He Da was still very excited. He said, "I have to thank you. You have no idea how worried I am about what to eat for the next two months. My hair has turned white."
No one could feel the country's predicament and hardship more directly than him; in some places, there wasn't even enough food substitutes or grass roots to eat.
Qing Xuanzi smiled and said, "I can only do my bit. Now that you're here, you must have found a place. Let's go now."
Wei Guodong nodded: "Master, please. Rong Lianhu should come along too!"
"Yes, Commander!"
They turned to leave, but Rong Jiaojiao, who was being held in Fu Ya's arms, protested and burst into tears: "Waaah, Father Xi, baby, let's go~~"
The crying came quickly, urgently, and loudly. Qing Xuanzi had no choice but to turn around and take her into his arms.
"Alright, alright, Jiao Bao, don't cry. Master will take you there now." Qing Xuanzi gently patted Rong Jiao Jiao's back, coaxing her.
Rong Jiaojiao's face turned bright red, and tears were still streaming down her face. This time, she was really crying because she was so anxious.
But upon hearing Qing Xuanzi's words, he immediately stopped, and because he stopped so quickly, he started hiccuping again.
Her little hands gripped Qing Xuanzi's clothes tightly, and she mumbled indistinctly, "Father Xi, go, baby, go~~"
Qing Xuanzi smiled helplessly, lifted her up slightly and said, "Alright, Father Xi will take you there, don't cry."
Wei Guodong and He Da watched this scene from the side without saying anything. The group got into the car at the door and headed straight for their destination.
The car bumped along the way. Qing Xuanzi held Rong Jiaojiao in the back seat, her little head resting on his shoulder, her eyes looking around curiously.
Although she was crying just now, she has calmed down completely, and her little hands occasionally reach out to grab the shadows of leaves drifting past the car window.
The car bumped along the road for more than ten minutes before finally stopping at the Zhao family compound outside the town.
This used to be the mansion of landlord Zhao, but it has now been taken back by the government. Due to numerous supernatural incidents, the mansion is now vacant.
As soon as she got out of the car, Rong Jiaojiao excitedly started wiggling around, pointing her little finger at the plaque on the gate and babbling something.
Qing Xuanzi hugged her tighter and gently comforted her, "Don't worry, let's go in and take a look."
Wei Guodong and He Da led them into the courtyard, where large stacks of sacks were already piled up.
Apart from the sacks, no one else was seen, which was obviously intentional on the part of Wei Guodong and He Da to prevent others from knowing where the grain came from.
Wei Guodong felt a little embarrassed that there were only three of them, so he said to Qing Xuanzi, "Master Qingxuan, I was afraid you don't like a lot of people, so it's just the few of us. You see, we'll have to trouble you to put out the grain little by little."
Seeing that Qing Xuanzi didn't answer and was still staring straight into the courtyard, Wei Guodong suddenly felt a chill.
He Da moved closer to Wei Guodong and called out hesitantly, "Master Qingxuan..."
Qing Xuanzi turned around and waved his hand: "You all step back, I'll do it myself."
He handed Rong Jiaojiao to Rong Lianhu and said, "Don't go either, just stay by my side."
He Da reacted the fastest, darting over to Rong Lianhu's side and looking at Qing Xuanzi with suspicion.
Qing Xuanzi said with amusement, "They won't hurt you."
He Da looked around and said, "Oh, there really are? Where are they?"
Qing Xuanzi glanced towards the inner courtyard: "They're in their own home."
He Da moved closer to Rong Lianhu. At first, Rong Lianhu didn't understand what they were talking about, but after listening for a while, he finally understood that there were people here who ordinary people couldn't see.
He couldn't help but hug Rong Jiaojiao tighter. It wasn't that he was afraid of those things, but he was worried that his daughter would be scared.
Qing Xuanzi ignored them, released his divine sense, and pulled up the bags one by one, making them stand in rows.
With a gentle shake of the spatial talisman in his hand, the talisman instantly transformed into a stream of light and floated into the air.
The space talisman hovered above each grain bag, and the bags below it seemed to catch the spatial gaps, gradually filling up with grain.
First came the rice. Golden grains poured down from the spatial symbol like a drizzle, filling the sacks. The sacks gradually swelled up, making a rustling sound.
Immediately afterwards, corn poured out from the space talisman, the corn cobs with their husks still attached, falling one by one into the sack.
Qing Xuanzi's divine sense acted like an invisible thread, guiding each bag of grain to land precisely in the designated location.
The whole process was quiet and orderly, as if an invisible hand was operating it.
Rong Lianhu held Rong Jiaojiao tightly, watching everything without blinking.
Wei Guodong and He Da stood aside, dumbfounded as the grain appeared out of thin air and filled the sacks.
They had witnessed Qing Xuanzi conjure goods out of thin air once before, but they were still deeply shocked once again.
"So much food! Old Wei, can we give the soldiers a full meal?"
He Da's voice was so excited that he almost choked up. The soldiers could only eat half full each day, and in order to protect national security, they had to train every single day. As the logistics minister, he felt sorry for them!
Although Qing Xuanzi kept working, he was worried that his little apprentice would cause trouble, so he kept an eye on them. After hearing He Da's words, he felt uneasy.
Wei Guodong pursed his lips and remained silent. How he longed to feed the soldiers, how he wished they could have enough to eat three times a day, but he didn't have the ability to do so!
The bag was empty, but there were still quite a few corn cobs left. However, once the space talisman was released, everything inside had to be poured out. So, the sound of the corn cobs hitting the ground was particularly pleasant.
He Da said happily, "Oh, and there's more! I didn't expect that even with twenty extra bags, we still wouldn't be able to finish packing. Great, great!"
As a soldier with unwavering resolve, his emotions come and go quickly; he wouldn't allow unnecessary emotions to affect him.
The remaining corn cobs were piled up into a small mountain before the space symbol, having fulfilled its mission, dissipated into the air.
After finishing everything, Qing Xuanzi came to pick up Rong Jiaojiao, but Rong Jiaojiao's eyes were fixed on the direction of the inner courtyard.
Rong Lianhu had noticed it earlier, but he didn't panic because Qing Xuanzi was there. When Qing Xuanzi came over, he asked worriedly, "Brother, will Jiaojiao be alright?"
Qing Xuanzi waved his hand: "It's alright, let's go back!"
He glanced at the Zhao family compound, and was about to leave when He Da quickly grabbed him: "Master, why don't you wait for us?"
Qing Xuanzi asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to take the grain away yet?"
"Pull it! Call someone to pull it right away, but..."
He looked into the Zhao family compound with a slightly uneasy feeling.
Qing Xuanzi said, "I'll wait for you in the carriage."
"Okay, let's do it together."
As a soldier, He Da shouldn't be afraid of these things, but he is. He was afraid even when he was a child, and now he has to deal with Qing Xuanzi's explicit words.
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