"Get out of the car!" Bai Nuo pulled Bai Yu all the way to...
At home, when they arrived at the door, he jumped out of the car, pulled open the curtain, threw a sentence at Bai Yu, and left.
"Sister, where are you going?" Bai Yu climbed out of the carriage and stood on the carriage shaft, looking at Bai Nuo's back and asking loudly.
"Go ahead and get busy!" Bai Nuo said. Now that Hu Mingmei was gone, she didn't need to hide anything anymore; she had a lot of things to do.
Today we still need to prepare the seasonings.
Bai Yu watched as Bai Nuo walked further and further away, showing no sign of waiting for him, and resignedly, the black horse hurried back.
Fortunately, he was still able to drive the carriage.
Bai Nuo walked up the mountain, carefully observing every plant along the way.
The morning air is so fresh, and the plants are still covered in dew.
Bai Nuo left home to take Hu Mingmei and another person to town, so she didn't wear a hat or take a basket, and therefore didn't have anything to carry.
Fortunately, you don't necessarily need something to put the perilla leaves in in order to take them back.
According to the botanical books she had read before, perilla is described as follows: "Lamiaceae, Sagittaria tribe, dicotyledonous plant class, green leaves, purple petioles, fragrant aroma, and slightly spicy taste."
Bai Nuo herself really likes this flavor. When stir-frying, especially when stir-frying snails, adding a little perilla or mint makes it taste delicious.
It can also help remove the fishy smell when steaming fish.
After having the idea of starting a restaurant business, Bai Nuo never considered giving up on finding perilla leaves.
Perilla can grow almost anywhere and is not picky about its environment. It is the kind of plant that can thrive with just a little sunshine.
Just as they reached the mountain path, before they even reached the chili pepper trees, Bai Nuo spotted a plant that matched the description, swaying in the sunlight. Overjoyed, Bai Nuo quickly walked over, bent down slightly, and took a sniff. Sure enough, it was the familiar scent from her memory.
Without a second thought, Bai Nuo broke off the perilla tree. She didn't uproot it or remove the trunk; as long as the roots remained, it could grow again, and she could come back to break off another tree the following year.
Looking around, there was only this one tree left, so Bai Nuo took the branch and walked up the mountain.
I only wanted the leaves, but since I had nothing else to put them in, I ended up taking the whole trunk with me.
Once you get home, dry the leaves in the sun and then pick them off.
Unlike chili peppers, perilla can't be propagated in large patches; they grow in scattered patches, one here and one there. When Bai Nuo was looking for it, it took her more effort than picking chili peppers. By the time she had found a large bunch, she looked up and realized she was deep in the dense forest.
This place feels somewhat similar to the place she dreamed of when she saw Hu Mingmei.
Bai Nuo felt inexplicably afraid.
She didn't originally have a fear of the dark.
But the dream was so real; the darkness felt like something she had experienced herself. It was so intense, you couldn't see the end of it, and it felt suffocating.
Looking at this place that also seemed to have no end in sight, Bai Nuo felt inexplicably afraid.
The villagers of Zhedi Village mostly farm and rarely hunt. Few people go up the mountain; even when they come to collect firewood, they usually do so halfway up the mountain. But now, when she looks back, the halfway point is already very, very far away.
The trees here aren't particularly lush, far from the feeling of a primeval forest, but it just feels endless. Every half meter or a meter apart, there's a towering tree, shrouding the entire area in darkness. When the wind blows, the leaves rustle.
What should we do? Should we leave or stay?
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