The next day, after getting up in the morning, Yu Qiaoshan took a special look at the sky. Seeing that it was normal and there was no sign of rain at all, he put Yu Jiao's words last night behind him.
The father and son of the eldest wife were going up the mountain to hunt, and the Yu family already knew about it. The next day, after Song cooked a meal, she made some pancakes as she did in the past so that she could take them to the mountain to eat.
After breakfast, Zhou's father and son came to the door and called Yu Qiaoshan to go up the mountain.
Yu Fuling went back to the room and took the small bag she had packed last night. Song also took a thick piece of clothing and packed it in a small bag for Yu Jiao. "It's cold in the mountains at night, so bring more clothes."
Yu Jiao took the small bundle and said, "Thank you, Aunt Song. Do you have an umbrella at home?"
Song glanced outside and said, "The weather looks good. It doesn't look like it's going to rain."
Yu Jiao smiled and said, "It's better to be prepared." She didn't mention the rain today anymore.
Song went to find an umbrella. Yu Jiao saw Yu Qizhe coming out of the room and said with a smile, "I'll go to the mountain to find herbs for you."
Yu Qizhe looked at the bright smile on her fair face, nodded slightly, and left the room with a cold expression.
Yu Jiao curled her lips, really confused by Yu Qizhe's cold attitude these days.
Song brought over an oil-paper umbrella and Yu Jiao put it in a straw basket. She and Yu Fuling each carried a straw basket and followed Yu Qiaoshan and the Zhou father and son out of the village and headed towards the back mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, they met a few village women who were picking mushrooms. They greeted each other politely and with smiles, and then Yu Jiao and her group went up the mountain.
The mountain behind Qingyu Village is called Qingyan Mountain. Because it is right behind the village, the villagers simply call it the Back Mountain. It is early summer now, and at a glance, Qingyan Mountain is lush and green with dense forests.
There are many footprints of pedestrians as you enter the mountain. The people in the village who raise pigs and sheep will graze their sheep and pick pitcher plants at the foot of the mountain.
As the forest deepened, the number of pedestrians gradually decreased. Zhou's father and son and Yu Qiaoshan's father and son walked in front, talking in low voices while searching the ground for any animal footprints.
Yu Fuling and Yu Jiao followed behind, both of them lowered their heads and carefully searched for herbs on the ground.
After walking for most of the day, they didn't encounter any wild animals. However, Yu Jiao and Yu Fuling dug up a lot of medicinal herbs, but they were all common herbs such as licorice and atractylodes.
After all, it was a mountain forest that had not been developed in ancient times and had not been invaded too much by human civilization. The vegetation was dense and there were many kinds of plants. As Yu Jiao went deeper, she dug up many uncommon herbs that Yu Fuling didn't even recognize.
Among the three branches of the Yu family, only Yu Mengshan had learned some superficial medical skills from Yu Ruhai and studied herbal medicine, so he knew a lot. After Yu Fuling grew up, Yu Mengshan often took her to the mountains to dig herbs to sell for money. Yu Fuling didn't like reading books or learning to read, so the herbs she knew were all those she had seen at home.
Watching Yu Jiao digging up one herb after another that she didn't recognize, Yu Fuling's eyes revealed a desire for knowledge, but she was unwilling to lower her head to ask Yu Jiao, so she kept enduring it.
Zhou's father and son and Yu Qiaoshan had dug traps on the mountain and planned to go to the traps to see if there was any prey fallen into them.
Yu Jiao and Yu Fuling fell behind in digging herbs, so Yu Qiaoshan asked Yu Zhixing to come and inform them.
"Let's go take a look at the trap in the north first. Don't run around. Walk north and we will wait for you at the trap." Yu Zhixing said.
Yu Jiao and Yu Fuling both nodded. Yu Zhixing glanced at the surrounding jungle and said with some concern, "Don't fall too far behind. Call us if anything happens!"
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