Old man, all you think about is not coming out to escape the famine. Have you ever thought about whether we would have met Ningbao if we hadn't come out to escape the famine?

If they hadn't been so desperate to survive, Master Sanqing wouldn't have disbanded the Taoist temple. If he hadn't disbanded the temple, Ningbao wouldn't have had to come out and live on his own.

So everything has two sides. Although we lost our house and left our hometown, we gained a well-behaved and sensible granddaughter.

Mu Dasheng smiled as he walked into the cave and into the wilderness team to practice the basics of Ning Bao.

"Yes, we have gained a granddaughter. Even without a family, my life would be worthwhile."

…………

The rain lasted for a day and a night, and only stopped sporadically the next afternoon.

The rain had just stopped and the roads were too muddy, so the villagers of Shanglin Village could not continue their journey.

After dinner, the village chief gathered the heads of each household together.

"We've been out here for a while now, and it's late autumn and the weather is getting colder and colder. It could snow at any time."

With the first snowfall, winter has truly arrived.

Although things have gone smoothly for us recently, I think our biggest challenge is this winter.

It would be great if we could find a place to stay before it snows.

but…………"

The village chief looked at everyone with a solemn expression.

"But if we can't find a place to stay before it snows, that would be a real problem."

Although we have been heading south these past few days, we are still in the northern part of our Longyuan Kingdom.

We're all from the North, and everyone knows how terrible the winters are there, so I don't need to elaborate.

In short, if we can't find a suitable place to stay this winter, more than half of us may not make it to next spring, and that may include me.

At this moment, someone couldn't sit still any longer and looked at the village chief, raising their voice.

"Village chief, what should we do?"

We've come this far, we can't just freeze to death!

"Sigh!" The village chief sighed deeply.

"What can I do? I can only take it one step at a time now."

To be honest, this is the farthest I've ever traveled in my life. I've never been any further south, and I've barely even heard of any places there.

We can only explore the road ahead slowly.

Because winter is coming soon, we can't stay in the forest forever, so this time we'll follow the route we set out two days ago and leave the forest first.

Purchasing supplies outside the forest requires money, and yesterday's trip up the mountain didn't yield much.

So I'm thinking we should all go into the mountains again tomorrow to see if we can get some bigger items.

After the village chief finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment, then looked at Mu Chunping.

"Chunping, there's something I need to tell you..."

The village chief hesitated; he couldn't quite bring himself to say it.

“Uncle Village Chief, please feel free to speak your mind. We are not outsiders. Jianfei and I grew up together since we were little, like brothers. Just tell us what you need.”

The village chief sighed softly.

…“Chunping, this is what I want. I want Ningbao to go into the mountains with you tomorrow.”

We all know Ning Bao's abilities. With her around, we can't say we'll reap huge rewards, but at least we won't have to take too many detours to find our prey.

Ningbao is still too young, I really can't bring myself to say it!

The village chief was also a little helpless. Ningbao was still a child, and they had so many grown men, yet they had to rely on a child to lead the way into the mountains…

Mu Chunping hesitated for a moment,

“Uncle Village Chief, I can’t make this decision. How about this, I’ll go back and bring Ningbao here so you can ask her. If Ningbao is willing to go, I certainly won’t stop her. If she’s not willing to go, I can’t force her.”