While they were chatting, the others had finished their water and were waiting for their answers with anxiety and anticipation.

"Okay, everyone follow me and don't cause any trouble when we get into the city."

“Okay, okay…”

"Thank you, young master!"

"What young master? Thank you, sir!"

"Yes, yes... Thank you, sir! We will definitely work hard!"

Everyone looked happy.

Qi Yanxuan didn't bother with those titles. After all, he didn't have to worry about it after handing the person over to Xu Xiucai and A Kun.

As expected! It was a wise decision to keep Xu Xiucai.

Seeing that everyone had left, Linzi continued to work listlessly.

*

Inside the city.

When the people saw the city lord passing by with a group of ragged people, they stopped what they were doing and looked around curiously.

“Where do all these people come from?”

"I don't know! Could it be that someone got left behind during the migration of Yan'an City?"

"That's impossible. Every time we set out after a break, the leader of the team would ask if anyone was missing. If so, they would look for them right away."

"Have you forgotten that besides our Yan'an City, there is also a Nangong City! Maybe these people are from Nangong City."

"Right, right, right! Now that you mention it, I remember that a few new leaders came to our city a few days ago. Are they from Nangong City?"

"That's right. I heard from the son of my second uncle's cousin next door that a new young man came with them to build a kiln yesterday! During the break, they talked about how they were from Nangong City. I heard that their city lord is in our city! But no one has seen him."

"I thought all the people in Nangong City were killed, but I didn't expect some people to survive. It's a blessing in disguise."

Some people gathered together and whispered. Although the people of Nangong City could not hear what those people were saying, they could feel the gazes from all directions and lowered their heads uncomfortably.

"Everyone, disperse quickly! Go do what you need to do!"

Seeing that the city lord had spoken, everyone could only continue with their work, taking a peek from time to time.

Qi Yanxuan felt helpless when he saw the people gossiping, but there was nothing he could do. People gossiped everywhere, and no one said anything unpleasant.

But the feeling of being watched by people was not very good. Although those eyes were not directed at him, he still felt like he was being treated like a monkey.

In the square in the city center.

Qi Yanxuan asked people to line up and walked towards a room. As soon as he entered, he saw Xu Wenliang sitting at the desk writing with a pen.

"Xu Xiucai."

"Young master is here. Is there anything I can help you with?" Xu Wenliang put down his brush and stood up to greet him.

"Well, there are surviving people from Nangong City who have come here. Please register them."

"Oh, okay, then which area would be best for them?"

"You go and register the personnel first. As for where to arrange them..." Qi Yanxuan thought about it and found that he really didn't seem to know much. He had never been responsible for the affairs of the city. It would be bad if he disrupted their plans.

"That's up to you! We'll just arrange for them wherever there's open space. As for the housing, let A-Kun come and take the people away after you approve the area."

"Okay, I'll check it out."

Xu Wenliang walked to the bookshelf, took out a thick booklet and began to read it.

"Then I'll go get A-kun first, you take your time to look at it."

Hearing this, Xu Wenliang stopped flipping through the book and said, "Sir, wait a minute."

"What's wrong?" Qi Yanxuan stopped and turned around to ask.

Xu Wenliang explained: "A Kun is not in the city. He went to dig a canal outside the city with Master Wen today."

"Hmm? Went out of town?"

"Well, Master Wen said that relying solely on wells to irrigate crops outside the city is inconvenient and too labor-intensive. So he led his men outside the city, following the direction of the underground water flow. He said he wanted to widen the underground river and divert the water here. Then, he could dig channels throughout the city to make water use more convenient."

"Is that so...never mind. You can register first. It's almost noon. Give them some food and let them have lunch first. When my dad comes back, I'll ask him to come over."

"Yes, sir, take care." Xu Wenliang bowed.

Qi Yanxuan waved and walked home. As soon as he arrived at the door, he met Lin Zi riding a horse.

"Why are you back now? I just got back and haven't cooked yet."

"It's okay, take your time. My supernatural power is about to break through." Lin Zi threw the reins to Qi Yanxuan and ran back to the room.

Qi Yanxuan tied the horse under the peach tree in the yard, looked at the corner, and thought that he should build a stable.

"No hurry, let's cook first."

I think I've been feeling a bit irritated by eating too much lately, so it's better to eat something light.

An hour later, Qi Yanxuan brought the dishes to the dining room.

Steamed sea bass, scrambled eggs with black fungus, rapeseed with mushrooms, okra with garlic, three-color fried shrimps, beef stewed with potatoes, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, and corn and pork ribs soup. Because there were so many people, the dishes were very large and filled the entire table.

Especially Shen Yanqing's favorite dishes, stewed beef with potatoes and sweet and sour pork tenderloin, each had two large plates, as if he was afraid that there would not be enough for everyone.

Qi Yanxuan's stomach began to rumble as he smelled the delicious food. He raised his hand to look at the watch on his wrist. It was almost twelve o'clock.

After waiting for a while, Chu Han came in from outside the yard.

"It's time to eat. Isn't Lao Wen coming back at noon?"

"Well, I'll give it to him."

"Okay." Qi Yanxuan handed him two large insulated lunch boxes.

Chu Han nodded, took it, and silently packed the food.

Qi Yanxuan walked to the door of Nangong Xiaoze's room and knocked, "It's time for dinner."

"Here I come."

Nangong Xiaoze created a crack in space and swept all the crystal core fragments scattered on the table into it. He stood up, tidied his clothes and walked out.

"How about it?"

Seeing someone coming out, Qi Yanxuan asked casually.

"It's not that easy."

"Oh, let's eat first."

After saying that, he ignored the other party and activated his supernatural power to check whether Shen Yanqing and Shen Yanshan had returned.

Seeing that everyone was still busy, he turned around and went back to the dining room. Chu Han had already left. At this time, the only person at the table was Nangong Xiaoze, who was eating happily.

Qi Yanxuan took out two insulated lunch boxes, filled one, and then took out a sticky note and pen, wrote a paragraph on it, and then stuck it on the lunch box.

Only then did he summon the bloodthirsty vine, touched it, and asked it to deliver food to Shen Yanshan.

The blood-sucking vine obediently extended a section of its vine to wrap around the lunch box, rubbed against Qi Yanxuan, and then rushed out in a flash.

"Sometimes I envy your wood-related ability. You can subdue alien plants and make them your own natal plants. You can communicate with each other's minds. This is much better than what I can do." Nangong Xiaoze said while eating.

"Then you can just envy it slowly, after all, you don't have it either." Qi Yanxuan raised his eyebrows proudly, turned around and left with his lunch box.

"You're not eating anymore?"

"I'm going to eat with my man, you can eat slowly by yourself! Remember to clean the table after eating and keep the dishes warm in the pot. Linzi and Wenxuan haven't eaten yet."

Nangong Xiaoze choked when he heard this, and suddenly felt that the food in his mouth was not so fragrant anymore.