Zhao Guoan did not return to Beijing with Grandma Luo and the others. As soon as they left, he became excited like a fool, which Jiang Jinhua found unbearable to watch.
Unable to resist adding insult to injury, he said, "My sister is still here, so be careful."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Guoan instantly composed himself, grabbed Jiang Jinhua, and ran off without a trace.
It's still the second day of the Lunar New Year. Jiang Jinxiu wasn't unaware of their little antics, but she was too lazy to care. It's a rare holiday, and she wanted to be happy.
In the end, only Jiang Jinxiu, Xie Ji, and Xie Hongfu remained in the house.
The three of them stared at each other blankly for a while, and finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Finally, Xie Ji spoke first: "Jinxiu, where is your family's basket? I'd like to borrow your basket and hoe to go up the mountain."
He was originally a medical student, and since he was bored anyway, he might as well go up the mountain to collect herbs.
Although it's winter now, the winter scenery here is quite different from the snow-covered landscape of Beijing.
The mountain was still so green, and he had been itching to go and collect herbs for a long time.
Jiang Jinxiu thought about Xie Ji's identity. Could this be considered an occupational hazard for him?
But the thought that he had once been captured and taken to the deep mountains made him hesitate.
"Uncle Xie..."
Xie Ji could tell what Jiang Jinxiu was thinking just by looking at her, but he couldn't let a bad experience make him afraid of everything.
He still wants to go up the mountain; he can simply avoid that continuous mountain range altogether.
He could see that there were quite a few isolated hills here, none of which were very high.
At this moment, Xie Hongfu, who was standing to the side, also spoke up: "Grandpa, I'll go with you."
Jiang Jinxiu patted the little guy's head. "If you all go, I'll be all alone at home. It'll be so boring. Why don't I go with you?"
"No way!" the old man and the young man said in unison.
Jiang Jinxiu looked at the two of them helplessly, "I'm really fine now, so please stop treating me like a porcelain doll. I want to exercise more while my belly is still small, otherwise I won't be able to go when you ask me to."
Uncle Xie, you're a doctor, you should know that pregnant women also need to exercise more, right?
Besides, we have you, the miracle doctor, here; everything will be alright!
Xie Ji realized that he couldn't argue with this little girl at all; for every one sentence they said, she could say a whole bunch!
They even flattered him.
He sighed inwardly.
Fine, let her follow if she wants, as long as they don't go far.
Finally, the two adults and one child set off with a basket on their backs.
Xie Hongfu and Xie Ji each held a small hoe. Jiang Jinxiu also wanted to take one, but Xie Ji refused no matter what he said.
In the end, Little Black somehow managed to snag one and secretly followed behind them.
By the time they found it, they were already at the foot of the mountain.
Xiao Hei placed the hoe next to Jiang Jinxiu, looking like it wanted praise, which made Jiang Jinxiu laugh. However, in the end, Jiang Jinxiu still praised it.
Little Black seemed to have received a tremendous benefit, wagging its tail and being extremely happy.
Then, the observant Jiang Jinxiu noticed that Xiao Hei kept rubbing against her hand.
Jiang Jinxiu understood, and taking advantage of Xie Ji and Xie Hongfu's inattention, she released the orange from her spatial storage.
As soon as Orange came out, Xiao Hei kept gesturing for Orange to hurry up and get on its back. Unfortunately, as soon as Orange came out, it sat on the ground and licked this and that, wiping its hands and washing its face, ignoring Xiao Hei.
Later, Xiao Hei got impatient and actually sat down on Chengzi. Chengzi wasn't paying attention and was caught off guard by Xiao Hei's move, so she fell to the ground and became Xiao Hei's cushion.
Orange yelled and struggled angrily, finally managing to break free after a while. Once out, she immediately slapped Little Black several times across the face with both hands.
Little Black didn't struggle at all, just squinted and let Orange slap its face.
Jiang Jinxiu: ...
"Get out of here, get out of the way! Go find a pheasant, whether we get to eat chicken today depends on you!"
As soon as Jiang Jinxiu finished speaking, Xiao Hei grabbed the orange and ran up the mountain.
Jiang Jinxiu watched their disappearing shadows and couldn't help but shout again, "If you dare to bring back a snake or a rat today, you won't be coming back!"
"Woof woof woof..." Little Black responded.
Xie Ji, still holding the herbs with soil in his hand, looked at Jiang Jinxiu and said, "Girl, do you want to eat chicken? Let's go buy some from others when we get back later."
Seeing Xie Ji's tone, Jiang Jinxiu knew that he had overheard what she said to Xiao Hei and the others, but she still didn't believe they could catch a pheasant.
But that's okay, time will tell.
"Uncle Xie, let's talk about it when we get back."
Then she saw the weeds he was holding and couldn't help but frown.
"This...this is also a herbal medicine?"
Xie Ji nodded.
Well, in Jiang Jinxiu's eyes, they were all just weeds.
Jiang Jinxiu didn't recognize the herbs, so she just dug up whatever Xie Ji and the others were digging for.
I don't know how much time passed, but Xiao Hei and Chengzi came back, each carrying a pheasant in their beaks.
That pheasant looks quite plump.
I don't know if they overheard what Xie Ji said earlier.
These two little ones, carrying pheasants in their beaks, slowly and proudly circled Xie Ji several times, as if to say something.
"Look, didn't I catch a pheasant? You don't need to buy one!"
Upon seeing their appearance, Xie Ji exclaimed, "They've become spirits! They've become spirits! Hahaha! Good, very good!"
Only after hearing Xie Ji's affirmative words did the two little ones carry the pheasant back to Jiang Jinxiu's side.
Jiang Jinxiu: ...
Okay, as long as they're happy.
Seeing how capable Xiao Hei and Chengzi were, Xie Hongfu ran over and circled around them, repeatedly asking how they caught the pheasant.
Unfortunately, no matter how he asked, they couldn't answer him.
On the way back, it was clear that everyone was very happy.
Jiang Jinxiu looked at Xie Ji's basket of herbs and wondered if she could take some out of her space to help Xie Ji process them or make them into medicine for future use.
For example, with ginseng, could she ask him to soak it into medicinal wine, and then secretly add some spiritual spring water? That way, when she gives it to others, it won't easily arouse suspicion.
Thinking this way, she did just that.
As soon as she returned to the Gu family home, she went straight to her room, took out five ginseng roots, and handed them to Xie Ji, asking him to help her make medicinal wine.
Xie Ji was truly astonished to see such high-quality ginseng of such good age.
He didn't ask her where the ginseng came from, but promised to make her medicinal wine.
Therefore, Jiang Jinxiu did not need to use the excuse she had prepared.
But this is for the best. It's really tiring to have to cover up every lie with countless others. It's best not to ask.
On the other side, Yang Dongmei and her group, carrying so much stuff, were surrounded by a lot of onlookers as soon as they arrived at the entrance of their village.
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