The whole family stocked up on supplies two years in advance, so they could live a life of luxury wh

Li Xing'er walked along the path into the mountains.

She knew perfectly well that Zhang had caught a cold, but her health had been damaged by long-term overwork, and the many children she had given birth to had left her with chronic illnesses, which was why she looked so sickly.

If you take some cold and flu granules and some blood-nourishing capsules according to modern treatment methods, you can recover.

You can find ephedra, kudzu root, and perilla leaves according to the ancient prescriptions.

Unfortunately, Xing'er didn't buy fresh herbs in modern times; she only bought modern medicines and dried Chinese medicinal herbs. It wouldn't be good to take them back with her, so after thinking it over, she decided to go to the mountains to collect herbs.

Just get some herbs and add modern medicine when you boil them.

After making up her mind, Xing'er found a secluded patch of grass, entered her space, and retrieved a basket, a sickle, and a pair of specially made cloth shoes. The outer layer was black cloth, but the inside was actually sneakers.

She made thousands of pairs of these shoes, in all sizes.

In addition, I opened the insect repellent spray and sprayed it all over my body.

After making preparations, she headed into the deep mountains.

An auntie working by the roadside watched her retreating figure and muttered to the others:

"Look, isn't that Xing'er? Why didn't she go to the Nan family's house today? Instead, she went to the mountains with a basket on her back!"

"There are many wild animals in the mountains. Isn't she afraid of being eaten by them?"

"Could it be that she went to gather herbs for her mother?"

"That's impossible. This girl has been lazy and good-for-nothing since she was a child. When have you ever seen her do any work? Unless the sun rises in the west."

"Auntie is right. This girl has never been good at housework since she was little. She's probably come up with some kind of trick again. If you ask me, anyone who takes her in is going to suffer. She's practically here for revenge."

"That's for sure. This girl only knows how to cause trouble. When she grows up, she'll be smuggling things into the Nan family's house every day. Any family with a daughter like that is doomed."

"Luckily, my daughter Cao'er isn't like that; she's very hardworking."

"..."

The autumn wind carried idle gossip to Xing'er's ears.

But she didn't care at all.

The further she went into the mountains, the more treasures she found. Perhaps it was because there were wild beasts in the mountains, or perhaps it was because they were so remote. There were so many medicinal herbs in the mountains that they dazzled the eyes.

She looked up and saw a clump of ephedra growing on the cliff, and a large patch of ephedra below the cliff. She thought to herself that this thing had somehow come to her.

Gathering herbs is such a breeze!

Xing'er hummed a little tune as she took a few steps forward, intending to pick a large handful to take back.

She had just squatted down.

A rustling sound came from the bushes not far away, as if some wild beast was running wildly.

Xing'er immediately stood up and reached behind her, whereupon a crossbow bolt appeared in her hand.

She stared intently at the dense forest ahead.

Who knows what might pop out of it next?

Suddenly.

"Awoo~"

A wild beast's cry approached from afar, raising concerns. The cry wasn't as fierce as a tiger's roar, nor was it a domestic cat's meow; rather, it was a unique howl.

Xing'er looked serious and ran very fast. In the blink of an eye, she had run a hundred meters and climbed up a big tree using both her hands and feet.

She climbed to the top of the tree and discovered a clouded leopard in the spot she had just left.

This guy looks like a big orange cat.

It bared its teeth, searching everywhere for prey, even though it had clearly smelled the scent earlier but hadn't found any.

The clouded leopard leaped to the spot where Xing'er had been standing, sniffing around but finding nothing unusual. Just as it was about to leave, a wild boar ran out of a mud pit at the foot of the mountain.

The wild boar was so frightened by the sight of the clouded leopard that it ran away as fast as it could.

The clouded leopard quickly closed in.

It accurately bit the wild boar's neck, its sharp claws penetrating deep into the bristles and flesh.

The wild boar let out a painful howl and thrashed wildly, trying to throw the clouded leopard off.

Fallen leaves scattered through the woods, and the grass was flattened over a large area.

A black muntjac that was drinking water by the stream noticed something was wrong and ran away in fright.

The birds and wild animals on the branches were so frightened that they flapped their wings and flew away in a flurry.

The clouded leopard held on tightly to the wild boar's neck, refusing to let go no matter how hard it tried to wrestle it off. In just a moment, the wild boar went still, its carotid artery bitten open.

Blood flowed down his neck to the ground.

Seeing this, Xing'er was only glad that she ran fast, otherwise she would be the one with her neck bitten to pieces.

Not satisfied with killing the wild boar, the clouded leopard looked up at where Xing'er was and frantically ran towards the tree where she was.

Xing'er sat on the treetop, her hands trembling uncontrollably. She forced herself to calm down and immediately said, "Go in."

next moment.

She has safely entered the space.

However, since time is frozen in this space, hiding inside is useless, because once you go out, time will return to the dangerous scene from before.

Xing'er pursed her lips and immediately went into the armory to choose a weapon.

Looking at the array of self-defense weapons, she first took a tranquilizer, then a bottle of pepper spray, and finally a long knife.

Next.

Xing'er rehearsed the plan to kill the leopard several times on the shore before finally deciding to rush out.

As soon as she left the space, the clouded leopard pounced on her. She sat on the tree and first shot a tranquilizer in the direction of the clouded leopard.

"Whoosh~"

Oops!

The technique is not good.

The shot missed.

The clouded leopard had already run to the foot of the tree and was about to climb it when she quickly stood up, grabbed a large pepper spray, and sprayed it wildly into the clouded leopard's eyes.

A large amount of irritating gas instantly invaded the clouded leopard's nose and eyes.

"Aww~~"

"Awooo~~ Awooo~~"

The clouded leopard screamed in pain.

Two sharp claws slapped haphazardly across her face.

Xing'er jumped down without hesitation, grabbed her long knife, and started hacking wildly at the clouded leopard's head.

Unexpectedly, after swinging her arms a few times, she managed to chop off the clouded leopard's head.

After slaying the clouded leopard, she was covered in blood and panting heavily, but she dared not relax for a moment. The deep mountains of ancient times were truly terrifying.

No wonder no one goes deep into the mountains and forests.

She quickly squatted down, hoisted the clouded leopard onto her shoulder, and turned to go to where the wild boar had been. Unexpectedly, the wild boar's carcass was still there. Without thinking twice, she picked up the nearly 200-pound wild boar and ran down the mountain.

......

Li family.

Li Fusheng settled his wife aside, and then, together with Taohua, Dashan, and the other children, cleaned up the collapsed house. The iron pot was smashed, and the only eighteen bowls in the house were also broken.

The rice container was reduced to pieces.

Not a single grain of rice was found.

Only a few sets of tattered bedding and a few tattered clothes were not damaged; the slightly better clothes were pierced into rags by wooden strips.

Li Taohua and Li Lanhua cried as they tidied up.

"I hope this jinx never comes back. Now look what's happened! We've lost our home, we don't even have a place to live anymore! Dad... Dad, what are we going to do? Waaah!"

"Third sister is the worst! It would be better if third sister died out there!"

"I hate my third sister, I will always hate my third sister."

Eight-year-old Li Lanhua cried as she looked at a rag doll her mother had made for her. Although it was small and tattered, it was her most treasured possession, now reduced to scraps of cloth.

Upon hearing Lan Hua's words, Li Fusheng couldn't help but raise his hand and slap her. His eyes were red as he cursed:

"Don't you dare curse your third sister like that!"

"Father...you...you hit me, you hit me for Third Sister's sake?"

Li Lanhua burst into tears and ran away, clutching the tattered cloth.