Traveling Through Farmhouses: Taking the Baby on a Famine Escape

However, the booklet seemed to be falling apart, so Zhang Xixi thought she should ask her older brother to rewrite it, and leave this one to their father as a family heirloom.

When Zhang Wenbo returned in the afternoon, Zhang Xixi and he changed the text in the book to the characters of this era and also drew a new book.

Zhang Wenhong was overjoyed to learn that his family had a family tradition of stick fighting. The next day, he pulled Zhang Wenbo out of bed early, grabbed a wooden stick, and practiced the moves with great enthusiasm, having Zhang Wenbo explain them to him.

Zhang Xixi saw Xiao Jin as soon as she got up. Xiao Jin was anxiously biting her trouser leg, trying to walk out.

"Xiao Jin, what happened!"

Xiao Jin roared at Zhang Xixi a few times, and then roared towards the mountain a few times, "Master, something big has happened!"

Zhang Xixi looked at Xiao Jin and then at the mountain, and understood what it meant.

"Xiao Jin, wait a moment, I'll be right there!"

Zhang Xixi calmly went to the kitchen to get a few pieces of glutinous rice cake, told Chen Shi, and then rode Xiao Jin into the deep mountains.

Xiao Jin was moving very fast, and the cold wind along the way made Zhang Xixi's face turn red. Zhang Xixi couldn't stand it anymore.

"Xiao Jin, slow down, the wind is too strong!"

Xiao Jin roared and slowed his pace. Zhang Xixi lay down and clung tightly to Xiao Jin, which made her feel a little better.

Fifteen minutes later, they arrived at their destination. Zhang Xixi was stunned by the devastated and pitted forest!

This is an earthquake! How high must the magnitude be for so many wild beasts to be unable to escape and turn into ice sculptures?

Zhang Xixi swallowed hard, wondering if these wild animals were still edible. She hadn't eaten meat for a month and was really craving it!

Little Jin roared at the ice sculpture again, "Master, you have so much prey, quickly help the tiger get it out!"

At this moment, Xiao Hua dragged a wet goat over and presented it to Xiao Jin. No one knew how it had melted the ice.

Xiao Jin immediately abandoned the ice sculpture of the beast and started sharing the wild goat with Xiao Hua. Let's eat rice first.

We can't give up so much meat. Even if people can't eat it, Xiao Jin and the others can!

Zhang Xixi took out all the salt from her storage bag and poured it onto the ice sculptures to speed up their melting, but there wasn't enough salt.

Zhang Xixi looked around and found it completely silent, with not a single living creature in sight. However, there were some ginseng, lingzhi, dendrobium, and other plants on the ground. She checked them all in and put them into her storage bag.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have gained luck points!"

Not bad, finally I have money again. Zhang Xixi bought some more salt and sprinkled it on all the ice sculptures.

However, these wild animals were either trapped under large trees or half-buried in the soil, making it difficult for her to get them all out by herself!

Seeing that Xiao Jin and the others had finished eating, Zhang Xixi told Xiao Jin to go back and call the villagers to come and help.

Back at their encampment, Zhang Wenhong was still practicing his staff techniques, and he was doing quite well. Several young men from the village were watching him, while Zhou Dashan and Zhang Dacheng were chatting idly by their kitchen.

"Father, brother-in-law, I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Zhang Dacheng asked.

“An earthquake struck deep in the mountains and forests, freezing many wild animals into ice sculptures. Do you have any thoughts about them?”

"Is there any danger there?" Zhou Dashan asked.

"There is no danger at the moment!"

Zhou Dashan said urgently, "Then what are we waiting for? I'll gather people right away and go get them back."

Seeing that Zhou Dashan had already gone to inform the villagers, Zhang Dacheng immediately went to find Zhang Wenhong and the others, told them the news, and they all went back to their homes to get their tools.

“Daughter, do you think we should take the livestock with us? We probably can’t bring back so much meat by hand.”

Hearing this, Zhang Xixi was stunned for a moment, "Dad, those wild beasts have been dead for a month, and you still dare to eat them!"

Zhang Dacheng laughed and said, "What's there to be afraid of eating? These days, anything that isn't diseased or poisonous can be eaten, not to mention that frozen meat should still be quite fresh."

Zhang Xixi thought back to the frozen meat sold in supermarkets in her previous life, which had been frozen for who knows how long, but she still bought it and ate it. This one had only been frozen for a month, so the quality should be considered quite good.

"Father, we should just bring knives and ropes. The roads in those deep mountains and forests are difficult to travel, and bringing livestock would only be a burden."

"Alright then, take whatever you can get!"

Zhang Xixi led almost all the able-bodied men in the village on their journey, and after walking for an hour, they finally arrived at their destination.

The villagers were shocked and terrified by the scene. So many wild animals couldn't escape when the earth turned upside down. Fortunately, their camp was not affected, otherwise they would have been turned into ice sculptures like the wild animals on the ground.

Zhang Xixi saw that the ice sculptures she had sprinkled with salt were almost completely melted, with only a thin layer of ice around them. She figured a strong tap would be enough to break them.

The villagers took a moment to realize what was happening, then cheered, "So much meat! Enough to feed us for months!"

"Now we can eat meat to our hearts' content!"

Zhou Dashan also felt that with so much meat, they definitely wouldn't starve to death on the rest of the journey.

Zhang Dacheng picked up his tiger-shaped spear and struck an ice sculpture in front of him, shattering it instantly.

"The ice has melted enough. Everyone, first break the ice covering the exposed wild beasts, then work together to drag them out."

Zhou Dashan also urged everyone to get moving quickly, finish as soon as possible, and go back home.

The villagers were vigorously banging on the exposed ice sculptures, while Zhang Xixi was touching the ice behind them to sign in, and no one paid any attention to her strange behavior.

Because after being knocked on, the wild beast would always leave a little bit exposed. Although it felt very cold to the touch, Zhang Xixi was busy and happy, because it was all money!

The villagers worked for several hours to bring out all the wild animals that were exposed, about two hundred of them. That was enough to take back, and they were too lazy to dig up the rest that were buried in the ground.

Some people even went out to look for medicinal herbs after seeing them; with so many good things, everyone was so happy they almost forgot about home.

Zhou Dashan noticed that it was getting late and they wouldn't be able to see the road if they didn't leave soon, so he urged everyone to go back.

"Dad, wait a minute, there's still a ginseng root here that hasn't been dug up!"

"Chief, I just saw a Ganoderma lucidum that hasn't been picked yet!"

Looking at these young men who valued money over their lives, Zhou Dashan scolded them, "Don't you even know where you are? If you want to stay in the woods and feed the wolves, then go ahead and dig! Don't blame me if something happens!"

Zhou Dashan glared at Zhou Yu'an, then turned to everyone and said, "Let's go!"

The villagers picked up the wild beasts and strode forward. The remaining few looked at each other, but dared not stay behind, and followed closely behind.

Zhou Dashan walked ahead and saw that Lao Er and the others had caught up. He breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, they had listened to what he said, otherwise he wouldn't know how he would have ended up in this mess!