"Ah Man, have the compensations for those victims been paid out?"

"Yes, each person received 500 taels, but I only gave out 200 taels publicly. The remaining 300 taels were secretly given to their families. I also told them not to make it public, lest someone see the wealth and plot against them."

"Well, well done." Xue Huan praised. Ah Man has become more experienced now and is no longer the silly girl who only knows how to eat.

"What about the grocery store?"

"Manager Lu hired two people who can read and do arithmetic to keep an eye on the accounts. Do you want to see them? I'll go get the account book."

"Don't worry, I'll go take a look outside."

Xue Huan lifted the felt curtain and went out, and ran into Manager Lu and others who came over after hearing the news.

"Miss Mo." Several people greeted her when they saw her.

Xue Huan nodded with a smile, "I'm just about to go for a walk around town, you two should come with me."

Several people quickly agreed and followed her.

When passing by the ice house that had been trampled by millipedes, Xue Huan took a closer look and found that the ice house had been repaired and there was basically no trace of it.

The igloos, large and small, are arranged in an orderly manner. The road in the middle is flat and wide, and coal slag is sprinkled on it to prevent slipping.

If viewed from above, the entire town is a huge Bagua, with neatly arranged houses and accessible roads. Xue Huan installed spirit stones at the nodes of the formation. In an instant, the formation was completed, and an invisible but tangible transparent cover enveloped the entire ice and snow town.

Everyone seemed to sense something and looked up, but saw nothing.

"Okay, let's go back." Xue Huan patted the snow off her hands.

Steward Lu asked, "Miss Mo, now that the town has been built, you are the greatest contributor. Why don't you give the town a name?"

Xue Huan sighed inwardly. It was really hard for her, a name-gapped person, to come up with a name. But it was hard to refuse, so she said, "Okay, I'll go back and think about it carefully."

When Pei Ji came back in the evening, she immediately asked him for help.

Pei Ji couldn't help but find it funny and scratched her nose. "Huanhuan is so smart and capable, how come a simple naming problem stumped you?"

Xue Huan lay in his arms and acted like a spoiled brat, "I don't care, just help me think of one."

Pei Ji stroked her cheek, "If I figure it out for you, will there be a reward?"

Xue Huan held his face in her hands and kissed him, "Is this reward enough?"

Without waiting for her to leave, he held the back of her head and turned the light kiss into a lingering deep kiss.

After the kiss, he still couldn't bear to let her go and pecked her lips from time to time.

Xue Huan pinched him, "Have you figured it out?"

Pei Ji couldn't help laughing, "How about calling it 'Yulong Town'?"

"Yulong Town? It sounds nice, that's it. But why did you choose the name 'Yulong'?"

"Yulong is another name for snowflake, and snowflake is a homophone of your name. You single-handedly led the construction of this place, so it should be named after you."

Woo woo woo, what kind of advanced love talk is this! Xue Huan threw herself into his arms, "Pei Ji, how can you be so good at this."

"Huh? What?" Pei Ji, an ancient man, didn't get her joke at all.

Xue Huan shook her head and looked at her with curved eyebrows, honey seemed to flow out of her eyes.

Pei Ji wanted to kiss her again when she looked at him like this.

The name was decided, and the next day, a memorial archway with the three big characters "Yulong Town" engraved on it was erected at the east entrance of the town.

The town is backed by mountains and faces the water, with a very advantageous geographical location. It is not too far from Shiquan City, so the two can help each other. In the future, it can become a commercial market connecting all directions, as well as an outpost to defend against magic insects.

Xue Huan and his group stayed here for another two days, and only left after the snow disaster was completely resolved.

At this time, the New Year is approaching, and the city of Shiquan, which survived the disaster, is filled with a strong New Year atmosphere.

Xue Huan missed home especially at this time. It had been more than half a year since she left home. Although they communicated frequently, she hadn't seen them for such a long time that she didn't know how her family was doing.

*

Fengchi County.

At Sanhuan College, today happens to be the winter vacation day.

The school gate was crowded with parents who came to pick up their children.

Xue Yao was holding Xue Jun's school bag. When he came out and saw so many people, he quickly protected his sister and carefully walked through the crowd. He only breathed a sigh of relief after getting on his own carriage.

Just as the carriage started moving, a cry of surprise came from outside, "Hey, butterfly!"

The brother and sister opened the curtain and looked outside. Sure enough, a red butterfly the size of a palm was dancing in the air. It was so beautiful that everyone at the school gate stared at it in amazement.

"Why are there butterflies at this time?" Xue Yao was very confused.

It is the coldest time of the year now. It snowed yesterday and the snow on both sides of the road has not melted yet.

Xue Jun was lost in thought, then suddenly realized something, his expression changed: "Brother, quickly tell those people to disperse! That butterfly is very likely a demon insect!"

After her reminder, Xue Yao also thought of it and shouted outside: "That butterfly is a demon insect! Run!"

In order to make the people aware of the harm of the demon insects as soon as possible and enhance their awareness of prevention, the court specially issued a "Daqi Daily". The newspaper focused on introducing the demon insects, from their appearance to their habits to their weaknesses, all of which were written in detail.

Each state and county has a special sales point, selling at a loss-making price of two cents per copy, in order to spread the news of the magic insects to all parts of the country in the shortest possible time.

Since there were few literate people in that era, government offices in various places also cooperated with storytellers to spread the news orally.

After word of mouth spread, the story of the magic insects became basically known to everyone.

Hearing the word "demon insects" at this moment, everyone panicked and ran out in a panic, and the school gate was in chaos.

Seeing this, Xue Jun couldn't help but regret that she shouldn't have let her brother shout out rashly. She should have quietly told the security guards at the door to catch the butterfly that looked like a magic insect.

At this moment, the butterfly suddenly flapped its wings and turned into a ball of red smoke and disappeared. When it reappeared, it had landed on a student's shoulder.

Xue Jun's heart suddenly started beating wildly when he saw this scene. He had a very bad premonition, "Wei Yuan, get out of the way—"

Wei Yuan was Xue Jun's classmate. He was very naughty and a troublesome kid. When he heard Xue Jun calling him, he not only ignored her, but also made a face at her and deliberately tried to catch the big red butterfly that landed on his shoulder.

He had heard a lot about magic insects and knew that they were scary, but don’t all magic insects look ferocious? This one was so beautiful, how could it be a magic insect?

So what if it was? This butterfly looked very weak; he could crush it to death with one hand.