Song Yun put the things down and rubbed the little guy's head. "He wants you to sleep a little longer. You are still young and need enough sleep to grow. He is also afraid that you will cry like you are now. He will not be willing to leave then."

"Oh, don't be sad. He left you his address. If you miss him, just write to him. You can also send him some of the delicious food you found in the mountains."

Song Ziyi burst into laughter and was immediately coaxed, "Sister, the team still needs to pick autumn vegetables today, shall we join?"

Song Yun nodded. "Yes, this is such a great opportunity, we must take it. But we won't be joining the main group today. Let's take another route so that we don't get tied up."

She didn't really care whether she picked mushrooms or other wild vegetables. Her main goal now was to hunt more pheasants and rabbits to make cured chicken and rabbit for the winter. She also needed to harvest as many herbs as possible while she could. Colds and coughs would become common symptoms in the cold winter, so she needed to have as much medicine as possible on hand.

All the herbs picked yesterday were taken out to dry in the sun, and the pickled pheasants were hung under the eaves to dry. Then the firewood chopped in the yard was moved to the woodshed for drying.

Song Yun hadn't been to the woodshed for two days. When she entered, she found that although the firewood in the woodshed was not full, it was more than one-third full. Qi Mo Nan really did a lot of work silently.

If the siblings can slowly save some firewood in the next few months, they won't have to worry about running out of firewood during the winter.

If I really don't have time to chop firewood, I can ask the villagers to exchange firewood for medicine. The more I think about it, the more I think this is a good idea.

Seeing that it was almost time, the villagers should have all gone up the mountain, so the brother and sister took another route into the mountain. This route was rarely used, and was covered with thorns and weeds that were taller than people. They had to use a machete or dagger to clear the way.

Although the road was not easy to travel and there were hidden dangers, the resources were richer than the other mountain road that the villagers often took. Wild vegetables and mushrooms were everywhere, and there were more pheasants and rabbits than there. Zi Yixing was not good at it. He quickly used up most of the stones in his bag. He didn't hit the target every time, but he hit it seven out of ten times. Soon his backpack was full, with nine rabbits, five pheasants, and two nests of pheasant eggs.

Song Yun also reaped a lot of rewards. In addition to filling her backpack with herbs and holding two bundles in her hands, she also quietly scanned many herbs that she had never found before, earning 230 star coins. In order to bring as many herbs as possible down the mountain, she spent 500 star coins to exchange for a storage box. Only after the storage box was filled with herbs and mushrooms did she take Ziyi down the mountain with satisfaction.

"Sister, shall we come again tomorrow?"

"Come, let's come here again tomorrow. I see there are a lot of herbs here. Let's pick some tomorrow."

It’s a pity that I couldn’t find any ginseng, and I don’t know if I’ve got the ginseng that Fangfang wants.

The brother and sister were lucky enough not to meet anyone from the village when they went down the mountain. They turned directly into the Song family compound. Since then, no one knew about their harvest today, and they also avoided some people's jealousy.

Without Qi Mo Nan, Song Yun had to do the work of catching rabbits and pheasants by herself. Ziyi had learned a lot from Qi Mo Nan during these days, and could help Song Yun a lot, reducing a lot of her burden.

After all the pheasants and rabbits were pickled, Song Yun began to sort out the medicinal herbs, while Ziyi collected the unused internal organs and herbal roots and leaves, and dumped them all into the fermentation pit at the foot of the mountain outside the yard. Then, he filled it with a layer of soil as his sister had instructed.

Strangely enough, the pit had been filled with a lot of kitchen waste recently, so it should have been smelling foul by now. But when he stood by the pit, there was no odor at all. He had been worried that his sister would use the pit's contents to fertilize the ground and make the yard stink, but now he wasn't worried anymore.

After the brother and sister finished their work and saw that it was still early, Song Yun took out the bone-replenishing paste that she had spent a lot of effort to prepare yesterday, took Song Ziyi with her, locked the courtyard door, and headed for the village.

Yesterday, Aunt Sun went up the mountain to pick a basket of mushrooms, but was frightened by a wild boar. She wasn't feeling well, so she didn't go up the mountain again today. She was making shoes at home. When she saw Song Yun and her brother coming, she happily put down her needlework basket and hurried to the gate to greet them. She happily welcomed Song Yun and her brother into the courtyard. She had just said a few words, and before she got to the point, a sharp and sarcastic voice suddenly rang out, "You old fool, you are really a troublemaker. I didn't agree to pay for your leg treatment before, and now you've brought someone here again. I'm telling you, no matter what you do, our family won't pay a penny. Don't try to cheat us. It's endless."