Wang Yarou saw this and also took out crystal cores from her backpack. She had just seen someone holding an egg pancake.
That was a genuine egg pancake, not her illusion.
The others in the team, like them, also began to take crystal cores or gold and silver items from their backpacks.
Looking at the crystal cores, Fu Xinci glanced at the captain and the others. She saw Fatty’s eyes were burning with desire, and even Uncle Xu and Uncle Sun were signaling her to trade.
Fu Xinci’s lips curved slightly. Following the previous exchange rate, she gave them the corresponding flour, rice, and vegetables, a piece of fresh pork belly, and a jar of salted duck eggs.
Seeing the increasingly bright eyes of the people on the other side, so fiery that they seemed to pierce through the screen, Fu Xinci generously added an extra egg pancake to each of them.
As these items were traded, Brother Zhang’s back instantly straightened. The defeated posture, once bent by the hardships of life, vanished in an instant.
The speed of this transformation was too rapid. If it hadn’t been for seeing everything with their own eyes, right in front of their companions, they wouldn’t have believed what they were seeing was real.
“This change of expression is on a master level.”
“Anyone who encounters such a situation wouldn’t be able to stay calm. Brother, wouldn’t you agree!”
“Mm.”
Brother Zhang on the other side, leaving only the egg pancakes for his companions, quickly stored the remaining food into his storage ring.
His movements were so fast that anyone unaware would think he was robbing a gold store.
Fatty silently cupped his hands, admitting defeat.
Xiao Ai, however, chimed in, “If we were in this situation, we might be even faster than him.” After saying this, she looked at Xinci deeply.
Mm.
Without Xinci, their lives would likely be the same.
The captain agreed; he knew better than anyone what it was like to be exhausted.
Liu Xiaofei, however, didn’t care about anything else. He grabbed an egg pancake with one hand and buried his head in eating it, taking a bite and savoring it slowly, only wishing to find the taste of his mother.
Wang Yarou took a delicate bite of the egg pancake, slowly enjoying the aroma of real food.
“I never thought I’d be able to eat real food again in my lifetime.” Saying this, she couldn’t continue.
Her companions around her could empathize. For a moment, apart from the sound of chewing, no other sound could be heard.
Brother Zhang, however, didn’t eat immediately, even though he was very hungry and his mouth was watering profusely.
But he still needed to confirm one thing with Little Miss Fu. He cautiously raised his head, putting on what he thought was his most sincere smile, first cupping his hands towards the Dragon Soaring members, and then said to Fu Xinci.
“Little Miss Fu, can we trade regularly from now on?”
Brother Zhang’s words were exactly what Fu Xinci wanted to hear, and she readily agreed. “Yes, we can.”
Brother Zhang was stunned when he heard this. He hadn’t expected Little Miss Fu to agree so quickly.
But this stunned look only lasted a few seconds. Because they were facing each other, Fu Xinci felt as if she saw spring blooming.
Good heavens, to see spring blooming on a middle-aged man’s weathered face, she didn’t know how to describe it.
Fatty was even more exaggerated, “Wife, we really shouldn’t keep looking, or you’ll have nightmares tonight.”
Before Xiao Ai could reply, the captain and Xu Jiacan moved like a copy-paste, standing in front of their wives.
Fu Xinci was force-fed a double dose of public displays of affection and didn’t want to stay any longer. She wanted to go home and get some kisses and hugs from Brother Qi.
The reason for going home was ready: “The sun is about to set, I need to go back, or my family will worry.”
With that sentence, no one dared to stop her, and they all urged her to be careful on the road.
“Okay.”
Fu Xinci left the crystal cores for the captain and the others, then happily went home.
Qi Yuanshan returned at dinner time. Seeing his father’s livid face, Qi He knew something big had happened. He moved closer and quietly asked, “Dad?”
“Mm.”
Fu Xinci saw her father-in-law’s face as dark as dripping water and quickly signaled to Qi He.
“Dad, let’s eat first. We can talk about anything after we’ve eaten.”
“Mm.”
With two consecutive “mm”s, Fu Xinci knew the seriousness of the situation. Since she got married, she had had the most somber dinner.
The father and son talked about something in the room, making Qi He exclaim several times, “Shameless! How could they say such a thing? They are truly shameless!”
Then he heard Qi Yuanshan say, “Dad refused at the time. If they insist on their way, Dad will just give up this thousand-household position and our family will flee to Dragon City.”
“Mm, I’ll listen to Dad.”
“Xiao He, tell your wife later. Dad will go ahead and give your father and the others a heads-up. We can all leave together, worst case scenario?”
“Mm.”
Both Qi He and his father were good-natured. For them to be so angry that they were considering moving to Dragon City, it was clear that the matter had crossed their bottom line.
When Qi He returned to the room and told his wife the whole story, Fu Xinci was so angry she found it funny.
“Do these people put the word ‘shameless’ on their faces wherever they go? Otherwise, how could they do such shameless things?”
“Not only shameless, but also deserving of a beating.”
Fu Xinci had known Qi He for so many years, and this was the first time she heard him curse.
It turned out that General Zhang had sent a rider to the capital with a memorial, describing himself as pitifully tragic.
It was said that the memorial was written with such vivid imagery that the Vice Minister of War shed tears.
He submitted the memorial overnight, embellishing General Zhang’s miserable state with great pathos.
The Emperor, greatly moved, said with red eyes in front of the Vice Minister of War, “I will consider it.”
Then he secretly sent someone to Beijiang to deliver a handwritten note to General Liu, asking in a consultative tone if Miss Fu could go and help General Zhang resist the Japanese pirates.
General Liu, in front of the guards, cursed General Zhang, “Truly shameless! A bunch of grown men, asking a newlywed wife to help them fight? Do they have any shame? How did their mouths open? Aren’t they afraid their tongues will be twisted by the strong wind?”
The guard who delivered the note was stunned by General Liu’s scolding, and he forgot what the Emperor had secretly instructed.
After General Liu had vented his anger, he wrote a reply to the Emperor and had the guard who delivered the note take it back.
Fu Xinci listened to Qi He’s explanation and said sarcastically, “Heh, they’re really thinking prettily. I’ll go alone without a single soldier or any military provisions. If we win, the court and General Zhang will both gain face and prestige.”
“They are too shameless, too brazen.”
“Heh, they still have the nerve to talk about reputation.” Fu Xinci’s smile was a little cold. “They say the deities in the temples can save all beings. People with greater reputations than me are as tall as dozens of houses. Why don’t they carry the Buddha statues to fight the enemy? Even if they don’t use the many military officials in the court, they actually want me, a little woman, to go? What were they thinking? Did they take the wrong medicine?”