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

Chapter 253 Delivering Benefits to Your Door

Xin Nian was truly exhausted this time.

To outsiders, her seclusion only lasted six days. But in reality? Two years!
He raised his child, tricked the King of Northern Yan, and then killed so many Xiao Jinzhis.

I'm so tired...

Let whoever wants to do this job do it; she definitely doesn't want to get involved with it again.

After lunch, Xin Nian went straight back to her room, locked herself in, and slept soundly until the sun and moon seemed to disappear.

When I woke up, the moon was already high in the sky.

The night in the forest is like a painting splashed with ink; amidst the overlapping shadows of the trees, moonlight leaves behind fragments that carpet the forest floor.

Xin Nian sat on the terrace, holding a cup. A gentle breeze ruffled her soft, long hair, making one feel a little drowsy.

"Sister." Chang Mianmian peeked her little head out to look at her, "Asleep?"

"come on."

Chang Mianmian skipped over and happily sat down on the wrought iron chair next to her.

"Hehe." Chang Mianmian grinned foolishly at her, "Sister, the temperature has remained unchanged during the few days you've been in seclusion, it hasn't risen any further."

"Those newly arrived noble ladies from the capital, although they have a lot of tedious things to do every day, have at least settled down."

"There are a lot of minor issues, but nothing major. These people are not short of food, and they are more or less wary of our group members, afraid that they will be looted by the group members, so they have been avoiding us. That's good, the group members don't want to have much contact with them either."

"Oh right, we started asking them for land rent three days ago," Chang Mianmian rambled on about what had happened in the past few days.

"Land rent." Xin Nian was taken aback.

"Yes! These people are so nosy and fussy. Uncle will just treat them according to the rules and official procedures. Do you think we'll let them stay here for free? This is such a good summer resort, dozens of degrees cooler than outside."

“There’s a ready-made water collection point. Where else can they find such a good place? Oh sister, for the past five or six days, no one has been able to collect water. They’ve been scrimping and saving to get by.”

"The day before yesterday, I asked Chen Ling to give them some water for daily use, and that's how we managed to get through this. I even earned a lot of points for it."

"This afternoon, quite a few people came to ask if you had left the pass. If you get a good rest tonight, help them fetch water tomorrow using a ladder."

Xin Nian hummed in agreement.

"Sister, look." Chang Mianmian stretched out her left hand, rolled up her sleeve, and revealed five or six shimmering bracelets.

Xin Nian's lips twitched slightly.

Chang Mianmian grinned, "These noble families have plenty of good things. I told them I could exchange gold, silver, and jade ornaments for rest days and some drinking water, and wow, they immediately flocked to exchange them."

Xin Nian sighed helplessly, "You shouldn't act alone. Although most of those nobles are ordinary people, there's no guarantee that someone might try to harm you."

What if they team up to trick Mianmian and kidnap this natural ice-making machine? Who will she cry to then?

"Sis, I'm not stupid." Chang Mianmian revealed a smug little expression. "Every time I make a deal, I have them come to the big tent next to the wooden house and have our brother accompany me."

Xin Nian smiled and reached out to rub Mianmian's round little face. "You are our team's ice-making artifact, indispensable."

As the two were talking, Xin Nian took out a bag of sunflower seeds, opened it, and had only cracked a few seeds when she heard a series of hurried footsteps coming from below.

"Captain, Captain."

It was the voice of the patrol guards from Longhu Village.

Many people are woken up by noise while they are sleeping, and Xin Wenyuan is one of them.

Startled by the patrolman's loud voice, Xin Wenyuan hurriedly put on his coat and rushed downstairs to open the door.

"What happened?"

"Commander." The person who came was Xiao Qi from Longhu Village. Seeing Xin Wenyuan come out, he quickly stepped forward to report, "Our men discovered that a lot of strangers have come from outside the forest while patrolling the outer perimeter." "How many people?" Xin Wenyuan frowned.

"About twenty men came on horseback. They didn't seem to be lacking in food or water, and they looked quite energetic."

Oh? In 60-degree heat, they can still run around in the wasteland? There's no sign of water shortage at all.

That means there's a high chance they have someone with superpowers in their team.

"Father," Xin Mochen followed him out of the wooden building, "What's wrong?"

"Come on, son, come with your father to take a look." Xin Wenyuan waved his hand, telling Xiao Qi to lead the two of them to the edge of the forest immediately.

A large crowd had already gathered there, mostly nobles from the capital, whispering amongst themselves. When they saw Xin Wenyuan and his son approaching, they all fell silent and looked at them.

Xin Wenyuan led Xin Mochen and Xiao Qi out of the woods, where they were met with a wave of heat, causing Xiao Qi and the others to hiss in pain.

So hot!

Although the outside temperature has not increased in the past few days, this heat is still dangerous to be exposed to in the wild for a long time.

Fortunately, as night falls, the temperature is much lower than during the day.

The area in front of the woods appears empty, but in reality, there is a spatial wall standing in front of the isolation ditch.

Xin Wenyuan peered ahead through the barrier.

There were about twenty people, all riding horses and dressed in fine clothes.

Only one person, half-dead, followed beside more than twenty horses, his hair disheveled and his body hunched over, looking somewhat out of place among them.

"Master, it's them. They've been occupying this grove for many days. This grove is so cool, Master. If we can take it over as soon as possible, we won't have to worry about food and water."

As soon as the disheveled person spoke, Xin Wenyuan recognized it as a woman's voice.

However, due to the barrier and the distance between them, it was impossible to recognize who it was.

"Shut up. Did I tell you to speak?" The man in his thirties, referred to as the "Fragrance Master," raised his riding crop and lashed the woman.

The woman screamed in agony, rolled twice on the ground, and struggled to her feet.

The sect leader sat on his tall horse with his head held high, displaying an extremely arrogant demeanor. "I never expected to see such a high-level sorcerer in such a remote and impoverished place."

"You!" He pointed his riding whip at Xin Wenyuan, "Bring out your wood-elemental sorcerer, I have something to discuss with him."

Xin Wenyuan looked at the pretentious and arrogant man in front of him and couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.

"Since you are also a sorcerer, you should know that this forest is territory we created ourselves. Take your people and leave immediately; let's keep to ourselves."

The incense master squinted at Xin Wenyuan, "You can speak on behalf of wood-type sorcerers?"

"Master, it was them! They drove me out of the forest and killed my whole family. Why are you still wasting your breath talking to them? Quickly set fire to the forest and burn them all to death. That way, the forest will be ours... Ah."

Before she could finish speaking, the woman was whipped to the ground by the incense master.

She struggled to lift her head, her eyes glaring venomously ahead.

Imperial Censor Yan, who was hiding in the woods, could see everything clearly. He was so startled that he almost cried out.

Madam Yan, quick-witted and agile, tugged at her husband's arm, saying, "Don't go out."

"It's Dai Mei."

“I know.” The moment the younger sister-in-law spoke, Madam Yan recognized her.

After all, she had heard that sarcastic tone for decades; how could she not be familiar with it?