After planting the cold-resistant potatoes, they tried planting monkey fruit on the snow in front of their house to see if it would survive.

They also gave Bai Di some purple cabbage seeds.

"This one is quite cold-hardy; I'll try growing it at home."

Bai Shuang took out a set of thermostatic clothing for Bai Di and Bai Tian each, and also found a piece of fabric for making thermostatic clothing, which she gave to Bai Di to make clothes for the children.

"These are made from the thermostatic fabric we stocked up on before. We're carrying them along for changing clothes. We'll give you two a set each, and we'll make do with these."

Bai Di burst into tears immediately. "Miss, you've given us so much, how can we ever repay you!"

How precious are thermal garments during periods of extreme cold and heat? With Bai Di's intelligence, he surely understands this.

"No need to repay me, just live well. I've said it before, I consider the four of you my brothers and sisters, and I won't do that to anyone else."

Bai Shuang was never a pushover; the only people she would give to unconditionally, besides the four of them, were her two senior uncles.

But the senior brothers are all seasoned veterans, with excellent personal qualities, and are shrewd and capable, unlike these two who are so inexperienced. They probably already have everything they need, so even if they encountered this situation, they probably wouldn't be able to use it.

He also gave her two boxes of small umbrellas, saying, "Bai Jiu found these when we raided office buildings before. We were going to use them to exchange for things, and they'll come in handy."

Bai Di blushed and said, "Thank you, Miss."

A couple as inseparable as water and fire, who could live without this? Even though she lived deep in the mountains, she still knew how precious the little umbrella was.

They only got together during the flood season, which was already the end times. They couldn't find this thing, and that's how she got pregnant. She almost lost her life.

After they finished planting, everyone sat together and chatted.

At this moment, the child also woke up. Although she was small, she seemed to be in good spirits. Bai Di held her and sat her on the stool.

"The child perks up as soon as the young lady arrives."

Bai Shuang knew that besides the milk powder and adequate nutrition, the main reason for this was the effect of the spiritual spring water.

Just then, the brother who had been playing with the child during the day teased her, "Little White Girl, come to Uncle for a hug."

Bai Shuang: "I didn't let the child use your original surname."

Bai Di: "Ever since my parents gave me to the Bai family, Bai has been my surname, and I will never change it back."

Although meeting the prostitute was the greatest luck of her life, Bai Di still cared about her parents.

Back then, she couldn't bear to let her three sons go out to work, but she sent her only daughter away.

In the stubborn mindset of the older generation in the mountainous areas, it seems that sons are the true lineage, and no matter how good daughters are, they belong to another family.

She was lucky to have met the Bai family, but what if she had met a mean family? No matter how bad things got, at the very least, she would have to endure the hardships during the contract period.

She can tear up the contract if she wants, but her parents won't give back the money they took.

Actually, adopting the surname Bai in the Bai family is like having a work number. If you are a fox spirit, you can keep the surname Bai. If you are not a fox spirit, you can change back to your original surname after leaving the Bai family.

Since she is willing to take the surname Bai, let her have it; this shows that the Bai family is very popular.

"You've even raided office buildings?"

Bai Jiu vividly recounted the situation at the time.

On the way back, they encountered four boats of robbers; a young lady wiped out a large group with a single needle; he and his elder brother each kicked away a boatload of people...

As for what was found in the office building, needless to say, everything was available from head to toe, including clothes, accessories, and other necessities. Food ranged from self-service hot pot to rice, noodles, grains, oil, and even alcohol.

Not to mention Tang swords, Han swords, Miao swords, short swords, and so on.

And then there's the story of a group of people eating hot pot at a buffet inside a building while it's raining heavily outside...

Hearing this, Bai Tian, ​​Bai Di, and their brothers were all stunned, lamenting that they hadn't stayed in the city back then.

Bai Shuang felt that Bai Jiu was telling a story, and it sounded much more exciting than what she had experienced herself.

She was at ease. Bai Jiu would never say anything about what the group had gone through after they separated. Although he usually seemed unreliable, Bai Shuang knew that he was actually very smart and principled.

Bai Chang: "Actually, you should have brought your parents to Tangcheng back then, so we could look after each other."

Bai Tian sighed, "Even if I had gone to pick them up, my parents-in-law wouldn't have gone; they couldn't bear to leave their children and grandchildren behind."

Bai Shuang nodded. "Bai Di couldn't abandon her family back then either."

At that time, there was no emotional blackmail involved; after being apart for many years, it was impossible to let go.

Bai Jiu felt a surge of relief. "I used to envy Bai Di for having relatives, but now it seems it's better not to have any."

Bai Di gave a bitter smile. "It's all my fault. I even dragged Bai Tian into this."

He held her in his arms during the day, saying, "We are husband and wife, one body. What's this talk of being a burden or not?"

The others were fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

Bai Jiu glanced at them sideways, "Alright, alright, if you want to show off your love, wait until we're gone."

The two quickly let go of each other.

Bai Di also told Bai Shuang that they had seen Uncle Mike and were doing well; they had gone to the Tang City base.

Hearing this news, Bai Shuang was relieved. She knew that her uncles were all capable and wouldn't be doing poorly.

The reason why Bai Di and her husband are not doing well is because of emotional blackmail from their families. Bai Di's deteriorating health is mainly due to childbirth; otherwise, she wouldn't be in such a bad state.

Furthermore, she heard that the Kang family was ostracizing the Bai family at the Kyoto base.

However, this is normal. The hospital at the Kyoto base is run by the Kang family, who have always envied and resented the Bai family. Now that they are in charge, it is normal for them to ostracize them.

However, how many members of the Bai family are there at the Kyoto base now? The Kang family's exclusion is merely a matter of the hospital no longer employing former Bai family doctors and disciples.

In the afternoon, Bai Shuang performed acupuncture on Bai Di to unblock the meridians, promote blood circulation, and strengthen the body's resistance to pathogens.

The next day, November 4th, early in the morning, Bai Shuang said goodbye to them and wanted to leave, but Bai Di cried and begged Bai Shuang to stay for two more days.

During the day, they would go to the checkpoint, while she stayed at home with her child. With no one to talk to and poor health, she became somewhat depressed.

"You can stay a couple more days if you want; we'll bring you food. Otherwise, we won't stay."

In these times, food is a lifesaver. Bai Shuang herself doesn't lack food, and the three of them can't keep eating theirs.

Hearing this, Bai Di reluctantly agreed, "Okay, then you must make sure you keep enough for yourself."

"Don't worry."

Since we've finally met, we might as well stay a couple more days.

Bai Shuang took out two 10-pound bags of rice, 20 pounds of flour, some dehydrated vegetables, and a piece of cured meat. Any more would be unreasonable, as the car's trunk was limited, and they wouldn't want any more anyway.

At noon, everyone finally managed to get together, and Bai Shuang suggested making dumplings. Bai Di usually has to take care of the children and doesn't have time to make them, and she doesn't know how long it has been since she's had dumplings.

Soak dehydrated vegetables, chop them, and add some diced cured meat to make the filling.

Everyone sat around the table, chatting, rolling out dough and making dumplings—this was the kind of atmosphere Bai Shuang wanted.

Just as everyone was happily wrapping the dumplings, Bai Di's parents arrived.