After Transmigrating, I Gained a Wife - Chapter 2

Luo Yan did not fall asleep until very late.

She had only just arrived in this world, and there were many things she needed to sort through and plan properly.

Now that she had replaced the original owner, Father Luo and Mother Luo were naturally her parents too.

She needed to start some kind of business. She definitely could not continue doing labor work. Earning only a few wen a day in wages would not help at all.

Father Luo, Luo Yi, worked as a long-term laborer, and his wages were settled once a year. Every month, he would receive a dozen or so wen as spending money, which was only barely enough to maintain their daily food and clothing.

As for buying something extra for the household, they did not even dare think about it. Let alone buying new clothes, accessories, and things like that.

Because Mother Luo was ill, the mending work she had always done before also could not be continued for the time being.

For now, her illness still needed to be carefully nursed.

Luo Yan’s cooking skills were still pretty good. She could try making food first and take it out to sell.

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Early in the morning, Luo Yan woke up just as the sun had barely shown its head.

This body seemed to have muscle memory. Once it reached that hour, she woke up.

Just as she was about to get up, Luo Yan realized that something was pressing down on her arm. She turned her head and looked over. Li Hanxue was pillowed on her arm, sleeping very sweetly.

Hahaha~ It really was a sweet burden.

Li Hanxue looked extremely well-behaved while asleep. Her body was curled up in Luo Yan’s arms, and her arm was even wrapped around Luo Yan’s waist.

Luo Yan stretched out her long, slender fingers and, very carefully, very gently, touched Li Hanxue’s cheek.

So soft!

This was simply even more tender than tofu!

With a lovestruck expression on her face, Luo Yan watched Li Hanxue’s sleeping face for quite a while.

She gently moved Li Hanxue’s arm away, then put on her clothes. After tucking the quilt properly around Li Hanxue, she left the room.

As soon as Luo Yan went out, she saw Mother Luo, who had also gotten up. Just as Luo Yan was about to say something, she heard Mother Luo say to her, “Yan’er, you’re up.”

She knew she owed her daughter. There were many things she had never been able to give Yan’er, and every time she thought of it, her heart felt terribly uncomfortable.

Looking at Mother Luo, Luo Yan smiled and said, “Mm. I’m going to prepare breakfast.”

Seeing her daughter’s smile, Mother Luo also smiled and said, “All right. Mother will give you a hand.”

The atmosphere was pretty good, Luo Yan thought. She answered with a smile, “Okay.”

After they reached the kitchen, Luo Yan looked over the ingredients they had.

There were eggs, cabbage, and flour. On the stove were salt, plums—which smelled sour, similar to modern vinegar—pepper, chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, and sesame oil!

Really not bad. Perfect for making noodles. Excellent!

Luo Yan said, “Mother, let’s make noodles.”

Seeing that her daughter seemed to have already thought it through, Mother Luo said, “All right.”

Luo Yan spent a little time rolling out the noodles and preparing the ingredients, then quickly asked Mother Luo to light the fire and heat the wok.

Once she felt the wok was hot enough, Luo Yan poured in a suitable amount of oil and fried the eggs first.

Luo Yan fried four eggs. One fried egg for each of the four members of the family.

Eggs here sold for three wen each, which was still rather expensive. The eggs at home were leftovers from the day Li Hanxue married in. They had not used up all the eggs on the wedding day.

When they married Li Hanxue in, the people who came were all villagers. All year round, everyone could hardly eat even a few decent meals. The dishes made with chicken and duck had been completely swept clean by everyone the moment they were served. It really was as if they had truly never eaten such food before.

She had to find time to go to the market and buy two chickens back. That way, eating eggs would be much more convenient.

After the eggs were fried, the remaining oil was just right for cooking the noodles. She first put in the ginger and two small red chili peppers, stir-fried them briefly, then added water.

About four or five minutes later, the water came to a boil. Luo Yan put the noodles in, then continued adding seasonings.

When the noodles were about half-cooked, she continued by putting the cabbage she had cut earlier into the pot.

She told Mother Luo not to add any more firewood. In about two more minutes, the noodles would be ready to eat.

Luo Yan looked at Mother Luo and said, “Mother, go to the room and call Father over for breakfast.”

Mother Luo said, “All right. I’ll go now.”

The noodles were done. Luo Yan also ran back into the room to see whether Li Hanxue had gotten up.

As soon as Luo Yan entered the room, she saw Hanxue sitting dazedly on the bed, looking as if she had not fully woken up yet. That dazed, muddled look was extremely adorable, making one very much want to rub her!

Luo Yan looked at her, walked to the bedside, and sat down. She asked, “Are you still going to sleep?”

Li Hanxue turned her head in a daze and said to her, “I don’t want to sleep anymore.” She had already slept enough. She had gone to sleep early yesterday too.

Luo Yan said, “All right. Then get up and eat breakfast.”

Li Hanxue began to wake up properly. Seeing Luo Yan looking at her the whole time, she suddenly remembered what this person had said to her last night, and instantly became terribly shy.

“You… go out and wait for me first.”

Had Li Hanxue completely woken up now? Was she shy?

Even her ears had turned red!

Oh wow~ Li Hanxue looked so cute when she was shy. Having a wife really was wonderful~

Luo Yan said, “All right. Then hurry up, okay?” Seeing that Li Hanxue was so embarrassed she could not speak, Luo Yan did not continue staying there. She went out to wait for her to get up~

When she walked to the main room, she saw Father Luo and Mother Luo already sitting at the dining table and eating noodles.

Hm? Why had they not eaten the fried eggs!

Without even having time to say anything to Father Luo and Mother Luo, she ran straight to the kitchen, took the fried eggs and the chili peppers she had just sliced, walked back to the main room, and placed them on the table.

Luo Yan said, “Father, Mother, there’s one fried egg for each person. Everyone can only eat their own.”

When Father Luo saw the chili peppers, he first pulled them over in front of himself. Then he lifted his eyes to look at the fried eggs in the bowl. Four fried eggs were too wasteful. It was fine if he and his wife did not eat them.

Looking at his daughter, he wanted to say something, but for a moment, the words suddenly would not come out. He directly picked up one fried egg and put it into his wife’s bowl. Looking at his wife, he said, “Listen to our daughter.”

Mother Luo looked at her husband, then looked at Yan’er. She smiled and did not say anything, seriously beginning to eat the fried egg.

Seeing Mother Luo’s smile, Luo Yan suddenly felt a little embarrassed. To avoid continuing to make herself feel awkward, she ran to the kitchen to serve noodles for Hanxue and herself. The remaining noodles were left for Father Luo to finish.

Just as the noodles were placed on the table, Li Hanxue also got up and walked over.

Seeing that Father Luo and Mother Luo were both already eating, Hanxue felt very embarrassed. “Father, Mother, morning~”

Father Luo looked at Hanxue and said, “Come sit down and eat noodles. The noodles Xiao Yan made today are very good.” The noodles were delicious and chewy. He felt like he had a lot more strength for work today.

Mother Luo also looked at Hanxue and said, “The noodles Xiao Yan made today really are quite delicious. Hanxue, hurry and eat.”

After sitting down, hearing Father Luo and Mother Luo’s words made Li Hanxue feel very embarrassed, but in her heart, she was also very curious about the noodles her husband had made. Picking up her chopsticks, Li Hanxue lifted some noodles and brought them to her mouth.

A few seconds later, Li Hanxue’s heart lit up! The noodles really were delicious, very fragrant, and chewy too. Even the noodle soup tasted good.

Luo Yan watched Hanxue eat the noodles. At first, she looked curious and careful, but in the end, she clearly found them delicious! It seemed she liked eating them. Luo Yan picked up a fried egg and placed it into Hanxue’s bowl.

Li Hanxue was suddenly stunned for a moment and looked over along the chopsticks.

Luo Yan also looked at Hanxue. “Fried egg. One for each person.”

Li Hanxue nodded to show she understood. She was surprised that Luo Yan had taken the initiative to pick it up for her. Actually, Luo Yan could have just told her, and she would have picked it up herself…

Seeing that her wife was shy again, Luo Yan very happily began eating her own noodles.

When Luo Yan was halfway through her noodles, Father Luo finished the noodles in his bowl. Luo Yan looked at Father Luo and hurriedly said, “There’s still some left in the pot. Father, eat all of it.”

Father Luo naturally understood his daughter’s intentions. “All right.”

Father Luo quickly finished the remaining noodles, then went off to work.

Mother Luo had also finished eating, and Luo Yan was done too. She turned to look at Hanxue and realized that this person probably could not eat anymore, right?

“Can’t finish it?”

Li Hanxue said, “Mm. I’m very full.” There were quite a lot of noodles in the bowl, and with the fried egg added in, she truly could not finish.

Luo Yan picked up Li Hanxue’s bowl and placed it in front of herself. “If there’s ever a time when you can’t finish eating in the future, just tell me directly. I’ll keep eating.” After saying that, Luo Yan began eating the noodles Hanxue had left over.

The food in her wife’s bowl really was even tastier than the food in her own!

So good!

Hearing Luo Yan’s words and seeing her eat the noodles she had left over, Hanxue only felt dazed and so embarrassed she could hardly bear it. By the time she came back to her senses, her ears were already so red they looked like they were about to drip blood.

After finishing, Luo Yan looked at Li Hanxue and discovered that Hanxue was shy again~

Hahaha, this was pretty nice too.

Standing up, Luo Yan began cleaning up. Li Hanxue wanted to help, but Luo Yan scolded her fiercely.

Luo Yan said, “Sit properly. I’ll wash the bowls.”

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While washing the bowls, Luo Yan thought about the ingredients they currently had.

After thinking it over, she decided she could first make jianbing and take them to the market to sell. After roughly deciding most of it, Luo Yan planned to go walk around the market today. She could consider it market research.

After Luo Yan finished washing all the bowls and chopsticks, she went out and saw her wife sitting in the courtyard, lost in thought.

Li Hanxue’s heart was very chaotic right now, but she did not know what she should do. Before marrying over, she had already been suffering grievances all along. On ordinary days, Li Yan loved making trouble for her. After marrying into the Luo family, she discovered that the Luo family was very poor. To put it bluntly, they were impoverished farmers.

On the second day after the wedding, she directly sent her maidservant back to the Li family to take care of her mother first. The Luo family truly had no way to feed one more person right now.

After learning that Luo Yan was a woman, her heart had completely collapsed at first. But then she thought of what Luo Yan had said and only felt so ashamed she could die. Now that she had married over, she also would not be able to have children of her own in the future…

Luo Yan walked over to Li Hanxue and said, “Do you want to come with me to stroll around the market? I’ll be going there in a bit.”

After Li Hanxue heard that, she very much wanted to go. “Okay.”

Luo Yan looked at her wife’s excited eyes. Too cute! “Mm. I’ll go tell Mother, then we’ll head out to the market.”

When Mother Luo heard that Luo Yan wanted to take Li Hanxue out to stroll around the market, she took out fifty wen and gave it to Luo Yan. Luo Yan also accepted it smoothly. In the future, she would earn money and be properly filial to Mother Luo.

After speaking with her mother, Luo Yan took Li Hanxue and set out for the market.

The Luo family was some distance away from the market. It took about an hour or so on the road before they reached it. The two of them walked there on foot, so it took some time.

After they arrived at the market, Luo Yan found a place where they could sit down and let Hanxue rest for a bit before they continued strolling around.

Li Hanxue truly could not keep walking anymore. She was so tired she was panting. While they were resting, Luo Yan was drawn in by someone painting and writing calligraphy, so she prepared to go over and take a look.

Seeing that her wife had rested almost enough, she called her wife to walk closer with her to the stall selling paintings and calligraphy. “How much is one painting of yours?”

“They start at a dozen or so wen,” that person said.

After Luo Yan heard that, she felt that painting did not seem bad either. It was not that tiring, though it did require some mental effort. In her own era, she had come into contact with sketching, oil painting, and Photoshop.

Suddenly, someone came over, looking for this person to paint a portrait. The painter had to draw the person based on the description, and only then would he be paid. The payment was quite high. If the painting was good, the person could give five taels of silver.

The painter was somewhat troubled. His skill had not yet reached that level, and he could not draw it.

Seeing the painter’s expression, Luo Yan’s heart leapt with joy. It seemed that today, she could earn a good sum of money.

Luo Yan looked at the buyer and said, “This lord, I am a friend of this painter. What you just described, I can help you draw it.”

Seeing Luo Yan speak to him like that, the other party directly told Luo Yan to draw.

Luo Yan asked the painter how much the paper cost. In the end, they discussed it and agreed that after the matter was done, she would give the young painter fifty wen. If it were just for buying paper, this amount was definitely more than enough, but she was taking over someone else’s place, so she could not occupy it for nothing.

After about an hour or so, Luo Yan finished drawing the portrait. During this time, quite a few onlookers had gathered around.

Luo Yan’s drawing was indeed very good. Even the employer was somewhat surprised. When paying, he even gave Luo Yan an extra two taels of silver, saying that if there was another matter like this later, he would come find her.

Luo Yan was naturally very happy and told the employer her name and where she lived. At the same time, Luo Yan also learned that the employer was someone from the government office.

Luo Yan gave the fifty wen to the young painter. In fact, when the young painter saw that Luo Yan had completed seventy to eighty percent of the portrait, he already knew that the other party’s skill was superb. He immediately asked Luo Yan to take him as a disciple.

Luo Yan was startled by the young painter, then smiled and said, “Sure.”

The young painter was named Wen Liang, and when he spoke, he was full of scholarly air. After telling Wen Liang where she lived, Luo Yan turned around to look for her wife.

Time to stroll around the market and buy, buy, buy!

Li Hanxue had been in a state of shock the entire time. When Luo Yan said she wanted to draw, Li Hanxue had wanted to advise her against it. But before she had time to stop her, Luo Yan had already gone over to chat with the painter and then started drawing.

After Luo Yan finished drawing, Li Hanxue was shocked by Luo Yan once again.

This person’s painting was far too good!

Author’s Note:

Luo Yan: Earn money, earn money.

Author: Mm.

Li Hanxue: Husband, do your best!

Author: …