Traveling Through Farmhouses: Taking the Baby on a Famine Escape

Zhang Xixi patted her chest and exclaimed, "That silly monkey, doesn't he know that scaring people can be deadly!"

She glanced at the spring water scattered all over the ground and thought to herself with schadenfreude, "So much water, let's see how you carry it back. Anyway, we've already settled the payment, so if it spills, it's not my problem."

To everyone's surprise, a large group of monkeys appeared in front of Zhang Xixi in the blink of an eye. They carried two buckets in each hand like humans and walked briskly into the depths of the forest, without spilling a single drop of the spiritual spring water in the buckets.

Zhang Xixi was stunned; the slap in the face came so quickly!

The Monkey King bowed to Zhang Xixi and followed behind.

After all the monkeys had left, Zhang Xixi finally came to her senses. Looking at the fruit scattered all over the ground, she was now faced with a headache about what to do.

I definitely need to keep the blood vine fruit safe myself, so I'll have to buy a storage bag, but that's really too expensive.

"System, can you offer another discount?"

”可以，交易额满5万可以打9折，满10万可以打8点5折。“

Why does it have to cost so much to get a discount? Does this damn system not want me to have savings? It's infuriating! Zhang Xixi defiantly waved her hand and bought it!

Hmm! Let's start with the cheapest storage bag, then buy the dagger I had my eye on last time, and then a brow dagger (a long-handled, short-bladed dagger with a tip shaped like an eyebrow), the kind that looks intimidating.

Zhang Xixi stroked her chin and thought for a moment. She decided to buy one beauty pill and one health pill, and then two buckets of spiritual spring water, rice and flour, a gift pack of seasonings, snacks and milk powder for her son, etc. She bought these things in small quantities and finally raised 5 yuan.

She put the blood vine fruit and other items into her storage bag, leaving only the knife. Then she ate the two remaining blood vine fruits. To be honest, she couldn't taste anything because they melted in her mouth.

Zhang Xixi was worried when she saw the pile of fruit on the ground. Suddenly, she saw a group of children walking in the distance carrying small baskets, including her two children and two nephews.

"Da Bao, Er Bao, Ze Hui, Ze Lin!" Zhang Xixi waved her hand and shouted loudly.

"It sounds like Mother's voice!" Erbao turned his head and looked around.

"Erbao, over here, come here quickly!"

When Erbao saw Zhang Xixi, he pulled Dabao and his two cousins ​​over, because he felt that his mother must have something good to tell them.

Sure enough, when they got closer and saw the fruit on the ground, Erbao and the others were excited; they could eat fruit again.

"Mother, was this also a gift from the Monkey King?"

"Auntie, this is another gift from the Monkey King."

"Yes, hurry up and eat. We'll go back after we're full." Zhang Xixi said with a smile, picked up an apple, wiped it, and took a bite. Mmm, it's so delicious!

Seeing that she had already started eating, the children also picked up apples and started eating them without hesitation.

It's so nice to have fruit to eat, and it would be even better if there was watermelon. Watermelon is the best way to cool down in summer!

When Zhang Xixi returned with the children, the villagers were already having dinner, but the Zhang family was still waiting for them. Seeing the fruit in their baskets and hearing their repeated snorting of fullness, Chen laughed in exasperation, "Since you're already full, go and lead the mule to the river to water it."

"Okay, mother!"

"Okay, grandma!"

"Okay, Grandma!"

Da Bao glanced at the chicken on the table, swallowed hard, and said, "Grandma, Da Bao is still hungry and wants to eat meat!"

"Baby, come here quickly, Grandma saved a chicken leg for you."

Looking at Da Bao, this glutton, Zhang Xixi thought, "He's really not afraid of stuffing his stomach until it bursts." She reminded him, "Mom, they've already eaten a lot of fruit. Let him eat less meat, or he'll start complaining of stomach aches soon."

"understood!"

Zhang Xixi put down the fruit she was carrying. "Dad, Mom, Uncle, my two older brothers and sister-in-law, there's still fruit here. Take it and eat it when you're done eating!" After saying that, she went out to the river with Erbao and the others.

Luckily, she left the knife by a big tree outside, otherwise Zhang Xixi felt she would have been scolded by her mother again.

It was getting dark, and why hadn't Xiao Jin come back yet? Seeing her two children looking around anxiously, Zhang Xixi was also worried. Had something happened to Xiao Jin? She needed to think carefully about what kind of mount she should find next time, preferably a vegetarian one, for safety.

"Mom, Little Gold is back!" Zhang Xixi's thoughts were interrupted; it seemed she didn't need to change her mount.

Seeing that Xiao Jin had placed a large goat in front of her and was staring at her longingly, Zhang Xixi had no choice but to pour the spiritual spring water that she had prepared in the bamboo tube into the wooden basin for it.

Judging from Xiao Jin's disheveled appearance, it must have gone to snatch food from a tiger's mouth, and it must have encountered a tigress.

Upon seeing the goat, Da Bao happily ran to find Zhang Dacheng, exclaiming, "Grandpa, Uncle, Xiao Jin brought back a huge piece of meat!"

Zhang Dacheng guessed that they must have hunted a large wild animal, so he told Zhang Wenhong to bring the slaughtering tools and come over.

"Girl, what do you plan to do with this goat?"

Zhang Xixi said, "Dad, why don't we bake it and then share some with each family?"

“That works too. It’s so hot here, I can’t pretend otherwise,” Zhang Dacheng agreed.

The villagers were overjoyed to hear that they had all received a share and thanked her again. Zhou Dashan and several elders from the clan looked at Zhang Xixi with admiration, thinking how generous her sister-in-law was!

Hearing everyone's thanks, Zhang Xixi felt a little embarrassed. It wasn't that she was being generous; she just genuinely disliked the goat. Xiao Jin had beaten it so badly that if it weren't for its head, you probably wouldn't even be able to tell what it was.

Okay! After she admitted to having a little money, she became a bit pretentious and arrogant!

In the end, to make the roasted lamb taste better, Zhang Xixi secretly added cumin to the sauce that her sister-in-law and the others had prepared.

Around nine o'clock in the evening, the lamb was finally roasted. Smelling the enticing aroma, Zhang Xixi suddenly regretted her initial dislike of the lamb. It didn't look very appealing, but it was definitely delicious inside!

Zhang Xixi took the portion of mutton and sat down by another fire. She took out her new dagger, cut off half of it, and set it aside. Then she sliced ​​the mutton into pieces, took out a handful of grapes, ate a few bites of mutton, and then ate a grape.

Wow! That's great! It's just that there are too many mosquitoes here, which is a bit annoying and affects her performance.

Once she's settled down, she'll definitely have a proper roast whole lamb with red wine!

Zhang Xixi waved away the mosquitoes again. Why hadn't she noticed any mosquitoes a few days ago? It seems she'll have to get her mother to put up mosquito nets and burn some mugwort in the tent from now on, otherwise they'll all end up as mosquito food!

Zhang Xixi overslept again the next day because she had eaten too much the night before and felt unwell for most of the night, unable to fall asleep. Fortunately, her brother-in-law and two children were very capable; they had already cooked a lot of sweet potatoes and tidied up everything.

This life of being a hands-off manager is great. After she got up, washed up, ate a sweet potato, carried her basket and big knife, and set off with everyone. But today, why does this basket feel so light? It's leaking!

Zhang Xixi shook the basket on her back, and there was a sound. Could it be...?