Actually, what she was most satisfied with about these two lanterns was that Old Man Tang didn't set up any part where she had to perform a blood oath ceremony for the lanterns, otherwise she would have really gotten angry.
We finally arrived in Sanhe Town before sunset. After finding a good inn, we had dinner. By the time we came out of the restaurant, it was already dark.
Hong Xiaoduo led the children on a stroll down the street and finally saw a lantern shop. Seeing that there was a sugar figurine stall right across from the shop, she asked Tian Shu to take the other children to see it while she went into the lantern shop.
After the shop assistant accompanied her around the shop, she bought a pack of candles. After the two customers inside left, she walked out. When she was almost at the shop door, she quickly entered her spatial dimension, picked up the two lanterns, and stepped out of the shop.
At this moment, the shop assistants could only see her back, while those outside the shop saw a young woman carrying two lanterns as she came out.
"Mother, why are you buying lanterns again? Don't we already have some?" Only Yaoguang asked without any hesitation.
Hong Xiaoduo smiled and said, "Those two aren't very sturdy. We can replace them when we see a suitable one."
Upon hearing this, Tian Shu immediately stepped forward and took the lantern and candle from her hands, then stood aside.
"Why are you all empty-handed? Let each of you pick one." After perfectly resolving the lantern problem, Hong Xiaoduo realized that the children's hands were all empty.
"Mom, we'll just look, we don't need to buy anything," Yao Guang said, her eyes fixed on the little duck the stall owner had just made.
Tianxuan and the others shook their heads helplessly at the little girl's expression.
When they left the sugar figurine stall, Yaoguang and Kaiyang each had a sugar figurine in their hands.
Back in their room at the inn, Hong Xiaoduo asked to use the newly bought lantern, and Tian Shu put a candle in it and lit it. "This lantern is so bright!" Tian Ji said first, and the other children nodded in agreement.
Hong Xiaoduo was quite satisfied with the lantern that Old Tang had made; it was indeed much brighter than the previous ones, and the brightness was just right. After washing up, she immediately went to lie down on her bunk.
She wanted to enter the space to see what the first task on the desktop monitor was, because one should be trustworthy.
After entering the space this time, I turned on the computer very skillfully, and the content was displayed when I clicked on Task 1.
Take one sample each of the following: river water, lake water, stream water, spring water, seawater, and rainwater.
So this is the kind of task it is. It doesn't seem too difficult to complete, right?
The spring water, river water, and rainwater can all be easily obtained along the way.
Alright, since we're just wandering around aimlessly anyway, Hong Xiaoduo decided to take on this task.
He sat up as soon as he left the space and took out the picture book from his bag, only to find that there were no markings for rivers, lakes and seas. It seemed he would have to go to the bookstore to look for it again tomorrow.
Otherwise, without a clear direction, we'll not only waste time searching, but who knows when it will take to collect all eight water samples?
The next day, after breakfast, Hong Xiaoduo searched the streets for a bookstore, but unfortunately, there was only one bookstore in this small town, and the maps and catalogs it sold were not what she needed.
She went to the general store again and bought ten small porcelain bottles with stoppers. Why did she buy two more? Because she was afraid of accidentally breaking them, so Duo had prepared two extra.
I bought some flour, which will turn into a paste when scalded with boiling water. I'll use it to label the water sample containers. Otherwise, it would be so frustrating to waste all the water samples I've collected because I skipped a step due to laziness.
Tian Shu didn't know what she was going to do with the ten small bottles, and didn't dare to ask. She carefully placed them under the seats in the carriage.
As Hong Xiaoduo was packing her things and preparing to leave the inn, she saw the innkeeper carrying a bucket of water and called out to him, asking if there was a well in the inn.
People said they had some, assuming she wanted some for the journey, and kindly told her to just scoop some from her own bucket.
Hong Xiaoduo said she had never drawn water from a well before and wanted to try it to see if it was difficult.
The waiter laughed when he heard this, and told her to wait a moment while he brought the water in the bucket to the tea room and then came to take her there.
Soon, the shop assistant returned, and Tian Shu also helped Hong Xiaoduo get a small bottle. They then followed the shop assistant to the well in the backyard.
After the shop assistant taught Hong Xiaoduo how to draw a bucket of well water, he saw her seriously filling a small bottle with it, which puzzled him, but he didn't ask what it was for.
On the way out of town, Hong Xiaoduo looked at the children's curious yet hesitant expressions. After thinking for a moment, she told them that she wanted to collect eight kinds of water that would be useful, and then told them which eight kinds of water they were, asking them to help her think of and keep an eye out for them.
The children nodded seriously in agreement. During the midday break, while the other children were busy, Hong Xiaoduo asked Yao Guang why she hadn't asked her what the well water was for.
Yao Guang looked around, then whispered in Hong Xiaoduo's ear, "My older brother and the others told me not to ask Mother about everything."
Hong Xiaoduo laughed when she heard this, knowing that this was the case. She leaned down and whispered to Yao Guang, "It's okay. If you want to ask anything in the future, just ask secretly. We won't let them hear."
"Mmm." Yao Guang was overjoyed and nodded vigorously.
After a simple lunch, as the children were packing their things onto the donkey cart, a group of people behind them drew closer. Hong Xiaoduo and the others recognized them as Tang Xihua and his group.
They stopped near the front, and the first few bodyguards greeted Hong Xiaoduo and the children.
Another horse came forward, and the rider was Tang Xihua. He glanced at Hong Xiaoduo, then dismounted and said, "Little lady, we meet again."
“Yes, Chief Escort Tang,” Hong Xiaoduo replied. She didn’t know why, but she felt more comfortable interacting with those bodyguards now.
However, he felt a certain indescribable unease with this head镖师 (bodyguard/escort).
Hong Xiaoduo didn't know why, and was too lazy to waste brain cells thinking about it, but it wouldn't be appropriate to ignore her after encountering her like this.
Didn't you see that kid Tian Shu's eyes light up as soon as he saw this Chief Escort Tang?
Of course, Hong Xiaoduo knew the reason very well; the credit went to that load of top-quality fodder.
However, Hong Xiaoduo also noticed that since their last parting in Cangwang Town, this head镖师 Tang had lost a lot of weight and looked rather haggard. Could it be because he had caught a cold from being caught in the rain?
But since they weren't exactly close or familiar with each other, she couldn't be too concerned.
"We received the good fodder from Chief Tang, thank you. You all rest first, then we'll..." Hong Xiaoduo was interrupted before she could finish speaking.
"Young lady, please wait a moment. We'll rest briefly before setting off. Shall we go together?" Tang Xihua didn't know why she had interrupted the other person so rudely; she just blurted it out anyway...
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