Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine-Chapter 41 Cooperation

Having things to do made time pass much faster. When she went out to get firewood, she realized it had started snowing again. They were going fishing tonight, but the snow shouldn’t affect that.

After dinner, Hu Chunhua and her husband came over with their baskets.

The couple believed this girl had good luck, seeing as she had encountered two wild boars and caught so many fish recently.

Yuanyuan quickly got dressed. The snow outside was getting heavier, likely to fall all night.

"Aunt, let’s go."

"Yuanyuan, we are bringing a pickaxe and fishing nets. Is there anything else we should bring?"

"No need, last time I just broke open some ice holes, and lots of fish came through."

The couple didn’t know what to say. It’s not that they didn’t believe the young girl’s words, but it all sounded quite miraculous to them.

Yuanyuan also carried a basket, along with a specially made ice chisel.

"Yuanyuan, this ice chisel must be really useful." Yang Minggang could see the cleverness of this tool.

Yuanyuan wrapped a piece of cloth around her head like a scarf to prevent her hair from getting wet.

In these times, getting sick is really unaffordable.

"Yuanyuan, where should we break the ice?"

Yang Minggang felt he should listen to this girl’s advice on this matter.

"Uncle, let’s walk a little further in."

When they reached nearly the center, Yuanyuan stopped.

"Yuanyuan, let me handle this."

Yang Minggang wanted to try out the ice chisel.

Men work quickly; it took him less than an hour to carve out an ice hole over two meters wide.

While Yuanyuan was scooping out ice, she added a drop of Spiritual Spring Water. Just as Yang Minggang stopped, catching his breath, he noticed the ice hole already teeming with fish.

"Quick, look at all these fish, and they’re all large ones."

Even a grown man shouted excitedly.

In just a few words’ time, the hole was packed with fish, and the couple quickly responded by using nets to scoop the fish onto the ice.

Yuanyuan stood aside; there wasn’t much for her to do now. But after ten minutes, the number of fish noticeably decreased and couldn’t be scooped up anymore.

Yuanyuan squatted down, "Are there no more? I feel like there should be plenty left."

Sure enough, after a short while, more came, filling the ice hole.

The couple stopped talking and started a new round of scooping.

Now they were convinced. What kind of luck was this? Who said this girl’s fate wasn’t good? What does good luck even look like?

Yuanyuan thought two rounds were enough. More would make it less special.

Standing around doing nothing in this icy world was just too cold.

After this round of scooping, the couple stared at the ice hole for a while, a bit disappointed to find no more fish.

Yuanyuan didn’t care about them and started loading fish into their baskets.

Thankfully, Yuanyuan had brought a snakeskin bag. The couple ended up carrying full baskets plus a bag each back home.

Even so, they made four trips.

Yuanyuan only carried one basket back the first time, and then the couple didn’t need her after that.

When they returned, delighted by the big fish in the snowy courtyard, the couple didn’t even feel the cold.

"Uncle, let’s sell the fish in town tomorrow."

"Sure, they’re already frozen overnight. I’ll come early tomorrow morning.

And if any cats or dogs come to steal a bite, don’t worry about it."

Yang Minggang actually worried about unsavory people coming around, but he didn’t dare say that, fearing it would scare the girl.

"Uncle, no one comes here. You two should go rest and come early tomorrow, so no one sees."

"Okay."

After seeing the couple off, Yuanyuan went back inside, entered the space to take a bath, and warmed herself up. Only then did she go to sleep.

She felt like she had just fallen asleep when she heard voices.

She got up immediately, tidied up a bit, and saw the couple loading fish in the courtyard. They didn’t need her help, so she took the opportunity to feed the sheep.

"I’m going out to earn some money." She said, smiling, patting the sheep’s head.

Hu Chunhua wanted to go with them, seeing as there were so many fish that two people would struggle.

Yuanyuan leaned in and whispered, "Aunt, won’t my grandaunt be angry if neither of you are home?"

"Humph, let her be mad, I’ll get scolded when I get back anyway."

It was just past four in the morning, but since everything was ready, they left.

Yuanyuan thought about buying a flashlight today, isn’t that a household appliance too?

The three of them moved quickly. They reached the county town before dawn.

But the breakfast vendors had already started cooking.

"Uncle, Aunt, let’s eat first."

"Okay, it’s a bit early."

Yuanyuan loved the deep-fried dough sticks here, so she went straight over. The vendor, seeing their large fish, bought two.

The sky was just getting light. By this time, other people were coming for breakfast. Seeing the big fish, none could pass it up. After all, the New Year’s Eve was around the corner.

Over a hundred big fish, and they sold thirty at the breakfast stall alone. They were all about the same size, so they didn’t bother weighing them. Each was two yuan.

Hu Chunhua’s smile couldn’t be hidden.

"Aunt, last time I went directly to the blacksmith, should we go there again? Master Yang is really nice."

"Okay, whatever you say."

When they arrived at Old Yang’s place, they received a warm welcome.

Old Yang sent his apprentice to call people.

"Girl, no more wild boars?"

"Uncle, do you expect me to invite wild boars to roam around my doorstep?"

Old Yang laughed heartily, "Quite a few people are waiting for wild boars."

"Uncle, isn’t the wild boar worse than home-raised pork?"

"That’s because you don’t know how to eat it. They might not be good at other things, but they’re definitely food experts.

The fish recipe from last time made them so happy that they often wander around hoping to buy fish again."

"Haha, didn’t we bring some over this time?"

"Indeed?"

In a short while, a large crowd had gathered. Without much ado, everything sold out in an hour.

Yang Minggang and his wife collected so much money that their hands were sore.

"Uncle, we’re heading back. My sheep are about to give birth, can’t leave home unattended."

"Alright, take care. People buy fish even in the first month of the lunar year."

Yuanyuan nodded with a smile, "Got it."

The three went straight home. It was only ten o’clock when they arrived, but they were really tired.

A half-day round trip to the county.

Yuanyuan sat down to light a fire.

Yang Minggang and his wife counted money in the main room.

They totaled three hundred and sixteen yuan, more than the couple could earn in a year.

They directly gave Yuanyuan two hundred yuan.

But she only took one hundred fifty-eight, splitting it evenly and saying she wouldn’t take advantage of them.

"Aunt, let’s stick to what was agreed. I won’t keep you any longer, hurry home."

Hu Chunhua wanted to decline, but in the end, she didn’t say anything, having a sense of the girl’s temperament by now.