In fact, in the eyes of Su Qingluan, who was in her twenties in her previous life, fifteen or sixteen years old were still children.

Liu Yue obviously liked this bracelet very much. She looked at it from left to right while wearing it on her hand, and told Su Qingluan some harmless little anecdotes about her daily life in Xie Mansion. Su Qingluan was not idle along the way either. In addition to picking some wild flowers and fruits, her main target was various wild mushrooms.

Su Qingluan rarely had the opportunity to come so deep into the woods - it would be more accurate to say that most of the Huaxi villagers did not have the time. After all, every family had fields to cultivate, pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese to feed, and they might even have to do odd jobs.

In short, there are basically no people who specialize in picking mushrooms in Huaxi Village, and the mushrooms in this forest are nothing special, so unless they are eaten on a daily basis, almost no one comes to such a deep forest to pick mushrooms.

Su Qingluan is actually not particularly good at finding mushrooms. She only picks those that are designated as non-toxic, such as hazel mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, etc.

In short, she didn't seek to achieve anything but to avoid making mistakes. If there was even the slightest uncertainty, Su Qingluan would rather throw it away than put it in her backpack.

While picking mushrooms, we also encountered a black-browed rat snake and a ridged rat snake, both of which are common non-venomous snakes.

Su Qingluan thought about it and realized that there was no law in this era that prohibited catching wild non-venomous snakes, so she simply squeezed the snake gall and threw it into the backpack on the back, planning to go back and cook it - she hadn't eaten eel for a long time, so she would eat snake meat instead.

They walked and chatted like this, and by the time the two of them came out of the woods, it was already past noon.

When the two girls arrived at the place where the carriage had stopped before, they saw the coachman tied the horse to a big tree nearby and took a nap under the tree.

The curtains on the carriage were drawn up, and another little maid who was left behind sat at the door, shooing away mosquitoes and flies. The sun, which had just passed noon, shone down, bringing some warmth back to the originally chilly weather, making both Aunt Zhang and the little maid who was fanning her feel a little drowsy.

The horse was more alert than the three sleepy humans around it.

Before Su Qingluan and Liu Yue got close, the horse raised its head from its quiet state of grazing.

When the horse pulled the carriage, although it was tied to a tree, its whole body was pulling the carriage, so the whole carriage shook violently forward.

With this movement, three drowsy people in the carriage and under the shade of the tree were immediately awakened. Seeing Su Qingluan and Liu Yue coming over, Aunt Zhang nodded without comment and looked at Liu Yue.

As for Liu Yue, although she did not nod, her eyes slightly looked towards the ground.

Su Qingluan didn't know what the looks of these two people meant, but she had already said everything she needed to say, either explicitly or indirectly. The rest was not her business.

The reason why Aunt Zhang sent Liu Yue to follow her was just to pass on a message.

After all, compared to herself, a country girl of "unknown origin" and "rude behavior", the little maid in front of her can gain more trust from Aunt Zhang.

As expected, after Su Qingluan and Liu Yue came back, Aunt Zhang's attitude towards her was much calmer than before, and she even invited Su Qingluan to get in the carriage and give her a ride.

However, Su Qingluan declined - just kidding, if you take a carriage on such a mountain road, I'm afraid even your leftover meal will be shaken out.

Aunt Zhang probably thought about the "power" of riding a carriage on such a mountain road, so she simply got off and walked. She didn't get back into the carriage until she was out of the mountain and on a relatively flat dirt road.

Along the way, she only picked out some insignificant trivial matters to talk to Su Qingluan. Su Qingluan could also see that Aunt Zhang did not really want to chat with her. According to her social system, if she just remained silent like this, it would be considered "disrespectful".

Since it was a social etiquette, Su Qingluan simply acted as a competent supporting actor. She would make a few appropriate compliments on whatever Aunt Zhang said, and they actually chatted quite a bit along the way.

However, even though chatting could distract her attention somewhat, when they reached the fork in the road where Su Qingluan and Zhang Ma and her group parted, Zhang Ma looked pale, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and looked very uncomfortable.

I guess I feel a little nauseous.

After silently sympathizing with Aunt Zhang who still had a long way to go by carriage, Su Qingluan returned home. She first put the wild flowers that had wilted a little in an old ceramic jar that was not in use, then turned and went to the kitchen, but happened to meet Yang and Su Guangfu who had returned from the stall, as well as Su Xuanhe who had been picked up from the school.

Su Xueyan, a little girl who was playing in the opposite yard, heard the noise, said goodbye to Sun Guixiang, and ran back. Seeing Su Qingluan carrying a bamboo basket on her back, she looked up and asked, "Sister, did you bring back any delicious food?"