Traveling Through Farmhouses: Taking the Baby on a Famine Escape

Since that day, it started snowing again, sometimes heavily, sometimes lightly, as if God hadn't let it snow that day so that Zhang Xixi and the others could harvest sweet potatoes smoothly.

With nothing to do, Zhang Xixi opened the system and checked her luck value. She had over 30,000. She wanted to buy some luxury items but didn't have the money, so she scrolled to the household goods section and found a dessert encyclopedia.

"System, when did this book appear?!"

"Host, this was always there, you probably just didn't notice it!"

Zhang Xixi thought back and realized that there hadn't been any before. Could it be that she remembered wrong?

If I can't remember, I won't think about it. Those things aren't important. What's important is that I can eat all kinds of delicious pastries, which are all natural and handmade!

Just thinking about it made her excited, so Zhang Xixi bought it without hesitation. The first page showed how to make candied sweet potatoes, and there were ready-made ingredients!

Zhang Xixi bought a bag of white sugar and a bag of glutinous rice, then took the book and went to the kitchen to find Chen.

"Mom, I have a cookbook here, take a look!"

Chen took the recipe and flipped through it. Many of the dishes were unfamiliar to her, and she didn't recognize many of the ingredients.

"This book is also...!"

Zhang Xixi understood what she meant, nodded, and then put the white sugar and glutinous rice back on the wooden shelf.

"Mom, now that we have the ingredients, can we make candied sweet potatoes?"

"Sure, you're basically just sitting around doing nothing anyway, might as well learn a skill! Maybe your mom can even open a restaurant someday!"

“With Mother’s skills, she would definitely have a thriving business if she opened a shop!” Zhang Xixi replied.

Seeing that Zhang Xixi was still standing, Chen quickly instructed, "Alright, if you want to eat, hurry up and start eating!"

Zhang Xixi quickly went to get a few sweet potatoes to peel, while Chen scooped out the wolf meat that was simmering in the pot.

"Mother, where is my sister-in-law!"

"I sent her to bring food to your second sister-in-law!" Chen washed the pot, added some firewood, and peeled a sweet potato.

"Second sister-in-law has been eating quite a lot lately!"

"Breastfeeding is so tiring, you need to eat more."

Recalling the past, Chen glared at Zhang Xixi and continued, "Did you think your second sister-in-law was like you? She was so picky about food during her postpartum period, she didn't want to eat anything, which made her milk supply insufficient, and I had to go around asking for milk for my two babies!"

Zhang Xixi smiled awkwardly. This was the original owner's fault, and she wasn't going to take the blame!

"Mom, Fu Bao will be a month old in a few days. What are your plans?"

Ms. Chen was used to her daughter's tactic of changing the subject, but she still told her about the family's plans.

"Originally, we weren't planning on having one, but the other two families suggested that all three families hold it together to make it more lively for the village, and your dad agreed!"

"It's good to have some fun. Everyone's exhausted from fleeing the famine, so this is a good opportunity to relax!"

A full moon celebration should be a lively and festive affair!

"That's what your father thinks too!"

In the evening, everyone enjoyed Chen's brand candied sweet potatoes, which were really delicious!

Zhang Xixi, a foodie who loves sweets, ate candied sweet potatoes as a meal!

The children loved it too; even the fragrant wolf meat wasn't as popular as this candied sweet potato dish. The whole family ate a lot without realizing it!

Because of her gluttony, Zhang Xixi tossed and turned for a long time before finally falling asleep. Unexpectedly, she had a nightmare after falling asleep, and had the same dream many times. In the dream, she vaguely remembered that they were surrounded by a pack of wolves. In the morning, she woke up with two big dark circles under her eyes, which startled Chen Shi!

"Daughter, what's wrong!"

Zhang Xixi's eyelids drooped, and she said weakly, "I had nightmares all night last night and didn't sleep well!"

"Dreams are always the opposite of reality, it's okay. Eat breakfast first, then go back to sleep!"

Zhang Xixi responded and walked out, then collapsed onto the bed inside the tent!

For three consecutive days, Zhang Xixi had nightmares after falling asleep, with the same dream replaying over and over again. Due to not sleeping well for a long time, she was as wilted as an eggplant hit by frost!

The Zhang family was extremely worried, and Zhang Xixi also felt that things couldn't continue like this!

"Girl, what kind of dream did you have? Tell us and let's analyze it!"

Zhang Xixi's eyes were lifeless. After thinking for a moment, she said, "I dreamt that we were surrounded by a group of wild beasts, including wolves, snakes, bears, and other wild animals. Then we were attacked by the wild beasts, and many people were killed or injured. There were also crows watching us from the sky!"

"Little sister, why would you have such a dream!"

Zhang Xixi glared at Zhang Wenhong. "If I had known, would I still be like this now?"

"Is this a prophetic dream?" Zhang Wenbo said, recalling similar cases he had read about in books before.

Zhang Dacheng frowned. "Logically speaking, wild animals generally don't come out to hunt in winter unless they're extremely hungry."

“Father, I think it’s very likely that, just like my elder brother said, something big happened deep in the Tianmu Mountains that affected the survival of the wild beasts, so they all came out. And God didn’t want us to perish, so He sent me this dream.”

“That must be it!” Zhang Xixi thought back to the novels she had read before, and didn’t they also contain similar situations?

"Now that we know the reason, let's think of a way to deal with it!" Zhang Wenbo suggested.

"We definitely need to tell the village about this!"

"Father, how should I put this? The villagers certainly won't believe it just because my little sister had a dream."

Zhang Xixi contacted the system, "System, are there any defensive tools in the store?"

"There's a defensive shield that can cover your entire encampment, but it's a bit expensive!"

Zhang Xixi found the protective barrier, looked at the 3, and saw that there were four zeros after it. She was furious!

"System, is this a bit expensive? This is already very expensive!"

This is all my assets; if it's wiped out, the online store will have to close down.

"System, is there any other way?!"

"no!"

Zhang Xixi had no choice but to search the system shop and found that this was actually the cheapest one; the ones after that were ridiculously expensive!

Zhang Wenbo asked Zhang Xixi, "Little sister, what do you think?"

Zhang Xixi was torn between going bankrupt or lying down to become food for wild animals. It was always a choice between two options. Couldn't there be a third option?

Seeing that Zhang Xixi was stunned and didn't say anything, Zhang Wenbo reached out and shook her.

"Hmm! What's wrong, big brother?"

"What are you thinking about, little sister!" Zhang Wenbo said helplessly. His little sister had been getting quite distracted lately.

"I'm thinking about what I should do!"

Zhang Dacheng and the others looked at Zhang Xixi, hoping she would have some good ideas.

"Have you thought of it yet!"

Zhang Xixi shook her head.

"There are too many wild beasts; we can't win by fighting them head-on. This is a bit of a problem!"