Chapter 59: No Abnormalities

The next morning, when Molly woke up, Ji Hefeng was no longer in bed. There was the sound of water outside; Ji Hefeng was washing clothes and sheets. The clothes were the dirty ones he and Molly had changed out of the night before, and he was only washing his own sheets.

Molly looked at the underwear in the basin, a hint of unease crossing her face.

"Are you able to move around freely now?" she asked.

Ji Hefeng hummed in agreement. "I feel better than ever before. My speed and strength are superior, and my senses of smell, hearing, and sight seem to have surpassed the limits of normal humans. I woke up when it got dark, and in the darkness, I could see small specks of mud on the outer wall more than twenty meters away. Besides that, I could hear Deputy Battalion Commander Pan Jun snoring in the neighboring courtyard. As for my sense of smell—"

Ji Hefeng looked pained as he stared at the bathroom in his home. "I hired someone to renovate the bathroom today."

Molly had no objection. "Do you have any money on you?"

"No." Ji Hefeng's ears turned red.

Molly took out her money, counted out two hundred dollars and gave it to him, "Take this first, and let me know if you need more."

Breakfast was still steamed buns from the cafeteria, which Mo An brought back.

"We don't have enough firewood at home. Can we gather firewood on the mountain across the street?" Molly wanted to go up the mountain to see if there were any wild vegetables besides firewood.

"As long as we can gather firewood and don't disturb those big trees, it'll be fine. I'll go and bring back a cartload of coal today; we can burn coal." He'd given away all his old coal coupons; he should be able to borrow some now.

"Prepare some coal and firewood. I see the weather here is quite cold, and we need to boil water."

"It won't get warm until April. Crops here can only be grown for one season. If you want to clear land to grow vegetables and grains, you can wait."

"I can't wait any longer, I'll give it a try."

"I'll go get someone to fix the bathroom first, and then I'll help you with the initial cleaning."

Molly didn't say whether she wanted it or not; she thought Ji Hefeng might not be available.

As Ji Hefeng was leaving, Molly couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything else wrong with your body?"

Ji Hefeng shook his head, "Apart from the enhancement of abilities in all aspects, there is nothing else."

Molly seemed thoughtful. "Perhaps this is the direction of your evolution. You've evolved in every aspect, but you're still within the realm of a normal person."

Ji Hefeng raised an eyebrow. As for normal people, he didn't think they could lift a boulder weighing over a thousand pounds without batting an eye. Nor could they run from the camp to the foot of the opposite mountain in less than two minutes, or even less than a minute, covering a distance of two kilometers.

Ji Hefeng plans to find a stopwatch to test it next time.

Molly was going up the mountain, and Mo An was going too. Lu Lu didn't say anything, he just quietly followed behind Molly.

Molly carried matches, salt, and a basket on her back, which also contained two burlap sacks.

Seeing Molly carrying salt, Mo An became excited, "Sister, are we having lunch on the mountain today?"

Molly nodded. "If there's prey."

Mo An had already started grinning foolishly, "Even if there are no other prey, there should be mice, sister, let's go catch some mice."

Molly, who catches mice with her antennae: "..."

Is she going to grow some antennae in front of the two children?

We'll see.

It took Molly and the other two twenty minutes to walk from the camp gate to the foot of the mountain. Lu Lu was a bit weak and started panting as soon as they reached the foot of the mountain.

"Why don't you play with him at the foot of the mountain?" Molly was considering the feasibility of doing so.

"No, I want to go up the mountain." Mo An looked at Lu Lu and said fiercely, "I'll drag him up the mountain even if I have to."

The three of them started climbing the mountain. Molly picked up firewood along the way, and when she reached the halfway point, she had picked up two bundles. She left them there, intending to take them back when she came out.

There were very few green plants on the mountain at this time, and after walking quite a distance, Molly hadn't seen any wild vegetables, but they did find pine cones. There weren't many pine cones, only about twenty.

Molly simply tossed them into her basket, intending to deal with them later.

The three walked for another half hour. Molly heard the sound of flowing water. She was about to speak when her expression suddenly changed.

"Stay where you are!"

The next second, Molly, like a nimble monkey, leaped down to the ravine below.

Mo An and Lu Lu stared wide-eyed, too nervous to speak. They saw three wolves surrounding an injured fawn, saw the fawn slip and fall into the water, and saw Molly grab the wolf's mouth with both hands and slam it onto a nearby rock.

One!

Both ends!

Three heads!

They all died from the fall.

How much strength would it take to do that?

Before they could even catch their breath, Molly leaped down again, landing on a moss-covered rock. With a swift movement of her long arms, she scooped up the fawn.

Just when they thought she was going to save the fawn, she suddenly snapped the fawn's neck.

"......."

Ten minutes later, the fire was lit, and the skinned deer was placed on the fire.

Molly had Moan roast the deer while she packed the three wolves into sacks, two wolves in one sack and one wolf in the other. Molly weighed them; the three wolves were about 300 pounds. She planned to carry them back using a shoulder pole.

"Sister, are there fish in the water?" Mo An called out by the fire.

"I don't know. I'll go take a look." Molly walked to the water's edge. The water was a bit deep, and she couldn't see the bottom. Weeds grew along the water's edge, and the stones were covered with thick moss. Logically, there should be fish in a place like this.

Sure enough, the next second she saw a large grass carp.

It was too far away for her to reach.

Molly slowly backed away, went to the side, and broke off a small tree, snapping off its branches until it became a straight, long stick. She sharpened the end of the stick on a stone.

"Sister, did you see any fish?" Mo An asked in a low voice.

Molly nodded and, seeing Lu Lu following behind, instructed Mo An, "Keep an eye on him and don't let him come to the water's edge."

Mo An nodded, "Don't worry, sister, I'll definitely keep an eye on him."

The fish was still there, pecking at the water plants.

Molly narrowed her eyes and, with lightning speed, threw the wooden stick in her hand.

Whoosh!

I won!

The fish struggled, and Molly jumped onto the rock over there, grabbed the stick, and lifted the fish up.

"So heavy!" I thought it would only weigh seven or eight pounds, but it turned out to be over ten pounds.

"What a huge fish!" Mo An was stunned; it was the first time he had ever seen such a large fish.

Lu Lu also looked dazed, staring at the fish, unable to move.

"I'll go see if there are any more." I'll catch a few more fish to balance the weight of the sacks on both sides.

Molly sharpened the end of the stick again before walking towards the water. When Lu Lu saw her move, he instinctively wanted to follow, but Mo An grabbed him, saying, "Sister is catching fish, don't disturb her."

Lu Lu glanced at Molly, then at the fish on the ground, but ultimately didn't follow. Instead, he sat back down by the fire with Mo An. However, his gaze remained fixed on the figure not far away. When he saw Molly carrying the fish up again, he was faster than Mo An and rushed over to her.

"fish--"

He pointed at the fish in Molly's hand, his eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter.

Molly was taken aback. "Oh, you can talk. Come on, say it again."

Lu Lu kept his mouth shut and didn't say anything.

“This time it’s a carp. Lu Lu, come and say it to me—carp—” Mo An tried his best to mouth the words, but Lu Lu didn’t even give him a glance and kept looking at the fish.

Over the next half hour, Molly caught about ten fish, varying in size from over ten pounds to four or five pounds. She gutted and cleaned them, then salted them and placed them in two burlap sacks, filling them completely. These were extra-large burlap sacks she had specially bought, sturdy and capable of holding two hundred pounds.

But a new problem arose for Molly: what kind of carrying pole could support a weight of 400 pounds?

Molly looked at the trees and then at the vines, and her eyes lit up. "We can make a frame, tie the sacks to it, and pull them out."

"Sister, the meat is cooked, you can eat it now," Mo An reminded Molly.

Molly patted the mud off her hands. "Go wash your hands first. Pick a few big leaves from that tree over there and wash them clean too."

They had no knife or cutlery, so leaves served as makeshift plates.

The fire had gone out, but the roasted venison was still steaming. Lu Lu reached out to touch it, then quickly pulled his hand back, his little face scrunched up.

"Are you stupid? You dare to touch it with your hands when it's so hot." Mo An said helplessly, "We need to wait."

But his sister didn't wait. She immediately tore off a deer foreleg and placed it in the large leaf in front of Lu Lu. Then she tore off another foreleg for Mo An, while she took the hind leg for herself.

"Don't just stand there, eat up." Molly took a bite herself first. "Mmm, delicious!"

Lu Lu glanced at Molly, but didn't dare to bite into it directly like her. Instead, he tore off a small piece, blew on it, and put it in his mouth. Mo An followed suit, putting piece after piece into her mouth. Their eyes lit up, their mouths stuffed full, like two cute little hamsters.

Before long, all three of them had finished the meat in front of them, and their bellies were bulging.

"It's getting late, let's go back." Molly wrapped the remaining roasted venison in leaves, put it in the basket, and let Mo An carry it, while she dragged the makeshift wooden frame with two large burlap sacks on it.

"Sister, are you sure you don't need my help?" Mo An looked back every three steps, glancing at Molly with concern.

"No need, you help Lu Lu walk faster, I'm going to step on your heels." Dragging such a heavy thing through the mountains is not easy, but Molly can still bear it.

The three of them walked slowly, and by the time they reached the foot of the mountain, it was already dark. There were two bundles of firewood that Molly had collected that morning on the wooden rack.

Once they reached flat ground, Molly breathed a sigh of relief, and Mo An and Lu Lu also relaxed considerably.

“I’m going to speed up, you guys try to keep up,” Molly said.

Mo An and Lu Lu stopped in their tracks, and Mo An's eyes widened. "Sister, aren't you tired?"

"It's alright." Molly strode ahead.

Mo An gritted his teeth and had no choice but to follow, dragging along Lu Lu, who was exhausted.

Twenty minutes later, Molly and her two companions entered the military camp gate.

"Sister-in-law, do you need any help?" the guard asked.

Molly shook her head. "Thank you, but no need. We'll be there soon."

Watching Molly walk away, the soldier couldn't help but mutter, "What did she bring back from the mountain? It's so heavy."

At this moment, Ji Hefeng's bungalow was brightly lit, and the corridor and living room were full of people.

"He Feng, didn't you say your wife was here? Where is she?"