In a year of natural disasters, the young woman had billions of resources to build a paradise.

The group of people gathered together like this. If Jiang Mianmian were here, she would definitely recognize that the small-eyed man was the leader of the refugees in her previous life!

At this moment, Jiang Mianmian is witnessing a miracle in Peach Blossom Spring.

She was originally in the first cave, collecting the things that the rats had dug up on the mountain.

Her original intentions were twofold: first, to give them something to do; and second, to preserve the species in the mountains as completely as possible.

So those things were dug up with roots and pulled out with soil, intending to return to Peach Blossom Spring as soon as possible after leaving the cave and plant them.

She was all prepared to dig holes with great effort, but when she came in, she found that all the plants that had been brought in had not only been planted, but were also planted in very reasonable locations.

It's like being moved from the mountains to a paradise on a one-to-one scale!

The once vast grasslands have gradually become undulating.

Jiang Mianmian reasonably suspected that before long, a large mountain would appear here!

However, the little beggars were digging too slowly and too little. The torrential rain had already destroyed a lot of plants. After the rain stopped, it would soon be extremely hot, and this mountain would soon die completely!

Furthermore, various animals in the mountains will find it increasingly difficult to survive.

She took a claypot rice from the warehouse, sat cross-legged on the grass, and ate while pondering.

The breeze in Peach Blossom Spring is gentle and fragrant, and the sunshine is warm and cozy.

A bite of claypot rice, with the savory aroma of cured pork, every grain of rice soaked in oil, is rich and smooth, with a soft, chewy, and fragrant texture, and a piece of crispy rice crust at the bottom of the pot.

After eating most of it in one go, Jiang Mianmian slowed down.

Holding the clay pot, I suddenly felt that her paradise was like a small clay pot.

A large clay pot with little rice cannot be filled, and thus loses its original enticing flavor. A vast paradise with few resources cannot be called a true paradise.

Each grain of rice is like a person; what she truly lacks is people!

Without people, her paradise can never be fully filled, and nothing from the outside can be completely received into her paradise!

Jiang Mianmian slowly finished the last bite of her meal and had a new idea.

The retreating troops had been traveling for nearly twenty days, and their food supplies must have been running low. The rain was also about to stop. She could use the fairy's name to get them to help her dig trees, gather grass, and catch animals, and in return, give them food. They shouldn't refuse, right?

Only with sufficient food can they make their journey easier.

You might even be able to accumulate some merit points along the way, allowing you to quickly build up Peach Blossom Spring!

Actually, she had an even bolder idea: if living creatures like cows and donkeys can get in, can people get in too?

However, she dared not experiment on the people in the retreating group. After all, you can know a person's face but not their heart. She decided to wait until she returned to the cave and try it out with Jiu Niang first.

After washing the clay pot, Jiang Mianmian put some supplies into the minibus and left Taoyuan.

Her car was much faster than those who were evacuating eastward, even if they were on foot.

After driving for only half a day, I saw a huge, dark mass of people.

The road was a dirt road through dense forest on both sides. If she wanted to continue, she would have to get off the bus. However, everyone was asleep at that time. She set up a bed in the minibus and slept until dawn. Then she parked the bus and walked along the path.

People have started to wake up one after another, their faces showing exhaustion.

Jiang Mianmian didn't wear a modern transparent raincoat, but instead wore a straw raincoat and hat, blending into the crowd without being noticeable.

Some people glanced at her a couple more times but didn't recognize her; instead, they carefully observed the rain.

Soon someone exclaimed, "The rain is lighter than yesterday!"

"Is the rain going to stop? Then we can travel much faster!"

"At least I can relax a bit. My body is practically soaked to the bone. My wife has had a cold for several days."

"Why don't you go to Lijia Village or Tupo Village to buy some medicine? I heard that the Fairy of Blessing gives out some kind of cold medicine there, and it's really effective."

"They were all sold out long ago, where can you buy any now? We're lucky to even have anything to eat."

"How much rice do you have left? The amount distributed in the city seemed like a lot, how come you only have half left? You've only gone a short distance."

"Let's eat sparingly, what else can we do?"

Jiang Mianmian walked quickly, and as the chatter faded into the distance, new chatter began to enter her ears.

"I don't know if Qingbao Village will let us pass. If we have to take a detour, it will be much longer."

"Didn't the magistrate go to talk to him yesterday? There shouldn't be any problem, right? At worst, we can just pay some more grain."

Heading east and passing through Qingbao Village is indeed the fastest route, but that's only the first one.

There are seven or eight more villages behind, and after Hong'an County, there is another county, and the county after that.

This journey has been truly difficult.

Jiang Mianmian couldn't help but wonder if the decision to retreat eastward was the right one.

But she couldn't care less about that now; she just wanted to get through each one safely.

After walking for a short while, they passed through most of the crowd when suddenly a group of people started arguing.

"I put it away carefully yesterday, how could it be gone? Tell me, did you steal it?"

Yu Tieniu looked completely innocent. "What does this have to do with me? Do you think I have a place to hide anything?"

He entered the queue empty-handed, and he is still empty-handed now; there really is nowhere to hide anything.

Gou Xingwang stepped in to mediate, "Alright, alright, Sister-in-law Ji, don't worry. We brothers are all empty-handed, how could we possibly take your things? We'd better look around and see if we left them somewhere."

Jiang Mianmian slowly approached and recognized the man with thick eyebrows.

Soon, besides the woman, dozens more people started shouting that they had lost their things.

"Look at all this, so many people have lost things. What, am I a god? Can I conjure your things out of thin air? Hahaha!"

Yu Tieniu laughed gleefully.

A quick glance to the side revealed Jiang Mianmian at the very back of the crowd, and his heart skipped a beat.

He quickly suppressed his smile and nudged Gou Xingwang with his elbow, "Second Brother, Jiang Mianmian!"

He knew how formidable Jiang Mianmian was; she had tormented the Jiang family, causing their house to collapse and severely damaging their reputation.

He also knew that his second brother and Jiang Mianmian had almost caused a death at the East Gate! No, they had already caused a death!

If these two were to face off today, something bad might happen!

Gou Xingwang's face darkened, and following his gaze, he indeed saw that ruthless girl!

She killed the Eighth Prince with a single arrow back then, and he still remembers that grudge!

Heaven really did treat him well, sending that girl over!

Hearing their persistent accusations, an idea suddenly came to him. He shouted, "She must have taken your grain!"

He pointed at Jiang Mianmian, his tone resolute.

Only then did everyone realize that there was another person in the group at some point, but they were not from Tupo Village or Lijia Village, and few people had seen Jiang Mianmian before.

When they saw that Gou Xingwang had actually pointed to a little girl, they were both angry and amused. "Look at that girl, she's so skinny from hunger, how could she take so much of our stuff?"

"Old Gou, even if you want to clear your name, you can't drag a young girl into this, can you? That's outrageous!"