Chapter 23

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

However, Chen Mengtian did not know that she would never reach 170 cm in this life.

She was destined to only possess the height of a little girl.

In the future, Jiang Zebei would grow to be more than 180 cm tall, and the discrepancy in their heights would make her suffer quite a lot, especially when it came to the affairs in the bedroom. She would suffer quite a lot because of it.

But those were things in the future and should not be mentioned for the time being.

With their own thoughts in mind, Jiang Zebei and Chen Mengtian headed into the mountains.

Since it was not easy to traverse the mountain path, Jiang Zebei slowed down and occasionally looked at the girl behind him.

The mountains behind Chen Village were so large that those who entered the forests could get lost.

Usually, the villagers seldom came in, because they were most likely going to end up getting lost.

Those who entered could rarely get out, and those who got out were often heavily injured.

Jiang Zebei wanted to bring Chen Mengtian to look for medicinal herbs, regardless of whether she really wanted to do what she said earlier or it was just the spur of a moment decision.

He decided not to go deep into the forest and just wander about the outskirts.

It might just be the outskirts and there might not be any large animals around, but if they were lucky, they could run into boars, deers, rabbits, wild chickens, and other animals.

After they entered the mountains at the back of the village, Chen Mengtian started paying attention to the plants around her. To her, every item had certain effects.

Even though winter had arrived, there were still plenty of tenacious plants that remained green.

While she was paying attention to the medicinal herbs, the foolish smile on Chen Mengtian’s lips faded away, and a serious as well as stern look replaced it.

After she came in, the fragrance of plants seemed to have found its way into her nose.

There were many fragrances, and all of them gave off the refreshing scent of plants, causing her to be unable to identify them for a period of time.

Jiang Zebei was hitting the plants ahead with his wooden stick. It seemed that he was chasing away the insects in them.

At that moment, Chen Mengtian stopped moving.

She stared at the dried plants under her feet.

If she did not inherit Green Lotus Medical Technique, she might be unable to identify the medicinal herbs under her feet right then.

She squatted down, and the name as well as the functions of the medicinal herb under her feet flashed in her mind.

Thorowax root. Spicy, a little bitter, and slightly cooling.

It could ease the feeling of burning during fever, ease the body while it suffered from chills and heat at the same time, the feeling of bloated pain in the chest, and irregular periods.

What were the people of ancient times most afraid of?

When the people of ancient times mentioned that their bodies were burning, in modern terms, it meant that they were suffering from fever.

The medical techniques of the current era were still not advanced, and they could not find good fever reducers. That was why the elderly, children, and even some young adults died when their bodies heated up.

Chen Mengtian squatted down and dug out the few thorowax roots around her. They were not too valuable, but if she sold them, it would be enough to cover a month’s worth of expenses for a normal family in Chen Village.

She used her hands to dig them out. When she went out, she did not bring any tools, because she did not think she would be doing this at that time.

It stung a little when she used her hands to dig the thorowax roots out. After all, she never did any housework when she was in the Jiang family, and her tender hands had never suffered this sort of hardship before.

But Chen Mengtian only frowned a little and used her fingernails to dig at the dirt around the thorowax roots.

Jiang Zebei was still walking ahead, but after some time, he did not sense Chen Mengtian’s presence, so he realized that something was not right.

He stopped and turned around to search for Chen Mengtian.

The moment he turned around, he saw Chen Mengtian squatting on the ground while digging out something.

He could guess that she was digging out a medicinal herb, but he did not know what it was.

He could not help but move his legs and return to the girl.

When Jiang Zebei arrived beside her, Chen Mengtian had already dug out six thorowax roots with just her hands.