Chapter 220 Eating Is a Big Problem

Chapter 221 The Big Problem of Eating

Ye Shengge quickly returned to her room and took out six tea eggs and six sandwiches from her space, along with two bottles of milk. This constituted a hearty breakfast.

She then remembered her boyfriend and wondered if he would be able to have breakfast. For these people, eating was indeed a major issue. They couldn't possibly not cook and rely on things from her space every day.

Dad Ye also got up soon. He could still make some simple congee and planned to eat something casual.

"Dad, hurry up and wash up."

Ye Mu'en pointed to her sister's room. Dad Ye then remembered that his daughter had a space.

Ye Shengge packed a few large steamed buns and two boiled eggs in a lunchbox for her boyfriend, but decided he couldn't eat sandwiches.

Ye Mu'en snuck into his sister's room and sat at the desk to eat. He hadn't had a sandwich for breakfast in a long time. He finished his breakfast quickly, two or three bites per sandwich.

Ye Shengge didn't bother with her older brother or father and walked out with the lunchbox.

"I'm going to deliver food to Brother Zi. You guys don't worry about the packaging when you're done. I'll deal with it when I get back."

Dad Ye suddenly felt like his breakfast wasn't as appealing. That brat was already enjoying his daughter's delivery service!

Zi Yisheng had planned to go to Ah Can's place to grab something casual. As soon as he walked out the door, he saw the little girl smiling as she approached.

"Why are you up so early?"

Ye Shengge shook the lunchbox in her hand.

"I'm bringing you breakfast. Mom somehow got these big steamed buns."

Zi Yisheng smiled, took the lunchbox, and brought the little girl back to his place.

"Thank you, my little girl. You don't need to worry about my breakfast tomorrow. I'll just eat something at Ah Can's then."

"You might have to bear with it for these few days. We still don't know how we're going to eat at home. We can't go to Grandma's house every day. We need to get things sorted here, especially with Master and Mo Lin here."

Zi Yisheng felt a pang of guilt. They were supposed to keep a low profile when they came to the countryside and couldn't bring a live-in chef. Aunt Zhen didn't know what the situation was. If she came, it would be fine, as Aunt Zhen wouldn't speak carelessly in the village.

"I'll go to Grandma's house after work tonight to learn how to cook. You go eat something at Grandma's first. I promise you won't go hungry."

As for the others, she'd have to rope in her big brother and father. Someone had to help.

Ye Shengge didn't respond. She still had to learn. Everyone would be working, and she was the least busy. She couldn't let everyone wait on her.

"By the way, it's the busy farming season now, so do I have to work too?"

Zi Yisheng bit into a big steamed bun, which was indeed delicious.

"I'm sorry, Shengge. There's a village regulation that even children have to work during the busy season. The village chief said you only need to herd the sheep during this time."

Herding sheep, Ye Shengge was quite interested.

"Okay, I'd like to try."

Zi Yisheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the little girl wasn't unhappy.

"Later, I'll take you and Aunt Bai to see the village chief. Both of you will herd the sheep. It shouldn't be too tiring. You just need to drive the flock to the foot of the mountain. Then, drive them back after they've eaten their fill."

"Mmm, I was thinking of exploring the foot of the mountain anyway."

After Zi Yisheng finished eating, he brought Ye Shengge back to the next door. Seeing smoke rising from the kitchen chimney, Ye Shengge quickly went into the kitchen.

"Mo Lin, why are you cooking?"

Just then, Mom Ye also appeared from behind the stove, smiling sheepishly at her daughter.

"Sister, I'll handle the cooking from now on."

Ye Shengge suddenly felt that her family was quite useless. They had come to the countryside and now needed a child to take care of them.

"I'll learn too. I can't have you cooking all the time."

Mom Ye weakly raised her hand. She already felt guilty about waking up late today.

"I'll learn too, I'll learn too."

Soon, the kitchen was crowded, but Ye Shengge sent everyone away. The men had to go to the fields to work immediately and shouldn't cause a commotion at this time.

Ye Shengge watched Mo Lin skillfully stir the "gēda" soup in the pot, wondering why such a simple task was so difficult for her.

Zi Yisheng, Dad Ye, and Ye Mu'en went to the fields first. It was the first day, and it was best not to be late.

The two elderly gentlemen also got up and went to the kitchen to help wash and cut vegetables. Ye Shengge watched intently, memorizing Mo Lin's every move.

A pot of egg "gēda" soup, stir-fried two green vegetables, and a pot of steamed sweet potatoes made for a very hearty breakfast.

After everyone finished eating, they changed into old clothes and headed to the center of the village. Since everyone had to work, they would go and receive their tasks.

The village chief, the head of the brigade, and the deputy head of the second brigade were waiting at the edge of the fields. They were waiting specifically because Zi Yisheng had greeted them before going to work, saying that his family would come to receive their tasks.

"Uncle Hua, what tasks are you planning to assign them?"

The deputy head of the second brigade, Gong Zhengnan, looked at the village chief. He had received a gift from Zi Yisheng yesterday and knew that this family was being specially looked after by the village chief. He didn't dare to assign them tasks casually.

The village chief sat on a large rock, smoking the cigarette Zi Yisheng had given him, with a look of pure enjoyment on his face.

"Uncle, let me try that cigarette too!"

The head of the brigade, smelling the smoke from his own uncle's exhalation, felt a strong urge. This must have been a gift from Zi Yisheng. He hadn't received any cigarettes yesterday, and he wanted to try it too.

The village chief looked disdainfully at the two unpromising fellows. Reluctantly, he took out a pack of opened cigarettes from his pocket and threw one to each of them.

"Just one each. After you finish, no one is to ask me for more."

And so, the three of them squatted together, shrouded in smoke, making the villagers working hard in the fields envious and confused. The village chief and the head of the brigade should also have been in the fields, but why were they all slacking off?

"The people from the Ye family who will be coming later will be mostly elderly and children, along with two women. Don't assign them heavy work. That little girl is still in poor health. I plan to have her and her mother herd the sheep.

The two old men are also old, and they know medicine. Coincidentally, I plan to have them be our barefoot doctors. This way, our brigade will also be a brigade with barefoot doctors in the vicinity.

As for those two children, let them join the village children for fun. They'll get one work point each day."

The deputy head Gong Zhengnan gnawed on his back molars. This meant that the easiest tasks were being given to the Ye family. Today, the Bai family women were also assigned the easiest tasks.

"Uncle Hua, aren't you afraid the villagers will have opinions?"

"What opinions can they have? Don't they see how many strong laborers are in their family? They don't care about those work points and prefer their women. Who can have opinions? If anyone has opinions, as long as they're willing to take fewer work points, I can arrange easy tasks for them too."

The Gong family was the most numerous in the village, and the village chief was the leader of the Gong family. Even if there were some blind people who were not convinced, they wouldn't dare to complain.

"Alright, if Uncle Hua has arranged it, then so be it."

The village chief threw away his cigarette butt and glanced at the deputy head of the second brigade, Gong Zhengnan.

"I arranged for these few families to be in the second brigade because I want you to take care of them a little more. Absolutely do not make things difficult for them, or I won't let you off."