Chapter 27 Going into the Mountains to Dig for Medicinal Herbs
"You can see right through their house; there's nothing there." Lin Daguang shook his head and told Old Man Lin everything that had happened at Lin Dayou's house that day.
"Old man, do you suspect that Lin Dayou did this?" Old Mrs. Lin, sitting to the side, asked in confusion.
"Who else could it be but him?" Old Man Lin was now blaming Lin Dayou for the theft.
"Impossible. When I hit him yesterday, he was so weak. How could he have done so much without alerting us?" This time, Old Mrs. Lin was telling the truth.
However, Lin Dayou didn't have the energy, but Lin Luoxi was someone they weren't even considering!
However, in the eyes of outsiders, Lin Luoxi is still a silly girl and naturally does not have the conditions to commit a crime.
Lin Luodan, who was eavesdropping on the adults' conversation outside, felt even more resentful towards Lin Luoxi. Her intuition told her that the theft at her house was definitely related to Lin Luoxi.
Lin Luoxi couldn't stand that her family was doing better than her, so she came to her house and stole the dowry that was supposed to be prepared for her.
Lin Luoxi was unaware of the wild speculations circulating about Lin Daguang's family.
Now, she's in the mountains, focused solely on digging for medicinal herbs, and perhaps also hoping to hunt some wild game to nourish her little glutton.
"Second sister, it's all my fault for being so incompetent, letting this murderer get away with it." Lin Wenqian immediately apologized to Lin Luoxi on the way.
As the older brother, he felt deeply guilty for everything the Lin family had done to Lin Luoxi, unable to seek justice for his sister.
"Brother, don't blame yourself. I'll take revenge myself. Let her live in fear for a while." Lin Luoxi comforted Lin Wenqian instead.
"Let's go, it's getting late, let's hurry and find some medicinal herbs." Lin Luoxi looked at the sun overhead and led the way up the mountain.
Upon reaching the mountaintop, they spotted the medicinal herbs Lin Luoxi desired. They took out a small hoe from their basket and began digging for the herbs.
"Second sister, what are you going to do with these wild vegetables you dug up?" Lin Wenqian didn't recognize medicinal herbs and thought Lin Luoxi was just digging up weeds.
"To you, these are just weeds, but to me, they're treasures," Lin Luoxi rolled her eyes at Lin Wenqian.
Fortunately, she has a great talent for traditional Chinese medicine; otherwise, she would have mistaken these blood-activating and stasis-removing herbs for wild vegetables.
"Oh, then I'll help dig too!" Seeing Lin Luoxi digging so enthusiastically, he also took out a hoe and started digging.
"Hey, brother, that's not how you dig! If you dig like that, you might be able to harvest this year, but there won't be anything left to dig next year..."
"You should dig up the big roots like I do, and leave the small ones so they can continue to grow..." He patiently instructed Lin Wenqian on how to dig for medicinal herbs.
"Oh, okay, I understand." Lin Wenqian hadn't expected there to be so many intricacies involved in digging up medicinal herbs.
However, these medicinal herbs were useful to Lin Wentao, so he dug them up as frantically as possible.
As long as he swings his hoe fast, Lin Wentao will wake up sooner.
"Coo coo coo..." Just as Lin Luoxi and the others were digging for medicinal herbs with great enthusiasm, the noise they made startled a few pheasants hiding in the shadows.
It flapped its wings and flew off somewhere else.
"Pheasant, pheasant!" Lin Wenqian could only stare helplessly at the pheasant that had flown away, and he could only point at it and shout frantically.
As a result, his shout caused the already frightened pheasant to fly away even faster.
Lin Luoxi glanced helplessly at her older brother, bent down, picked up a stone from the ground, aimed, and shot the stone accurately at the pheasant that could still turn.
"It hit! It actually hit!" Lin Wenqian was dumbfounded when he saw several pebbles hit the three pheasants and they fell down.
Everyone says pheasants are the hardest to catch, but his second sister hit them with just a few pebbles. That's amazing!
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and pick it up." Lin Luoxi urged Lin Wenqian when she saw him still standing there in a daze.
"Oh, I'm going right now..." Good heavens, they really can eat wild game today! Lin Wenqian ran excitedly towards where the pheasant had fallen.
"Second sister, look, all three pheasants are still alive." It's just that their wings were broken by Lin Luoxi.
Fortunately, he arrived in time; otherwise, those pheasants would have really escaped.
"Yes, put them at the bottom of the basket and cover them with herbs." Lin Luoxi didn't show any pride on her face after catching the pheasant, but instead carefully instructed Lin Wenqian.
"Okay!" In Lin Wenqian's mind now, Lin Luoxi was a master, and he would do whatever Lin Luoxi said.
"Let's go, we're still missing a few medicinal herbs. Let's hurry and find them before it gets dark." Lin Luoxi's brows furrowed with frustration at the thought of not having enough herbs yet.
These mountains have been visited by too many people, resulting in many of the vegetation being cut down by villagers for firewood, and medicinal herbs have become much scarcer.
To find those medicinal herbs, we have to go deep into the mountains.
"Second sister, it's getting late. How about we come back tomorrow?" Lin Wenqian hesitated as he watched the sun begin to set.
Although the area around the mountains is safe, wild animals come out at night, which is dangerous.
"Brother, why don't you take these medicinal herbs down the mountain? I want to go into the mountain by myself and take a look," Lin Luoxi suggested, noticing Lin Wenqian's worry.
"No, how can I let you go into the mountains alone? My parents will scold me to death when we get back. Even if they don't scold me, I still can't let you go into the mountains alone!"
Lin Wenqian was so frightened by Lin Luoxi's words that he became incoherent.
"Brother, I didn't come into the mountains for fun. These medicinal herbs are for my third brother."
"If we want our third brother to recover quickly, we need to have all the necessary medicinal herbs to achieve the best results."
"Besides, brother, didn't you see what I just showed you? I can protect myself."
Lin Luoxi was never one to explain herself to others, but now that she's in this family and has such a warm and caring family, she has no choice but to patiently explain.
"No, then I'll go with you." Lin Wenqian was torn between his younger brother's life-saving medicine and his sister's safety.
"Brother, we've been out for so long, our parents must be very worried. If you come into the mountains with me, won't they come looking for us? Go back and tell them to put their minds at ease..."
Lin Luoxi was determined to go into the deep mountains alone before she was willing to patiently persuade Lin Wenqian.
"Second sister, about this matter..." Lin Wenqian wanted to say something, but he was so frightened by Lin Luoxi's actions that he couldn't speak. He could only watch helplessly as Lin Luoxi threw a punch.
"Crack!" A tree trunk as thick as a bowl was snapped in half by Lin Luoxi, and the sound stopped Lin Wenqian from continuing his endless rambling.
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