Ye Qingtao heated up the food she had prepared in the morning, ate a few bites, and went out.

It’s a rare day with good weather today. Even if I can’t go up the mountain, I’ll go to the foot of the mountain to ask.

Everyone was cooking at noon, so there were not many people outside.

Ye Qingtao successfully left the family compound. She followed the instructions on the map and turned right after leaving the house.

Ye Qingtao walked for more than half an hour and finally arrived at the foot of the mountain.

It is already the end of January, the coldest time of the year.

In February, the weather gradually warms up, and the dry grass and various seedlings will begin to turn green.

The mountain road is rugged, but fortunately the snow has gradually melted, otherwise it would be difficult to move forward.

There were no signposts on the mountain at that time, so you had to find the way by yourself.

Ye Qingtao stood at the foot of the mountain, looked around, and quickly determined the direction.

She has studied medicine for many years, and besides making medicine, she also collects herbs. She studied Western medicine, but because she likes making medicine, she reads books on traditional Chinese medicine the most.

During holidays, she would go out to collect herbs. On the one hand, it allows her to get closer to nature, and on the other hand, she can become more familiar with the growing environment and medicinal properties of herbs.

"Come out."

Ye Qingtao shouted into the void, and then heard a burst of barking dogs.

Then a pitch-black puppy appeared out of nowhere in front of her.

The corners of Ye Qingtao's mouth were slightly curved with a faint smile.

She had long known that something was wrong with this medical space.

Every time she finished an experiment, she would put everything back in its place.

The next time she went to the lab, there would always be something slightly shifted in its place.

She immediately realized that something was wrong in the space and that other creatures might have appeared.

She deliberately placed a piece of meat in the space, and it was eaten up the next day.

Ye Qingtao repeated the experiment several times, and then he had a better idea in his mind.

She spoke directly today just to see if that thing would come out voluntarily.

“Woof woof woof, woof woof woof, master, I am your spatial spirit pet Xiao Hei.”

"I think you are a greedy dog. Tell me, how much food have you secretly eaten in my space during this period of time?"

"Hehe, these are all rewards given to me by my master, so they can't be wasted."

Xiao Hei touched his belly and then looked at Ye Qingtao pitifully.

"Master, you haven't brought me food for several days. Xiao Hei is so hungry!"

"If you knew you were hungry, why didn't you come to me on your own initiative? Why did you have to let me ask you in person?"

Ye Qingtao rolled her eyes at Xiao Hei, took out a piece of dried meat from her small bag and threw it over.

“Woof woof woof, woof woof, thank you master, thank you master!”

Before the jerky hit the ground, Xiao Hei opened his mouth wide and pounced forward.

Don't be fooled by its small size, it is very mobile.

It held the dried meat in its mouth and ate it with relish. After it finished eating, it looked at Ye Qingtao eagerly and couldn't help licking its lips.

"You still want to eat, right?"

There was a bright light in Xiao Hei's eyes. He nodded madly, drooling.

"There's still a lot of jerky here."

Ye Qingtao paused deliberately when she said this, and Xiao Hei rushed towards her, rubbing his little head against her legs repeatedly, with an obvious attempt to please her.

"But I don't want to eat for free. If I want to eat jerky, I have to help with the work."

Xiao Hei stopped rubbing her legs, raised his head and looked at her blankly.

work???

What work can a dog do?

Xiao Hei fell into deep thought and suddenly scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously.

It has been locked in space for all these years and has had almost no contact with the outside world.

It had never even eaten outside before its owner came.

Because I have never eaten, I don’t feel hungry, and I don’t know what desire is.

Later, the owner put a piece of meat in the space. Out of curiosity, it first smelled it and then tasted it.

Then it discovered the New World. The meat was so fragrant and delicious!

It took one bite and couldn't help but take another.

As a result, I couldn’t stop eating it. What a delicious meal!

Think about the days when it only drank water and didn't eat meat. Is that the life a dog lived?

The owner would put a piece of meat in the dog's space every day. The dog gradually became addicted to eating meat, and would scratch its ears and cheeks if it didn't eat for a day.

It never felt hungry before, but now it feels very hungry if it doesn't eat for a day.

Later, the owner suddenly stopped putting meat in the dog's mouth, and the dog was eager to walk around in the laboratory every day.

It wanted to come out and tell its owner, "Master, I'm really hungry. Please give me some more meat."

Just as it had this idea, it heard its owner's mother say, "Winter is coming, the weather is cold, and eating dog meat hotpot is the best choice."

When Xiao Hei heard this, he was so frightened that his whole body shuddered.

It no longer had any intention of eating meat, as long as it didn't get eaten.

Before it ate meat, it was so thin that its bones were just skin and bones. After eating a few meals of meat, it gained some meat.

It even wondered whether its owner fed it meat on purpose because it was too thin and wanted to fatten it up for dog meat hotpot.

When Xiao Hei thought of this possibility, he was so scared that he trembled.

It's still so small and has many years to live, so it doesn't want to be eaten!

Today, he was discovered by his owner, so he had to come out, otherwise Xiao Hei would not come out.

I didn't expect to have dried meat to eat as soon as I came out, and I also had to help with the work. This was really a difficult situation.

Xiao Hei stretched out his little paw and scratched his little head hard.

Xiao Hei couldn't figure it out, so he asked for help.

“Woof woof woof, woof woof woof, master, what do you want Xiao Hei to help you with? Xiao Hei will do it as long as he can do it!”

"I heard that dogs have the best noses, and you are a space spirit pet, can you recognize medicinal herbs?"

Ye Qingtao took out a ginseng from the space and put it in front of Xiao Hei for it to smell.

Xiao Hei kept sniffing around the ginseng, and after a while a look of joy appeared on its face.

"Master, I can recognize ginseng now!"

"That's fine. Go to the mountain and find me some ginseng. If you find one, I'll give you 10 pieces of jerky."

The value of life is high, and natural life is even rarer.

In winter, the roots of ginseng shrink and life is buried deep underground.

Even though she had rich experience in collecting herbs, it was not easy to find ginseng.

Now I have a space spirit pet to assist me. As long as it is reliable, I will be able to find medicinal materials with twice the result with half the effort.

This is the first time that Xiao Hei has come out of space since he became intelligent.

It has no concept of money or the value of things.

Ginseng, which is very valuable in the eyes of doctors, is just a wild grass that can be exchanged for dried meat to the furry children.

Jerky is so delicious, what’s so delicious about wild grass?

Xiao Hei counted the money with his paws, and finally a silly grin appeared on his face.

One ginseng can be exchanged for 10 pieces of dried meat, and 10 pieces are more than one, so it is a profit in this way!

Thinking about the money he had earned, Xiao Hei's legs were full of wind on the way up the mountain, and he ran so fast with his short legs.