With the year-end approaching, Huo Shuwen was reluctant to leave home to run his business, so he has been going up the mountain frequently lately.

Wild animals hibernate during the cold winter, but there are plenty of mountain products.

Many women in Pingyang County go up the mountain to collect wild produce to supplement their household income.

The women were gathering wild animals on the outer edge of the mountains. They had heard that there were wild beasts in the deep mountains, and even if they gathered the best and most abundant things, safety was the most important thing.

Therefore, Huo Shuwen was the only one who went deep into the mountains.

He has nothing else to do besides going up the mountain now, unlike He Yi, who supplies Fengxuelou with beauty cream every day. He just helps his wife at home.

When I have nothing else to do, I cook for my wife and daughter.

Master Huo has been living off a woman for almost two months.

Logically speaking, a man who lives off a woman should feel ashamed, but Huo Shuwen didn't feel that way.

Even when he and his wife were in Jiangnan, he gave all the money he earned to He Yi when he was supporting his family, and he would ask her for money whenever he needed it.

The same applies now, so it's quite reasonable for Master Huo to be involved.

I'm just too bored at home, so I need to find something to do.

"A trip into the mountains can bring in a fortune," is a common saying among those who sell mountain products.

There are ginseng and lingzhi at the top, and he shou wu and cordyceps at the bottom. If all else fails, there are forest frogs, hazelnuts, and ula grass.

If you're lucky enough, you can make a fortune in one trip.

For example, Huo Daxia now

The deep mountains outside Pingyang County have no name, and even hunters rarely come to the depths, so the mountain products there are all cheap to him. Huo Shuwen had no intention of selling all the Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng.

Because it doesn't look like it's been around for long, and besides, his wife needs to nourish her body, and he also needs to save one for his daughter.

When Master Huo was traveling the martial arts world, he heard of it.

So-and-so's daughter caught a cold when she was young and wasn't properly cared for, which damaged her health, causing her to suffer a lot during childbirth and childbirth.

Recently, the martial arts leader was teaching his daughter at home and also gave him pointers on marksmanship.

Holding one's breath and concentrating, the dantian surging

Master Huo felt that his skills had greatly improved recently.

Is the martial arts alliance leader really that powerful? How can someone improve so rapidly just by listening to a few of his pointers?

Master Huo didn't think too much about it. Martial arts mastery is like enlightenment in Zen and Taoism; a sudden flash of inspiration can lead to understanding. Perhaps he had unknowingly grasped some key point.

He Yi, who holds a spoon and adds water from the spiritual spring every day, remains silent, not daring to give too much.

Drink it slowly. It's okay if it takes a while to see results, just don't notice anything strange.

Today, Huo Shuwen wore a sheepskin hat, his hair was half tied into a bun, he wore a black coat, and brown leather boots with extra cotton stuffing that his wife had sewn for him.

The man had strong yet handsome features, and his narrow eyes appeared slightly cold against the backdrop of the snow-covered, silvery mountain peaks.

Looking at the sun rising from the east to the center

Huo Shuwen exhaled a breath of stale air, placed his hands on his knees, and sat cross-legged.

The sunlight shone on him, making this man, who was as cold as ice, appear approachable.

After circulating his internal energy for one small cycle, Huo Shuwen opened his eyes. The sun immediately disappeared in the west, leaving only a sliver of light urging him to hurry home.

Master Huo looked towards Pingyang County, where smoke was rising from every household, including the one that was rising for him.

Thinking of his family, he felt a warmth in his chest. With a light touch on his toes, Master Huo flew away using his light-footed skills.

Someone at home is waiting for him.

His Nest

His cubs

He couldn't bear to keep them waiting too long.

oh

There's also a rebellious kid.

They should be waiting for him too.

Let's give him the small piece of deer antler we found today, so he can use it when he's too old to do it later.

Don't say his biological father treated him badly; the eagle was also very considerate.

"Mother, why isn't Father back yet?"

Huo Xiaotuanzi looked at the table full of delicious food, a little anxious.

"Long'er, wait a little longer. Your father should be home soon. Didn't you like the things your father brought back for you yesterday? Let's see what your father will bring back for you today?"

yesterday?

oh

Huo Xiaolong remembered

Her father brought her home a hibernating toad for her to play with.

That toad is huge!

It must be about 20 centimeters wide

It's almost as big as her washbasin.

If this were any other child, they would have been terrified and cried.

She didn't actually want to come.

But seeing the expectant, cautious look in her father's eyes...

Huo Xiaotuanzi still offered up her washbasin.

The toad was put inside.

Poking at it with a stick

Finally, she was mentored by Sister Liuxu.

Miao Cuifang, a young Miao woman, saw it.

He said

"Little potato! Can you give it to me after you're done playing with it?"

"What do you need this for? To practice Gu poison?" Huo Xiaolong asked.

Miao Cuifang shook her head and said, "No."

As he spoke, he lifted one of the toad's hind legs and said...

"Is this for your sister Liuxu to toughen up? Besides, this stuff is highly poisonous, aren't you afraid of getting poisoned?"

"ah?"

Huo Xiaolong looked at the toad

Then, looking at the young man carrying the toad's hind leg, he said...

"Here you go, I'm done playing."

—Slap

The little dumpling threw the wooden stick in its hand into the basin.

Speaking of

"I've given you everything, I don't want it anymore, you can take it."

The young man didn't think much of it and nodded.

"I'll return the basin to you later."

The little dumpling shook its head like a rattle drum.

"No, no, I don't want them anymore. You can have them all. Just use this pot to grow him; it's the perfect size."

The Miao youth, unfamiliar with social etiquette and lacking in diplomacy, simply picked up the basin and left.

Huo Xiaolong looked at his hands, which had touched the toad, and quickly rinsed them clean with some spiritual spring water.

I remember my father's silly grin when I accepted the toad.

The little dumpling covered its face

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