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After returning home, Ji Shuangshuang impatiently told Xiaoqiu the good news, but Xiaoqiu was not as happy as she had expected.

"Xiaoqiu, what's wrong?"

"Elder sister, I keep feeling that …" Halfway through her words, Xiaoqiu frantically looked up at Ji Shuangshuang. Suddenly, she lowered her head and stopped talking.

This time, Ji Shuangshuang was even more anxious. In this period of time, she had been busy picking herbs, saving up money to bring Xiaoqiu out of poverty, becoming rich, and running around.

"Xiaoqiu, did Grandmother bully you again after I left just now?"

"No!" Xiaoqiu could not hold back her question any longer, and asked, "Elder sister, I was actually worried about you …"

"Me? What's wrong with me? " Ji Shuangshuang was stunned, wasn't she fine? There was no need to worry.

"Xiaoqiu, don't think too much. Elder sister is doing very well right now, it's just that I've been rather busy recently, so I haven't spent much time with you. If anyone dares to bully you, you must definitely tell this sister, this sister will help you vent your anger! "

Xiaoqiu shook her head, as she unconsciously bit her lips, and only after hesitating for a long time did she say, "Elder sister, I feel that you are different from before. You have become a little strange, I … "I'm scared!"

In the past, Ji Shuangshuang had never seen all kinds of herbs, but now, she was looking for a perfect herb. Every time she went up the mountain, he would return with everything she had.

There were some medicinal herbs that could only be found on the precipice of a cliff, or in dangerous places where few people could be found.

Ji Shuangshuang almost burst out laughing when she heard it. No wonder Xiaoqiu had been acting weird these past few days, finding medicinal ingredients occasionally was nothing much, but she would always be able to find this much every time. Even Xiaoqiu felt that there was something wrong with her.

During this period of time, the things that happened to her were too strange, and exceeded the understanding of ordinary people, so she did not tell Xiaoqiu about the Spirit Serpent and was afraid that she would not be able to accept it.

Now, she decided to tell Xiaoqiu the truth, so that Xiaoqiu wouldn't worry about her everyday.

Ji Shuangshuang closed the door of the little black room, and after carefully checking that no one was outside, she softly explained to her, "Xiaoqiu, do you still remember that big sister was severely ill the last time?"

"I remember." Xiaoqiu nodded.

"That time, when I was sick, I had a dream that an old deity would pity us sisters and would bestow me with a spiritual snake. This Spirit Serpent is able to protect us everyday, and it can also help big sister find all kinds of medicinal herbs. "

Xiaoqiu was stupefied for a while, half believing and half doubting. How could the thing in her dream be real?

Ji Shuangshuang revealed her wrist, "Look, this bracelet is the Spirit Serpent that the deities bestowed to me, and these medicinal ingredients were all found for me."

Xiaoqiu curiously touched it, and was immediately startled by the cold feeling from the snake, "It's so cold, how can it be a living thing? Elder sister, you must be lying to me, right? "

"Silly girl, the snake itself is a cold-blooded animal, so of course its body is cold."

Ji Shuangshuang took off the bracelet on her wrist and threw it towards the corner of the wall. The bracelet fell to the ground but didn't break. Instead, it bounced up from the ground.

"You bad woman, how dare you throw me!"

Ah!" Seeing that the bracelet had indeed turned into a white snake and had started to speak, Ji Xiaoqiu screamed in fear, her face pale white.

"Don't be afraid!" Ji Shuangshuang hurriedly covered her mouth and looked outside, "Xiaoqiu, this is true, this snake will not harm us."

Ji Xiaoqiu took a long time to accept this fact, but still did not dare approach, "Big sister, what's wrong with this snake, why can't it speak?"

"It has a lot of things. Xiaoqiu, you can touch it, it won't bite you."

"I, I don't dare!"

The white snake was like a pet to Ji Shuangshuang. Both of its hands were grabbed and pulled into a straight line, and placed in front of Xiaoqiu for her to touch. You really don't put it in your eyes!

However, it still needed Ji Shuangshuang's help to cultivate it in the future. With that, it rolled its eyes and forced itself to sleep.

Xiaoqiu poked the snake with her finger a few times, slowly but surely losing her fear.

"Big sister, this is great. With the help of the deities, we will never starve again."

"Xiaoqiu, don't tell anyone about this, or our Spirit Serpent will be taken away by others. We will have to continue living a miserable life from now on."

"I know, sister, I definitely won't tell anyone!"

Two days later, Yan Qianxu contacted Ji Shuangshuang and told her that he was preparing to go to the town. Without hesitation, Ji Shuangshuang gave him more than half of his recent savings of medicinal ingredients.

If not for the limited capacity of Yan Qianxu's donkey cart, she would have given it all to him.

The village was very far away from the town. Normally, they wouldn't be able to come back on the same day and would have to spend the night in the town. If there were some things that were delayed, they might not be able to come back for three to five days.

This time, Yan Qianxu's speed was very fast. After completing his task, he only needed three days to return to the village.

Ji Shuangshuang heard the donkey cart pass by, she was not in a rush to go out, she did not want others to see the deal with Yan Qianxu. Furthermore, Yan Qianxu would be very tired after travelling for three days, it would not be late for him to go home to rest.

On the next day, Ji Shuangshuang prepared to ask Yan Qianxu for money, but Yan Qianxu took the initiative to look for him at daybreak, carrying a small bundle on his back.

Ji Shuangshuang could not wait to see how much her medicinal herbs were sold for.

Yan Qianxu's face unconsciously revealed a hint of a smile. Even he himself didn't notice that the corners of his mouth had slowly opened.

"I will naturally do what I promised you."

As the words left her mouth, Ji Shuangshuang froze and stared at the person in front of him with wide eyes. Wasn't this brother a mute? Why did she suddenly speak?