Chapter 349 - Chapter 349: Chapter 345: Resettling Refugees_1 (1/2)

Chapter 349: Chapter 345: Resettling Refugees_1

Jiang Sanlang found the scene before his eyes more astonishing than Chunniang did.

Though he knew his daughter could summon objects out of thin air, he hadn’t known about such a place, where he and his wife could also enter.

“Baobao, can you bring others here and did you mention this to anyone else?” Jiang Sanlang was still worried about his daughter’s recklessness.

Zhou Wuchang, though her master, was different from him and his wife.

He wasn’t the one who raised Yingbao and he certainly wouldn’t have her best interests at heart.

Besides, Jiang Sanlang noticed, Zhou Wuchang was deep in thought and wouldn’t care much about the life and death of villagers like himself.

“No, I told my master that I could only retrieve objects, not bring living things.” Yingbao couldn’t fully trust her master.

However, it was true that her master had offended Pei Shixian out of indignation on her behalf.

That Pei Shixian was cunning, and if he said something to the Emperor, her master would probably be his first target.

Yingbao had to resort to this trickery to show off her master’s miraculous powers and contend with Pei Shixian, partly for her own sake and partly to repay her master.

Jiang Sanlang was relieved. “That’s good.”

Then, guided by their daughter, the couple took a tour around the grotto. They also rode the gourd boat to the glowing sphere and climbed to the top along the ladder Yingbao had made from gourd vines.

Next, Jiang Sanlang and his wife were amazed again.

Swinging peonies, magnolias, and honeysuckles emitted a faint fragrance.

Apart from blossoming peach, pear, apple, tangerine trees, and grape wines, some fruit trees were bearing ripe fruits while some only had immature green fruits.

In the middle of the grove was a clear spring, nestled in a patch of pumpkin field.

Jiang Sanlang estimated this piece of land to be about five or six acres, not smaller than the land below.

This was a bit strange.

From below, this big sphere didn’t seem too large, but once up here, it revealed a different aspect.

Jiang Sanlang also saw some household items and quite a bit of grain in here.

He guessed they were what his daughter used to concoct fruit juice and brew wine.

Seeing a basket full of picked fruits on the ground, Jiang Sanlang and Chunniang decided to help their daughter brew a batch of fruit wine first.

“There aren’t enough jars here, I’ll go buy some more tomorrow.”

Jiang Sanlang checked everything and said, “I’ll buy a few more wooden barrels and large water tanks.” He wanted to keep some fish and shrimp in the tanks and see if they could survive.

Yingbao: “Okay, Dad, Mom, if you find we need anything else, we can buy them all together next time.”

Jiang Sanlang waved his hand, “I’ve got it. Go get some rest. We’ll call you when we’re done.”

There was a small bamboo bed here, with bedding laid on it. Beside the bed stood several large wooden boxes, probably her daughter’s personal stash.

Yingbao lay on the bamboo bed, resting her head on a pillow. She watched her parents busying about until she drifted off to sleep.

When she woke up, she saw her parents were still hard at work.

“Dad, Mom, you should go back and rest.” She didn’t know how long they had been working, but they had boiled several pots of fruit and were letting them cool in the basin.

Jiang Sanlang and Chunniang were indeed tired. They left the grotto under their daughter’s guidance.

Suddenly coming out, Jiang Sanlang and his wife took a moment to reacting.

It was already dark outside. Had it not been for the wind lamp still lit under the eaves, Jiang Sanlang wouldn’t have known they had already come out.

After leaving their daughter’s room, they quietly went to the eaves and put out the wind lamp before finally going back to rest.

For the next few days, Jiang Sanlang and Chunniang would work in there every evening. Later, they simply asked Yingbao to go out on her own and come back when it was time to pick them up.

Meanwhile, during the day, Yingbao planted arrowroot vines around the village, and hired a few stonemasons to go to a distant mountain to quarry stones. They brought the stones back to the village to build a stone tower.