The Amusing Adventures of a Directionally Challenged Dad and Daughter-Chapter 89
Chang'an and Old Gu Six stayed in Yaozhou City for five or six days. Seeing that the newly appointed city lord was considerate of the people, settling the widowed and orphaned elderly who had lost their families due to the Jing King's cruelty, they felt at ease and left.
If this city lord had been as wicked as the Jing King, they had planned to swindle the new lord again. Unfortunately, he didn’t give them the chance.
The father-daughter duo had already looted all the inhumane factions, filling Chang'an’s space to the brim.
They considered heading south to target a few more major factions, but it was too far—they wouldn’t make it back before the autumn harvest.
Most importantly, her space needed an upgrade, but without finding that old man, Chang'an was at a loss.
"Dad, we can just retire now. Even if we never farm again, we have enough grain to last us a lifetime—and we might not even finish it all."
Old Gu Six’s eyes lit up at those words. Such good fortune?
"So… we don’t have to farm anymore?"
But Chang'an mercilessly shot him down. "Aside from farming, what else is there to do? Let’s keep farming for fun for now. Later, when we move out of the mountains, we can open a grain shop."
"Kid, your old man wants to retire early."
"I also want to retire early." Who didn’t love the idea of retirement?
"Kid, you’re only eleven. Isn’t retirement a bit too soon?"
"No way, absolutely not!" Could she tell him that in her past life, she had wanted to retire with her grandfather at the age of five?
She hadn’t even wanted to go to school, daydreaming about the bliss of retirement.
After much debate, they settled on Old Gu Six continuing to farm while Chang'an lounged around.
Truly, a model of filial piety.
Having been away for months, they decided to return home.
Going back the same way was impossible—they couldn’t even remember the original route.
This left Chang'an baffled. She seriously doubted whether they could even find their way home.
Old Gu Six, however, was brimming with confidence. "Don’t worry, kid. I remember the way."
Chang'an: That makes me even less confident.
With their mule in tow, the two strolled leisurely—until they accidentally wandered into the middle of a battlefield.
The opposing forces were fighting fiercely when suddenly, from the hillside, two humans and a mule appeared—three spectators enjoying the show.
Both commanders: Where the hell did these idiots come from?
After a moment of stunned silence, someone approached them.
Surprisingly, they were quite humane, politely asking them to leave to avoid collateral damage.
The skirmish wasn’t large-scale, but with blades flying, caution was necessary.
Old Gu Six hurriedly led the mule and his daughter away.
Thinking back to the mountain path they had taken earlier, Old Gu Six wondered if they should try retracing their steps.
"Dad, first, you’d have to find the exact same path we took before."
Old Gu Six: All the paths look the same—how am I supposed to tell?
Chang'an was slightly more reliable, at least remembering the general direction.
After stumbling around for over ten days, they finally found the path they had originally taken into the mountains.
But a new problem arose: how could they navigate correctly through the wilderness?
Nature had long erased any traces of their previous journey.
"Let’s just keep walking. Maybe we’ll run into Silver Wolf and the others," Old Gu Six said optimistically.
Chang'an: I must have climbed enough mountains in these two years to last me ten lifetimes.
Deep in the mountains, they unexpectedly came across signs of human life—seven households clearing land near a water source.
Seeing Old Gu Six and Chang'an, they assumed the father-daughter pair had also come to settle in the mountains.
A friendly man approached them. "Brother, are you looking for a place to settle? Though space is limited here, we can accommodate one more family."
"Thank you, elder brother, but we’ve already found a place. We’re just passing through."
After bidding farewell, the two headed toward another mountain. Crossing it, they spotted traces of animal activity.
Old Gu Six examined them closely—wolves.
He guessed it was probably their four thick-skinned wolves back home.
Following the tracks, they finally returned home after five days.
It seemed someone had visited while they were away—some crops had been damaged, but overall, things were fine.
After tidying up the house, they started weeding the fields. Whether their crops thrived or not was left to fate.
Ever since learning that Old Gu Six had "liberated" some people on the beach, Chang'an had avoided gathering seafood there—it just felt off.
She marked out a small plot to dig a pond, wanting to raise freshwater fish. The only issue was finding fish fry.
Once the weeding was done, she started digging the pond—small, just about fifty square meters.
Chang'an went up the mountain to cut slender saplings for fencing the pond.
Since she was putting in the effort, why stop at fish? She decided to plant lotus seeds too.
This once again highlighted the importance of that old man. Chang'an summoned him again.
"Old man, old man, calling the old man!"
"If you keep ignoring me, I’ll stop looking after your Old Gu Six."
The moment she said that, the old man appeared instantly. "What do you need? What do you want?"
Without even looking, Chang'an knew his face was wrinkled into a chrysanthemum-like grin.
"Upgrade my space, and get me some freshwater fish fry and lotus seeds."
The old man fell silent. Just as Chang'an thought he had vanished, he spoke.
"Since you saved this world’s chosen one during your escape, the space upgrade will be your reward. The fish fry and lotus seeds will be placed directly in your pond."
Chang'an was stunned. When had they saved a chosen one? After much thought, Chang Le seemed the most likely candidate—surely not Yu San?
Only rescuing Chang Le had earned them merit, so it had to be him. But that raised another question.
"If I got a double reward for saving him, why is it only being given now?"
"Originally, there wasn’t one. It’s just…"
Chang'an hated people who spoke in half-sentences. "Old man, speaking halfway is a good way to choke on your drink."
"The heavens’ secrets cannot be revealed," the old man said mysteriously, refusing to elaborate.
"Pfft. You think I believe that?"
"Believe what you want. I’m leaving. Don’t call me unless it’s life or death."
Before Chang'an could respond, the old man vanished, afraid she’d rope him into more tasks.
Chang'an checked her space—it had indeed upgraded. The villa’s size remained the same, but now there were front and back yards, each about 400 square meters.
The garage was also unlocked, though empty. At 300 square meters, it could serve as storage.
With a thought, Chang'an moved all the bricks, tiles, doors, windows, and furniture piled in the living room into the garage.
Half the grain stores followed, instantly decluttering the villa.
She tested the water faucets for the yards—they worked. But aside from the garage, the land didn’t seem particularly useful. If she wanted to farm, why not do it outside?
Still, having it was better than not.
After inspecting the space, she headed to the pond outside.
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Old Gu Six was busy putting up a fence when he suddenly witnessed over a dozen three-finger-wide freshwater fish appear out of nowhere in the pond. Then, to his astonishment, lotus flowers sprouted and bloomed right before his eyes.
He swallowed hard, suspecting this might have something to do with his fairy-like daughter. Setting down his tools, he bowed three times in different directions as a gesture of reverence.
Just as he finished, Chang'an arrived by the pond.
At the same time, the Silver Wolf family returned from their hunt in the mountains, their cheerful howls echoing through the air.
"What good fortune did you stumble upon?" Chang'an picked up the pheasant one of the wolves nudged toward her with its paw and gave it an affectionate pat on the head.
