Chen Family.
"You're back so soon?"
Seeing Chen Qi push open the door and enter, Madam Chen, who had been sewing clothes, immediately set down her needle and thread. "Did you manage to borrow any?"
She had been the one to suggest borrowing grain from Wang Chen. But as a woman, it was inconvenient for her to show her face, so she had pushed her husband into going to Wang Chen's home to ask for help.
Madam Chen knew Chen Qi's temperament well. He often suffered for the sake of his pride.
Making him borrow grain had not been easy on him.
"I borrowed some."
Chen Qi placed the Storage Bag clenched in his hand on the table, then sat down dejectedly.
He felt utterly useless. He could not even support his wife and children, and had to borrow grain from someone else. He was unworthy of calling himself a real man!
Madam Chen's eyes lit up. "How much did you borrow?"
Chen Qi shook his head blankly. "I... I don't know."
He truly did not know.
"You, honestly!"
Madam Chen was exasperated at his failure to live up to expectations. She reached out, took the Storage Bag, and opened it to inspect its contents.
"Nearly three hundred jin!"
After checking, she said joyfully, "It's all Spirit Grain. Jin'er and Yu'er will have cultivation provisions now!"
Chen Qi's two sons possessed all five elements and both had the potential to cultivate.
The couple had placed great hopes upon them.
The two boys were still young and growing. If they wanted to build a solid foundation, they had to rely on cultivation provisions to strengthen their bones and bodies and refine Mana.
The problem was that Spirit Rice, Spirit Grain, and beast meat were simply too expensive.
The prices had risen