"Okay, then I'll eat it. I feel a little embarrassed." Father An picked up the chicken leg and took a bite. "This meat is from your world too, it's really good."
"Is it delicious? If it is, eat more. I'll save this one for my mother later, and you can take it to her and tell her about what happened to me." An Shuyi said, but her eyes were fixed on her father without showing any emotion.
“No,” Father An shook his head. “This matter is known only to me, the third person. No one else should know about it. Although your mother is my wife, this matter is of great importance and no one else should know about it.”
“If you’re so kind, I can take this chicken leg back and say that you got it from hunting today. There weren’t many, so I left one for her. That will be fine.”
An Shuyi glanced at Xia Hua, "Alright, then I'll listen to Dad."
After they finished eating, they returned to their resting place. Everyone had already finished eating and was packing up. Seeing that no one from the tribe had gone to fetch water, An Shuyi asked Xia Hua to stay outside the cave while she went inside and refilled the empty water buckets in the warehouse.
During this time, besides washing up, she also took baths with Xia Hua, using up a lot of water. This time, she replenished all the water, and after hers was full, Xia Hua took over filling it.
When the two returned to the camp, it wasn't too dark yet. An Shuyi called her two daughters-in-law over and asked her sons to pack their things.
“Zhao, I have some eggs here. It’s hot, so they won’t last long. Have the eldest son bring out some flour. You and Wu can fry some fried dough twists. Also, make a lot of those pancakes and keep them. You can just heat them up when you want to eat them.”
The children are still growing, and although she bought some pastries, they won't last long. It's better to take advantage of the time and water now to fry more and store them, so that she can just take out a little when she wants to eat them.
"Mother, let's go right now." Zhao Shi happily ran to let her husband carry the flour. Her mother said to fry more so that there wouldn't be too little. Now that her child is over eight months old, he can eat those fried dough twists, and even she herself needs to eat more.
A few days ago, when she took the things off the carriage, she saw that her mother not only had a jar of oil, but also a full basket of eggs. It was such a waste if they went bad in this hot weather. It was good that her mother had a way of frying them and keeping them.
When Wu saw her go to get flour and eggs, she hurriedly went to start a fire. The children were in the carriage with Xiao Wu and the others, so she didn't need to take care of them.
Before long, everyone in the resting place knew that An was going to fry fried dough twists and make pancakes. When the clansmen heard this, they felt that An was doing the right thing and followed suit. In no time, the area outside the cave was bustling with activity.
But no matter how much they did, it wasn't as much as what An Shuyi did. She used almost two hundred catties of flour. When it came to putting in the eggs, she didn't do it like Zhao Shi did. Instead, she cracked the eggs into a basin herself before letting Zhao Shi take them out. In the end, there was still half a basket of eggs left. She kept all of these to cook one for each of them every day.
Of course, she cracked quite a few eggs into the basin, more than a whole basket. But since she cracked them into the basin, Zhao and the others couldn't tell. Besides fried dough twists, she also fried Tibetan pastries and pancakes. She put them all in those basins after frying. Some of them couldn't fit in the basins, so she just lined the baskets with cloth and put oil paper on them and put them in the baskets.
By the time everything was fried, it was already quite late. Xia Hua then asked her daughter-in-law to fry the food as well. If she didn't know how, she could learn from Wu Shi, since Wu Shi's skills were better than Zhao Shi's.
The eldest sons were also busy. Besides gathering firewood and tending the fire, they prepared hot water for their wives to wash up after the frying was done, and they didn't go to bed until very late.
After all the tribespeople had fallen asleep, An Shuyi and Xia Hua quietly left the cave without disturbing anyone.
"Shushu, are you sure you don't want to kill that old man?" The two stood in the corner, and Xia Hua was gesturing with her hand on her neck.
When that old man said he knew they were cheating, she already had murderous intent. After all, compared to their backgrounds, Shushu's trading system, her live streams, and her shopping mall were things that couldn't be revealed.
They never expected that old man to be so cunning. They were already careful enough, but they were still seen. If Shushu hadn't stopped them, she would have killed him directly. He was just an old man; killing him would have been an easy task.
“I’m sure,” An Shuyi glanced around. “Don’t worry, if that old man wanted to talk, he would have already. Although I don’t know why he’s helping us keep it a secret and covering for us, let’s wait a bit longer. If that old man really has some ulterior motive, it’s not too late for us to kill him.”
"What puzzled me was why the old man didn't seem curious at all when I told him about our world. Instead, his shock seemed like a deliberate act for our benefit."
"And when you gave him that chicken leg, he took it for granted, as if it wasn't anything special. When I told him to take it back, he looked very resistant, as if he didn't want to take it back."
"Wait a little longer. If he dares to leak any of our secrets, then we'll kill him. He's just an old man, and his family are all weak scholars. Dealing with them will be easy. Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on him."
After all, he was the original owner's father. She didn't want to kill him unless absolutely necessary, but if his existence threatened her and Hua Hua, then he had no choice but to die.
Xia Hua nodded, "Okay, let's wait and see. If that old man really has a problem, then we'll deal with it. Let's go back."
“Huahua, wait a minute,” An Shuyi pulled her back. “I sold that mother tree, Da Hong Pao. Now I can buy ten more things. Besides silk, the rest are vegetables and fruits, and strawberries, which you like. I bought a lot. I was planning to give them to you a few days ago, but I was too busy and forgot.”
"I've taken them out for you. Besides strawberries, I also bought watermelon and apples, so you can eat them for a while longer. I'll buy you more after you finish these."
I bought it that night, intending to give it to Huahua the next day, but that night I was killing wolves and talking to An's father, and then I forgot about it and forgot to give it to her.
"Fruit!" Xia Hua hugged her excitedly. "Shu Shu, you're my savior! I love you so much! The store doesn't sell fruit, so I can only drink beverages to satisfy my cravings. But now you have fruit here, so I can eat as much as I want."
"What about lychees? And cherries? Do you have mangosteens?" Seeing An Shuyi shake her head, Xia Hua sighed, "Next time we have the chance, we'll find more saplings to sell, so that your trading system can buy more things, and then we can have whatever we want to eat."
"Didn't you say that all your squares were black and you've been trying to paint them for ages without finishing? Then there must be a lot of stuff. Starting tomorrow, we'll work hard to find saplings, tea trees, and orchids. I believe it won't be long before we have the lychees, cherries, and sweet cherries that I love to eat."
An Shuyi nodded helplessly, "Okay, but we have to get out of here first, otherwise there are very few living trees in this mountain forest, let alone saplings."
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