The little one's purse connects the two worlds, turning a desolate village into a paradise.

"These horses...should we take them back?" Da Niu cleaned up the traces in the woods and looked at the several tall horses tied up in the woods with great curiosity.

"Can you listen to me? What if you run away?" Gou Ya pointed at the horse with her little fork.

Xinghua pondered for a moment, then her gaze fell on Xiong Bo, who had already fainted on the back of the ox: "Let's get one to try first. Let's carry this brother on his back. If he doesn't obey, we'll electrocute him."

Upon hearing this, Da Niu happily selected a sturdy, dark brown horse and carefully placed the unconscious Xiong Bo on it. The horse snorted and kicked its hooves twice.

"It seems a bit unruly." Da Niu tugged on the reins, and the horse reared up high, nearly throwing Xiong Bo, who was on the horse's back, to his death outside the cave.

"What a pity." Gou Ya looked at the horses, turned on the switch, and prepared to electrocute them first.

That electric scooter she's wearing is specially designed for electric oxen and horses!

The small fork accurately poked the horse's belly, but the horse didn't react at all.

Gou Ya looked at the fork in her hand with a puzzled expression.

"What's wrong? It's not working." Xinghua also turned on her electric numbing device and poked the horse's belly.

"It must be out of power."

"Oh dear, we have to hurry to the camp. I almost forgot that Brother Xiong said there were still people inside!" Da Niu hoisted Xiong Bo back onto his back and hurriedly ran forward.

"Tiger has already left. The three of us went up the mountain last night. Nannan bought three, one for each of us." Xinghua called out to Da Niu.

"Tiger went? There are other little forks like you guys? That's great!" Da Niu's face lit up with joy.

"Sister Xinghua, tell me, what are those things on your backs? They're incredibly powerful; one poke and a person falls down, silently..."

"It was brought back by Nannan. It's called an electric jackhammer. It doesn't just rely on a fork; it mainly relies on our carrying baskets..."

The three spoke in hushed tones, occasionally startling a few birds flying in the woods.

……

Zhao Hu had been lying in wait for a full hour.

He crouched low and moved around, searching for clues, until he finally figured out that there were only two guards in the camp at the moment.

Even without divine weapons, Zhao Hu could take down just two of them.

Moreover, with his divine weapon at hand, Zhao Hu had an electric fork in his left hand and an entrenching tool at his right waist. Where couldn't he go?

After giving himself a "pre-battle pep talk," Zhao Hu retreated a short distance to a spot a few hundred meters from the camp, before casually taking a small fork and tapping away as he walked from the forest toward the camp.

Not far from the camp entrance, he pretended to be confused and peeked inside: "Hey, what is this place? Why are there people living here? I've lived in Luanyun Ridge for so long and I've never heard of a village here."

As he spoke, he stepped inside, and after a few steps he saw the earthen pit where Da Niu had lived for several days, with scattered horse manure inside.

"Who goes there? Stop right there!" The two guards were alerted by the voice, and one of them drew his longbow and aimed it at Zhao Hu's chest.

Zhao Hu quickly raised his hands, shouting, "Don't shoot! I'm a law-abiding citizen, a good man!"

The other party looked at this man who claimed to be a law-abiding citizen, but there was no fear in his eyes. He frowned and sent an arrow flying through the air.

Zhao Hu's pupils contracted, and he ducked to avoid it.

"I told you I'm a good person, why did you still hit me! Where are your elders? Call your village chief out!"

The two guards looked puzzled and lowered their voices:

"Where did these ignorant country bumpkins come from? This place looks like a village!"

"Recently, idle villagers have been appearing in the mountains. Once this matter is settled, we'll clear out everyone in the surrounding area."

"This person..."

Seeing the two whispering amongst themselves, Zhao Hu moved closer and said, "You both said you'd call your village chief. Let me tell you, I've spotted something big nearby, maybe even treasure! Our whole village is wiped out, I can't handle it all by myself. You're lucky you stumbled upon me!"

"What?"

The black-clad man's pupils twitched as he nocked the arrow.

One of them swiftly flew over and pulled Zhao Hu over: "What did you say?"

Zhao Hu dusted himself off and got up. "Why are you getting physical when you're just talking? I'm talking..."

He pressed the switch in the bamboo basket.

"Quickly, where is the treasure?"

"In—the underworld. Go down and find them!"

Zhao Hu grinned, and his small fork swiftly stabbed one of the men. The other man watched as his companion fell to the ground and quickly drew his sword.

"This thing is really useful!"

Zhao Hu bared his teeth and then stabbed at the man's hand that had drawn his knife.

"Hey! Slow down the stabbing?" Zhao Hu looked at the man who was convulsing, kindly removed the small fork, moved it to a different position, and stabbed the man in the stomach.

Within moments, both of them collapsed.

Zhao Hu picked up the fallen bow and arrows and broadsword.

They are all good weapons.

He drew his longbow, squinted, and aimed an arrow at the chest of each of the two men on the ground, making sure they were dead beyond any doubt. Only then did he relax his tense nerves and begin to survey the camp.

The camp is not large, and the number of people is probably not many.

There were no written notes left behind.

"They left cleanly, though."

Zhao Hu carefully searched the camp again with his small fork, making sure nothing was missed, before rubbing his hands together and walking to the temporary stable.

There is also a pure white horse in excellent condition left here.

This horse is so beautiful, I'm sure my daughter will love it if I bring it back.

Zhao Hu stroked the horse's mane.

I don't know how Xinghua and the others are doing.

……

"Grandma, are you hiding something from me?" Ya Ya asked curiously, looking up at the dwindling number of people at the dinner table.

"Why are Sister Gouya and Sister Xinghua nowhere to be seen today? And Grandpa Village Chief keeps secretly watching me. Am I wearing the wrong clothes today?"

As she spoke, Ya Ya glanced down at her outfit for the day.

She even took a nice, fragrant bath at noon.

She uses the pink soap, which makes her smell nice even when she walks. Her clothes were bought by her aunt: blue pants with two small straps paired with a yellow duck sweater.

Grandma Liu was worried that Ya Ya would get cold, so she specially put a quilted factory uniform over her, a big one wrapped around her body.

If it gets hot on the other side, you can take it off.

"No." Granny Liu's heart skipped a beat, and she waved her hands repeatedly.

"It's because our little girl looks so beautiful today that everyone wants to take a second look."

"Really?" Ya Ya covered her face and ran to the big mirror. The blue dress on the outside covered up her cute little duck, so it didn't look very pretty.

"Really, our little girl smells so good and is so pretty, everyone loves to look at her." Ji Chuntao picked up Ya Ya and pinched her cheek.

"Your sister Gouya and sister Xinghua took the electric mahjong set to the mountains to help Brother Da Niu and the others. With the electric mahjong set that Nannan bought, not to mention wild boars, even big insects are afraid of them."

"Yes, they will all come back," the village chief echoed.

"Can Big Brother Niu and the others eat duck legs now? I still have lots and lots of food in my space, Grandpa Chen. When they come back, can we all eat together?"

"After we've eaten, can we go up the mountain to pick snails and wild vegetables? My aunt and I haven't sold anything at our shop for days, and Grandma Wang comes every day asking about it. Those wild boars are so mean; they've made us lose money for several days!"

"Yes, yes, we can eat anything when Da Niu comes back!" Dr. Chen looked at the greenish mountains in the distance.

"When they come back, we'll go up the mountain to get supplies for Nannan's shop. Auntie has also thought of some other ways to prepare food recently." Ji Chuntao smiled and looked out of the courtyard.