After hearing Zhang Shufen's assurance, Chaoge's expression eased a little.
The reason why Chaoge deliberately mentioned that there were medicinal herbs ahead was that she just regarded it as a way to repay Zhou Daqiang for helping them find firewood, chase the carriage, and cut vines. After going down the mountain, everyone was safe and owed nothing to each other.
Chaoge took Zhang Shufen and her daughter to a nearby valley full of forsythia. It was not far from where they were resting. With Black Panther following them, Chaoge was not worried about the danger.
August to September is the fruit-bearing season for Forsythia, which is just a coincidence.
"So this is also a medicinal herb? There seem to be many places on this mountain? And there is such a large area. How much money can Xiaoge make from this!?"
Looking at the medicinal herbs found by Chaoge in the light of the torch, Zhang Shufen was a little bit unbelievable.
After all, in the eyes of those who don’t know their stuff, these medicinal herbs are just some common wild fruits.
Moreover, they were the kind of wild fruits that she wasn’t sure if they were edible or not, and they came in large pieces. She couldn’t believe that all of them could be sold for silver!
"This is Forsythia suspensa, a commonly used medicine. If you don't think it's troublesome to carry it along on the journey, you can pick some.
I don’t know exactly how much silver a pound of silver can be sold for in a pharmacy now.”
After Chaoge had explained clearly what needed to be handed in, he picked some. While carrying Zhang Shufen and her daughter on his back, he used his wood-based skills to collect a large patch of lotus flowers that they could not see from a distance into space.
Forsythia is not expensive, but there are a lot of them. Anyway, there is space to store them, so Chaoge thinks it would be a waste.
Not only that, she also directly transplanted a number of Forsythia suspensa vines and planted them in the space.
Unexpectedly, when Zhang Shufen and her daughter were picking fruits with great enthusiasm, many people gathered around them without them noticing.
The refugees watched the mother and daughter picking Forsythia suspensa fruits with a smile on their faces, and couldn't help but think of the previous experience of digging yam in Chaoge.
In order not to miss another opportunity, they didn't care whether these things were edible or not, and started to grab them crazily without any hesitation!
You pick, he picks, he picks, they pick, and they fight over it. The Forsythia that seemed to be ripe is snatched away by countless refugees in a short while!
Zhang Shufen looked at the half-basket of Forsythia that she and Zhou Hehua had just picked, and didn't know what to say.
"Little pigeon, how do you eat this? Does it need special treatment like the yam?
I grabbed the bag, the shells are hard, and the shells are not very big. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like food that can fill your stomach!"
A woman from Zhoudong Village shamelessly found Chaoge and asked him questions.
She had already discovered that it was Chaoge who brought Zhang Shufen and her daughter here to pick the fruit, so she also guessed that Chaoge must know how to eat the fruit.
“This is not a wild fruit and cannot be used to replace food. It is a medicinal herb.
Why are you trying to grab it? You don't even ask clearly, isn't this a waste of energy?"
Chaoge had a helpless smile on his face and explained the thing without any reservation.
If Zhang Shufen can pick them, then others can pick them too, right?
They threatened to repay the favor and it was not a bad idea to annoy Zhang Shufen and her daughter a little.
"Ah? What's the point of picking so many of these healthy ones?
unlucky!
What a waste of my energy. I wasted my time fighting with those refugees and almost went crazy. I thought it was something edible!"
When Zhang Shufen heard the complaints from her fellow villagers, she felt a little happy.
Sure enough, when the refugees who came to pick the forsythia nearby heard this, they immediately stopped what they were doing, poured out the forsythia they had picked, turned around and walked away angrily.
Some refugees were hesitant. They looked at the large amount of Forsythia, then looked at their pockets and backpacks, wondering what they were thinking.
"Forget it. We have a lot of belongings at home, and it's tiring to carry them all along. This is enough. Let's go back."
Zhang Shufen is a smart person. She knows when to quit and is not greedy.
After she shouted at Zhou Hehua at the top of her lungs, she took Zhou Hehua back home.
Chaoge didn't know if it was an illusion, she clearly saw a hint of calculation in Zhang Shufen's eyes.
After returning, everyone ate and prepared to rest. After all, they were very tired after a whole day of traveling. Chaoge also planned to use the wood-type skill one last time to search for sleep nearby before resting. However, not long after she released her thoughts, she saw three familiar figures.
Looking closely, who else could it be but Zhang Shufen and her two children?
Watching them heading towards the valley they had come from before, Chaoge smiled helplessly. This woman really would not leave behind medicinal herbs that could be exchanged for silver.
They had been walking in the woods for a whole day, and everyone thought they would be able to spend the night in peace. But in the middle of the night, a sudden scream woke up the half-asleep refugees, and also scared Chaoge so much that he opened his eyes instantly!
Before Chaoge and the others could react, Black Panther had already stood beside her in a protective gesture, with a pair of blue eyes scanning the surroundings vigilantly!
Chaoge's heart sank. Not caring about the frightened reactions of the three little ones around him, he quickly activated his wood-based skills and scanned the surroundings.
Unexpectedly, after this glance, she discovered that her wood-based skills seemed unable to scan too far, and were only within a range of thirty meters at most.
In the past, Chaoge had never looked too far away from her in order to facilitate picking herbs nearby. But this time, in order to see the dangers in the distance clearly, she discovered this drawback of the wood-based skills.
But now was not the time for her to worry about this, so she quickly put away her thoughts and let Leng Liecheng take Leng Furong and the others up the tree first.
The villagers on guard had already woken up everyone, and the refugees who were resting next to the villagers from Zhoudong Village had also woken up after hearing the screams.
They didn't care what was going on. Seeing the people from Zhoudong Village climbing up the tree, they followed them!
Amid the refugees' cries of surprise there was a faint rumbling sound, coming from far away and getting closer.
When Chaoge saw that the Leng siblings and Aunt Li had climbed up the tree, he quickly climbed up the big tree next to him.
The sound was getting closer and louder, and there was a "buzzing" sound like a pig's squeal...
Chaoge frowned, and unknowingly she had climbed three or four meters up the tree. She looked down and found that the black panther was still wandering under the tree, as if it wanted to stay and protect her to the death.
"Hurry up and find a safe place to hide, little blackie. There seem to be too many of these things. You're going to suffer."
Chaoge was unable to concentrate on using his wood-based skills to see things in the distance at this moment, so he could only urge the black panther to hide.
She vaguely guessed it was that kind of thing, but she wasn't sure.
If it is really that kind of thing, then it almost always lives in groups.
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