Chapter 21: So Poor, Sharing a Sweet Potato

What a joke, who doesn’t know the current state of the household? Save wherever possible.

It’s important to remember… 【Transmigrators come with their own halo】

Juanjuan: Father and Mother are quite in sync.

After seeing the Physician off, the room fell into an eerie silence once more.

Jiang Dai stood by the bed, worried as she looked at Da Mao, who was still unconscious.

Bai Tian was fretting over the one and a half taels of silver in his hand. Originally, they had three taels, but five hundred coins had been given to the Wang Family next door, and another tael had just been spent on the consultation and medicine fees.

“Father, Mother, the Sweet Potato is ready.”

At the door, Juanjuan held a pitch-black object in her hands.

【This sooty thing is actually called a Sweet Potato?】

The Eldest Brother’s voice sounded a bit muffled in her ears.

Bai Yunqi, who had never seen a Sweet Potato in the Immortal Cultivation World, was curious. Who was he? A favored child of the heavens, who had never tasted such mundane things since birth.

Bai Yunqi was curious.

Juanjuan was curious too.

The little girl looked up and asked her parents, “Father, Mother, how do we eat this?”

Jiang Dai squatted down, took the Sweet Potato under the watchful eyes of the children, and peeled off its blackened skin.

“Just peel off the skin, and you can eat it!”

Once the unsightly black skin was removed, the Sweet Potato revealed its enticing appearance, with a golden-red flesh that emitted an alluring aroma.

After all, Juanjuan was just a child, and merely smelling it made her mouth water.

It smelled so delicious, much more appetizing than the dry, oily, throat-burning, and slightly bitter Wild Vegetable cakes.

Jiang Dai looked at the Sweet Potato in front of her, then at the obviously eager children, and decisively divided the Sweet Potato, while complaining inwardly.

【But this Sweet Potatos are really too few, only two, and the other one has to be planted in the ground, not eaten.】

【But it’s okay, since there’s a Sweet Potato here, it means there must be more near Niantao Village, just waiting to be discovered.】

【But this Sweet Potato was found in a corner of the cluttered storage room, who knows who brought it back.】

“Here, you three, each have a little, and save the rest for Da Mao when he wakes up, okay?”

Fortunately, the Sweet Potato wasn’t too small, but once divided, it was just enough for the children to have a taste.

Jiang Dai really wanted to eat it too, but she couldn’t bring herself to compete with the children for food.

She could only comfort herself.

【What else can I do? I want to eat it too! But there’s so little Roasted Sweet Potato, and now that I’ve transmigrated, I can’t fight with the kids for it!】

After Jiang Dai finished speaking, she deliberately glanced at Bai Tian.

Bai Tian, as if enlightened, immediately understood: “Let the kids eat, I won’t have any.”

Bai Tian: 【Though I really want to eat it! But no! Bai Tian, remember, you transmigrated here to achieve great things!】

Juanjuan looked at her parents.

For some reason, she felt that her parents were like children themselves, clearly wanting to eat but still sensibly letting the younger siblings have it first.

Also, being pampered by her parents felt like this.

Juanjuan looked at the Sweet Potato in her hand, not small, at least not something she could finish in one bite.

Her sleeve was tugged, and Jiang Dai looked down to see her little daughter trying hard to offer her the Roasted Sweet Potato she had just been given.

The little girl said, “Mother, eat, and Father too!”

Jiang Dai and Bai Tian were stunned for a moment.

They hadn’t expected Juanjuan to think of sharing the Roasted Sweet Potato with them.

The two of them, who in their original world hadn’t even had children, let alone gotten married or even been in a proper relationship, were at a loss for words to describe their feelings.

It was just… heartbreaking, feeling that their family was so pitiful.

But what could they do? They were just ordinary people, never having properly farmed, and starting off in such dire straits.

Even though they were trying hard to find ways to make money, the family was truly poor at the moment.

In that world, most of the new generation were kind-hearted.

If someone treated them well, they would repay that kindness tenfold.

But if bullied, they wouldn’t take it lying down.

Jiang Dai’s nose tingled with sudden emotion, but a smile appeared on her face.

“No need, Juanjuan, you eat it!”

Juanjuan looked at her father.

Bai Tian also smiled and said, “No, Father won’t eat, Juanjuan, you eat.”

Yet the more they smiled, the more their hearts ached, filled with regret and reflection.

【If I had known I was going to transmigrate, I would have learned some useful skills.】

【I can’t farm, I’m no good at studying, and I’ve had a headache from math and physics since I was a child. Now, I’m not great at inventing either, though I was good at memorizing poems back in high school.】

【I’ve just graduated from college, so I remember some things, but I’m not as sharp as I was in senior year.】

【After graduation, I wanted to take it easy, but my grandfather insisted I stand on my own feet and kicked me out. I started a small internet company and did quite well with short videos.】

【But the problem is, where is the internet here?!】

Bai Tian felt utterly useless.

It turns out that transmigration is such a difficult thing.

Juanjuan looked down at the corner, puzzled.

There lay a spider quietly, and beneath it was a beautiful, intricate web.

Isn’t there a net right here!

“Mom, Dad, you eat!”

Even the youngest sister knew to share the good food with their parents.

Bai Yunqi thought he should follow suit. After all, filial piety is something worth praising.

More importantly…

【Mom and Dad didn’t eat the food from the youngest sister, so how would they eat…】

“Come, let Dad have a bite!”

Bai Tian watched his eldest son with joy and excitement.

In the next second, Bai Yunqi saw that a quarter of the Sweet Potato in his hand was gone.

Bai Tian never imagined that just one bite of Roasted Sweet Potato could make him so happy.

He patted his eldest son’s shoulder: “Good son, I knew I didn’t spoil you for nothing.”

【The little daughter has suffered since she was young, the third child just coughed up blood, and the second is still unconscious. Since the eldest wants to share the Sweet Potato, it’s fine if I take a bite too.】

【After all, when the eldest woke up, he still had the strength to squeeze the old doctor’s wrist! He usually eats the best, so eating a bite from him is great!】

“Well, the son offered it, and refusing a child too many times isn’t good; it hurts their feelings!”

Bai Tian and his wife exchanged glances, smiling as they tried to gloss over the situation.

Bai Yunqi, who had to pretend, thought: 【Actually, refusing wouldn’t have hurt the child that much.】

“Mother, Father ate Eldest Brother’s, you eat mine.”

Juanjuan lifted her Sweet Potato again, looking eagerly at Jiang Dai, like a concubine waiting for the emperor’s favor.

Jiang Dai was indeed tempted.

So, she steeled herself and took a small bite of Juanjuan’s Sweet Potato.

The sweet, sticky flavor spread in her mouth, and Jiang Dai felt that no Sweet Potato had ever tasted this good.

【As my mom said, we really caught the good times of a prosperous nation.】

【I really want to go home, I really miss home.】

Jiang Dai crouched down, hugged little Juanjuan, and quietly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Juanjuan remained quietly in her mother’s embrace.

Most of the time, she didn’t quite understand what her mother said.

But she could tell that her mother wasn’t happy now.

Her mother missed home.

Juanjuan quietly reached out and tugged at her mother’s sleeve.

She was a little afraid that one day this mother would leave as quietly as she had come.

But if she really went home, her mother should be happy.

Then…

Juanjuan would just consider it the best dream she ever had!