Li Xian had traded the Cistanche deserticola for it on the black market a year ago. It was said to be a rare tonic from the Western Regions. The other party hadn't offered enough, so they gave him two pieces of Cistanche deserticola instead. He had kept it and hadn't been able to bring himself to touch it.
He said to Duan San, "It's good for bone healing, so have Xu Yan stew it together."
Duan San nodded and took the Cistanche deserticola to Xu Yan. Xu Yan originally didn't want it, since she had already accepted Li Xian's snake meat, how could she take his things again?
"Brother Li said it's good for bone healing."
Upon hearing that it was good for bones, Xu Yan was immediately intrigued. She took the package and said, "Could you ask Li Xian if I can buy it from him?"
Duan San nodded haphazardly. He was in a hurry to talk to Li Xian, saying, "Okay, you can start stewing it first. I'm going to talk to Brother Li about something."
When he went out to look for Li Xian, there was no one left in front of the hall.
Xu Nuo and Li Xian were talking outside. Xu Nuo wanted to confront Li Xian directly about their business dealings in the black market.
"Xu Yan and I sell things on the black market. We're thinking of selling medicinal herbs recently. Do you want to join us?"
Li Xian neither nodded nor shook his head, but looked at her seriously and said in a stern tone: "Leave it to Duan San, you can't go."
The goods were delivered to Mo Sanniang through his hands, so how could he not know whose things they were?
Mo San Niang had asked him many times, both openly and secretly, where Duan San had recently sent the batch of ingredients. He only said that it was a secret recipe from a villager.
Those things are too precious to be added to food, which would inevitably arouse suspicion, but if they are added to nourishing medicines, people will only attribute it to the medicinal effect.
His tone became serious, even a little fierce, and he added, "I will help you find the medicinal herbs; don't go to the city to buy them."
If you buy too much, it will naturally be noticed by those who are interested.
Xu Nuo originally thought he wouldn't agree, but to her surprise, he did. She happily said, "You agreed?"
He nodded.
She smiled and said, "That's great! This will make it much easier to find medicinal herbs in the future."
Seeing that she still wanted to go back to the mountains, Li Xian pursed his lips and shook his head: "I will help you find it, you don't need to go up the mountain."
That won't do.
She pouted and shook her head: "No, I want to find it myself too."
Although climbing the mountain was tiring, the mountains are full of treasures. Today she truly experienced what it means to reap the rewards of labor.
Li Xian frowned and anxiously advised her, "It's very dangerous in the mountains, really."
Xu Nuocai didn't believe him: "Didn't we go today? Nothing..."
Her words abruptly stopped; she had clearly thought of the snake that had been severed by the sickle.
She frowned in distress, her lips pouting slightly in displeasure, and hesitated for a moment. Li Xian glanced at her and said, "We've only reached the outer perimeter today. There are mountain beasts further in."
Xu Nuo looked up and asked him, "Are there lions?"
He shook his head.
She then asked, "Are there tigers there?"
I encountered this a few years ago when a vicious tiger attacked people, so villagers rarely go into the mountains.
"Yes, there are leopards if you go deeper."
There are leopards too?
Xu Nuo asked casually, "Have you ever encountered this?"
In recent years, Li Xian has often gone into the mountains to hunt. He once encountered a mountain leopard and almost lost his life.
He nodded: "Last year."
Are you alone?
"Um."
He was truly skilled and daring, venturing alone into those deep mountains. It's fortunate that the male lead had a special aura, otherwise he might have lost his life there.
Xu Nuo saw small white flowers on the mountain wall not far away, reached out to reach them, but couldn't.
A large hand reached out and picked a flower, handing it to her. Xu Nuo happened to turn her head to look at him, her eyebrows and eyes clear as the morning mist, her soft, rosy lips saying to him, "You really are something, daring to go even to the deepest parts."
Then, her slender fingers took the flower from her palm.
She lowered her eyes and sniffed lightly, a joyful smile curving her lips, her voice as sweet as honey: "So sweet."
Li Xian silently pursed his lips, but a surge of boiling heat was churning in his heart.
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