Chapter 5 - 00 - Space, the Gospel of Foodies
Bai Ruozhu was stunned. The words her second brother once said surfaced in her mind: "Chang Sheng is not a simple man. If you marry him, you might not lead a contented life. Marriage is a lifetime affair, you should really think it through."
Back then, Bai Ruozhu was deeply in love, she couldn't take in her second brother's advice. In the end, she still chose to marry Chang Sheng, and the result...
Bai Ruozhu really wanted to say that she regretted, on behalf of her predecessor. But she wasn't her predecessor, so what use was her regret? After thinking for a bit, she said: "Whether I regret or not is a thing of the past. Now I have the love of my parents and brothers, and later, a lovely little baby. If I put in the effort to lead a better life, there wouldn't be anything to regret."
Bai Zepei was somewhat surprised as he looked at her. After a long while, he said, "It seems you really have moved on. That's great. Rest well, I'm going to go read."
"Thank you, Second Brother." Bai Ruozhu was genuinely grateful to Bai Zepei. Thanks to Bai Zepei's questioning, she was able to clear up the direction of her future all at once.
Bai Ruozhu settled back onto the bed. Perhaps due to the heaviness from her pregnancy, or her previous unrest had tired her out, she fell asleep before she could start mulling over things. By the time her mother woke her, it was already time for dinner.
Lin was worried about tiring Bai Ruozhu, so she brought the meal into the room for her. Bai Ruozhu accepted it without decline. After all, it was her first meal in this place, and she might not adapt to it. It was better to adjust before eating with her family.
"Eat slowly. If it's not enough, I'll add some more. I have to clean up the kitchen." Lin said and then left the room.
In front of Bai Ruozhu was a bowl of multi-grain porridge, two bean-flour doughnuts, and a small plate of stir-fried green vegetables with a few tiny pieces of oil slag. This is what's left after lard extraction, which can be eaten directly with some salt or mixed with vegetables. In an agricultural family, it's considered quite a rare ingredient, after all, not every family gets the chance to extract lard.
Bai Ruozhu did indeed find it hard to adapt, so much so that she nearly threw up. Why was the dish so salty? And it was just salty, very strange. However, she quickly realized that she was used to modern bouillon-based flavors. At this point of time, there was no bouillon, only salt. Isn't this the taste that just salt would produce?
But the Bai family's taste was really heavy. She quickly drank a few sips of hot porridge, ate a doughnut, only to find the doughnut was too coarse and tasted bad. Only the hot porridge was passable, so she reluctantly let the doughnuts soaked in the porridge before eating them.
She was so distressed and stroked her hair. She was a genuine foodie! If she had to eat this kind of food every day, wouldn't it cost her life? And not to mention, there was not a trace of oil in her stomach. Not only wouldn't her baby in her womb get enough nutrition, but even if she wasn't pregnant, wouldn't she be malnourished?
Moreover, she was just seventeen, it was an age of development. Thinking of this, Bai Ruozhu sneaked a glance out of the window, and sneakily touched her breast. She then saw her eyes become dull, her eyebrows twitched, and her face drooped.
Oh, God, she really worried about it. She didn't want to become a flat-chested princess! No, she must find a way to improve her family's condition, at least starting with their diet.
She thought about doing business, but with the Bai family's situation, they might not be able to gather the initial capital needed. Thinking of that, she unconsciously touched the jade pendant on her body, should she sell it?
In fact, the former owner had discussed selling the jade pendant with her parents, but her parents adamantly refused, stating that it was a token left by Chang Sheng. Even if he couldn't be found in the future, it would be a memento left for their child.
Bai Ruozhu estimated that her parents must have silently acknowledged that Chang Sheng was dead. This jade pendant may be the only relic Chang Sheng left for their child. Considering this, Bai Ruozhu decided that she couldn't sell it even for her child's sake.
Just then, the baby in her belly suddenly gave her a kick. She couldn't help but laugh and touched her belly, whispering, "Mom didn't really plan to sell your dad's relic, you're really temperamental."
As a result, the baby kicked even harder, as if he was drumming inside her belly. Bai Ruozhu was taken aback, and quickly responded, "It's not a relic, not a relic. It's fine if mom was wrong, right?"
As expected, after saying this, the child calmed down, only moving slightly.
Bai Ruozhu couldn't help but roll her eyes. Who did this child take after? So cunning!
As she muttered this, she kept patting her belly. Suddenly, her sleeve rubbed up, revealing a red birthmark on her forearm. She was shocked to see the birthmark on her arm. As far as she remembered, she didn't seem to have a birthmark on her body. Could this have appeared due to her transmigration?
The red birthmark looked like a simple sketch of a fish. Bai Ruozhu couldn't help but touch it with her hand. She suddenly felt a heat in her fingertips and her vision blurred for a while, and before she knew it, she was in a different place.
Bai Ruozhu almost screamed. My God, what did she see? It was water, a large pond!
No, this wasn't the most important thing. The most important thing was that she had entered an amazing space! It was her own space! As expected, God did realize his wrongdoing, and gave her compensation!
She hastily moved about and realized this space seemed to be barren. Did she need to do the farming herself? Thinking about how there would be delicious food after farming, Bai Ruozhu couldn't help but drool. After all, she was a genuine foodie.
However, her attention was quickly dragged to the pond. The fact that she first appeared on the edge of the pond wasn't accidental. As she was thinking about this, suddenly a fish jumped out of the water, appearing to be a sea bass, and it was so big that even from afar, it looked plump and juicy.
After a gurgling sound, Bai Ruozhu subconsciously swallowed her saliva. She loved steamed sea bass the most, and it was easy to eat because it had very little bones. Thinking of this, she walked towards the pond, wondering how to catch the fish. Suddenly with a splash, the sea bass she was just looking at flung itself ashore and was flopping on the ground as it was still alive.
But there were no tools here. How would she kill the fish and steam it? Bai Ruozhu picked up the fish, thinking about leaving the space first. As she had the thought, she indeed found herself back in the cabin, except now there was a slippery live fish in her hand.
At this point, Bai Ruozhu's greed had once again overwhelmed her astonishment. Seeing that no one was in the courtyard, she took the fish and quietly slipped out of the room. Then, standing by the corner of the wall, she called out, "Mom, Dad, why is there a fish here? It's still jumping around!"
Bai Yihong and Lin rushed out at the sound, and even Bai Zehao came out, all of them were somewhat surprised to see the still moving fish in Bai Ruozhu's hand.
"Did anyone just come by?" Bai Yihong asked.
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Lin shook her head, "No, and I didn't hear anything."
"Could it be a gift from the Liu family?" Bai Zehao scratched his head and asked.
Bai Ruozhu almost couldn't resist rolling her eyes at him. The Liu family still owed them half a penny, how could they secretly give them fish? Her big brother really thought too highly of people, didn't he?
"I don't think so." Bai Ruozhu said, "No matter where it came from, let's kill the fish and eat it?" She was already so eager that she inadvertently licked her lips.