Traveling Through Farmhouses: Taking the Baby on a Famine Escape

"Hurry up, they're probably about to wake up!" a shrill, piercing woman's voice rang out.

"Don't worry, old woman, my sleeping potion can keep an ordinary person asleep for two days and two nights!" Another man's voice, clearly tinged with flattery, rang out.

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up!"

Zhang Xixi could vaguely hear their voices, but she couldn't open her eyes. What was happening?

Not long after, Zhang Xixi felt her hands and feet being tied up. She struggled with all her might, but it was no use. She had no choice but to contact the system in her mind.

"System, why do I have no strength at all?"

"Host, you have been drugged and tied up."

Zhang Xixi thought back and realized that she had stayed at an inn yesterday. Could it be that she had entered a shady inn?

Zhang Xixi panicked immediately. She opened her eyes and looked around the familiar room. It was indeed still the inn, and she and Shen Shi were still lying in bed.

"Shen, wake up!"

"Host, stop shouting. She's been drugged and can't hear anything."

"Then how did I wake up?" Zhang Xixi asked in confusion.

"Host, this is all thanks to your regular consumption of spiritual spring water; ordinary sleeping pills don't have much effect on you."

Zhang Xixi thought that since the spiritual spring water could improve immunity, it should also be able to counteract the poison of sleeping pills. "System, I want to buy a barrel of high-grade spiritual spring water."

"Okay, host, deduct 1000 luck points!"

Looking at the wooden tub that had appeared on the bed, Zhang Xixi tried to sit up, but she couldn't get up no matter how hard she tried. What should she do? Zhang Xixi stared intently at the side of the wooden tub.

The system watched Zhang Xixi wriggling around on the bed and thought it was hilarious! She looked just like a caterpillar wriggling!

Zhang Xixi thought she needed to find outside help; she needed to get untied before she could drink water.

"System, release Xiao Jin."

"Okay, host, 5000 luck points will be deducted!"

"System, isn't Xiao Jin just stored with you? It's not a product, so why are you charging me!"

"It's up to the host. If you don't want it to come out, then don't lock it!"

Hearing the system's nonchalant tone, Zhang Xixi was furious. This damn system is a real bastard; it's like a tiger fallen into the plains being bullied by the system.

"Go ahead and do it, hurry up!"

In an instant, a white tiger appeared in the open space of the house. When Xiao Jin saw Zhang Xixi's appearance, he quickly went to the bedside and gently roared, "Master, what's wrong with you?"

"Little Jin, come here quickly and bite through the rope on my hands!"

Little Jin circled around Zhang Xixi for a while before finding the rope and biting it in half.

Zhang Xixi paused for a moment before slowly supporting herself with her hands to sit up. Without any regard for etiquette, she cupped the spiritual spring water from the wooden bucket in her hands and drank several large mouthfuls before stopping.

After drinking the water, Zhang Xixi felt her strength return. She untied the ropes on her feet, filled a bamboo tube with spiritual spring water, and then let Xiao Jin drink the rest.

After glancing at the still unconscious Shen Shi on the bed, Zhang Xixi had the system put Xiao Jin into its own space before feeding her some spiritual spring water.

Fortunately, the person was only unconscious and still conscious, able to swallow on their own, but Shen did not immediately regain consciousness.

Let's go check on my older brother and the others first!

Zhang Xixi quietly walked to the room where Zhang Wenbo and the others were staying. The innkeeper and his wife had already tied them up.

Zhang Xixi hid by the door and as soon as they came out, she punched each of them in the forehead, knocking them to the ground.

"Who is it? Do they have some nerve to hit me?!" the plump proprietress shouted angrily, rubbing her forehead.

Zhang Xixi blew on her hands and silently walked in without saying a word. Just as the two were about to get up, she struck them with the back of her knife, knocking them to the ground.

The innkeeper and his wife were also shocked to see Zhang Xixi wielding a large knife. How did this woman wake up, and why was she so fierce? The two exchanged a glance and immediately knelt down to beg for mercy.

"Grandma, spare my life!"

"Spare me! It's all a misunderstanding!"

The innkeeper chimed in, her eyes darting around as she said, "Yes, it's all a misunderstanding. We had no choice!"

Zhang Xixi was too lazy to listen to their nonsense and simply tied the two of them together with a rope.

"Shut up and stay put!" Zhang Xixi brandished the knife in her hand and said sternly.

Zhang Xixi thought it best to wake up her older brother and the others first before considering anything else. She was new to this world and didn't understand its rules, so it was better to be careful.

A short while later, Zhang Wenbo and the others, who had been fed the spiritual spring water, woke up, only to find themselves tied up.

Zhang Wenbo struggled to sit up and looked at Zhang Xixi with a puzzled expression: "Little sister, can you untie us first?"

Zhang Xixi was stunned for a moment, then touched her nose. How embarrassing! She had actually forgotten to untie her older brother and the others. Zhang Xixi used her dagger to cut the ropes binding Zhang Wenbo and the others.

"What happened?"

"We checked into a shady inn. These two drugged us and tied us up," Zhang Xixi explained to Zhang Wenbo and the others, pointing to the two men on the ground.

Zhang Wenbo and his companions took a closer look at the two people tied up on the ground, their faces bruised and swollen. It turned out to be the innkeeper and his wife, beaten by their third aunt (little sister). A chill ran down their spines; it was too ruthless!

These two people were very kind and welcoming when they checked in last night. How dare they kidnap them? You can't judge a book by its cover!

Zhou Yurong asked in confusion, "Are they trying to rob us? But we don't have any money!"

"We'll have to ask them!" Zhang Xixi pointed her broadsword at the two people on the ground again.

The two men trembled again in fright: "Heroes, madam, it's all a misunderstanding. We were forced into it."

"Who can force you?"

The proprietress had a sudden idea: she would save her own life first, and then deal with these peasants once Wang Dacui was out.

The landlady rubbed her eyes and cried out, "Heroes, my husband and I were forced into this by the bandits on Qingniu Mountain. They made us drug all the people who came to stay and hand them over to them. If we didn't do it, they would kill us!"

"Yes, we were forced into this situation!"

Zhang Wenbo could tell from the two men's darting eyes that they weren't being honest and weren't telling the truth, but they had important matters to attend to and didn't have time to argue with them!

"Let's go buy things first, and we can talk about the rest when we get back."

"Scholar Zhang, what about the other two?"

"Gag him and lock him up for now!"

The proprietress and her husband panicked and shouted, "It's true, we're telling the truth!"

"Block it up, block it up quickly!" Zhang Xixi said hurriedly, "This is too noisy!"

The Zhou brothers found two rags and gagged the two men at the inn.