Chapter 9： Going up the mountain to collect herbs

Chapter 9 Going up the mountain to collect herbs

After wiping the medicinal wine, Lu Nan glanced at Ning Xi and said, "Want me to help you wipe the front?"

“I have my own hands.” Ning Xi quickly grabbed the ointment and applied it.

“A twisted child.” He curled his lips slightly, wiped his hands and lay down next to her.

“You are only a child, and your whole family is a child.” She is already married, and she was eaten up and wiped clean by him last night. He actually has the nerve to call her a child, bah!

“Haha!” He narrowed his eyes and laughed from deep in his throat.

Damn that stinky man, he still has the nerve to smile.

He raised his hand and patted her head in fear, "My whole family includes you, so you are a child." "Your whole family does not include me." After she got married, Ning Dalong couldn't wait to divide her account. At that time, Lu Nan didn't mention putting her account in his household registration book, so her account became a single household.

"Except you, why are you lying next to me?"

She rolled her eyes, "I'm thick-skinned and I'm shameless, so that's alright!"

Lu Nan picked up the fan, turned sideways, and fanned her repeatedly. "I didn't mean to scold you this afternoon. I just felt unhappy when I saw how hot you were and thought about the wounds all over your body."

He actually explained it to her! !

Not appropriate.

This is not normal.

"You tell me that you really want to saw the threshold. You should wait until the pain stops, and wait until it's cooler to do it, right?"

Ning Xi still felt aggrieved, "I'm afraid it's inconvenient for you to come in and out, and maybe you're wrong."

"You are right, I was wrong. I should not have scolded you or used the wheelchair."

Ning Xi’s heart clenched and hurt. He was not in a wheelchair, so the person lying next to her now was not her.

he…

Probably I still regret not being able to marry Ning Hong!

"It's very late, go to sleep!" Lu Nan gently put his hand on her waist, and raised the fan to fan her from time to time.

Ning Xi opened her eyes and looked at the dusty earth wall, thinking that Lu Nan would not be able to fall asleep no matter what.

In his previous life, after she divorced him, he lived alone for most of his life and secretly visited her every year.

She thought he couldn't let her go.

Now it seems that this is not the case.

Whether it is in the past life or in this life, is she being sentimental?

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

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The morning air in the mountains is heavy with water vapor, carrying the unique earthy smell of earth and grass.

At dawn, the barking of dogs and crowing of chickens in the village woke up the sleeping people.

Slowly opening her eyes, the people around her were gone. She blinked and looked around. If everything in front of her wasn't so familiar, she would have thought everything yesterday was just a dream.

After lying there for a while, he lazily got out of bed, opened the door and stepped into the courtyard.

It was almost dawn outside, and a heavy fog filled the sky and the earth. The mountains, trees, and houses in the distance all appeared and disappeared in the thick fog.

In her previous life, she lived in a city without cooking smoke for the next seven years. Now when she saw this scene again, she suddenly realized how beautiful this place was. No matter how beautiful the scenery is, she has no extra time to appreciate it. Today she also wants to go to the mountain to collect some herbs. If she needs them, she can keep them. If she doesn't, she can take them to the town and exchange them for some money.

"Get up, go wash up and have breakfast." Lu Nan emerged from the thick fog. He seemed not very energetic. Did he suffer from insomnia last night?

“Hmm!” Ning Xi responded, walked to the well, threw a bucket into the well, quickly picked up a bucket of water, and washed herself.

Lu Nan cooked sorghum porridge, steamed steamed buns, and put a plate of pickles. The sorghum porridge was already put into the bowl, and even the chopsticks were set out.

"Added red beans, mung beans, and peanuts." Ning Xi exclaimed. People in this era just make porridge. They don't know that various vegetables, meat, and various beans can be added to porridge. How could Lu Nan Suddenly I thought about adding red beans to the porridge.

“When I was in the army, the canteen used to do this. I happened to have these at home, so I added them.” Lu Nan responded lightly. He had already come to the table, picked up a piece of steamed bun with chopsticks, and took a bite.

Ning Xi lowered her head and took a sip of the warm sorghum porridge, squinting her eyes comfortably, "It tastes much better than white porridge."

“I like it, I’ll make porridge like this from now on.” A smile flashed across Lu Nan’s face, but Ning Xi didn’t have time to catch it because it was too fast.

Ning Xi took a bite of the steamed bun and replied vaguely, "Yeah! There are a lot of vegetables in our backyard! Maybe I can add the vegetables to the porridge someday and it will be delicious."

“Okay.” Lu Nan responded in a low voice.

“I’m going to go for a walk in the mountains soon.”

Lu Nan nodded to show that he understood. Ning Xi could not sit still and could not stay at home at all. She was lucky to be able to say hello to him today.

After eating, at Lu Nan’s insistence, after applying the medicine and medicated wine, Ning Xi packed a few steamed buns, put a basket on her back and prepared to go out. “I shouldn’t be back at noon.”

The air in the mountains is more humid than the air above and below. The weeds between the mountain paths are full of water vapor. Ning Xi's trousers have become wet before walking very far.

She walked very slowly, and her legs, which were already a little painful, became even more painful after Lu Nan rubbed the medicinal wine hard.

The mountain behind Shanghe Village is an undeveloped primitive mountain forest. Except for the villagers who occasionally go up the mountain to cut firewood, and the village's traditional Chinese medicine doctor Yang Ye, who from time to time looks for medicinal herbs on the mountain, there are very few people on the mountain. There is no one on the mountain along the way.

There was not even a trace of herbs along the way, they must have all been picked by Grandpa Yang.

Grandpa Yang was too old and did not dare to deviate from the path. He only dared to go around the path to look for herbs. She followed Grandpa Yang's footsteps to find grass, but she must not be able to find grass. In order to collect herbs, she deviated from the path up the mountain and headed towards Walk up the untouched hillside.

Finally she found a tripterygium vine, and quickly grabbed the trunk and moved it carefully. Before she could get close to the tripterygium, she found several more coptis.

Raising her hand to wipe the sweat, Ning Xi squinted her eyes and rested for a while, then rubbed her aching legs and continued to look for herbs around her.

Grandpa Yang must have never been to these places. There were a lot of herbs around. She squatted on the ground to harvest the herbs. It took a long time before she found a spot and continued digging.

Ning Xi stayed here all day, and it wasn't until thick fog filled the ravine that she stood up and walked down the mountain.

Ignoring the aching legs, I quickened my pace. I had to find the path down the mountain before the mountain was shrouded in thick fog. The path was made by everyone step by step. It was not flat but it was still a road. Will it appear in other places? A big pit or bump is fine if you can see it during the day, but it's foggy and you can't see the road clearly. If you don't pay attention and fall into the pit, you'll be in trouble.

Finally, before the thick fog enveloped the entire mountain, she found the path down the mountain and carefully walked down the mountain along the path.

Because the fog was too heavy, she walked very slowly. By the time she walked down the mountain, it was already dark and she had become a water person, with water droplets all over her hair, face, and clothes.

(End of this chapter)