Zhu Yanyan noticed Wang Pozi's preoccupied expression and immediately felt uneasy, asking her questions out of curiosity.
"Grandma Wang, what are the people inside saying?"
"They have a boat and crew."
Granny Wang deliberately revealed the most valuable information first, hoping to pique Zhu Yanyan's interest.
Sure enough, Zhu Yanyan's face immediately lit up with an excited smile after learning that the other party had a boat.
"That's great! When will they enter the city?"
Granny Wang recalled the meaning behind Old Lady Zhu's words, which seemed to imply that Zhu Yanyan was not simple.
In all her years of traveling between Hengyang Town and the desert, she has never encountered a situation where the carriage could leave the sandstorm unscathed.
Even if it were swept away to other places by a sandstorm, it would only leave behind debris and fragments. How could it be so intact without any sand?
It seems that Zhu Yanyan is not simple. If we can persuade her to pick the Ghost Grass, she and the old man can leave this place.
Thinking of this, she sighed with feigned sorrow and told him everything.
"They learned about the situation in Hengyang Town and said that finding a herb could help the monster avoid it, but this herb only grows on high mountains or cliffs."
"What do they mean? Now that you know, hurry up and go pick them!"
Zhu Yanyan couldn't understand what Wang Pozi meant, and retorted irritably.
Seeing this, Granny Wang had no choice but to explain the situation of Granny Zhu's group again: "Those young men are all poisoned and too weak to pick any more fruit."
Nobody's here? Isn't Zhu Xixi quite capable? It would be pitiful to send her!
After hearing what Granny Wang said, Zhu Yanyan did not believe it at all and silently lowered her head and sneered.
When Granny Wang realized that Zhu Yanyan didn't seem to want to go either, she felt a little unhappy.
Grandma Zhu is right. We still need to protect those young men from getting hurt, otherwise how will we leave this place?
After all that had been said, Zhu Yanyan would have taken the initiative to do the job, since she had seen Zhu Yanyan riding that beast and flying in the sky.
Even after the two returned to the tent, Zhu Yanyan did not suggest going to pick the ghost grass, and time was running out.
She could only look at Zhu Yanyan with a serious expression, "Yanyan, you have a lot of ideas, how about I entrust this matter to you?"
"Leave it to me? Grandma Wang, are you out of your mind? How can a woman like me handle this? Besides, this isn't even our business. Why are you stopping us?"
When Zhu Yanyan learned of Wang Pozi's idea, she thought she was crazy. How could she have such a scheme against her? So many members of the Zhu family couldn't go, so how could she go to the pit all by herself?
Granny Wang felt that Zhu Yanyan's words were a bit too much, completely disregarding the current situation. "Yanyan, they may be bad people, but they've all been poisoned. Besides, if something happens to them, who will steer the boat?"
"Grandma knows you're very capable. This task is indeed very difficult, but with great power comes great responsibility. Grandma believes you can do it."
Zhu Yanyan stared at the person in front of her in shock, feeling that her thoughts were somewhat morbid, even if others were sick.
The Zhu family members certainly wouldn't get sick, so it wouldn't be her turn to search for the Ghost Grass.
"grandmother......"
"Yan Yan, if you want to leave here, you'd better listen to Grandma. Otherwise, Grandma won't like such a disobedient child like you."
Granny Wang didn't want to waste any more words with Zhu Yanyan, so she coldly shook off her hand and got up to look towards Hengyang Town.
"The only one who can lead us out of this hellhole is Old Lady Zhu. Are you going to die here?"
These words left Zhu Yanyan speechless. She frowned defiantly, knowing that she was not in a position to confront the Zhu family while she was still recovering from her serious injuries.
I thought I could just sit back and quietly follow them into Hengyang Town, but I never expected that Granny Wang would be brainwashed by them.
Since she had been entrusted with this heavy responsibility, and now faced with a dilemma, she couldn't afford to have a falling out with Granny Wang.
Thinking of this, she quickly changed her attitude and stepped forward, smiling as she said, "Grandma Wang, don't be angry. Your granddaughter understands. I'll think of a solution right away."
Granny Wang was very pleased with Zhu Yanyan's tactfulness. She lowered her cold and stern face, turned around with a smile, and nodded.
"Alright, Grandma will wait for you, but you have to hurry, otherwise the tent might not be able to withstand this awful weather."
Zhu Yanyan naturally knew what Wang Pozi was talking about: the volcano was about to erupt, and the weather would only get hotter and hotter.
By then, even the air will be filled with dust. If they don't leave immediately, they will either die from the heat or from inhaling the dust.
"Okay, granddaughter understands."
After calming Wang Pozi down, she turned and walked toward the maned wolf huddled in the corner.
At this moment, the maned wolf weakly opened its eyelids and looked wearily at Zhu Yanyan.
"Maned Wolf, are you feeling better now? We're going on a long trip."
Zhu Yanyan stroked the maned wolf's body tenderly and asked softly.
The mane wolf had overheard their conversation and knew that Zhu Yanyan had left home with a mission.
It struggled to its feet and nodded unsteadily.
Zhu Yanyan knew that if the mane wolf forcibly used its divine power, it would take a long time to recover its true form, but she no longer had time.
Despite knowing that doing so would shorten the maned wolf's lifespan, she decided to carry the maned wolf away from the tent.
Zhu Yanyan's every move was observed by Xixi, who happily rolled around on the haystack.
[Zhu Yanyan fell for it; Grandma is really shrewd, she used her charm on Granny Wang.]
After returning home, Granny Wang continued to manipulate Zhu Yanyan, one scheme leading to another.
Now all that's missing is the Ghost Grass. Once we get our hands on that, everything will be much easier.
Xixi's happy laughter reached Grandma Zhu's ears. Seeing her granddaughter so happy, she also smiled with her eyes narrowed.
The weather was just too hot, and everyone kept wiping away sweat uncomfortably, their chests and backs already soaked with sweat.
Zhu Dabao and Zhu Xiaobao were so hot that they had already taken off their clothes and were soaking in the bucket of water, sticking out their tongues and trying to cool off.
"Mom, what kind of weather is this? It's so hot! I haven't done anything and it's still so hot."
Tao was so hot that he was extremely irritable, constantly scratching his back and pacing angrily around the room.
Grandma Zhu also felt that the temperature was much hotter than yesterday, and she went to the window to look at the outside world with a puzzled expression.
Outside, everything was shrouded in mist, with white dust floating all around. The environment was extremely harsh, and it seemed that going outside would make one feel uncomfortable.
Looking at the empty water bucket, Liu frowned and came to Old Madam Zhu's side, saying uneasily.
"Mom, the water bucket is empty again. The brother who went out to fetch water just now said that the well has dried up and we have no water in the house."
[The well has dried up again? Sigh, we need Xixi to step in now.]
After hearing her mother sigh, Xixi quickly turned over and lay face down to look at the water vat in the corner.
She squinted and waved her little hand toward the bucket, and in no time the water tank was full of water.
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