Famine and exile: I brought the Spirit Spring to save the entire Marquis's mansion.

Although the old lady didn't understand how to put out the fire, she had figured it out in the past few days. Sang Ning was very decisive and not influenced by others, but he was by no means a reckless person. If he was going to take action, he must have more than 50% confidence.

Seeing the prefect's anxious expression, she said in a deep voice, "My lord, Sang Ning is now in charge of our Huo family. Whatever decision she makes, she must have considered it carefully before making it. Moreover, she is very knowledgeable, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Please wait patiently for a while longer."

Bai Yi was astonished.

Did they put Mrs. Sang in charge of the household?

And is he also very knowledgeable?

You should know that the Marquis of Boyang's mansion produced a genius young scholar who became the top scholar in the imperial examination. So what level of knowledge does the old lady have for the person she calls "learned"?

Mo Cuiyu glanced at Li Yuzhi with concern, only to see her standing on the broken tree, straining to see the fire ahead, completely ignoring the old lady's words.

With the Sang family in charge, won't the eldest sister-in-law feel bad?

Suddenly, Sang Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

His tense shoulders slumped down.

She plopped down on the tree trunk that had just been cut down and hadn't been moved yet.

"Okay, no need to chop."

"Why did you stop cutting?"

Ding San, who was bent over and slashing wildly, looked up in confusion, then looked at Sang Ning, and then at his master.

What just happened?

Bai Yi seemed to only realize it at this moment.

She had the barriers cut down, preparing for two possible scenarios.

If the fire fails earlier, the firebreak can act as a buffer, making it relatively easier for them to extinguish the fire.

If it succeeds, then it won't be needed.

Such meticulous thinking.

"The fire's gone down!" General Su had climbed a tree to observe.

I watched as the flames gradually died down and stopped spreading in this direction.

"I'll go over and take a look!"

He jumped down from the tree, pulled his clothes up, covered his head, and rushed forward.

"Lao Su!"

Just as Bai Yi was about to stop him, he heard Sang Ning say in a somewhat weak voice, "Take some men and put out the remaining embers. Put them out completely, so that the embers don't reignite."

If even the slightest trace remains, all the effort will have been wasted.

Actually, despite her calm and composed demeanor and orderly command just now, she was extremely tense inside.

She's not a professional firefighter, so how can she guarantee it will work?

It really is just a gamble.

"Then what are you going to do with us cutting down trees?" Ding San was still confused.

Sang Ning: "My family is short of firewood, so I'll take it back and use it as firewood."

"Great! With so many trees, I won't have to go out and cut them down for many days." Huo Jingya said happily, touching the egg in her belly.

"You're pregnant and you're out chopping wood?" Ding San stared wide-eyed at her belly, which was at least five months along.

Huo Jingya was furious and roared, "That's right! I'm not carrying one, I'm carrying ten!"

Ding San: "..."

It seems like the Huo family is different from everyone else.

Women have bigger tempers than the rest of us.

Bai Yi was probably also dumbfounded by his subordinate's stupidity, and kicked Ding San in the butt, "Go put out the fire!"

This looks like someone is carrying something in their clothes; I wonder what they're looking for, treating it like a treasure.

There's nothing of interest here except for wild grass and rocks.

"Sir, my son..."

Huo Baohong ran forward and followed Bai Yi to plead for his son.

Mo Cuiyu wanted to go too, but Li Yuzhi stopped her.

"Cuiyu, what exactly happened between you and your older cousin? Did he really bully you?"

Second Aunt never liked Mo Cuiyu, Li Yuzhi knew that, saying that she was quiet and like a block of wood.

Fortunately, she had a loving husband in the past, so even when her second aunt ridiculed her, she would just smile and not argue back.

If even her eldest cousin isn't protecting her now, how can she possibly have a good life?

"No," Mo Cuiyu said softly.

"Of course not, what about last night..."

"Sister-in-law, don't ask anymore, it's really not true."

Li Yuzhi was about to ask another question when Sang Ning interrupted, "Has the child drunk water? Has the fever gone down?"

When the topic turned to children, Mo Cuiyu's blank expression became a little more lively.

"I drank it. The fever has gone down a bit, but I'm still very weak."

She opened her mouth several times before finally saying, "Thank you."

Sang Ning didn't pay attention, whispered something in Huo Jingya's ear, and then jumped down from the tree trunk to relieve herself.

After walking about thirty meters, she spotted a rare, large tree.

It's not exactly rare, but due to excessive logging in modern times, their numbers have dwindled.

It is listed as a Class II protected wild plant in China.

That is, Manchurian ash.

Ash trees are not willows; they belong to the Oleaceae family and are a type of tree. Their wood is tough and is a very rare and high-grade timber.

That's not the point. The point is that this tree likes to grow in moist soil, especially in riverbanks and the lower reaches of mountain rivers where there is plenty of water.

But there's more than one here!

Moreover, some of them are over thirty meters tall! They blot out the sky.

This means that it has a history of at least a hundred years.

Sang Ning was very confused.

This isn't some remote, untouched mountain; if there were a river, how could it not have been discovered?

As she pondered, the sound of a baby, which she hadn't heard in a long time, came to mind again.

"Two hundred meters ahead, there's a cave thirty meters underground. There are golden barbs. There are golden barbs."

The golden-line barb is also a nationally protected animal. It belongs to the cave fish family and hides in the dark waters of caves!

There's an underground river in the cave ahead!

Sang Ning understood; this might be the source of Moon Spring.

She guessed that the climate had changed the geology, blocking the water source.

After running to the cave and taking a look, I understood why no one had discovered the water source there.

Because the cave was blocked!

After going in about ten meters, there was no room left. There was only a hole about the size of a basketball. If you reached your hand in, you could feel the cold, damp wind blowing in.

I don't know where this place is connected to, but there's nowhere else to go from here.

Sang Ning guessed that the underground river might have flowed from inside the mountain.

OK! You're ready to make a big contribution!

If you drill a well in the ash forest area, you're sure to get water.

As for the underground river in the cave, let's not let anyone disturb its tranquility.

She took out the Chen family kitchen knife from her spatial storage, chopped down a few straight willow saplings, and walked back in a very good mood.

"Fourth Sister-in-law, why are you so slow? The eggs are already cooked!" Huo Jingya asked loudly.

Then he bent down, parted the wood, and dug out the eggs from the soil.

Sanning had a meal.

Hey?

She hasn't peed yet.

Never mind, I guess I'll just have to hold it in.

The old lady pulled Sang Ning aside and whispered a complaint: "You child, why did you let Xiao Ya bake all the eggs? Such precious things should be saved to eat slowly."

"Don't leave any, eat them all. I already know what kind of eggs these are, so we can eat them every few days from now on."

"Huh? What kind of egg is that?"

"Swan eggs!" Sang Ning made up on the spot.

Who cares, she's going to eat eggs anyway! Eat eggs!

"They lay their eggs in these mountains, so we'll definitely be able to collect a lot more next time."

"...Oh," the old lady finally responded after a long pause.

She's eaten swan eggs before.

Although the eggshell was also white, it was far inferior to this one, and it didn't taste as good either.

Unfortunately, Xiaoya had already cooked all the eggs.

otherwise……

Huo Jingya tied the five hard-boiled eggs back to her stomach and took them back to her family to eat.

There are five left, one for each person.

Mo Cuiyu was suddenly stuffed into her arms.

She hurriedly looked at Sang Ning.

Her voice trembled: "How can this be?"

It's not the eldest sister-in-law who's in charge now.

"Take it back and give it to the child," the old lady said.

Li Yuzhi let her hold it and even took out her own egg yolk for her.

"I find it too dry, you eat it."