Du Min stepped forward a few paces, her face flushing with embarrassment, and asked, "Can I call you... Little Sheng younger sister?"
"Of course! I'd be delighted!" Bai Sheng giggled. If possible, this Sister Du might be the first friend she would make after transmigrating to another world.
Under the moonlight, Du Min looked at Bai Sheng and struggled to speak, "Little Sheng, Feng Gege and I... actually... we have never intentionally harmed anyone, except for those beasts who killed my son! The things we ate were already thoroughly dead... we only did it to survive. I hope Little Sheng younger sister won't... won't look down on us."
Bai Sheng understood what she was referring to. She said softly, "I believe Sister Du's words, but—" She wanted to persuade them not to eat human corpses anymore, as it would be bad for their bodies. However, she couldn't bring herself to say it, as they had nothing else to eat besides that. Besides, she wasn't yet familiar enough with them to immediately support them. It was only through shared experiences and the test of time that people could truly become friends who completely trusted each other. For now, she only had a good impression of Du Min.
Du Min felt a wave of relief. She smiled and said, "I'm happy enough that you don't dislike us. You've had a tiring day, go back and rest quickly."
"Yes, Sister Du, you should also rest early!" Bai Sheng waved goodbye and turned to leave.
Du Min vigilantly scanned her surroundings, tightly clutched the items in her hand, and returned to the thatched pavilion.
"Husband! Husband! Water!" Du Min lowered her voice, unable to help but call out to Feng Pingyuan.
"Water? Where did the water come from?" Feng Pingyuan was shocked. Apart from the dew on the cactus in the morning, he hadn't had a good drink of water in many days.
"It was given by that little lady Bai Sheng yesterday, along with four cakes," Du Min's hands trembled with excitement.
"Are we... have we met a kind person?" Feng Pingyuan's voice also trembled slightly. "Min'er, you drink first. Let's each take a few sips, don't drink it all at once."
"You drink first!" Du Min handed the water skin to Feng Pingyuan.
Feng Pingyuan did not refuse. He eagerly picked up the water skin and carefully took several sips.
"Ah—" Feng Pingyuan couldn't help but let out a sigh of extreme comfort as he pulled his mouth away from the water skin. After a few mouthfuls of water, he felt his body immediately regain its strength.
Du Min also drank a few sips, then sealed the opening of the water skin. The couple placed the four cakes and the remaining water between them and lay down again.
"Husband?"
"Hmm?"
"I suddenly... don't want to leave here anymore. Little lady Bai Sheng said that scorpions and snakes in the desert can be eaten..." In the darkness, Du Min's face was filled with determination.
"Alright, then... we'll stay here." Feng Pingyuan held his wife's hand.
That night, Lu Ye pressed the sleeping points of his three siblings. Bai Sheng brought them and all their belongings into the space. Bai Sheng suddenly remembered that she hadn't fed the little wolf cub since putting it into the space yesterday, and she broke out in a cold sweat. Had the little wolf cub... already...? She asked Lu Ye to guard the entrance and immediately took a cake and a bamboo bowl into the space.
Indeed, the little wolf cub was so hungry that its limbs were weak, and it lay limply on the ground like a little meatball, whimpering softly. Hengheng guardedly stayed by its side. Seeing Bai Sheng, it looked at her resentfully, "Master, thankfully Hengheng eats grass and doesn't need you to feed it, otherwise I would have starved to death."
Bai Sheng apologized, "There were too many things today, I just forgot. Why didn't you remind me?"
Hengheng sighed, "Master, we are currently on a one-way connection. Only when you initiate contact with me can we communicate. I cannot contact you on my own."
Bai Sheng hadn't thought of that. She asked, "How can we have a two-way connection?"
"It's very simple. You are the master of the space. Just say it solemnly, allowing the space administrator to contact you."
You silly pig! Why didn't you say so earlier! Bai Sheng immediately shot Hengheng a fierce glare. Never mind, considering it was farming and taking care of the wolf cub, Bai Sheng decided to suppress the urge to beat the pig and be a gentle and benevolent master. So, she took a few deep breaths and said through gritted teeth to Hengheng in a loud voice, "I allow the space administrator Hengheng to contact the master!"
"Yes, Master, system functions activated!" Hengheng let out a pig snort.
After this matter was settled, Hengheng suddenly remembered something else that it had forgotten to tell the master. It quietly walked a few steps away, adopting a posture that allowed for quick escape, and hesitantly said to Bai Sheng, "Master, actually... actually... after you activate the two-way connection between us, I can help you scout the situation outside the space at any time."
"You mean..." Bai Sheng put her hands on her hips, her eyes narrowing, "You can see what's happening outside the space? Including my blind spots?"
Hengheng nodded, "Yes, Master, within 100 meters."
"Bi-g—p-i-g—" Bai Sheng was so angry she jumped up and down. This clumsy pig actually only told her about such an important function now, which made her afraid to enter and exit the space freely every time.
Hengheng took to its heels and ran, shouting back as it ran, "Master, hurry up and feed the little wolf cub! It peed more than a hundred times after drinking water all day! It's almost completely dehydrated!"
Bai Sheng held her forehead. Fine, she'd deal with the important matters first. As for beating the big fat pig, there would be plenty of time later!
Bai Sheng quickly tore off a piece of cake and placed it in the bamboo bowl, mixing it into a paste with spirit spring water.
"Come, little wolf cub, time to eat," Bai Sheng placed the bamboo bowl in front of the little wolf cub. The little wolf cub whined, wiggled, and shakily stood up, then began to frantically lick the paste.
"From now on, your name will be Heavy Rain," Bai Sheng said, stroking the little wolf cub's head. The little wolf cub raised its head, stuck out its tongue, and licked Bai Sheng's hand as if to act spoiled, whimpering twice as if in agreement.
After Heavy Rain finished eating, Bai Sheng went to check on the crops. The wheat and corn that Hengheng had planted in the afternoon had already sprouted by evening. Bai Sheng watered them with some spirit spring water with her left hand, hoping they would grow faster. Hengheng had angered the master earlier and was now diligently digging the ground to seek forgiveness, secretly observing Bai Sheng's expression while it dug.
"Hengheng, come here!" Bai Sheng beckoned to Hengheng. Hengheng stopped digging and raised its timid pig head, "Master, you... you won't hit me, will you?"
Bai Sheng rolled her eyes helplessly, "I won't hit you." Hengheng then trotted over, snorting.
"Hengheng, I need to tell you some things," Bai Sheng squatted by the side of the field, fiddling with a seedling. "First, I've named the little wolf cub Heavy Rain. Remember to call it Heavy Rain from now on."
Alas, Master, why give the little wolf cub a weather-related name? If you call it "Heavy Rain, Heavy Rain" every day, how many people would rush home to collect their quilts! It would have been better to call it Rou Rou, so cute! However, Hengheng only dared to complain in its heart.
"Secondly, in a while, we plan to dig a well and build houses, which will require a lot of money. Therefore, I plan to grow more grain, vegetables, and fruits. You need to work hard to reclaim land during this period."
"Yes, Master!"
"Make sure to plan the areas well: farmland, vegetable patches, fruit tree areas. Don't make a mess of it!"
"Yes, Master!"
"Alright, that's all. Work hard!" Bai Sheng patted Hengheng's pig head. Although she didn't know what benefits the space administrator would receive for doing so much work, she believed that she and Hengheng would prosper and suffer together.
"Don't worry, Master. As the most capable pig in the world, Hengheng will definitely not disappoint you!" Looking at Hengheng's retreating back, its pig hair flying and its fat shaking, Bai Sheng felt quite gratified.