"Really?!" Old Madam Xiao frowned doubtfully.
"Why do I feel like these two kids are weird?"
She couldn't explain why, but she just had a feeling that these two children seemed to be hiding something from her.
Xiao Yunzhan smiled.
"Don't think too much, Mom. Isn't it a good thing for the children to be happy?"
"I'll give Mom the remote control car later so she can play with it. Then she'll know how much fun it is."
He has become very skilled at playing with remote control cars, but his mother has been busy for so long and hasn't had a chance to play with them properly.
Madam Xiao pursed her lips and smiled.
"No, keep it for your own amusement."
"I'm busy doing cross-stitch and don't have time to play."
Ranran gave her a few sets of cross-stitch, which made her very curious.
Xiao Yunzhan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go back and rest first. Mom, you should also go to bed early."
Old Madam Xiao nodded and watched Xiao Yunzhan leave. After hesitating for a moment, she stood up and walked towards the palace where her two granddaughters were resting.
Looking at her two little granddaughters sleeping with smiles on their faces, Old Lady Xiao smiled.
It seemed that she was overthinking it. What could happen to the child?
As soon as Old Madam Xiao left the room, Xiao Linghui opened her round eyes.
She reached out and hugged Xiao Lingyan who was about to get up, covered her mouth with one hand, and slowly shook her head.
Xiao Lingyan was stunned, then lay back down, pretended to mumble something, turned over and hugged Xiao Linghui.
The moment Xiao Lingyan turned over, Old Madam Xiao tiptoed to the bedside.
“Huh~”
Looking at the two children who were still sleeping soundly, Old Madam Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
She heard the noise just as she walked out of the room and thought the two children had woken up.
It turns out he just turned over.
After hearing the sound of Madam Xiao leaving again, the two sisters lay in bed for half an hour before slowly getting up.
"Sister, listen, is there anyone outside?"
Xiao Lingyan covered her excited heart and turned to look at Xiao Linghui.
It was a close call. If my sister hadn’t reacted quickly, she would have been discovered by our grandmother.
Grandma was still so cautious, and she almost fell into her grandmother's trap.
Xiao Linghui got out of bed barefoot, walked to the door, frowned, and put her ear close to it to listen carefully.
After a moment, Xiao Linghui looked at Xiao Lingyan with a smile.
"No one's here, you can pack up now."
They had sent away all the palace maids and nannies before going to bed, so as long as grandmother didn't come, no one else would come.
Xiao Lingyan's face lit up with joy, and she quickly got out of bed.
"Can we turn on the flashlights?"
All the candles in the room were blown out and the room was dark.
Fortunately, their night vision is good, so it doesn't affect their walking. However, they may not be able to see clearly when packing things.
"Light a candle. Just enough light to see."
Xiao Linghui thought about it and still felt that lighting candles was safer.
The light of the flashlight is too bright and may attract other people's attention.
Xiao Lingyan responded, took out a tinder and lit a candle.
After the room was lit up, the two sisters immediately began to pack their luggage separately.
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"Is everyone here?"
Xiao Lingyan rode on the horse and looked around.
Xie Qingheng stepped forward, bowed, and said,
"Master, there are 552 people in total, all present."
When the Boy Scouts heard that they were going out for training, they were so excited that they didn't sleep well that night.
At daybreak, the Boy Scouts had already gathered at the city gate.
"As long as we're all here," Xiao Lingyan nodded. "Separately, we'll meet outside the city."
The city gate had just opened, so we had to set off immediately without any delay.
But if the Boy Scouts walk together, they will be too conspicuous and easily attract attention.
"Yes!" Xie Qingheng responded and waved his hand.
"Separate our forces."
The scouts immediately dispersed into groups of three or five, heading towards the city gate with a common goal.
After everyone dispersed, Xiao Linghui looked at Xie Qingheng.
"Are the horses outside the city ready?"
Xie Qingheng nodded. "Everything is ready. They are all at the farm outside the city. I have arranged for people to take care of the horses."
"That's good." Xiao Linghui looked at Xiao Lingyan, "Sister, let's go."
"Let's go!" Xiao Lingyan nodded and clamped her legs under the horse's belly.
Xiao Linghui followed closely behind on horseback.
The scouts were eager to go out and gain experience. Less than a quarter of an hour after the city gate opened, all 552 scouts gathered in the village outside the city.
Xiao Lingyan looked at everyone with a serious expression.
"There may be many dangers along the way when we go out for training, and there is a high possibility that we may lose our lives."
"If you don't want to go, you can quit now and wait until nightfall to return to the city."
Although she hopes that the Scouts can work together and experience together, she will not force anyone.
Everyone has to control their own life, and what she wants is to be willing.
Xiao Linghui stood beside Xiao Lingyan with her lips tightly pursed, expressing her support.
The Boy Scouts didn't hesitate for a second and shouted at the top of their lungs, "No regrets!!"
"This subordinate is willing to follow the two masters!!"
Xie Qingheng shouted the loudest, his face flushed red.
How could he possibly regret going out with his master to gain experience?
He had been looking forward to this day with great anticipation, and finally had the chance to follow his master out into the world. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
"Okay!!!" Xiao Lingyan curled her lips and smiled.
"Now everyone, try to load up as much dry food as you can and hang it on your horses' backs."
"After we set out, we won't leave the city, so we must bring enough dry food."
Xiao Linghui calculated carefully, "Let's fill each person's bag with 100 large meat buns. If they eat four a day, it will last for 25 days.
In 25 days, we will almost reach Shuitian City, and then we can go to the General's Mansion to replenish dry food."
"Sister is right." Xiao Lingyan nodded.
"Alright, everyone, go to the kitchen and pack the buns. Each person should pack 100 meat buns. Hurry up."
Xiao Lingyan waved her hand and led the way towards the kitchen.
After leaving town yesterday and notifying the Boy Scouts, she went to find twenty cooks and had them steam meat buns all night long.
Xie Qingheng was in charge of the horses. Every scout had a horse, so all they had to do was gather them all on the farm and raise them.
Otherwise, so many children riding horses out of the city gate early in the morning would easily attract attention.
Each of the children took two cloth bags and rushed to the kitchen to stuff the steamed buns into the bags. There were about 50 big meat buns in each cloth bag, and two cloth bags contained 100 meat buns.
The speed at which the meat buns were packed scared the cooks so much that they thought they were being robbed.
When they saw Xiao Lingyan following behind everyone, the cooks' tense hearts finally relaxed.
If it's someone brought by the young master, then there's no problem.
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