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

The local customs are also quite peculiar; when people get married, they give cloth, money, and daily necessities as gifts.

If she hadn't experienced it firsthand, I would have thought she was delivering eggs during her postpartum period.

But eggs are fine! They'll come in handy, since Shen Zhi boiled all the eggs in her house yesterday.

Thinking of this, Xu Qinghe remembered something else and hurriedly walked towards the ear pot.

Upon opening it, there were indeed seven or eight eggs inside, and the recipe for one egg immediately came to Xu Qinghe's mind.

She was going to make a Hunan dish, spicy stir-fried eggs.

But before she can do this, she has to make the buns first.

Chive and egg buns are easy to make. Chop the chives into small pieces, beat the eggs and scramble them, then pour them into the pan. Add oil and salt, stir well, taste a bite first, and if the flavor is just right, you can roll out the dough and wrap the buns.

She likes chives and eggs in her chive and egg buns, but she doesn't like to add wood ear mushrooms, vermicelli, or dried shrimp, so it's much simpler to make them.

Just as Xu Qinghe was busy preparing the filling, Shen Chengyue and Shen Chengchuan returned from playing in the yard. As soon as they entered, they said to Xu Qinghe, "Auntie, we want to go out and play."

Ever since the two children started playing in the village, they have to go out to play every day and spend less time at home.

Xu Qinghe listened without looking up and said, "Come back early, or I won't call you if you're late."

"Don't blame me if you don't have anything to eat then."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chengyue readily agreed, "Okay," and pulled Shen Chengchuan outside.

Shen Chengyue has one redeeming quality: when he's out having fun, he doesn't mind that his younger brother is a burden because he's small.

Many children his age are unwilling to play with their younger siblings because it would interfere with their own playtime.

As soon as the two children left, Xu Qinghe put the cutting board and basin on the dining table and started making steamed buns while the door was open.

That way she can see whoever comes in.

Just as Xu Qinghe was busy making steamed buns, the door was suddenly pushed open.

Xu Qinghe looked outside and saw Shen Zhi carrying a tree about half an arm's length in.

Startled, Xu Qinghe quickly put down what she was holding to help, but Shen Zhi instinctively dodged her.

"I can do it myself."

Even so, Xu Qinghe still held him up from behind, worried, until Shen Zhi threw the tree to the ground. Only then did Xu Qinghe let go and close the door behind her.

"Why did you get such a big tree trunk?"

While looking at the tree on the ground, Shen Zhi wiped his sweat and said, "Make a bed."

Xu Qinghe didn't react for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Why make a bed?"

As soon as he said this, Shen Zhi looked at Xu Qinghe. Xu Qinghe immediately realized what he meant and her face turned red.

"You do it yourself! I'm going to make steamed buns." After saying that, she hurriedly walked into the house.

Shen Zhi didn't pay any attention, wiped the sweat from his forehead again, and began to study it.

As soon as Xu Qinghe entered the house, she became restless, and her eyes unconsciously began to scan the room.

Because half of the left side had collapsed, they were now living in only the two rooms on the right side.

One room had a bed, and the other room was filled with miscellaneous items; there wasn't even a cabinet for storage.

If they bring in another bed, it can only be placed side by side with the current one, but Xu Qinghe feels embarrassed when she thinks about the noise the two of them made yesterday.

After all, Shen Chengyue and Shen Chengchuan weren't her children, and they're already grown up.

She felt like she wanted to crawl into a hole if they did that in front of them.

Without thinking, he ran out and said to Shen Zhi, "Shen Zhi, don't do it yet."

Shen Zhi subconsciously looked at her.

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Qinghe finally spoke her mind, "I think we shouldn't make the bed first, we should build the house first."

Shen Zhi frowned. "Build a house?"

Xu Qinghe nodded solemnly, "Yes, our house is too old, we won't be able to live here for long even if we don't rebuild."

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhi was immediately troubled, as his current income was simply not enough to support building a house.

Xu Qinghe saw through his thoughts at a glance and said without thinking, "I still have some money on hand."

"Isn't that the money you need to buy the land?"

Xu Qinghe: "Let's tackle the most important things first!"

Since the grain hasn't been harvested yet and we can't buy land for the time being, we might as well build a house first and have a comfortable environment.

Most importantly, Xu Qinghe wanted to expand their vegetable garden and dig a cellar as well.

Sweet potatoes and peanuts are both foods that are planted in the spring and cannot be planted in the winter. Xu Qinghe needs to find a way to store them during this period.

Cellars were the simplest and most convenient storage method in that era.

In addition to sweet potatoes and peanuts, Xu Qinghe also plans to stock up on some vegetables, such as cabbage and radishes, which also require a cellar.

Seeing Xu Qinghe's firm stance, Shen Zhi did not object, thinking that once his salary was stable, he could help with the land purchase.

As if the sky were confirming Xu Qinghe's words, dark clouds began to gather as soon as she finished speaking.

Seeing the weather, Shen Zhi didn't bother making a bed anymore. He moved the big tree aside and started tidying up the yard.

Firewood had to be moved to the kitchen, and the dog pens and chicken coops had to be checked to see if anything was missing.

The water vat had to be covered to prevent rainwater from dripping in. Just then, Xu Qinghe suddenly remembered Shen Chengyue and the other man, and hurriedly shouted to Shen Zhi, "Shen Zhi, go out and find the two children quickly, lest they get wet."

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhi put down what he was holding and walked out. Just as he reached the door, he bumped into two children running home.

Once the two children were inside, Xu Qinghe finally felt relieved and focused on wrapping the steamed buns.

Before she had finished wrapping the buns, the rain outside suddenly poured down, pattering loudly on the ground.

Upon seeing this scene, Xu Qinghe's hands moved faster.

Shen Zhi saw this and simply sat down to help, but since he had never done it before, the buns he made were all different shapes and sizes.

Although it was somewhat amusing, Xu Qinghe didn't find him repulsive, because in this era, it was already good enough if a man could help.

There's a saying, "A wise man keeps away from the kitchen."

When Shen Chengyue and Shen Chengchuan saw that Shen Zhibao had taken care of it, they also clamored to help.

Fearing they would waste the filling, Xu Qinghe simply gave each of them a piece of dough.

He added, "Don't make it dirty, I'll steam it for you to eat later."

In those days, food was extremely precious, and Xu Qinghe dared not waste it.

The two children knew how precious food was, so they didn't dare to mess with it and just played on the table.

The two quickly finished wrapping the buns and were about to put them in the steamer when Shen Chengyue suddenly pointed to the top of his head and said, "It looks like it's leaking."

Xu Qinghe looked up and saw that the area was already wet, with water droplets constantly dripping down from it.

Besides that spot, there were several other places that were dripping water.

They couldn't even bother steaming the buns anymore; the two of them each grabbed a basin and started catching the leaking water.