The village chief hoped it was a miracle from their ancestor, and that they would receive some treasure. Last time, when the ancestor appeared and bestowed a treasure, they only received a small one; the larger ones were all taken by the clan elders.
Then, taking a gamble, I took out some money and had Shirakawa activate the system. It turned out to be a real treasure, and I didn't lose out at all.
He heard from Shirakawa that Chen Nong might have also obtained a treasure, so he planned to go and check it out.
Seeing Bai Chuan beaming with joy, the Chen family understood perfectly well that a child's expression couldn't hide anything.
Fortunately, everyone laid it all out on the table: only the two of them possessed this treasure, and they had to keep it a secret.
Seeing that the adults had already started talking, Chen Nong and his friend also began to show off, releasing the things they had hidden in their spatial storage, which would appear and disappear intermittently, having a great time.
Da Ya and the others never tired of watching it.
Sanya would excitedly say from time to time, "Brother, change it again, change it again."
After playing for a while, Chen Nong happily asked, "My baby is called Baozi, what's yours?"
Shirakawa looked bewildered: "Isn't it called a space system?"
Chen Nong said smugly, "If someone can change their name, you can ask them to change it themselves."
Everyone was stunned. They couldn't believe it!
Feichuan thought for a moment, "I like to eat eggs, so I'll call mine Egg."
Chen Kai was speechless for a moment, and also very envious. In the end, he could only sigh, walk up to Xiao Tian, and try to pinch his cheek, but Xiao Tian slapped his hand away.
Chen Kai angrily said, "Give me back my cheat code! Give me back my cheat!"
His system was ruined by two brats.
The Chen family has started slaughtering pigs to make cured pork and sausages.
When fleeing famine, pigs are definitely not something you can take with you, so it's better to make them into meat that is easy to preserve and carry.
This time, even Old Pig was killed. Da Ya and the others were heartbroken for a long time. Even Old Man Chen sighed several times. If it weren't for the need to flee famine, he would never have been willing to kill Old Pig.
Although he had raised many pigs before, the old pig had been with his family the longest, and they had grown attached to it.
Before long, the villagers also started slaughtering pigs.
The village, which had been going through tough times, suddenly became festive.
The slaughtering of pigs in the village attracted the covetous eyes of many refugees, and some of them took advantage of the village patrols not paying attention to sneak into the village to steal things.
The villagers are now very vigilant against thieves, which has prevented them from stealing anything. However, when the thieves are pushed too far, a fight breaks out, and some people get injured.
The village will not let thieves who dare to harm women, children, or the elderly off easily; they will all be tied up, beaten severely, and thrown out.
Previously, when refugees were exchanging water for food with villagers, they poisoned the water, and several families suffered. Some vomited and had diarrhea, while others had severe stomach aches. Although not fatal, it was still very distressing.
After these events, the villagers felt a deep disgust for the refugees.
The poisoning of the water thoroughly enraged the village chief, who led the able-bodied men of the village to find the poisoner and broke the legs of all of them, regardless of gender.
If we don't take drastic measures, they'll think their village is easy to bully. We kindly exchanged grain with them, but those heartless bastards dared to poison them.
The villagers will not sympathize with such an ungrateful person.
It's not like we're not exchanging food with them; yet they take the food and still do bad things. Such people are exceptionally wicked.
Even so, the village still collects water from outside, but they are much more cautious. The person receiving the water must drink a few sips and wait for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea before they dare to exchange it.
A month later, Chen Nong's steamed buns finally made a new move.
"Ding—Would you like to consume 500 taels of silver to activate the time-stopping function in the space?"
Baozi reminds you that once the time freeze function is activated, any item placed inside will remain exactly as it was when it is taken out, no matter how much time has passed.
This feature is great for keeping food fresh; we recommend the host enable it.
Upon hearing this, Chen Nong was overjoyed. Such an awesome function had to be activated! So he excitedly went to find his parents and grandparents.
After hearing this, the family also felt that this magic was heaven-defying. Then, Chen Lao Er took out his savings of two hundred taels of silver, and Chen Lao Die added three hundred taels to activate the time-stopping function.
System: "Congratulations, host. The space-time freeze function has been successfully activated, directly unlocking the next stage of the mission. Would you like to spend one or two hundred silver coins to increase the space by 0.5 cubic meters?"
Chen Nong excitedly said, "The time-stop function is activated, and the next task has also been unlocked. It costs one hundred taels of silver to increase the space by 0.5 cubic meters."
Chen Lao Er was both happy and conflicted. "This treasure really needs to be fed with silver. It consumes so much silver."
Zhou said, "It's a good thing that the buns can be made bigger."
Then, the two old men took out another one hundred taels of silver.
Once the silver is used up, the steamed bun is upgraded.
System: "Congratulations, host, your space has been upgraded to level 1, and you now have 1 cubic meter of space."
Chen Nong said happily, "Baozi has been upgraded to level 1, and the space has increased."
Old Man Chen said with a big smile, "We can put more things in here now."
After receiving the system notification, Shirakawa immediately told his family with great joy.
The village chief's house.
After hearing what Bai Chuan said, the village chief also felt that it was an extremely powerful magic. He gritted his teeth, took out all the family's savings, and asked Bai Chuan to activate the time-stopping function.
Once activated, the egg can expand its space and upgrade, but it will cost 100 taels of silver.
The village chief was in a real predicament. They had just used up all their savings, and now it wasn't enough; they were still short sixty taels of silver.
The village chief's wife said, "Old man, why don't we borrow from the clan? When business was good before, our family brought a lot of income to the clan."
In the end, the village chief still borrowed money from the clan, and the eggs were successfully upgraded.
Having spent so much money, and seeing that the food cooked in the morning and put into the space still looks steaming hot when taken out in the evening, both families felt it was worth it.
With such miraculous magical abilities, there is an extra layer of protection when fleeing famine.
The two mischievous kids didn't dare to go out and show off, so they could only mess around at home, causing a lot of trouble for their family. Such a good treasure, they ruined it all.
In mid-October, those who had been conscripted last year finally returned.
Of the villagers from Anping Village who were conscripted last year, a third died. Their rotting bodies were brought back, which brought some comfort to the villagers.
The remaining two-thirds are either disabled or injured, and their condition is not much better.
This time, Anping Village suffered heavy losses.
The reason they were so badly injured was that the logistics soldiers ended up going to the battlefield themselves.
When the Chen family saw Chen Laoqi, he was badly injured and unconscious, which scared his family half to death.
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