few. She figured she’d ask her daughter-in-law later if she’d ever seen them before.

Off to the side, Bai Yun’an: …

【If Granny Wang had seen sweet potatoes before, now that would be strange.】

【Sigh… Does this lady really think sweet potatoes are native to this place?】

【Even if there were sweet potatoes in ancient times, could they possibly compare to the ones cultivated over several generations with spatial storage tech?】

Bai Yun’an sat on the ox cart, looking calm and harmless on the outside, but his thoughts were a far cry from his expression.

Juanjuan had already been picked up by her father and placed next to her third brother.

“Keep an eye on your siblings. Don’t let them fall off.”

Bai Tian instructed his eldest son, who was sitting on the ox cart.

Bai Yunqi patted his chest confidently. “Don’t worry, Dad. Leave it to me!”

Bai Tian: …

【I don’t know why, but looking at my eldest like this gives me a bad feeling. Not that he’s unreliable, exactly… just feels like he’s setting up a flag² that’s about to fall.】

Since the ox cart was loaded with things, it moved slowly.

Bai Tian and Jiang Dai chose to walk alongside the cart, letting the four children ride.

It took nearly an hour before they finally entered the county.

They were almost at their new home.

Just then, the ox cart suddenly jolted to a stop. The three “big shots” sitting on the cart didn’t even flinch.

But the actual four-year-old toppled forward, tumbling straight off the cart—only to instinctively grab hold of her brothers on either side.

Bai Yun’an and Bai Yunxing moved in perfect sync, each grabbing an arm and pulling the little one back up.

Juanjuan steadied herself, then curiously peeked through a gap to see what was going on up ahead.

And then she saw a familiar face.

“Why is it them again…”

Translator’s Notes