Drive to the Tang Dynasty, where supplies are refreshed daily!

Just as the servants said, it seems to have been successful, but it's still uncertain whether there will be any piglets.

"Separate these pigs," Xiao Ran ordered, then turned and left.

At noon, the little princess was dismissed from school.

"Little Nang-kun~ Little Nang-kun~ Come on, come on~"

The little princess ran over, holding a blade of grass in her hand.

Seeing the little princess's lively appearance, Xiao Ran smiled.

"Slow down, Sizi, what do you want me to see?"

The little princess smiled and held up the grass in her hand.

"Little Nikon~"

Princess Chengyang, who was standing nearby, said, "This grass called 'Sizi' is different from the ones we've seen before."

Third Sister also said, "This grass has four leaves, which is very rare."

Xiao Ran took a look and realized it was a four-leaf clover, so he smiled and patted the little princess's head.

"Sizi is so lucky. This is a four-leaf clover, which is said to represent good luck. If you find a four-leaf clover, it will grant you one of your wishes."

Hearing this, the little princess liked the four-leaf clover in her hand even more. She hugged it tightly in her palms and excitedly said, "I'm going to give this to my mother!"

After saying that, he ran towards Empress Zhangsun's room, and the other little ones followed him.

Xiao Ran walked at the very back, watching the little princess's joyful face with a smile.

Empress Zhangsun was looking at the flower wreath on the cabinet inside the room with a smile on her face when suddenly a series of footsteps sounded outside.

Empress Zhangsun smiled and said to Hongxiu, "It must be Sizi and the others."

Hongxiu smiled as well, "The young princes are all good children, they care about your health."

Empress Zhangsun covered her mouth and chuckled softly, "These little rascals are quite a handful."

That's what they said, but looking at Empress Zhangsun's expression, she was clearly very happy.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Perhaps afraid of disturbing Empress Zhangsun's rest, the knocking was not loud.

Hongxiu walked slowly to the door, opened it, and sure enough, the little princess and her friends were outside.

"Mother~" As soon as the little princess saw Empress Zhangsun, she ran towards her.

The little ones were all sweating from running so fast.

Empress Zhangsun took a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from the foreheads of the children.

"Mother~ Hand~"

The little princess gestured for Empress Zhangsun to extend her hand.

Although Empress Zhangsun didn't know what was going on, she still reached out her hand.

The little princess carefully placed the four-leaf clover in Empress Zhangsun's hand.

Looking at the grass in her hand, Empress Zhangsun asked, "What is this?"

The little princess shook her head and said, "Hey, you're so cute! Little Nangjun, you're great!"

Princess Chengyang added, "The young master said that this four-leaf clover is very rare and can grant people's wishes."

The little princess nodded repeatedly, "That's how it is~"

Then the little princess hugged Empress Zhangsun's arm, "Mother, get well soon~"

Upon hearing this, Empress Zhangsun was stunned. Then she turned her head and, under the guise of arranging four-leaf clovers, wiped away the tears that had welled up in her eyes. She then smiled and said to the children, "Thank you for your blessings. I will definitely get better soon."

Empress Zhangsun then asked, "What did you all learn today?"

Upon hearing this, the kids got excited and started talking about what they had learned that day, adding that although Wang Ji looked scary, he wasn't actually fierce at all.

Watching them chatter away, Empress Zhangsun's smile never faded.

However, it's because I'm further along in my pregnancy that I get tired easily.

Di Renjie was very observant and noticed this. So, while the children were drinking water, he said, "I'm a little hungry. Let's go eat."

The little princess touched her tummy, and just then, her tummy rumbled.

The little princess blushed as she clutched her belly.

I'm so hungry!

Empress Zhangsun noticed Di Renjie's thoughtfulness, looked at him gently, patted his head, and then said, "Then you should go eat quickly. I made sugar pancakes for lunch today. They're sweet, I'm sure you'll like them."

The little princess hugged Empress Zhangsun and said sweetly, "Let's have seven ducks together, Mother~"

Empress Zhangsun smiled and said, "Your mother has already eaten, Sizi, go and eat."

Hearing her say that, the little princess and her group of children finally ran out.

I did make sugar pancakes for lunch. They were sweet, and my little princess ate a whole one. Luckily, the sugar pancakes weren't very big.

In the afternoon, Xiao Ran was sitting in the sun on the new recliner made by craftsman Liu, while the little princess and the other kids went to play in the yard.

"Little Pouch-kun~ Little Pouch-kun~"

As soon as the little princess's voice rang out, Xiao Ran noticed that his sleeve was being tugged.

"What's wrong, Sizi?" Xiao Ran asked.

The little princess pointed to the bushes beside the steps under the eaves, her voice tinged with surprise: "Little Nang~ what's that~"

Xiao Ran looked in the direction she pointed and saw a furry little thing wriggling slightly on the bluestone slab by the grass, making a soft "chirping" sound like a mosquito.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a baby swallow that had just fallen. Its gray downy feathers clung wetly to its body, and one wing was slightly twisted, clearly injured. It was helplessly flapping its little claws.

The little princess's eyes lit up instantly. She walked towards the little swallow, but afraid of startling it, she only dared to stop a few steps away and carefully stare at the little swallow.

"It's Little Swallow."

Xiao Ran pointed to the swallow's nest and said to the little princess, "They just hatched from their eggs and can't fly yet. They're waiting for their mother and father swallows to find insects for them to eat."

The little princess tilted her head back, her neck almost aching from looking up, but she refused to look away.

“We’ll give it a fat duck!” As she spoke, the little princess reached for the little swallow, but Xiao Ran quickly stopped her.

“We can’t touch the baby swallows or their nests, because baby swallows are very timid. If we touch them, their mother might not come back. Besides, they are very fragile, and if we touch them, we might hurt them,” Xiao Ran explained patiently.

"Mama Yan?" The little princess looked puzzled.

Xiao Ran said, "She is Xiao Yanzi's mother."

The little princess nodded as if she understood, and withdrew her little hand, but her eyes remained fixed on the swallow's nest. The baby swallows in the nest were fluffy, like little gray balls of fluff. They huddled together, occasionally opening their little mouths and making "chirp chirp" sounds.

The other little ones also gathered around, so Xiao Ran simply had someone bring over a few stools so that the little ones could sit not far away and watch the baby swallows on the ground and in the swallow's nest.

Before long, two adult swallows flew back, one carrying an insect in its beak and the other carrying some dry grass. They landed beside the swallow's nest, carefully feeding the chicks the insect, and then repairing the nest with the dry grass. Seeing this, the little princess clapped her hands excitedly and shouted, "Big swallows!"

Startled by her voice, the swallow flapped its wings and flew up, circling twice above the courtyard. Seeing no danger, it landed back near its nest.

Xiao Ran gently patted the little princess on the back, signaling her to be quiet: "Sizi, be quiet, don't scare Mother Swallow and Little Swallow."

The little princess quickly covered her mouth, her eyes filled with apology. After a long while, she asked softly, "Little Nang-jun~ what's Little Yan's number seven~?"

“Eating bugs,” Xiao Ran said with a smile.

"The baby swallows are still young and can't find food on their own. They can only rely on their mothers and grandfathers. When they grow up and learn to fly, they will be able to find insects to eat on their own and fly to faraway places like adult swallows."

The little princess listened intently, exclaiming, "I want to fly too!"

Xiao Ran couldn't help but laugh.

Princess Chengyang grabbed the little princess and said, "Sizi, we are human, not swallows, we can't fly."

The little princess tilted her head. "Why, duck~"

Princess Chengyang froze instantly, unsure how to explain.

Fortunately, Di Renjie remained calm and replied, "Because we don't have wings."

The little princess sighed, looking regretful.

Inside the swallow's nest under the eaves, the father and mother swallows flew away again to find food, while the baby swallows on the ground were still struggling.

Seeing Xiao Yanzi's pitiful appearance, the little princess turned to look at Xiao Ran.

"Little Nang-kun~ It doesn't have seven ducks~"

Princess Gaoyang also said, "Did its grandparents forget about it?"

Nature is actually quite cruel; swallows that fall out of their nests rarely survive.

Fortunately, this little swallow was lucky, and it fell right into a grassy area, so it only broke its wing.

However, for the father and mother swallows, such a child is not something they can raise, or even if they could raise it, it would not be able to survive in the wild if its wings were not healed after it grew up.

Xiao Ran initially thought that the two adult swallows would pick it up and take it back, which is why he didn't let the little princess touch it. But to his surprise, even though they saw the little swallow on the ground, the swallow father and mother still pretended not to see it.

After all, they have limited food options, which they need to use to feed their healthy offspring and themselves.

As for the little swallow on the ground, although it sounds cruel, it can only wait to die.

Thinking about it, Xiao Ran sighed.

"Let's take this little swallow back first," Xiao Ran said.

The little princess looked at Xiao Ran, "But Yanji's mother can't find it~"

Looking into the little princess's clear eyes, how could Xiao Ran bear to tell her the truth? So he could only say, "This little swallow is injured. You see, the mother and father swallows don't have hands, and they don't have any medicine, so they can't heal it. We'll heal it and then send it back to the swallow's nest."

The little princess was overjoyed to hear this.

"Okay, okay~"

As she spoke, the little princess ran towards Little Swallow.

The little swallows on the ground seemed very hungry, chirping and chattering with their little mouths open.

The little princess remembered Xiao Ran saying that Xiao Yanzi was easily injured, so she moved very gently, afraid of accidentally hurting Xiao Yanzi.

The mother and father swallows on the nest seemed to have seen it, looking in this direction for a while before flying away to continue their search for insects.

Xiao Ran took a handkerchief, folded it neatly, and the little princess carefully placed the swallow on the handkerchief.

"We don't have any bugs~" The little princess frowned, looking quite troubled.

Xiao Ran thought for a moment, and realized that he had indeed seen videos of taking care of swallows before. It seemed that they were fed soaked millet or mashed insects.

There are definitely no insects in the kitchen, but there are soaked corn kernels.

The little princesses all rushed to the kitchen and brought out a bowl of soaked corn.

"Little Nang-jun~ Give Little Swallow a few ducks~"

The little princess handed the millet to Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran looked at it, unsure if Xiao Yanzi could eat it, but figured it should be fine. So he took out a grain of millet and put it in Xiao Yanzi's mouth.

The little swallow opened its mouth wide, noticed food coming in, quickly closed its mouth, moved it up and down, and then opened its mouth again and chirped.

Seeing that Xiao Yanzi was like this, Xiao Ran figured she could eat, so he was relieved. He then turned to the little princess and asked, "Sizi, would you like to try feeding Xiao Yanzi?"

The little princess nodded quickly. She imitated Xiao Ran, took out a grain of millet, and carefully put it into Xiao Yanzi's mouth. Xiao Yanzi quickly swallowed the millet.

Two grains of millet, even for such a small swallow, are no different from being stuck in a tooth gap.

Princess Gaoyang also picked up a grain of millet, "I'll try it too."

The little guys took turns feeding the swallow millet until the swallow closed its mouth and stopped eating.

The little swallow, having eaten its fill, bobbed its head little by little, seemingly already sleepy.

The little princess put a finger to her lips: "Shh~ It's going to sleep now~"

Xiao Ran picked up Xiao Yanzi's wing and examined it. It was slightly fractured, but fortunately, it wasn't dislocated.

When its wings were lifted, the little swallow seemed to feel some pain, so it moved slightly and its eyes were half-open.

But I was so sleepy that my eyes closed completely in no time.

Xiao Ran took two small pieces of wood from Liu the craftsman, and then used cotton thread to tie the two pieces of wood together with wings.

That way, the little swallow's bones won't grow crooked, and it should heal quickly.

Then, Xiao Ran took a small box, put cotton inside, and then put Xiao Yanzi in along with the handkerchief.

"Alright, now Little Swallow won't be cold," Xiao Ran said.

The little princess held onto the table, looking at the little swallow sleeping inside. It was at this moment that the little swallow realized that it was completely different from the adult swallow.

"Little Nang-kun~ Its fur looks weird~"

The adult swallow's feathers are black and glossy, but the baby swallow's feathers are soft and of good quality, so much so that you can see the skin underneath.

Xiao Ran said, "That's because the baby swallow is still too small. When it grows up, it will be just like the adult swallow."

The little ones stood silently around the box containing the baby swallow.

The little swallow inside was sleeping, its belly rising and falling. It wasn't making any other movements, but the little ones were watching with great interest.

"Meow~"

A meow came from behind. Xiao Ran turned around and Coco took the opportunity to jump onto the table. She lowered her head and sniffed at Xiao Yanzi, which startled Xiao Ran, who quickly picked her up.

"Coco! You can't eat this!"

Coco tilted her head and looked at Xiao Ran, "Meow~" (End of Chapter)