Chapter 76 Another dog was found on the mountain

The sun was blazing at noon.

It was a pleasant time of day.

Having just finished eating, I can lie down and rest for a while, chatting casually with my family, feeling relaxed and carefree.

Zhao Dashan wasn't one to sit still. He was preparing to build a duck shed and a chicken coop. Zhao Sanniu had chopped back enough firewood, and Zhao Sidan had gathered a lot of hay. In addition to the place for the chickens and ducks to live, they now needed to build a doghouse as well.

Zhao Sanniu and Zhao Sidan also went up to help, and the three brothers were busy having a great time.

At the end of the day, Zhao Youyin and Zhao Youcai came over to wash the ice jelly. With Wu Huiniang watching over them, Cheng Wanwan planned to go for a walk up the mountain.

Having never seen much of the world before, she thought one hundred taels of silver was a huge sum of money. But after visiting Hekou Town several times, she clearly realized that this was an era with a huge gap between the rich and the poor.

A poor person's annual expenses are only two taels of silver.

For wealthy families, a single garment can cost more than two ounces.

She and her four sons couldn't stay here forever; she wanted her children to go out into the world.

Money is something that gives people confidence.

Cheng Wanwan carried a basket up the mountain, and after only a few steps, Xiao Hei caught up with her.

Although this creature had little meat on it, its fur was very fluffy, making it look like a small ball of fluff, bumping into her and nibbling at her pant leg.

Big Black howled, attracting Aunt Wang's dog from next door to come out as well.

In just half a day, the difference between the two dogs became apparent. Their dog was in good spirits, while Aunt Wang's dog was clearly sick.

It's perfectly normal for puppies to get sick when they're so young and suddenly moved to a new environment.

Cheng Wanwan looked left and right, and seeing that no one was paying attention to them, she quickly bought a pill from the mall and stuffed it into the mouth of the neighbor's little dog.

Consider this medicine as payment for the dog.

The medicine was bitter and tasted bad, and the puppy resisted it, wanting to vomit.

Cheng Wanwan quickly pinched the puppy's mouth shut.

She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Wangcai had taken the pill; the dog should be safe from dying from its illness for the time being.

She continued walking up the mountain.

A winding ditch is filled with clear spring water, and if you walk up the mountain along the ditch, you will encounter many women.

With water in the fields, villagers are no longer as frugal with their food as before. They know they'll have a good harvest in half a month, and although the yield won't be as good as in previous years, as long as they can harvest it, it's their food. The rice growing in the fields can be taken to town to be exchanged for millet and flour. They've heard that grain prices are soaring, so even though they don't harvest much grain, the amount of millet they can get should be about the same as in previous years.

Everyone is looking forward to a bountiful harvest.

Hope was on everyone's face.

Cheng Wanwan was in a good mood.

The puppy followed behind her, but after walking only a few hundred meters, it couldn't go any further and clung to her trouser leg, acting all cute.

Cheng Wanwan had no choice but to pick up the little guy and hold him in her arms.

Reaching the end of the ditch, standing on a slightly higher rock, one can see the villagers of Guihua Village digging a ditch halfway up the mountain.

At this rate, the ditch should be completed by this afternoon.

I wonder how things are going with Er Gou.

Cheng Wanwan walked towards the deep mountains on the other side; she had never been to this side before.

[Ding! Wild Poria cocos detected.]

Poria cocos.

This is a commonly used medicinal material.

Poria cocos has no roots or seedlings, and wild ones are very hard to find, but with the help of the online store, it wasn't a problem for her.

Cheng Wanwan glanced at the blank panel; the image showed an empty plot of land.

Following the clues, she walked to a large pine tree. The tree was lush and green, providing shade all year round. The soil was relatively loose. She gently dug it up, and the soil was dark brown. The leaves and roots were rotten in the ground. She continued digging and sure enough, she encountered a lumpy object.

Finally, they dug out three large Poria cocos, each weighing more than ten pounds.

[Ding! 37 catties of natural wild Poria cocos, valued at 1480 coins. Want to sell?]

【yes! 】

Cheng Wanwan sighed.

The whole family worked hard washing and selling ice jelly, but their daily income was only one or two taels of silver.

She had only been digging for less than half an hour when she earned one and a half taels of silver. With the online store, making money was so fast.

She tested it and found that the mall would only issue a purchase notification sound when the distance was within one meter.

She stood up and continued walking into the mountains.

Big Black was hungry and whimpered as it bit its own tail.

Cheng Wanwan had no choice but to stop and buy milk powder from the mall to feed the little guy. The big black dog gulped down the whole bottle of milk in no time.

Now that it had strength, it no longer needed Cheng Wanwan to carry it, and it frolicked around on its four short little legs.

[Ding! Wild Arisaema heterophyllum discovered!]

Cheng Wanwan didn't recognize the name Tiannanxing, but since the mall had taken a liking to it, it must be a good product.

She looked up and saw that the large patch of wild grass there was actually Arisaema, and she didn't know what its medicinal properties were.

It seems I'll have to buy a Chinese medicine classic later. In ancient times, being sick was a matter of life and death, and having some basic medical knowledge might save my life.

After Cheng Wanwan picked two catties of Arisaema and sold them to the mall, she turned around and couldn't see Dahei anywhere.

"Big Black!"

"Woof woof woof!"

Cheng Wanwan followed the sound.

She saw Big Black standing at the edge of a deep pit, barking fiercely into it.

She bent down to look and saw a small dog in the pit. The dog's hind leg was caught in a trap and it was bleeding and whimpering.

This puppy is even smaller than Dahei; it must have just been born, maybe six or seven days old at most.

But how could there be a newborn dog in these deep mountains? Could it be that someone couldn't afford to raise it and abandoned it in the mountains?

They needed a dog to guard the house, and one dog wouldn't be too few, nor would two dogs be too many.

Cheng Wanwan put down her basket, jumped into the deep pit, and retrieved the animal trap along with the puppy.

The puppy's hind legs were covered in blood. She carefully removed the animal trap, and the puppy lay on the ground completely unable to move.

She threw the trap back into the snare. Several hunters in the village made their living by hunting, and this trap was not cheap.

She bought disinfectant from the mall, wrapped gauze around her innermost layer, and then tore off a piece of fabric from her own clothes to wrap around the outside. She was extremely grateful that she was wearing old clothes, so she didn't feel bad about tearing off a piece.

The little guy whimpered, his eyes were wet.

Cheng Wanwan took out the baby bottle again.

As soon as this thing was taken out, Dahei ran over excitedly, eager to drink milk.

“You just drank it.” Cheng Wanwan picked it up and put it in her basket. “Now that you have a companion, you can’t be so domineering.”

She placed the puppy on her lap and carefully fed it.

The puppy was also black. She had already guessed what name Si Dan would give the puppy, so she simply came up with one in advance: "From now on, we'll call you Xiao Hei. One is a big black dog, and the other is a little black dog. From now on, our chickens and ducks will depend on the two of you to protect them."

Big Black: "Woof woof woof!"

Little Black: "Waaaaah..."

After treating the puppy's wounds, it was already late. Cheng Wanwan needed to filter the ice jelly when she got back, so she packed up and headed home.

Her figure had just disappeared on the mountain path.

A pack of wolves emerged from the dense forest, led by a mother wolf. She sniffed the air and found the trap. She licked the blood stained the grass, lay down, and let out a mournful howl…