Chapter 10 Being Considered

Luo Qiao said, “Auntie, I’m so grateful for your help. I’ll do my best to live well and try not to cause trouble for our village.”

The Captain’s wife gave a few instructions and then left. She still had to go to work soon and suggested that Luo Qiao rest for another two days to fully recover before starting work.

When Luo Qiao came over, she brought her bundle with her, settling down in Qingshan Village.

What pleased Luo Qiao most was that there was a well in the Youth Courtyard, saving her the trouble of fetching water outside just to put on a show.

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Gao Suhua didn’t sleep well last night. She felt her younger sister-in-law made sense: bring the girl back, care for her for a few days, find a good family to take her away, and earn some money.

So, on the way to work after breakfast, she said to Zhao Pulin, “Head of the household, I think Chunli is right. We should bring that girl back.”

Zhao Pulin said, “Don’t listen to Chunli’s nonsense. We’ve already signed an agreement in front of the Captain and villagers. Aren’t you afraid of ridicule?”

Gao Suhua said, “What’s there to fear? Let’s just say we felt sorry for the Luo family and brought her back to care for her. After some time, we can say we found a well-off family for her. What does a young girl like her know?”

Zhao Pulin said, “Our family doesn’t do such unethical things. Haven’t you heard that the son of that family in Beipo had his leg broken? Luo Qiao is still so young. Letting the villagers know would make us less human.”

Gao Suhua curled her lips and said, “Then we just won’t tell the villagers.”

Zhao Pulin was somewhat angry, “Beipo Village isn’t far from here. Do you think the villagers are all fools?”

Gao Suhua pondered in her heart that she would visit Lu Yichen’s home after finishing work at noon. She didn’t believe that the little girl would remain unmoved after hearing they wanted to bring her back.

After Luo couple took Zhao Guibao back to the city and changed his name to Luo Bin the next day.

Luo Tianming and Feng Hui discussed sending Luo Bin back to school. However, Luo Bin refused outright, which frustrated the couple immensely.

Not long after the Luo family returned to Ji City from the farm, with Luo Tianming’s family of five and eldest brother Luo Tiancheng’s family of seven living in the government-provided yard, they found themselves short on space.

Luo Bin wanted to live with his two cousins from his eldest uncle’s family, but they were reluctant because the city was not as spacious as the countryside, and he also realized that the Luo family’s children didn’t seem to like him very much.

If the food wasn’t better than in Qingshan Village and Ji City wasn’t livelier than the village, he would have longed to return to Qingshan Village.

Meanwhile, Luo Qiao didn’t rest at all in the morning; she closed the courtyard door after sending away the Captain’s wife, locked the house doors and windows, and entered the space.

First, she searched the underground warehouse for some seeds, which were somewhat lacking. This posed no problem for her as a wood-element esper; in her previous life at the base, she had done a lot of farming work, so this was a piece of cake.

Now, with her power abilities still weak, she could only honestly farm in space. After planting for a whole morning, she only planted more than half an acre. Her body was really too weak.

Luo Qiao saw that everything that should be planted was planted, so she called it a day and prepared to make some food to replenish her body.

She took out some rice from the warehouse and put it in the kitchen to boil. She prepared it to cook a pot of fragrant rice porridge. She then put garlic, minced eggplant, and three fresh vegetables. Although there was a lot of vegetable oil in the warehouse, this body couldn’t eat too greasy food.

She found two small porcelain bowls to pickle some spicy cucumbers and sweet and sour radishes, readying it with rice later.

Just as she was about to pack up and leave the space, she suddenly heard someone knocking on the door. Luo Qiao quickly left the space to calm down, then walked into the yard and asked, “Who is it?”