"who?"

“It’s General Zhao, who used to guard the city! They’re at Zixia Mountain now,” Xie Xiao said. “Qixia Peak at Zixia Mountain wasn’t flooded, and there are still some houses we left there, but they’re almost out of food. They sent someone to me saying that there’s an official granary in Xuzhou that’s on higher ground, with grain and cloth. Although it’s flooded, it’s not deep. If we have enough manpower, we can salvage it. But they don’t have many people who are good at swimming, so they want to join forces with me.”

"Is the news true?" Li Ruo wasn't distrustful of General Zhao; in the book, this man would be a great help to Xie Xiao, but...

Her heart suddenly started pounding.

Xuzhou!

In the book, Xie Xiao took Xie Ying and the Fifth Master to Xuzhou, where they encountered the Prince of Jiangning. Although they managed to seize tens of thousands of catties of grain and thousands of bolts of cotton cloth, Xie Ying was seriously injured in the battle!

Why does the plot from the original book appear?

Seeing her expression suddenly change, Xie Xiao asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Ruo said, "I'm wondering, after soaking for so long, is that grain still edible?"

"It's better to have something that doesn't taste good than nothing at all. The main thing is that we still have cloth, which we are in great need of right now."

"That's true." In the book, he searches through warehouses one by one to support his ever-growing team.

A cold glint flashed in Xie Xiao's eyes. "However, this time we need to plan this carefully."

In his dream, Xie Ying was seriously injured during an operation in Xuzhou.

"I will send Lao Wu's men to verify the news. In fact, we have never stopped sending people out to look for granaries. If this is successful, it can at least support our food supply for half a year and help us get through this winter."

Moreover, we cannot let the Prince of Jiangning obtain it.

The sky was dark, half of his face was in shadow, and his gaze was deep. "If I want to move forward, I can't do nothing, no matter how dangerous it is."

Yesterday I boasted to my mother that I would save the people, and today so many people have been buried.

Of course, he wasn't saving them without ulterior motives; he wanted them to be used by him.

Li Ruoxin was startled.

"Such chaotic times present both challenges and opportunities." The man's ambition was now openly displayed before her as he looked deeply into her eyes. "I need those people, and I also need talents like General Zhao. If we have this batch of grain, we can recruit them all."

Li Ruo nodded, "I understand. Didn't we just receive a small box of treasures? You should also have a share of these things. If they can temporarily solve the problem of keeping warm, then Xuzhou can make further plans."

"Which one will work?"

To be honest, he still feels like he's in a dream about yesterday's "father-in-law appearing," and it seems a bit unreal.

“I can give it a try.” Li Ruo noticed his dark circles and slightly nasal voice. “What did you do last night? Didn’t you sleep again? Young man, this won’t do.”

Xie Xiao smiled and said, "Don't you know whether it's feasible or not?"

A certain image flashed through Li Ruo's mind, her face flushed, and she glared at him, "Aren't you coming over to drink some ginger tea!"

Aunt Lin ladled out a large bowl for him, saying, "If you don't come soon, there won't be any left, Master."

Li Ruo called Old Man Zhou in, "How much poop have you picked up lately?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a "pfft" was heard, and Xie Xiao spat out the mouthful of ginger tea he was drinking.

Old Zhou, carrying the stick, chuckled, "Girl, with what we've hauled ourselves, we have another pool full. Lin Dazhu doesn't even need that much manure to water his spinach."

Li Ruo glanced at the person pinching their nose, "Give what you don't need to the boss."

Xie Xiao almost vomited again, his eyes narrowing: "I gave you a heart, and you gave me a dung heap? Couldn't you have given me a few padded jackets or something?"

Uncle Luo and Fourth Master, Sun Ergou: Alas, the First Master's deep affection all those years was ultimately misplaced.

Li Ruo calmly replied, "No, fine, then forget it."

"Yes, of course I want it." Even if it's just a gift from his wife, he'll take the manure too. Ugh, ugh, Xie Xiao hadn't even finished vomiting when he was dragged to see the cesspool—oh, the biogas digester.

Because the biogas digester is inside the thatched hut, no one can see it without her permission.

All you can see is the pipe leading to the kitchen.

"This is called a biogas digester. It should be able to produce gas in about half a month. The gas can be burned and piped to the stove in the kitchen. It can be used for cooking, boiling water, and drying clothes, which will save a lot of firewood."

Uncle Luo and Sun Ergou clicked their tongues in amazement, "You can do that?"

Xie Xiao couldn't bear to look at their naive and unsophisticated expressions. "What's so special about this?"

He'd seen jet skis before.

Li Ruobai glanced at him and said, "Yeah, I wonder who it is that thinks I really sent them a pile of shit."

Xie Xiao looked at Sun Ergou and said, "Look at you, you don't know what's good for you."

Er Gou: ? ? ? What does this have to do with me?

Li Ruo beat them all away with sticks.

Because she still had enough points in her inventory, she didn't rush to exchange the three boxes she got from Beishan or the box she found. Little did she know that she had attracted the aloof system.

"Host, you still have quite a few treasures in your space, why don't you exchange them?"

Hmm? Li Ruo immediately noticed something. "What's wrong? Are you in a hurry?"

system:……

Li Ruo suddenly sighed, "Sigh, your store is so shady, I'm really not thinking of switching anymore."

System: "This is the rule from above, and there's nothing this system can do. Don't you want to switch? Upgrade as soon as possible to unlock more features."

Li Ruo looked miserable. "That upgrade is kind of useless. It's not really worth it."

The system said, "You're wrong. Upgrading is useful; it can—#*&%"

A series of distorted electronic sounds.

The system said, "In short, there are benefits."

Li Ruo's eyes darted around, and she sighed again, "Sigh, I'm really having a hard time right now. Every time I have to risk my life to find a little bit of something, and then your mall takes a huge cut of it. Why is my life so miserable?"

System: I don't see what's bothering you.

Li Ruo wiped away non-existent tears: "If I'm doing well, you're doing well, and everyone's doing well, then that's truly good. How about this, to get me to work even harder, you guys need to show some sincerity. First, open up the live poultry trading in the mall; second, open up my space for me?" She felt that these two things were probably related.

So far, she hasn't seen any living creatures enter the space.