Old Man Zhao, the legendary healer of Xinghua Village!

"That's true..." Li Cuicui nodded.

"Stop talking nonsense and come down the mountain with me. It's getting dark soon, and it's dangerous to walk down the mountain at night," Zhao Dazhu said earnestly.

Li Cuicui immediately picked up the plastic bucket, tightened the lid, and set off down the mountain with Zhao Dazhu.

The two lingered on the mountain for too long, so it got completely dark when they were only halfway there.

There are definitely no streetlights in the mountains, and there's no moon tonight, with very few stars in the night sky.

So everywhere was pitch black, so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

Zhao Dazhu carried a vegetable basket in one hand and held his mobile phone in the other, using the phone's built-in flashlight for illumination.

"It's all your fault. I should have gone down the mountain a long time ago," Zhao Dazhu couldn't help but complain.

"I didn't do it on purpose," Li Cuicui said, but a hint of guilt showed on her face.

After all, going down the mountain in the dark is indeed very dangerous, and it would be even worse if something unexpected happened.

Looking around, Li Cuicui couldn't help but feel a little scared.

The surrounding trees, which seemed unremarkable during the day, now appeared strangely shaped and menacing in the darkness, exuding an eerie and terrifying aura.

Li Cuicui quickened her pace, afraid of being left behind by Zhao Dazhu.

But Zhao Dazhu was already in front of her, and the two were very close, so Li Cuicui bumped into Zhao Dazhu's back.

If Zhao Dazhu hadn't been a cultivator with a strong physique and quick reflexes, he probably would have been knocked over by Li Cuicui.

"Are you trying to murder me?" Zhao Dazhu roared.

"I really didn't mean to, I was just a little scared." Li Cuicui was extremely embarrassed.

"You wild girl, you're actually afraid?" Zhao Dazhu asked incredulously.

"I...I'm a girl too, and girls are all timid," Li Cuicui muttered to herself.

"But I don't see any cowardice in you. Climbing trees, raiding bird nests, catching rabbits, and catching crabs, what wouldn't you dare to do?" Zhao Dazhu said irritably.

"But I'm afraid of ghosts," Li Cuicui said defiantly.

"Stop talking nonsense in a place like this, okay? What you say will attract trouble, don't you know that?" Zhao Dazhu said angrily, and quickly stopped and looked around.

A gust of wind blew by, and the surrounding trees swayed and rustled.

Suddenly, a pair of bright green eyes appeared in the grass a dozen meters away.

Li Cuicui was so frightened that she let out a shrill scream, jumped up and hugged Zhao Dazhu, even wrapping her legs around his waist.

"Ghost! A ghost!" Li Cuicui screamed in terror.

"That's a weasel!"

Zhao Dazhu picked up his phone and shone the flashlight in that direction.

Although it wasn't very clear, Zhao Dazhu could tell that the thing hiding in the bushes wasn't a ghost, but a weasel with shifty eyes.

Moreover, the weasel immediately ran away when the light shone on it.

"Look, it's already run away," Zhao Dazhu said.

Li Cuicui finally breathed a sigh of relief, but she still clung tightly to Zhao Dazhu, refusing to get off him no matter what.

"How am I supposed to walk if you're holding me like this?" Zhao Dazhu said, staring at him.

"But I'm afraid..."

Li Cuicui said, her voice trembling.

"I just can't do anything with you, you brat."

Zhao Dazhu sighed, then squatted down, let Li Cuicui climb onto his back, and handed her the vegetable basket to carry.

Then Zhao Dazhu used his left hand to support Li Cuicui's bottom and his right hand to hold his phone as he stumbled down the mountain.

The warmth emanating from his palm made Zhao Dazhu somewhat distracted, yet at the same time, he felt a sense of guilt.

After all, Li Cuicui is too young. She has just turned eighteen this year and is old enough to be his granddaughter.

Carrying such a young girl on his back, and even supporting her little bottom with his hands, this is simply... Zhao Dazhu shook his head to banish those messy thoughts, not daring to think about it anymore.

"By the way, why did you go up the mountain to catch scorpions?" Zhao Dazhu suddenly thought of this and asked.

Li Cuicui said angrily, "Of course it's to make money."

"Sell it for money? Sell it to whom?" Zhao Dazhu asked again.

Li Cuicui replied, "I sold them to Doctor Jia. Doctor Jia asked me if I wanted to earn some pocket money by catching scorpions for her, so I agreed. I never expected to get stung by a scorpion..."

"Scorpions are indeed a Chinese medicinal herb, but she doesn't need your help. She can buy them at a large pharmacy in the county town," Zhao Dazhu said.

"Maybe she thinks the medicinal herbs in the county town aren't good enough," Li Cuicui said.

Zhao Dazhu said, "Don't come up the mountain to catch scorpions again. It's already dangerous for a young lady like you to go up the mountain, let alone catch scorpions. Luckily you met me today. If you hadn't, you wouldn't have been able to get down the mountain. You would have had to spend the night on the mountain."

"Besides, there are wild animals in the mountains. They hide in their dens during the day and come out to hunt when it gets dark. If you spend the night on the mountain, you're practically sitting duck; you're guaranteed to be carried off by a wild animal..."

Li Cuicui couldn't help but say, "But I need to earn pocket money."

"Can't you and your old man have a relationship?" Zhao Dazhu said.

"I asked my dad for it, but he wouldn't give it to me. He even told me to go to the county town to work," Li Cuicui said, her tone somewhat resentful.

"You're an adult now, it's really inappropriate for you to ask your parents for money..." Zhao Dazhu said after thinking for a moment.

We finally came down from the mountain.

Back in the village, Zhao Dazhu let out a long sigh of relief. After putting Li Cuicui down, he raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"Don't tell anyone what happened on the mountain today," Zhao Dazhu instructed.

"I know, I know, this isn't the first time we've done this," Li Cuicui said with a smile.

Upon hearing the words "not the first time," Zhao Dazhu's heart skipped a beat.

That brat, she's always so shy, yet she has such a sharp tongue.

Of all her things, probably only her mouth is tough.

Watching Li Cuicui run towards home, and seeing her wiggling little bottom, Zhao Dazhu couldn't help but chuckle.

Shaking his head, Zhao Dazhu picked up his basket and began his journey home.

As dawn broke and the sun rose.

Zhao Dazhu was loosening the soil in his backyard with a shovel.

The front yard of Zhao Dazhu's house is all cement, and most of the back yard is cement as well. The area against the wall is a small vegetable garden.

But this vegetable garden has been abandoned for a long time and is full of weeds.

Zhao Dazhu has decided to cultivate medicinal herbs in this vegetable garden, so he needs to tidy it up properly so that it can be reused.

Suddenly, Li Yujiao walked over with faltering steps, her face still showing signs of pain.

"Yu Jiao, are you feeling better?" Zhao Dazhu asked.

"What a load of rubbish!"