Pei Yu was overjoyed and looked up, only to find that Pei Ji's soul had disappeared.
A wave of fear came over me.
His heart was beating violently, his body was weak, and he collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath like a fish that had survived a disaster.
Thinking back to what happened in that short period of time, he still felt a palpitation and his scalp tingled.
Isn't it said that a soul separated from the body is very fragile? Why is Pei Ji's soul so powerful? It's so powerful that it's not even human, but... a god!
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"Man is born good. Natures are similar, but habits make them different..."
From a house on the south side of the village, the sound of children reading aloud could be heard.
Xue Huan had someone clean up this room specifically for the children to study. They have classes for half a day every day, and the children are free to play in the afternoon.
It was early morning and the women in the village were busy washing clothes, hanging clothes, cooking and feeding chickens... It was a busy yet peaceful scene.
When the incident happened in the village at first, they were at a loss as to what to do, but now, they all have a goal in life.
Xue Huan was practicing the "Nine-Turn Lotus Kung Fu" in the open space in front of the house. She was now able to perform the entire set of movements in the upper part with ease and skill.
The twelve movements are connected together, from simple to complex and then back to simple, as if going through a cycle, and there is an indescribable sense of mystery when watching it.
Although Xue Huan was moving, her heart was extremely peaceful. The spiritual energy flowed freely along the meridians in her body, and finally returned to her dantian like a sea.
The pale golden sunlight shone on her face, and even the tiny hairs were clearly visible. Her clear, white skin reflected the sunset light, looking fragile and fragile, but in fact, every texture was full of strength.
After finishing a set of exercises, she stood still and Ah Man came up to her and handed her a towel.
Xue Huan took it and wiped the sweat off her face.
A spirit pigeon flew over, and Xue Huan stretched out an arm for it to land. She rubbed its head, and the spirit pigeon made a soft cooing sound and rubbed against her palm.
Xue Huan took out a small bag of spiritual rice and gave it to Ah Man, asking her to help feed the pigeons. She then took off the small storage bag on the spiritual pigeon's neck and took out the letter inside to read.
This time the letter was very short, with only one sentence: "Hanhan, wait for me, I'll pick you up!"
Xue Huan was shocked. Could Pei Ji be coming here in person? Would it be okay for him to leave the capital without permission? What if he encountered an assassination attempt on the way?
She hurried into the house and wrote a letter asking him not to come.
Anyway, this place is not far from the capital. If you take a faster carriage, you can get there in three or four days. Why should he make a trip?
Despite this, she still felt sweet in her heart.
After breakfast, Xue Huan led everyone in the village to plant pumpkins.
These days, she teaches a few women who are good at cooking how to make pumpkin dishes every day. The others have become familiar with her and are no longer afraid of her. They all come over to watch.
Stir-fried pumpkin, pumpkin soup, pumpkin porridge, pumpkin rice with mushroom sauce, steamed pork ribs with pumpkin, baked pumpkin with egg yolk... There are so many ways to eat pumpkin, and each one has its own unique flavor.
Although they had been eating this for a few days, everyone did not feel bored at all because the food was different every day. They even felt that it was a blessing to have new dishes every day and be able to eat their fill.
It can be said that since Xue Huan and others came, the happiness index of the entire village has been significantly improved.
Oh, of course, those bandits who were arranged to mine can only be said to be hard laborers and cannot be considered part of the village. The happiness index of the village has nothing to do with them.
However, a few absentees also found happiness because their women couldn't bear to leave them and would save food and secretly give it to them.
Xue Huan knew about this, but did not stop it.
"In a few days, the pumpkins will sprout, and in about a month they will bloom, and in two to three months they will bear fruit. Then you will be able to eat the pumpkins you planted yourself."
After hearing what Xue Huan said, everyone was looking forward to it.
"Brother Zhao! I picked up a lot of mushroom eggs! Can I exchange them for money?" Ah Heng, the first boy who attacked the bandits that day, came over excitedly with a basket of mushrooms.
Since the receiving station was opened in the village, a trend of searching for wild game has emerged. Adults and children alike will go to the mountains to look for things that can be exchanged for money whenever they have free time, and then take them to the receiving station to sell them.
When I have money, I will go to the grocery store next door to see what new goods are available.
Now those bandits could no longer bully them and Young Master Zhao also distributed food to them, so the people in the village were basically no longer short of food and clothing.
But they longed for cloth, clothes, rouge, etc. from outside the mountains.
Wild delicacies are everywhere in the mountains and plains. As long as you are not afraid of hardship and are willing to put in the effort to look for them, you can always find them. However, rouge, powder, brushes, ink, paper and inkstone are not easy to obtain.
A woman saw the mushroom eggs and exclaimed, "Ah Heng, why did you pick up snake eggs? Throw them away quickly. If a female snake smells the scent and comes looking for them, we'll be in trouble!"
In the bamboo basket, there are white and plump mushroom eggs, but these mushroom eggs are believed to be laid by snakes, and no one dares to eat them.
However, Xue Huan was very surprised. "Bamboo fungus eggs! Where did you find them? Of course they can be exchanged for money. Bamboo fungus eggs are a good thing and taste delicious."
Hearing this, Ah Heng, who had been a little disappointed, suddenly became happy again. "It's in the bamboo forest south of the village. There are a lot of them."
Xue Huan took the basket and weighed it. "It's about two pounds. I'll give you ten cents for one pound. Here, twenty cents. Take it."
Ah Heng put his hand behind his back and didn't take it. "I'll give these two pounds to Brother Zhao. I'll go pick some more and Brother Zhao will pay me when the time comes."
After saying that, he ran away like a gust of wind.
Xue Huan shook her head and laughed, but did not refuse.
The woman next to him came over and said, "Master Zhao, are these snake eggs really edible?"
"These aren't snake eggs, they're bamboo fungus eggs, which are the roots of the bamboo fungus. They taste great. You'll know when I make them."
Xue Huan happily carried the basket back to her room.
Everything can be grown well in this space, except for wild mushrooms like bamboo fungus.
Perhaps it is because space is just a small world after all, not a real world with a complete ecological chain, so there are still some defects and some things cannot be cultivated.
She hadn't been able to eat bamboo fungus eggs for a long time, so today she could finally satisfy her appetite.
Bamboo fungus eggs are fragrant, crispy and tender, and can be braised, stir-fried, served cold or made into soup.
When the children learned that the "snake eggs" were edible and could be sold for ten cents per pound, they all rushed to the bamboo forest in the south, and some adults also went there.
Xue Huan was worried that something might happen to them, so she asked Xuan Xiao and the other two to look after them secretly.
At noon that day, Xue Huan cooked two kilograms of bamboo fungus eggs into dishes. One was braised, one was stir-fried with lard, and the rest was stewed into chicken soup.
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