When Grandma Zhu heard Xixi muttering to herself, she turned her head in confusion to look at the misty outside.
At this moment, Madam Sun led Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng into the house from outside, and sat around the fire with their hands in their sleeves.
"Mom, it smells so good! What are we having for dinner tonight?"
When Grandma Zhu saw her daughter-in-law and son come in with trembling hands, she quickly ladled out a bowl of mutton soup and handed it to them.
"We didn't finish the mutton from yesterday. You guys drink first, I'll go and take some to the brothers outside."
Seeing this, Liu quickly got up to help and reached out to lift the iron pot. "Mother, the broth in the pot is still bubbling! Let me help you."
Zhu Haotian slurped up a mouthful of mutton soup, quickly waved to Liu Shi, and stood up to take the handles from the two of them.
"Mother, sister-in-law, please sit down, I'll take it out."
Grandma Zhu was worried that there wouldn't be enough mutton, so she busied herself digging out dozens of potatoes from the fire.
Using tongs, he placed the potatoes into a bamboo basin, then picked up the basin and followed Zhu Haotian to his feet.
"And potatoes, I'll bring those out for everyone too."
Zhu Chenfeng couldn't let his mother go out, so he quickly got up, took the bamboo basin, and helped his mother sit down.
"Mother, please don't go outside."
"It's just a cold, why is it unsafe?"
Grandma Zhu noticed something was off about her son's expression and grabbed his arm to question him.
"Third brother, what happened to the brothers outside?"
Faced with their mother's questioning, Zhu Chenfeng and Zhu Haotian became guilty and stared at Sun, who was sitting and drinking soup.
After taking a few sips of hot soup, Mrs. Sun looked up at everyone in a daze, swallowed the soup, and smiled as she pulled Old Mrs. Zhu along.
"Mother, please sit down first, I'll tell you."
When Zhu Chenfeng and Zhu Haotian saw that Sun had stopped Old Lady Zhu, they quickly carried the food outside.
Old Mrs. Zhu stared at Sun with a worried expression and said anxiously, "Third son's wife, what's wrong?"
"Mother, I suspect that the brothers who caught a cold outside are not as ill as they seem. I suspect they have been poisoned."
After putting a piece of mutton in her mouth, Sun glanced outside and whispered her guess.
"Poisoning? We eat and drink together, how could they be poisoned? What about us?"
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Zhu immediately tensed up and looked at Madam Sun with unease.
[Poisoning? How could that be? Could it be because of drinking the water from the ancient city?]
[We're doomed! We were so focused on dealing with Zhu Yanyan that we forgot the water in the ancient city was poisonous.]
The poison in the well was secretly planted by Granny Wang more than ten years ago in the ancient city of Loulan as a way to deal with the city lord.
[I never imagined that after all these years, the poison would still remain in the water.]
The problem is, only Granny Wang can cure this poison. She's the kind of person who responds better to gentle persuasion than force, and she's also quite suspicious.
It's unlikely we'll get the antidote from her; this is really troublesome!
Fortunately, Xixi regularly gave her family members spring water to drink, which strengthened their constitution and prevented poisoning.
Xixi looked at her grandmother and aunt with a gossipy expression after hearing about the poisoning.
She suddenly remembered that the book had mentioned a few words about the feud between Granny Wang and the Lord of Loulan.
The book only mentioned it briefly at the time, and she didn't take it to heart at all.
I never imagined there were pitfalls everywhere; you could easily fall into one without even realizing it.
Realizing that the antidote wasn't so easy to obtain, she waved her little hand and started to cry.
Upon hearing the sound, Liu looked down at Xixi, whose little face was flushed, and quickly covered her with a blanket.
"Is Niu Niu sleepy? Let Mommy coax Niu Niu to sleep."
With a pout, Xixi drifted off to sleep as her mother rocked her.
Back in her new space, Xixi quickly entered the medical room and wandered aimlessly among the many medicines.
Which one is the antidote for all poisons?
On the other side, after coaxing Xixi to sleep, Liu looked up at her mother-in-law with a heavy heart.
At this moment, Grandma Zhu was organizing the information revealed by Xixi, and these pieces of information were coming together.
She roughly knew that the team members were poisoned because they drank water from the ancient city.
The only way to get the antidote is to ask the woman outside known as Granny Wang.
However, this old woman is not easy to deal with; she must be carrying a deadly poison. One must be extremely careful when dealing with her.
Also, Zhu Yanyan was with Granny Wang, and their presence would definitely attract Zhu Yanyan's attention.
However, after thinking about it carefully, she felt that this was an opportunity. Zhu Yanyan was too badly injured, and even if they met, she might not dare to fight against them.
There are still so many monsters in Hengyang Town that they alone cannot cross the town to reach the dock. It seems that only by finding an antidote can we succeed.
Only through everyone's concerted efforts can we safely pass through Hengyang Town, which is teeming with monsters.
"Mother, what are you thinking about?" Madam Liu asked anxiously, thinking that her mother-in-law was overthinking things after hearing about the poisoning.
Upon hearing this, Grandma Zhu smiled and shook her head, clutching her stomach as she said, "Eldest daughter-in-law, my stomach is upset and I need to go out to relieve myself."
"Mother, why don't you take care of this inside? It's too cold outside." Upon hearing her mother-in-law's words, Tao quickly parted the pile of straw in the corner, gesturing for her mother-in-law to come and relieve herself.
Grandma Zhu shook her head with an embarrassed expression, clutched her stomach, and stood up. "This is too embarrassing. I'll go out for a bit and be right back."
Upon hearing this, Madam Sun had no choice but to quickly finish the meat soup in her hand and stand up as well. "Mother, I'll go out with you."
Zhu Dabao was worried that his grandmother and aunt might be in danger, so he stood up and patted his chest.
"Grandma, I'll go with you too. If anything happens, I can protect you."
Grandma Zhu smiled and looked at the two of them with a helpless nod, then picked up five catties of mutton and put it in the basket.
Besides mutton, there were also potatoes, sweet potatoes, and eggs. I left the room shivering as I carried the basket and put on a mask.
Zhu Chenfeng happened to see Old Lady Zhu leaving and, realizing she was about to go out, quickly followed her. "Mom, are you going out in this cold weather?"
"I need to use the restroom." Old Mrs. Zhu frowned, signaling her son to be quiet and waving her hand to make way for him.
Zhu Chenfeng was worried that the wind and snow outside would be too heavy and would make his mother cold, so he took off his cotton-padded coat and put it on his mother.
"Mother, put on my clothes and go out."
"Don't mess around, I have the little heating pad on! I'm not cold."
Old Mrs. Zhu was driven crazy by Zhu Chenfeng; she still had to go out and look for clues about Granny Wang!
If my son continues to be delayed like this, what if we can't find him?
Everyone's in the same boat now; there's no question of anyone abandoning anyone else.
After sending Zhu Chenfeng away, she hunched over and left the house with Sun Shi and her grandson.
Zhu Chenfeng couldn't bear to let his mother go out, so he quickly got dressed and followed her out.
Grandma Zhu quickly left the courtyard and looked around. Sure enough, she saw a light in a corner not far away.
"Mother, what are you looking at?" Zhu Chenfeng shivered a few times, put his hands in his sleeves, and looked around curiously while breathing out warm air.
Grandma Zhu patted Zhu Chenfeng on the shoulder and pointed to the firelight ahead, saying, "Third son, is there someone over there?"
"How do you spend the night outside in this cold weather?"
Zhu Chenfeng followed Old Lady Zhu's gaze and saw the flickering light, and hesitated.
"Mother, it's not convenient for us to take in outsiders right now."
Old Mrs. Zhu didn't intend to bring Granny Wang back to the house; she only wanted the antidote in Granny Wang's hand.
“We’re friends when we’re away from home, let’s go over and ask what’s going on.”
Zhu Chenfeng didn't want to meddle in other people's business, so he reached out to stop his mother, but she stubbornly left.
He could only look at Madam Sun with utter helplessness, "Mother, what exactly do you want?"
"Stop talking nonsense and just follow along. Stop chattering like a woman."
Sun always trusted her mother-in-law's judgment and was somewhat dissatisfied with Zhu Chenfeng's interference. She glared at him a few times and then followed closely behind.
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