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

Shen Zhi was starving after all that fuss. Seeing the tender and delicious pork knuckle rice in the bowl, he didn't bother to say anything and started stuffing the food into his mouth.

Seeing how hungry he was, Xu Qinghe subconsciously pushed the pork knuckle rice next to her toward him.

After finishing one bowl of rice, Shen Zhi picked up another and ate four bowls in a row before stopping. He then said to Xu Qinghe, "I've been promoted to centurion."

Xu Qinghe was taken aback. "What's wrong?"

Seeing that she didn't understand, Shen Zhi quietly said, "The wages will be higher."

Xu Qinghe was immediately amused. "Well, then you'll have to work hard to earn money from now on, since our family has quite a lot of expenses."

Shen Zhi: "Mm."

He originally wanted to keep a low profile, but keeping a low profile meant living a hard life, and at this moment he suddenly didn't want to keep a low profile anymore.

Furthermore, if he wanted to help the Crown Prince's rebellion, he would need his own power base, so he couldn't follow the same path as before.

After thinking it through, Shen Zhi suddenly felt full of energy.

Just then, he suddenly remembered something and said to Xu Qinghe, "I'm thinking of holding a wedding for you in a few days. What do you think?"

Xu Qinghe was taken aback. "A wedding?"

Shen Zhi: "Mm."

"There will be more and more things to do at home in the future, so I think it's better for us to settle things as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Xu Qinghe immediately became socially awkward. "Isn't it good as it is now?"

The border region where they lived was very poor, and most of the brides they bought didn't have weddings, so Xu Qinghe didn't really want to have one.

To everyone's surprise, Shen Zhi said with unusual firmness, "No."

Xu Qinghe...

Seeing that she couldn't persuade Shen Zhi otherwise, Xu Qinghe could only compromise and ask, "When will it be done?"

Shen Zhi: "Seven days from now, I will ask the old lady for help."

Xu Qinghe: "Okay."

I thought that was the end of it, but then Shen Zhi suddenly asked, "My uncle needs someone to go tomorrow. Do you think you could go?"

Xu Qinghe had some knowledge of funeral arrangements, and tentatively asked, "Do I have to follow them the whole time?"

Shen Zhi: "More or less."

Xu Qinghe knew she had to adapt to this era and this village, so after hesitating for a moment, she agreed, "Okay."

Shen Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. If Xu Qinghe was unwilling to go, he would have to ask for leave to come back and help.

But he had just become a centurion, and taking leave at this time would hinder his development.

"Do we still have any meat?"

"I fried the pork into fat, stewed the pork hock, and now all that's left are the ribs, which I've even castrated."

After a moment of silence, Shen Zhi asked, "Can we bring the spare ribs? We need them for the banquet."

After saying that, as if afraid that Xu Qinghe would disagree, he quickly added, "There's no need to give paper money."

Xu Qinghe couldn't really say anything about this, so she agreed when Shen Zhi said so.

The next day, after breakfast, Xu Qinghe took the two children and carried the ribs to the funeral home.

When they arrived, they found that the family had already covered themselves in burlap and put on hats.

Xu Qinghe first took the two children to kowtow to the old man before carrying the ribs to present the gift.

The family holding the funeral teared up when they saw the ribs in her hand. Xu Qinghe softly said, "Please accept my condolences," and then fell silent.

These kinds of things are usually done as a family. Logically, she should have stayed with Shen's mother, but because she didn't get along with Shen's sister-in-law, she didn't stay with Shen's mother and instead stayed with Shen's aunt.

However, we were still arranged to eat together.

With no other option, Xu Qinghe could only sit with her two children opposite Sister Shen and next to Sister Lan's family.

Because of the discord between their two families, Sister Lan very cooperatively sat down at the food serving area below.

Mother Shen and Aunt Shen sat at the head of the table with Shen Jinbao, and the whole family squeezed together to sit down.

As soon as she sat down, Sister-in-law Shen started rolling her eyes non-stop, but Xu Qinghe pretended not to see it and just went about her business without looking at her.

As soon as the dishes were served, the two of them started arguing over them, neither willing to give in.

Because they had just bought wild boar meat not long ago, and every household had some left over, now that such a tragedy had occurred at the funeral, most of the paper money for burning was replaced with meat, so the dishes were of higher quality.

Xu Qinghe originally didn't want to argue with Sister-in-law Shen, but seeing her resentful and defiant look, she immediately got angry.

They didn't care about saving face and kept piling food onto their two children's plates as soon as the dishes were served.

Seeing that the two girls were acting like this, Sister Lan didn't give in to them and also tried her best to put food in their bowls.

So the dishes would be emptied almost immediately as soon as they were served. At first, Xu Qinghe was afraid that people would laugh at her, but when she turned around and saw that every table was like that, she immediately relaxed.

For three days in a row, we competed with Sister-in-law Shen for meals, and finally on the fourth day, we didn't have to go anymore.

Looking at the vibrant vegetable garden, Xu Qinghe was overjoyed.

Just then, there was a knock at the door. Xu Qinghe was startled and instinctively asked, "Who is it?"

Then an old voice came in, "It's me, the second son's wife."

Hearing the slightly familiar voice, Xu Qinghe didn't hesitate and strode over to open the door for him.

As soon as the door opened, you could see the tall, thin old man, who looked like a stick.

"Father, what brings you here?"

Xu Qinghe couldn't say what he was like about Old Man Shen, but he still had the proper manners.

Old Man Shen: "I came to call you to go see the land that was allocated to you."

Old Man Shen knew that Shen Zhi was always at the garrison and not at home, so he naturally handed over the job to Xu Qinghe, and even tacitly agreed that she would be the one to take care of the land in the future.

Xu Qinghe immediately became interested upon hearing this, because her goal here was to grow a lot of grain and become the biggest landowner on the border.

"Okay, I'll go with you right now." After saying that, she went to call Shen Chengyue.

"Chengyue, I'm going to check on the fields with Grandpa. You stay home and look after your little brother!" After saying that, he picked up a sickle and was about to leave.

Having spent so much time together, Shen Chengyue and Shen Chengchuan had lost their previous panic and calmly agreed.

After closing the door, Xu Qinghe followed Old Man Shen to the field. She originally thought that the land allocated to them was close to their side, so it would be very close, but it took them a very long time to get there.

Upon arrival, we discovered that the area was mostly flat land, all used for growing crops.

Old Man Shen pointed to a tunnel in the middle and said, "These two acres of grain are yours, remember that."

After listening, Xu Qinghe immediately looked carefully at the surrounding environment and then at the markings on the ground.

After confirming the details, Old Man Shen took her to the middle-level fields and the lower-level fields.

Compared to the top-quality fields, the medium and low-quality fields grew much worse, and instead of millet, they were planted with sorghum.

Xu Qinghe grabbed a handful of soil and immediately realized that this land was completely unsuitable for growing sorghum.

It's actually very suitable for growing peanuts, but unfortunately she hasn't found any peanut seeds yet.

Seeing that Xu Qinghe was watching intently, Old Man Shen's lingering resentment completely dissipated.