"A black bear? My two sisters-in-law are amazing, they can even take down a black bear. When this thing gets fierce, it's more powerful than a tiger or a leopard. Are you two sisters-in-law alright?" Village Chief Lin asked worriedly.
"No!" An Shuyi shook her head. "Look at me, I'm perfectly fine now. I don't look like anything's wrong. Stop talking and hurry up and go inside to eat. Hua Hua and the others are already back."
While they were talking, Xia Hua and several other tribespeople who had gone up the mountain to move things had returned.
"Changyuan, find a place to put the prey, then come and eat!" After giving the instructions, Village Chief Lin followed his two sisters-in-law into the canteen to eat.
After finishing their meal, An Shuyi and Xia Hua picked out several kinds of flowers from their baskets, along with the tea tree, and headed towards the house. It had already been arranged during the meal that each family would take a few plants, and whether they could grow them was up to them.
Of course, it's okay if you don't want to grow them. You can grow vegetables in the house. It's the same. Give the medicinal herbs to Doctor Liu and Xiao Wu. Plant what you can, and process what you can't.
Back at the house, Xia Hua soaked the tea trees and flowers in water. It was noon, the hottest time of day, not suitable for planting tea trees and flowers, so she had to wait until evening.
The two of them heated water in the kitchen, took a shower, and then went to bed. Although they had slept on the mountain for the past few days, they were always on guard and didn't sleep soundly.
When they returned, they didn't find Dark Night. He must not have come yet, or he might already be on his way. If they had known he would be so slow, they should have stayed on the mountain for a few more days before coming back.
After sleeping enough, Xia Hua got up and the sun had already set. She then planted the tea trees and flowers that had been soaking in water in the right-hand yard. She planted the tea trees in one spot and the other flowers together.
Xia Hua was planting flowers, and An Shuyi was watching from the side. "Hua Hua, why don't I have any flower seeds in my trading system? Or seedlings would be fine too. All we found were peonies, camellias, azaleas, and magnolias, but no roses."
"I want roses. I'll plant them along the wall, and when they bloom, the whole wall will be covered in beautiful flowers. How wonderful that would be!"
Xia Hua looked at the flowers she had planted, as well as the ones she had planted before. There was already a whole area covered in flowers. Although it wasn't as much as Shu Shu had described, the ground was covered in flowers. To make it look nicer, she had even mixed the colors of the flowers when she planted them.
"If you want rose seeds, you need to find flower and sapling seedlings. When you're selling them, just think about them, and maybe you'll find some." That's the best way.
Of course, there must be roses in this world, they just haven't seen them. Actually, camellias are similar to red roses, both are large flowers and beautiful when they bloom. There are also magnolias, with their pale pink and white flowers. Although they are not as stunning as roses, they are still fresh and elegant.
After listening to her, An Shuyi thought it made sense. Next time she sold things, she would think about flower seeds. Then she would plant flowers in all the open spaces of the house, so that she could sit among the flowers, drink tea and chat in her spare time.
After planting the flowers, the two went to the cafeteria for lunch. When they arrived, the cafeteria was bustling with activity. At lunchtime, Xia Hua had already decided what the dinner would be: stewed venison with lots of radishes.
Only one sika deer was used, and the rest were cleaned and kept. The black bear was made into braised bear meat. After all the dishes were made, not a single piece of meat was left. As for the bear paws, they were steamed. We also made a cold tomato salad and stir-fried cabbage. That's all we made. This was more than enough to eat.
The two had just arrived at the canteen and hadn't even had a chance to check if everything was ready when Village Chief Lin rang the bell outside. However, this was just a ritual, as all the clansmen were already waiting in the canteen, some already inside and seated, others carrying their food.
The group began to head into the dining hall. After the elders, including Chief Lin, started eating, the others followed suit. While eating, they praised An Shuyi and her companion for their skill, explaining that without considerable expertise, it was impossible to hunt either sika deer or black bears.
After finishing their meal, before it got dark, everyone worked together to clean up the dishes and utensils before leisurely strolling around the village.
An Shuyi and Xia Hua were also taking a walk to digest their food. They hadn't had a proper meal in days, so they ate a little more, especially since there was bear paw, which was just too delicious.
"Wood's efficiency is quite high. In just a few days, the canteen has been rebuilt, and the sheds for holding horses, cattle, and pigs have also been set up." Although the canteen has only been built and the ground has not been paved with cement, it was still done very quickly.
They still had some cement left, thinking it would be enough to build the walls, so they didn't take any more. As for the floor, they didn't use cement, but stone slabs instead, which was more troublesome but also faster.
“These things can be done quickly as long as the instructions are given. He doesn’t need to buy anything or build anything himself. Of course, it will be fast. There are more than 200 villagers in Xinglin Village. If they can’t build some sheds and canteens in a few days, then they are really useless,” Xia Hua said bluntly.
"That's because Mu Tou is good at managing things. Even though it's just supervision, he still needs to be there all the time. Let's not talk about him anymore, go back to sleep." She's been walking on mountain paths for the past few days, and now she doesn't want to go for a walk at all.
"Let's go back!"
The two went back to their house to sleep. They didn't eat breakfast the next day. It was almost noon when they slowly got up, washed up, and went to the canteen. They just wanted to check on how the workshop was doing and wait for their meal.
An Shuyi looked at the sky and said, "The weather isn't very good either; it might rain in the next few days."
It's been a few days since the last rain, but June and July are really good seasons for rain. The previous few months without rain were due to abnormal weather, and things are slowly recovering now.
The weather wasn't that hot, and it was raining, so the ice wasn't selling very well. The people who worked in the ice workshops rarely made ice anymore; instead, they were brewing wine.
Xia Hua glanced at the sky. "It's good that it's raining. We can go up the mountain to pick mushrooms. We only ate a few of those mushrooms before, and the rest were dried and stored away. If it rains again, the mushrooms can grow back."
She really likes eating mushrooms. Now she eats fresh ones, but when winter comes, she can eat dried ones, or use them in soups, hot pots, or stir-fries with meat slices. Just thinking about it makes her mouth water.
"I'll go mushroom picking when it rains. I've never done it before. But why hasn't Dark Night come yet? Is something keeping him here?" She and Flower were waiting for Dark Night to arrive, because a few days after he came, the Emperor would send someone to investigate the magistrate's family.
"There's no use in being anxious. Just wait patiently. Even if An Ye comes back, it will still take several days before we know what happened to Magistrate Liu's family," Xia Hua said.
It will take time for the imperial envoy to investigate, especially since the matter of silver casting is of great importance. If it were just the theft and sale of official land, it would take ten days to half a month.
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