The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

Back inside, my parents had already set out dinner.

My younger brother, Li Kai, and younger sister, Li Xiaoxiao, were sitting at the table. I hadn't seen them earlier; they must have been called to stay in the inner room by their parents.

Once the family was seated, Li Kaixin's parents and younger siblings looked at him with questioning eyes, waiting for him to speak.

Li Kaixin knew that if he didn't explain things clearly, he wouldn't be able to enjoy the meal properly, so he slowly began to explain.

The part about being held at gunpoint was omitted; the story only recounts the process of assisting the police in apprehending fugitives and rescuing people.

After listening, Qin Xiuli, the mother, looked at her son with concern, her tone reproachful: "Kaixin, you were too reckless. What if that fugitive had a gun?"

"Mother, you're right."

Li Kaixin immediately admitted his mistake, and then said, "But Mom, the police might give me a certificate for bravery in a few days."

"Really? That's wonderful!" The mother's worry instantly turned into joy.

When the younger siblings heard that their older brother had won an award, their eyes immediately lit up with admiration.

For people of this era, certificates of merit were a real honor.

At this moment, Li Mingde, the father, couldn't help but ask, "Kaixin, who exactly did you save? Judging from the way his parents acted, they must be someone important!"

"yes!"

The mother chimed in, then added, "I saw the gifts they brought earlier: two cans of milk powder, two bottles of Moutai, and two cartons of cigarettes whose brand I couldn't tell, but just by looking at the packaging I knew they were high-end cigarettes."

Li Kaixin didn't intend to hide anything from his family and said directly, "Dad, Mom, the comrade I saved has a father who is the director of the Public Security Bureau."

"As for the cigarettes, they're probably specially supplied."

When the parents heard that it was the director of the Public Security Bureau, they were both stunned.

They originally thought he was at most a police station chief, never expecting him to be at this level.

Seeing that her parents were stunned, Li Kaixin didn't continue.

The father was the first to come to his senses and didn't ask any further questions, as this was clearly beyond their usual understanding.

Then, he gently touched his wife's arm, his voice trembling slightly: "Xiuli, Kaixin, Xiaokai, Xiaoxiao, let's... let's eat first."

Mother Qin Xiuli snapped out of her daze and quickly nodded, "Yes, yes! Let's eat first, the food is getting cold."

The family finished the meal in an unusually quiet atmosphere.

After the meal, Li Mingde, the father, went into the inner room, took out the two cartons of specially supplied cigarettes, and handed them to Li Kaixin:

"Kaixin, you keep this. Your mother and I don't usually come into contact with people at this level, so keeping it would be a waste."

"As for the rest, your mother and I will keep them."

Li Kaixin understood the significance of this cigarette; it was something only officials at the ministerial level or above were entitled to.

Without hesitation, I reached out and took it.

After returning to his room, Li Kaixin entered the secret realm.

Of the meat stored in the secret realm, only about 90 jin of roe deer meat and over 600 jin of donkey meat remain.

Among the livestock raised, chickens, ducks, and rabbits have seen some significant changes.

After three days outside, which is equivalent to thirty days here, the number of chickens and ducks has increased to more than 500, and the number of rabbits has exceeded 200.

Of the seven sheep, one of the ewes already had a large belly, indicating that she was pregnant.

The three piglets born to that domestic pig looked like wild boars, since they resembled wild boars.

The number of farmed donkeys and moose has remained largely unchanged.

After briefly looking around the breeding area, Li Kaixin quickly turned his attention to the area where medicinal herbs were grown.

I came in today mainly to get some wound medicine.

Based on the experience passed down from the national-level physicians in my mind, this wound medicine has the effects of stopping bleeding, reducing inflammation, and accelerating wound healing.

Recently, there have been a series of bloody incidents around Li Kaixin, so she has to be careful. If she gets hurt one day, she'll be devastated.

Without much effort, Li Kaixin gathered all the necessary medicinal herbs and immediately began refining them.

Before long, Li Kaixin had a porcelain bottle in his hand, filled with light brown medicinal powder.

The porcelain vase was found at home earlier, and now it comes in handy.

After doing all this, Li Kaixin left the secret realm.

......

Time flies, and more than ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

During his vacation, Li Kaixin sold three whole wild donkeys, weighing about 400 jin, from the secret realm to Li Huaide; and sold two roe deer, weighing more than 90 jin, to Manager Wu of the state-run restaurant.

Currently, only a little over 100 kilograms of donkey meat remains among the wild meat in this hidden area.

However, the rabbits, chickens, and ducks we raise are all reaching market age.

In total, there were more than 300 chickens and ducks, each weighing around five pounds; and more than 100 rabbits, each weighing about six or seven pounds.

Li Kaixin simply doesn't intend to sell to Manager Wu and Li Huaide.

These things could easily expose secrets, and since they didn't go to the black market, they stockpiled so many in the secret realm.

Li Kaixin is now intentionally controlling the number of chickens, ducks, and rabbits, keeping them all around a thousand.

We've been collecting chicken and duck eggs every day, and now we have hundreds of kilograms of them.

......

Li Kaixin had just arrived at the transportation station early in the morning.

"Good morning, Master!" Zhou Zhiming greeted him with a smile, carrying a wrench in his hand.

Li Kaixin nodded slightly: "Zhiming, good morning too."

After more than ten days of hands-on instruction, Zhou Zhiming is now familiar with the parts of the car and can handle simple routine maintenance.

These days, almost every morning before Li Kaixin even arrives at the transportation station, Zhou Zhiming has already performed maintenance on the car.

Li Kaixin arrived early but had nothing to do, appearing quite relaxed.

However, Zhou Zhiming has not made much progress in driving.

During the past ten days or so of missions, whenever they reached a flat road, Li Kaixin would let Zhou Zhiming practice driving.

But when faced with sharper bends, it always seems unable to make the turn.

However, among the six new apprentices, Zhou Zhiming was already considered very good.

Song He, the guy Master Chen trained, is a bit slow-witted; he still hasn't even identified all the parts.

The worst off is Yang Hua'an's apprentice, who is just like Wu Tian back then, and has never even touched a steering wheel.

Li Kaixin originally thought that after what happened with Wu Tian last time, Yang Hua'an would be more restrained.

It seems that some people's temperaments are really hard to change.

After exchanging brief greetings with Zhou Zhiming, Li Kaixin sat down next to the car and waited for Director Xie.

A few days ago, Director Xie came to inquire about that medicine again. Li Kaixin thought she couldn't make it seem too easy, so she postponed it until today.

Seeing Li Kaixin sitting there lost in thought, Zhou Zhiming smiled and leaned closer, "Master, when do you think we can start doing long-distance driving?"

Then he looked at Li Kaixin with anticipation.

This is what Zhou Zhiming has been thinking about most these past few days.

Zhou Zhiming had already become familiar with Wu Tian and Qian Dazhuang.

Wu Tian had boasted to him at length about how fun long-distance driving was, which made Zhou Zhiming very eager to try it out, so he couldn't help but ask.

Li Kaixin snapped out of her daze and, seeing Zhou Zhiming's expression, asked with some confusion, "Long-distance driving is tough, why do you seem so excited about it?"

"I heard this, it's quite interesting," Zhou Zhiming replied.

Li Kaixin immediately understood: Well, he'd been fooled.

Just as he was about to speak, Director Xie came over and gave Li Kaixin a wink from afar.

Li Kaixin understood and stood up, saying to Zhou Zhiming, "Zhiming, I have something to do, I'll go first."

After saying that, he followed Director Xie toward the office.