"elder sister."
Liu Liu immediately hugged Cheng Shanshan: "I'm so glad you're alright, I was so scared."
"I haven't done it, there's nothing to be afraid of." Cheng Shanshan comforted Liu Liu for a moment before turning to Xiao Shisi, who had been staring at her expectantly: "Don't you want to hug me?"
"...Is that alright?"
"certainly."
Little Fourteen rushed over immediately.
After hugging Cheng Shanshan, he started crying pitifully. Cheng Shanshan couldn't help but ruffle his hair and say, "Although you are still young, you are still a grown man. It's not a good habit to cry all the time."
"Okay, if you won't let me cry, then I'll never cry again." Fourteen clenched her little fists, her tender face filled with stubbornness.
After this incident, Fourteen refused to separate from Cheng Shanshan and even added the surname Cheng to his name.
"Cheng Shisi?"
Cheng Shanshan smiled and said, "That's really a nice name."
"Sister allowed me to use this name?" Cheng Shisi immediately smiled, his whole body filled with excitement. He would say to everyone he met, "From now on, my name is Cheng Shisi! My name is Cheng Shisi! My name is Cheng Shisi!"
Ye Xi scoffed, "What's so exciting about that?"
"I'm just happy!"
Cheng Shisi is clearly becoming increasingly bold.
But after saying that, he eagerly followed Cheng Shanshan's steps: "Sister, you promised to let me help you, didn't you forget?"
"Of course I haven't forgotten. Come with me."
Cheng Shanshan led Cheng Shisi into the woods, where Ye Dong was already waiting. However, his expression was somewhat grave: "The situation over there is getting out of control. We need a lot of medicinal herbs now. I've been searching all morning to find this many."
Cheng Shanshan glanced at his bamboo basket before saying, "These are actually quite a lot. You can take them back first, and I'll go outside and think of a solution."
"Shall I go with you?" Although he had already taken Cheng Shanshan there once, he was still a little worried.
Cheng Shanshan refused, saying, "No need, you have your own things to do." As she said this, she walked to the cave that led to the outside of Ping'an City before continuing, "I will be back before dark."
After she finished speaking, she pulled Cheng Shisi away together.
After passing through dark caves and narrow paths, they arrived at a desolate world from a lush, tree-lined place.
This is a hidden exit from Heian City to the outside world. It is said to be a miracle left by the ancestors of the city. It is equipped with many traps. Only the people of Heian City know how to enter and exit. For outsiders, it is almost certain to die.
When Cheng Shisi left Ping'an City for the first time, he looked around before asking, "Is this the outside world?" He had imagined that the outside world would be much more prosperous than the city, but he did not expect that it was desolate and bleak everywhere.
The absence of any green plants in sight disappointed Cheng Shisi.
Cheng Shanshan rubbed his head before smiling and saying, "Alright, we have a lot to do." She came back mainly to check on the situation here, and also because she hadn't had a chance to return the seeds to Bai Jingquan before leaving so suddenly, so she wanted to return them to him now.
The location wasn't far from the outpost, and since it was lunchtime, her and Cheng Shisi's movements went relatively smoothly.
When she arrived at Bai Jingquan's tent, she saw that there was no one guarding it and went straight in.
Bai Jingquan was eating when he saw Cheng Shanshan and his face lit up with joy. He immediately stood up and exclaimed, "Miss Cheng!"
"Your Excellency, Magistrate."
Cheng Shanshan gracefully bowed with her hands clasped in greeting.
Her appearance surprised Wang Chao and Zhao Mo, who were standing nearby.
At this moment, Bai Jingquan hurriedly instructed the two men, "You two go outside and keep watch, don't let anyone get close."
"yes."
The two of them quickly went outside.
Cheng Shanshan didn't want to waste time and went straight to the point: "Magistrate, you haven't solved the problem of grain seeds yet, have you?"
Bai Jingquan nodded and sighed: "Yes, the land has been tilled. Now we can only hope that the imperial court can give us some more support."
"No need to wait any longer." Afraid that she hadn't explained herself clearly enough, Cheng Shanshan simply picked up the brush next to her and quickly drew a map: "I saw the batch of seeds in a nearby cave. You should send someone over to get them as soon as possible."
Bai Jingquan was stunned for a moment: "This..."
"It's best not to delay, lest something unexpected happens."
"good."
Bai Jingquan immediately sent someone over and bowed to Cheng Shanshan, saying, "Miss Cheng, you really helped me a lot this time. Thank you so much. By the way, you haven't eaten yet, have you? Why don't we have something together?"
"..."
The grass was still lush and green.
Before Cheng Shanshan could speak, Cheng Shisi frowned with disgust, saying, "These things are really not for feeding pigs, they're..."
"fourteen."
Cheng Shanshan coldly stopped him from continuing.
Cheng Shisi was also clever, and immediately chose to shut up.
Bai Jingquan dismissed it as just a child being picky about food and didn't think much of it: "These days there's really nothing to eat, but with these seeds, life will be much better from now on." In these chaotic times, all they could ask for was enough to have food and clothing.
Thinking this, he looked at Cheng Shanshan and straightened his expression: "Miss Cheng, you'd better not stay any longer. You probably won't be able to see Brother Huo this time."
Cheng Shanshan was puzzled: "Where did he go?"
Bai Jingquan sighed, full of guilt: "Something happened here a few days ago, and Brother Huo... disappeared."
Cheng Shanshan immediately tensed up: "How could it be gone?"
“A group of robbers came a few days ago. After they arrived, they started smashing and looting. Brother Huo drove them away and then disappeared. I’ve been looking for him these past few days.” When Bai Jingquan said this, he saw that Cheng Shanshan’s expression was not right and quickly comforted her, “Miss Cheng, don’t worry, Brother Huo will definitely be fine.”
"right."
Cheng Shanshan clenched her fist.
This news really upset her.
So much so that she was depressed when she got back, and Cheng Shisi was a little worried: "Sister, is that Huo guy someone very important to you?"
Cheng Shanshan looked at him: "Why do you ask that?"
"Because you know he's gone and you won't smile anymore." Cheng Shisi said, hoisting the sack onto his back. His small frame looked surprisingly like a little man. "He wasn't even happy that your friend gave him so many medicinal herbs!"
She took these from her spatial storage after sending Cheng Shisi away, and by using Bai Jingquan's name, she made her background seem legitimate.
Just then, Cheng Shisi suddenly looked at her with some annoyance: "Looks like he should be... your brother-in-law, right?"
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