The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket!-Chapter 1161 - 984, Good Luck

"Mom, it’s so salty!"

Daozi saw Daohua grab a handful of white crystals at the edge of the lake and take a taste, so he followed suit. But after just one lick, he quickly spat it out repeatedly.

However, Daohua was delighted: "It really is a salt lake!"

The salt needed for food in Xiliang had always been transported from other places. If this salt lake could be developed, it would save Xiliang a considerable amount of expenses.

"Son, we mother and son are really lucky!"

Daohua hugged Daozi, rubbing her head against his.

Daozi wasn’t interested in the salt lake, but seeing his mother happy, he too began to smile broadly.

Afterward, Daohua started to set up a tent by the salt lake, all the while telling Daozi about the uses of the salt lake.

A peaceful night passed, and upon waking up the next day, Daohua wasn’t sure whether to keep going.

She and her son had been in the Gobi Desert for four days now and still hadn’t found their way out, so she wasn’t sure if she had taken the wrong direction.

After some thought, Daohua decided to rest by the salt lake for a day.

During a particularly dull moment, Daohua took Daozi to collect a good amount of firewood and returned to start a fire. She demonstrated the process of heating saltwater and evaporating it into solid salt crystals.

As noon approached, Dog Xiaoyi suddenly barked loudly and charged off in one direction.

Daohua was startled, thinking Dog Xiaoyi had detected an animal approaching. She quickly held Daozi tight and took out the crossbow arrows Xiao Yeyang had prepared for her self-defense, keeping a wary eye in the direction Dog Xiaoyi had run off to.

It wasn’t long before Daohua heard the rapid sound of horse hooves, and soon after, she saw a group of cavalry appear on the horizon, led by none other than Xiao Yeyang.

"Mom, it’s Dad, Dad has come to save us."

Daozi shouted excitedly.

Daohua’s expression relaxed as she put away the crossbow and let down her son.

As soon as Daozi’s feet touched the ground, he quickly ran towards Xiao Yeyang, shouting as he ran, "Dad, Mom and I are here!"

While Daozi ran off into the distance, Daohua quickly stowed some items into her space, leaving only a few things behind.

Seeing his wife and child safe and sound, Xiao Yeyang’s heart finally settled back into his stomach. He spurred his horse on, hastening towards his family.

"Whoa~"

Xiao Yeyang pulled the reins tightly, leaped off the horseback, and scooped up his son, who was running towards him. He inspected him and asked, "Have you and your mom been alright these past few days?"

Daozi shook his head: "Everything’s fine, Mom and I are okay."

Seeing his son in good spirits despite his dirty and wrinkled clothes, Xiao Yeyang finally felt relieved. He carried his son and strode towards Daohua.

Daohua also walked over, and as soon as she got close, Xiao Yeyang wrapped her in his arms.

Xiao Yeyang held his wife and son tight and said in a muffled voice, "You scared me to death."

Daohua hugged him back, soothing him softly, "We’re fine, aren’t we?"

Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua: "Don’t ever do this again."

Daohua knew he was referring to her heading into Wuhu Village on her own to rescue their son, and couldn’t help but offer an explanation: "Don’t you trust me? I wouldn’t put our son and myself in danger."

Xiao Yeyang said with dissatisfaction: "Then how did you end up in the Gobi Desert?"

Daohua touched her nose: "It was an accident."

Xiao Yeyang: "Exactly, an accident. Didn’t someone say that accidents are everywhere and one shouldn’t court danger recklessly?"

Knowing she was at a loss, Daohua quickly yielded: "Alright, I understand my mistake, it won’t happen again."

Xiao Yeyang snorted, admitting his mistake swiftly, but the next time something like this happened, he believed she would do it all over again.

Daozi tilted his head to look at his parents and, seeing his dad blaming his mom, he quickly nudged his dad’s chest: "Dad, as a man you should be more magnanimous, don’t bully mom!"

Xiao Yeyang glanced sideways at his son: "Which of your eyes saw me bullying your mom?"

Daozi: "Both eyes saw it. Grandfather Chu said, wives are meant to be spoiled. Don’t be too fierce, or you might scare your wife away and then you won’t have one."

Xiao Yeyang felt somewhat choked up, unable to find the words to refute his son.

With a smile in her eyes, Daohua looked at the arriving cavalry and pulled Xiao Yeyang’s arm, pointing at the salt lake: "This is a natural salt lake, Xiao Yeyang, you’ve struck it rich."

Xiao Yeyang had his attention diverted: "Salt lake?"

Daozi rushed to say: "Just now, mom was teaching me how to make salt crystals. With this salt lake, we won’t have to worry about not having salt to eat."

After that, Xiao Yeyang walked towards the salt lake with one arm around his son and holding Daohua’s hand in the other.

While walking, Daohua asked: "How did you find us?"

Xiao Yeyang: "Someone from Wuhu Village knows this Gobi desert well. With the help of Dog Xiao’er and Dog Xiaowu, we were able to find our way here. By the way, how have you been these past few days?"

Without a change in expression, Daohua said: "When we escaped, I took a camel which had water bags and some supplies tied on its back."

Xiao Yeyang heard this without sensing anything amiss.

Bandits survive by robbing travelers, and the goods tied to the camel were probably not taken off in time.

Soon, the three of them reached the spot where the tent was set up.

When they reached the salt lake, Xiao Yeyang put Daozi down and grabbed a handful of lake salt to taste.

Daohua laughed: "Such a large natural salt lake can more than meet the needs for edible salt of the people of Xiliang."

"This time we were blessed in disguise; not only did we discover this salt lake, but also, a couple of days ago, we found a peculiar stone area."

Xiao Yeyang nodded, the gains were indeed unexpected: "What kind of peculiar stone area?"

Daozi immediately pulled out a piece of top-grade gold-threaded jade from his pocket: "Dad, it’s this type."

Daohua also took out a piece. Hers was even better, a piece of fine Hetian Jade.

Xiao Yeyang exclaimed: "You and your mother have quite the luck."

Daohua: "I left some spices there; you could have Dog Xiaoyi take the cavalry to have a look."

Xiao Yeyang: "No rush, after sending you two back to the Prince Residence, I will personally take people to check it out."

For Xiliang to develop, a substantial amount of silver is needed; there isn’t much support from the Imperial Court, and he can’t keep pouring money in.

Jade is precious; indeed, if a large quantity can be found, many of his problems can be resolved.

Xiao Yeyang instructed everyone to rest on the spot, planning to lead Daohua and Daozi out of the Gobi as soon as the sun was less fierce.

By this time, everyone knew that there was a natural salt lake before them.

On this trip to find people, Old Man Li and the chief of the village had come along. Both of them looked at the natural salt lake with faces full of gloom and pain.

They had entered and exited this Gobi desert many times, yet had never once encountered this salt lake.

The village chief sighed: "If we had discovered this salt lake, the people of Wuhu Village wouldn’t need to risk their lives living by the sword, nor would we have faced this disaster."

Old Man Li also sighed: "It’s all fate and fortune!"

This salt lake wasn’t meant for them to find.

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