Transmigrated & Triumphant: Defying Destiny's Chosen One-Chapter 503 - 45: [Additional - for the alliance leader Qian Qi Zi Er] _3

"Aunt, you’re right. Our family is still short one straw hat—I heard there’s a commune nearby, isn’t there? Why don’t you tell me where it is, and I’ll go have a look."

The selection of vegetables growing in the family area’s personal garden is limited, and at this time he can’t get any seedlings, leaving the land barren, which just feels like it’s cutting into his heart! It’d be better to go to the village, even if he has to spend his own salary, he could at least exchange it for some seedlings.

And little chicks...

Da Dan grew up in the village, familiar with the way things are done around here.

These days, although chicken farming is distributed according to household quotas, who doesn’t secretly raise an extra two? They don’t dare let the chickens out of the yard for fear of someone having evidence against them...

They have 7 people in the family, and due to certain family circumstances, the army specially approved a quota of 7 chickens. They’ve got to start raising them quickly!

This way, in two months, they can start collecting eggs.

Collecting until the New Year, when it gets cold and the hens stop laying, life can be easier... delay any longer and it would affect things.

The little calculations in Da Dan’s mind clicked loudly, and he figured his aunt probably wouldn’t want to go alone, so he quickly ropes in Daya:

"Daya, if I can go to the village, I’ll help you ask if they have any homemade coarse cloth. Although it’s not nice enough for clothes, it can be used for quilt covers and sheets."

Chu River, who only understands buying expensive cloth without needing ration tickets: ...

"And for cotton batting tools, there’s no need to buy them myself. I’ll check if anyone knows how, and when needed, we can borrow or rent it."

Coarse cloth isn’t something every household has. Generally, older folks with a spinning wheel at home might weave a little extra — nowadays, daughters preparing for marriage need quilts after all.

As for the cotton batting tools...

Once, Da Dan watched someone bat cotton at home. It’s not hard, but really time-consuming. Especially without tools, you’d need to spend time finding the right bamboo strips or wood to make the tools.

Although Da Dan wouldn’t know how, just watching seems quite troublesome.

He thinks, by the time I do that, I could have planted another vegetable plot. Daya could have made another outfit; why bother doing it ourselves?

— From Da Dan’s extremely simple-minded time and money philosophy.

Besides, you don’t need to bat cotton every year.

Just borrow them; you always need an excuse to go out!

He believed his persuasion was very compelling, and Daya probably couldn’t refuse.

And in reality, not only Daya, but even Chu River was eager to go:

Her eldest nephew was improving so quickly now!

...

"Alright."

She glanced at Da Dan: "Take Gu Ping with you, it’s good for the two of you to have each other’s backs. Walk along the fence to the end, then around two hilltops, and there you’ll find the Victory Team..."

The Victory Team has three carpenter brothers, the ones they had previously collaborated with. Chu River wasn’t really sending Da Dan without a reason—

With the blueprints, they needed to order a new batch of parts from the carpenter siblings, and also make two bathtubs for the house, plus a foot basin...

A bathtub and foot basin may not be needed in summer, but they needed to earn money in summer quickly. If it wasn’t mentioned in advance, by autumn or winter farming busy season or when storing goods, the carpenter brothers might not have time at all.

Chu River sighed with annoyance—it’s too much every day!

When would she be able to have everything tidied up cleanly without having to lift a finger?

Like washing her hair.

Like taking a bath...

Thinking about this, seven or eight more ideas popped into her mind, but there simply were no materials available for what she needed!

So the ideas amounted to nothing.

Reflecting on the current hardships, Chu River sighed silently—

She has been learning to integrate into the local lifestyle and now really seems like a true local girl!