I arrived in a hurry this morning, but the atmosphere became much more lively on the way back.
Most of the questions were asked by Zhen Fu out of curiosity, and Zhen answered them seriously every night.
With a blade of grass dangling from his mouth, Zhenfu slowly drove his horse-drawn carriage toward the county town.
"Mother, little sister, are you hiding something from us?"
Zhen Wanwan glanced at Old Lady Li's expression before slowly explaining, "Second Brother! This is a complicated matter, and I can't explain it clearly in a short time. Let's go home and I'll explain it to you properly!"
Zhenfu pouted and said with dissatisfaction, "My little sister has grown up and isn't close to her brother anymore... Sigh, I still remember when I was little, I found a bird egg on the mountain..."
"You brought it home especially for me to eat, but it caused you to get scolded by the bird's mother for a whole quarter of the year, and every time you went out, it would leave a pile of poop on your feet..."
Zhen Wanwan replied helplessly, "Second brother! You've said that eight hundred times already..."
Even if I say it eight hundred times, you can't deny how good your brother has been to you!
"Yes, yes, yes! I remember everything!" Zhen Wanwan smiled helplessly, "Didn't you want to follow Lord Feng? When we get back, I'll think of a way to plead with Lord Feng on your behalf..."
Zhenfu's eyes lit up, and she said happily, "You really are my good sister! Don't worry, when your second brother becomes successful, he will definitely not forget you!"
Old Mrs. Li snorted and replied, "Don't even think about going anywhere before you get married!"
Hearing her mother's words, Zhenfu nonchalantly spat out the foxtail grass in her mouth.
"A good man should have ambitions beyond his hometown; how can he be confined at home because of a woman?"
Seeing that her second son was completely unmoved by her words, Old Mrs. Li rolled her eyes in exhaustion.
"You try running away! I'll break your legs!"
Amidst the bickering of the group, the carriage finally made it back to the county town before lunchtime.
Zhenfu took them to the rented house and drove the rented carriage back to the carriage workshop.
As soon as Zhen Wanwan stepped into the courtyard, Yuan Huizhou rushed out.
He looked Zhen Wanwan up and down, then stood on tiptoe to look at the sleeping Tianbao.
Zhen Wanwan asked with amusement, "Zhou'er, what are you doing?"
Yuan Huizhou looked awkwardly to the side and explained coldly, "I'm afraid you won't be able to find your way home and will be kidnapped!"
Seeing this, Xiao Mei, who was helping Yuan Huizhou carry the books, explained with a smile, "Young master, you must be thinking of Lady Zhen!"
"Ever since you left this morning, the young master has been running to the courtyard gate to wait every now and then..."
"Xiao Mei! What nonsense are you talking about?" Yuan Huizhou turned around and angrily scolded the person behind him, then glanced at Zhen Wanwan with embarrassment.
He left only two sentences before running back to his room: "Mr. Qu assigned homework, I'm going back to my room now!"
Looking at Yuan Huizhou, who was so innocent, cute, and a little arrogant, Zhen Wanwan found it very amusing.
"Xiaomei, take good care of the young master. Contact me immediately if anything happens!"
Xiao Mei curtsied and replied, "This servant understands."
At this moment, Wang Cuihua poked her head out from the kitchen and looked at Zhen Wanwan and the others, saying, "Mother, little sister, you're back! The food is just heated up, quickly wash your hands and get ready to eat!"
"Oh! Yes, sister-in-law!"
Zhen Wanwan and Granny Zhang escorted the two sleeping children back to their room, then went to the kitchen to help serve the dishes and bowls.
Zhen Wanwan looked around and saw that only a few women and children from Zhen's family were at the table.
The Zhou family consists of Aunt Zhou, her two grandsons, Dongzi's mother with Xiaoshitou, and Aunt Qu, who has difficulty seeing.
The men are all gone!
This piqued Zhen Wanwan's curiosity greatly: "Where are Dad, Big Brother, Brother Hanzi, Brother Qu, and the others? Even Sister-in-law Zhou and the others aren't here..."
Aunt Zhou picked up a piece of green vegetable and gave it to her grandson, then explained with a smile, "They all went to Dahe Village to choose a house site in the next couple of days and build the house before the snow!"
"Yes, the weather is getting colder and colder. If the house isn't finished before the snow, we won't be able to have a good New Year!"
Grandma Li nodded and said, "That's true! The sooner it's built, the sooner we can move to the countryside; otherwise, we won't have enough money to make the move..."
Everyone voted in favor of this statement.
"Sigh! There are only two and a half months until the New Year. I hope we can all have a good New Year in our new home!"
In the blink of an eye, another year is coming to an end.
Last year, they were still scrimping and saving in Lijia Village, worrying about food every day.
Now, after overcoming numerous hardships, they have arrived in Anqing Prefecture just before the Lunar New Year.
They will soon have their own new home here and will no longer have to worry about water and food shortages.
Although this place is not as wonderful as they imagined, it is still better than living in Xinyang Prefecture, where they were living in fear due to war and famine.
After finishing the meal, everyone worked together to clean up the mess on the table.
Zhen Wanwan returned to the room, intending to close her eyes and rest, when she suddenly remembered that she hadn't entered the space for a while.
During the few days she spent with Zhuyuan, she almost forgot about the existence of the space.
Since it wasn't easy to have some free time, Zhen Wanwan closed her eyes and focused her consciousness into the space.
The first thing that catches the eye is the fully stocked shelves, which are almost unchanged, and the Tmall Genie robot is still running in the background.
She went up and patted its head; it still felt cold and smooth like a machine.
Zhen Wanwan turned and walked out of the supermarket, instantly shocked by what she saw.
Dense foliage grew on the land near the well.
She took two steps at a time and quickly stood on the ground next to the well, digging directly into the soil with a shovel.
In no time, they dug out a bunch of big, heavy sweet potatoes.
"How come it's ripe so quickly! And this one sweet potato is as big as two of the ones outside!"
Looking at the plump sweet potato in front of her, Zhen Wanwan's heart pounded.
"I wonder if it's because of the space and the well water..."
Thinking of this, Zhen Wanwan rushed to the supermarket again, casually scattered a few kinds of seeds on another open space, and then carried two buckets of well water to irrigate them.
"From now on, I'll have to come in every day to check on how these seeds are growing..."
We need to conduct a thorough and in-depth study to see how the land in this space differs from that outside.
She decided to use her free time to study space.
We should also carefully consider and plan the empty spaces within the area, and plant more good things there.
It would be best to transform it into her own private garden, and she could plant whatever she wanted, no matter what!
Then, transplant some of the things grown in the space to the manor that Zhuyuan gave her.
When she takes out these things, she will have a legitimate reason to do so, and she won't have to worry about exposing her space.
We also need to stock up on things like medicinal herbs, because if there's a real war, medicine will be dozens of times more expensive than food.
Thinking of this, Zhen Wanwan suddenly remembered the gift that Madam Fang had given her, which contained many precious medicinal herbs.
She took a little of each of these medicinal herbs, stuffed them all into the soil, and then drew water from the well to irrigate the soil.
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