Judging from his tone, if it weren't for the fact that it was a male voice, you would think it was an old lady talking.

However, her words resonated with the women who sold seeds.

She sighed, "Alas, who can argue with that? These days, the grain distributed by the town government is mostly coarse grain, with only a few pounds of refined grain each month. The little child can't eat it all and cries from hunger all day long. That damned God is really cruel."

Qing Xuanzi realized he had brought up the wrong topic and quickly asked, "Sister, how much is it in total?"

The woman rattled off a series of calculations: "This year, grain production has decreased, and seed prices have increased. Rice seeds cost six cents, corn seeds cost three and a half cents, and vegetable seeds are cheap. You will have to pay a total of twenty-six yuan and one cent."

Qing Xuanzi left with the seeds, and the woman picked up her pen to record the information. However, she couldn't remember which production team the man's certificate belonged to, nor could she recall what he looked like. Fortunately, she did remember how much he had sold.

He slapped his head, cursing himself for being senile, and quickly wrote down the quantity. As for the production team, he thought that person would probably come again the next day, and he would write it down then. As a result, he never saw that person again for the rest of his life.

Qing Xuanzi went and bought a bed, bedding, and other household items.

With everything prepared, Rong Lianhu brought his son to town for dinner that evening, as a farewell feast.

The Rong brothers, Zhigao and Zhiyuan, were unaware that they would be separated from their sister for a long time, and everything on the table tasted delicious.

Rong Lianhu and Fu Ya were not in high spirits. They held their daughter tightly all night, their eyes fixed on her.

As she was about to go home, Fu Ya really wanted to take her daughter home, even if it was just to sleep with her for one night, but she was afraid of something going wrong, so she had to give up on that idea.

The next day, before dawn, the couple knocked on the door of the courtyard. Qing Xuanzi had already tucked the still-sleepy Rong Jiaojiao in front of him, and put all their belongings into his sleeve.

Seeing that he was ready, Fu Ya could no longer hold back her tears, but she didn't cry out. She covered her mouth with one hand and stroked her daughter's face with the other, unable to stop the tears from flowing.

Rong Lianhu held her in his arms and comforted her, but his own eyes also reddened.

Qing Xuanzi couldn't stand it any longer and said, "New Year's Eve is Jiaojiao's birthday. I will bring her back here to stay for a few days. You can come and hold a first birthday celebration for her then. Don't invite anyone else, just the few of us."

Fu Ya looked on expectantly: "Really? You're really bringing Jiaojiao back then? But the weather will be too cold then, Jiaojiao won't be able to stand it, so maybe we should forget about it?"

She desperately wanted to see her daughter, but the child was too young, and she couldn't bear to see her traveling back and forth in the freezing weather.

Qing Xuanzi smiled and said, "With me here, Jiaojiao will never be cold."

Fu Ya felt relieved when she thought of Qing Xuanzi's incredible abilities, and finally smiled a little.

"Then we'll be waiting for you and Jiaojiao to come back and celebrate the New Year together."

Qing Xuanzi nodded: "Alright, I won't break my promise, don't worry."

He then took out a jade pendant and handed it to Fu Ya, explaining, "There is a door behind the kitchen cupboard, and behind that door is a storage room, which I partitioned off using half of the room that connects to the kitchen."

"There is rice and other food that I have saved for you inside, as well as some cured meat, braised meat, and stewed pork, all of which are food that can be stored for a long time."

“You guys take the keys and bring the two boys over every now and then to get some nourishment.”

"Also, after you move the cabinet, what you see is still the wall, because I set up an illusion array on the door. To go in, you only need to wear the jade pendant I just gave you and you can just pass through."

Rong Lianhu thanked him gratefully, saying, "Thank you, brother. I'll be entrusting Jiaojiao to you from now on."

Qing Xuanzi raised an eyebrow: "Do you even need to tell me? She will only be my disciple in this life. How could I not protect her?"

"Don't worry, I will take good care of her. There are only four months left until the New Year. Don't act like you won't see her for many years."

Hearing him say that, Fu Ya stopped crying, but her eyes were still red and swollen.

She looked at Rong Jiaojiao in Qing Xuanzi's arms and said softly, "Jiaojiao, you must listen to your master. Mom and Dad will come to pick you up soon."

Qing Xuanzi couldn't stand their sticky behavior any longer, so he waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, I'm leaving. If I don't leave soon, it'll get hot when the sun comes out."

Rong Lianhu then remembered to ask, "Brother, where are you going? How do you get there? By car or on foot?"

"I'll take Jiaojiao around, so you don't need to worry about her."

After saying that, he quickly left, leaving the couple in the yard staring in the direction he disappeared for a long time, unwilling to look away.

After a long while, Rong Lianhu finally said, "Alright, wife, don't think too much about it. We'll see each other again in a few months. Let's go see what Master left us."

When the two of them finally figured it out and entered the storeroom, they were deeply moved by what they saw.

Not only were there the food Qing Xuanzi mentioned, but there were also deer blood wine, deer penis wine, ginseng wine, and medicinal wine for treating hidden injuries that he had prepared, with notes left on them.

The note read: Jiaojiao found the Hidden Spirit Grass, I used it, and I'm leaving these things in exchange.

Fu Ya said, "Master Qingxuan really didn't need to do that. It's not excessive for him to use some medicinal herbs when he's teaching Jiaojiao!"

Rong Lianhu nodded: "But these things are good for us. Tonight, we'll get some small bottles and send them to our wounded old comrades. They all have a lot of hidden injuries."

"what ever……

Qing Xuanzi was unaware of their conversation and actions, and he didn't care how they would arrange things.

He had already entered the mountains by then. He did not tell Rong Lianhu and the others that he was going to take Rong Jiaojiao to live in the mountains, fearing that they would be heartbroken and unable to sleep if they knew.

Today, Qing Xuanzi went in the same direction as he and Rong Lianhu last time, but this time his destination was farther away and deeper into the mountains.

This time he was alone and walked quickly, arriving at the valley where he had rested last time in the middle of the afternoon.

After tidying up the cave, we laid out a mat for Rong Jiaojiao to climb on and relax.

He made Rong Jiaojiao a bottle of milk powder. After she finished drinking it, Qing Xuanzi took out the corn seeds he bought yesterday, divided them into about two pounds, placed them in front of Rong Jiaojiao, and then divided the two pounds into two piles, one large and one small.

Under Rong Jiaojiao's curious gaze, he demonstrated for her: "Come on, Jiaojiao, put it away!"

As he spoke, he gathered up the smaller pile.

Rong Jiaojiao has recently been taught by him what it means to collect. She patted the pile of corn seeds, and the corn seeds disappeared.

Rong Jiaojiao looked up at Qing Xuanzi, who clapped his hands and praised, "Jiaojiao is great!"

After praising them, he took out rice seeds, divided some out, then split them into two piles, and continued to guide them.

Next came various vegetable seeds. He didn't collect them all for Rong Jiaojiao; he kept half of each. He wanted to test whether Rong Jiaojiao would grow any grains and vegetables from these seeds in the future.