"Qingqing, where are you going?"
Looking at Hua Qingcheng who picked up the bamboo basket and prepared to go out as soon as she returned to the Hua family's old house, Mu Lige asked in confusion.
"Li Ge, I want to go to Bald Mountain to take a look."
"Qingqing, are you still thinking about that saltpeter?"
Mu Lige's words were full of disapproval. After all, that thing sounded very dangerous.
"Brother Li, you will know later."
Hua Qingcheng cast a mysterious look at Mu Lige, then stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the handsome face, then picked up the bamboo basket and walked out of the front gate.
Mu Lige felt a headache coming on because of his stubborn and unyielding wife. Not long after Hua Qingcheng left, Mu Lige, who couldn't let go of her, immediately changed into a crescent-shaped white suit, donned a mask, and dashed out, heading towards Bald Mountain.
Hua Qingcheng carried a bamboo basket on her back and walked towards the Bald Mountain that San Gouzi mentioned, which was next to Pinglan Mountain.
The so-called Bald Mountain is not completely bare. The area below the mountain is still lush with flowers and trees, but the vegetation becomes less and less as you go up, until the top is completely bare, and the whole mountain looks like a Mediterranean hairstyle.
Hua Qingcheng walked all the way from the foot of the mountain to the top. When passing by bushes or grass, a hare or pheasant or something would jump out from time to time and was thrown into the space by Hua Qingcheng.
While traversing the woods, Hua Qingcheng encountered a wild boar. Seeing the robust, plump boar reminded her of a fragrant, braised pork stew. She immediately retrieved a tranquilizer gun from the study in her space villa. As the frantic boar was about to charge at her, she aimed and prepared to pull the trigger. However, before Hua Qingcheng could fire, the boar collapsed to the ground, dead.
Hua Qingcheng: ...
Never mind, let’s just drag it away first. After putting the wild boar into the space, Hua Qingcheng continued on her way.
After entering a bamboo forest, a green bamboo snake with red buds suddenly appeared and was about to fall on Hua Qingcheng. Before she pressed the trigger of the tranquilizer gun, the snake was suddenly hit by a stone that flew out from nowhere and died.
Looking at the dead, emerald green bamboo strands on the ground, Hua Qingcheng's lips twitched slightly. Even if Heaven wanted to give her a treat, she had to be careful; not everything could be eaten. This thing is highly poisonous; don't eat it. Just like pufferfish, if you don't prepare it properly, you might end up on the board. Hua Qingcheng decisively stepped around the venomous snake and left.
After an hour's climb, Hua Qingcheng finally reached the spot San Gouzi had mentioned. Sure enough, she saw numerous saltpeter blocks on the mountaintop. Could this be a saltpeter mine? Hua Qingcheng picked up a saltpeter block at random and noticed its purity was quite high. A little refining should yield a good supply of saltpeter.
In ancient times, there was no electricity, let alone refrigerators. How could ordinary people like them afford icehouses? Eating ice in the summer was a luxury. But now, with saltpeter, things are different. She can make an endless amount of ice, not only to cool down, but also to create all sorts of icy drinks. Just thinking about it makes one salivate.
Hua Qingcheng was so excited that she not only filled her bamboo basket with saltpeter blocks, but also drove the bulldozer out of the space and shoveled out a large pile of saltpeter blocks, then loaded them all back into the space. It took her two hours to load until she was extremely tired. She sat down to rest for a while, and then continued...
Although Hua Qingcheng had promised Mu Lige that she wouldn't tell anyone else about saltpeter's ability to make gunpowder, that didn't mean she wasn't prepared to leave herself a way out. If she ever encountered a formidable opponent in the future, the supplies within these spaces would be her last resort to save herself and her husbands.
Being in a strange world, Hua Qingcheng was filled with uncertainty. Only by giving herself more comprehensive protection could she remain invincible and be able to adapt to ever-changing circumstances. She not only stockpiled saltpeter, but also sulfur and other items when she had the chance.
While Hua Qingcheng was digging saltpeter non-stop, Mu Lige, who was hiding in the dark, concealing his own breath and watching her silently, was stunned.
Just now, on the way up the mountain, Hua Qingcheng had clearly caught several wild rabbits and pheasants, but when she casually threw them, they disappeared into thin air. And when she encountered the wild boar, a hidden weapon suddenly appeared in her hand.
Although there were many suspicious things about her, Mu Lige suppressed his surprise and secretly used his inner strength to kill the wild boar for her. The venomous snake Qing Zhusi was also killed by the stone he threw.
If what he encountered on the road just now only surprised him, then what he saw now made him completely shocked.
His young wife first filled her backpack with saltpeter, then she disappeared into thin air. But a moment later, Hua Qingcheng reappeared in a strange, car-like object.
Before Mu Lige could even close her jaw, she began shoveling and shoveling with that strange cart, until she had shoveled a full pile of saltpeter. Then, she, the cart, and the saltpeter disappeared... But a moment later, Hua Qingcheng reappeared with the cart, continuing to shovel the saltpeter...
Mu Lige only knew that his young wife was different, but he had never expected her to be so strikingly different. No wonder he had always felt that his reformed wife was completely different from her former wife. Could it be that they were not the same person at all?
Mu Lige's inner doubts were stirred anew, and his heart suddenly felt in turmoil. Could it be that his original wife, that ugly, lazy, slovenly, and smelly woman, had already died the day Hua Fugui came to take Yu Xiaotian away? Then who was his current wife? A mountain spirit? A demon? Or a ghost possessing a corpse?
Mu Lige looked ahead with a complicated expression, at Hua Qingcheng, who was sweating profusely and working non-stop. It was true that the body was still Hua Qingcheng's own. Although they had not consummated their marriage, they had lived together for six years after all, and he was very familiar with Hua Qingcheng.
But to be fair, although Hua's father and mother were kind to him, the one Su Mulige truly fell in love with was the hardworking, down-to-earth Hua Qingcheng with a bright look in her eyes.
Mu Lige, who had figured it out, no longer had the confusion and bewilderment in his eyes. When he looked at Hua Qingcheng, his bright eyes were filled with stars again.
It doesn't matter who she is, as long as she is the one I like, it's enough. No matter if she is a fairy, a mountain spirit, a flower fairy; or any other monster, even a ghost who has returned from a dead body...
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