Traveling Through Farmhouses: Taking the Baby on a Famine Escape

After walking for a short while, the villagers reached the hillside. When they saw the place below, which looked like a paradise, they exclaimed in amazement that there was such a wonderful place deep in the mountains and forests!

Zhou Dashan immediately went to check the path down, and found that it wasn't just difficult to walk, it was practically a dead path. Zhang Dacheng also went to check and was speechless; his daughter was being far too modest.

“Her brother-in-law, the timber for building the house also has to be cut down from this mountain and transported down. Let’s build a proper road!”

"This is the only way!" Zhou Dashan sighed.

Zhou Dashan turned around and called out loudly, "Everyone, take a break and have lunch. After lunch, each family should send one man with tools to repair the road."

"Understood, Chieftain!"

"Okay, Uncle!"

After everyone agreed, they all went to gather firewood and took out the steamed buns or cabbage pancakes they had made the day before to heat them up.

Zhang Xixi also took out the remaining steamed buns and distributed them to everyone.

"Wait a minute, I'm going to help repair the road. Yujie, you go and gather more firewood."

"Sister-in-law, I'm strong, I'll go fix the road!"

"Listen to me, I can't climb trees and I can't chop much firewood. Go and chop more firewood, we'll need it for the whole winter!"

Zhang Xixi felt she couldn't do delicate work, but if she didn't do this physically demanding work, how could she shoulder the burden of supporting her family?

The villagers worked for most of the day and finally finished repairing the road. Everyone quickly brought their belongings down to the site, only to find that the land was really spacious; they could build a house on one side and live there.

"Host, the system store has a special type of tent that's perfect for this situation!"

Zhang Xixi immediately opened the system store, found the tent inside, and the instruction manual said that it was not afraid of wind and rain, could be fireproof, and was also very sturdy. It was about 60 square meters in size and the price was not expensive, only 1000 luck points each. There was only one small drawback, but it could be ignored.

Zhang Xixi thought for a moment. She and her parents' family each needed two, but the villagers would give them ten. After all, the vegetables the villagers had planted had given her a lot of luck points, so she would give them back as a token of her gratitude!

Zhang Xixi bought a tent, called Xiao Jin over, then turned and said, "My master needs to see me, I'll be right back."

After riding Xiao Jin for a while, Zhang Xixi could no longer see any villagers. She then took out the tent she had bought, put it in a cloth bag, and carried it back home.

When Chen saw Zhang Xixi return, she asked, "What does your master want with you?"

"It's nothing, I just need to do a small favor. Mother, come here, I have something good to show you."

Zhang Xixi took out a sphere and threw it on the ground. The sphere immediately expanded upon landing and gradually grew larger until it became a large tent before stopping.

Everyone was stunned. Some people even ran to the tent to touch and feel around, trying to verify if it was real.

"What is this thing?!" Chen asked in surprise.

"Mother, this is a tent. It's the reward my master gave me for helping out."

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Zhang Xixi continued, "This really is a special tent. It's not afraid of wind and rain, it's fireproof, and it's very sturdy."

Zhang Xixi even walked to the tent, opened the zipper door, and let everyone go inside to take a look.

"So amazing!"

"This is much better than a wooden house."

"Yes!"

“It’s pretty solid!”

The villagers looked at Zhang Xixi with envy. Having a divine master like her really makes all the difference!

Zhang Xixi quickly took out a round ball and gave it to her mother, then handed the rest to Zhou Dashan.

“Brother-in-law, here are ten more. These are the ones I asked for for everyone. They are the same size as these.”

Zhou Dashan's hand trembled slightly, in disbelief, "This is for us!"

Zhang Xixi nodded and reminded, "You just can't cook inside. Although it's fireproof, burning a fire inside will produce a lot of thick smoke that can't be vented out."

When the villagers heard Zhang Xixi say that they could also stay there, they were overjoyed.

"Such a nice tent, it's a blessing from heaven that we can stay in it! How can we cook in it!"

"Yes!"

"Sister-in-law, thank you so much! You've really helped the villagers a lot this time. The whole village owes you a debt!"

“Brother-in-law, what do you mean by owing? The clan and village helped us so much when we were in trouble before. This little thing is nothing to mention!”

Zhou Dashan smiled and said, "The past is the past, and the present is the present. Everyone should remember the kindness of Da Bao's mother."

The villagers quickly came to their senses and thanked Zhang Xixi, making her feel very embarrassed.

"Everyone, please don't stand on ceremony. It's getting late, so let's get the tents set up and move our things inside so we can see properly in the dark."

“Brother-in-law, my family and my family are not included. Could you please see how to arrange things?” Zhang Xixi then turned to Zhou Dashan.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

Zhou Dashan called the other villagers over to discuss where to stay, while Zhang Xixi asked Chen to throw the ball to the other side. The Zhang family was still amazed when they saw this magical scene again.

"Daughter, what exactly did you do to help your master that he gave you such a good thing?" Chen asked Zhang Xixi with concern.

"Mom, it's really just a small favor, and this tent isn't very good either. There's nothing inside, so we have to prepare everything ourselves. Plus, it's a disposable tent."

What does "disposable" mean?

Zhang Xixi explained, "It means you can only use it once, and you can't use it again!"

"It's a shame that such a good thing can only be used once."

Zhang Xixi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the topic had been changed. She couldn't make up anything else if she was asked to!

"Mother, sister-in-law, let's pack our things!"

After the sun set, the villagers had already put everything away and were preparing dinner.

Zhang Zelin and his two brothers, along with their two children, happily returned carrying a basket of duck eggs and wild vegetables, boasting as they walked, "Mom, aren't we amazing? We found so many duck eggs!"

"You're all amazing! Here's a lollipop for each of you as a reward!" Zhang Xixi took out the candies from her pocket and gave one to each of them.

Erbao reminded her, "Mom, Yuhan is still behind us."

"Here, this is for your little sister!" Zhang Xixi took out another lollipop and handed it to him.

"Alright, you guys go have fun!"

When Chen came over and saw the duck eggs, she asked, "These duck eggs are quite big, where did they come from?"

“Zehui and the others picked it up from the riverbank.”

Ms. Chen picked it up and examined it carefully, even shaking it gently.

"Mother, is there something wrong with this egg?"

"These are probably fertilized eggs; they should hatch into ducklings in a few days!"

So many duck eggs, how many ducklings must there be!

"Mom, let's put the eggs back, let them hatch into ducklings, and then catch them to raise."

Chen waved her hand, "No need for that trouble, they can hatch in a warm place!"

Chen looked around and found that it was warmer inside the tent, so he took the duck eggs inside, found two baskets, put some dry grass inside, and divided the duck eggs into two portions and put them in the baskets.