A peasant girl with a special ability uses herself and two wolves to escape famine!

"I'll bring you to collect the water when the snow melts." By then, your hands shouldn't be frozen anymore.

Xia Ning rolled her eyes. "You might as well hang me in a well and let me do whatever I want."

"Is that a good idea?" Jiang Yi thought this was a terrible idea. The well water was inexhaustible; wouldn't they have an endless supply of water to collect? They would never have to worry about drinking water again.

"Go to hell!" Xia Ning put her hands on her hips and glared at him fiercely. What a bastard! He actually dared to do that? Who did he think she was? What if the rope broke? Wouldn't she be dead? Heartless wretch, he must be insane.

Seeing that Xia Ning was really angry, Jiang Yi touched his nose, stopped talking, and obediently followed behind her.

Why are you angry? Didn't she say that herself? He just listens to her, is that not allowed?

Jiang Yi felt extremely wronged.

after one day.

"Jiang Yi, have you noticed the snow is melting?"

Xia Ning didn't ask him a question; she said it with certainty.

She felt that the sunlight overhead was much warmer, and the snow under her feet was not as hard as before.

"Let's go back right away!"

Without further hesitation, we led them back immediately. We knew that the snow that had accumulated over the past year was melting rapidly, which could easily cause landslides.

She wasn't worried about the snowmelt causing floods. First, there were many rivers in the prefecture; second, the unscrupulous author hadn't written about this; and third, the temperature was rising rapidly, and the snowmelt would evaporate quickly.

In the next few years, there will only be times of water shortage, and times of flooding when there is no water.

The two men and two wolves ran desperately down the mountain. Once the snow melted, the road would be very difficult to travel. They had to get back as soon as possible.

He cursed Jiang Yi a thousand times in his heart. It wasn't that he was greedy or couldn't bear to part with the snow covering the city; they would have gone home long ago.

Luckily, she had sharp eyes and noticed that the snow was melting. Were the two wolves dead? Weren't they howling and acting quite agitated before? Fortunately, the snow wasn't melting quickly, and when they got home, the snow was still thick.

Only the eaves began to drip water.

"The snow has melted! The snow has melted!"

The people, who had been hiding for so long, opened their doors in excitement. The natural disaster was finally coming to an end. Their lives could finally return to normal.

Some people even knelt on the snow and wailed. This year has been so hard for them!

At that time, the merchant who had kindly reminded her, looking at the snowmelt on the eaves, felt no joy at the passing of the natural disaster; instead, his unease deepened. The amount of goods his master had stockpiled didn't seem to be enough for a year's consumption.

"Wife, fill all the containers in the house with water. Clear out one in the cellar and fill it with water too." At the time, he had reinforced the cellar with glutinous rice bricks, so he wasn't worried about leaks at all.

"Why are we stockpiling water again? With so much water, aren't you worried about not having enough to drink?"

"Stop talking nonsense and get your family out here. Let's get to work!" the merchant said impatiently. Seeing her husband's anger, the woman shut up. She figured she should listen to her husband; he'd done the right thing by stockpiling grain. She'd heard several neighbors had starved to death, but none of their family had suffered any harm.

"Yes, I'll go and call someone right away to stockpile water immediately."

After that, the woman would wake up in the middle of the night and be thankful countless times that she hadn't held her husband back. She thought that storing water was the right thing to do, even better than storing grain!

After returning home, Xia Ning took a breather and looked at the several people eagerly waiting to be fed. She prepared to take some food from her spatial storage. Probing her consciousness into the space, she was stunned—this was her space?

Why is there such a large patch of black soil here?

She was slightly surprised, but immediately realized that she had been reading novels for over a decade; it was just a matter of leveling up, nothing that could stump her.

However, she didn't understand why her space had suddenly upgraded, or what triggered the upgrade. Was it just this one upgrade, or would it continue to upgrade in the future?

This piece of black soil is about a hundred acres in size. Does that mean she can enter the space now?

Jiang Yi reached out and tugged at her sleeve. "Didn't we say we were going to eat? Where's the food?"

Xia Ning was speechless. She withdrew her consciousness, decided to feed these gluttons first, and then slowly study the matter.

Black soil, hehe, does that mean she can grow grain? If that's the case, she won't have to worry about food for the rest of her life.

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms. Xia Ning closed the door and first tried to see if she could enter the space, but found she couldn't. Sigh, she couldn't go in; it was dangerous, which put her in a very passive position.

I sowed some seeds on the black soil of consciousness, wanting to see if they could grow.

Tomorrow when I wake up, I'll send a mule in. Humans aren't allowed, but what about animals? If they can really come in, it'll save her a lot of trouble later. At least the mule and the wolf will have a den.

There were two mules; if one died inside, there was still another. Just to be safe, she'd try one first. She didn't dare use the wolf; if anything went wrong, she feared Jiang Yi would fight her to the death. Besides, they were her own pets; she had feelings for them, and she couldn't bear to risk their lives.

Regardless, she was still very happy with the upgraded space. Hugging her blanket, she drifted off to sleep contentedly…

The next day.

Xia Ning was astonished to find that the seeds she planted last night had already sprouted. The speed was astonishing. This cheat code was truly amazing.

Without further hesitation, they left half an acre of land for the mules to move around, and sowed wheat seeds in the rest of the area.

Oh my god, she felt like she was about to become incredibly rich! If she planted ginseng and other precious medicinal herbs, she could easily be counting money while lying down. With such a bright future ahead, Xia Ning hummed a little tune and headed straight for the mule's shed.

She collected the one she bought later and found that it had indeed entered the space and was still breathing; it hadn't died. It was just a little panicked in the new environment and was running around aimlessly.

Xia Ning, fearing it would damage the crops, immediately released it. Once outside, the mule was completely bewildered to find itself back in its old home.

Xia Ning let it go in and out countless times throughout the day. The mule became numb, got used to it, and finally lay down. Whatever, as long as it has a place to stay.

Moreover, this unfamiliar place is quite comfortable to stay in.

Xia Ning told Jiang Yi that living things could enter the space except for humans. She also told him to tell the wolves that if they went out to escape famine, they could stay in the space with the mule whenever they had free time.

After explaining to the man for a long time and demonstrating several times, he finally understood, his eyes filled with amazement, and then he happily went off to find the wolf.

As temperatures rose day by day, the snow melted quickly. In just four days, the roads were muddy and there was no trace of snow left.

People who had been cooped up at home for a year gradually returned to their homes, and shop owners, those still alive, opened for business. They had finally made it through; life had to go on.

The city has returned to its former bustling state, though it's far less lively than before the cold wave.

Xia Ning looked at the passersby and couldn't help but sigh. They were all emaciated, dressed in loose-fitting clothes, with empty eyes. It was easy to imagine how much suffering they had endured over the past year. When it got hotter, they would take off their oversized cotton-padded coats, and they would probably be nothing but skin and bones.

How many people can withstand the disasters that are about to unfold? Alas, God is cruel, leaving no way for people to survive.

No, it's that the author is too ruthless and dares to write anything.