“We rented this courtyard for a month, and the lease expires in the next few days,” Quan Jinghuai added.
His meaning was clear: if he planned to stay in the courtyard until after the New Year, he would renew the lease with the other person when he came, and then tidy up the courtyard properly.
If we're not staying here for the Lunar New Year, then it's simple: we'll pack up in the next couple of days and set off on our journey.
"What do you think? Do you want to stay or wander around some more and find a suitable place to stop for the New Year?" Hong Xiaoduo asked Tian Shu and the others.
“We’re all fine with it. Mother, you and Master can decide.” Tian Shu looked at his younger siblings and replied.
The master who was called out glanced at his eldest disciple but remained silent.
Hong Xiaoduo glanced at Feiyan sitting to the side, only to see her engrossed in playing with the embroidery threads and patterns she had brought back from the capital, completely oblivious to what they were talking about.
"Yes, that's right. Our original route may need to be changed because it's predicted that there's a high chance of a white disaster north of the capital this year. In that case, we'll have to turn south," Hong Xiaoduo told us.
"Mother, does a white disaster mean heavy snowfall?" Tianquan asked.
Hong Xiaoduo nodded; "Yes."
"So you only figured this out after you left the capital?" Quan Jinghuai asked immediately.
Given her personality, if she knew there would be a snow disaster, she wouldn't just sit idly by.
“I found out in the capital. I told the Emperor.” As Hong Xiaoduo spoke, she picked up Yao Guang, who had quietly approached, and held her in her arms. Fei Yan had styled her hair into twin buns, and she wore silk flowers that she had bought in the capital. This was how her little girl should be dressed.
"I told the emperor, but will he believe me?" Quan Jinghuai asked with some concern.
The emperor is the most powerful person in the country. The snow disaster this winter has shown him that he has indeed found the right person, but the key is that he has to trust the emperor!
"During my trip to the capital, I had a few brief encounters with that person. He was alright; he wasn't exactly a stubborn and incompetent ruler. This world belongs to him, and the people are his subjects. Whether he believes it or not, he won't do nothing."
"As long as he does it, even if it's not perfect, it's still better than us going around notifying, persuading, and reminding him," Hong Xiaoduo said.
Quan Jinghuai agreed with this statement. There were certainly people who would believe and take it seriously and make real preparations based on their reminders along the way, but there were definitely not many.
Most people would just think of them as charlatans spouting nonsense, and some might even report them to the authorities, saying they were deliberately trying to unsettle the people and create unrest.
In the afternoon, Quan Jinghuai, as usual, led his six junior disciples and Feiyan in martial arts practice, while Hong Xiaoduo took a nap on a recliner. Although it was already winter, the warm afternoon sun felt very comfortable on her body, and she was covered with an animal skin blanket.
The animal hides were all from the wild animals they hunted along the way. Feiyan was a thrifty person and wouldn't let any animal hides be thrown away.
After processing and drying the wild boar hides, I sewed several small ones into boots, used fox fur for the collars of winter cotton robes, and rabbit fur for other things. I didn't throw away the scraps; I pieced them together to make cushions, thin blankets, and other things.
Despite the fact that various scraps of animal hides didn't seem to match at all, Fei Yan managed to sew them together in a way that actually looked quite nice.
It's windproof and coldproof, and the other side is made of pretty little floral cotton fabric. Hong Xiaoduo has said more than once that whoever marries Feiyan will be lucky.
However, Hong Xiaoduo also contributed. For example, when Feiyan didn't know how to process animal hides and when the dried hides had an odor, Hong Xiaoduo went into her space computer to find good solutions and told her.
Sometimes there are many answers, and it's hard to tell which one is the most correct and useful. So I tell Feiyan all of them, and she will try each method once to find the most correct one.
In a daze, Hong Xiaoduo vaguely heard Old Man Luo calling her, so she immediately entered the space. Sure enough, Old Man Luo appeared on the screen on the wall.
"Oh, you've got some free time today? What's troubling you that you're having trouble with?" Hong Xiaoduo wasn't as resistant to seeing Old Man Luo anymore and greeted him casually.
Upon hearing this, Old Luo touched his cheek and asked, "Is it that obvious?"
Hong Xiaoduo pointed at his head and said, "Your bald patch has expanded quite a bit. Do you think it's obvious? Don't blame it on the shampoo. You're a researcher; making reliable shampoo isn't a difficult task for you."
Seeing that Xiaoduo was joking with him as soon as she came in, Old Man Luo was also very happy: "There are a few difficulties in the project we are currently researching that we can't overcome, so it's inevitable that we're getting a little impatient."
However, there's been some new progress on our own affairs. We just unlocked another key, and the prompt says, "Speak."
"What bizarre tricks did your father and grandfather pull that made it so hard for you to talk about it? Don't be shy, just tell me." Hong Xiaoduo was used to it now. Sometimes she even suspected that Old Man Luo's grandfather had no real mission and was just trying to see if he could actually send someone over!
Otherwise, just tell her the answer and let her do it.
They actually let her lazily let herself go here, as if they had sent her to play in another dimension.
Perhaps their system has been collecting data about her since she arrived, such as her physical condition or mental state.
Who knows? Anyway, they're not in a hurry, and Hong Xiaoduo isn't in a hurry either.
Having the ability to avoid being bullied and suffering mistreatment, with a full purse, they live a rather leisurely life.
It's better than being sent to the mansions of wealthy families or the palace, where you'd be caught up in palace intrigues and power struggles!
Every day I had to be on guard against others harming me, wasn't that exhausting? It's so much better now. When someone tries to cause trouble, I can just take action. Every time I finish dealing with the bad guys, I feel so refreshed. Nodules and breast tissue are no longer a problem.
The more indifferent Hong Xiaoduo seemed, the more embarrassed Old Man Luo felt.
Xiao Duo said his grandfather and father were unreliable, and he really couldn't refute that, because he thought so himself.
That's right. This system was improved and upgraded by my father, with layers of firewalls and keys. Even Old Man Luo couldn't be sure what kind of system my grandfather's earliest version was.
He died with his eyes wide open, such a persistent person shouldn't be as unreliable as his father!
Each time he painstakingly unlocked the key, all that remained for Old Luo was frustration and speechlessness! Isn't rigor the most important quality for a researcher?
"He said that the destined person who needs to come must wander around, and when the time is right, the mission will naturally appear!" The more Old Luo spoke, the more uneasy he felt, and his voice grew softer and softer. After he finished speaking, he didn't even dare to look Hong Xiaoduo in the eye...
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