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

He originally thought that the second son would buy a maid from a high-ranking official's family, but she would be a useless vase who couldn't lift a finger.

The more I looked at her, the more capable she seemed. Although she had caused chaos in her own home, her family's life was getting better and better.

Compared to them, the eldest son's wife was far inferior. The old woman was so biased towards the two of them, and the couple didn't have a good life.

Now, seeing Xu Qinghe carefully studying the soil, Old Man Shen was even more satisfied.

I couldn't help but give her a few more pointers, "This grain, like sorghum, can be harvested around August."

"You should come over and keep an eye on things frequently, so that no one with bad intentions comes to steal and cut it."

Xu Qinghe naturally knew that no matter what kind of grain was ripe, she had to go to the fields to check on it, so she immediately nodded in agreement.

Old Man Shen was surprised that she agreed so readily, and subconsciously glanced at her.

Then he discovered that his daughter-in-law was so thin, with a face the size of a palm, a waist as thick as a thigh, and arms as thin as sticks. She didn't look like someone who could easily bear children.

In this respect, she is not as good as her eldest daughter-in-law. Although her eldest daughter-in-law is not as good-looking as her, she is strong and fertile.

The thought of this made Old Man Shen start to worry. This was six acres of land; could he really rely on her?

"If you can't manage it yourself, have your second son take leave and come back to help you with the procedure. If that doesn't work, just call me."

Xu Qinghe was quite surprised after hearing this. In her opinion, the two old men were very biased towards the eldest son's family. She never expected that the old man would say such a thing.

But she wasn't naive. Since they had shown her kindness, she accepted it. "Thank you, Dad. I'll discuss it with Shen Zhi later."

Old Man Shen: "Hmm."

After saying that, she seemed to remember something and asked, "How's things going with your second brother? When are you going to make it happen?"

Xu Qinghe was taken aback, and subconsciously replied, "Soon."

Old Man Shen was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll have your mother and sister-in-law go and help out. After all, we're family."

Xu Qinghe smiled, neither agreeing nor refusing, "We'll see how it goes!"

After familiarizing herself with the land with Old Man Shen, Xu Qinghe went home. As she reached the door, she politely asked, "Dad, would you like to have lunch here?"

Old Man Shen was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Xu Qinghe to invite him to dinner. After a while, he declined, saying, "No need, your mother cooked at home."

Xu Qinghe was only being polite when she said that. Seeing that Old Man Shen was unwilling to come, she didn't insist and went home.

After getting home and making lunch for the two children, I started packing the things to sell in town the next day.

Since Shen Zhi is free tomorrow, and it's also the town's market day, Xu Qinghe wants to go to the market again to see if she can find some more seeds.

Just then, Xu Qinghe suddenly remembered something she had forgotten for a long time.

"Chengyue!"

Shen Chengyue had just been called out when she ran out of the house, asking, "Auntie, what's wrong?"

Xu Qinghe looked terrified. "Didn't we get the net we dropped that day?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Chengyue's eyes widened considerably, and he nodded solemnly, "Yes."

Xu Qinghe was speechless for a moment, then slapped her forehead in frustration and began to despise herself, "My brain, how many days has it been like this?"

"Even wild pheasants have turned into dried chicken."

"You two stay home, I'm going up the mountain to see if there are any left."

Shen Chengyue wanted to come along, but it was already late, so Xu Qinghe didn't let him and carried the basket up the mountain herself.

Since it was already quite late, Xu Qinghe didn't linger long after arriving at the mountain and went straight to set up the net.

When we got there, there really was a pheasant that was starving and emaciated.

Xu Qinghe sighed softly, taking some out while complaining, "You, do you really love eating that much?"

"See? This is what happens when you're greedy." With that, he took the pheasant and went down the mountain.

It was already dark when we reached the foot of the mountain, and I wanted to compare the tranquility and gentleness of the area below.

The mountain was much more solemn and quiet, always giving her the feeling that if she didn't come out after dark, she wouldn't be able to.

Just as Xu Qinghe was relieved that she hadn't lingered because of greed, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly came from afar.

Xu Qinghe paused, instinctively looking for a place to hide. In this remote place, if a bad guy dragged her into the woods, she wouldn't be able to escape.

Just as Xu Qinghe was about to find a mound of dirt to hide in, a familiar voice suddenly came from ahead, "Qinghe."

Xu Qinghe immediately relaxed upon hearing Shen Zhi's voice, "Shen Zhi."

Shen Zhi silently breathed a sigh of relief, and the cloth beneath his feet suddenly moved a little faster.

When he walked up to Xu Qinghe, he saw her greeting him blankly.

"Shen Zhi, look at the pheasant I caught."

Shen Zhi glanced at the skinny pheasant and asked, somewhat puzzled, "You went up the mountain just for it?"

At this moment, Xu Qinghe hadn't realized that Shen Zhi's tone was off, and nodded excitedly, "Mm."

"Look how thin it is, it's almost starving to death, isn't it pitiful?"

Shen Zhi: "If it doesn't lose weight, are you going to eat it when you get back?"

"Isn't that even more pitiful?"

Xu Qinghe...

"How dare you talk like that? Can't you have any sympathy?"

Shen Zhi said, "I don't know if I have any compassion, but I think it's dangerous for you to go up the mountain at this time." As she spoke, she took all of Xu Qinghe's belongings.

Seeing Shen Zhi's sullen face, Xu Qinghe realized something was wrong and tentatively asked, "Are you angry?"

Instead of answering, Shen Zhi asked, "What do you think?"

Startled, Xu Qinghe quickly explained, "I just suddenly remembered. Look how bad our conditions are right now. It would be such a waste if this pheasant starved to death somewhere."

Seeing that she still didn't realize her problem, Shen Zhi turned to look at her seriously and said, "I don't care about that."

"What I care about is your safety. You're just a young girl; do you know how dangerous it is to go up the mountain at this time of day?"

"Leaving aside the dangers in the mountains, can you really avoid the dangers faced by people in the surrounding villages?"

"Besides, it's not like you don't have men at home. Why would you run up the mountain in the middle of the afternoon and not come home even when it's dark?" After saying that, Shen Zhi walked straight down the mountain.

To be honest, Shen Zhi had never been so flustered before. The first thing she saw when she got home was not that busy figure, but two pitiful children.

Shen Zhi was so panicked that his hands were trembling. When he heard Shen Chengyue say that Xu Qinghe had gone up the mountain, Shen Zhi's fear reached its peak, and countless bad news flooded into his mind.

He only slowly relaxed when he heard that familiar footstep.

Xu Qinghe was stunned by what Shen Zhi said, and her face turned bright red after she realized what he meant.