"With your head held so high, be careful bird droppings on your face, Tiandao's little girl." Xia Hua finished speaking and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Hmph, you're just jealous of me, Flower."
"Yes, I'm jealous of you. Let's go, it's getting dark, we should go to sleep." Then he put away the table and chairs.
An Shuyi stopped joking and climbed up the tree with her. They casually draped a small blanket over each other and talked while looking at the starry sky.
The next day, the two woke up to the roars of animals. Looking down at their prey, they saw wild boars, but they ignored them. They weren't short of meat now. If it were sika deer or roe deer, that would be fine.
After climbing down from the tree and washing up, the two ate bread as they continued their journey. They had traveled a little further today, but they hadn't seen any precious flowers, plants, or saplings all morning. Of course, there were ordinary saplings, but they weren't worth any money.
The saplings that Xia Hua dug up yesterday were given to An Shuyi, but they were just ordinary ones and could only be sold for 500 coins. During their midday break, Xia Hua saw a clivia plant. While she was digging it up, An Shuyi also found one, but it wasn't a flower; it was a lingzhi mushroom.
The lingzhi mushroom, about half the size of her palm, growing on rotten wood, was worth three thousand taels of silver. She had also tried the ginseng yesterday; a single ginseng could sell for four thousand taels. The ginseng that Hua Hua dug up was even more expensive, selling for four thousand five hundred taels.
It seems that the older the lingzhi, the more expensive it is. If this lingzhi can sell for three thousand taels, then it must be genuine. She really is the little darling of the Heavenly Dao; she has such good luck.
She put the Ganoderma lucidum in the warehouse and was about to tell Hua Hua when she saw something familiar. However, she couldn't be sure. She walked over, put her hand on it, and opened the trading system. Gastrodia elata, 500 taels of silver.
"Huahua, come here quickly, I found several Gastrodia elata plants here." After calling out, she squatted down and started counting. There were seven plants in total. If they were all sold, that would be three thousand five hundred taels of silver. However, these were medicinal herbs, and she was a little reluctant to part with them.
Hearing her voice, Xia Hua replied, "I'll be here for a while, you keep digging." Then she continued digging for clivia.
An Shuyi controlled her excitement, put down her basket, and started digging. She hummed a little tune as she dug, but after only one plant, she stood there motionless, her hands and feet trembling like someone with Parkinson's disease.
Xia Hua didn't hear the humming and was about to ask why she wasn't humming when she turned around and saw her like this. She immediately forgot about digging up the clivia and rushed over. Soon she saw the king cobra crawling towards Shu Shu.
He instantly drew his dagger, swung it forcefully, and aimed it at the cobra's head. The force was so great that it sent the king cobra flying, finally embedding itself in a tree.
"Shushu, are you stupid? If you don't dare to kill it, at least run away! Don't just stand here and wait for the snake to come and bite you." He said, then hugged her in his arms.
"Wow, that scared me to death!" An Shuyi hugged her tightly. "You have no idea how terrifying that thing is. It even sticks out its tongue! Waaah, my hands and feet are shaking. How am I supposed to run? Didn't they say that if you see that thing and stay still, it won't notice you?"
"If I try to run, even with all this trembling, I still won't be able to outrun you. What if you bite my butt again? How am I supposed to get rid of the poison then?"
After hearing her words, Xia Hua said speechlessly, "What she was talking about was an ordinary snake. If you stand to the side and stay still, it won't bite you. But this is a king cobra. It won't be able to spot you."
"Also, are you just going to wait to die if you don't run? There's no antiserum in this world. How am I supposed to save you then? You'll have to get used to it. There are plenty of snakes in this jungle. You can see them today, and you'll definitely see them next time."
An Shuyi let go of her and wiped the tears off her face. "We'll talk about the future later. Besides, you're here. I'll be by your side when the time comes. When you see that thing, you can go for it."
Xia Hua knew she was genuinely scared, so she didn't say anything more. "Then you wait here, I'll go get the snake..."
"Huahua, you don't still want me to sell it, do you? That thing from last time kept me up for days. I'm not selling it this time no matter what." An Shuyi looked at her in horror.
"Don't worry, you don't need to sell it this time. Isn't Wuwa researching poisons? Take the snake back to him. The venom of this king cobra is a hundred times more potent than ordinary poisons." She did want Shushu to sell it, but she was worried that Shushu would be too scared to sleep, so she had to give up.
Never mind, it's better to let the fifth brother study it than to lose it.
An Shuyi felt relieved after hearing what she said. "Then put it in something and don't touch it with your hands." She was really afraid of this thing.
In modern times, she, Xia Hua, and Mr. Qiao went to Xishuangbanna to kill someone. Because they were unfamiliar with the area, they fell into a pit full of snakes. Although they were rescued quickly, she became terrified of snakes ever since.
Xia Hua nodded, then went over and put the king cobra's carcass in a basin before placing it in the warehouse. "Shu Shu, you dig for gastrodia elata here, and I'll go dig up that clivia. The clivia will be dug up soon; it's just missing a little bit of soil."
Go ahead, I'll dig for gastrodia elata here. She's already checked this place and there are no other snakes, so she feels safe staying here. Besides, she doesn't believe she's so unlucky as to see two snakes in one day.
Seeing that she was no longer afraid, Xia Hua felt relieved and went over to dig out the clivia. She returned and handed it to Shu Shu, asking her to put it in the warehouse. Then she started digging for gastrodia elata and put it in Shu Shu's warehouse after she finished.
By the time the two finished digging, it was already afternoon. It has to be said that the day went by really fast. However, it was not dark yet, so the two did not rush back. Instead, they searched for flowers and plants as they headed towards the river.
On the way back, they were not disappointed. Although they did not find any precious flowers or plants, they did find a poisonous plant called Leigongteng, which grows in cold and damp places.
After accidental ingestion, the incubation period is generally two hours, with symptoms including dizziness, abdominal distension, and vomiting. Death will occur within twenty-four hours. However, they did not learn about this poisonous plant through the trading system; they were already familiar with it. In modern times, they frequently roamed the jungles and were very familiar with these poisonous plants and flowers.
When they saw it, An Shuyi thought about taking this poisonous plant back for Xiao Wu to study. However, when she put her hand on it, she found that the Thunder Vine was selling for two thousand taels in the trading system. This was five hundred taels more than the Da Hong Pao. Apart from ginseng and Ganoderma, it was the highest-selling plant in her trading system. She immediately decided that she had to sell this poisonous plant and take it to Xiao Wu to study next time she saw a poisonous plant.
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