I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 37: Heavy Rain
If you often walk in the mountains and encounter a ferocious beast once, the end result will be death.

Therefore, Xie Fei often wore a sachet or held a small incense burner with burning herbs in it, which could also drive away beasts.

Fu Yu returned quickly. After Yuan San finished the work in his hands, he took Xie Fei to walk deeper into the mountains.

The closer you get to the mountains, the more wild vegetables, fruits and even herbs pop up like mushrooms after a rain.

Pulling aside the grass, Yuan San picked a handful of small, exquisite reddish-brown fruits and handed them to Xie Fei, "Look, you taught me to recognize them."

Xie Fei took one look and said with a smile, "Nan Wuweizi, you found all of this."

Yuan San opened his pocket and picked a handful of southern Schisandra chinensis. He said, "You used to pick and steam them. I think they taste good, so I pick them occasionally."

This southern Schisandra chinensis is a medicinal herb that has the effects of calming the mind, nourishing the kidneys and replenishing qi. It is usually made into jam or dried to make tea.

Xie Fei’s favorite way is to steam it. It only takes a quarter of an hour for the Schisandra chinensis to become soft, sweet, sour, and delicious. It can satisfy your hunger without spending a penny, and it also has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.

There were a lot of them in the grass, and Xie Fei picked them up too, saying, "I got them to eat before because I had nothing else to eat. You wouldn't rely on this to fill your stomach all day, would you?"

Yuan San said: "There are other things. Come with me. I will take you to see them today."

Xie Fei hadn't wandered around the mountains for a long time. Now it was autumn, a time of harvest, and many herbs and wild fruits were ripe, so he picked some when he saw them.

After picking Schisandra chinensis, the two continued walking along the path.

The mountains are sparsely populated, and some roads are overgrown with weeds and thorns.

Yuan San led the way, occasionally looking back to pull Xie Fei, and when he saw that she couldn't keep up, he teased her, "Young lady, you often go into the mountains to collect herbs, how can you be so weak?"

Xie Fei murmured helplessly, "You have good physical strength, who can compare with you?"

They didn't know how long they had walked, at least several miles of mountain road, either climbing over mountains or crossing ridges, and their feet were sore from walking.

But there were many wild products in the mountains, and Xie Fei picked them as he walked, and his bamboo basket was already full.

A few bunches of wild chrysanthemums, a basket of snakeberry, sea buckthorn and wild sea buckthorn, and all kinds of wild fruits that city people can't name, are piled together in different colors and colorful.

There are also toad leaves, cow tendon grass, gray-gray vegetables, etc., which can be eaten by humans and livestock.

When they reached the valley, Xie Fei could no longer walk and strongly requested to stop and rest.

Yuan San squatted down in front of her, and like before, he held her foot with one hand, and rubbed her ankle through her shoes and socks with the other hand.

"Do you want me to carry you?"

Xie Fei retracted his feet uncomfortably and said, "No, I'll just sit for a while."

Yuan San stood up, saw a river in the distance, and said, "I'll go over and take a look."

"Okay." Xie Fei sat on a big rock and looked at the harvest in the basket.

Yuan San picked up a thick branch, cut a fork with a short knife, went to the river, rolled up his trousers, and went into the river to catch fish.

Xie Fei deeply felt that this person really knew everything. Even if there was something he didn't know, he could learn it immediately and master it.

It seems that if they want to be tomb robbers, they really have to have some intelligence and skills.

Her eyes fell on Yuan San for a long time. A leaf fell from above her head and gently landed in her palm.

She suddenly came to her senses, quickly retracted her gaze, and looked around as if to cover up.

When she saw this, her eyes suddenly brightened up, and all the messy thoughts were suppressed.

Next to it is a flat land with many slender green plants similar to leek seedlings. When the mountain breeze blows, the green seedlings sway like water waves.

Xie Fei quickly dug a bunch with a small hoe. At the root were clusters of yellowish-brown fruits that were smaller than sweet potatoes, with long vertical lines on the surface. After cutting a piece, Xie Fei lightly swept it with the tip of his tongue. It tasted slightly bitter, but it also smelled like a strange fragrance.

"It's actually Ophiopogon japonicus!" Xie Fei was overjoyed.

Ophiopogon japonicus is a good thing for nourishing yin. It is recorded in "Shennong Bencao Jing" that Ophiopogon japonicus can treat gas stagnation in the heart and abdomen, injuries and fullness, blocked stomach meridians, emaciation and shortness of breath, etc.

Whether it is stewing soup, drinking tea, or cooking porridge, it can nourish the heart, soothe the nerves and moisten the lungs.

Xie Fei remembered that the pharmacies outside also bought Ophiopogon japonicus, and the price was quite high.

She came across these here by chance. She dug some and sold them, and kept some for seeds. She can harvest a crop every two or three years.

When the mood struck, Xie Fei immediately took action and collected all the Ophiopogon japonicus nearby.

Time passed little by little, and Yuan San came back from the river, carrying a bunch of wild fish of different sizes.

Seeing Xie Fei's condition, he knew that he had encountered something good again, so he just started digging as well.

There was not too much Ophiopogon japonicus in this patch, but not too little either. By the time we finished digging it, it had already gotten dark.

Xie Fei stood up and pounded his waist, only then he realized that it was actually raining.

"Big Head, hurry back." Although flash floods are unlikely to occur at this time of year, it would be difficult to travel if it rained heavily.

Yuan San threw the backpack over his shoulder, picked up the basket, and took Xie Fei back to the kiln.

The rain gradually got heavier, with bean-sized raindrops falling with rumbling thunder.

It was so dark that I could hardly see the road when I was walking through the woods.

Yuan San walked quickly. Although he was tall, he was very agile. Not only could he move quickly in the dark forest, but he could also accurately determine the direction from the dense raindrops.

Xie Fei was not as agile as him. Not only was he dizzy from the raindrops, but he also easily fell into a puddle, from which he had to be pulled out by him.

Seeing that the thunder was getting louder and louder and the rain was about to get heavier, Yuan San threw the basket into his backpack and suddenly reached out to hold Xie Fei's waist.

Before Xie Fei could react, he was picked up by him with one hand and rushed to the edge of the cliff.

Below is the earthen house where the kiln is located. Although it is a steep cliff with many trees and thorns, if you slide down from here, you will reach it immediately. On the other hand, walking on the mountain road requires at least an incense stick of time.

"Girl, hold on tight."

Xie Fei subconsciously hugged his neck tightly and asked in a trembling voice, "You, you don't want to, do you want to jump?"

Yuan San judged the terrain and the buffer strength, and wrapped his strong arms around Xie Fei tightly, smiling reassuringly, "It's not jumping, it's sliding down."

Xie Fei exclaimed, "He'll fall!"

"No, believe me." As he spoke, Yuan San grabbed the vine of the old tree with one hand and swooped down holding Xie Fei.

Because he was mentally prepared, Xie Fei did not scream.

She hugged Yuan San's neck tightly with her eyes closed. In her ears was the sound of the fierce wind whistling past and the rustling of her body against leaves and grass.

Amid the thunder and rain, one could seem to hear Yuan San's low chuckle.

The man realized that her body was trembling slightly, so he held her even tighter with his arms. Their bodies pressed tightly together, and after a few jumps they successfully reached the vicinity of the earthen house.

Yuan San put Xie Fei down. Xie Fei was still in shock, but his body was wet, so he had to go back to the house to change clothes.

(End of this chapter)