Mu Jingheng glanced at Xu Xinning and muttered, "That's how it is, otherwise the generations would be all messed up."

Xu Xinning was amused.

This person can be really serious at times.

Xiao Bao doesn't understand the legal disputes between adults, but she's been really happy these past two days, especially with the gifts her older sister brought her—she really loves them! However, she won't let the other children in the village see them, otherwise they'll definitely try to take them from her.

Even in winter, the mountains of western Hunan are not desolate, and Xu Xinning saw many medicinal herbs.

She taught Xiaobao about these herbs as she walked.

Although Xiao Bao's comprehension ability wasn't as good as Mu Jingshu's, she would always ask if the herb could be sold for money. As long as Xu Xinning said it could be sold for money, her memory would immediately become excellent. If Xu Xinning said that the herb was relatively rare and would be very valuable when sold, the little one's memory would become amazingly good.

It is said that children from poor families mature early. Xiao Bao's family situation is special, and the little girl already has the concept of supporting her family in her heart.

It has to be said that life is the best teacher, and your life determines the direction you will take in the future.

Before even reaching the mountainside where the Gu Doctor lived, Xu Xinning could sense the restlessness of her spatial Gu worms from afar. Was this the excitement of encountering a fellow Gu worm?

Ordinary people might not be able to smell the Gu worms in it, but Xu Xinning was the successor of the best Gu-breeding master in Xiangxi in her previous life. Moreover, there was a thousand-year-old Gu King in her space, so her sense of smell and nerves were extremely sensitive.

However, Xu Xinning disliked the Gu worms raised by this Gu doctor, which suggests that this Gu doctor was not the good person Miao Yiya had described!

Based on the number of Gu worms he raised, Xu Xinning suspected that he had committed many murders, because many of his Gu worms were developed through experiments on human bodies. As long as they were developed from human bodies, they all had the smell of corpses, because the people who were tested were either already dead or not far from death.

Xu Xinning frowned. Even in her previous life, she had never encountered such a nasty person.

The more Gu worms a Gu healer has in his hands, the more people have died.

What exactly does he want to do?

Is he connected to those people in the village?

Xu Xinning felt a chill run down her spine; she never imagined that such people who disregard human life could lurk in peacetime.

Mu Jingheng wanted to walk forward, but Xu Xinning stopped him.

If it were just the two of them, they wouldn't be worried, but there's a little one with them. What if the child sees something he shouldn't and gets scared?

Xu Xinning's actions made Mu Jingheng hesitate for a moment. He had never seen Xu Xinning show such an expression before, and he had a bad feeling.

Xu Xinning held Xiao Bao's hand and walked in the opposite direction from the Gu Doctor's house.

Xiao Bao was a little confused because the closer she got to the Gu Doctor's house, the more mushrooms there seemed to be. She really liked those mushrooms; once they were dried, she could exchange them for money.

Her mother used to forbid her from coming here, and she regrets listening to her mother now; otherwise, she would definitely have lots and lots of mushrooms by now.

Xiao Bao kept looking back because she couldn't bear to leave. If Xu Xin Ning hadn't been holding her tightly, this little girl probably would have broken free and run back long ago.

Xu Xinning found it amusing and patted Xiaobao's head, coaxing him, "Sister will find you even better mushrooms. Don't go picking mushrooms over there anymore; they don't sell for much."

Xiao Bao blinked his big eyes and asked, "Really?"

Xu Xinning: "Of course it's true, my sister is a college student."

College students are truly remarkable!

Xiao Bao believed it!

Xu Xinning was thinking of a way to expose this evil Gu doctor, otherwise the danger would always be there, and she didn't want to hear that something had happened to Xiaobao one day.

Mu Jingheng walked over to Xu Xinning and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Xu Xinning: "We'll talk about it when we get back."

Mu Jingheng glanced at Xiaobao and then fell silent.

Xiao Bao has a pretty good survival skill; I never expected they would encounter the Japanese jujube tree.

Xu Xinning had seen this fruit in her previous life. She heard that it would be very sweet after being covered by frost. It looked very strange and tasted sweet with a hint of astringency.

However, Japanese raisin tree is a very good medicinal herb.

When Mu Jingheng first saw this, he was disgusted, but Xiao Bao said it was delicious, so he reluctantly put it in his mouth.

Mu Jingheng wasn't a picky person, but he really couldn't get used to this food.

Xiao Bao pointed at him and laughed nonstop when he saw the change in his expression while he was eating.

The little girl seemed to really enjoy it, picking and eating non-stop.

Seeing that she liked to eat it, Xu Xinning helped pick it, while also directing Mu Jingheng to pick it.

The three of them picked a full basket, and Xiao Bao's smile never faded.

Children's happiness is really simple.

When the three of them came down the mountain, all three baskets were full.

When they arrived at the village, they met people returning from work. Some they had met before, and some they hadn't, but for such a small village, everyone was quite curious about people from the city, especially two such good-looking young people.

Someone saw Xiaobao and asked, "Little girl from Ayi's family, what did you pick up on the mountain?"

Xiao Bao replied with a smile, "Pig feed. My pigs need to eat a lot of pig feed every day to grow big."

I didn't expect this little girl to be so cunning.

Xu Xinning patted her head with a sense of relief.

The little girl looked at Xu Xinning with a pleading expression, her big eyes blinking.

Xu Xinning secretly gave her a thumbs up, and the little girl smiled happily.

"Little girl from Ayi's family, are these two your relatives?"

Xiao Bao nodded, then pulled Xu Xinning and Mu Jingheng away.

"You brat, you're so stingy."

“Their baskets don’t contain pig feed at all; I just saw jujubes.”

"That brat is afraid we'll eat her dates!"

"How stingy! If you're not from our village, you're not on our side."

"What nonsense are you talking about! Be careful the chieftain comes after you."

The man shut his mouth, but he was still uncomfortable. He also wanted to eat jujubes, as they were at their best right now.

As they approached Miao Yiya's house, they ran into Zhong Ye and his daughter.

Zhong Ye saw Xiao Bao and asked kindly, "Xiao Bao, did you bring your relatives up the mountain?"

Xiao Bao seemed to like him quite a bit, and answered with a cheerful smile, "Yes, Uncle Zhong."

Xiao Bao politely took out some jujubes from his basket and handed them to Zhong Ye, saying, "Uncle Zhong, here you go, they're very delicious. My brother, sister, and I picked them together."

Zhong Ye happily accepted the jujube from Xiao Bao and even ate one on the spot. He smiled and said, "I took your father up the mountain to pick jujubes for the first time. I haven't eaten them since your father passed away. Xiao Bao, you're a good boy. Thank you, Uncle!"