Chapter 114 The World of Oxen Chewing Peonies "Hiss!" Sang Zhitao suddenly...
"Hiss!" Sang Zhitao suddenly remembered a plant comparison picture she had just seen and couldn't help but gasp.
Seeing Yu Cao putting the herb into her mouth, she couldn't help but shout, "Poisonous! Stop!"
Unfortunately, a height of two centimeters is nothing more than dust compared to a ten-meter giant, and the sharp cry was barely audible to Yu Cao.
I watched helplessly as Yu Cao chewed the Gynostemma pentaphyllum a few times and swallowed it.
Sang Zhitao watched Yu Cao's simple and crude grass-eating actions and couldn't help but twitch her lips. She called out a few more times, but when she found that the other party couldn't hear her at all, she couldn't help but scratch her face, sigh deeply, and helplessly sat back down in the fruit plate.
She remembered.
This is also part of the original story. In the original book, when Yu Cao was planting honeysuckle, a few Gelsemium seeds somehow got mixed into the seeds.
After Yu Cao planted the honeysuckle, she discovered that some of the herbs inside were a little different from the others.
Out of curiosity, Yu Cao took these herbs home and studied them for a few days before deciding to try them.
This also led to the discovery that these plants were actually poisonous. It was discovered that some poisonous plants can look similar to medicinal herbs. This led to the publication of a paper, which earned the author admission to the Institute of Planting, and even the passing of the intermediate herbalist exam. The author also received a national honorary medal.
This can be considered a minor climax in the early stages of the story, where characters are slapped in the face.
Because of these honors, Yu Cao completely suppressed her family members who looked down on her, and also thoroughly suppressed those who had always bullied her.
Thinking of this, Sang Zhitao stopped trying to stop her, treating it as a necessary part of the plot, since Yu Cao wasn't in any danger in the original story.
Sure enough, she watched as Yu Cao lay on the ground, breathing rapidly, her pupils slightly dilated, due to poisoning from taking Gelsemium elegans. But that was all.
About two or three hours later, Yu Cao took a deep breath and sat up abruptly from the ground.
"Phew... What's wrong with me?" Yu Cao rubbed her stomach and touched her still cold cheeks, looking completely bewildered.
Sang Zhitao took a bite of the freshly peeled fruit and couldn't help but exclaim, "No wonder she's the heroine I wrote; she's incredibly resilient."
Seeing that the jade grass was just as described in the original book, he discovered the toxicity of the Gelsemium elegans. After several tasting experiments, he excitedly grabbed the Gelsemium elegans and headed straight for the medicinal field.
A few days later, Yu Yao came to Yu Cao excitedly: "You really discovered a new poisonous herb?"
Yu Cao ate the fruit, nodded with a smile, then shook her head and explained, "Not only are there new poisonous plants, but I have also discovered a poisonous plant that looks extremely similar to honeysuckle."
Yu Yao looked blank, then waved her hand dismissively: "Whatever, it's a new discovery! You're all set for the promotion exam this time!"
Yu Cao couldn't hide her joy. She nodded and said, "I've visited several teachers' medicinal herb fields these past few days and found many poisonous plants that look similar to medicinal herbs. I plan to publish a new paper and a related atlas."
Yu Yao looked at her with admiration: "Wow~ baby, you're amazing!"
As Yu Yao spoke, she hugged Yu Cao tightly and kissed her hard.
Yu Cao, looking embarrassed, pushed her away, and only after trying her best to push her friend away did she say helplessly, "I plan to conduct my research publicly within a month, and then apply for the intermediate assessment next month."
Yu Yao nodded repeatedly, but then hesitated and asked, "What about your aunt?"
Before Yu Cao could answer, she unleashed a barrage of words like a machine gun: "Ever since your parents passed away and she took you in, she's treated you like dirt. You were kicked out as soon as you came of age, and she still wants you to pay a million in child support. If she knew you had this research, wouldn't she force you to give it to your cousin, just like always?"
Yu Cao thought of her aunt's family, and a look of disappointment flashed in her eyes.
Seeing her like this, Yu Yao immediately regretted it. She couldn't help but turn her head away, pat her mouth, and awkwardly said, "I...I'm sorry."
Yu Cao quickly looked up at her with a smile: "It's true, it's nothing."
Before Yuyao could apologize again, she added, "If I really become an intermediate herbalist, Aunt wouldn't dare to offend me anymore, would she?"
Yu Yao raised an eyebrow, seemingly lost in thought, and said, "That's true, after all, there are only about 100,000 intermediate-level herbalists in the whole country."
Yu Cao patted her arm and said with a smile, "So, I'm not afraid at all. Once my paper is successful, I think I can try to aim for the advanced level."
Yu Yao stared at her in disbelief: "Really?!"
After a slight hesitation, Yu Cao said, "Although I don't know how it will turn out right now, I think it's very important."
Yu Yao nodded, thought for a moment, and then advised, "Although the discovery of poisonous herbs is important, you should still focus on cultivation. After all, the most important thing for a high-level herbalist is to cultivate high-level herbs."
Yu Cao nodded with a smile: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
As she spoke, she turned around, picked up a few honeysuckle plants, and handed them to Yuyao.
Yu Yao didn't refuse and put it in her mouth and chewed it.
The bitter, grassy taste of the raw honeysuckle filled Yuyao's mouth, causing her to grimace and gag occasionally.
"I could never get used to eating these herbs my whole life. I don't know how our ancestors managed to cure diseases with these things..." Yu Yao said with a look of utter despair as she swallowed the honeysuckle.
Yu Cao chewed with a calm expression: "There's nothing we can do. If it weren't for these herbs, we giants would have all died long ago."
Sang Zhitao's lips twitched, and she couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Who would eat peonies and Chinese herbs like a cow? I haven't been able to find even a single book on Chinese medicine all these years..."
"You said the experiment was successful, so why did they give up?" Yu Yao asked with a curious look.
Upon hearing this, Sang Zhitao quickly sat up straight, pricked up her ears, and looked at the two of them warily.
experiment……?
She frowned, full of doubt: "What experiment?"
Yu Cao chimed in, "There's no other way. While shrinking the population can reduce radiation absorption, it also poses a huge risk to their survival."
"Those micro-level people are able to live peacefully as they do now because we shelter them from the wind and rain."
"Bubble people are pretty good too, they come with their own houses, how cool!" Yu Yao said, pursing her lips.
Yu Cao sighed and continued, "That's true, but bubble people can only live in the sky. If we all fly into the sky, the resources there won't be enough to survive. The floating islands in Sky City were built with a lot of effort. With the current resources, we can't create enough floating islands."
"This won't work...that won't work either...I wonder how long it will be before we can live like our ancestors..." Yu Yao felt that the bitterness in her mouth was not as bad as the bitterness in her heart.
Yu Cao was momentarily bewildered: "I heard that before the great catastrophe, everyone's size was about the same as mine now..."
Seeing the bitter look on Yu Cao's face, Sang Zhitao knew that Yu Cao was thinking about her past when she was bullied, and couldn't help but twitch her lips: "Even before the great disaster, everyone was of normal size. Who would grow to ten meters tall! I'm only a little over two meters tall!"
Yuyao patted her head comfortingly, then took a few honeysuckle flowers and put them in her mouth.
Seeing the scene of a cow chewing on a peony, Sang Zhitao covered her face, speechless, and lay back down in the fruit plate.
Yuyao and Yucao chatted idly for an afternoon before Yucao finally saw her off.
Seeing Yuyao massaging her legs, Yucao couldn't help but advise, "I already said that the furniture here was made according to my body size, and it's too small for you. You don't need to come here; I can just go to your place."
Yuyao gave her a reproachful look: "I just like this place. Next time I'll prepare a big cushion so I can sit directly on it."
This wasn't the first time Yu Cao had tried to persuade her friend, but seeing that she still said the same thing, she had no choice but to shake her head and sigh.
After seeing the person off, Yu Cao began writing a new paper, not forgetting to take a few plants with her and draw relevant analytical diagrams.
Time passed by in a cycle of eating and sleeping, and soon it was the beginning of the next month, the time for the intermediate herbalist assessment.
Sang Zhitao had been looking forward to this assessment for a long time. The night before, she dug up a few pieces of fruit, stuck the toothpicks she had picked up into her pockets, and carried them on her back before slowly climbing into bed and making her home on the grass the night before.
Before Yu Cao woke up, she quickly ate a few bites of fruit to fill her stomach before stuffing the remaining two pieces into her pouch.
After Yu Cao woke up, she first rolled around to avoid Yu Cao's comb, then dodged the pullover that swept over her head, and finally climbed onto Yu Cao's hair tie.
She stabbed the cloth headband a few times with a dagger, made a large hole, stuffed herself into the hole, twisted and adjusted herself a bit, and then comfortably enjoyed this homemade car seat.
Yu Cao was completely unaware of what was happening above her head. Chewing on honeysuckle, she quickly walked out the door with the relevant items in hand.
When Sang Zhitao first arrived in the world of giants, she also stayed on Yucao's head for a long time. Unfortunately, she was so focused on making sure she didn't fall off that she paid no attention to the outside world.
But not now. Now she is eating the delicious fruit that was prepared for her, sitting on a very elastic hair tie, which is tightly protected by the thick hair tie. Because Yu Cao's hair is tied in a high ponytail, she has a feeling of looking down on all the mountains.
"Wow~!" Looking at the giant world where technology and nature blended perfectly, and at the giants who were so tall that she couldn't even describe them, Sang Zhitao couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder Yu Cao's height was considered to be a congenital disability. The contrast is truly tragic..."
To get from Yucao's place of residence to the core hub where the assessment center is located, Yucao needs to take an intercity train first, and then transfer to three intercity buses.
Watching the driverless train speed through the city, with dense forests rushing past the window and glimpses of tall buildings nestled within the thick jungle, I could see the train's journey.
Sang Zhitao couldn't help but sit up straight and lean forward, wanting to use the train window to carefully observe how amazing the city in the jungle must look.
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