One year brought a great drought, the next year floods, and then, in a blink, a plague.
The Xu family fled from the north to the south, and then from the south back to the north.
Before...
Xu Ning leisurely welcomed his second New Year here in this oasis full of vitality and hope.
Time flies, and the new year brings endless longing and expectations. For Xu Ning, it is also a brand new starting point.
After this joyous and peaceful festival, she had a clear plan in mind: to travel to the mysterious Tubo region and then return southwest. Eventually, she would arrive near Xianyu Village and take a boat back to the valley where the Xu family lived.
On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, Xu Ning specially gave the hard-working robots a long holiday so that they could have a good rest.
It wasn't until the second day of the Lunar New Year that Xu Ning released the other robot from the space. With the two robots working together, the efficiency of planting thorns was greatly improved, and the speed was significantly accelerated.
It was the third day of the Lunar New Year, and the clear sky suddenly began to snow. These pure white snowflakes fell lightly like dancing elves, but when they touched the emerald green leaves, they melted and disappeared in an instant.
Xu Ning sat in the comfortable RV with great interest, quietly admiring the wonderful scenery and feeling the magical charm of nature.
Before he knew it, it was already the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. After days and nights of dedicated work by the two robots, the thorns and vines surrounding the oasis were finally successfully planted and kept alive. Seeing this vibrant scene before him, Xu Ning, filled with joy, began packing his bags, ready to embark on a new journey.
However, this time, the ewe who had always been by Xu Ning's side made an unusual decision. Instead of following Xu Ning as usual, it chose to stay in this peaceful and beautiful oasis.
Xu Ning knew the ewe's reason for staying and respected her wishes. After all, the ewe was a docile sheep, and the danger she faced was probably much greater than that of a cunning and clever fat fox.
Xu Ning drove further and further away. After a long while, through the image transmitted back by the drone, she could still clearly see the sheep standing quietly in the same place, staring intently in the direction she left as always...
The fat fox was in a bad mood all day. It had been with the ewe for a long time and seemed to have developed feelings for her.
Xu Ning thought it was a bit funny, so during the break he took out a roasted whole lamb to tempt the fox, but the fox simply couldn't resist the temptation.
"Aren't you reluctant to leave Sister Sheep? Why are you eating so happily now?" The fat fox was gnawing hard on the lamb leg that Xu Ning had pulled for it, and rolled its eyes at Xu Ning in a very humane way, as if to say, this sheep is not that sheep.
Xu Ning understood what she meant and nodded, and stopped teasing the fat fox. It was the nature of animals. If the fat fox was not intimidated by her, how could it live in peace with a sheep?
All unreasonable occurrences have prerequisites.
After several days of driving, Xu Ning left the desert and entered the mountainous area.
The mountainous areas are even more deserted, so Xu Ning would take out his RV and drive around from time to time, but most of the time he would take out the mountain bike that he had exchanged when he was fleeing from famine.
As the altitude increased, the scenery in front of him became more and more vast, and Xu Ning also found that his breathing became rapid.
Xu Ning did not dare to be careless. She prepared various first aid medicines and oxygen cylinders before setting off. If she really couldn't hold on, she would not reach the finish line.
Later, Xu Ning's speed began to slow down. He basically walked for a while and rested for a while. When he reached the Rizhao Jinshan Mountain, he could no longer walk.
Xu Ning set the foot of the mountain as the end of his journey. He felt a little regretful, but not unwilling. He recorded the scene and rode back.
The way down the mountain was much easier than going up. Xu Ning hardly put in any effort and easily completed two or three days' journey in one day. Just when Xu Ning relaxed her vigilance and was about to reach the foot of the mountain, she was surrounded by a group of plateau wolves.
Xu Ning put away her mountain bike and fat fox, and wanted to release the RV to get rid of some of the wolves, but the treasure chest told her that a group of them were coming towards her.
Xu Ning had no choice but to resign himself to his fate and took out the extended high-voltage electric baton. After quickly opening a breakthrough, he picked up the wolf corpse on the ground and ran away.
Xu Ning sprinkled sleeping pills behind her as she ran. Only when there were no wolves chasing her did she find a secluded corner and rest.
"Bao, who are those people behind us?" Xu Ning was chased by wolves and was out of breath. He entered the space and leaned against the tree without moving.
A few curious little chicks gathered around. Xu Ning used his mind to control the fruits on the tree to fly into his hands and threw them to the chicks.
"Player, that group of people are being hunted by Jiang Yan and others. They have already reached the place where you were hiding."
Xu Ning opened the footage captured by the drone and found that it was indeed Jiang Yan and the others.
"Who are these people? They don't look like they are from the Daqing Dynasty." Xu Ning observed their clothing and found that they were not only tall and strong, but also looked different from the people of the Daqing Dynasty.
Although he also has black hair and black eyes, it is obvious that he is not from the Daqing Dynasty.
"These are people from outside the region who were ambushing in Daqing, and they were dug out by Jiang Yan."
"Awesome. But why do the people from Jiangyan look like they can't win?" The more Xu Ning looked, the more puzzled he became. He found that it seemed as if Jiangyan was intentionally letting them win.
"Jiang Yi, retreat." A large number of people on Jiang Yan's side were injured again, and Jiang Yan's own injuries had not yet healed fully. Seeing that his goal was achieved, he led his men to retreat.
The other party did not dare to catch up because the sleeping drug that Xu Ning had sprinkled was still lingering in the air. Jiang Yan and the other party had inhaled some of it. Both sides felt that someone was secretly spying on them, so they did not dare to continue attacking, for fear that the fisherman would benefit from the conflict between the snipe and the clam.
"This, this, this..." Xu Ning quickly realized that she had caused them to misunderstand by accident.
The two groups of people left quickly and completely. Xu Ning was worried, so he used the red temperature monitoring to scan again to confirm that no one had come out of the space, and then quickly ran in different directions from the two groups of people.
Just a few minutes after Xu Ning left, two groups of people came to investigate the place where Xu Ning was hiding.
"Gurgle Gurgle"
"Master, there really is someone hiding in the dark. Judging from her figure, it should be a woman."
"Woman?" Somehow, Jiang Yan thought of Xu Ning.
"Jiang Yi, where was Aning last time I heard about her?"
"It seems to be nearby, but Miss Xu seems to have gone to Tubo, so she shouldn't be here." Jiang Yi hesitated. He compared the hiding place he found, and it seemed to be very similar to Xu Ning's figure.
"Go check it out again."
"Yes, Master."