"What does your mother know? I heard it from someone and told her," Meng Shaode said, his voice a little guarded. After all, his daughter had finally reconnected with them, and he couldn't let anything slip.
"Yes, I heard it. They say time is different in the space. It's like everything is isolated, with no aging or death, and no existence of the entropy law."
"Entropy law? What's that?" A Jiu was confused.
"Ah, it just means things don't change. For example, people die in this world, and things rot in this world. But not in the space, because there's no definition of time."
"Oh, I sort of understand." A Jiu could grasp that much. So, things wouldn't spoil? She should try it sometime. Like those peaches she picked? Hey, A Jiu hadn't thought of that.
"Good girl, we have water now. When we get to Nanming City, your mother and I will sell water. We can earn a lot of money." Cai Lihua laughed heartily, covering her face. A Jiu's mouth twitched at her mother's wishful thinking. Her spiritual spring was barely the size of a jar, how much could she sell? In her opinion, it would be better to sell fruits.
"Old Meng, look, our daughter is so happy she's gone silly," Cai Lihua reported A Jiu's expression, suppressing a laugh. A Jiu would have been happy the first time she discovered it. Now, she felt her mother was a bit foolish.
"Jiu'er, look!" Aunt Li called out excitedly from the carriage. A Jiu quickly got into the carriage and saw Aunt Li lifting the back window to look. The sky was gradually brightening, and the scene on the dirt road behind them was clearly visible. Seeing this, A Jiu was startled. So many people were running wildly about three li away. She also saw Grandma Sun being carried by her son. Uncle Ma and Uncle Song, leading the group, shouted as they ran, "Wait, wait, Brother Meng, wait." A Jiu's heart sank. She disliked Grandma Sun, and even more so, the Deng family brothers. Looking closely, she saw that the Deng brothers were not among the crowd. She didn't know what to do, so she said, "Mother, come and see."
Cai Lihua poked her head out the back window. "Oh. We still can't shake them off? Old Meng, hurry up." A Jiu understood her mother's actions. Her father whipped the horse, and the carriage began to gallop, bouncing and shaking, no less than when they were escaping from the bandits. Tuobayan, being clever, realized he couldn't keep up and leaped onto the carriage, sitting on either side of Meng Shaode. Once the carriage started running, the people behind were completely out of sight.
"This group of people, not one of them is good," Cai Lihua said, pulling down the curtain. She disliked everyone from Xinghua Village. She still remembered their faces.
The sun rose in the east, and by the time it was high in the sky, the carriage finally stopped. "I can't take it anymore. It's too hot." Meng Shaode, who was just acting as a coachman without much effort, was already unbearably hot. A Jiu then realized that her family had been fleeing for two months without her noticing. It was now August or September, the peak of the autumn heat. Perhaps it would cool down after this period.
"Daughter, water." Cai Lihua wasn't worried; her daughter had her space. A Jiu took a waterskin from her embrace and handed it to her mother. Cai Lihua grabbed her daughter's collar and looked inside. It was flat, with no room for a waterskin. Seeing this, she smiled knowingly. This girl must have taken it from her space. No, when they reached Nanming City, she would buy more waterskins for her daughter to carry water. Then she'd sell each waterskin of water for ten copper coins.
"Mother, what are you doing?" A Jiu was so embarrassed that she quickly covered her chest. Her dirty little face flushed red to her neck. Cai Lihua then noticed that her daughter had developed. "Daughter, don't be scared. Mother has been through this. I'll tell you what to pay attention to later." With that, she first handed the water to Meng Shaode, who was driving. When she pulled back, she couldn't help but ask, "Jiu'er, does it hurt?"