Traveling Through Farmhouses: Taking the Baby on a Famine Escape

Wow! Just how strong is she?!

Zhou Yuhao carried a bag of flour to the kitchen and looked at Zhang Xixi with some hesitation.

"You're pretty strong!"

Zhang Xixi said casually, "It's alright! Why did you buy so much stuff?"

"I didn't bring anything back this time, I just wanted to buy you something to make it up to you."

"We don't lack anything!"

Besides food and pastries, Zhou Yuhao also bought several bolts of cloth and the Four Treasures of the Study for the two babies and Zhou Yujie. Finally, he handed Zhang Xixi a wooden box.

Zhang Xixi opened it and saw a gold hairpin inside. She quickly returned it to Zhou Yuhao, saying, "This is too valuable, I can't accept it."

Zhou Yuhao didn't answer, but said, "You've worked so hard all these years. I know you have resentment towards me, and it's all my fault. There's no point in saying anything now. I just want to make it up to you. Of course, I know this little thing can't make up for anything, but I will try harder to be good to you and your son in the future."

Zhang Xixi thought to herself, "I don't hold any grudge against you. It's just that we're not very familiar with each other, so there's no need for me to accept this expensive gift."

I just don't know if the original owner harbored any resentment towards you!

"Okay, I'll accept it!"

Consider it something you bought for the original owner; give it to Da Bao's wife when he gets married.

Zhou Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief, then took out his household registration certificate and wallet from his pocket and handed them to Zhang Xixi. "This is my salary and some extra income over the years. I've converted it all into banknotes for you to keep for your household expenses."

Zhang Xixi thought it would be compensation for the two babies and Zhou Yujie, so she readily accepted the wallet.

It just suddenly occurred to me that this person handed over all his possessions; could it be that he's planning to stay and not go back?

This is not pleasant news!

Zhou Yuhao continued to take things out of the carriage, and even found a basket to pack them in. Inside were pastries, several bolts of fine cotton cloth, a jar of tea, a large piece of pork, and some brown sugar.

"This is for your family. They didn't accompany you on your homecoming after the wedding, so this is to make up for it."

Zhang Xixi waved her hand and chuckled dryly, "I don't need this!"

Zhou Yuhao said firmly, "We must not disregard etiquette, let's go!"

So much time has passed, who would still remember?

Zhang Xixi followed behind, feeling both amused and exasperated.

After delivering the homecoming gifts, Zhou Yuhao personally picked up the children from school and took them horseback riding for a while, which made them very happy, especially Da Bao, who kept chattering during dinner.

After dinner, Zhang Xixi put Zhou Yuhao and the two babies to bed together, ostensibly to cultivate their father-son relationship.

Although she got a husband for free, and he's quite handsome, she, being a bit socially anxious, really doesn't know how to get along with him and can only avoid dealing with him.

The next morning, Zhou Yuhao got up early to run and exercise with Zhang Xixi and the others. He also taught Zhou Yujie and the others a simple set of boxing techniques, which they practiced every morning.

During breakfast, she mentioned that she was leaving, and this news made Zhang Xixi so happy that she drank an extra bowl of millet porridge.

Zhou Yujie and his two children were unhappy. They had finally gotten a father (the eldest brother), and now he was leaving again!

No one knows how Zhou Yuhao coaxed the children, but when it was time for school, they went to school happily and said goodbye to Zhou Yuhao with smiles.

After the children left, Zhou Yuhao had a frank talk with Zhang Xixi, and the two poured out their hearts to each other.

The conclusion after the conversation was that they absolutely could not divorce, and they could listen to Zhang Xixi on everything else. If it weren't for his concern for the Northwest, Zhou Yuhao really wouldn't want to leave.

But there was no other way; he had his responsibilities and needed to go around collecting food. With just this one million catties of sweet potatoes, the Northwest wouldn't last long.

Watching Zhou Yuhao's departing figure, Zhang Xixi silently hoped that he would come back alive, after all, the two children could not be without their father's love.

She herself doesn't care. She got a child and a husband for free. If they can stay together, they can stay together. If not, she just needs to take care of herself, sleep well, eat well, have fun, and live a long and healthy life!

The world is so big, why dwell on things that have already happened!

When Zhou Yuhao returned home at noon and saw that he had really left, Zhou Yujie and the two children were still a little unhappy, even though they had promised to reunite during the Chinese New Year.

Zhou Yuhao was gone for three days, and the children were listless for three days. Zhang Xixi didn't care at all; she was too busy to care about such trivial matters.

Because everyone had been working overtime to dig sweet potatoes these past few days, we finally finished digging them all today.

After the excavation was completed, Zhang Xixi asked Zhou Fu to bring out the account book and pay the villagers their wages. Even Zhou Yuping and the others who had written IOUs were each rewarded with thirty coins, because Zhang Xixi was quite satisfied with their work attitude over the past few days.

We gave everyone a day off, and we'll resume work the day after tomorrow.

Zhang Xixi raised Wang Daniu and his group's wages to forty wen a day.

After Wang Daniu told his brothers the news, they were all very grateful to Zhang Xixi. This boss is really kind!

Everyone volunteered to fight, not wanting to rest at all. This day's wages were forty coins, which used to be enough to buy a lot of things.

"Brother, we're not tired. Let's keep working tomorrow!"

"Yeah, Brother Niu, we don't need to rest tomorrow!"

"Brother Da Niu, why don't you go and talk to the boss?"

After dinner, Wang Daniu went to Zhang Xixi's house and told her what his brothers wanted to say.

Zhang Xixi agreed, "Since you don't want to rest, then keep working!"

"Tomorrow, you should prepare about four acres of sweet potato fields and start planting rice. Then, gather all the sweet potato vines aside to dry and bring them home."

"Boss, is it too late to plant the rice seedlings now?"

Zhang Xixi said confidently, "With my medicine, we can transplant the rice in five days. So after sowing, you should arrange for the villagers and your brothers to prepare the paddy fields as soon as possible. After the rice is planted, I will give you a holiday to go home and visit your families."

"Don't worry, boss, I'll make sure the brothers work hard," Wang Daniu said happily.

After he left, Zhang Xixi finished washing up and went into her room before opening the system and looking at her luck value balance.

I counted it and it's a total of seven figures, a luck value of 1.07 million. That's enough to buy everything I want.

Let's take a look at the Marrow Cleansing Pill first. It costs 10,000 yuan per pill. After taking it, you won't feel any pain. It will just slowly expel the bad things from your body. This is good. Each family member will take one, and each of my parents will take one. As for the Beauty Pill, I'll give one to each of the women in my family and my maternal family.

We also need various vegetable seeds, such as broccoli, carrots, lettuce, potatoes, and tomatoes. After the rice is planted, we can also make a vegetable garden on the wasteland outside and plant all kinds of vegetables.

"System, is this enough to buy 100,000 luck points?"

"Host, you're almost there!"