Transmigrated into a slave? I raised a frontier war god while pioneering new lands.

Seeing that he was going to be polite again, Xu Qinghe shoved the bun into his mouth before he could finish speaking. "What good can the food at the garrison be? You need to train your troops for battle. How can you do it if you don't eat your fill?"

Holding the warm bun in his hand, Shen Zhi felt a warm current flow through his heart as he listened to Xu Qinghe's words. From childhood to adulthood, it seemed that no one cared whether he ate well or not, or whether he ate his fill.

"Thank you, I'll leave the house to you now," Shen Zhi said politely before leaving.

"Wait!" Just then, Xu Qinghe suddenly remembered the cornbread from yesterday and quickly took out a handful of copper coins from her pocket and stuffed them over. "Don't forget to give them the money for yesterday's cornbread. Life is tough these days, don't owe them money for their food."

Shen Zhi looked at the copper coin that Xu Qinghe handed him, and this time, unusually, he did not refuse, but silently clenched the copper coin in his hand.

After Shen Zhiyi left, only Xu Qinghe and the other two were left at home. Xu Qinghe didn't rush to tidy up. While telling Shen Chengyue to close the door, she poured them warm water to prepare for dinner.

Just as Xu Qinghe was busy clearing the table in preparation for dinner, Shen Chengyue suddenly shook the water droplets off his hands and walked in. As he approached the table, he asked in confusion, "Aren't you eating chicken?"

In his opinion, something as delicious as chicken should be eaten quickly, since leftovers don't keep well overnight.

To everyone's surprise, Xu Qinghe replied without turning her head, "I'm not eating. I'll eat at noon. I'll have steamed buns for breakfast first."

Xu Qinghe believes that when you encounter delicious food, you must eat the best part first, otherwise the taste won't be the same when you eat it later.

Although Shen Chengyue really wanted to eat the fragrant chicken from yesterday, he also wanted to eat the soft, plump buns on the table, so he ate them with almost no qualms.

After spending the whole day together yesterday, Shen Chengyue had already figured out Xu Qinghe's habit: she had washed her hands before entering the room.

He was staring expectantly at the steamed bun in Xu Qinghe's hand. Xu Qinghe, unmoved, asked, "Did you wash your hands, little brother?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Chengchuan quickly reached out his hand and replied softly, "I washed it."

Those two short words astonished Xu Qinghe: "You can talk?"

Shen Chengchuan blinked his little eyes and gave a cute "Mmm," which made Xu Qinghe very happy. She turned around and gave him a big steamed bun, and then gave one to Shen Chengyue.

The two brothers sat side by side on small stools and ate their food, bite by bite.

The two children ate slowly, while Xu Qinghe ate quickly. After finishing her meal, Xu Qinghe began to tidy up the things she had bought. First, she took out a piece of cloth from the bag to use as a rag, and then she began to clean the grain jar left by the Shen family.

I don’t know if it was because we ran out of grain at the time and the grain jars were no longer needed that we kept them. Anyway, we didn’t take any of the grain jars from our house.

After moving the grain bin to the yard, wiping it clean, and drying it, Xu Qinghe began to tidy up the other things. Pots and pans were easy to handle, since there were no cabinets in the house, so they could all be piled up in a corner.

The problem was the fabric. Although she had bought cotton and cloth, there was nowhere to put the quilt, because the house didn't even have a mat.

Xu Qinghe carried the cloth around the room for a while, and finally decided to put it on the bed.

Wipe the bed board clean, unfold the cloth and lay it on the bed board. The length of the cloth should be slightly longer than the bed board by one bundle. Then use scissors to cut off the excess cloth. Next, put cotton on top.

Actually, laying out the cotton requires the most skill. It can't be laid out too thickly on one side and too thinly on the other, nor can it be laid out in one place and too little. So Xu Qinghe was very careful when doing this job.

But once the cotton is spread evenly, the rest is easy. Just lay a layer of cloth on top of the cotton, and use the bottom cloth to cover the top cloth. Sew a stitch about two fingers wide.

After sewing, you need to sew another layer of colored fabric, which will make it easier to remove and wash later without having to put cotton padding on it again.

After finishing the mattress, Xu Qinghe immediately sewed out the quilt as well. Although it was already past June, it was still a bit cold for them to sleep at night near the mountains.

During this time, the two children did not run around; they just lay on the edge of the bed watching Xu Qinghe work.

Xu Qinghe didn't let them sit idle either. When she couldn't handle it by herself, she would instruct Shen Chengyue to help her pull the fabric to prevent wrinkles.

Shen Chengyue found it intriguing and was willing to help her. Before they knew it, it was noon.

Seeing that it was almost time, Xu Qinghe bit off the thread from her hand, folded the quilt and put it away before going to heat up their food.

Don't be fooled by how late and large their meals are; children get hungry quickly, so Xu Qinghe has to cook for them every mealtime.

After a quick lunch, Xu Qinghe got busy making clothes again.

There was nothing they could do. Apart from her, who had a borrowed set of clothes to change into, the rest of the family—the three men—all wore the same set of clothes, day and night, until they were practically worn out.

Therefore, making clothes for them was an urgent matter. Based on the original owner's memories, Xu Qinghe decided to practice on Shen Chengchuan's clothes first.

The child is small, so we use less fabric. If it doesn't work, we won't feel too bad.

Shen Chengchuan lay down next to Xu Qinghe, watching her draw with the stone left and right but not actually use it, and couldn't help but ask, "Auntie, do you even know how to do it?"

These words immediately ignited Xu Qinghe's fighting spirit. Without thinking, she replied, "Of course I will." Then she put the scissors down.

Fortunately, Xu Qinghe had already done a lot of research before she cut the scissors. Although she had to take it apart and sew it back together several times, she finally managed to make a garment.

She was overjoyed to see the brown cross-collar short shirt on Shen Chengchuan.

"Chengyue, take off yours too, I'll make you one as well."

At this age, the children didn't understand the strict separation between boys and girls. When they heard that Xu Qinghe was going to make clothes for them, they immediately stripped naked inside and out.

Xu Qinghe, being a novice, didn't know how to take measurements or use a measuring tape, so she could only use the most basic methods, but she still managed to make the clothes.

After finishing Shen Chengchuan's, it became much easier to work on Shen Chengyue's. Before long, the underwear, outerwear, and pants were all finished.

Next, she made her own. Since she had a change of clothes, she didn't need to take them off. She could just copy the design. Soon, Xu Qinghe made herself a green dress.

Actually, she preferred pink to green, but in this remote and impoverished area, Xu Qinghe always felt that wearing pink would be too flashy, so she didn't buy any.

After finishing the three of them, it was Shen Zhi's turn. But Shen Zhi wasn't home, so she couldn't just copy his work. She could only make a pair of pants based on her impression of him and make a shirt when he came back.

The afternoon was over just like that. Seeing the setting sun, Xu Qinghe hurriedly moved the grain jar into the house.

Touching the clean, dry inside of the grain jar, Xu Qinghe poured the grain she had bought into it.