Fortunately, the visitor was not ill-intentioned and quickly took two rabbits from Fu Xin Ci.
Weighing them, the smile on his face deepened. "The little girl has good luck, these two rabbits are quite plump. It just so happens that I'm heading into town and haven't decided what to eat tonight. Little girl, would you be willing to part with these two rabbits and sell them to me?"
The visitor spoke to himself, and without waiting for Fu Xin Ci's reply, took out a money pouch from his embrace and tossed it to Fu Xin Ci without even looking.
"Little girl, we shall meet again."
After speaking, the visitor left as gently as he had arrived, with a wave of his hand, leaving only a money pouch.
When Fu Xin Ci got up from the ground, those few people had already urged their horses to Wu Lao Da and the others, stopped, and asked a few questions, seemingly very interested in the goods they were carrying. They dismounted and examined the cargo, then left a message for them to find him at Cao Family's Warehouses in town tomorrow.
Not to mention Wu Lao Da and the others who were overjoyed, their speech becoming incoherent. If they hadn't been mindful of their masculine image, their molars would have been showing.
Fu Xin Ci looked at the backs of those people, then at the money pouch clutched in her hand. Judging by its weight, she knew it must contain quite a few taels of silver.
Exchanging two rabbits for so much silver, she had clearly gotten the better deal, and Fu Xin Ci was quite happy.
Qi He put on his clothes and hurried over, seeing his sister Fu looking at him with a smile as if she had made a huge profit.
"Sister Fu?" Qi He really wanted to ask his sister Fu how she possessed such incredible qinggong.
However, considering this might be sister Fu's secret, he didn't ask.
"Brother Qi, look, that person used this money pouch to take away the two rabbits I caught. Wasn't that a good deal for us?"
"It was a good deal, but now we have no rabbits to eat."
"Catching rabbits isn't difficult," Fu Xin Ci said, gripping the money pouch firmly, and then sprinted off in one direction.
Qi He: "Sister Fu, wait for me."
"Hush." Fu Xin Ci glanced back, making a gesture for him to be quiet, without even stopping her pursuit.
She was becoming increasingly satisfied with her wood-element ability, and she had discovered its intricacies: the more abundant the vegetation, the smoother her wood-element ability was.
Just like when she ran through the bean fields or the grass, her speed was comparable to riding a skateboard, incredibly fast.
And those weeds and bean sprouts, each one seemed to possess life and obeyed her commands, entangling the rabbits she chased until they had nowhere to escape.
Under the setting sun, the girl's figure, appearing and disappearing in the distance, was as light and agile as a sprite dancing in the twilight glow.
Meng Yu Tang also stopped washing, scrambled ashore haphazardly, put on his clothes, and went to chase his older sister.
The Meng Qi Shan brothers did the same, nimbly dressing and chasing after her, almost forgetting Qi Ren in the river. Fortunately, Meng Qing Huai was there, otherwise, Qi Ren would have cried.
Meng Qing Ping was also stunned. When had his granddaughter developed such excellent skills? He had no idea.
Fu Yu: He couldn't quite believe what he was seeing. He rubbed his eyes vigorously until they were red, but still couldn't believe that the small figure gracefully moving in the setting sun was his quiet and well-behaved daughter.
Yu Er watched her sister's movements, her small body seemingly frozen, her eyes following her sister's movements without stopping.
It was Meng Qing Ping who reacted first. Seeing his granddaughter's steps, lighter than a rabbit's, moving across the tips of the grass, he could no longer remain calm and quickly called out to his son not to wash. "Yu Er, hurry and get dressed!"
"Yes."
In front of so many people, he couldn't explain too much. He just wanted to find a place where no one could see to have a good talk with his granddaughter. From now on, she was not allowed to run like this in front of everyone; it would arouse suspicion.
Fu Xin Ci was only happy that her wood-element ability was so powerful that she hadn't realized her actions were a bit alarming.
Especially the way those people looked at her, it was different from before.
Qi He and the others were utterly impressed, wishing they could kneel and kowtow to her, begging to be accepted as a disciple to learn her unparalleled qinggong.
Fu Xin Ci was unaware of what had happened. Following her grandfather's instructions, she finally understood that she had frightened everyone.
"Ci Er, you must learn to hide your abilities," Meng Qing Ping was not an obstinate person. His granddaughter had been raised and taught by him personally. He knew his granddaughter's disposition like the back of his hand.
It was just that on the road to Liaodong, his granddaughter had an unspeakable fortuitous encounter, and her personality had undergone some changes. These changes were all for the better, forged in hardship, and he could only admire and be comforted by them.
Just like the speed at which his granddaughter ran just now, so fast that others were astonished, and some even found it hard to accept.
He, on the other hand, was different. With the divine being from a thousand years later as a precedent, he wouldn't be too surprised if his granddaughter could "pluck the moon from the ninth heaven" or "capture the tortoise from the North Sea."
However, he also knew that while his not being surprised was normal, others wouldn't understand. And he couldn't tell anyone about his granddaughter's fortuitous encounter.
He didn't want others to treat his granddaughter as an anomaly, or worse, for those in power to find out and have demands of her.
Human greed is insatiable. He didn't want his granddaughter's life to be confined to a gilded cage.
Therefore, he had to teach his granddaughter to hide her abilities.
After listening to her grandfather's teachings, Fu Xin Ci finally understood that she had been careless.
This was not the apocalypse.
In the apocalypse, people with special abilities were everywhere. Her space ability in the apocalypse was considered a supplementary ability, not as satisfying as combat abilities, and she herself was very displeased with it.
Now, with the wood-element ability of that born scoundrel, she had become a bit conceited and forgotten her current situation.
Alas, could this be considered her being small-minded, unable to hide even a little bit of surprise?
Since she knew where she had gone wrong, Fu Xin Ci straightened her attitude and sincerely promised her grandfather that she would not make the same mistake again.
Meng Qing Ping then explained the pros and cons of the matter to his granddaughter. She had barely listened when, after her grandfather finished speaking, Fu Xin Ci was startled.
That was close. If some powerful figures had discovered her secret, she might indeed have been kept as a pet.
The thought of a life without freedom was worse than death to her, and Fu Xin Ci's expression changed repeatedly.
Meng Qing Ping's original intention was just to make his granddaughter understand the seriousness of the matter, but he hadn't expected to frighten her.
Seeing that his granddaughter remained silent for a long time, Meng Qing Ping became a little flustered. Just as he was about to comfort her, he heard her murmur, "Grandfather, I will be extra careful from now on and try my best not to make the same mistake today."
"Yes, Ci Er, it's good that you understand."
Fu Xin Ci had witnessed the deceit and treachery in the apocalypse, and she knew clearly why she had come to this alternate era.