For Tong Zhan, such premonitions about the future didn’t bring any benefits. She was not a reincarnator, but a transmigrator, currently far from the mainland. Perhaps she didn’t need to say much; in seven or eight years, even on the frontier, they would personally feel the suffering endured by the reford laborers.
After the secret was revealed, Ye Huan still had to be extrely careful at ho. The children were young and spoke without restraint. So things she had to do in the space after they fell asleep. However, after Tong Zhan found out, it indeed brought her a lot of convenience. For example, she no longer had to avoid him when washing at night.
Although they couldn’t bathe frequently like on the mainland, they could still soak in the river during sumr. Because the dayti temperature was high, they had to choose a place without people before nightfall to bathe. The children didn’t mind bathing during the day either. Male comrades sotis jumped into the water directly after finishing work, unlike female comrades who still had to consider many things.
Even though Tong Zhan knew his wife had enough supplies, he knew they wouldn’t only be here for one tael of ti. So, they needed to save where they could. The only good part was being able to eat so fruits after the kids fell asleep to soothe their nerves.
"No wonder it feels like we never run out of fruit at ho. I rember when I was little in Beijing, I relished the sugar water-boiled fruit peels. Now, gobbling down an apple feels like a dream."
"Can our farm raise chickens and pigs in the future?" Everyone earns a salary. If there’s a way to buy eggs, who would go to the city then!
"Of course, they can. Look, there’s a river here; we can raise ducks. Initially, this was a nomadic area, but now our main focus is on cultivating farmland. Once that’s settled, developing livestock farming won’t be too late. Experts will gradually be sent over to teach us how to raise them, as other groups have already started. It’s just a matter of ti. I know what you’re worrying about."
"The children have no filter; I have to repeatedly warn them before giving them an egg, not to ntion at, which I haven’t dared to take out. If we have official sources in the future, it would be a great thing for sure!"
"We’ll arrange this matter soon. At present, all our food and drink depend on the aid from other farms. Once this batch of crops is harvested in autumn, achieving self-sufficiency will gradually ease things — that’s a good beginning. Although life here is tough, there is less scheming and I feel more relaxed. Huanhuan, perhaps I am also longing for this kind of life."
"That’s wonderful. I was planning on being the frontier’s first generation builder. If possible in the future, let’s settle here!"
Ye Huan’s words surprised Tong Zhan: "Are you certain? Not going back?"
Ye Huan nodded, "Not going back. I’ll visit my old mother every few months. As for the children’s future, it depends on their fortunes — whether they want to stay here or return to Beijing."
Tong Zhan felt a myriad of emotions, "I didn’t expect you to see things so clearly. It seems this sunrise-to-sunset lifestyle is more appealing than the good days in the city."
"Maybe I’m naturally cursed with labor?" Ye Huan smirked, took out hot water from the space, poured it into an enal basin, took off Tong Zhan’s socks and shoes, and prepared to wash his feet when he stretched saying: "No need, I can wash them myself; don’t let the sll bother you."
"Let give you a massage. Your days are spent digging canals or plowing land. It’s too exhausting. Luckily, I studied dicine; I’ll give you a cupping treatnt to relieve so fatigue and also bought acupuncture. If you’re uncomfortable sowhere, I can help with that."
Tong Zhan looked at her in surprise: "You know Traditional Chinese dicine?"
"Yeah, I have an interest; studied it for a while. Your wife is versatile, good at both Chinese and Western dicine, skilled in surgery and internal dicine. The entire team might rely on in the future."
Tong Zhan agreed wholeheartedly: "dical staff are already scarce, and in our frontier region, it’s even more so. We might not feel it now, but when the team expands in the future, your clinic might beco overwheld. You should train more people, even for basic cold and fever treatnts."
However, Ye Huan shook her head, "You’re oversimplifying dical studies. dicine is the hardest profession, taking at least five years in university, and after internships, two or three years before becoming formalized. In modern days, regular top-tier hospitals choose from master’s and doctorates; getting in with just an undergraduate or diploma is nearly impossible, unless there’s absolute family connections. Junior nurses even have to pay internships for hospitals to let them practice. So, do you think I can teach randomly? Without specialists, you might cause deaths — then who’s accountable? You? Or ?"
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