At this moment, Wen Xiuying, who had fallen behind, also met up with Zhu Yanyan along with the officials. After seeing Zhu Yanyan...
She thought her daughter was waiting for her, and excitedly went forward to greet her.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yanyan gave her a cold, subtle hint, signaling her not to come closer.
Wang Haocheng also noticed Wen Xiuying and the other officials following closely behind, and asked them questions out of curiosity.
Who are these people?
"These are the villagers of Lujia Village. Their village was deprived of its cotton by those officials, and they had no other choice but to follow my daughter to the frontier."
Zhu Yanyan didn't want Wang Haocheng to know the true identities of Wen Xiuying and the official, so she choked up as she explained, feeling wronged.
Wang Haocheng frequently traveled between Lujia Town and the border region, and had several interactions with the village head of Lujia Village.
After hearing Zhu Yanyan mention cotton, he completely believed her.
Lujia Village is most famous for its cotton production, no wonder they can be so arrogant as to say they also have equipment.
It turns out they stole cotton from their friend's village.
"It's outrageous. If we ever see these scum again, I will never let them get away with it."
These words completely reassured Zhu Yanyan; it seemed he now believed her.
However, Xixi overheard their entire conversation and angrily stomped her feet.
[You, Zhu Yanyan, not only stole my identity, but also spread lies to incite Wang Haocheng to be hostile towards his family.]
Watch how Xixi clears everything out of your online space!
Grandma Zhu and Chen Xiang couldn't hear Xixi's mutterings very clearly.
All that was heard was that Zhu Yanyan had stolen her identity, which caused Wang Haocheng to become hostile towards the Zhu family.
The thought of losing the opportunity to travel with Wang Haocheng made Chen Xiang feel depressed, as heavy as a stone.
About two hours later, Chen Xiang helped Grandma Zhu back to the group.
When Zhu Wen saw Chen Xiang and Old Lady Zhu return, he followed closely behind and went up to ask them questions.
"Boss, have you found the caravan?"
"Found it. Have the supplies been packed?" Chen Xiang sighed as he searched for supplies. Judging from Zhu Yanyan's tone, the caravan didn't have any warm clothing.
If the supplies were distributed to the caravan members when they needed them most, it might have been possible to gain some leverage.
Zhu Wen thought Chen Xiang was asking about the food, so he smiled and assured him, "Boss, the food is safe, there's no problem."
"What about supplies to keep warm?" Besides food, Chen Xiang was even more concerned about supplies to keep warm.
"Winter supplies? We can't find them; they seem to be buried in quicksand."
Seeing Chen Xiang's serious expression, Zhu Wen nervously pointed to a spot not far behind him.
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiang's eyes immediately tensed up, and he quickly ran in the direction Zhu Wen pointed.
He knelt in front of the quicksand in a panic, frantically digging through the sand to try and get his clothes out.
While Chen Xiang was digging in the sand, Zhu Chenfeng and Zhu Haotian and the others also brought over the carriage and came to Old Lady Zhu's side in a daze to ask her questions.
"Mother, what's wrong with Lord Chen?"
"Second brother, how many winter clothes do you have left?"
Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Zhu turned to look at her son, her brows furrowed, and she asked in a low voice with a grim expression.
When this issue was brought up, Zhu Chenfeng and Zhu Haotian lowered their heads in shame, not daring to tell Old Lady Zhu the truth.
Seeing this, Madam Liu stepped forward, her haggard face full of guilt, and pointed to the clothes on the carriage behind her to explain.
"Mother, we encountered quicksand while we were packing up supplies, and all our clothes were buried in the sand."
When Grandma Zhu heard the news, she clutched her chest, so distressed that she almost fainted, and kept her eyes closed, unable to speak for a long time.
"Mother, are you alright?" Liu noticed that her mother's complexion was not quite right, so she quickly stepped forward to support her and asked anxiously.
The others looked alarmed upon seeing this and gathered around Old Lady Zhu, looking at her nervously.
Sun came to her side and felt her pulse from behind.
Grandma Zhu calmed down a bit and weakly pointed to the bamboo basket, "I'm alright, Xixi still has water, take it out and share it with everyone!"
"Mother, you have a bit of heatstroke, take a rest." After finding out the cause of her mother-in-law's illness, Madam Sun, together with Madam Liu, helped her to sit down in the carriage.
Then, she took out the medicine she had previously used to treat heatstroke from her bundle, opened the bottle, and handed it to Grandma Zhu.
"Mom, take your medicine quickly, or you'll feel terrible."
Grandma Zhu looked at the medicine bottle in front of her, her eyes filled with deep helplessness and disappointment, and sighed as she accepted it.
"Mother, it's alright. You take the second and third sons to check if the camels have arrived. We need to get to the post station as soon as possible."
After her mother-in-law took the medicine bottle, Sun nodded to her and then turned to walk towards Zhu Chenfeng and Zhu Haotian.
Just as Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng were about to search for the caravan, they saw a man in a long robe leading a camel and coldly glancing at the people around him.
"These are the camels you requested."
Upon seeing this, Zhu Haotian hurriedly stepped forward, took the reins from Wang Haotian, and excitedly examined the camel in front of him.
Zhu Chenfeng admired the other man's generosity and bowed to him, saying, "Thank you, brother. If it weren't for you, we would probably have had to walk across the desert."
"Heh, our boss has spoken. We've already repaid the favor we owed you. We won't talk like that next time we meet."
The man glanced at Zhu Chenfeng with a cold face, left a disdainful remark, and quickly turned and left.
The man's inexplicable words made Zhu Chenfeng feel vaguely uneasy, and he turned to look at Old Lady Zhu with a puzzled expression.
Grandma Zhu sat in the car, clutching her chest, and sighed helplessly as she explained, "When we went to look for the caravan just now, we saw Zhu Yanyan with the caravan."
"Judging from this situation, Zhu Yanyan must have already convinced the caravan alliance."
[Oh dear! It's all Xixi's fault for forgetting that Wang Haocheng knows Daddy.]
[When Wang Haocheng escaped from the ancient Loulan Kingdom, it was his father who saved them.]
Therefore, Zhu Yanyan seized upon this information and impersonated her father's daughter, which made Wang Haocheng lower his guard.
Without caravans, we could easily get lost in the event of a sandstorm.
Thinking of these terrible things, Xixi frowned and let out a soft sigh.
I drifted off to sleep.
Xi Xi's voice reached the ears of the Zhu family, Chen Xiang, and Pei Sining.
Pei Sining also learned the name of the caravan leader from the information revealed by Zhu Xixi.
It was Wang Haocheng! (Upon hearing this name)
He laughed smugly, walked up to Old Lady Zhu, leaned down and whispered in her ear.
After listening to Pei Sining's suggestion, Grandma Zhu was a little uneasy. "Sining, is your suggestion reliable?"
"Don't worry! He'll believe you when he sees this."
Pei Sining was very confident in her suggestion and handed the jade pendant in her hand to Old Lady Zhu.
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