Chapter 106: To Me, You Are Just You
While Xu Xiang and the five brothers were preparing for their plan, Xiao Shao and his family were currently facing a problem. Standing outside the mule cart, Xiao Han looked at his eldest brother and said, "Elder Brother, we are running out of food and water. What should we do now?"
Xiao Shao looked at the county town not far away, and frowned. Today is the third day since they left the deep ravine. After a long and hard journey, they finally came to the nearest county town. This county town belonged to one of the seven cities that fell during the previous Bei Wei Empire’s attack. Now, this county town is already the territory of the Bei Wei Empire.
He didn’t know how Xu Xiang handled their supplies before. Although they were well fed, there was always plenty of supplies, even if he never saw her buying more on the way. But now without her, after only three days, their remaining food, water and medicine were almost used up. Sometimes, he really couldn’t get rid of his doubts about her identity as the Pavilion Master of the Moon Pavilion.
This morning, everyone was excited when they reached the outskirts of the county town. They thought they could finally replenish their supplies, and they could also get news of the war between the Shang Empire and the Bei Wei Empire. But before they could feel happy for a long time, they remembered that they didn’t even have a single copper coin on them.
Did not get an answer from his elder brother, Xiao Han looked inside the mule cart and asked, "Elder Sister, did you find anything useful?"
Xiao Jing was busy counting the remaining supplies and sorting out the empty wooden boxes when she heard her younger brother’s question. Without raising her head, she said, "Wait a minute. I’m almost done here."
Hearing her answer, Xiao Han waited outside with his elder brother without any expectation. After waiting for a while, Xiao Jing’s exclamation suddenly came from the mule cart.
"Elder Brother! Er Lang! Quickly come and look at this!" She exclaimed excitedly.
Startled by her sudden shout, Xiao Shao and Xiao Han looked into the mule cart, and saw that she took out an exquisite small box from a wooden box at the corner of the mule cart. With a bright smile, she showed them the contents of the exquisite small box. Seeing the things inside the small box, Xiao Shao and Xiao Han were speechless.
Xiao Han pointed at the exquisite small box with trembling fingers, and asked in disbelief: "Elder Sister... where did you get it?"
Xiao Jing pointed to the wooden box in the corner, took a few deep breaths, and said, "Under the firewoods inside that wooden box."
Xiao Jing and Xiao Han stared at each other silently for a moment, only to see their elder brother take out a golden peanut from the exquisite small box. Xiao Shao silently looked at the golden peanut as big as a baby’s fist. After the golden peanut was inspected, he put it back into the small box, and then picked up a palm-sized golden leaf.