Traveling Through Farmhouses: Taking the Baby on a Famine Escape

Zhang Xixi entered the woods, found a secluded spot, sat down, and browsed the system shop!

Looking at the rice and flour inside, when will she be able to enjoy a hearty meal of white rice and steamed buns? Having a mountain of gold right in front of her but being unable to use it, Zhang Xixi felt her weak stomach was being deeply tortured.

I wonder if the rice I bought last time has gotten infested with bugs. If it has, I'd rather let the bugs eat it than let me eat it. How pathetic would that rice be!

Thinking of her family, she realized that everyone should have good health. In the end, Zhang Xixi bought four health pills, tiger spears for her father and second brother, two water bags that could hold twenty kilograms of water, some food, and the rest of the money was used to buy spiritual spring water.

Zhang Xixi poured all the spiritual spring water into the water pouch, leaving the water pouch and 100 catties of taro. She put the rest into her storage space. She carried two water pouches in one hand and dragged the burlap sack containing the taro with the other, walking slowly.

"Sister-in-law, what's this? Let me help you." Zhou Yujie was carrying two rabbits when he saw Zhang Xixi.

"This is taro, it's a bit heavy!"

"Sister-in-law, you're amazing! You even managed to find taro!"

Zhang Xixi smiled guiltily.

Zhou Yujie didn't ask anything else. He picked up the taro with one hand and strode towards the camp. Watching his back, Zhang Xixi sighed. Medicine starting at a thousand yuan really can't compare to medicine starting at five thousand yuan.

System: Any normal person knows you can't compare!

Zhang Xixi: So you mean I'm not a normal person? Well, a normal person wouldn't be able to wear clothes that are so cracked they could fit a person inside.

As soon as Zhang Xixi put down the water pouch after returning home, Chen hurriedly brought the two babies over.

"Daughter, didn't I tell you not to attract too much attention?"

Zhang Xixi asked in confusion, "What's wrong now? I didn't do anything special!"

Seeing her daughter's blank expression, she wondered if the villagers had made a mistake. "The villagers said they saw you carrying a big bag of good stuff back home."

"Mother, it was Yujie who carried it, and it was just taro inside, nothing good."

Mrs. Chen was taken aback. The villagers were exaggerating a bit. "Even if it's taro, you should take less!"

Zhang Xixi waved her hand and said, "Mom, it's okay. Everyone in the village has stocked up on a lot of food, even meat. Why would they want my little bit of taro?"

That's true. Besides, we've already taken it back, so why would we throw it back? Chen waved her hand and said, "Never mind!"

"Daughter, Xiao Jin brought back a lot of rabbits, plus the ones your brother-in-law hunted, that makes a total of 10. What are you going to do with them?"

"So many," Zhang Xixi thought for a moment and said, "I'll kill half and salt them, and Mom, can you make the other half into stir-fried rabbit meat?"

Zhang Xixi touched her nose and continued, "Mom, you know my cooking skills aren't very good."

Fortunately, the original owner's cooking skills were about the same as hers, otherwise she would have wasted brain cells thinking of an excuse to cover up the lie.

Mrs. Chen scolded, "I told you to learn to cook properly before, but you wouldn't listen. Now you want your old mother to do it for you! You!"

"Mother, it's just that I lack talent!"

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to talk to you! Go back and prepare the rabbit meat, I'll come over after dinner."

Zhang Xixi said happily, "Mom, you're so good!"

Then Zhang Xixi took out the health-preserving pills and handed them to Chen Shi, "Mother, there are three health-preserving pills here. You, Father, and Second Sister-in-law should each take one. You and Father must take them. Don't just think of the younger ones, and don't be stingy. There will be more later."

Madam Chen glanced at her daughter and laughed, "You're worried your mother will shortchange herself?"

Zhang Xixi rolled her eyes inwardly. I was really afraid you would leave all the medicine to your second sister-in-law. After all, I've always treated my wife well, and now she's pregnant, and it might be a son. People in ancient times valued the continuation of bloodlines very much.

"Mother, you have to listen to me anyway. In my heart, your health is the most important thing."

Hearing this, Mrs. Chen felt both heartbroken and touched. Her daughter had become more sensible since waking up and knew how to cherish the two of them. However, she knew that her daughter probably wouldn't need her to take care of her as often in the future, so she had to let go.

"I understand. The medicine girl will take it, and she will also tell your father to take it. You pack your things first, I'll go over now."

Zhang Xixi didn't care that her mother had taken the two babies away again. She needed to check on how Zhou Yujie's first rabbit-killing went; he would be the family's dedicated butcher from now on.

"Yujie, how's it going? Have you learned it yet?"

“Sister-in-law, this is very simple. Look, I took care of all of this.” Zhou Yujie pointed to the wooden basin on the ground.

Zhang Wenhong, who was standing next to him, joked, "Little sister, you're here to supervise the construction. Don't worry, Yujie isn't like you. He's too timid to even kill a chicken."

"Second brother, it's not that I'm afraid! It's that I haven't learned how to kill it quickly. And please don't expose my shortcomings and affect my demeanor as the head of the family!"

Zhang Wenhong laughed loudly: "Little sister, what kind of demeanor do you have? The demeanor of a coward!"

After saying that, he laughed even louder, and Zhou Yujie also chuckled softly.

Zhang Xixi glared angrily at Zhang Wenhong, thinking to herself, "This second brother of mine is all bark and no bite. Doesn't he know that pointing out someone's weaknesses is like stabbing them in the ribs? Looks like I'll have to get him some animal brains to eat, like cures like. Rabbit brains are perfect."

Seeing Zhang Xixi's angry expression, Zhang Wenhong quickly apologized, "Little sister, I was just joking with you, don't be angry!"

Zhang Xixi's expression immediately changed. With a smile on her face, she gritted her teeth and said, "Am I such a petty person?" At the same time, she thought to herself that if she didn't get a satisfactory answer, she would make this silly second brother eat brains until he vomited.

"Of course not, my little sister is the kindest and most generous person!" Luckily he reacted quickly, otherwise he thought he might be in trouble, Zhang Wenhong muttered to himself.

Zhang Xixi snorted, then looked at Zhou Yujie and instructed, "Yujie, take your time processing them. After you're done, wash them thoroughly with water. Don't be stingy with water. Chop the five into pieces, and leave the rest as they are."

"Okay, sister-in-law!"

Zhang Xixi glanced at the rabbit skin next to her. It would be good to keep it to make boots. It would also be waterproof, as long as she didn't wear it.

"Second brother, this rabbit skin!"

"Don't worry, your second brother will definitely handle it well for you," Zhang Wenhong quickly assured him.

Zhang Xixi nodded in satisfaction, "Okay, you guys go ahead, I'm going back."

Zhang Xixi turned and walked towards her family's camp. She saw many people carrying wooden buckets heading southwest. She guessed that the water source should be there, and her father was probably there too. She took her own wooden bucket and followed behind.