Qing Xuanzi shook his head: "Master can't take live rabbits and chicks. If you insist on taking them, Master can only kill them and take them to eat."

Rong Jiaojiao looked at the newly hatched chicks and the newborn rabbits with a conflicted expression.

Qing Xuanzi said, "Jiaobao, if you can't bear to kill them, let's release them, okay?"

Rong Jiaojiao said with a distress, "Master, the little rabbits and chicks don't have any meat, so they don't taste good."

Qing Xuanzi was speechless. It turned out that it wasn't that he couldn't bear to part with the rabbit, but that he felt it was too small and wouldn't have enough meat.

Well, when he first got these animals, he said he would raise them to eat meat when they grew up. He just thought that children would like these furry little animals and would be reluctant to part with them. He was just overthinking it.

He said, "Then let's give them more food. We'll be back in a few days, they shouldn't go hungry."

"Alright!" Rong Jiaojiao got up, patted a cleansing talisman on herself, and went to the stone table to wait for her meal.

Normally, whenever there is meat to eat, the little girl would bury her head in her food and eat with all her might. But today, while she was eating, she kept glancing at the chicken coop and rabbit shed.

Qing Xuanzi, unaware of her thoughts, picked up a piece of meat for her and said, "Eat your meal properly. After you finish eating, we'll give the chicks and rabbits lots of food."

Rong Jiaojiao nodded and quickly ate her rice. After she finished eating, Qing Xuanzi put the bowls and chopsticks away in the kitchen.

When I came out again, the chicken coop and rabbit hutch were gone.

Qing Xuanzi...

Looking at his disciple, who was blinking nervously, he tentatively asked, "Jiaobao, did you put the chicken and the rabbit into your magic artifact?"

Rong Jiaojiao nodded, ran over and hugged Qing Xuanzi's leg, tilted her little head up and said ingratiatingly, "Master, shall we take the chicks and rabbits with us? That way we won't have to release them. Jiaojiao will raise them and feed them meat to Master, okay?"

Qing Xuanzi looked into Rong Jiaojiao's big, watery eyes, his gaze filled with helplessness and doting affection.

He sighed and ruffled her hair: "Then tell your master, did the chicks and rabbits die after entering your treasure?"

Rong Jiaojiao entered the small secret realm with her divine sense and found that the pheasants and rabbits were all fine, and she was not afraid because of the change of environment.

She shook her head happily and said, "I didn't die, so the baby will have lots and lots of meat to eat from now on."

What could Qing Xuanzi say? He nodded and said, "Alright, then bring them all along."

Upon hearing her master's approval, Rong Jiaojiao immediately cheered and jumped for joy, hugging and kissing Qing Xuanzi's leg, her little face full of happiness: "Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!"

“However,” Qing Xuanzi suddenly became serious, “you must promise your master that you will not tell anyone that you have a treasure, nor will you use it in front of anyone.”

"Oh, Master, you say it every day, and Jiao Bao has remembered it all. No one, not even Dad, Mom, or Brother, is allowed." Rong Jiao Jiao nodded vigorously, her little face full of seriousness.

Qing Xuanzi: "Your parents don't need to use it, they already know you have a treasure. But it's best not to use it when you get home, lest a powerful figure you don't know about discovers it."

"Okay, Master, I promise I won't need it."

"Jiaobao is so good!"

He couldn't resist picking her up and tossing her around, which made Rong Jiaojiao scream repeatedly, but she still shouted, "Master, toss me again!"

The master and apprentice played for a while before Qing Xuanzi finally put Rong Jiaojiao down.

Rong Jiaojiao took out cucumbers, tomatoes, and hawthorns from the secret realm and said, "Master, can you give these to my brother, and can you give them to my parents?"

Qing Xuanzi nodded: "Okay, Master will take care of it for you."

Thinking that Rong Jiaojiao doesn't usually eat much fruit, he said, "Jiaobao, how about we dig up two apple trees and plant them in your treasure vessel when we go back tomorrow?"

Rong Jiaojiao's eyes lit up, and she said happily, "Great! Let's plant apples for Master to eat."

Qing Xuanzi picked her up and bounced her around again. With such a sweet-talking and considerate little disciple, who wouldn't be confused?

He gave her a loud kiss on the cheek and said, "Alright, Jiaobao, it's time for you to sleep. Go to sleep early so we can leave early tomorrow."

Rong Jiaojiao pumped her fist: "Okay, let's get going! Good luck!"

Qing Xuanzi chuckled: "Why are you adding oil...?"

The next day, Qing Xuanzi set off with Rong Jiaojiao after breakfast.

Looking at the vibrant mountains and forests, Qing Xuanzi guessed that the weather was normal this year, and both the fields and mountains had recovered their vitality. People also had more wild vegetables and mushrooms to fill their stomachs, so life should not be so difficult.

But things are different in the military camp. Qing Xuanzi still plans to donate the grain he saved last year and the grain that Rong Jiaojiao took out when he goes back to pick up Rong Zhigao and Rong Zhiyuan this time.

The two of them took a detour and dug up two apple trees, which Rong Jiaojiao then planted in the treasure.

The two returned to town safely for the rest of the journey. Unexpectedly, not only was Fu Ya there, but Rong Lianhu and the two children were also there.

Both sides were very happy to meet, especially the Rong brothers, Rong Zhigao and Rong Zhiyuan, who had been looking forward to it for months.

Upon seeing Qing Xuanzi and Rong Jiaojiao enter after the courtyard gate opened automatically, both of them jumped three feet high.

"Uncle Qingxuan, little sister!"

Rong Zhiyuan was the first to run over, took his sister's hand and said, "Little sister, you've grown taller and more beautiful."

Rong Jiaojiao clearly never tired of hearing these words, and she waved happily, saying, "Brother, baby misses you!"

Qing Xuanzi put her down, and Rong Zhigao ran over, picked up Rong Jiaojiao, spun her around happily a few times, and grinned from ear to ear: "Little sister, you're finally back! We've missed you so much!"

Rong Jiaojiao felt dizzy from her brother's hug, but she smiled broadly: "Brother, I missed you all too!"

Seeing the three siblings playing together, Qing Xuanzi turned to Rong Lianhu and asked, "Why are you all here?"

Rong Lianhu smiled and looked at his two sons, saying, "They always remembered that you said you would come to pick them up to go to the valley when summer vacation started, so they came to town every day after the vacation started. They didn't wait for you to come back at night, so they went home with their mother at night."

"I'm off today, so I came here to clean the yard and cook a nice meal for the children. I didn't expect you to be back today."

Looking at their still incredibly thin bodies, he asked, "You still don't have enough food, do you?"

Rong Lianhu nodded: "Although the weather has been good in various places this year, it will definitely take two or three years to get back to the point where we can eat our fill every day, let alone eat well."

Qing Xuanzi said, "I originally planned to donate the grain planted in the valley last year when you came back, but many things happened later, so I didn't donate it."

"I brought them all back this time. After you finish eating, go and contact Minister He."

"As for the requirements, they are still the same as before; a certificate is all you need."

Rong Lianhu nodded: "Okay, Brother Qingxuan."