After a simple dinner, the three children played on the side while the adults sat at the table and chatted.

"When will you go into the mountains to collect herbs again?"

Mu Yuanqing couldn't help laughing, "Are you so anxious? Didn't you just take a break?"

"Of course, I have to make money to support my family! Master, you've been resting at home for over half a month. Isn't it time to go out and move around?"

"Xixi hasn't rested at all. She's at home taking care of the children and tending to the medicinal herbs!"

"Yes, yes, I said the wrong thing. So when are we going into the mountains?"

Liu Ximu said: "If you are anxious, you can do it tomorrow."

"real?"

Liu Ximu nodded. In the past ten days, he had almost processed all the medicinal herbs at home, and it was time to go out and look for new ones.

"Then it's settled. We'll meet at our usual spot tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, and we'll still enter through the pine forest."

"I was thinking..." Mu Yuanqing suddenly spoke, and the two of them looked at her at the same time.

"Can I come along?"

Ningxia raised an eyebrow, "What about your Qingtian? What? Want to cause trouble for my Lin Yi?"

Lin Yi said, "It's okay, Sister Xia Xia, I can take care of Qingtian at home."

Ningxia held her forehead, this silly child. She turned to look at Mu Yuanqing, "Are you relieved?"

"What's there to worry about? You know my Qingtian. She won't cry or make a fuss if she's full. It's very safe to leave her at your house with the gate locked. We can't stay at home every day to look after her. We have to earn money to support the family."

Lin Yi agreed, and Ning Xia had no objections, but she had to make a statement in advance: "Let me make it clear first, raising a child is bound to lead to bumps and bruises, and my Lin Yi is also a teenager, so don't use this or that excuse to talk about him later."

Mu Yuanqing rolled his eyes and asked, "Am I that kind of person?" Then he turned to Lin Yi and said with a smile, "Xiao Yi, thank you very much."

Lin Yi touched his head embarrassedly, "It's okay, Auntie."

"You are so relieved." Ningxia muttered softly, and the matter was settled.

"Xiaoyi, this is your sister's milk bottle. If she has trouble taking a nap at noon, just make her a bottle. The rest of the time, you can just feed her the porridge in this jar."

The next morning, Mu Yuanqing and his family of three arrived at Ningxia's yard.

Lin Yi took it readily and kept it in mind.

Little Qingtian, who got up early, didn't cry or make a fuss. He just stared with his big eyes and screamed "Ah ah".

Lin Yi held Qingtian and Sangsang's hand, watching the three of them walk farther and farther away.

The three adults left like this, but Lin Yi was very busy. He had to feed Sunny and take care of Sangsang. There were also three chicks chirping in the kitchen, and the little goat and Maomao in the back were also crying for food.

He was busy until noon, and just when he could finally take a break, Xiao Qingtian started to make a fuss again. Lin Yi hurriedly made a bottle of milk for her and held her, and she finally calmed down for a while.

"Master, is this Kikyo?"

"Well, just pick the fruits."

The three of them gathered as they walked. Their harvest wasn't abundant, but it was better than nothing. After all, it was medicinal herbs, not the weeds that Maomao and the others ate.

Fortunately, Liu Ximu found a small piece of American ginseng. Ningxia was still talking about it when he found it.

"It just so happens that the last time we went out to chop wood, I set a few traps down there. I'll go back later to see if I've caught anything. It's perfect to stew with the American ginseng."

Mu Yuanqing scoffed. "That looks very amateurish to me. Can it really work? You want to catch something with just a few rotten wire vines?"

"The monitor and the others taught me, so there's no mistake. Just wait and see."

This ginseng is just as Liu Ximu said. It is extremely difficult to dig it up. Most of the roots grow deep under the soil. Sometimes you have to dig a deep hole to pick out a single ginseng.

The three of them wasted a lot of time on this small piece of land, and Ningxia gave up the idea of ​​collecting and selling the crops on a large scale for money. He decided to keep the crops for his own children.

"Let's go, it's almost time. Let's go in another direction and pick more as we go back." Mu Yuanqing looked at the sky. It wasn't too late, but he still had three children at home.

Ningxia nodded in agreement. Not to mention Mu Yuanqing, even she was a little worried about Liu Qingtian.

Unfortunately, the trap set by Ningxia was not checked for several days and nothing was caught, but there were signs of being trapped in all four traps.

She was just thinking of giving it a try at the time, and when she got home and saw the yard full of firewood to put away, she forgot about it. If she hadn't seen the American ginseng again when she went up the mountain this time, she probably wouldn't have remembered it.

It seems I'll have to set traps in the pine forest more often. This is where their pheasants roam, and it's not easy to catch them properly. Ningxia thought to herself as she put away the wire on the ground.

It was not until they returned home and saw their three children playing in the yard that the three adults felt relieved.

Liu Qingtian was fine. Lin Yi took good care of her. She was always clean without a speck of dust. Mu Yuanqing and Liu Ximu reached out their hands and grabbed things, clearly recognizing her.

"You know what, I've never raised a child before. Now that I'm raising one myself, I know what it feels like." Mu Yuanqing walked forward and picked up Liu Qingtian, smiling and making fun of himself at Ningxia.

Ningxia nodded with deep feeling, "I am always worried about these two people at home when I go out now. I never felt this way when I was alone before!"

"That's good. Someone will take care of the baby, so we don't have to have someone stay at home all the time."

"Lin Yi is your head worker?"

"What are you saying? As an aunt, can I let the child suffer for nothing?"

"Okay, don't send me off. You've been busy all day. Go back. Your portion of the herbs will be handled according to the old rules. Xixi also told you how to deal with the American ginseng."

Ningxia nodded. Today's gains were not much, and she still felt a little unsatisfied. The three of them agreed to set off again the next day before dispersing.

The three of them collected herbs for ten days in a row, and only stopped when Liu Ximu had to deal with the herbs piled up at home.

The amount of herbs collected during this period was not much, but it was enough for Liu Ximu to deal with for a while.

Seeing that Ningxia was willing to learn, he selected a few simple recipes and handed them to her, explaining the methods to her in detail and asking her to bring them to him for inspection after she had prepared them. Ningxia happily agreed.

"Are you up? Have a bowl of soup before you eat." He finally had some free time again, and he finally had time to process the American ginseng that he had dug back from the mountain and serve it on the table.

The two children in my family have been eating fine grains all the time during this period. Although they are mixed with coarse grains, the fine grains account for a larger proportion, and they have obviously gained a lot of weight.

Ningxia felt a sense of satisfaction, and then he watched it more closely, not missing a single meal of the three times a day.

While collecting herbs, he also found the time to catch two half-dead pheasants and brought them home to make a pot of soup for the brother and sister, mixed with ginseng.

It took the three siblings three days to finish the drink. After consulting the brother and sister, Ningxia decided to dry and store the remaining ginseng, and stew a pot of it every once in a while. It would be nourishing and not greasy.