Before Xiaopang and Xue An talked about the Thirteen Cities of Divine Blessing, including Drifting Snow City, they all said that they were all very grand and huge cities, and Xue An was still a little disdainful, after all, he had also seen those big cities with a population of tens of millions in his previous life. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But after entering the city gate, Xue An knew that what Xiaopang said was true.

There is no end in sight to a straight road, and on the left side of the road are dense houses built on the hills, and on the right side of the road is an endless stretch of flat land, scattered with some crops, and many people dressed as farmers are sowing or harvesting.

Chubby explained that Drifting Snow City is actually divided into two parts, the residential area and the Four Seasons Garden. The flat land on the right side of the road is the Four Seasons Garden, which occupies half of the area of Drifting Snow City, and supplies food to hundreds of thousands of people in Drifting Snow City with the help of blood jade.

The reason why such a little land in the city can produce enough food is because under the ripening of blood jade, no matter what kind of food is planted, it can go from germination to harvest in about a cup of tea, and the particles are full and not afraid of insect plagues, there is no need to weed and repel insects, water and fertilize, and the manpower required is only in sowing and harvesting, and an average blood jade can mature the rations required by a man in the prime of life for a year.

In the past, the Four Seasons Garden was always very busy, each family came here with seeds and blood jade to ripen the grain, and for a time the green sprouts and golden ears in the field could be seen at the same time, hence the name Four Seasons Garden. Today, most of the expeditionary forces have not collected enough blood jade, and there is not much blood jade stored in every household in the city, so I saw this somewhat bleak scene.

Xue An didn't know how to get to Xue's mansion, and was led by Xiaopang through the residential area on the left side of the road. The road is far and runs through almost the entire residential area. Because most of the people who lived near the Four Seasons Garden were poor families who had to help people sow and harvest to make a living, and old nobles like the Xue family, who had controlled Drifting Snow City before the bloody rain disaster, lived deep in the residential area.

Along the way, I also saw some small markets and shops, although they were not prosperous, but they also met the needs of such a large city where hundreds of thousands of people lived, but most of the pedestrians were thin and ragged, and their health and mental state were not too good, and they obviously looked short of food and clothing.

It may take a few years for a city that doesn't rely on blood jade to recover, but in Drifting Snow City, as long as most of the expeditionary forces return with a full load, it will quickly improve, and those blood jades that have been exchanged for young lives will really melt into the veins like fresh blood, allowing Drifting Snow City to regain its vitality again.

Similarly, so is the Xue family. When Xue An stood at the door of the Xue Mansion with a blood jade bag on his back, this big family that had been covered with clouds for more than ten days suddenly became active again.

"Young Master An is back! Young Master An is back!"

The crisp girl is very penetrating, and everyone up and down is shocked.

Just when Xue An was standing at the door and didn't know how to greet those cousins and cousins who had never known each other when he entered the door, the door of Xue's mansion opened, and more than 100 people from the whole family walked out together, and even Granny Hua personally greeted the door with Mingyue's support

"The little young master has worked the expedition!" Granny Hua's voice was a little hoarse, but she still puffed up her breath.

She has been adopted by the Xue Mansion as a "distant relative" since she was seven years old, and she has been eighty-one years old, and she has seen the four generations of the Xue family go on countless expeditions to the wilderness to fight for the livelihood of the whole family, and countless times in front of the Xue Mansion waiting for those Zheng men to escape from the fierce beast air and return with a full load. Now that the delicate young master of the Xue family is broken, he can still not lose the face of the Xue family, he is really happy and full of emotion.

"Young Master An's expedition is hard!" everyone behind him echoed in unison, because there were mostly women in the house, the voice was a little soft, but it was still very loud. Everyone looked at Xue An's bulging blood jade bag behind him, and they were all a little excited. I thought that after the head of the Xue family suddenly disappeared, the towering tree in the Xue Mansion might collapse with a bang, but I didn't expect that Young Master An, who was not optimistic about anyone, would be so angry.

The atmosphere was very warm for a while, people like Granny Hua and Xiaoju, who were close to Xue An, were naturally very happy to see Xue An's safe return, and the rest of the people who didn't have much contact on weekdays also felt that this full return proved that Xue An also had the ability to support the Xue family, so they could stay in the Xue family safely without being afraid of starvation. Naturally, everyone was happy, and Xue An was surrounded into the mansion before he could think about how to return the gift.

First of all, he knelt down to worship the ancestral tablet, thanked the ancestors for their protection, and was able to return safely. Xue An knelt in front of him, stumbling and saying, "Ninety-two generations of grandchildren of the Xue family, thank you for the protection of your ancestors and ancestors", and more than 100 people behind him had to cooperate with kowtowing, the whole process was tedious and dull, only a few old people who had lived in the rules all their lives, including Granny Hua, showed a smile on their faces.

Then it was much easier.

Mingle, feast. There is no shortage of idlers in the Xue Mansion, usually with the names of the distant relatives of the Xue family in the Xue Mansion to eat and drink, but in fact they are just children adopted by the Xue Mansion from poor families who do not have enough to eat, at this time they will naturally not contribute to the effort, the cooks who can cook, the singers who can sing songs, and those who don't know anything also help serve the dishes, the efficiency is much faster than on weekdays, and Xue An was ready for a while after sitting down.

The food is naturally good, whether it is fish or vegetables, it just looks very exquisite. Two blood jades preparing a meal was already a luxury that Xue Mansion hadn't seen for a long time. Coupled with the recent shortage of blood jade in the mansion, Granny Hua ordered the kitchen to cut the amount of food at each meal, and everyone in the Xue Mansion was inevitably starving. Although the cousins and cousins all maintained the dignified posture of Xue Mansion in front of Granny Hua, their eyes only fell on the fish, and only Xiaoju happily jumped next to Xue Ansheng and was reluctant to sit down at the table.

Granny Hua sat next to Xue An, holding Xue An's chubby hand, trying to blink her eyes to see the traces of wind and frost on Xue An's face. She has no children or grandchildren, and has spent her whole life managing the Xue Mansion, and Xue An's father and son are her children and grandchildren. At the beginning, the city lord of Drifting Snow City ordered the expeditionary force, although she knew that Xue An's pampered habits were likely to die in the wasteland, but for the sake of the Xue family's thousand-year-old reputation, she still endured and did not use the relationship of the Xue family to exempt Xue An from this military service.

"Granny Hua, what are you crying about, isn't it a great thing that Young Master An will return safely. Mingyue, who was standing on the side, hurriedly persuaded.

"Yes, that's a great thing. I'm afraid that the little master is hungry for a long time, so let's eat quickly. ”

Granny Hua only said this to Xue An, and her tone would not be so soft when dealing with other distant relatives in the family. Although the Xue Mansion is not hierarchical, under the extremely traditional management of Granny Hua, before the main family finishes eating, those cousins and cousins who have been adopted by the Xue family under the name of the Xue family naturally dare not move the chopsticks.

Xue An naturally noticed those "distant relatives" who could only swallow saliva at the food and didn't dare to eat, but he didn't dare to speak out, after all, he didn't know the reason for the first time, so it was better to follow this rule. Although it was a little awkward, I still couldn't bear to eat it with Granny Hua, Xiaoju, and several older aunts and aunts in the house. This fat man's body appetite is naturally good, and in the past few days, he has consumed too much to escape, although he endured his appetite, he still ate a lot of wind circles, and the cousins and cousins on the side were very heartbroken but did not dare to show it on their faces.

It wasn't until Xue An, the last aunt at the main table, put down the chopsticks, and Granny Hua waved her hand, and the food on the table was all removed and placed on the tables of the cousins and cousins below. Six hundred years since the Blood Rain Disaster, even the most generous big family will not waste food, after all, every blood jade was brought back by narrowly escaped death, and it is really not an exaggeration to say that it was exchanged for life.

Granny Hua was old, and she was a little tired during her mood swings, so she was supported by Mingyue and went back to the house. The atmosphere in the courtyard was much more lively, and there were even many cousins and cousins who left the table to talk to Xue An with the intention of getting acquainted with the head of the family, and Xue An also prevaricated one by one with the help of Xiaopang.

The little orange man was a big ghost, and secretly leaned next to Xue An and said to Xue An: "Brother An, don't be confused by these big sisters in the family, they all want to be a wife for their brother and the mother of the Xue family, brother should be careful!"

Xue An smiled, thinking that Xue Mansion didn't seem to be as difficult to integrate as he imagined.

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At the same time, outside the city gates, above the wilderness. Tian Laosan was alone, staggering in the direction of Drifting Snow City.

Tian Laosan was covered in injuries, and the state of soul awakening could no longer be maintained. The most serious wound was in the abdomen, where a leaking intestine could almost be seen in the blood, and the wound turned outward, obviously under the claws of a huge beast.

However, the other injuries on his body did not look like they were the work of a ferocious beast, the bruises on his chest, the bloody nails on his face, and especially the two rows of fine tooth marks on his shoulders, all of which were obviously left by humans.

From the drifting snow to the snow stopping, from dawn to dark, Tian Laosan's luck was very good and he didn't encounter the fierce beast again, but first saw the vague shadow of the snowy city in the distance. The tense nerves snapped, and the pace slowed down more and more. Untied a bloodstained bag from behind, carefully untied it, touched each blood jade with trembling hands, and whispered to himself:

"Big brother and second brother, it's me who is wrong, I apologize to you. But although you didn't forgive me when you were alive, don't bother me after you die, if I am annoyed by you again, who will support my parents. Don't worry, since I used your life to plug the wolf's mouth, then I will do what you want for you.

I will definitely live in one more room for you in the big house you should live in, I will eat more wine and meat for you, I will play a few more women for you who should play, and I will take care of my sister-in-law and sister-in-law.

Of course, that damn Fat Xue, I'll kill you too!"