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

Chapter 21 Evaporated
Xin Nian seemed to be deep in thought, "Do people in this era have internal strength?"

"Yes, that's how it's written in martial arts novels."

"I felt like there was someone in the tree just now. But when I rushed over to check, there was no one there anymore."

Xin Nian waved her hand, "I still need to practice teleportation. My speed is still too slow, otherwise I could have caught that big rat."

Xin Wenyuan ran back carrying the jar, "Let's go, let's go, my girl, you're amazing. It's only been a few days and you've recovered to the second level. I feel much more at ease now."

"Okay." Xie Ninglan nodded. "Let's go, daughter, let's go back and brew some medicine for your brother."

The family of three carried jars and water bags back to the area where the crowd had gathered.

Dali kept watch over the cart, and when he saw that the lady and young lady had returned safely, he breathed a sigh of relief.

She hurried forward and took the water bags from the two women, her face showing undisguised anxiety. "Madam and Miss, please don't send me away anymore. The old lady sent me to follow you so that I wouldn't leave your side for a moment."

"Okay, okay, we'll do whatever Dali says." The little girl reached out and touched Xin Dali's face, smiling with doting affection.

Dali coughed lightly, his face flushed as he looked at his unreliable young lady. He followed behind her and whispered, "Miss, don't take this lightly. If something really happens, the master and madam will regret it too late."

She lowered her voice and said, "These escorts are all greedy cowards, not a single one of them is good. They usually prefer to escort female prisoners because they are easier to bully. The court knows this too; it's all unwritten private rule that everyone tacitly agrees to."

Xin Nian pulled Dali down to sit, nodding obediently like a chick pecking at rice, "Mmm, I know I was wrong. I'll listen to Dali from now on. Dali, you're so good to us."

Xin Dali's face turned even redder, and he coughed, "It's my duty."

"Dali, go and gather some branches. We'll boil all the water we fetch and then refill the water bags."

"it is good."

Xie Ninglan sat next to her daughter and muttered, "Is it okay to drink it without filtering? Will it upset my stomach?"

Xin Nian rolled her eyes at her mother, "Don't be so picky, Mom. Everyone'll be asleep by the time we finish filtering. We have to keep going at three o'clock tomorrow morning!"

Xie Ninglan felt terrible again when she heard it was three o'clock.

The timeline in ancient times was truly astounding!

“I checked when I was filling the stream just now, and there were very few animal footprints upstream. The water quality is still quite clear. Don’t underestimate these ancient streams and rivers. Without modern industrial pollution, people in ancient times would just cup their hands and drink the water directly.”

"If you're really worried, I'll grind some more medicine powder and sprinkle it in later to prevent sudden dysentery. Other illnesses are manageable, but dysentery can be fatal."

Xie Ninglan nodded repeatedly, "My daughter is really amazing. She's so thoughtful and meticulous in everything she does."

Xin Nian suddenly asked, "Where's your youngest son?"

"Huh?" Xie Ninglan's silly smile suddenly froze on her face. "Ouch!" she exclaimed, jumping up and hurriedly going to look for her son.

Xin Nian laughed heartily, but her hands moved quickly.

After Xie Ninglan brought the child back from Xin Ruoyu's place, Xin Nian had already started brewing the medicine.

"Why did it take so long?"

"I chatted with Ruoyu for a bit." Xie Ninglan patted her youngest son on the back.

The child fell asleep on Xie Ninglan's shoulder, with a few barely visible tears still hanging from the corners of his eyes, clearly having cried again after scaring himself.

"Ruoyu is such a good girl." Xie Ninglan awkwardly touched her nose. "We always forget about Mohan, and Ruoyu has been taking care of her for us." "I saw that she herself was sickly, and she still had to take care of the old lady along the way."

"I just ground some hemostatic and scar-reducing powder. Could you give it to her for me later?" Xin Nian said calmly.

"Oh, okay." Xie Ninglan knew her daughter's temperament well. Don't be fooled by her always smiling face; she was actually colder than anyone else.

That's how it was in her past life; very few people could truly enter her heart. She always sent the couple to help others, never showing up herself.

Everyone was eating dinner, which was still half a brown rice cake, but tonight they could eat it with water, so the treatment was slightly better.

Several people were secretly watching Xin Nian brew the medicine, but apart from Physician Cheng asking a few questions, no one else made a move.

Physician Cheng didn't dare to lift the lid of the jar to check, but just by smelling the overflowing medicinal aroma, he knew it was for clearing heat.

"Sixth Miss can actually prepare her own medicine? Has she read medical books?"

"Oh, this prescription was written by a traveling doctor a while ago. My daughter recognizes a few of the herbs, so she only dares to brew it for her own family. You know my third son's condition. Sigh, we can only say we're trying anything as a last resort." Xie Ninglan casually brushed it off, and seeing her say that, Physician Cheng didn't dare to ask any more questions.

As they were talking, the bearded man approached with two menacing-looking henchmen, their purpose clear: to go straight for Xie Ninglan and her daughter.

Xin Wenyuan hurriedly got up to greet them, "Gentlemen escorts, what brings you here..."

Mao Huzi shoved Xin Wenyuan hard, "Get out of my way, I'm not looking for you."

Dali stepped forward and braced himself against Xin Wenyuan's back to prevent him from falling.

The two henchmen gripped their whips tightly, their triangular eyes narrowed, and they looked coldly at Xin Dali, who was blocking their way.

Seeing that the Imperial Physician Cheng was coming to provoke them, he hurriedly took several steps back, glancing at the whips in their hands with lingering fear.

"You two women, did you see Gouzi upstream in the stream?"

"What dog?" Xin Wenyuan interrupted, confused. "Is it... is it some kind of escort officer?"

"Shut up if I didn't ask you." The bearded man glared at them fiercely, then turned to Xie Ning and Lan Xinnian, looking them up and down. "I'm asking you a question, answer me now."

Xin Nian pretended to be afraid and shrank into her mother's arms.

Xin Mohan was awakened by the noise. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw several fierce-looking guards staring at her parents and sister. She was so frightened that she clung tightly to her mother's back, her eyes wide and round.

Xie Ninglan carried her youngest son on her back and hugged her trembling little daughter. To others, she looked like a lioness poised to pounce, her whole demeanor like a frightened bird.

"No, I've never seen one. Who, who is Gouzi?"

"Impossible!" the bearded man roared. "Dogzi went to find you two, how come you didn't see him?"

As she spoke, she reached out to pull Xin Nian, who was nestled in her mother's arms.

A cold glint flashed in Xie Ninglan's eyes. She raised her hand to shoo away the guard's dirty hand, feigning fear as she hugged the child and backed away, loudly protesting, "I've never seen it before, that's all!"

“We went upstream to fetch water. But there were only the two of us at the time. Later, we saw that there were few people around, so we asked Dali to call the master over so we could fetch more water before going back. Everyone saw it. You can ask them if you don’t believe me!”

Xin Wenyuan instantly understood that something must have happened between the mother and daughter when he rushed to the upper reaches of the stream, but neither of them had mentioned it to her.

Good heavens, my daughter must have killed someone!

(End of this chapter)