It was getting late, He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye were driving a mule cart back to Xi Ling Village.
Along the way, He Zhiran was busy the whole time.
Having found a real foreign backpacker, how could she miss such an opportunity?
She entered her space and processed some more dried fruits, packing them neatly with oiled paper.
Potatoes, sweet potatoes and tender corn from the space, a sack full of each.
There were also some vegetables that were easy to store, like onions, pumpkins and so on, she prepared some of each type.
Of course, her favorite chili peppers were a must. Fresh ones would be hard to explain, so she took the dried ones. In any case, having the spicy taste was better than not having it.
Looking further away at the cattle, sheep, and fat pigs in the ranch, they had been fully grown for a long time, and the poultry had also bred many next and next-next generations.
Seeing the increasing number of living creatures in the ranch and breeding grounds, overcrowding had occurred.
He Zhiran operated the control panel and started slaughtering chickens and sheep, even the various kinds of fish in the ponds did not escape.
To save trouble in the future, He Zhiran directly operated and removed the bones and segmented the various meats, and cleaned all the fish thoroughly.
In addition, there were also chicken eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, 100 of each type were prepared, if not for considering the capacity of the carriage, she could have prepared more.
Although there was no snow yet in the northwest, the outside temperature was already very low.
She believed that bringing these things back and storing them outside would be completely fine.
Therefore, she did not need to worry too much about not being able eat them all.
He Zhiran prepared all the items to be taken home, and took them out from the space using her mind.
She knew clearly that the amount of things prepared was large.
Therefore, after Mo Jiuye sat down beside her, she got out from the carriage and took out the prepared supplies bit by bit.
The things He Zhiran prepared filled the entire carriage, it could be said that there was almost no gap left in the carriage.
Even so, each of them was still holding a basket of eggs in their arms...
With so many more things suddenly added in the carriage, plus two live people, the mule obviously had a very hard time walking.
Luckily they had arrived at the village entrance, He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye simply jumped off the carriage and led the mule back.
They first passed the residence of the Cui clan. It was obviously very quiet there, they did not dare to go out and walk around casually without the order of the county magistrate.
On the contrary, the Zhao and Zhou families seemed much more active now without the suppression of the Cui family.
After yesterday's events, they had already recognized Mo Jiuye. When they saw the couple, no matter who it was, they would enthusiastically greet them.
The two also politely responded.
From what they saw, the members of the Zhao and Zhou families were very enthusiastic, and did not show any signs of rejecting outsiders.
Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran were even more convinced that choosing to live here was the right decision.
Just as they arrived at their own yard, they heard the voice of Mo Hanyue.
"Little bunny, don't run, I won't hurt you."
As they opened the yard door, they saw Mo Hanyue chasing a rabbit around the yard.
Eighth Sister-in-law was blocking it from the opposite direction.
"Hanyue, chase it towards me, I can block it."
Then, they saw a black shadow seeming to descend from the sky, and grabbed the rabbit by the ears in one go.
For a rabbit, Eighth Brother even used his lightness skill...
"Eighth Brother, Eighth Sister-in-law, Hanyue, we're back." Mo Jiuye greeted.
Seeing them return, Mo Chuhang handed the rabbit to Mo Hanyue and strode over to take the rein from his hand.
"Ninth younger brother, why were you two gone for so long today?"
Eighth Sister-in-law also ran over, "That's right, you two were out for so long, if you didn't come back again, your Eighth Brother would have gone out to look for you."
He Zhiran smiled and pulled Eighth Sister-in-law's arm, "Eighth Sister-in-law, there were many things today, I’ll tell you about it later."
There really were quite a lot of things, especially about preparing so many goods, they would have to arrange to transport them home tomorrow.
Eighth Sister-in-law touched He Zhiran’s hands which were somewhat icy cold, "Ninth Sister-in-Law, go inside and warm up first."
According to ancient etiquette, after returning home, they had to greet the elders first, so He Zhiran went to Old Lady Mo’s room first.
At this time, Mo Hanyue also ran over with the little rabbit in her arms to show her.
Seeing the little rabbit, He Zhiran realized that she didn't see Rice Ball.
"Hanyue, where’s Rice Ball?"
When Rice Ball was mentioned, Mo Hanyue sighed.
"Ninth sister-in-law, you don't know, this little guy just likes sticking with you. When you're not around, it runs up the mountain."
"I wanted to stop it at first, but Fifth Elder Brother told me that Rice Ball likes to play in the mountains, and will come back by itself at night."
As soon as she finished speaking, they saw a round black and white ball running back to the gate.
Rice Ball rushed towards He Zhiran and hugged her ankles in front of everyone, starting to act coquettishly.
He Zhiran affectionately bent down and picked it up.
"Rice Ball, where did you go play today?"
"Mmm... mmm..." Rice Ball rubbed against He Zhiran, also making comfortable sounds.
He Zhiran knew that the little guy was acting coquettishly with her, so she cuddled and tossed it up and down in her arms.
Whether it was because the little guy was too tired, after tossing it a few times, it fell asleep.
He Zhiran simply carried it along to Old Lady Mo's room.
Hearing the voices, the other sisters-in-law also rushed over.
Since everyone was here, He Zhiran carefully told them what happened today.
In the yard, Mo Chuhang was completely stunned the moment he lifted the carriage curtain.
"Ninth younger brother, why did you buy so many things?"
"Eighth Brother, many of these things were bought from the foreigner, as well as the seafood bought from the fishermen. The meat was bought at the market..."
At this moment, Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran were doing the same thing.
He also told Eighth Brother about what happened today.
While talking, they unloaded the goods from the carriage and sent them directly to the storeroom in the backyard.
At this time, after listening to He Zhiran's account, the sisters-in-law also prepared to go see the fresh food she talked about.
Mo Hanyue hugged the little rabbit, while He Zhiran simply let her take care of Rice Ball as well, and took Old Lady Mo and the sisters-in-law to the backyard storeroom.
The evenings were much colder than the daytime this season.
At this moment, as they came out from the warm room, they couldn’t help but shiver.
Second Sister-in-law couldn’t help but say, "The weather in the Northwest is really cold enough."
He Zhiran also felt very cold.
What does one eat in cold weather?
Hot pot, of course.
She had been here for several months already, and still had not eaten delicious hot pot.
Today they brought back tender beef and mutton, just right to enjoy.
When the ladies arrived at the storeroom and saw so much food piled up, they were extremely surprised and delighted.
Even when they were at the Duke's mansion, the storeroom had never been stocked with so many delicious things.
