My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 209 Prayer
Xiao Jinzhi stared at the other person with icy eyes.

She stretched out her foot and slowly stepped on Xiao Tingye's broken left leg, her tone icy cold, "You were trying to kill me just now, weren't you?"

"No, no, Sixth Brother. I never thought that way. I just suddenly saw you and was overjoyed. I wanted to beg you to save me..." Xiao Tingye was in great pain, sobbing and tears streaming down his face.

Xiao Jinzhi snorted coldly.

What made Xiao Tingye think that he would save the person surnamed Xiao?

Xiao Tingye struggled to turn over. "Sixth brother, I know you have opinions about Father and us brothers... but we are brothers after all."

"I have no opinion," Xiao Jinzhi interrupted in a cold voice. "I just don't want to see you, that's all."

"Sixth brother, it was my fault. I shouldn't have stood by and watched. I should have helped you more back then."

"You, help Fifth Brother. Just this once, please." Xiao Tingye reached out, but before he could touch Xiao Jinzhi's robe, Xiao Jinzhi dodged to the side.

"Your Highness, Yu," Han Zhao and Han Li hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him, "It's not that our Highness doesn't want to help you. It's just that we are currently living under someone else's roof."

"Yes, yes." Commander Hu nodded repeatedly. "Look at us brothers, we're all being fostered by His Highness in his regiment now, and we all rely on the regimental commander for our livelihood."

“Our prince is poor, Fifth Prince. It’s not that he doesn’t want to help you, it’s just that… sigh.” Commander Hu said, shaking his head.

Xiao Jinzhi stood behind the three men, expressionless as he watched his subordinates spout nonsense.

“Poverty is one reason. Besides, Your Highness Yu, you are so badly injured that we can barely take care of ourselves and can’t help you at all. If we bring you along, the commander will definitely dislike us. If the commander kicks out our prince, we’ll be left with nothing.” Han Li feigned a sorrowful expression.

The group of people who were desperately putting on a show couldn't help but roll their eyes.

"Sixth Brother." Xiao Tingye looked pained and raised his head to look at Xiao Jinzhi with pleading eyes.

“I...I know that Prince Jin has a gold mine in the back mountains of Yangzhu Town. He also has a small weapons processing plant there, which hasn’t been completely moved yet. I can take you there! Sixth brother, please help me, save me.”

"What? What processing plant?" Xin Nianxing rushed over and overheard a bit of what was going on, immediately becoming quite interested.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Tingye saw his indifferent sixth brother's face instantly transform into a warm and gentle one.

They can change their minds as quickly as turning the pages of a book!
“Niannian, Fifth Brother told me…” He repeated Xiao Tingye’s words verbatim, “Are you interested?”

"Mmm." Xin Nian nodded repeatedly.

A gold mine, of course she's interested.

Although these gold and silver jewelry items are useless now, they might come in handy in the future.

For example, we could use them as bricks to build a magnificent balcony for little Niannian...

Moreover, even if all else fails, gold, when ground into powder, still has some medicinal value.

Using gold bars to kill people is a piece of cake, bah!

Banishing all the nonsense in her head, Xin Nian said with a smile, "Since we're going the same way, let's go take a look."

“Okay.” Xiao Jinzhi readily agreed.

As for his fifth elder brother...

Xiao Jinzhi glanced at Xiao Tingye with disdain, "Our troupe is also short of medicine right now. Whether your leg can be cured depends on fate."

"It's alright, it's alright. I'll give him a few acupuncture needles to relieve the pain. Then I'll have Doctor Zhuang and the others find some wooden sticks to immobilize his broken leg." Xin Nian glanced at Xiao Tingye's broken leg.

"It broke yesterday?"

"Ah..." Xiao Tingye was stunned for a moment, his gaze lingering on Xin Nian's face for a second before he quickly replied, "Yes, yes, thank you for your help, young lady. I would be extremely grateful if you could save my life."

Xiao Jinzhi frowned, disliking the way Xiao Tingye looked at Niannian.

Intuition, not pure. Xin Nian had already taken out her needle kit and swiftly inserted several needles into Xiao Tingye's body, then turned and called for Doctor Cheng.

Physician Cheng and his son both came over.

Xin Nian said, "I gave him a few injections to relieve the pain. You can see how to proceed with the treatment."

Dr. Zhuang glanced at the injury and immediately brushed a stray strand of hair from his face. “This is probably not easy to treat. The leg has been broken for a day, and the bone is piercing through the flesh. Even if we start setting the bone now, there will likely be some jolts after the treatment.”

Xiao Jinzhi replied expressionlessly, "It's already good that he can walk. You can treat him as you see fit."

As long as I don't have to trouble thinking about the girl.

Doctor Zhuang pressed his advantage, saying, "This bone setting took quite a while. We should each get at least two points! Me, Doctor Cheng, and Young Master Cheng."

Xin Nian glanced at him silently, "You need three people to set a bone?"

"That's right, we have to make sure everything goes perfectly. Right now, we don't have any anesthetics like 'Mafeisan' (麻沸散), so we can only relieve the pain with acupuncture. We need to give acupuncture every fifteen minutes, so we'll definitely need Physician Cheng and his son to help us."

Physician Cheng smiled but remained silent.

Xin Nian rolled her eyes at Doctor Zhuang, "Alright, hurry up and treat him, then rest as soon as you're done."

"okay!"

Xin Nian pulled Xiao Jinzhi away, whispering to him, "Does your fifth brother keep his word?"

"He wouldn't dare lie to us."

“That’s true.” Xin Nian nodded with a smile. “If he dares to lie to me, I’ll break both his legs.”

"It's even easier to kill them."

"Alright."

Cai Zhenhua, who was lying on the ground, watched the whole thing from beginning to end.

No, is there anyone who can take care of her? Are they just going to leave her here and ignore her?

The young lady from Master Xin's family, and that Crown Prince, are like unparalleled villains straight out of a storybook; even evil spirits seem less terrifying than these two.

"How long will it take us to get to Yangzhu Town from here?" Xin Nian called Xiao Jia and Lao Liang over to ask.

After thinking for a moment, the two said in succession, "It used to take more than a day to walk there."

"The road conditions are still unclear, but we estimate that it will take at least two days."

Xin Nian understood and nodded with a smile, telling them to go back and rest.

"Nian Nian, my dear niece!" Old Gu ran over with his two apprentices, shouting urgently, "Something's not right."

Xin Nian's eyelids twitched slightly, and she hurriedly asked, "Uncle Gu, what's wrong? Tell me quickly."

"Hey, look at this sand." The old man had his apprentice bring a basin of waste soil to Xin Nian.

"Isn't the temperature incredibly hot? If this continues, our feet will be burned through when we walk on this barren land."

The temperature did indeed rise quietly by two degrees.

Most of the people here are still wearing cloth shoes and straw sandals stolen from bandits, and you can definitely feel the burning sensation under your feet.

The family had actually secretly switched to high-temperature resistant work shoes early on. These shoes were mass-produced at the base, and were specially treated with PU soles to protect them from the extreme heat.

It has excellent heat insulation properties and can withstand temperatures up to 200°C.

Xin Nian lowered her eyes in thought.