Wen Xiuying gets angry just thinking about it. Before Zhu Xixi was born, Yan Yan was the team's lucky star.

Even Old Lady Zhu had to show her respect, but now that Zhu Xixi has appeared, the whole situation has changed.

"You have no idea, everyone in the team is praising Zhu Xixi now, saying she's a little lucky star, and that the team's food has been much better since she was born."

"Now every prisoner is eating pork, and they wish they could put Zhu Xixi in a temple and worship her."

Wen Xiuying's words made Zhu Yanyan sneer disdainfully. These few scumbags dare to call themselves gods? They are only destined to be cannon fodder.

"It's alright, their days are numbered, there's no need to waste our energy on unimportant people."

"The bandits are coming soon, you must hide."

Zhu Borong and Wen Xiuying's expressions changed drastically upon hearing their daughter's words. They all knelt around her, massaging her shoulders.

"Daughter, when will the bandits arrive?" Zhu Borong was very curious about when the bandits would arrive. For safety's sake, they should be well prepared to avoid being hurt by the bandits.

Zhu Yanyan clicked her tongue in annoyance and retorted, "How should I know? Just be prepared."

“Yes, yes, let’s get ready. We’ll hide the food as Yan Yan instructed.” Wen Xiuying was worried that Zhu Yan Yan would be angry, so she gestured for Zhu Borong to shut up.

Xixi overheard their conversation and angrily kicked her legs, feeling increasingly frustrated.

[This Zhu Yanyan has completely taken herself for a god, believing she can do whatever she wants.]

She completely disregarded Xixi and her family, believing that Xixi was powerless against her.

[XiXi is a koi fish fairy who has lived for over a thousand years, how could she be defeated by someone like this?]

No, Xixi needs to rise up and show Zhu Yanyan what the Little Fish Fairy is all about.

The daughter's intermittent mutterings left Liu stunned, staring blankly at her daughter who was frowning and looking serious.

Just then, Sun, who had gone out to look for Han Xin grass, returned with Zhu Dabao.

"Mother, I've found the herbs."

As soon as she returned, she smelled the aroma of chicken soup in the camp and happily led Zhu Xiaobao over.

"Mother, I want to apply medicine to your wound."

Zhu Laotian removed Sun's medicine and placed the bowl in front of her and Zhu Xiaobao.

"It's getting cold, drink it quickly, you'll have the energy to work when you're full."

Sun took the chicken soup from her mother-in-law, nodded with a smile, and drank it eagerly.

Everyone was happily drinking chicken soup, but Xixi could only smell the chicken soup and drink bland goat milk.

Hehe, I also want to drink chicken soup!

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, while the others were cleaning up the kitchen utensils, Sun was putting the ground herbs into juice onto her bandages.

Then, she went behind her mother-in-law and carefully tied the gauze in her hand around her lower back.

She was surprised to find her mother-in-law lost in thought, so she looked at her curiously and asked, "Mom, what are you thinking about?"

These words cast a shadow of melancholy over Old Mrs. Zhu's weathered face. She frowned and sighed repeatedly.

"Have you noticed that the escorts haven't rested at any post stations along the way? Perhaps they also realized that post stations were too dangerous, which is why they chose to sleep outdoors rather than stay at post stations."

"What makes these officials wary must be related to the recent drought. The refugees must have swept through the post stations, which is why they dare not stay there."

That's because of the recent severe drought, which has caused people from the north to migrate south, thus affecting the food supplies at the post stations.

This situation will only get worse. No wonder Zhu Yanyan is so arrogant; she thinks she's a god because she has food.

Migrants are terrifying; they eat children. It's truly frightening.

Sun was bewildered by her niece's words, which were sometimes clear and sometimes indistinct, but she managed to catch them.

The drought was severe, and the refugees were fierce. In such a situation, weapons became their only chance to survive.

So she quickly stepped forward and looked at Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng, "Second brother, husband, are the things ready?"

"We need to hurry up and make gunpowder, and also prepare some bows and arrows, and sharp wooden sticks."

Upon hearing Sun's voice, Zhu Haotian quickly took out saltpeter from the bag. "Found it. I've seen saltpeter in the Ministry of War before, so it was easy to find."

Seeing this, Zhu Chenfeng also looked towards the camp. "Mother, let's go to the woods to prepare! There are too many people at the camp, and some might misunderstand our purpose."

“Okay, if you need any tools, send someone to get them. The rest of you come with me to kill the two pheasants, salt them, and then wrap them in some leaves.”

Just then, Old Lady Zhu's back had improved considerably, so she rolled up her sleeves and directed everyone to get moving, carrying bamboo baskets as they headed towards the woods.

The group had a clear division of labor: Tao and Old Lady Zhu were responsible for slaughtering the pheasants and preparing the food, while Sun and her two nephews worked with Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng to prepare the gunpowder powder.

After the group finished making the gunpowder, Zhu Haotian found a bamboo tube, stuffed the gunpowder powder into it, added a bullet, fuse, yellow mud, and an iron pad, and placed them inside the bamboo tube.

Having previously served in the Ministry of War, he was very familiar with weapons manufacturing, and in no time, he had completed the production of a simple rocket launcher.

Zhu Haotian happily handed the finished rocket launcher to his mother, saying, "Mom, look, it's done. It's not very powerful, but it'll be enough to scare away the bandits."

Grandma Zhu was very satisfied with her son's rocket launcher. After wrapping the pheasant in bamboo leaves, she then gave instructions to the others.

"It's getting late. Let's make a few more bows and arrows, and pack up the remaining gunpowder."

Zhu Chenfeng completely agreed with his mother's statement; time was limited, so they had to act as soon as possible.

He wasn't skilled in weapons manufacturing when he worked in the Ministry of Personnel, but his second brother was more familiar with it.

Furthermore, his sister-in-law's family were also veteran officials in the Ministry of War, and he had been influenced by them since childhood. He only needed to follow the two of them.

"Madam, Second Brother, please teach me what to do next."

After a moment of silence, Madam Sun looked at the two of them and expressed her thoughts.

"I think we should each make a bow and arrow for self-defense, coat the arrowhead with gunpowder, and then light the arrowhead to repel the enemy if we encounter danger."

“Okay, that’s a good idea. Bows and arrows are simple. I’ll go cut some bamboo.” After hearing his sister-in-law’s opinion, Zhu Haotian nodded, picked up a sickle, and turned to walk into the woods.

About two hours later, the Zhu family had prepared all the weapons and put them into Sun's bamboo basket.

Only then did they help Old Lady Zhu leave the woods and head towards the camp.

Everyone in the camp packed their bags and prepared to set off again.

Seeing that Grandma Zhu and her family arrived late, I was a little unhappy, especially since Zhu Borong was sitting on the cart.

After seeing Old Lady Zhu and her family come out, he glared at them a few times and shouted at the escorts.

"Sir, let's hurry up and leave, it's getting dark soon."

To everyone's surprise, the escort calmly retorted, "What's the rush? So what if it's dark? Can't we move?"

Zhu Borong dared not vent his anger on the escorts, so he could only vent it on the slow-moving Zhu family.

"Can you guys hurry up? You've made so many of us wait. You're really shameless, taking shamelessness to the extreme."

"None of your business. We'll do whatever we want with it. If you don't like it, just leave. Nobody's stopping you."

Having just suffered a lot of grievances, Liu was angry when she saw Zhu Borong's family. She put her hands on her hips and retorted loudly in a gentle voice.

Zhu Borong wanted to argue a bit more, but his daughter stopped him. He turned around and looked at his daughter with a dark expression.

"What's wrong?"

"Dad, I feel like something's off with Old Lady Zhu's family."

The more Zhu Yanyan looked at these people, the stranger they seemed. Not only were they dawdling, but she could also smell a pungent odor coming from them.