"Let's forget about this." Xu Ning muttered to himself. Although he loved food, it didn't mean he had to take the chef away by force! This was simply too outrageous. Moreover, with her secrets, it was really inconvenient to bring several living people with her.

Xu Ning only picked out a few pieces she liked from the dazzling array of gold, silver, and treasures before her. After all, she had so much gold, silver, and jewelry in her space that she couldn't possibly spend them all. Furthermore, even if she possessed a wealth of treasure, it would be a waste if she couldn't spend it all. Rather than letting them sit idle and gather dust, it would be better to leave them to Jiang Yan to dispose of them on his own.

"Jiang Shaoheng, to tell you the truth, that ginseng was obtained by chance. In fact, I have several similar ones on hand, and they are not as rare and precious as you might imagine. So, these are enough!" Xu Ning said as he proudly raised the carefully selected jewelry in his hand and waved it happily in front of Jiang Yan.

Seeing this, Jiang Yan raised his eyebrows slightly without noticing, then smiled and nodded, saying, "As long as Aning likes it." At the same time, he quietly wrote down the style chosen by Xu Ning, and planned to instruct his men to continue looking for the same or similar treasures and bring them back later.

Afterwards, Xu Ning enthusiastically discussed with Jiang Yan the various activities planned for Happy Valley during the Lunar New Year holiday. It wasn't until after dinner in the evening that Jiang Yi escorted her back to the inn, feeling quite satisfied.

After returning to the room, Xu Ning immediately threw the jewelry into the space, wiped himself briefly, and then got into bed.

Time passed quickly and it was the day when Xu Ning was leaving the Western Regions. In the huge carriage, Xu Ning specially separated an area for the sheep to stay, and the other places were filled with various foods bought by Xu Ning. She herself was wrapped up like a dumpling, and even her eyes were covered with windproof glasses.

"Master, is Miss Xu really safe alone?" Jiang Yan's men couldn't help asking. In his entire life, he had never met a girl as bold as Xu Ning, who actually dared to travel alone across most of the Daqing Dynasty.

Jiang Yan did not answer his subordinates because Xu Ning was already waving goodbye to him.

After Xu Ning waved his hand, the carriage sped up. After a while, the figure became smaller and smaller in the desert and soon disappeared.

Jiang Yan and his subordinates were still standing on the gate of the Western Region, watching. Treasure Box relayed this scene to Xu Ning via the drone. Xu Ning said, "Bao, nothing else matters now. Hurry up and plan an unmanned route for me. I want to drive the RV. This carriage is freezing to death. I'm almost frozen into a popsicle!"

Treasure Box: ...

After a while, Xu Ning, who was already sitting in the driver's seat of the RV, took off his thick coat, held the steering wheel and hummed a little tune.

"Happy New Year, Happy New Year, wish us a happy New Year~"

It’s nice not to have to suffer from the cold.

On the morning of the 28th day of the lunar year, Xu Ning's RV appeared near the oasis. Xu Ning saw through the telescope that the ewe and the fat fox were diligently planting trees.

The fat fox is responsible for digging the hole, the robot puts the tree into the hole, and the ewe is responsible for burying it.

When Xu Ning drove the RV to their side, the fat fox's plump figure was still digging the soil hard until it smelled a familiar smell and immediately jumped into Xu Ning's arms with a scream.

The ewe also followed over. She sniffed Xu Ning around but didn't come over to him affectionately.

The fat fox is now about the same size as when I first met it. Its solid body has finally been reduced a little by planting trees.

Xu Ning patted him, gave him a hot roast chicken as a reward and let him eat it, then squatted in front of the ewe.

"Sister Yang, I ate mutton, do you dislike me?" Xu Ning met the ewe's blank eyes. The ewe turned her head away and then turned back to look straight at Xu Ning.

"Don't worry, I didn't eat your lamb. Your lamb is still here." Xu Ning touched the ewe's head and released the lamb that he had stored in the space on the open space nearby.

The ewe immediately threw herself on the wet lamb, wailing in pain. It was her child, her child...

The fat fox, who had eaten half of the roast chicken, ran back with the unfinished roast chicken in his mouth. He looked at Xu Ning and then at the ewe, as if asking what had happened.

Xu Ning patiently told it how she met the ewe, and regardless of whether the fat fox understood or not, she went to give new commands to the robot.

The oasis now covers a large area. Xu Ning asked the robots to surround the entire oasis with thorns and prickly vines starting today.

Xu Ning also put the rams and lambs bought from the Western Regions into the livestock shed in the woods. They adapted well to the situation and after staying in the shed for a short time, they came out of the shed on their own initiative and went to the lake to eat grass.

The oasis is warmer than the Western Regions. The lake is not frozen, the water is warm, and the grass by the lake is still growing lushly.

It snowed a few times in the oasis, but it melted away quickly at dawn. If Xu Ning hadn't seen it from the drone, he would have thought that it never snowed in the oasis.

In the evening, the ewe, who had been wailing all day, returned to Xu Ning after burying her child. She bleated incessantly, as if she wanted to tell Xu Ning something.

Xu Ning didn't understand, so he just kept spinning in circles, which made the fat fox laugh evilly. Xu Ning kicked him, and the fat fox rolled on the ground several times with all his strength. He stood up and cursed Xu Ning, then he made the gesture of a ewe to Xu Ning.

It took Xu Ning a while to understand what the ewe meant. It turned out that the ewe had already seen the ram and the lambs, and she said she didn't like them. She was a mountain goat, and the ram and the two lambs were not, so she didn't like them.

"Do you object if I eat them?" Since she doesn't like them, the ewe won't object if she eats them.

As a result, the ewe raised its two front paws and jumped several times in front of Xu Ning. Xu Ning didn't understand and looked at the fat fox again.

The fat fox gestured resignedly, saying that the ewe said the young one could not be eaten, but you can kill the male one as you like.

Xu Ning: ...you said you didn’t like it, but you protected the younger one.

"Don't worry, I won't eat anything. I've bought enough food and I'm too lazy to cook. It's so cold, it's more comfortable to eat ready-made food!" She could just heat up the delicacies in the carriage over the fire and eat them. She didn't bother to kill the animals.

The fat fox agreed very much, wagging its tail around Xu Ning and smiling flatteringly.

"I see. Your reward will be here soon." Xu Ning bought more than a dozen roasted whole lambs, which were enough for Xu Ning and the fat fox to eat for a long time.

Xu Ning moved the RV to the lakeside, lit a fire and put a whole roasted lamb on it. The fat fox drooled at the smell, and the ewe hid in the livestock shed in the woods in fear.

Xu Ning ignored it, knowing that it was normal to be afraid. If it wasn't afraid, Xu Ning would really worry that it was a stupid sheep.