Wu Li and Master Wu stayed in the carriage, occasionally checking Madam Wu's temperature with their hands.

After about 15 minutes, Madam Wu's body temperature gradually decreased.

Wu Li was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes: "Mom's fever really has gone down, that's wonderful."

"Yes, it's all thanks to my son, otherwise your mother would have been in grave danger this time," Master Wu said, secretly wiping the corner of his eye.

He and his wife were married when they were young and have been together for more than 20 years. Although they are wealthy, he has never thought of taking a concubine.

These past two days, seeing his wife on the verge of death, he has been extremely anxious. He fears he wouldn't be able to bear it if she were to pass away like this.

Thinking of the mysterious tricks his son had just demonstrated, Master Wu suddenly realized something, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes: "Son, how did you make the purse disappear, and how did you make it reappear?"

"I can see a mysterious room where you can store things," Wu Li explained to her father with exaggerated gestures.

Master Wu's eyes lit up: "This is perfect! Quickly put our gold, silver and valuables into that room, and then put some grain in after dark."

These days, Master Wu has been living in constant fear, as no fewer than five groups of refugees have rushed up to try and rob them.

Fortunately, the 10 guards he left behind were all people he had adopted since childhood, and they were all loyal to the Wu family.

This was also a little scheme of Master Wu's. After his son was born, he consciously wanted to cultivate a group of loyal subordinates for his son. But how could ordinary subordinates be loyal for no reason? Would they betray their master in the face of greater interests?

With this in mind, Master Wu secretly kept looking for homeless beggars, and if he found one who was honest and grateful, he would take him into his household.

They even hired a martial arts instructor to teach these children martial arts, and after more than ten years of learning, each of them became exceptionally skilled.

He had originally thought that after he and his wife passed away, these people would help their son protect the Wu family, but who knew that the world would suddenly change so drastically.

When they set off, Master Wu dismissed all the servants in his household, leaving only the steward, his son's page, and the 10 carefully trained guards, apart from his family of three.

Thinking back on the two months of escorting him, Master Wu felt that his efforts had not been in vain.

Upon hearing her father's words, Wu Li carefully opened the carriage's hidden compartment and stored all the gold, silver, and valuables inside into her system's warehouse.

Master Wu, still worried, instructed, "Li'er, remember to pack everything up from your carriage later, and also put two bags of grain inside."

He was worried that the journey ahead might be fraught with danger, and that if anything untoward happened, his son could survive on these things.

——

Gu Yunshu and Xia Qingqing felt much better after venting their frustrations.

"Ugh, I'm so unlucky. I wonder when the next upgrade will be."

Xia Qingqing gently persuaded, "Sister Yunshu, don't worry. You don't need to worry about your fighting skills at all. I'll take care of the food. Just give me whatever you want to trade."

"That's right, Qingqing is so lucky to have you," Gu Yunshu finally smiled. Qingqing was right, she didn't really need anything, so it didn't matter if she wasn't matched with a new world anymore.

The two chatted for a while longer before hanging up the video call.

Xia Qingqing thought of the upgrade Gu Yunshu had just mentioned and opened the connection with [the platform/system].

"888, how many more experience points do I need to level up to level 3?"

[Host, your experience bar progress is currently at 8%.]

Hearing that the progress was only 8%, Xia Qingqing frowned unhappily: "How come it's only this much? Haven't I been at level 2 for a long time already?"

[Host, the higher your level, the harder it is to level up, and the more experience points you need.]

Xia Qingqing sighed. She didn't know when she would be able to reach level 3, but luckily she was matched with a modern world, where Zhou Wei could basically get her what she needed.

After resting at home for two days, Xia Qingqing made an excuse to go to the county to visit a friend.

Xiao Hui's eyes lit up when he saw Xia Qingqing, whom he hadn't seen for several months, and he enthusiastically pulled her into the house:

"Mr. Xia, are you on winter break? It's cold outside, let's go inside and talk."

He knew that Xia Qingqing never came to his door without a reason, so this time she must have come to bring him money again.

Xia Qingqing took a leisurely sip of the tea Xiao Hui had brewed for her. A sweet taste spread in her mouth. She squinted her eyes and took another small sip.

Xiao Hui said proudly, "How about it? The tea here is pretty good, isn't it? This is my treasured tea; I don't usually let just anyone drink it."

"Not bad, not bad, shall I take some with me later?" Xia Qingqing said deliberately, smiling as she watched Xiao Hui's reaction.

A hint of reluctance flashed across Xiao Hui's face, but he gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, I'll pack one or two for you later."

Heaven knows how heartbroken he was, but this was his cash cow, so it was just tea, he could just give it away.

Xia Qingqing was surprised that he was actually willing to give it to her, and quickly said with a smile, "Okay, okay, I was just kidding. I don't like drinking tea."

Xiao Hui breathed a sigh of relief, but said aloud, "Then you really don't know how to enjoy yourself. This tea of ​​mine is excellent; most people can't get their hands on it."

"Let's stop talking about tea and get down to business," Xia Qingqing said slowly, putting down her teacup.

Xiao Hui's expression immediately turned serious, and his posture became much more upright: "Mr. Xia, please speak. I am all ears."

“I can get a batch of military overcoats, I don’t know if you’re interested,” Xia Qingqing said, pointing to the basket on the ground.

Xiao Hui quickly opened the basket lid and saw a green military overcoat inside. He took the coat out and examined it carefully: "This material is good, thick and warm."

Since they were all old acquaintances, Xiao Hui didn't mince words and asked directly, "What price are you planning to offer?"

"I can get 100 of them. Name your price," Xia Qingqing said. She wasn't very familiar with the market price of military overcoats, having never bought one before.

Xiao Hui thought for a moment and tentatively said, "How about 35 yuan a piece? That's a fair price."

There are very few military overcoats on the market. Xiao Hui has never been involved in the military overcoat business before, so he is not sure about the price, but he roughly knows that a military overcoat should cost around forty or fifty yuan.

"I won't say anything more, let's make it 40 yuan a piece, happy to cooperate," Xia Qingqing said, making the final decision.

Xiao Hui looked at Xia Qingqing and smiled bitterly: "You really don't leave me any room to make money. 40 it is, when are you going to deliver the goods?"

Xia Qingqing secretly rolled her eyes. She knew Xiao Hui well enough to know that he would never do a losing business. Since he agreed, it meant that he would definitely make money. It was just a matter of how much he would make.