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Chapter 16: Meeting Again
This is…
Ginseng!
And it is ginseng that is blooming.
Wen Nuan couldn't help showing surprise on her face and she stroked the big bad wolf's head vigorously: "Good fellow, how did you know this is ginseng?"
The big bad wolf raised his head proudly: Of course, the kid with the surname Feng takes a look every day, and only waits for its results, can he not know?
Wen Nuan quickly set down the basket on her back, then squatted down and placed her right hand on the ginseng.
The purple qi poured out slowly, this time lingering for awhile until it gradually became thinner, and then disappeared.
Wen Nuan's eyes were glued to the ginseng as she watched it blossom and bear fruit, the ginseng seeds changing from green to red. I don't know if this ginseng has really matured.
Wen Nuan took a small portion of ripe ginseng seeds and put them in her mouth. It tastes sweet and has a strong ginseng flavor, which is not comparable to artificially planted ginseng in her previous life.
Wen Nuan picked another one to feed the big bad wolf, and the big bad wolf turned his head in disgust.
She smiled, then spit out two semi-circular seeds and packed them up to take home for planting.
Wen Nuan picked up the sickle and carefully dug out the ginseng.
No roots are broken.
Although the ginseng is only as thick as her thumb, it looks like it should be wild ginseng of about fifty years of age, but Wen Nuan is still very satisfied with this.
She can go back and raise it with her purple qi for awhile, until it becomes a century-old ginseng and then she can sell it.
At this moment, the big bad wolf pulled on Wen Nuan's clothes again and motioned for her to go with him.
There's more?!
I don’t know if this wolf can be sold, if so she will buy it!
She had only been thinking that the big bad wolf is fast, and taking herself up the mountain can save some time, but she did not expect that this cultivated wolf would even know precious medicinal materials.
Wen Nuan thought, I can make a lot of money!
Wen Nuan followed the big bad wolf to continue walking. She saw some spices and common medicinal materials such as cinnamon, fennel, grass fruit, nutmeg, Amomum villosum, and so forth. She picked some handily, and dug out an extremely long Polygonum multiflorum.
Every time she digs up medicinal materials, the big bad wolf sits on the side and waits patiently for her.
When she was finished, he took her farther along and stopped when they came to a place where there was a few clumps of Ganoderma lucidum.
Wen Nuan looked at the Ganoderma lucidum of different sizes. Don't know what to say. She is lucky. She saved an eagle, but got two little things in return.
If animals are like this, aren't humans embarrassed to face them?
She decided to heal their owner's hands no matter what, and make more delicious food for them later.
Wen Nuan dug out all the Ganoderma lucidum.
It was not too early in the day. She worried that her family would go home after gathering snails, and they would be scared if they didn't see her.
"Big Bad Wolf, is there a water source near here? I will wash my hands, then we can go home and I will make you some food."
The big bad wolf immediately motioned to Wen Nuan to sit on its back, and then brought Wen Nuan to a small stream.
Wen Nuan cleaned her hands. After being busy for a long time, she is thirsty. She took a sip of the clear water with her hands. It was a bit sweet. She couldn't help taking another sip. She didn't dare to drink too much, worrying about parasites in the water.
She stood up and was about to go back, but found that a stone by the stream reflected green light in the sun, like a rough emerald stone.
Wen Nuan walked over, studied it carefully, and couldn’t help feeling excited!
She is sure, this is good rough jade!
Wen Nuan tried to pick it up, and found that with her scrawny body, it is a bit difficult to move this rough stone home.
Wen Nuan looked at the big bad wolf: "Big Bad Wolf, can you afford to carry this stone?"
The big bad wolf gave Wen Nuan a look. It can even bear more than a hundred catties of its owner. Isn't it just a small stone?!
Wen Nuan laughed at its arrogant little eyes: "So be it Brother Wolf!"
She unceremoniously dumped the back basket sideways on the ground, poured out the medicinal materials inside, pushed the stone over and rolled it in, then set the basket upright.
"I will find some vines and tie this back basket to you."
Wen Nuan took a look around and found that there was some grass and vines on the stone wall off to the side, so she walked over and planned to pull out a few to use as a rope.
At this time, a silver-gray figure fell lightly by the stream. He glanced at the rough jade stone in the back basket, and then looked at the direction she was leaving in thoughtfully.
When the big bad wolf saw the master coming, he remembered the master's orders and wagged his tail to please, looking like a wolf and a dog at the same time.
Nalan Jinnian gave the unreliable wolf a faint look, and then set his eyes on the girl in the distance.
The girl in coarse cloth and linen was sitting on a rock and pulling vines. Because of her too small coat and too small trousers, her movements revealed scrawny hands and feet, just like bamboo.
Wen Nuan was pulling out a few branches and vines. Turning around, she saw a tall, dashing figure standing by the stream. Her movement came to an abrupt stop. 'Why is he here?'
"Miss Wen." The man's voice was low and cold, a bit like the clear spring water she had just drunk, refreshing.
Wen Nuan walked over: "Why did Master come?"
"The gold needles are ready. I asked Da Hui to find you. After a long time, Xiao Hei said that you are here, so I came over."
So fast? Should it be so easy to create the set of gold needles that she had requested? She thought it would take a few days anyway.
"I didn’t know that it was done so soon, so I asked the big bad wolf to take me up the mountain to find something. Now it’s almost noon, I have to go home to cook. I’ll help you later in the afternoon!"
Wen Nuan looked at the back basket on the ground a little hesitantly. Isn't putting this basket on the big bad wolf's back showing that she is enslaving other's pets in front of the owner? Wen Nuan is a bit embarrassed.
Nalan Jinnian seemed to see the girl's mind. He squatted down and picked up the medicinal materials from the ground with one hand. When he saw the ginseng and a few Ganoderma lucidum, his eyes flashed, but he was said nothing. He put them into the basket, then lifted the basket with one hand and put it on the back of the wolf: "This stone is a bit heavy, let Da Hui send you down the mountain!"
He held the back basket in place with one hand, and motioned to Wen Nuan to fasten it with tree branches and vines.
Wen Nuan's little face blushed, and she couldn't say a word of rejection. Although her health was much better now, she wouldn't be able to carry nearly a hundred catties back down the mountain.
"Thank you Master, thank you Da Hui." She quickly picked up the branches and vines and fixed the basket to the wolf's back.
"Miss doesn't need to be polite, this is as it should be."
Wen Nuan had just finished tying the back basket.
At this time, there was a roar from the mountain: "Some bastard poached my ginseng!!!"
Wen Nuan: "…"
She looked at Da Hui, and Da Hui looked at her innocently.
Soon, there was another roar: "The one who kills with a thousand cuts also poached my Ganoderma lucidum!!"
The sound was earth-shattering and scared the birds in the forest to fly away.
Wen Nuan's eyebrows rose into her forehead!
Which ginseng and ganoderma belong to who?
Forget it, leave it alone! Everything on the mountain is ownerless, and whoever picks it will own it!
But Wen Nuan was still worried about being discovered by that person, so she took Nalan Jinnian's hand and ran: "Run!"
The big bad wolf moved faster and ran away quickly.
Qi: Vital life energy that animates the body, the force that flows through all things. It takes the form of purple mist in this story. Purple Qi specifically is an auspicious omen/supernatural force in Daoism and Chinese astrology.
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