"Okay, then I won't drag you along. Get some rest."

Jian Anping let go of Xiao Lingfeng's hand. At this moment, Aunt Wang also led Tian Tian out of 1601, carrying a very large bag.

It's probably full of seafood. After all, Jian Ning brought out two huge buckets; even if these people ate their fill, they couldn't finish them all.

Jian Anping greeted Aunt Wang, closed the door, and went back inside.

"Ling Feng, your Aunt Li insisted on giving us so much seafood, and I couldn't refuse, so I had to take it."

Please take good care of Xiao Ning when you go out in the future. Otherwise, I'll always feel guilty towards her.

"Mom, I know. Let's go home, it's too hot outside." Xiao Lingfeng took the bag from Aunt Wang's hand, and the first thing he did after returning home was to turn on the air conditioner.

The room quickly cooled down.

"Mom, should we put all of these in the freezer? I'm afraid they'll spoil if we don't eat them tonight." Xiao Lingfeng opened the bag and looked inside. There were crabs, scallops, and shrimp. He took a little of everything they would be eating tonight.

"Put it in the kitchen first, I'll go over and cook the crabs in a bit, they can still be eaten tomorrow morning, but they won't be fresh if you freeze them."

Aunt Wang lived by the sea when she was young, and she cooked all the lobsters tonight. She has a knack for preparing seafood.

Xiao Lingfeng obediently took the bag to the kitchen before returning to his room to rest.

Jian Ning was woken up by the heat. She had drunk too much the night before and hadn't turned on the air conditioner before going to sleep, let alone entered the jade pendant space. The first thing she did after waking up was to check how the space upgrade was going.

With a thought, he instantly changed locations.

"Wow! These jade carvings are amazing! The whole space is so big you can't see the end. It's probably as big as a county town."

This time, there is much more open land, and many more rooms have been added, including cattle sheds, horse pens, pigsties, and various animals now have their own space to roam.

The winding stream at the entrance has now turned into a wide river, with a stone bridge across it, making it easy to cross to the woods on the other side.

The original three-story wooden building has been completely transformed into a standard courtyard house with green bricks and red tiles.

After Jian Ning pushed open the outer gate and went inside, she looked around each courtyard. There were gardens, pavilions, bridges, and streams—everything one could want.

The enormous koi carp wasn't afraid of people at all. When it saw Jian Ning approaching, it even jumped out of the water, wagged its tail at her, and blew out a few bubbles before falling back into the water.

Seeing her all alone in such a beautiful environment, Jian Ning couldn't help but feel a little sorry for her. If Huang Fugui and all the spirit birds she kept were here, at least she wouldn't feel so lonely.

They then went to the warehouse at the back, where the food storage area had been greatly expanded.

It is divided into food area, cleaning supplies area, fresh food area, frozen food area, cooked food area, clothing and bedding area, and various other items have their own designated places.

The dried fungus and mushrooms that she had painstakingly collected, which she had soaked and dried, were all thrown into a corner outside by the space like a pile of garbage.

What's going on? Jian Ning didn't quite understand.

Unsure whether these things soaked in the flood are inedible, I grabbed a bag and packed all the wood ear mushrooms, white fungus, and other fungus into it, then carried it to Aunt Li.

"Xiao Ning, where did you get these wood ear mushrooms? They're soaked really well." It was Li Mengyao who opened the door; she had just gotten up and was starting to make breakfast.

"I fished it out of the water. A couple of days ago I found a shop that specializes in dried goods, but everything in it was soaked by the flood."

I was thinking of getting some to eat. When I saw them today, I thought I'd come over and ask Aunt Li, "Can I eat these wood ear mushrooms after washing and boiling them?"

"Oh dear, my silly girl, it's obvious you can't cook. Don't you even know this basic common sense? You can't eat wood ear mushrooms that have been soaked for too long."

Even if the wood ear mushrooms were soaked in normal tap water, let alone flooded ones, they would still breed a large number of bacteria after 8 hours. Eating them would cause enteritis and food poisoning.

"Really?" Jian Ning touched her nose and gave an awkward laugh.

It seems her knowledge base is truly insufficient; how would she know this? She'd never cooked in the cultivation world. Nor was it part of the original owner's memories, so it wasn't her fault.

"Thank you, sister-in-law. I won't go in then. I'll deal with all this stuff later." Jian Ning said, then picked up the bag and ran off.

Back home, I used my mind to bury all the soaked and rehydrated items in the dark ground.

She didn't throw it outside, because if someone who didn't know better picked it up and ate it, she would lose her merit.

For breakfast at home, I had soy milk, fried dough sticks, and tea eggs.

The fried dough sticks were crispy and delicious, just like they were fresh out of the fryer. They were incredibly satisfying to eat.

"Jian Ning, are you there?" Cao Xue's voice came through the walkie-talkie.

"exist."

"Zhang Xiaoqiang and I found a breeding farm halfway up the mountain yesterday."

We found quite a few chicken, duck, and goose eggs. We brought them all back. We even saved some for you; some of them could hatch into chicks and ducklings. If we raise them, we won't have to worry about food in the future.”

"That's great. You guys need to be careful when you go out to find things. I didn't contribute, so I don't need it." Jian Ning didn't need anything, and she didn't want to take advantage of her classmates.

"That won't do. Zhang Xiaoqiang and I both remember your kindness. If it weren't for you reminding us to stock up on supplies for winter..."

We would never have thought of going up the mountain to find something to start a fire, and that's how we discovered this farm.

I won't give you much, just a small portion. Consider it a tip. I'll leave it at the stairwell now; come down and get it.

"Okay, I'll go down now." Jian Ning saw that she couldn't delay any longer, so she had no choice but to agree to accept it.

But I couldn't just take their things for free, so I took two thick, long down jackets and a big bag of cotton from my storage space and carried them downstairs.

When they opened the door and went downstairs, Cao Xue not only took two large baskets of various eggs, but also two geese and two ducks.

"Jian Ning, that farm was also flooded, and most of the chickens died. Only the ducks and geese can swim and there are still quite a few left. We caught some and brought them back. Here are a few for you to eat."

"Thank you. This is for you and Zhang Xiaoqiang. You can use the cotton to make some cotton-padded trousers or coats for winter."

"Jian Ning, you're so kind. We couldn't find any warm clothes when we went out; they were all soaked or washed away by the water."

"There are a few down jackets in this house, but they're all lightweight. Yours is much thicker. It'll definitely keep you warm." Cao Xue didn't stand on ceremony at all, taking the down jacket and cotton padding, thanking them repeatedly.

"Don't be so polite. I'll take these eggs upstairs first." Jian Ning took the four items upstairs first, then came down to get the eggs.

Xiao Lingfeng opened the door and came out.

"Give them to me, are these eggs still edible? Haven't they gone bad in this hot weather?"

"Cao Xue said we can use them to hatch eggs. Let's see if we can get chicks or ducklings. This basket is for Aunt Wang, and this basket is for Aunt Li."

Jian Ning quickly allocated the items. She simply didn't know how to do it.