Chapter 316 Going to the City to Buy Seeds

Xian'er called softly from outside Yun Zhaoxue's room, "Third Aunt, are you awake?"

Yun Zhaoxue was inside the space, not in the room. When she heard someone calling her, she took off her footed water-sweet pants, tidied herself up, and left the space.

She was busy in the farmland in the space just now. The field was already planted with sweet potatoes, cassava, potatoes and corn.

She couldn't manage it all by herself, and the planting area was limited; she only planted half an acre of each crop.

Sweet potato leaves and cassava can be grown using vines and stems, respectively.

She first cultivated the tubers in the space, growing the first batch, and then used the vines and stems as seeds to plant outside.

In my previous life, I had stored all kinds of fruit and vegetable seeds in my space, each of which could grow into more than ten acres of land.

However, most of them are not products of this era. If they are seeds, saying they were bought from foreign merchants would not raise any suspicion.

"You're here. Did Xian'er need something?"

"My third aunt and my second and third uncles came over just now. They brought two fish, but I didn't dare to accept them. They just gave them to me and left."

Although she was young, she knew that the two families were not on good terms, and that their delivery of fish at this time might be for ulterior motives, so she didn't want to accept it.

"Since they're being so kind, did they say anything else? Did they instruct you on what other favors our eldest son's family could do for them?"

"That wasn't mentioned. Third Uncle said we're all family, and even if we're broken, our bones are still connected. He said that any benefits should go to our family first. He also said that we had offended each other before and regretted it. He didn't dare to ask for forgiveness and could only do his best to repair the relationship between our two families... That's all."

"Xian'er is so great, she remembered everything they said clearly. Here's a reward for you: candy."

After she became pregnant, she often felt hungry and craved snacks. When they were not at home, she would take out various snacks from her storage space and share them with Xian'er.

Once, he even made roasted sweet potatoes and told Xian'er to keep it a secret and not to tell anyone, not even her family.

Xian'er accepted the candy and thanked her, "Thank you, Third Aunt. Can I eat just one and leave the rest for my eldest and second brothers? Yesterday, I heard my second brother say that he hadn't eaten candy in a long time and was craving it."

"Of course you can. Our Xian'er is such a good child. She knows how to share. These are for you too. You can eat with your older brothers, grandmother, and mother."

Yun Zhaoxue opened the jar and took out a small bag of candy, which was White Rabbit milk candy for her.

She even removed the candy wrappers from her previous life and replaced them with candy wrappers from this era.

In the evening, they returned from work.

Yun Zhaoxue would occasionally prepare the ingredients, and when they returned, they could go straight into the kitchen to cook, saving them a lot of trouble.

The city defense battalion has ordered that each household send one or two people into the city tomorrow to buy things, mainly grain seeds, and no more than two people per household.

The members of the Xiao family who entered the city were Xiao Xuance and Yun Zhaoxue.

Everyone in the Xiao family, except for Xiao Xuance, advised him not to go. The city was bustling with people, and his belly looked like he was about to give birth; if he were to bump into something on the street, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Everyone tried to dissuade her, but Yun Zhaoxue insisted on going. "Mother, sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, I know you are worried about me, but I'm getting bored wandering around at home all day. Going to the city for a change of scenery, buying some things, and changing my mood will make childbirth smoother."

“You can walk through the village, but the journey to the city is too long without a carriage. The sun is strong and the weather is hot and humid. Your mother is worried about you…”

Xiao Xuance said, "Mother, you don't need to worry about that. I will have someone prepare a carriage outside the city defense camp in advance."

Upon hearing this, Madam Yang knew that her son approved of his daughter-in-law leaving the city and even hoped that he could help persuade her. How could he be so reckless? She looked at her third son with a hint of reproach in her eyes.

Yun Zhaoxue lowered her eyes and stroked her pregnant belly, a smile appearing on her face. "Mother, just now when we mentioned going to the city, the two little ones in my belly were kicking my belly. They must want to go to the city. We can go and see the divine doctor to check their pulse for peace on the way."

Aside from the physical strain of pregnancy, she was no different from usual, and she was quite skilled in fighting.

When Yang heard that she was going to see the divine physician to check her pulse, she stopped trying to dissuade her and instructed Xiao Xuance to protect her.

If the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion were still standing, and his daughter-in-law were pregnant, he would have to ask a doctor to check her pulse every two weeks. It was the Xiao family that had mistreated their third daughter-in-law.

Yun Zhaoxue asked Xiao Xuance to write down what everyone wanted to buy, and then buy it for them all at once.

The next day, the couple got ready early in the morning to go into the city.

Leaving the entrance to the city defense camp, she walked to a deserted corner and saw a carriage hidden in the woods. It was still early; the exiles hadn't started their journey yet, and the road was sparsely populated.

The two boarded the carriage. The drivers were Zhuiying and Zhufeng.

They lived in the next village, and guards and secret agents came to protect Yun Zhaoxue in secret.

Once inside the city, the vendors had already set up their stalls and were hawking their wares.

"Selling steamed buns! Freshly baked meat buns..."

"Sir, would you like to buy a few steamed buns? Steamed buns are two coins each, meat buns are four coins each, the more you buy, the cheaper it gets, three for ten coins..."

"Selling wontons, wontons, freshly cooked wontons..."

Yun Zhaoxue lifted the curtain and looked out the window. "It smells so good. I want to eat everything. But it has to be made by a professional to taste good."

"Stop the car. What would you like to eat, Xue'er? We can go buy more things after you've eaten."

"Let's start with a few meat buns."

"I still want to eat wontons."

Xiao Xuance asked Zhu Feng to buy steamed buns, and they went to the wonton shop to wait for him.

In the past, they would prepare food for them with red dates and green branches, but today they got up too early and felt embarrassed to ask them to get up early to prepare breakfast for them, so they just ate a few bites of dry food to get by.

Yun Zhaoxue ordered a bowl for them, intending to eat together.

Zhuiying refused to dine at the same table as her master. The tables and chairs at the roadside stalls were small square tables, and it was a bit crowded for four adults to squeeze into one table.

Xiao Xuance told them to eat at the next table.

Before the wontons were even served, Zhu Feng returned with steamed buns and a message.

"Your Highness, I just saw a familiar face. It seems to be that escort named Zhao Jiu. He entered that alley, recognized me, and deliberately showed himself in front of me. Should I go and take a look now?"

They sent people to search for several days but couldn't find them. It turned out they were in the city, and they didn't know how many of them were still alive.