Chapter 23 A Bold Idea
Ningxuan's life has become much more comfortable these past few days. Her work during the day is easy and not tiring, and her meals have improved a lot, so she no longer has to make herself suffer.
That's right. After Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia moved here, they switched to refined grains as their staple food because they didn't want the hassle of cooking two different kinds of rice.
Originally, Lu Xun and the others were thinking that if Ning Xuan couldn't afford to eat fine grains every day, they would provide her share as well, but Ning Xuan would have to do more work and take on the cooking duties.
As it turned out, Ning Xuan said that she could also eat refined grains every day. The rice and flour she took out were all traded from the modern world and were of even better quality than those of Xu Jiajia and the others.
Lu Xun and the others fell silent. It turned out that this girl had been pretending to be weak all along.
Knowing that everyone's financial situation was actually quite good, Lu Xun and the others completely relaxed and began to eat fine grains for every meal and meat every few days.
Ning Xuan didn't actually have much money or tickets, so she always brought out supplies directly. Since she usually stayed with the brigade, it would be strange if she suddenly brought out fresh meat.
Ning Xuan would take extra things when she went to the commune during her breaks, and she would ask Lin Yuhan to help prepare sausages and cured meats that could be stored for a long time.
Lu Xun originally thought it was unsafe for Ning Xuan, a girl, to live alone, and it didn't sound right for Xu Jiajia, a girl, to live with him and Zhipeng, two men. That's why he agreed to let Ning Xuan live together in a small courtyard and share meals. He never expected that this guy, who looked like a refugee who had just experienced a famine, would be so capable.
Living together was quite worry-free. Xu Jiajia was no longer the woman she had first met who relied on men for everything. Zhou Zhipeng wanted to take over her cooking duties, but Xu Jiajia refused.
Xu Jiajia can cook. Her family dotes on her, but they also have principles. Her family taught her survival skills like cooking and washing clothes when she was in elementary school, but they didn't make her do it every day after she learned them.
Lu Xun and Zhou Zhipeng were in similar situations, so the two male comrades were much better cooks than the other male educated youth in the settlement.
The four of them take turns cooking. If there's anything inconvenient, they just say so and someone else takes over. They also take turns cleaning the toilet. Other chores in the courtyard, such as sweeping and filling the water tank, are also shared by everyone. The atmosphere is very harmonious.
There's no shortage of firewood in the yard now, because Lu Xun and his team had already exchanged supplies with the village's team members.
The group of friends shared a harmonious atmosphere, enjoyed good food, and during breaks, Ning Xuan could read novels or watch dramas on her phone or tablet. Lin Yuhan traded her phone and tablet to Ning Xuan, along with a power bank. When the power bank ran out of power, Ning Xuan would trade it back to Lin Yuhan for charging.
She also has a night light in her warehouse, the kind with warm-toned light that she bought specifically, not the incandescent type. Although it's not very bright, it's just right to be used as a desk lamp, so she doesn't have to sleep all night because it's dark and there's nothing to do at night.
However, Ning Xuan was quite restrained. Even if she didn't have to work during the day the next day, she would only stay up until 10 o'clock before going to sleep.
It's rare that the original owner wasn't nearsighted, so she didn't need to wear glasses. She must take good care of her eyesight and try her best never to wear glasses again in this lifetime.
Ning Xuan was watching a drama again that day when the system made a sound. It turned out to be a message from Yun Xi in the cultivation world.
Yunxi's enlightenment took several days, but the results were very gratifying. Her cultivation level broke through directly from the early stage of the Golden Core realm to the middle stage, and entering the late stage is just around the corner.
One moment of enlightenment is worth more than several years of her spiritual practice.
After her epiphany ended, she consolidated her cultivation slightly and then remembered the storybook that had led to it.
I want those storybooks you sent last time. The only thing I have left suitable for mortals is the Strength Pill. Do you still want it? I'll gather the herbs and refine other types later.
The "power pills" can be taken repeatedly, but the maximum for an average person is three. Three is the limit; taking more will overwhelm the drug's effects, resulting in anything from minor injuries to broken meridians to death from bodily explosion.
Although Ning Xuan felt that her current strength was quite good, she could trade it to others. Anyway, there were plenty of novels available, and she would be making a profit if she could exchange it for one.
Ning Xuan traded three novels for three "power pills" this time.
Yunxi not only found the storybooks interesting, but she also had an epiphany from them, and perhaps she could gain other insights, so she decided to continue "neglecting her studies" by reading storybooks.
Ning Xuan planned to keep one of the three "power pills" for herself, and give one to Wang Erya and the other to Lin Yuhan.
Currently, Lin Yuhan's return rate is relatively high, but the Famine Refugee Plane is the first plane she has connected to, so it still has special significance. She is willing to help Wang Erya more.
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At this time, Wang Erya and her companions encountered a group of bandits who were even more ruthless and numerous than the previous band of mountain bandits.
Because of the disparity in numbers, the leader told everyone not to act rashly and to let them take the valuables. However, the bandits still wouldn't let them go and planned to tie everyone up and take them back to the mountain. The men would go back to do hard labor or become thugs, the women would be kept to do delicate work and for the brothers to play with, and the children would be used as food.
Hiding at the back of the crowd, Wang Erya saw the approaching bandits and her eyes were filled with despair. She had a sharp kitchen knife that Ning Xuan had traded for her in her warehouse, but she was definitely not as strong as the bandits, and there were so many of them that she couldn't fight them off.
Looking at the child's panicked eyes, a bold idea flashed through Wang Erya's mind: Could she trade the child to someone else to help take care of him?
Because they had traded many items back and forth in the past, Wang Erya felt that the other party was a very kind person, but she didn't know if this system could trade living things.
In any case, it's better than being robbed by bandits and used as food.
So, while the bandits were still at the back of the crowd, Wang Erya took advantage of everyone's attention being on the bandits and began sending a transaction to Ning Xuan.
Ning Xuan was just about to trade the Power Pill to Wang Erya. She clicked "agree" without carefully reading the details of the transaction, and then told Wang Erya about the effects of the pill.
After sending the gifts, they realized that what Wang Erya had traded for were two children?!
She didn't know if the warehouse could preserve living creatures; she had never tried it before, so she quickly "retrieved" the child.
Then Ning Xuan almost threw up from the smell; it was just too overpowering!
Looking at the two skinny little monkeys, one big and one small, staring at her with wide, terrified eyes, Ning Xuan didn't even have time to feel relieved that the system had spared them and that the children were still breathing before she was overwhelmed with a headache.
She saw Wang Erya's message entrusting her child to her, saying that she had encountered very powerful bandits and that they were all going to die today, so she was trying to entrust her child to her through the system.
Ning Xuan was worried about Wang Erya and also had a headache about the current situation. She couldn't make arrangements for the two children here.
Fortunately, she can rest today. Xu Jiajia and the others have all gone to the commune, so she is the only one in the courtyard now.
She first took out food for the eldest daughter, and then took out a baby bottle to feed the youngest daughter.
The two children became less afraid when they ate food that tasted familiar, and Niu Niu even squinted her eyes and drank her milk.
After the baby finished drinking milk, Ning Xuan saw that Wang Erya still hadn't replied. Although she was worried, there was nothing she could do. She hoped that the "power pill" could help.
Then Ning Xuan couldn't hold back any longer. The two children smelled terrible. Ning Xuan didn't dare go to the bathroom for fear that someone might suddenly come back and she wouldn't have time to hide the children.
Right there in the room, I took out the plastic basin and warm water from the warehouse. First, I peeled off the large ones, then washed them with clean water. I poured the dirty water into another empty large plastic tank that I had taken out. Then I took out a second basin of water, and then I selected some unscented soap from the warehouse and started applying the soap to the children.
Although Wang Erya applied medicine to both children, the hygiene was so poor that the children kept getting redness and rashes. Ning Xuan's hands were shaking when she bathed the children.
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