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

Chapter 334 Oasis Commune
Zhou Linchuan looked at her, a sense of powerlessness rising in his heart.

"Actually, you were the one who killed the guards at Yunlin Villa, weren't you?"

“Yes.” Xin Nian nodded, admitting it quickly. “He who kills will be killed. I regret that I was a step too late to save more innocent people from that kind of killing for pleasure.”

"Then where did you throw Princess Jiu Ni's body?"

"Oh! That princess, huh?" Xin Nian chuckled. "She's not dead."

"You didn't kill her?"

"Why would I kill her?"

"Isn't it more interesting to see a self-important, aloof royal princess like her fall into the mundane world?"

Zhou Linchuan glanced at her silently, "Where...did you throw her?"

"How would I know?" Xin Nian shook her head. "I don't remember. It was probably thrown away during the earthquake. What, do you want to go back and find her?"

"We're not related, why would I look for her?" Zhou Linchuan explained with a cold face, "I'm just curious."

Xin Nian pouted, "What about her father? When will he come looking for revenge?"

"The Prince of Subei should now be joining forces with the Prince of Jin."

"Approximately how many people?"

"I'm not sure, but it's probably tens of thousands."

Xin Nian blinked. "Then do you think they'll come to attack us?"

"It is highly likely that the Crown Prince will be attacked."

"Oh." Xin Nian muttered to herself, "Little Fatty, the jinx," and turned to find Zhao Huangshang.

"These ledgers...aren't you going to take a look?"

"I won't watch it, let Little Fatty watch it."

She's someone who can look at the books? That's ridiculous. She's more like a hands-off manager.

Zhou Linchuan was quite helpless. "If you don't look at it, aren't you worried that I'll tamper with the ledgers?"

Xin Nian instantly went to his side.

Zhou Linchuan's body suddenly tensed up.

"Can you?"

"I...of course not."

"I knew you wouldn't. Don't you dare say one thing to my face and another behind my back. You can't betray me, you know?"

Xin Nian tilted her head and looked at him with a smile, "Otherwise, the consequences are unpredictable."

“I’m not that stupid.” Zhou Linchuan’s face remained calm. “Besides, I promised to serve you as my servant for three years, and I won’t go back on my word.”

"Okay, okay." Xin Nian turned around with her hands behind her back and skipped forward.

"Xin...Xin Nian." He suddenly called out to her, "When we first met, did you already recognize me?"

Xin Nian turned her head blankly, "Recognize what? Oh... you mean the Oath of the Peach Garden? I don't remember."

She answered honestly, "Xiao Chi and Xiao Pang told me about this."

"It's normal for kids to forget what they've been doing for years," the little girl comforted the other person with an air of maturity. "Don't feel guilty about it!"

"Hmm." Zhou Linchuan picked up the ledger and left.

He didn't recognize her either.

Several years have passed, and he has gotten used to seeing the crybaby sixth daughter at the palace banquets, and often ignores her.

Even that memory from many years ago has been completely buried.

He almost thought it was just a strange dream from many years ago, but then this disappearing brat suddenly came back.

If I don't say something, nothing good ever comes of it when I see her.

"Hey, where are you going? Aren't you coming with me to see Zhao Huangshang?" "I'm looking for Xiao Jinzhi. Doesn't he need to look through all these account books?" "If you're not going to look at them, then someone else has to take over your work."

Xin Nian glanced at his departing figure, sensing a murderous aura emanating from him—was he off to fight the Crown Prince?

"Oh, everyone else is so busy, and you're here having a secret rendezvous with Zhou Linchuan?"

Xin Nian turned her head and saw Chi Jue leaning against the door, rolling his eyes and speaking in a half-dead tone.

"Hey, you've come at the perfect time." Xin Nian's eyes lit up. "I found several pretty little dresses for your little sister. And some thermal underwear and stuff too, take them to your mother for me."

That brat, he can't even speak properly, Xin Nian was too lazy to argue with him.

As she spoke, she pulled out a large pile of things from her storage space: small clothes, small pants, small blankets, and some baby food.

"It's been cold lately, so dress the child warmly. Tell your mother that these thermal underwear are very gentle on the skin, so she can wear them without worry."

Chi Jue pursed his lips, stuffed everything into the condensed pearl, and his sullen face had already turned from gloomy to sunny.

The young man said in a muffled voice, "Thanks."

"Where are you going?"

"I need to speak with the Zhao family, the imperial merchants."

“Then send me to the farm. I’ve had some insights these past few days and I want to stay there for a while.”

"Oh, okay. Then come find me after you've delivered the things to your little sister."

***
At the end of November, the weather showed no signs of warming up, with temperatures remaining around minus 20 degrees Celsius, but the nighttime temperatures were five or six degrees lower than the daytime temperatures.

The Icefield Base has entered an era of comprehensive building construction.

The external framework, including city walls and roads, has been largely completed. Now, everyone's top priority is building houses.

Sun Shan and his son are doing well; they can get some rest now and then.

The twelve earth-elemental golems were working so hard their feet were practically smoking, with no time to rest.

Always exploited, never surpassed.

After more than a month of construction, the icefield base was built to resemble an impregnable fortress.

The sturdy bronze city gate, paired with thick, ginger-yellow walls, is topped with mutated thorns.

Looking down from the air, you'll see that the city has already taken shape.

It is surrounded by native forests and lakes in the distance.

Hundreds of evergreen trees are planted along the central avenue of the base.

At first glance, it is covered in greenery, truly an oasis.

The unsightly wooden sheds outside the city walls have been demolished and renovated.

Now, special medical points and shantytowns have been set up outside the city, and large and small points shops have begun to be built along the main roads.

From now on, as long as you have points, you can spend them at shops, and there's everything you need for food, drinks, and daily necessities.

As the Icefield Base became more widely known, many survivors traveled long distances to obtain an entry permit, waiting anxiously outside for days.

"The commune opened today. I went in and saw that my name is in the top 100 on the points leaderboard, hehe."

Wow, you have so many points?

"Hey, I heard that the Oasis Commune's canteen is opening in a few days. The food there is cheap and delicious. That's great! The base is developing better and better."

"Yes, it's really getting better and better. My wife has a lot of work to do every day at the bamboo association these days. At our base, as long as you have a skill, you don't have to worry about not having food to eat."

"Yesterday, Chen Ling, the scorekeeper, caught someone stealing eggs in the kitchen. It was a major demerit and a fine of 100 points! I heard that if they are caught a second time, they will be permanently expelled from the base."

"What? Oh my goodness, such a heavy punishment!"

"Are you out of your mind? You can't even do such a good job in the kitchen properly, and you're stealing instead."

"Exactly, if I were in the kitchen, I'd be laughing in my sleep."

Su Liuli opened her mouth, but saw many people hurrying past them, talking and chatting amongst themselves, not even glancing at them, the outsiders.