"You sons of bitches, do you really think the Zhu family has no one left?"

Zhu Haotian grew angrier as he listened, rolled up his sleeves to reveal his strong arms, picked up a wooden stick from the ground, and swung it at the hunter.

"If you dare touch my little niece, I'll fight you to the death."

Tao was obese and stronger than the average woman. She swung her fist at the hunter.

The two hunters had been hunting in the mountains for many years and were used to this kind of scene.

They calmly dodged the two men's attacks and took out bows and arrows from behind them, aiming them at the three men.

Tao was worried about not finding anyone to vent her anger on, so she pulled Zhu Haotian back with all her might and handed the child to him.

“I’ll take the baby.”

Zhu Haotian was just about to make a big splash when his wife pulled him back, and he blankly took the child in her arms.

In my arms, I saw Zhu Xixi, with fair skin and big, dark eyes, curiously looking around, very clever.

A sweet smile appeared on her face, which resembled a soup dumpling, and her tiny hands and feet, like lotus roots, kicked around inside the swaddle.

Zhu Xixi discovered that her vision was gradually recovering, and the scene in front of her was becoming clearer.

Upon seeing Zhu Haotian's handsome features, she stared at him as if he were a fool.

[Is this my second uncle? He's quite handsome, but it's a pity he has some eye problems. He's mistaking a fish eye for a pearl, what a waste of such beautiful eyes.]

[Sigh! You called Song Borong your brother, but he didn't take you seriously at all.]

Not only did he steal all the grain from your home, but he also caused you to lose a leg while trying to help him catch a wild boar.

This is absolutely tragic!

Just as Zhu Haotian was about to coax his niece in his arms, a soft, sweet voice suddenly rang in his mind.

He shuddered and looked around fearfully. What was going on? Whose voice was that?

Why is it said that his uncle caused him to lose a leg?

"meeting....."

Before he could react, he saw two constables in yamen runners pointing at the people who were fighting.

Behind the escort was Zhu Borong, who was watching the play. He quickly walked to Zhu Haotian's side.

"Haotian, why haven't you sent her away yet? We're about to leave, and you're all reluctant to let her go, so I'll do it!"

[You bastard, don't touch me! I'm trying to give my nest to that man-eating bastard again!]

"Uncle, can he really be trusted? This Zhu Borong is in cahoots with the hunters."

[XiXi escaped with great difficulty, but is her uncle going to be brainwashed by Zhu Borong again and send her away?]

No!

Seeing Zhu Borong reach out his hand, Zhu Haotian quickly pushed Zhu Borong away and shouted a warning.

"Don't come any closer. Xixi will stay with us and won't go anywhere."

"Zhu Haotian, are you out of your mind? Keeping this good-for-nothing in the team? Aren't you trading other people's lives for this girl's?"

Zhu Borong staggered backward, staring with incredulous eyes, and loudly retorted.

Zhu Haotian was too lazy to waste any more words with him, so he picked up his granddaughter and walked towards Old Lady Zhu.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Zhu Haotian to send the girl away, he rolled his eyes and followed after him.

Upon noticing the approaching escorts, the hunter stopped arguing with Old Lady Zhu and turned to run away.

Just as Tao was about to press her advantage, her mother-in-law blocked her way, saying, "Second daughter-in-law, no."

"What happened?"

Old Lady Zhu turned around at the sound and saw a fat escort panting as he looked at the departing hunter.

Another lean escort had already drawn his sword and was pointing it warily at the group.

When Old Lady Zhu saw the escorts approaching, she frowned with embarrassment and stepped forward to explain in a low voice.

"Officer, we want to keep this child."

"Keep her? Do you know you're running out of food?"

The obese police officer thought he had misheard. He came to Zhu Haotian, panting, and looked down at the child in his arms.

"That's right! The journey is fraught with danger, and the team's food supplies are barely enough to sustain them. Leaving this money-losing thing behind will only leave everyone without food."

Zhu Borong quietly approached the escort and made sarcastic remarks.

[What's it to you? Did I eat your rice? You want to give your home to cannibals just to seize our grain.]

Xixi suddenly thought of her uncle and grandmother, who were easily swayed by others. She blinked her big, wet eyes and looked up at them with a wronged expression.

[I hope Grandma and Uncle won't be manipulated by the PUA (Power Attack and Protection Act) or be misled by Zhu Borong, and will share their family's food with the entire clan.]

Knowing the future in advance, Zhu Haotian had already sealed his heart with cement, and he wouldn't be foolish enough to take out the grain and distribute it to everyone just because of Zhu Borong's few words.

"We brought the grain out with us, how we distribute it is our business, what's it to you?"

Even though Zhu Haotian was adamant, the escort remained cold and unapproachable, shaking his head with a stern face.

"No, the journey is too long. Such a small child will die on the road sooner or later. It would be better to find a good family for her to live a good life."

"That's right. You adults can't even afford to eat, how can you have the mind to care for the children? You've seen it on the road, corpses everywhere, people exchanging children to eat. Have you thought about that?"

The lean officer was more polite than the fat one; he sighed, sheathed his sword, and offered kind advice.

“Mother, the escort is right, we can’t take Xixi with us on the journey.”

After a moment of contemplation, Tao agreed to the escort's suggestion.

Under her daughter-in-law's persuasion, Old Lady Zhu wavered again, and she looked hesitantly at Zhu Xixi.

Zhu Xixi was now in a complete panic. The whole country was in chaos, suffering from drought and war, and there was no surplus food to feed her.

Rather than becoming the daughter of an unknown person, she would rather stay with the group, which included a transmigrated woman who was incredibly wealthy.

The transmigrated woman took over the original owner's sister's body and space, and had already emptied the Zhu family's wealth and put it into her space before being exiled.

In addition, they also seized the grain, gold, and silver treasures from the capital and the palace.

Therefore, as long as the Zhu family follows the time-traveling woman, they will not starve to death, and Xixi will not become someone else's food.

Moreover, according to the plot, the border region is a place with potential for development. With proper planning, everyone can live a good life.

It was for this reason that the time-traveling woman voluntarily followed the group into exile.

[Silly auntie, Xixi is about to be sent away, and that time-traveling woman is becoming even more arrogant, not only monopolizing Xixi's affection.]

[Furthermore, he uses his reputation as a lucky charm to swagger around in the team, and to solidify his position, he even prevents you from having children.]

And he even prevented his wife from having children? The more Zhu Haotian listened to his niece's ramblings, the more complicated things seemed to him than he had imagined.

No, my niece absolutely cannot leave!

"Mother, I can skip eating it and leave it all for Xixi." Zhu Haotian looked at Old Madam Zhu with a firm expression and pleading eyes.

The son's expression made Grandma Zhu make up her mind. Her granddaughter was a reincarnation of a deity and had even foreseen their future fate.

Since it was God's will to let them live, she was even more determined not to let her granddaughter leave.

"I don't need to eat; I'll give the food to the children."

Tao was puzzled by the two men's actions. Why would they go without food and drink for a girl? What was the difference between that and trading one's life for another?

Are my mother-in-law and husband crazy?