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Seeing the two girls run off into the distance, He Tiantian was both angry and amused.
You've made the mistake of associating with bad friends!
He Tiantian had no memory of the past; she used to make Qi Xiaoyan and Niu Dajun blush.
"It seems you two have a good relationship." Huo Yingjie smiled. He had just calculated that Qi Daniu was destined for a long life, but Qi Xiaoyan was not. However, it seemed that a master had helped her change her fate before.
“Yes, it’s rare to have two little sisters in Qijia Village,” He Tiantian said with a smile. “Da Niu is fine, she’s always been healthy. But Xiao Yan wasn’t healthy, but she got better later.”
"How did it get better?" Huo Yingjie stared intently at He Tiantian, hoping it wasn't what he had guessed.
He Tiantian said, "Xiao Yan's accident happened while she was saving me. I thought my blood could help the Snake King, and it should also help Qi Xiao Yan, so..."
"I knew it!" Huo Yingjie said. "Don't do that again."
"Oh!" He Tiantian nodded. "Now that you're here, and you're so capable, I don't need to resort to desperate measures."
"Okay!" Huo Yingjie felt sorry for He Tiantian; she had no choice in that situation.
With him around, she won't feel so helpless and sad anymore, and she won't have to use her studies to earn money.
When the two returned home, He Tiantian cleaned the dates, then put them in a basket to dry, stored them away, and kept some to eat.
He Tiantian likes to eat sour dates, so she washed a large plate of them and put them on the table.
He Tiantian picked out the biggest ones for her mother. Then, she took a small knife and peeled the dates for Grandma Qi, revealing the flesh inside so they would be easier to eat.
Wang Shuping loves to eat sweet and sour dates, and Grandma Qi also loves to eat the date flesh.
In the afternoon, He Tiantian accompanied Grandma Qi to take a bath and helped her scrub her back.
He Jingyu had nothing to do in the afternoon, so he stayed home with his wife.
Huo Yingjie carried her up and down the mountain, and Grandma Qi was extremely happy.
When we passed the foot of the mountain, we arrived at the livestock team, where Grandma Qi's wheelchair was located. It had been placed there when we went up the mountain.
"Second brother, come to our house for dinner tonight. Why don't you come with us now?" said Grandma Qi. She was getting older and older, and so was her second brother.
In the past, Old Man Qi would have refused, but he fell ill in the summer, which made him realize that time was passing and he could no longer afford to waste it.
"Okay!" Old Qi said, going inside to get the two bottles of wine that Huo Yingjie had brought, intending to take them over so the three of them could have a few more drinks.
Seeing that Old Man Qi was no longer making excuses like before, Grandma Qi was also very happy.
When they got home, He Tiantian washed the dates and the peaches she had secretly saved, and shared them with everyone.
She and Huo Yingjie cooked together.
He Tiantian handed the matches to Huo Yingjie, who took them and, taking advantage of He Tiantian's inattention, snapped his fingers, igniting all the firewood inside.
"Brother Yingjie, I've discovered that you're amazing at everything you do. The first time I tried to start a fire, it was a huge mess and took a lot of effort," He Tiantian praised. "Smart people always get twice the results with half the effort."
"Hehe, you flatter me," Huo Yingjie said modestly.
Huo Yingjie is also very good at tending a fire, not only for cooking porridge but also for stir-frying vegetables, his control of the heat is excellent.
Dinner was very plentiful.
Huo Yingjie was drinking with the old man, his future father-in-law.
Old Qi was very happy, and before he knew it, he had drunk a little too much.
That night, He Jingyu, who could only drink one glass of alcohol, fell asleep immediately after finishing his drink.
He Tiantian and Huo Yingjie gave a gift to Old Man Qi.
The night was clear and the stars were few; all was quiet.
The two of them walked home hand in hand without saying a word.
Huo Yingjie had already received confirmation from He Jingyu and Wang Shuping, and immediately wrote home to discuss the marriage.
For a while after that, He Tiantian would go to the back mountain to collect dried goods after finishing her household chores.
Huo Yingjie followed suit, taking a small hoe and digging here and there, managing to dig quite a bit each day.
"Brother Yingjie, what are you digging up?" He Tiantian asked, as she didn't recognize any of them.
“These are medicinal herbs,” Huo Yingjie said. “Winter is coming soon, and I think Grandma Qi and Grandpa Qi are in relatively weak health, so I want to make some pills for them.”
"Pills?" He Tiantian was taken aback. "Oh, I almost forgot you have ancient memories. But, Brother Yingjie, you know so many things."
"Hehe, there's more, you just don't know it yet," Huo Yingjie said with a smile. "Here, give me the things, I'll take them."
"Hmm!" He Tiantian handed her basket directly to Huo Yingjie. "The medicinal herbs here don't have spiritual energy, can they still be used to refine pills?"
Huo Yingjie nodded and said, "It should be called medicine refining. Although it has no spiritual energy, it still has medicinal properties and can treat some diseases."
"I see." He Tiantian nodded. "Alright then, you don't need to help me pick things up anymore. You can just be in charge of digging for herbs."
"It's alright, it was just something I did on the spur of the moment," Huo Yingjie said dismissively.
With Huo Yingjie's help, He Tiantian reaped great rewards.
However, Huo Yingjie didn't have a suitable alchemy furnace, so he had to go down there.
Late at night, Huo Yingjie arrived at the cave alone. Following the entrance of the underground river, he followed the little whirlwind turtle underwater, made a hand seal, and saw the stone door at the bottom of the water open.
"Master, this place is the same as before, nothing has changed." The little tortoise looked nostalgically at the familiar furnishings around it.
So many years have passed, times have changed, and the world has transformed.
There was no underground river here originally, but now there is a cold underground river.
“Nothing has changed,” Huo Yingjie said, looking around.
The little tortoise looked around greedily. Even though these things seem incredible now, they were just ordinary things back then. Otherwise, it wouldn't have left them here instead of taking them with it.
Although the little tortoise knew of this place, it didn't have the magic incantation, so even though it had come here with He Tiantian a long time ago, it didn't enter.
"Master, did you come in to cultivate?" the little tortoise asked, not understanding why its master had opened this cave.
"No!" Huo Yingjie replied briefly, then carefully searched the display room.
He has cultivated for too long, and now he wants to be an ordinary person, living in the mortal world, doing as he pleases and taking things as they come.
The little tortoise followed behind its owner, watching as its owner searched.
But when he saw a small cauldron that was only the size of two palms, Huo Yingjie's eyes lit up and he nodded, "Yes, that's it!"
In the void, with a wave of his hand, the small purple-gold cauldron fell into Huo Yingjie's hand.
"Master, are you going to refine pills?" the little tortoise asked. "But there are no rare and precious herbs here!"
“We’ll refine medicine instead of pills!” Huo Yingjie said. “It’s no longer useful to us, but it will be useful to ordinary people.”
Upon hearing this, the little tortoise was a little disappointed.
If it were alchemy, he could benefit from it and increase his cultivation, but as for medicine, forget about it.
"Hehe, don't worry, wait until the second day of the second month next year, I will help with the cultivation." Huo Yingjie was in a rare good mood, comforting his little pet.
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