The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 61 Mission
Little Ayu was overjoyed to receive candied hawthorns for the first time.

"Grandma, you eat first." Little Ayu held up the candied hawthorn in front of Grandma Wang.

"Grandma doesn't like sweets, you can have them."

Little Ayu handed the candied hawthorn to Village Chief Hu again: "Grandpa Village Chief, would you like some?"

“I don’t like to eat it either. Grandpa Village Chief is old. Only well-behaved children like you would like to eat it,” Village Chief Hu said with a smile.

Little Ayu was still reluctant to eat it herself, so she held the candied hawthorn and asked around.

The people of Hujia Village naturally couldn't bear to snatch the food from the child, and they all shook their heads and smiled, saying they wouldn't eat it.

Little Ayu then started munching away, her eyes crinkling with sweetness from the first bite, and the hawthorn melting in her mouth with the next bite.

"Ugh, it's so sour!" Little Ayu covered her cheek, tears welling up in her eyes from the sourness.

Why is it sour inside?

"Grandpa Village Chief, Grandpa Village Chief, the candied hawthorn is bad!" Little Ayu complained, holding up the candied hawthorn. "I bought a bad one!"

Village Chief Hu: "It's not bad. Candied hawthorns are sweet on the outside and sour on the inside. That's the taste. If it's not sour, then it's bad."

Now, looking at the remaining string of candied hawthorns in her hand, Xiao Ayu's eyes no longer held any happiness.

She even felt a little scared. Oh my god, there were so many sour fruits. She couldn't possibly eat them all, sob sob.

No wonder the adults don't like to eat it; this fruit is so sour, it'll make Ah Yu's teeth ache!

Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter at her adorable appearance.

As evening fell, no one dared to leave their original spot, fearing they would have to queue up again.

All the villagers who came to collect their food supplies rested on the spot.

Are early spring nights also cold? Fortunately, with everyone huddled together, we can still create some warmth.

The villagers unloaded the carts and used them as hard beds, with two people squeezing into one cart to sleep.

There were four carts in total, enough to sleep eight people. The remaining people simply put their baskets upside down and pieced them together to make do with sleeping on them.

Little Ayu lay down on the cart, snuggling up to Grandma Wang, and pointed to the stars in the sky, asking, "Grandma, what star is that?"

"That's Vega. In a few hours, Altair will also rise slowly. There's a very beautiful story between them..." Grandma Wang told little Ayu the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, using the stars in the sky as a guide.

Grandma Wang's storytelling is not dry like that of ordinary people; she even makes the original stories more vivid and engaging.

Not only Xiao Ayu, but also the other villagers around were completely captivated by the story.

Some people even said, "Grandma, tell us another one, tell us another one."

Grandma Wang rolled her eyes: "For every story a story the storyteller tells, each reader should give at least one coin. How much are you planning to give?"

The person: "..." Fine, I won't listen then.

As little Ayu listened, she closed her eyes and fell asleep. Grandma Wang hugged her closer and whispered to her, "Good child, sleep peacefully."

Little Ayu fell asleep, but Grandma Wang kept watching her.

Grandma Wang's gaze was extremely gentle; it was as if she were looking at little Ayu, or as if she were seeing other people through her.

No one noticed that on the roof of the county government building not far away, a young boy sat quietly, watching the harmonious scene below.

He stared intently at the sleeping little figure, seemingly envying her sweet sleeping face.

Suddenly, he yawned.

He was a little surprised, as he hadn't felt sleepy this early in a long time.

What's more, it's in an unfamiliar place.

"Young master, you're tired, let's go back." Red Armor suddenly appeared beside him.

"Ah."

Led by Chi Jia, Qin Huai leaped into a courtyard behind the county government office without alerting anyone.

The next day, the villagers of Hujia Village finally received their grain. Not only were their four carts and several baskets full, but they also had more than twenty extra bags.

This made some villagers green with envy.

It looks like a lot, but you have to understand that their village has over 700 people waiting to eat and grow crops, so this amount of grain is barely enough. County Magistrate Cao came out with several constables, followed by a donkey cart.

“In consideration of your previous merit in protecting the Imperial Envoy, I am granting you this favor by lending you this donkey cart for the time being,” said County Magistrate Cao in a serious tone. “These constables will accompany you back to Hu Family Village, and they will bring the donkey cart back.”

The people from the surrounding villages suddenly realized why their food seemed to have increased so much – it turned out they had saved the imperial envoy!

The Imperial Envoy is such a good official. Since he arrived, there has been much less oppression of the people in Yongding County. At least on the surface, the local gentry and wealthy households have stopped plundering the villagers.

People from other villages laughed and said to the people of Hujia Village, "You have accumulated great merit. If you hadn't saved the imperial envoy in time, we might not have received this grain yet!"

"That's right! It was only after the Imperial Envoy took office and drove away the corrupt officials that we found out there was still relief grain available!"

"I heard that the Imperial Envoy was being hunted down because someone knew—" The villager was cut off by others around him before he could finish speaking.

"Don't you want to live? You just blurt out whatever comes to mind! Don't go around spouting nonsense you've heard. Too many people talking at once, and people will accuse you of slander and spreading rumors. You'll be in big trouble!"

The people from Hujia Village didn't go; they listened carefully to what they were saying. Besides, they needed to hurry and send the grain back, as it would take several hours to travel there, and who knew what might happen.

Yongding County was so poor that it was precisely because of its poverty that there were bandits there.

Fortunately, they had officials with them, which gave them some peace of mind.

The cart was already full of grain, and it was tied tightly with ropes. The villagers left a space in the middle specifically for putting little Ayu on it.

Now, little Ayu can sit in the little nest in the middle.

[Honey, do you remember the mission I told you about before?]

The mission conditions have been triggered! Go now!

Little Ayu had just climbed onto the cart and sat down when she suddenly heard Tuanzi's voice.

Little Ayu looked bewildered: "Ah, what mission? But... we have to go."

[This was just triggered. There's someone in that alley who needs the Elixir of Life. Go there quickly.]

"If we don't go now, it will be too late; that person is dying!"

Hearing this, Xiao Ayu knew it was serious, so she quickly slid off the cart with her short legs and rushed towards the alley that Tuanzi had mentioned.

When Grandma Wang saw that Xiao Ayu had suddenly left the cart, she quickly followed and asked, "Ayu, where are you going?"

"Grandma, wait for me, I'll be right back!" Little Ayu called out without turning her head.

"Don't run around, come back quickly." Grandma Wang was worried and hurried after Xiao Ayu, calling out to her.

Little Ayu ran into the alley that Tuanzi had mentioned, turned a corner, and suddenly smelled a strong stench of blood.

She saw a person lying in a pool of blood, barely alive, but with piercing eyes. When he heard someone approaching, his eyes suddenly turned dangerous.

He moved the hand covering his wound to the side and grabbed a hidden weapon.

Tuanzi sensed a dangerous aura, but the mission message indicated that the other party was the person she was supposed to rescue. She was a little confused and didn't know whether she should warn Xiao Ayu.

The main reason is that it had never encountered this situation before.

Little Ayu knew nothing; she saw the person bleeding and rushed over.

"Uncle, you're bleeding. Does it hurt? It must hurt a lot, boohoo, so much blood."

Seeing the blood still flowing from that person's body, Xiao Ayu suddenly felt pain as well, and tears, which she rarely shed, began to flow.

For some reason, when the man saw the little baby in front of him, tears streaming down his face, he loosened his grip on the hidden weapon.

He's just a child.

Give him some water quickly.

When Xiao Ayu ran over, she had already taken out the water from the space, as Tuanzi had reminded her.

Of course, the water cup was a bamboo cup that Old Wang had carved for Little Ayu.

It's only the size of Xiao Ayu's palm, and can only hold about two mouthfuls of water.

"Uncle, have some water." Little Ayu handed over the water cup.

(End of this chapter)