Traveling Through Farmhouses: Taking the Baby on a Famine Escape

Zhang Wenhong and his team went back to call for reinforcements. Because they had just won, they were all in high spirits and very happy, walking with great energy.

They kept bragging to each other along the way. Zhang Xixi listened to their exaggerated descriptions of the fight they had just fought and found it a little funny. It seemed that the men, women, and children of Zhoujia Village were all very good at bragging!

Zhang Xixi's broadsword was still busy; with a casual movement, she chopped down a tall tree, startling the group of people who were chatting happily in front of her.

"what happened?"

Zhang Xixi smiled awkwardly, "It's nothing, my hand just slipped!"

Zhang Wenhong and his colleagues looked at the felled tree with suspicion. It was just a slip of the hand and the tree fell. If they were to take it seriously, would the whole area fall down?

Oh! Auntie's knife is so tempting!

Suddenly, a buzzing sound rang out—bees!

Zhang Wenhong looked up and saw that it wasn't bees, but wasps. The tree that Zhang Xixi had accidentally knocked over had knocked a nest of wasps the size of a basket to the ground.

Zhang Wenhong shouted in panic, "Run! There are wasps!"

Oh no, I've messed up! Zhang Xixi panicked!

"Everyone, cover your heads with your clothes first, and don't run around blindly!"

Zhang Xixi immediately took a bag from her storage pouch, cut out two eyes and a mouth, put it on her head, walked over to Zhang Wenhong, and handed him one as well. "Second Brother, we can't let the wasps go back and harm everyone, why don't we get rid of them!"

Zhang Wenhong copied Zhang Xixi and put the cloth bag on his head. Looking at the dense swarm of wasps, his scalp tingled. If he were stung by so many wasps, it would definitely be fatal.

"How can we eliminate them? We didn't bring any tools."

Zhang Xixi immediately said, "First, use smoke to keep them away from us, and then cover the beehive with a bag and smoke it again."

Zhang Wenhong was bold and decisive. After thinking it over, he agreed to Zhang Xixi's idea. The group wrapped their heads up and went to find some dry leaves and branches. They then built several fires upwind of the beehive.

"The smoke isn't thick enough. Cut some fresh branches and throw them on top," Zhang Xixi said loudly.

Before long, thick smoke billowed into the sky, and many wasps were forced to fall down by the smoke. However, some of them managed to escape and stung Zhang Xixi and the others on their exposed skin.

Several people hissed as they were stung. Zhang Xixi also hissed. Damn, that hurt! Luckily, it didn't sting her face; she didn't want to go back with a swollen face.

"Second brother, you can put the bag over the beehive now."

Zhang Wenhong immediately grabbed the bag and ran ahead, putting the beehive inside. Hearing the buzzing sound in his ears, he picked up the bag again and ran back as fast as he could. These wasps were really terrifying!

Zhang Wenhong threw the bag of honeycomb next to the fire, then sat down heavily on the ground, panting heavily.

The group huddled close to the fire, waving branches around their hands. Although they were sweating profusely from the heat and feeling very uncomfortable from the smoke, no one moved away, afraid of being stung!

Gradually, the buzzing of the wasps stopped. Everyone looked at each other and realized they were all dead! They quickly put out the fire, went up the hillside, coughed loudly, and breathed in the fresh air.

This is so painful! Zhang Xixi coughed and secretly resolved in her heart never to use surgery again!

After resting for a while, Zhang Xixi looked at her hand, which was swollen like a bun, and thought, "It hurts so much!"

Fortunately, they had come prepared. Zhang Xixi gave everyone the spiritual spring water from the bamboo tube she was carrying, and then took out a small bottle of white vinegar from her storage bag and had everyone apply it to the stings.

"System, do you sell ointments in the shop?"

"Host, there are no ordinary finished drugs available."

Zhang Xixi endured the pain as she rubbed vinegar on her right hand, angrily saying, "System, can't you be a little more reliable?"

System: This system is much more reliable than you, unlike you who acted recklessly and now you're in trouble!

Looking at the group of people's swollen hands and arms, the system still reminded them, "Host, you can wash your wounds with spiritual spring water; it might be effective."

Zhang Xixi secretly took out a small bamboo tube from her storage bag. It contained high-grade spiritual spring water. She poured some of the water onto her right hand and massaged it. Sure enough, it didn't hurt as much anymore, although it was still swollen.

"Second Brother, wash the wound with this water again, and it won't hurt anymore!" Zhang Xixi handed the water to Zhang Wenhong.

Zhang Wenhong shared the water with everyone. After washing their wounds, the pain subsided considerably. Everyone took off their head coverings, but Zhang Wenhong and the others exchanged glances and burst into laughter.

Today was so exciting!

Zhang Xixi looked at them, about to apologize, but Zhang Wenhong and the others saw what she meant and immediately said, "Third Aunt (Little Sister), no need to say anything more. You didn't do it on purpose. Besides, we're in for a treat today!"

Such a large beehive must contain many bee pupae, which are delicious.

Hearing this, Zhang Xixi didn't say anything. She thought to herself that it was fortunate that the people in Zhoujia Village were all nice, otherwise someone would definitely be asking her for compensation now.

"The villagers must be getting impatient, let's go!"

The villagers were extremely anxious while waiting, worried that something might happen to them, and also feeling hot and thirsty, which was really tough for them!

"Daddy, I'm so hot..."

"Grandpa, Little Stone is thirsty..."

The sounds came one after another.

These past few days, without water, not only the children but even the adults were struggling to hold on. But now, with hope on the horizon, the adults patiently comforted their children, telling them to just endure a little longer.

When Zhang Wenhong and his team returned and saw this scene, their hearts ached, and they immediately shouted, "There's water now! Everyone, pack your things and come with us!"

Zhang Xixi quickly walked over to the Chen family, took her own things, and then led the two Bao and Xiao Jin ahead.

When the two children saw their mother return safely, their stern faces softened. However, the younger child suddenly noticed Zhang Xixi's hand, which was swollen like a bun, and looked at her with concern, "Mom, what happened to your hand?"

Zhang Xixi shook her hand, "It's nothing, I just got stung by a wasp!"

Da Bao also looked at Zhang Xixi: "Mom, does it hurt? Da Bao will blow on it and it won't hurt anymore!"

Zhang Xixi felt a warmth in her heart; her two precious children were so considerate! "Mom is really alright, you can see for yourselves." Zhang Xixi took the large knife from her left hand with her right hand and brandished it.

Seeing that their mother could still wield the large knife, Da Bao and Er Bao were relieved. "Mom, can we eat meat today?"

"Of course, Da Bao can eat as much as he wants." Da Bao happily smacked his lips.

Erbao rolled her eyes at Dabao, thinking, "What a foodie, always thinking about food."

Da Bao: Being able to eat is a blessing!

Looking at her two chubby sons, Zhang Xixi realized that hard work pays off, and she was now much closer to her ultimate goal.