"Sis! Waaaaah~"
As soon as Zhang Shiqiang was wheeled out of the cell by the jailer, he saw his sister standing in front of the cell door, holding a black cloak and waiting for him.
The grievances he suffered while imprisoned finally found an outlet, and he couldn't help but cry.
Aunt Zhang looked at her younger brother, who was unshaven, his face dirty, his hair messy, and wearing only a thin white undershirt with a footprint on his chest. He must have suffered a lot in prison.
Seeing him like this, she felt heartbroken and quickly went forward to put a cloak on him.
Then she patted her younger brother on the back and said, "Don't cry. Get in the carriage first, and we'll talk when we get back to the manor."
...
"They've been released already?"
"I heard that when she was released, she was the magistrate's concubine, who personally went to fetch her back to his residence."
Lu Qiqi was feeding the horses in the backyard when she heard the news that Zhou Yi had brought back, so she threw all the fresh grass into the manger.
She plucked the fresh grass from her spatial storage, and the horse ate it with great relish.
She was also very pleased. Even if Zhang Shiqiang was released from prison, he would have to keep a low profile from now on. If he dared to act recklessly again, the first person who would not let him off the hook would be his brother-in-law!
Li Changlong, however, was indignant. "How long have they been locked up! They're already out. This county magistrate position was probably just a formality!"
On Monday, he stood aside and listened quietly to Li Changlong's indignation.
Lu Qiqi didn't take it to heart. In her opinion, the magistrate imprisoned Zhang Shiqiang to silence public opinion.
Whether for some other reason or not, Zhang Shiqiang was punished, and that alone made her feel very happy.
"Second brother, look on the bright side. At least Zhang Shiqiang suffered a lot in prison, which can be considered a relief."
Lu Qiqi heard Zhou Fang say that when Zhang Shiqiang came out, he was disheveled and limped, as if he had been badly beaten.
Hearing this, Li Changlong stopped complaining, glanced at Lu Qiqi, and walked away with his head down.
Today, Doctor Huang is taking the villagers to find jujube leaves, and Lu Qiqi is also planning to go along to see if there are any useful herbs.
She's almost used up the shampoo she has in her storage space, so she's planning to make some more, and also some soap.
After lunch, Dr. Huang led the villagers into the mountains.
Lu Qiqi also carried a small basket into the mountains, and along the way, the villagers chatted about their daily lives.
There were both vegetarian and meat options, and the journey was filled with laughter and joy.
Lu Qiqi walked with Doctor Luo and occasionally helped him dig up some medicinal herbs.
"Let's dig up that plantain too," Dr. Luo said, pointing to the left front.
Lu Qiqi dug up a motherwort plant, and Doctor Luo then directed her to dig up plantain.
Plantain grows abundantly on the ridges of fields in the countryside and can be found everywhere, so there is no need to go to great lengths to dig it up.
Lu Qiqi felt that Doctor Luo was deliberately ordering people around. Doctor Luo had a clever plan, so she used it to her advantage.
She said, "I still need to pick a lot of cypress leaves, otherwise these herbs won't fit."
As he spoke, he took all the herbs out of his basket and put them into Doctor Luo's basket.
Then, carrying her small basket on her back, she walked forward.
Doctor Luo stared wide-eyed at the herbs in his basket as Lu Qiqi walked away, then quickly slung his basket over his shoulder and followed her.
He cursed inwardly: "You brat, you didn't even wait for this old man."
Lu Qiqi didn't pick many herbs for Doctor Luo, but he kept directing her to pick them, so she didn't have to pick any cypress leaves.
If she hadn't plucked all the cypress leaves from her space, she wouldn't have had to travel all the way into the mountains to pick them.
Lu Qiqi and Doctor Luo had been collecting herbs along the way and had long since become separated from Doctor Huang and the villagers. Presumably, Doctor Huang and the others had already gone deep into the mountains.
She remembered that the last time she went into the mountains to rescue someone, she saw a large patch of Chinese cypress trees when she looked down from the cliff.
Most cypress trees grow on dry and barren slopes. Lu Qiqi constructed an aerial map in her mind, came to a fork in the road, and decisively chose the road opposite to the one leading into the deep mountains.
"Girl, you're wrong! You've gone the wrong way!"
Seeing that Lu Qiqi had taken another route, Doctor Luo shouted after her at the top of his lungs.
Lu Qiqi turned around and smiled slightly, "I didn't go to the wrong place. I remember there was a large grove of Chinese cypress trees here, and there are also Chinese cypress trees in the deep mountains, but they are too far away."
Lu Qiqi was unwilling to carry the cypress tree all the way down the mountain. If she were alone, she could put the cypress leaves into her spatial storage, saving a lot of effort.
She even hoped that Dr. Luo could continue to go into the mountains with Dr. Huang.
But her wishful thinking was destined to fail. Doctor Luo said, "It's safer for me to go with you, and I can protect you."
Lu Qiqi, "..."
And so the old man and the young girl went into the mountains. It was Doctor Luo's turn to carry the herbs himself, and he no longer directed Lu Qiqi to dig here and there.
Seeing that many herbs couldn't be taken down the mountain, Doctor Luo would often sigh in disappointment.
Lu Qiqi even suspected that this old man was going to sigh out all the anger he had accumulated in his life today!
The mountain path was difficult to walk, and the one Lu Qiqi chose was even more difficult, overgrown with weeds and full of shrubs and thorns.
It's clearly a mountain path that few people travel on.
Therefore, the two of them had no choice but to take out their machetes and cut through the thorns and brambles along the way.
After walking past a thicket of bushes, I came across a patch of weeds.
The weeds under the shade of the tree are a tender green, so the bright green leaves stand out especially in the weeds.
Lu Qiqi saw the pale yellow flower buds on the umbrella-shaped flower stem among the green leaves and was overjoyed. "Isn't this ginseng?"
After saying that, Lu Qiqi walked to the left front, and Doctor Luo followed her after hearing her joy.
Ginseng thrives in fertile soil, so how can it grow in these barren mountain areas?
Doctor Luo felt that Lu Qiqi was still too young and might have mistaken Panax notoginseng for ginseng.
"It really is!" Lu Qiqi squatted on the ground, and her joyful words reached Doctor Luo's ears, causing him to quicken his pace.
Dr. Luo squatted down, his cloudy eyes looking at the pale yellow flower, and his eyes lit up.
"Quickly, quickly tie it up with a red rope!"
Lu Qiqi had already used her mind to take out a red rope from her spatial storage.
Popular belief holds that ginseng possesses vital essence, and only the most fortunate can find it.
If you tie a red string to the root of a ginseng plant, with the other end of the string tied to a stick, and then insert the stick into the soil.
This way, the ginseng won't escape.
Lu Qiqi knew that this claim was unfounded, but that didn't stop her from liking it; it was a story with a legendary quality.
This was her first time digging for wild ginseng. Compared to the large amount of ginseng in the space, it was incredibly rare and fresh.
Even Dr. Luo was surprised by Lu Qiqi's good fortune.
He and Doctor Huang spent several days wandering in these deep mountains, and apart from risking their lives for the Resurrection Herb, they had never seen such good medicinal herbs in the mountains.
Lu Qiqi stuck the stick into the soil, and then pulled out the weeds on the ground so as not to get in the way of her digging for wild ginseng.
Just as she was concentrating intently, with only the wild ginseng in her eyes.
"wooden club!"
A sudden shout startled her, nearly causing her to uproot the wild ginseng!
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