In order to save her grandmother and mother from taking too many detours, Zhu Xixi had no choice but to tilt her head back and cry loudly.
The crying from the bamboo basket startled Grandma Zhu, and she quickly turned to look at her granddaughter.
"Xixi, what's wrong?"
It wasn't until Liu opened the lid and took Zhu Xixi out of the house, holding her in her arms, that she showed an innocent and bewildered smile.
Seeing her daughter's mischievous appearance, Madam Liu sighed helplessly, "Mother, let me hold Xixi! She's probably very curious about the outside world and wants to look around."
Grandma Zhu originally wanted to make her granddaughter more comfortable, so since that was the case, she stopped insisting on her own idea and hurried over to help her daughter-in-law adjust the cloth covering her chest.
"Okay, if you get tired or hot, just tell me and I'll carry her."
Liu lowered her head and placed Zhu Xixi against her chest. With the help of Old Lady Zhu, she wrapped her daughter in a cloth, nodding as she did so.
"Mother, I understand."
Zhu Xixi saw the blue sky and white clouds again, and was so happy that she blew bubbles and rolled her dark eyes to look around.
The stone canals in the city were generally built for flood control. In the past two years, the summers have been dry, and the stone canals have been neglected and are very likely to be hidden in these bushes.
She anxiously used her telescopic vision to look around, making sure not to miss any corner.
Just then, the sound of a group of men talking in hushed tones came from not far away. They were speaking a language that Xixi couldn't understand.
She quickly looked in the direction of the sound and saw a tall, burly man dressed in cloth standing in front of an arched opening.
The group of men, still holding sickles, cleared away the weeds around the archway, discussing as they pointed towards the depths of the cave entrance.
It wasn't until a man dressed in brocade robes appeared that Xixi understood their conversation.
"Hurry up, weeding must be finished before dark. The Eagle Lord has ordered that Jiangyang City and its docks must be occupied tonight."
Upon hearing the man's conversation, the other Turks who were weeding all bowed respectfully and nodded in unison.
From their conversation, Zhu Xixi roughly guessed who these people were, and angrily punched the air.
[Bad guys, these bad guys!]
[Auntie! These people are so ugly, could they be Turks?]
[That monkey-like pointed chin is terrifying!]
Old Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Liu had already walked along the stream towards the stone canal. They moved slowly, checking the bushes as they went.
After learning what had happened, Liu rolled her eyes and suddenly clutched her stomach, squatting down on the ground.
"Mother, my stomach feels a little uncomfortable?"
Seeing this, Old Lady Zhu hurriedly turned around and came to Liu's side, helping her to sit down on the stone. She first touched Liu's forehead, and then touched her own forehead.
"Oh dear, did you eat something bad? Your forehead is so cold. Let me warm your hands and put them on your stomach."
Liu held her belly and grasped Old Lady Zhu's hand, shaking her head. "It's alright, I'm going to the restroom. You hold Xixi."
Grandma Zhu took her granddaughter with a worried expression, watched her daughter-in-law enter the bushes, and gave her instructions with concern.
"If you feel really uncomfortable, you should say so."
Liu wanted to buy time, so she found an open space, squatted in the bushes, parted the bushes, and called out to the outside.
"Okay, got it!"
About half an hour later, Liu Shi finally emerged from the bushes, trembling and clutching her stomach.
As she wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, she looked into the distance. So much time had passed; the Turks should have all left by now.
Grandma Zhu looked at her daughter-in-law with concern and asked softly, "What's wrong? Are you feeling better?"
"I'm feeling better, Mother. Let's walk slowly. I just analyzed the situation. If the Turks attack Jiangyang City tonight, they must also be looking for Shiqu. We need to be careful to avoid running into them."
After learning that her mother-in-law was worried about her, Liu felt guilty and took her daughter from her mother-in-law's arms, whispering a reminder.
Old Mrs. Zhu also felt that the two women should be careful in everything they did to avoid a direct conflict with the Turks.
“Okay, then let’s walk through the bushes and check the situation outside as we go.”
Too sleepy to keep her eyes open, Zhu Xixi nestled against her mother's chest and drifted off to sleep.
Zhu Xixi, who had fallen asleep, immediately entered the space. However, to her surprise, the space she entered this time was completely different from the scenes she had entered before.
The space at this moment is like a small courtyard, with mountains, water, and a small yard, outside which chickens, ducks, geese, sheep, and cattle are raised.
There is also a vegetable garden, a field of golden rice waiting for harvest, and a small river outside the fence, where there are shrimp, crabs and fish.
Beside the stream was a hot spring emitting white steam. Several words floated beside the hot spring, and Xi Xiang curiously tilted his head and read them aloud along with the people.
"A spiritual spring? It can repair bodily damage, strengthen the body, and improve the body's immunity."
What is a spiritual spring? Why is there a small courtyard here? Where are the shelves from before?
Before she could process what she was seeing, she heard a woman's voice echoing from the white surroundings.
[Congratulations, host, on obtaining an upgrade space. Everything in this space has immense value.]
Host? What is a host? Zhu Xixi couldn't hear the echoing sounds in the air at all, and wandered around the yard blankly.
Curious, she swam to the front of the cabin, her brows furrowed, her little face full of worry. After a long while, she carefully pushed open the small wooden door.
The moment the wooden door opened, a kaleidoscope of colors appeared inside. As the colors faded, the scene of Xixi wandering through the space before was revealed.
At this moment, Zhu Yanyan was crying as she bent over to sort out the goods on the ground. She couldn't bear it any longer and threw down what she was holding, slumped on the ground, and cried loudly with her head tilted back.
"Why should I have to organize it myself? Why don't I have the permission to organize it with one click?"
Zhu Xixi found it increasingly strange. Curious, she tilted her head and watched as Zhu Yanyan got up from the ground with snot and tears streaming down her face, crying and cursing as she left the space.
"This is so annoying, I'll clean it up next time I come back."
"How stupid! You could have tidied it up with a wave of your hand, why did you have to do it yourself? So incredibly dumb."
Zhu Xi curiously stuck his head inside the door and was surprised to find that the two places could be connected.
She happily stretched her arms in and out, giggling.
Remembering that she had entered the space today to collect supplies, she hurriedly waved her little hand to put the spiritual spring into her bracelet.
Then she turned her small body to the golden rice, put the rice into her bracelet, and also took in the vegetables from the garden.
Just when she thought the bracelet's memory was about to be depleted, she was surprised to find that the bracelet's memory had also been upgraded, and was much larger than before.
Although she didn't know how much it could hold, she put everything from Zhu Yanyan's bracelet into it, as long as it could fit.
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