The three of us each had a fish and were full. Although it wasn't as delicious as what we cooked at home, it was our first time eating grilled fish and I still felt it had a unique flavor.

After eating, Fu Hong just lay down beside the stream. The sun in July was very hot and his body was dried in a short while.

The three of them rested for a while by the stream and then went into the jungle.

I made good use of my time in the afternoon. After all, I had to get home before the sun went down, so I had to leave some time for going down the mountain.

They were afraid that they would not be able to return home before dark, so this time they did not continue to go forward. Instead, they picked herbs while walking back, which saved time.

This time, I did not let go of the two pheasants I saw on the road easily. I caught them directly, tied them up and put them in the backpack.

It was just past three o'clock when they reached the deep ravine in the mountains. The three of them came out of the mountains, rested for more than ten minutes on the outskirts, and then started to go down the mountain.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, it was just past four o'clock. Fu Xiao smiled and said, "The sun is still hanging in the west. We came down too early..."

Fu Yu smiled and said, "That's good. If it's any later, my family will really be worried."

"Then let's go home quickly, there are a lot of medicinal herbs that need to be collected."

Fu Hong shouted from behind: "You two should wait for me..."

"Second brother, hurry up." Fu Xiao went behind him and helped hold the backpack.

When they got home, the three of them opened the door. Li Xiufen, who had been sitting in the front yard, came over and pulled Fu Xiao to look around. "Xiaoxiao, you are not hurt, are you..."

With a smile on her face, she turned around and said, "Aunt, I'm fine. Nothing happened. I'll be obedient. The sun is still hanging in the sky and we'll be home soon..."

As she spoke, she blinked her big watery eyes at Grandpa Fu beside her.

Grandpa Fu glared at her in amusement.

Li Xiufen pinched her nose and said, "Be obedient. Don't make people worry about you anymore and you will be even more obedient."

Fu Xiao held her arm and shook it, acting like a spoiled child, "Don't worry, auntie, I'm a very good boy, I will never do anything to make you worry..."

"Oh, aunt, we got a lot of good stuff in the mountains this time, including two pheasants. Please clean them up and we'll eat them tonight."

He took Li Xiufen and walked to the backyard, and called Grandpa Fu as well.

When we arrived at the backyard, the two brothers had already poured the contents of the backpack into the winnowing basket. The ginseng, ganoderma lucidum and some precious medicinal herbs were all wrapped in cloth.

Fu Yu carefully put them aside and began to organize the medicinal herbs below.

"Mom, Grandpa, I found another ginseng plant on the mountain. My sister said it's about 70 years old."

Fu Hong carefully opened the cloth-wrapped ginseng and showed it to the two men.

Seeing the things inside, Grandpa Fu looked up at her in surprise, "How can there be so many good things in this mountain in our village?"

Fu Xiao smiled mysteriously, took out the piece of agarwood from the bottom of the backpack, and handed it to Grandpa Fu, "Grandpa, this is the most precious. Look, can you tell what this is?"

Grandpa Fu picked up the agarwood and sniffed it. "Agarwood? This is indeed a good thing. There are even agarwood trees on the mountain?"

Fu Xiao nodded, "Yes, that tree looks at least a few hundred years old. The deep mountains are really a treasure trove..."

"No matter how precious the mountain is, there are still many risks inside. Have you encountered any animals..." Grandpa Fu handed the agarwood to her and asked.

Fu Xiao shook his head, "No, the biggest animal was a roe deer, and it ran away as soon as it saw us."

Grandpa Fu obviously didn't believe it and turned his gaze to Fu Yu.

Fu Yu nodded, "It's true that we didn't encounter any large animals, but there are indeed dangers in there. I saw traces of wolves living in there."

“Look...you should go there less often in the future. You’re lucky you didn’t encounter it this time. Can you guarantee that you’ll be so lucky every time?” Grandpa Fu said earnestly.

Li Xiufen also joined in.

Fu Xiao could only nod repeatedly.

Li Xiufen took the two pheasants away for processing, and Fu Xiao took all the medicinal materials into the warehouse and sorted them one by one, waiting to dry those that needed to be dried and slice those that needed to be sliced tomorrow.

The precious medicinal materials are placed separately in a small box and are ready to be prepared tomorrow.

...

Northwest Railway Station

Fu Sui and Fu Yu got off the train.

There were a lot of people in the train station. Looking at the crowd, Fu Sui frowned impatiently and said to his brother, "Look, Captain Fu, as a father, doesn't seem to be very attentive. Why doesn't anyone come to pick us up?"

Fu Yu smiled and pulled him up and continued to walk out through the crowd.

When they reached the door, they came to an open space. Fu Sui found a worn-out stool, motioned Fu Yu to sit down, and said calmly, "I'm tired and don't want to move. I want to see if anyone will come to pick us up today."

Just at this moment, another steady voice came from behind: "Xiao Yu..."