每次上山小灰和小黑也一起跟着，自从它们上次帮忙打狼后，赵贵花也没再嫌弃它们了。
可能是受到刺激，激发了野性，现在它们简直称得上勇猛，就像打通了任督二脉，点燃了狩猎技能，只要一进山，它们就能抓到小猎物，像野兔，山鸡，竹鼠这些。
Xingxing said she could find the medicinal ingredient, and Zhou Laoda and Zhao Guihua believed her. But now, Xingxing had led them to the outskirts of the deep mountains, which made them very unhappy.
"Let's go back. It's too dangerous in the deep mountains. If a wild animal comes out, all three of us will be doomed." Zhao Guihua shuddered as she realized what had happened. She and her husband had been coaxed by Xingxing and had impulsively run over here.
Looking at the eerie deep forest, I immediately sobered up. Forget about finding herbs, saving my life is the priority. I had to run! Didn't I hear the roars of various ferocious beasts coming from inside?
"A big tiger, a big black bear." Xingxing listened intently for a while and then named the two animals.
Zhou Laoda and Zhao Guihua both gasped in shock. The next second, they turned and ran. Zhao Guihua carried a wood-chopping knife and had some herbs in her basket, while Zhou Laoda carried an axe and had Xingxing in his basket. The couple moved in unison.
The two ran all the way to the foot of the mountain, and only stopped to catch their breath when they could no longer keep up. Because Zhou Laoda ran so fast, Xingxing was also a little dizzy from being jostled around in the basket.
"Oh dear, Daddy, it's finally stopped! I almost threw up," Xingxing shook her little head, feeling like there were several stars spinning in front of her. "Those two big guys didn't catch up. Daddy and Mommy, you're such cowards."
Zhao Guihua plopped down on the grass, glanced at the stars, and waved her hand. "Daughter, don't try to trick your father and me into going looking for some kind of medicinal ingredient next time. If you really want to learn kung fu, we can pay someone from a martial arts school to teach you."
"Are there any martial arts schools in our town?" Xingxing asked curiously.
There are no martial arts schools in the town, not even in the county.
"Girl, haven't you heard the saying, 'Money makes the world go round'? With money, we're not afraid of not being able to hire a master chef," Zhao Guihua coaxed.
"We need to save our money for our brothers' imperial examinations. We'll have to find another way to pay for a teacher. I heard that learning martial arts is very expensive," Xingxing said seriously.
"Who told you that?" Zhao Guihua asked.
“Niu Jingui, after we beat him up last time, he asked Dad to hire a master to teach him kung fu. He said he could take on five people at once, and even if all the brothers came together, they couldn’t beat him.” This is one of the reasons why Xingxing wants to learn kung fu.
Originally, she thought that her second and fourth brothers were strong and there was no need to be afraid of Niu Jingui. However, after seeing the guards of the Song family killing wolves with knives in the mountains, Xingxing realized that those who knew kung fu were indeed much stronger than those who did not.
"That Niu Jingui is such a troublemaker. So what if his family owns a top-tier shop? We should open one too." No wonder her daughter was having nightmares about someone trying to harm her and was insisting on learning martial arts; it turns out she suffered some kind of trauma at the private school.
"Alright, stop talking here, let's go back." Old Zhou looked around, worried that his wife's words might have been overheard. The wine hadn't been brewed yet, and the shop hadn't been rented. He didn't want anything to go wrong at this crucial moment.
Back home, Xingxing went to her room to get paper and pen, and then started writing and drawing in the main room. Zhou Laoda and his wife, who were illiterate, thought she was practicing calligraphy and were impressed by their daughter's diligence, as she had just returned from the mountain and hadn't even rested for a while before starting to practice calligraphy.
"The furniture we had made should be almost finished. Now that we have some free time, let's clean the house a bit more." The house is already built; eight new houses were built in one go, one for each of the quintuplets and Xingxing.
The Zhou couple still lived in their old house. They originally wanted to move to the new house, but a cellar had been dug under the bed in the old house, and silver was hidden in the cellar. The couple didn't want to move and wanted to sleep with the silver in their arms.
The two had considered digging a cellar at the new house, but they were too busy right now. They were either gathering herbs in the mountains or working in the fields. In a few days, once the rock sugar crystallized, they would start brewing wine and also need to buy a shop in town.
"Mom and Dad, come quick! I've finished drawing!" Xingxing ran into the yard and called to them.
"What painting is finished? Weren't you practicing calligraphy? Were you painting just now?" Zhao Guihua was sweeping the room with a broom.
Xingxing took a few steps forward, tilted her head and said, "Yes, Mom and Dad, stop what you're doing and come over here."
The daughter called them over, and the two couldn't very well refuse, so they had to stop what they were doing and go look at the painting first. Old Zhou stared at the painting for a long time but couldn't figure it out.
I really want to ask what these drawings are?
But fearing it might dampen Xingxing's confidence, and that it might make the little girl cry, he held back and didn't say anything.
"What's the meaning of these winding, twisted grasses?" Zhao Guihua was even more confused.
Xingxing pointed to the scenery in the painting and explained, "This is a winding mountain road, and there are many, many mountains. There are many trees and wild animals in the mountains. Look here, this is where the medicinal ingredient grows. However, a big black bear lives not far from the medicinal ingredient, and there is a big tiger in the forest across the way."
With bears and tigers around, it's incredibly dangerous. Who would dare go in?
Although they didn't understand Xingxing's drawing, they knew what it was after hearing her explanation. It was a drawing of the place where the medicinal ingredient grows. Xingxing's words wouldn't be wrong, so they could successfully find the medicinal ingredient by following the instructions in the drawing.
Although the artist's skill in drawing the stars needs improvement, careful analysis should reveal their location.
However, Zhou Laoda and his wife had no intention of venturing into the deep mountains for money, even though the Song family had posted a reward notice saying that as long as they found the medicinal ingredient they needed, they would receive a reward of one thousand taels of silver.
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