Transmigrated into a slave? I raised a frontier war god while pioneering new lands.

After all, Shen Zhi's face can be quite intimidating when he gets serious.

After archery practice, Xu Qinghe felt like she had been given a muscle relaxant; she had no strength left and just wanted to lie down.

Just as she was about to leave, Shen Zhi called her back, "Come here, let me help you relax."

Xu Qinghe turned to look at him, and seeing his expressionless face, she obediently walked over and stretched out her arms to let him relax.

Then a pig-like scream came from the yard, which scared the two children and the dog at the door back inside.

"Aunt!"

Seeing the two people's terrified faces, Xu Qinghe quickly forced a smile and reassured them, "It's alright, your dad is telling me to relax!"

Shen Chengyue pointed at her with an incredulous look on his face, "You've been crying."

Xu Qinghe pursed her lips and smiled, "I'm really fine." After saying that, she turned around and looked at Shen Zhi pitifully, gritting her teeth and saying, "Be gentle."

Shen Zhi: "Being too gentle won't work."

Unable to worry her two children, Xu Qinghe could only bite her lip and hum softly.

The more Shen Zhi whined, the redder his ears became. He finally stopped and said, "That's enough." Then he slipped away as if facing a formidable enemy.

Xu Qinghe hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation. She rubbed her arm and prepared to go back to lie down and do nothing. As for the unfinished work, let whoever wanted to do it do it!

Seeing her like this, Shen Zhi naturally took over the rest of the work. Since Shen Chengyue was still injured, Shen Zhi didn't take him to take a bath that night.

After washing himself by the river, he started carrying thatch into the house to watch over them as they slept.

At first, Xu Qinghe was a little surprised to see him come in, but seeing him skillfully lay out the hay, she knew that he was doing it for them too.

I took a deep breath, sat up, stared at him for a while, and then went to find a mattress for him and put it on.

Luckily, I managed to snag an extra quilt and mattress yesterday, otherwise we wouldn't have had enough.

Seeing her movements, Shen Zhi subconsciously stopped her, saying, "No need, I can sleep like this too."

Xu Qinghe retorted, "You're good, but my clothes aren't."

"Tomorrow you'll weave a straw mat."

Hearing Xu Qinghe's impolite words, Shen Zhifei was not unhappy; in fact, he felt a warmth in his heart.

"Um."

After packing Shen Zhi's things, Xu Qinghe fell into a deep sleep; she was simply too exhausted.

The next morning, Xu Qinghe was awakened by the sound of a door being pushed open. She propped herself up on her arms and sat up, only to see Shen Zhi carrying a basin of vegetables out.

"Where are you going?" Xu Qinghe asked in a soft, sweet voice.

Shen Zhi turned to look at her, her voice gentle, "I'll go cook."

Xu Qinghe closed her eyes sleepily. "No need to cook. I still have some braised meat from yesterday. You can just cut it up and heat it up for the pancakes. If you really want to cook, you can make some porridge." After saying that, she lay back down.

Shen Zhi glanced at her with amusement, his tone full of doting affection, "Okay."

When Xu Qinghe finished getting ready and went out, she saw that the food was already laid out on the table: fragrant roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) and sweet and delicious corn porridge. Taking a bite of porridge and a bite of roujiamo was incredibly delicious.

After finishing their meal, the family of four prepared to go up the mountain to pick wild vegetables. Since there were no elderly people at home to look after the children, they had to take them wherever they went.

Xu Qinghe originally didn't want to bring them along, but then she thought that she had just moved out of the Shen family's house, and it wouldn't be good if Sister-in-law Shen took revenge on the two children while they were away.

Let's just bring them along. Anyway, with Shen Zhi around, it won't be as tiring as last time.

Thinking it over, she sent the two children towards Shen Zhi's place, saying, "Go find your father first. I'll pack some things, and then we'll set off."

Although the two children were very obedient, Xu Qinghe always felt that their constant following of her was affecting her preparations.

Based on her previous experience, Xu Qinghe prepared two baskets, two small hoes, two nets, a leather bag of water, and four roujiamo (Chinese hamburgers) for this trip up the mountain.

Just as Xu Qinghe was checking for anything that had been missed, Shen Zhi suddenly walked over and whispered, "Bring the bow and arrows and the rope too."

The sudden sound startled Xu Qinghe half to death. Her body trembled violently, and she turned to look at Shen Zhi before patting her chest in lingering fear and scolding, "What are you doing?!"

Shen Zhi was surprised that Xu Qinghe was startled by her and felt a little embarrassed. "I thought you heard me coming."

Xu Qinghe grumbled unhappily, "You walk so quietly, how could I hear you?" After saying that, she started handing things to Shen Zhi, "You carry this basket, I'll carry this one."

Shen Zhi glanced at the contents of the two baskets, then simply bent down, picked them up, and put everything into his own basket, easily placing it on his back.

Looking at his muscular body, Xu Qinghe thought to herself, "It's good to be strong!"

After preparing their things, the family of four walked upstairs. Shen Chengyue carried Shen Chengchuan in front, while Xu Qinghe led Shen Chengyue behind.

As she walked, she kept brushing the weeds on both sides, and the subtle energy flowed into her body through Xu Qinghe's hands.

Feeling the change in energy within her body, Xu Qinghe could barely suppress a smile.

Just then, Shen Zhi suddenly stopped and turned to her, saying, "I'm going to wander around in the mountains later. You can take the children and dig for some wild vegetables around here."

Xu Qinghe glanced at both sides of the road. Apart from weeds, she couldn't find any usable wild vegetables in this place.

"There are no wild vegetables here. We'd like to go inside and take a look."

Shen Zhi's brows furrowed instantly. "It's dangerous inside."

Xu Qinghe remained unmoved. "We're not afraid. Besides, we still have you."

Looking at Xu Qinghe's stubborn expression, Shen Zhi couldn't help but sigh slightly and compromised, saying, "Stay close to me after you go inside."

Xu Qinghe quickly nodded, "Mm."

After saying that, Shen Zhi led them into the dense forest. Unlike the path Xu Qinghe chose last time, the trees on the path Shen Zhi took were larger and denser.

Before long, the sky changed from bright to slightly bright. To see what the sky looked like, one had to look up through the dense foliage.

Upon entering the dense forest, Xu Qinghe secretly unleashed her supernatural abilities.

A pale green light slowly flowed from Xu Qinghe's finger into the sapling, and then a series of twinkling lights entered Xu Qinghe's mind.

Looking at the flashing lights in her mind, Xu Qinghe couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. This place was obviously much better than the place she had visited last time, and there were many more things there.

Seeing that Shen Zhi was about to walk forward, Xu Qinghe quickly called out to him, "Shen Zhi!"

"Can we go that way?"

Shen Zhi glanced at the place Xu Qinghe pointed to and walked in that direction without any hesitation.

Seeing his unwavering demeanor, Xu Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief, squeezed Shen Chengyue's hand, and the two quickly followed.

Having learned from their previous experience, as soon as they entered the dense forest, each of them found a branch and used it to sweep away the surrounding weeds from time to time to make sure they didn't miss any edible food.