Although the village chief didn't know what she was planning to do, he nodded and said, "He's coming home tonight, so come over for dinner."

After explaining things to the three people, I randomly picked up something and asked them to sell it, whether it was a broom or a stool or something else.

At first, they were a little unaccustomed to it, but after an hour, they were able to manage to say something.

Seeing his daughter's eyes sparkling and her radiating an unprecedented energy, the village secretary quietly withdrew. If you looked closely, you could even see him wiping away the moisture from the corner of his eyes.

Okay, okay!

Although the daughter always pretended to be indifferent after the incident so as not to worry them, parents know their children well. They knew that things wouldn't be over so quickly when they saw her spacing out a few times.

This is so much better now. With something for her to do, she doesn't have time to think about the past.

We have to thank Gu Zhiqing for all of this. If it weren't for her, my daughter wouldn't have had the chance to change her life.

When he returned and told her what had happened, even the usually outspoken Party Secretary's wife choked up.

“Gu Zhiqing is indeed a good person. I feel at ease knowing that Xiao Juan can follow her. By the way, didn’t you say last time that Gu Zhiqing was looking for good things in the mountains?”

The village party secretary nodded. "That's what Ah Cai said."

The Party Secretary's wife thought for a moment and said, "My mother told me that my older brother found a pair of adult deer antlers. Tomorrow I'll take some money back to my parents' home, and we can give the antlers to Gu Zhiqing. Is that alright?"

Thinking about his daughter's transformation, how could the Party Secretary possibly disagree?

"Okay, take a piece of meat to your mother-in-law."

Not only the village party secretary was thinking about this, but Gu An'an was also pondering this issue.

After everything that needed to be said has been said, the rest is up to them to do their own thing.

Seeing that it was still early, Gu An'an decided to go for a stroll in the mountains.

Picking up her basket and tucking a knife into her waistband, Gu An'an walked step by step into the mountains.

With so many people in the mountains these days, it's impossible to get anything good from nearby. So Gu An'an walked straight in, her steps light and quick.

Once you have a goal, even vast fields of wild vegetables lose their appeal.

Along the way, Gu An'an only encountered two pheasants, which she easily brought into her space, allowing them to have a grand reunion with the other pheasants.

But as soon as she entered the deep mountains, Gu An'an discovered many animal footprints.

Following a trail of wild boar footprints, we found an adult wild boar resting in its den.

When Gu An'an rushed over, the wild boar noticed the commotion and tried to fight back, but was dumbfounded to find that the environment had changed and the human who had disturbed its sleep was gone.

The wild boar walked around the area that Gu An'an had specially fenced off for it twice, and finding that everything was fine, it lay down on the grass and fell asleep peacefully, completely unaware that it was destined to be slaughtered.

Having acquired this wild boar, Gu An'an's trip wasn't in vain, but she still carefully searched the surrounding area.

Gu An'an's eyes lit up when she saw a large tree that had been cut down, bark and core intact.

There's a rule in the forest area: if top-quality ginseng has been found nearby, the diggers will choose a large tree nearby, cut off a piece as a marker, and remind later visitors to explore the area, because the yield of good ginseng is higher in such places than in other places.

It's already August, and the forest is lush with vegetation, so Gu An'an can only search inch by inch.

As the saying goes, perseverance pays off. After searching through countless bushes, she finally spotted the familiar green leaves and the few bright red fruits on the branches.

I counted the leaves, and there were five leaves in total. This ginseng is at least six years old, or even older.

Giving this one to Uncle Li is more than enough. As for the one in her spatial storage, she really couldn't bear to part with it, nor did she dare to.

The space is different from the outside world. She didn't realize it when she threw it directly into the space. A few days ago, when she went into the space to harvest, she accidentally discovered that the ginseng had sprouted another leaf. Keep in mind that only two months had passed.

This space is a powerful tool for mass-producing high-quality ginseng. If others knew about it, it would cause an unimaginable sensation.

She wasn't the only one who knew the state of that ginseng at the time; taking it out rashly might cause some trouble.

Breaking off a small piece of wood, Gu An'an began to carefully remove the soil under the ginseng. This work required special care, otherwise it would be easy to break the ginseng roots.

The loss is one thing, but the main issue is that Gu An'an, being a Virgo, definitely wants everything to be perfect.

It took Gu An'an three whole hours to get the wild ginseng out completely. She then found a piece of turf nearby to wrap the ginseng before starting to walk out. On the way, she encountered a fallen tree covered with dense clusters of yellow elm mushrooms.

Seeing the elm mushrooms, Gu An'an thought of elm mushroom dumplings, stir-fried elm mushrooms with pork belly, fried elm mushrooms, and so on. Her mouth was watering, and she wielded the knife even more vigorously.

I filled a whole basket, and the rest were stored in my spatial storage. You can never have too many real mountain delicacies, and they won't spoil in my spatial storage anyway.

As they walked briskly out of the mountains, a wolf howl suddenly rang out in the distance, followed by a man's angry curses.

"Fifth Brother, what kind of path are you leading us on? How come there are wolves?"

Another man said, his voice trembling with tears, "How should I know? That's how it's shown on the map. It's not my fault, is it?"

"Who else is to blame but you? I came here to complete the mission, get the bonus, and go back to get married. Now I haven't gotten the money, and I'm dead too."

"Stop talking nonsense! It's not like you're the only one who hasn't gotten married. I'm the same. If you don't want to die, run! Go back and report to your superiors. If they want to find the stuff and transport it to Japan, they'll have to send us more people."

Japan?

Gu An'an narrowed her eyes slightly. The scene was too chaotic, and there were wolf howls, but she still managed to grasp the key points.

If a treasure map is found and goods are being transported overseas, then these people must be enemy agents.

I had heard in books that there were many enemies these days, but after arriving here, I had never seen anything other than the scheming between men and women. I never expected to see it on a trip into the deep mountains.

Since they were enemy agents, Gu An'an felt more at ease staying in the tree. However, she kept her eyes fixed on the two people running frantically below, especially the one called Lao Wu. She was holding a roll of something in her hand, which was probably the so-called treasure map.

Regardless of whether the treasure map is real or fake, since we've come across it, we definitely have to get our hands on it and take a look.

Gu An'an took out a few stones from her spatial storage and threw one at Lao Wu.

"ah!"

Caught off guard, the fifth brother felt a sharp pain and his hand suddenly loosened, causing the rolled-up item to fall to the ground with a thud.

The fifth brother wanted to stop and pick it up, but when he caught a glimpse of two more wolves behind him, he was so frightened that his soul left his body and he ran away as fast as he could.

The treasure map is indeed important, but without life, it's all for nothing.

"Third brother, the treasure map is lost!"