Grandma Zhu was unaware of Chen Xiang's plan. After obtaining the pass, she hurriedly returned to the camp.

The Zhu family members, who were gathered around the fire waiting for dinner, all anxiously inquired after seeing Old Mrs. Zhu and Zhu Chenfeng return.

"Mother, did you get it?" Tao asked anxiously as she stood up and helped Old Lady Zhu sit down.

Grandma Zhu carefully looked around to make sure no one was watching before taking out the travel document from her bosom.

After successfully obtaining the travel permit, the Zhu family members all excitedly embraced each other.

"Great, great! We'll never go hungry again!"

While she was happy, Liu noticed that Old Mrs. Zhu was still frowning. So, she took Zhu Xixi into her arms and went to Old Mrs. Zhu's side.

"Mom, Xixi will have rice porridge soon, why do you seem unhappy?"

Grandma Zhu held the tree branch in her hand, her brows furrowed in confusion, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was amiss.

"That's so strange. Why did Chen Xiang give us the travel permit so readily?"

These words instantly froze the previously cheerful Zhu family members, who then sat back down in their original seats with a forced smile.

Seeing that Grandma Zhu was in a daze, no one dared to disturb her and they were all pushing and shoving each other.

Finally, Tao mustered her courage and approached Old Lady Zhu, whispering, "Mother, have you discovered something?"

"No, tomorrow the third brother and the eldest brother's wife will come with me to the county town, and the rest of us will stay at the camp to guard the house."

Grandma Zhu just sensed that something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.

To avoid worrying the children, she picked up a spoon and started stirring in the iron pot.

"Dinner is ready."

The aroma of meat gradually wafted from the Zhu family's pot to Zhu Yanyan's front, and she angrily kicked the luggage a few times.

Zhu Borong looked at his angry daughter helplessly, and could only smile and say something after she had vented her anger.

"Yan Yan, don't be angry. Dad has received a new message."

Zhu Yanyan was full of anger and had no mood to play hide-and-seek with Zhu Borong. She sat down in the chair with a bad attitude.

"explain."

"Don't get angry after you hear this. It's true, Old Lady Zhu has obtained the travel permit."

Zhu Borong stood helplessly beside Zhu Yanyan, trying to cool her down with a fan.

Sure enough, upon hearing the news, Zhu Yanyan excitedly stood up from her chair, "What?"

"These untrustworthy scoundrels."

Worried about the safety of his family, Zhu Borong quickly covered Zhu Yanyan's mouth and whispered words of comfort.

"Don't shout. Although Lord Chen gave them the travel permits, he might just want to test them and see if they have anything valuable on them."

"Something valuable?"

These words instantly calmed Zhu Yanyan down. She stared blankly at the fire, as if she had just realized something, and quickly grabbed Zhu Borong's arm to question him, "Did the escort really say these words?"

“Yes! I heard it with my own ears!” Zhu Borong didn’t understand why Zhu Yanyan was so agitated. He nodded with a half-smile and helped her sit back down.

However, upon learning this news, Zhu Yanyan instantly became very uneasy. After hesitating for a moment, she got up from her chair.

"I'm going to use the restroom."

Meanwhile, Zhu Xixi, nestled in her mother's arms, was so angry after overhearing the conversation between Zhu Borong and Zhu Yanyan that her brows furrowed together.

[This is infuriating! These scoundrels were trying to find out if we had any valuables on us.]

No wonder he gave the documents to Grandma so easily, you big bad guy!

She grew angrier the more she thought about it, waving her little hands and kicking her little feet excitedly, frowning and making babbling sounds.

Upon hearing her daughter's thoughts, Madam Liu's heart skipped a beat, and she looked thoughtfully at her mother-in-law.

When Grandma Zhu heard her granddaughter whimpering, she assumed she wanted to sleep, so she wiped her hands and took Zhu Xixi from Liu's arms.

"Are you sleepy? Grandma will lull you to sleep, okay?"

Zhu Xixi loves being held by her grandmother the most. She feels especially safe in her grandmother's arms.

She stretched comfortably in my arms, blowing bubbles and grinning.

Zhu Xixi quickly fell asleep after being rocked by Grandma Zhu, and once asleep, she went directly into the space.

I thought I could leisurely choose items, but I saw Zhu Yanyan again in the space.

She frantically took out many crossbow bolts, herbs, and food from the armory.

All these things were loaded onto a cart and then covered with a bamboo curtain.

After doing all this, she breathed a sigh of relief and left the space with satisfaction.

Only after Zhu Yanyan left did Zhu Xixi slowly swim out from behind the shelf and float aimlessly above the carriage.

Why did Zhu Yanyan collect these things?

After thinking for a long time without any clue, she simply opened the bracelet's space and put all the carriages into her possession.

Although she didn't know why Zhu Yanyan did this, she was sure she had her reasons.

For the safety of her family, she accepted these items.

After packing up the things in the carriage, Zhu Xixi was also a little sleepy. She stretched, yawned, and drifted off to sleep.

next day

As the group set off again, Grandma Zhu gave instructions to her son and daughter-in-law while packing her luggage.

"Later, walk slowly, pretend to look around, pick some things and put them in your pocket, pretend to go into the county town to sell things."

Upon hearing her mother-in-law's arrangement, Liu looked worried and whispered to Old Lady Zhu, "Mother, do you think the escorts might suspect we have valuables on us, which is why they let us into the county town?"

These words instantly snapped Old Mrs. Zhu out of her daze. She stood there stunned for a while before nodding blankly, completely agreeing with her daughter-in-law's analysis.

"Very likely, I told you this pass was too easy to obtain."

Grandma Zhu slapped her thigh in regret. She knew there was no such thing as a free lunch, how could she not have thought of this aspect?

Worried that Old Madam Zhu might faint from the shock, Madam Liu quickly stepped forward to support her. "Mother, perhaps we shouldn't..."

"No, the next county is five or six hundred kilometers away, and it will take seven or eight days to get there. Xixi's rice porridge cannot be delayed."

Before Liu could finish speaking, Old Madam Zhu raised her hand to interrupt her, shaking her head as she said...

"Let's take it one step at a time. When the time comes, we'll split into two groups."

Liu wanted to say something more, but seeing her mother-in-law's resolute attitude, she could only purse her lips and nod.

At the command of the escorts, the procession set off, with the Zhu family following behind.

Tao, Sun, Zhu Dabao, and Zhu Xiaobao were responsible for pretending to look for herbs to distract the others.

Seeing that everyone had joined in the search for herbs, Liu wanted to take Xixi and join them as well.

"Mother, I'll go look for it too."

"You should take the child and not go. It's just for show anyway."

Grandma Zhu looked at Zhu Xixi, who was slowly opening her eyes, with heartache, and a relieved smile appeared on her face.

Zhu Xixi had just woken up when she heard her grandmother's words. She suddenly woke up and excitedly waved her little hands.

Grandma, there's ginseng and lingzhi mushroom; don't miss out!