Lucky Peasant Woman: Raising kids and making wealth

Chapter 32: Change

Translated by: NekoCat

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"This was sent by second child, he apologized to me and gave this to add some dish for the children." Su Wangqin said with a confused face.     

Just listening to it made Gu Chunzhu sneer a few times: "What's wrong with them?"

Gu Chunzhu told him everything Qiu had done today, without adding oil or vinegar.

"How could they!" Su Wangqin threw the dough into the tub and rubbed the flour on his hands. "I'll send it back!"

"Why send it back? I have already asked Qiu to give Xiaocheng an apology. Besides, we haven’t taken anything at home, this bowl of pickled vegetables is not too much.”

After listening to Gu Chunzhu, Su Wangqin continued to knead the dough as if it was a tool to vent his anger.

After his dough was kneeded, Gu Chunzu's stuffing was mixed.

The busy work was done in the afternoon and the dumplings were cooked.
The two children were not so hungry after eating snacks, not until the dumplings came out.

They washed their hands and sat up to eat. "It's delicious...hot..." An An clipped a dumpling and delivered it to her mouth. Its hot juice flowed and scalded her tounge, she blew on it, her eyes teary.

"You're so anxious to eat hot tofu."
Gu Chunzhu teased her and took a white porcelain spoon, she scooped a dumpling and blow on it before feeding it into An An's little mouth which was currently too busy to talk.

"It's delicious." Su Wangqin took a bite and smiled happily.

Gu Chunzhu fed An'an and ate two dumplings herself. The dumplings stuffed with cabbage and pork residue was filled with juice and tasted meaty while the dumplings made with pickled vegetables and pork residue tasted a bit sour and refreshing.

She stopped after eating eight and put the dumplings in Xiaocheng's bowl.

    Xiaocheng lifted his phoenix eyes and glanced at her "You can eat it yourself, I have enough."

"You can only protect yourself and protect us if you eat alot and become strong. You are the pillar of our family" Gu Chunzhu extended her hand gently to touch Xiaocheng's head, he didn't hide this time.

An'an, who was eating dumplings looked up aswell and said firmly. "An'an also needs to grow stronger."

Su Wangqin scratched his nose, joking; "A girl doesn't need to be strong to marry afterwards. An An will just eat enough and try to look good."

Is he indicating that she was fat? 
Gu Chunzhu stood up and hummed.
She went to the stove room and put ten uncooked dumplings in a bowl, ready to be sent to Sister Fu's family.

As soon as she turned around, she saw Su Wangqin standing behind her, bowing his head as if he was wronged. "Chunzhu, did I say something wrong? I didn't mean to say anything bad, I was just joking with An An."

"Brother Wang, I am also joking with you, now I have to go, I will give these dumplings to Sister Fu."
Gu Chunzhu chuckled while covering her mouth, the other hand holding the bowl.

She isn't so hypocritical.
The soul living in this boding is a matured woman.

Seeing her normal appearance, Su Wangqin sat back anxiously and continued to eat dumplings, he kept watching Gu Chunzhu as she goes out.

"Father, my mother is getting better now." An An swallowed a dumpling and greatly praised Gu Chunzhu.

"If An'An is obedient, her mother will always treat her well."
Su Wangqin's eyes were deep.

Xiaocheng didn’t intervene and buried his head on eating dumplings, he thought: But she has become too much...

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Gu Chunzhu stood outside the courtyard door of Sister Fu and shouted, Sister Fu responded and came out quickly. .

Seeing the dumplings in Gu Chunzu's hand, she refused, "I was afraid that you wouldn't accept my course flour but you really brought me dumplings."

"These dumplings haven't been cooked yet. You can prepare this for Da Zhuang after his afternoon school" Gu Chunzhu knew that although Sister Fu's family live well, she was still a housekeeper that would leave good things for his son to eat, she deliberately brought uncooked ones.

Sister Fu refused "If Dazhuang wants to eat, I wont mistreat him as his mother ."

"You gave me vegetables seedlings two times before and there is one more thing I want to ask you today. Please accept this or i'll be too embarrassed to talk about it. Its something important."
Gu Chunzhu said this and Sister Fu reluctantly received the dumpling.

She stared at Gu Chunzhu,

"This is the case, I bought cotton and cotton cloth in the town and want to make two coats for Xiaocheng and An'an but my needlework is not good. Its getting cold, can Sister Fu give me some advice. Who should I look for to make clothes?" She frowned as she said the truth, she can barely sew a hole. It was difficult for her to make clothes.

Sister Fu really thought of a person.

she came in, took the dumplings and walked out with Gu Chunzhu. " Do you remember Yingzi Niang? Her husband died on the battlefield. Her and her daughter were dependent on each other. She learned from her mother who was also an embroiderer, for her craftsmanship... It was good. I asked her to make a [duo duo] innerwear before and she embroidered flowers on it!" Sister Fu's face blushed

"How much money do I need for the coats?"
Gu Chunzhu asked.

"It's a village that doesn't charge money, just send some brown rice, two pieces of coats may be ten pounds of brown rice."

Fu's sister-in-law watched Gu Chunzhu closely. She didn't know how much money her family earns. She felt relieved that Gu Chunzhu's face did not change much, she didn't seem to be reluctant to give ten pounds of brown rice

Ten pounds of brown rice would only cost her 30 coppers, much cheaper than the processing money of 12 silvers on a ready made store.

Gu Chunzhu smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll go get the cloth and cotton first. Do I need the brown rice ready too?"

"It'll be given after its done. Yingzi Niang does not want people to know that she make clothes, she has a cold temper and does not like to be in contact with people." Sister Fu told her while she was waiting outside Gu Chunzhu's courtyard .

Gu Chunzhu took the cloth and cotton and carried it out on his back basket.

After seeing it, Siste Fu's eyes almost fell off, she touched the cotton and said, "So many, you sure its for 2 coats? These are for two sets."

"Its two sets, I said wrong."

" I estimated it to be sixteen pounds of brown rice, the coat was a little more expensive but the cotton pants were simple and cheap." Sister Fu repeated the numbers. Gu Chunzhu kept nodding, she didn't mind at all.
Sister Fu continued: "I don't know if she has time to finish them all, I'll help you talk about it."

"Thank you sister-in-law." Gu Chunzhu followed Sister Fu to Yingzi's home

TL:

Special thanks to listenyeah for proofreading this chapter 😊

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