Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 706: Chapter 70: Sweet Temptation (Third Fan Ticket Release)

The cabin had not been this lively in quite some time.

The wooden cabin was filled with a sweet fragrance, occasionally accompanied by the barking of Ba Dong.

Unable to resist, the man sat up, tossing his bear fur cloak aside.

Beside the stove, three people sat surrounded by warmth, Xiao Que and the newly met guest chatted and laughed, holding something blackened in their hands.

"What are you eating that smells so good?" The man’s stomach was growling with desire; he looked at the people and the dog by the stove, each holding a charred on the outside, golden on the inside sweet potato.

Indeed, it was sweet potatoes, a staple food that every household in the North was eating now, but in the extremely scarce Snow Mountain, it was truly as good as gold.

Without another word, the man walked over to the stove, picked up the tongs, and started rummaging through the fire.

"No need to look, one, two, three, four, five, no more, no less, they all went into our stomachs," Xiao Xian deliberately blew on the sweet potato in her hand, a genuine sweet potato roasted from Yanqing Farm. Before setting off on her last preparation, she thought that if she ran into a situation of food shortage in the Big Snow Mountain, having a few sweet potatoes would be quite blissful, so she casually tossed a few into her backpack, not expecting them to come in quite handy now.

In the cabin, year-round except when the snow melted, one might encounter some rabbits and wild chickens, but Xiao Que’s diet for the year was just those potatoes and beans. Sweet potatoes and other grains had to wait until spring, descend the mountain to buy, not to mention the roasted sweet potatoes brought by Xiao Xian, which tasted a hundred times better than those bought at the bottom of the mountain, especially after being meticulously roasted by Zhou Ziang.

"Five pieces, but where’s mine?" The man spoke in a much nicer tone than the loud voice he had used the day before.

"Gone, Ba Dong ate two by himself," Xiao Xian pointed at Ba Dong, who was wagging its tail as it ate. The dog was originally vegetarian, having eaten a belly full of potatoes and beans in the winter, now tasting the sweetness, it gobbled up all the sweet potatoes.

"Stupid dog, even daring to snatch my stuff, for the next few days, you are not allowed to eat," said the man dejectedly, slapping Ba Dong, while Xiao Que protected the dog, sticking out her tongue at the man.

"Don’t be anxious, I still have sweet potatoes, but if you want to eat, you must agree to something for us," Xiao Xian said, as if performing a trick, pulling out a sweet potato. Actually, she had only brought a few, but Zhou Ziang had managed to create an entire backpack of sweet potatoes in just one night. Xiao Xian guessed he must also possess a special Magical Treasure, as the sweet potatoes he grew were all deliciously sweet and sticky, and even more fragrant when roasted.

But she didn’t feel it was appropriate to ask, one way or another, the newly cultivated sweet potatoes were as good as the ones from Yanqing Farm, with fine texture. The more Xiao Xian interacted with Zhou Ziang, the more unfathomable he seemed.

Whether it was conversation or taking care of others, he seemed casual yet attentive to the smallest detail.

Being with such a man, the pressure was truly extraordinary.

"Don’t set conditions with me," the man was very dissatisfied, using a sweet potato to threaten him seemed to degrade his stature; back in Beijing, when he was rampant and domineering, even abalone and sharks fin couldn’t persuade him, "I will not take you to find Mei Nian. It’s for your own good too, with your present level of cultivation, not only will you not be able to save anyone, but you would also lose your lives in vain."

"Senior, don’t get us wrong, we’re not asking you to take us to find Master Mei, but just to borrow your big dog," Xiao Xian continued, pointing to the White Spirit Mastiff licking the sweet potato skin.

His cultivation might not be great, but his insight was quite sharp, seeing the advantage of having Ba Dong. The wild man grunted, as Xiao Que had already moved closer, speaking in an incomprehensible dialect to the man, apparently pleading on their behalf with a voice that seemed to be helping.

"Really useless," the man glared at both Xiao Que and Ba Dong, who continued to wag its tail, "ready to turn away for such a small favor. Fine, I’ll lend it to you, but let me put it plainly, you can use Ba Dong, but do not even think about involving Xiao Que; he is an ordinary person, and it’s okay to spend the winter in the cabin, but he won’t be able to endure long periods in the wilderness. This child has a pitiful life, his parents died early, and I absolutely won’t allow you to take advantage of him."

Hearing the man’s words, Xiao Xian and Zhou Ziang now understood that Xiao Que had no relationship whatsoever with the man, his parents... Xiao Que listening to the man darkened slightly, grasping the man’s sleeve and rubbing against it, stirring a wave of compassion in one’s heart.