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...
"Bao, whose treasure are you?" Xu Ning went to the kitchen speechlessly. There was still some food warming in the pot inside, and the bowls were a little hot. She picked a few dishes and asked the servants in the kitchen to help bring them to the table next to her and sat down to eat.
The steaming dumplings were still hot. Xu Ning opened the lid of the steamer and put it aside. He reached out and picked up a fried dough stick and took a big bite.
"Speak up, why don't you speak?"
"Hello player, would you like to exchange for explosives? The system has sufficient inventory~"
Xu Ning rolled his eyes in anger, "Whose treasure chest are you?"
"Player, currently Treasure Chest No. 1 is your exclusive treasure chest. It will remain yours until and after you complete your mission."
"Hmph, if you can't finish it, then it's not a good thing, right?" Xu Ning bit the fried dough stick in his hand viciously, and childishly competed with the treasure box.
"Yes, player."
Oh, now she wants to open the box with her bare hands!
As if sensing Xu Ning's "anger", the treasure chest remained silent while Xu Ning was eating breakfast.
"Master, Miss Xu is eating breakfast in the kitchen. Do you want to come over?" Jiang Yan shook his head. It was not appropriate for him to meet Xu Ning now, so he should not affect her mood.
Jiang Yan didn't know that Xu Ning had been eating for almost half an hour just to ask him if he needed "help".
Unfortunately, the two of them had no tacit understanding. Jiang Yan didn't want to affect Xu Ning, and Xu Ning was too embarrassed to ask. So it was not until noon that Xu Ning saw Jiang Yan again.
"Aning, I may not be able to send you back to Haicheng. I have to go to the southwest." Jiang Yan met with the county magistrate again in the morning and dealt with important matters in other places before having his first meal of the day.
"It's okay, I'll go with you!" Fortunately, the southwest was not far away, and it was said that there was a lot of gold produced there, so she just went to see the world.
Jiang Yan's face was still ugly. The busy morning only made him look a little more energetic than in the morning. He probably made the noise because he was concentrating on his work.
He was really working too hard, even not eating. Xu Ning felt guilty. How old was he? Not counting his mental age, he was only 16 years old physically. In her era, he was still a minor, but he was already worrying about the survival of the entire Daqing.
"Aning, you'd better not go. It's a bit chaotic over there and I'm afraid I can't protect you." If it weren't for the complicated forces over there and he couldn't solve them for the time being, this difficult incident wouldn't have happened.
"Don't worry, I can take care of myself, and if I don't go, you won't use the things I prepare for you!" Forget it, forget it. No wonder he died of depression at a young age in his previous life. It was all because of overwork and worry.
She has gotten used to the comfortable life of having food provided for her recently, and she wants to live longer, so she decided to help the child.
"What did Aning prepare?" Jiang Yan was confused. Xu Ning explained, "I saw you looked so bad this morning. Did something happen in the southwest? So I contacted a friend to send something to the southwest. It's quite important, so I have to pick it up in person."
Jiang Yan was a little flattered. What Xu Ning said was important, so it must be very useful.
Jiang Yan was a little excited and looked at Xu Ning with bright eyes. Xu Ning's action also told him that she had begun to get closer to him.
Xu Ning felt uncomfortable with his gaze and urged him to eat quickly: "Hurry up and eat. After that, we will head to the southwest."
When Jiang Yan heard the word "we", he nodded several times. This was completely unlike his usual self. Xu Ning didn't look at it carefully, thinking that the typhoon precautions had been taken and there shouldn't be any big problems.
As a result, just as the carriage left the city in the afternoon, strong winds and heavy rain suddenly started, and Jiang Yan and his group were trapped on the road.