Surviving In The Ancient Times With Limitless Supplies
Chapter 33: The Wooden Box

Chapter 33: The Wooden Box

Listening to Xu Xiang’s words, Xiao Shao raised his eyebrows and looked at her. He stood beside her, silently watching her talk to Fan Guohai. A moment later, the corners of his lips rose slightly for a second, before returning to his cold look.

No one knew what Xiao Shao was thinking at this time. At the same time, Xu Xiang’s face was already stiff from maintaining her smile for too long when talking to Fan Guohai. Looking at Fan Guohai’s gray hair and old face, she tried to be as patient and polite as she could.

After exchanging pleasantries, she couldn’t hold her smile any longer, and said, "Old Master Fan, since Young Master Fan’s condition has stabilized, you can go and see him. I’ll prepare medicine for him first."

Fan Guohai realized that he had kept Xu Xiang for too long, and said, "Please forgive this old man’s rudeness for keeping you for a long time. This old man once again thanked the Young Lady for saving my grandson’s life."

Xu Xiang smiled at him and said, "You are welcome, Old Master Fan."

After finishing speaking, she got into the mule cart, took out a pack of medicine from her space, and then came out from the mule cart, and went to brew the medicine for Fan Zhengying. When Xu Xiang walked past the members of the Fan family, she suddenly noticed that a young woman standing next to a middle-aged woman emitted malicious intentions.

Xu Xiang took a glance at the young woman’s eyes before walking away to make medicine. Behind her, Xiao Shao let Fan Guohai and Fan Zhengying’s mother go inside the mule cart to take a look at Fan Zhengying before bringing his own family back to the sleigh.

Inside the mule cart, Fan Guohai and his daughter-in-law sat beside the unconscious Fan Zhengying. He looked at his grandson’s pale face and sighed sadly.

Cai Youhua looked at her father-in-law’s sad face and said, "Father-in-law, everything will be fine. Supreme General Xiao will take care of Da Lang."

Hearing what his daughter-in-law said, Fan Guohai nodded, and wearily said, "You are right. With Supreme General Xiao’s temperament, he will definitely do what he says."

After he finished speaking, both of them fell into silence. Although they believed that Xiao Shao would keep his promise, given the Xiao family’s current situation, it was hard to say whether Xiao Shao could really do what he said or not. Both of them knew this in their hearts, but they still had to hold on to this last hope.

Cao Yaohua raised her eyes after a while, and glanced at the spacious mule cart. She saw several wooden boxes and a wooden barrel there. Looking at those wooden boxes and the wooden barrel, she couldn’t help being a little surprised.

Looking at the boxes, they don’t look like old boxes at all and more like newly bought boxes. As far as she knows, even the water is hard to find now, as the prices of everything are skyrocketing. Not to mention being able to buy the items in these boxes, the exiled prisoners like them don’t even have any possessions that can be used to buy a cup of water.

Out of curiosity, she opened the wooden box behind her without a sound. When she saw what was inside the wooden box, she couldn’t help but take a deep breath. Fan Guohai heard her gasp and looked up at her.

Seeing her open a wooden box and staring inside, he frowned and asked, "What are you doing? Close the box quickly. It’s impolite to inquire about other people’s things without permission."

Hearing her father-in-law’s reprimand, Cai Yaohua came back to her senses. She lowered her voice and said, "Father-in-law, please take a look."

Hearing what she said, Fan Guohai frowned even deeper. As the Chief Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, he is a strict and loyal minister. He always follows the rules and the law. Seeing his daughter-in-law doing such a shameful thing as secretly looking on other people’s things, he glared at her.

With a touch of anger in his tone, he said, "Why don’t you close the box yet? Do you still want people to see your shameful behavior?"

Fearing that her father-in-law might misunderstand, Cai Yaohua hurriedly said, "Father-in-law, this daughter-in-law just took a look out of curiosity. Please don’t be angry."

Seeing his daughter-in-law admitting her mistake, Fan Guohai sighed and said, "All right. Close the box quickly, and don’t make the same mistakes in the future."

Cai Yaohua lowered her head and said softly, "Yes, Father-in-law. This daughter-in-law knows."

Seeing that her father-in-law’s eyes turned back to her son, Cai Yaohua took another look inside the wooden box before closing the wooden box. More than half an hour later, the covers of the mule cart were lifted, and Xu Xiang climbed in with a bowl of medicine.

Seeing that Fan Guohai and Cai Yaohua were still there, she handed the medicine to Cai Yaohua with a smile and said, "It’s best to drink this medicine while it’s hot."

Cai Yaohua smiled gratefully at her and said, "Thank you, Young Lady, for preparing the medicine for my son."

Xu Xiang looked at her and remembered that she was the middle-aged woman standing next to the young woman with a malicious intent.

She thought for a while and guessed that they are mother and daughter, so she just smiled at her and said, "Since Young Master Fan is still in coma, you can let him stay in my mule cart for now. Old Master Fan and Old Madam Fan should also stay in this mule cart, since traveling by foot is hard for elderly."

Fan Guohai was stunned for a few seconds after listening to her words. It’s really rare to meet such a kind and considerate person like the young lady sitting in front of him now. Living in turbulent times, most people would put themselves first over everything.