After thanking her, the monkey fell into a deep sleep.
Wu Hua said that when it wakes up again, it will forget everything it has experienced.
Qin Luo thought this was pretty good; it was like starting a new chapter in her life…
She and Wu Hua covered the cave entrance with branches, and used their life force to revive the trees destroyed by the heavy rain.
Then they headed down the mountain to continue their long journey.
The rain stopped, the clouds dispersed, and the sky began to brighten.
But the ground was still muddy, and Ejiao walked at a leisurely pace, leaving behind a series of hoofprints of varying depths.
Qin Luo and Wu Hua lay leisurely on the donkey cart, enjoying the surrounding scenery.
The mountains, cleansed by the torrential rain, were shrouded in a light, veil-like mist.
Like a traditional Chinese ink painting, it has distinct layers yet a hazy, poetic quality.
The wildflowers by the roadside, battered by the rain, were reduced to rotten pieces!
The wild grass around them remained unchanged, as if it had not been harmed at all!
Sunlight shone through the clouds, warm and bright…
Wu Hua fell asleep quickly, occasionally smacking her lips and muttering, "Beef jerky..."
Qin Luo: Is she eating it in her dream? Looks like I need to hurry up and make the beef jerky, otherwise this little glutton will dream about it every day!
In the following days, Qin Luo traveled during the day and made beef jerky at night.
Finally, all the hind legs, tenderloin, and shoulder meat from those five cows were made into beef jerky.
There are roasted, deep-fried, and air-dried ones. Apart from a little five-spice flavor, the rest are all spicy flavors that Wu Hua loves!
Wu Hua filled her cloth bag, eating a little when she was bored on the journey, and also a little when she wasn't bored.
After passing Lingu County, the road became easier, and the donkey-hide gelatin sped along with sparks and lightning.
Qin Luo was worried that the wheels would wear out, so he planned to buy several spare wheels once they reached a populated town.
After traveling for more than a month, they passed through several abandoned cities.
They headed straight for Hanyun County. Qin Luo had looked at the map Qin Xing had given him, which marked Hanyun County as not being within the previously affected area.
Moreover, it was a county town with thriving trade, abundant in various fungi and medicinal herbs; half of Pyeongjo's medicinal herbs came from there.
But the donkey-hide gelatin shop has been traveling for almost a month from the nearest abandoned city, and still hasn't reached Hanyun County.
It had been snowing for several days straight, making Qin Luo think she had taken the wrong road.
In her mind, places where mushrooms grow are places with pleasant climates and little snow.
She looked at the map several times.
We found that the route was correct, and the donkey-hide gelatin didn't go astray, but we still couldn't see the city!
Qin Luo sighed sadly.
"Sigh! Kid, it looks like we'll be spending the New Year in the middle of nowhere. I won't be able to set off the firecrackers I promised you, and I won't be able to eat any delicious mushrooms!"
Wu Hua immediately thought, "This won't do! It's like hitting a nerve!"
It frowned slightly, conjured a pair of transparent wings, and left behind the words, "Just you wait!"
It flew into the air, and Qin Luo stopped the donkey-hide gelatin, feeding it some water and sweet corn.
She was fascinated by the wildflowers covered in snow by the roadside.
I ran over and picked some flowers, wove a few small wreaths, and just as I put them on the donkey-hide gelatin, Wu Hua returned.
Qin Luo hurriedly asked, "How is it? Is the map drawn wrong?"
Wu Hua retracted her wings, shook her head, and pointed to the mountains ahead.
"No, it's not far ahead. We'll get there after we cross this road and climb over this mountain!"
Qin Luo…
"The person who dictated the map must have been afraid that if he described it as too rugged, Third Uncle wouldn't give him any money. That's why he said the official road was straight and the roads were smooth. Now I even doubt whether what he said about the thriving trade was just nonsense!"
Wu Hua raised her little head towards the mountain peak ahead: "It's a package!"
Qin Luo sighed again
"Sigh! Oh well, let's just consider this as me correcting the map. Let's go!"
The donkey-hide gelatin, adorned with a flower wreath, seemed to know it was beautiful, and its gait became haughty.
Qin Luo also brought one for Wu Hua, and even stuck a small yellow wildflower on Tengteng's vine.
Then the beast, the vine, and the donkey began to compete.
Wu Hua took out a small mirror and looked at herself again and again.
"It looks great, adding even more color to my handsomeness!"
Teng Teng twisted her vines, wanting to look in the mirror too.
"Let the vine see, it hasn't even flowered yet!"
Wu Hua turned the mirror towards it, and Tengteng saw her reflection in the mirror, twisted so much it was almost knotted.
"The flowering vines are so beautiful! They would be even more beautiful if they had flowers of other colors!"
After it finished taking the picture, the donkey-hide gelatin started making a series of "ooh ooh ooh" sounds.
No matter how Qin Luo urged it, it just stood there and refused to move.
Having no other choice, Qin Luo took the mirror and walked up to it.
"Come on, come on, take the picture quickly!"
Ejiao, vain as ever, looked at herself from the left and right, admiring her reflection in the mirror with boundless delight!
Qin Luo tried to take the mirror away, but it was unhappy. While it was arguing with Qin Luo, Tengteng...
Secretly use the vines to sweep away the other colored wildflowers from its wreath!
When the mirror reflected the image of the donkey-hide gelatin planted on its own vine, it saw that its flowers had been stolen.
Enraged, Qin Luo kept barking at Tengteng, her regret reaching its peak.
I was just waiting, why did you have to get up and weave a flower wreath? Now look what happened! My eardrums are about to burst from all the noise.
There are so many flowers in the space, but they don't seem to like them much. How can they quarrel over a few wildflowers?
Tengteng wasn't ashamed at all when she was discovered; she even tried to use her vines to extract the donkey-hide gelatin.
Ejiao felt even more aggrieved and immediately lay down on the ground, determined to get justice for herself from Qin Luo.
Qin Luo turned her gaze to Tengteng, only to be met with its question: "Luo Luo, between the two of us, who do you like more?"
Qin Luo: Holy crap, I've lived two lifetimes and this is the first time I've encountered such a difficult problem!
Whether the donkey-hide gelatin understood or not, it turned its head and stared at Qin Luo with its huge donkey eyes without blinking.
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