Chapter 189: Farming in the Space
Zhou Anran felt silent for a moment before she nodded.
"Yes."
Xiao Jingran took a deep breath. "Mother... Do you know about that person’s identity?"
She couldn’t help but fall into a slight daze when she heard Xiao Jingran addressing Xiao Yuanwei with such a strange address.
A flash of hesitation emerged in her eyes.
Seeing her hesitation, Xiao Jingran guessed that Xiao Yuanwei’s identity was far more outstanding than he initially thought. He started to understand why she didn’t want to recognize him.
"He is His Majesty the Emperor," she slowly muttered.
Xiao Jingran’s pupils constricted, clearly shocked.
Zhou Anran pursed her lips. Even her usually calm and gentle eldest son had such a reaction; his younger siblings, except for Xiao Qingya, might have an even more intense reaction.
"His Majesty the Emperor..." Xiao Jingran murmured, and he looked up, finding that figure besides the fireplace in the distance.
After a while, he nodded in understanding. "I understand, Mother."
"Do you not mind...?" Zhou Anran couldn’t help but ask. "You can’t call him father anymore..."
Xiao Jingran took a deep breath. After all, Xiao Yuanwei had been a responsible father during the time they spent together.
He couldn’t deny that he felt at a loss that such a person had become a stranger, but...
His mother’s choice wasn’t wrong either.
The Yuan Dynasty seemed to be stabilized from the surface, but it didn’t mean that they didn’t have enemies. The remains from the previous dynasty were still hiding everywhere.
Not to mention that an emperor usually had a lot of consorts and concubines.
His siblings would be thrust into battle for power, living under the confine of the imperial palace.
No one in the family wanted that.
"Don’t worry about it, Mother." Xiao Jingran shook his head. "Our priority now is to find Yan’er."
Zhou Anran heaved a sigh of relief, and a burden seemed to have been lifted from her shoulders. She glanced in the direction of the fireplace on the other side and looked away before she found that person’s figure.
"Yes, let’s go to the Capital and find Yan’er," she nodded.
Xiao Jingran seemed to think of something and didn’t know whether he should tell his mother or not.
Ever since he found out about Xiao Yuanwei’s identity, he had been guessing that his father must have another amnesia. He remembered his memories before he met them, and also forgot about them.
"Mother, about Father’s condition..." he trailed off slightly. "He might remember us someday."
Zhou Anran took a sharp breath, and she fell silent for a moment, sighing deeply. "We will handle it when it comes."
For the time being, their priority was to find Xiao Yuyan, and depending on the situation, they could decide whether they wanted to stay in the Capital or return.
After that, they went back to rest, their mind heavily occupied by the conversation they just had.
Early in the morning, the Zhou and Xiao family really moved with Su Wan’s group. Their journey was also considered smooth.
Even though there were occasional bandits attacks, they were resolved by the guards on Xiao Yuanwei’s side.
Zhou Anran was a little grateful that she also found something that could distract her mind from Xiao Yuanwei.
Farming in her space dimension.
She and Xiao Qingya had started to farm there, taking the hoe from the carriage and creating garden mounds there.
Fortunately, the weather inside wasn’t as hot as outside, and with the infinite spring water around, she could take as many as she could. She didn’t feel that much tired even after working a few hours non-stop.
"Your mother has been sleeping a lot," Zhou Wenzhi commented worriedly to Xiao Jingran when he saw his daughter falling asleep again.
Xiao Jingran smiled gently in reassurance. "Mother is just feeling tired and still in the recovery process after the last incident."
After he explained that there was no severe condition about Zhou Anran and Xiao Qingya, Zhou Wenzhi was finally relieved.
In the space dimension, Xiao Qingya helped her mother to fetch the water.
Xiao Xue had grown bigger there, so she could ride it anywhere, and it was quick when it came to running around. She could return to her mother’s side in a matter of minutes.
"Mother!" Xiao Qingya exclaimed, carrying the wooden bucket with both her hands.
Alas, in order for the water not to spill too much, Xiao Xue still had to control its speed, so it would slow down at times, which made it became a little more slow.
Zhou Anran smiled. She wiped her sweat and went to take the wooden bucket from her daughter’s hands.
She used it to water the seeds they had just put into the nursery tray.
[Host, I forgot to tell you. Once your mother upgrade this space, she can also adjust the timeflow here. She can make certain region remain stagnant, a few times slower, or even a few times faster.]
Xiao Qingya’s eyes lit up when she heard that. The last one was so convenient for farming.
Zhou Anran was shocked. It took her a while before she accepted she had such a magical space, and now it even had such a function?
It was practically something tailor-made for their family.
Xiao Qingya had become smarter about finding excuse to explain where she got her knowledge from. She instantly turn to Zhou Anran.
"Mother, Elder Brother and Elder Sister Ling just told me that..."
Usually, Zhou Anran would instantly believed it, which made Xiao Qingya quite relieved. She didn’t need to overwork her little brain to find a plausible reason.
It took her quite a few days before Zhou Anran finally finished a few garden mounds to plant the soybeans and the field to plant paddy rice.
Xiao Fenghao promised that he would make a water vat they could put inside the space dimension.
When Zhou Anran could put bring more people later, he also should be able to make an irrigation for them.
Two weeks later, they finally could move the young paddy rice in the nursery tray to the field.
Xiao Qingya was currently sleeping under a tree, accompanied by her older sister. The convoy had taken another temporary break.
"Imperial brother, what do you think about Sister Anran’s children?" Su Wan asked Xiao Yuanwei beside her.