Inner Thoughts Exposed: Reborn General's Farming Daughter Has a System
Chapter 42: Preparation and Village Market
Xiao Qingya wants to help her family in making money. She wanted them to be the richest in their village, living a fulfilling life.
Wouldn’t she be able to buy more delicious food in the future if they were rich?
But... that was also currently a faraway dream.
Seeing her mother and siblings become silent after her abrupt exclamation, Xiao Qingya became nervous. She waddled over to her mother, looking at her pitifully.
"There’s not much left in the pot. We can make more tomorrow and sell it," Zhou Anran muttered as she stroked her daughter’s hair.
Xiao Qingya blinked and tilted her head. She shook her head, tugging on her mother’s hand. Her other hand grabbed her brother’s.
She wanted to lead her somewhere, so after understanding her intention, they got up and followed her. Unfortunately, her thoughts were silent at this moment.
Xiao Qingya wasn’t speaking to the System like she usually did, so they couldn’t figure out anything.
Once they arrived at the place she was leading them to, the whole family was a little speechless when they found a lot of clay pots. She pointed with her little hand. "Soybeans!"
Zhou Anran opened the clay pot, and although she had guessed the items inside, she was still a little surprised. They were soybeans she had been secretly sneaking away.
The little one had diligently peeled them from the outer skin and soaked them in the water for around half a day. Yesterday, it seemed that she was busy with the soybeans instead of sleeping. She was only pretending to sleep in the bedroom.
Zhou Anran thought again. It seemed that the amount of soybeans needed to make a huge jug of soy milk—the amount they just drank earlier—was actually less than she originally thought.
If they really followed Xiao Qingya’s words about selling soy milk, they might actually be able to make good profit.
Xiao Qingya realized that she might be risking her persona as a child by revealing such a precocious side, but she really didn’t want to let go of such a good opportunity at making money.
Besides, now that she had awakened her memories, it was impossible for her to develop like other normal babies anymore. Her speech development might also improve faster soon.
"Brother, bring!" She pointed to the clay pots and the kitchen.
Xiao Fenghao twitched his mouth. He thought he was special since his little sister had grabbed his hand instead of Xiao Yuxi or Xiao Yuyan, but she actually only wanted him for a free labor force!
A little heartbroken, he could only sigh and pick up the clay pots. Xiao Qingya had hidden them quite well, putting a wide wooden plank to cover the traces.
It was also no wonder that the water in their water vat had gone down considerably. Zhou Anran thought it was because of her two rebellious children who had used them to wash their stinky hair.
Now, it seemed that it was Xiao Qingya who had taken quite a lot of water.
With four more clay pots of soaked soybeans, they should be able to make a lot more soy milk.
"Mother, we should sell the drink like Little Ya says!" Xiao Yuxi instantly supported their little sister’s idea. "It’s so delicious. People should like it. The color is similar to milk but it’s made of soybeans, a lot much cheaper than milk from animals."
"I and Xi’er can go back to the village market," Xiao Fenghao added.
Even though there are less people at the village market, they should still be able to sell quite a few cups.
"Alright, alright." Seeing her children so united, Zhou Anran followed their wishes.
She let her son move the clay pots filled with the soybeans to the kitchen while her daughters helped her to bring the huge pot over. They would need a bigger pot to be able to boil all of them.
The family of five worked together arranging things.
Xiao Qingya helped to pick the firewood from outside with her second brother. Her two sisters were getting rid of the water from the clay pots, and the mother was trying to light up the fireplace that had died down.
[My family is really the best, System! They don’t even question whether the soy milk is poisonous. They drink it without hesitation.] The little one bragged to the System.
Zhou Anran and others tried to hide their smiles, acting normally, but some actions still gave away their good mood. Xiao Fenghao coughed and his eyes crinkled in smiles. Others turned their heads away.
[Soaking and boiling the soy milk can help to remove the toxins away...] The System didn’t forget to educate the little one at times like this.
Others also listened, feeling even more sure they should try to sell the milk soy since it was nutritious. Although they didn’t understand things like protein the System was blabbering about, it sounded like a good thing.
One hour later, they finally finished boiling the soy milk and waited for a while until the drink cooled down a little.
They immediately started to make a plan.
"Mother will go with all of you," Zhou Anran decided.
They made four big ceramic jugs, which was approximately ten cups for each jug. Her children wouldn’t be able to bring them all. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
"I go, I go!" Xiao Qingya immediately jumped excitedly. If her mother was going, it most likely meant that the whole house was also going.
If it was before, they might leave her with one of her sisters at home, but ever since the kidnapping incident, they didn’t dare to let her out of the sight for too long. Usually at least two family members would accompany her.
"Let’s start preparing." Zhou Anran nodded, flicking the excited little one’s forehead.
Once they were done, the family of five headed to the village market. Xiao Fenghao could carry two ceramic jugs, so Xiao Yuyan could focus on taking care of their little sister.
However, the moment they arrived at the village market, the people’s reaction was quite unexpected.