Who Would Have Thought a Tree Could Run?

Zhou Wanwan had never seen anyone turn the tables like this before.

She put down her chopsticks, looked at them, and said:

Why were you bitten by the fish?

We've lived here for so long and we've never been bitten by a fish!

That's because you wanted to eat fish, but you accidentally fell into the pond.

You all know very well what happened today.

They clearly wanted to eat dog meat, but they didn't expect to run into a pack of wolves.

You guys are really stupid, you can't even tell the difference between a dog and a wolf, is it my fault?

Qian Huihui looked at her and said:

"No, I'm not blaming you. They were just too naughty. Wanwan, do you have any medicine here?"

If we have them, we're willing to buy them.

Zhou Qingzhou was bitten by a wolf, and the wound is now very serious.

Zhou Wanwan looked at her with a half-smile and said:

"Yes, of course there is. Ordinary medicine costs ten taels of silver, but this kind of medicine isn't very effective."

A mediocre medicine, 50 taels of silver, barely enough!

The best medicine is different, but it costs two hundred taels of silver. However, I can guarantee that it will be very effective.

If his wound doesn't heal, he can come to me again.

Qian Huihui gritted her teeth, took out a purse from her bosom, and said, "There are twenty taels of gold inside. Take a look."

Zhou Wanwan glanced at it and nodded, saying:

"Okay, this bottle of medicine is yours. Also, dinner tonight is free for you."

We're all family, no need to be so polite!

Old Madam Zhou was so angry that she trembled all over. Only after returning to her thatched hut did she finally burst into tears.

"What a terrible thing! I've never seen anyone like this before, getting the benefit and then acting innocent."

We've only been in their mountain stronghold for a short time, how much money have we already spent?

"Twenty taels of gold in one go! Third son's wife! You shouldn't have given that money."

Qian Huihui's tears also flowed:

"Mother, Qingzhou is unconscious. What can I do?"

It's okay, as long as he gets better, I'm willing to spend any amount of money.

As long as we keep our green hills, we'll never run out of firewood. As long as we figure out what's going on in the mountain stronghold.

"Then, this mountain stronghold will be ours."

Zhou Wanwan scoffed coldly; so that was what Qian Huihui was planning.

The Old Scholar Tree shook its leaves and said, "Wanwan, what do we do next?"

Zhou Wanwan was too lazy to pay attention to these people. She was about to go to the Northern Desert, so naturally she wouldn't let them stay here any longer.

These people are like time bombs, ready to explode at any moment.

Who knows what they might do?

So naturally, we have to take them home tonight.

Zhou Wanwan tossed a handful of incense sticks, and soon everyone fell asleep.

Zhou Wanwan had the trees carry them all back.

When the people of Zhou Family Village woke up the next day, they were already lying in their houses.

Old Madam Zhou rubbed her eyes and said, "We're back?"

Qian Huihui nodded and said, "How did they manage that? We were still at the mountain stronghold last night."

Zhou Fu'an said:

"I feel more at ease living in my own home. Living in a mountain village always makes me feel uneasy."

This was like a nightmare; I never want to go to that knock-off place again.

The little girls next to them kept nodding; they were terrified this time too.

Qian Huihui sighed and said:

"After all that effort and spending so much money, we haven't managed to gather any information at all."

How am I going to explain this to the county magistrate?

Old Madam Zhou squinted and said, "Then let's embellish it and make things up!"

Old Madam Zhou went to find Cheng Xiao early in the morning. Cheng Xiao looked at her and said, "You're back? You really went to the mountain stronghold?"

Old Madam Zhou nodded and said:

"We did go to the mountain village, and the houses there were huge!"

Moreover, there was a school inside, and in front of the house was a pond where all sorts of red fish were raised.

Anyway, that mountain stronghold was very rich, but unfortunately we don't know what happened yesterday, we were driven down from the stronghold by them."

Cheng Xiao looked at her and said, "How could you not know what happened? You were just kicked out of the mountain stronghold in a daze?"

Old Madam Zhou sighed and said:

"We have absolutely no idea what happened last night."

I went to bed early last night, and when I woke up this morning, I was already in the village.

I really don't know what happened last night.

Cheng Xiao said speechlessly:

"In other words, you went to the mountain stronghold and didn't find out anything useful."

How exactly did you get to the mountain stronghold?

Old Madam Zhou shook her head and said:

"Actually, I'm quite puzzled too. I don't know how I got to the mountain village."

I fell asleep, and when we woke up again, we were already in the mountain stronghold.

Jiang Wu couldn't help but shake his head and say, "I'm afraid they didn't want you to know how you got to Black Wind Stronghold, so they deliberately drugged you."

Cheng Xiao was furious. These bandits were utterly lawless, but he was completely powerless against them.

Zhou Wanwan lay in the treehouse, sleeping soundly.

Zhou Qingyan looked at the scenery outside and said:

Why do I feel like this Old Scholar Tree is running faster and faster?

Last time, I felt it wasn't even as fast as a carriage, but now it's definitely much faster than a carriage.

Zhou Qingchen nodded and said:

Strange things happen every year, but this year there seem to be more than usual. Who would have thought a tree could run? And run so fast!

How do you think it runs so fast?

The Old Scholar Tree is now much faster than a horse-drawn carriage; its root system is like countless legs, running non-stop without getting tired.

In particular, the energy supplements he receives Wanwan are very sufficient, allowing him to run all night.

The treehouse was very sturdy and didn't shake at all, so Zhou Wanwan fell asleep in no time.

When she woke up the next morning, Gu Sinian looked at her and said, "Wanwan, we've arrived in the Northern Desert. It feels like a dream."

Zhou Wanwan looked outside and saw endless, undulating sand dunes stretching as far as the eye could see.

The world was empty, nothing but yellow sand, not even a decent tree could be seen.

There wasn't even a trace of it in the bushes or shrubs.

Zhou Wanwan couldn't help but sigh, "I was originally planning to find some plants to ask for directions, but this Northern Desert is really vast. No wonder Pei Yong suffered a loss here!"

The Northern Desert is simply too vast, and there is no water. If you were to rashly enter the desert, you could easily get trapped there.

If you're trapped in the desert without water or anything to drink, you can't last long at all.

But the people of the Northern Desert Kingdom are different. They have lived in the desert since childhood and know best how to tell directions.

Just as Zhou Wanwan was about to leave, she suddenly heard the sound of whips coming from afar.

Then they saw a group of Northern Desert people, whips in their hands, pulling Han Chinese people along behind them, saying, "You four-legged sheep, hurry up and get going, don't waste my time, I'm very busy."