Transmigrated as a Peasant Baby Who is Pampered by All

Chapter 248: Chapter 206: Zhang Xiaohua

Before setting off, the three of them didn’t forget to find Xiao Xue to make sure she didn’t need any help, then they headed to the mountain.

Little Black was also brought out of the house, but it wasn’t allowed to follow them up the mountain; instead, it stayed beside Xiao Xue.

Given the previous incident with the child traffickers, everyone’s sense of crisis is quite heightened. Their house is a bit far from the village, so under normal circumstances, they wouldn’t leave a child alone at home.

It can be said that Little Black is the family’s bodyguard, and that’s not an overstatement at all.

The three of them, full of enthusiasm, walked towards the mountain and soon arrived at the familiar pond.

It still looked the same as before. Pushing aside the lotus leaves, the water in the pond was crystal clear to the bottom, and the lotus seeds were still the ones Xiaomi had thrown in.

However, this pond was not as it appeared. On one side of the pond, which was only half a person’s height, many finger-sized fish were swimming back and forth.

On the other side, it was deep and dark, with occasional sunlight peeking through the gaps, faintly revealing a deep pit beneath the water’s surface.

The deeper the pit went, the smaller it got, even showing what the bottom of the pond looked like.

It was mud and fallen branches, but everyone knew that beneath this mud was another true water source.

It was that spot that previously saved countless villagers nearby. Now, even though it’s blocked again by mud, leaves, and branches, no one dares to carelessly disturb it.

Xiaomi and the others weren’t that curious and would never venture into the water without any adults around.

”There are so many lotus pods. They should be edible by now. Ziang, give me the scissors, I’ll give it a try.”

Jiang Wei seemed eager, took the long-handled scissors handed over by Wei Ziang, and with a forceful ’snip’, cut off a slightly distant lotus pod.

Then he used the large scissors to pull the lotus pod closer, making it convenient for Xiaomi and Wei Ziang to pick up by the shore.

”They’re tender and fresh. We’ll take them home and enjoy them slowly!”

Jiang Wei got excited and started cutting off all the mature lotus pods with snip after snip.

The pond wasn’t big, and there weren’t many lotus pods, just over ten. Some had already started to get too old, no longer suitable for eating raw.

But that’s okay; they can be dried and used in soup, as dried lotus seeds are quite expensive in town.

The group eagerly pruned some of the withered, yellowed leaves, pulling them out and throwing them aside, instantly making the pond look much better.

While playing in the water, Xiaomi poured some of the Spiritual Spring into the pond.

Over the years, the Spiritual Spring in her space hadn’t changed at all.

Not only the Spiritual Spring but apart from the increasing variety of agricultural products, everything else remained exactly the same as years ago.

Especially the consciousness within the space that Xiaomi used to longingly communicate with; up until now, she hadn’t sensed it a second time.

Xiaomi even once doubted whether she was just hallucinating before.

But whether it was a hallucination or not doesn’t affect Xiaomi’s use of the space and the Spiritual Spring water.

After harvesting the lotus pods and tidying up the withered lotus leaves, the three of them returned home. Despite traveling this far, they still had over ten lotus pods, which was worth it!

By the time they got home, Xiao Xue had already fed the pigs and was getting ready to go wash clothes by the river.

The three of them quickly joined in to help. Since there were many people at home, each person generally washed their own clothes, but when they were too busy, they also helped wash their parents’ clothes.

It was already getting hot, but fortunately, there were some big trees by the river, making it quite cool to wash clothes in the shade.

Perhaps inheriting their parents’ personality, the Jiang family’s children didn’t go to the village every day; if they had time, they would help with household chores or study and learn to read.

So far, apart from getting along well with Liu Yang’s two brothers, they only knew the other kids in the village on a surface level.

Especially Xiao Xue; while others occasionally went to the fields to catch fish or eels, meeting other kids, she spent her time doing housework, learning to read, embroidering, or making clothes.

She truly never leaves the house and has so far not acquainted herself with the few peers in the village.

As a result, when a seven or eight-year-old girl appeared by the river, all the sisters looked at each other in confusion.

They saw the girl when she appeared by the river, but since they either weren’t familiar with her or didn’t recognize her, they didn’t pay her any attention.