Shangquanlin is located at the foot of Fengming Mountain, a little far away from the town. Xie Wanyou followed the guidance of passers-by and walked for about half an hour before arriving.

Shangquan Forest is a lush and green forest. It is almost autumn, but the leaves in the forest have not started to wither. Instead, they maintain a vibrant green color. It is indeed a place nourished by spiritual energy.

As soon as Xie Wanyou walked into the forest, he felt that his pores were faintly relaxed, and he unconsciously began to absorb the thin spiritual energy in the forest.

Unfortunately, the spiritual meridians in her body were severely damaged during the escape three and a half years ago and have not yet recovered. The absorbed spiritual energy is blocked in the damaged meridians and cannot be circulated throughout the body.

It's useless even if you absorb it.

Xie Wanyou planned to leave the problem of spiritual veins to be solved later. Things had to be dealt with one by one. Now that she didn’t even have the most basic money, what kind of bicycle did she want?

There was no one in the forest, so Xie Wanyou asked Xiaobai to come out of his sleeve and put it on his shoulder.

Xie Xiaobai looked at the forest curiously and whispered in Xie Wanyou's ear: "Mother, it's so comfortable here."

Xie Wanyou agreed: "The air is indeed very fresh, and I feel like my skin is spreading."

She stretched and walked deeper into the Shangquan Forest: "Let's go pick grass."

The spiritual herbs needed by Bihetang include Sanyuan Grass, Xuanyang Grass, and Purple Golden Grass.

Sanyuancao looks a bit like modern clover, but the leaves are blue and have serrations. They are very eye-catching in the grass. Xie Wanyou found several of them in a short time.

Xie Xiaobai lay on her shoulder and watched for a long time, then suddenly said: "Mom, can you let Xiaobai help you look for it?"

Zaizai is sensible and wants to help her. Xie Wanyou naturally agrees, but just gives it a few words: "Don't go too far. If you see someone, hide immediately. If you need anything, call your mother. Do you understand?"

Xie Xiaobai nodded, happily climbed down Xie Wanyou's skirt, and quickly jumped into the grass.

Xie Wanyou looked at the looming white plush in the grass, and finally followed it uneasily.

After a while, a little head emerged from the grass. Xiaobai shook the grass clippings on his body, ran to Xie Wanyou's feet with a piece of blue three-yuan grass in his mouth, and as soon as he put it down, he raised his head and said, as if to take credit.

: "Mom, look!"

Xie Wanyou was really surprised now. He squatted down and picked up the grass. It was a real three-yuan grass: "Xiao Bai, how did you find it so quickly? How amazing!"

Xie Xiaobai squatted down and looked at her. He was a little shy after being praised, and said honestly: "Smell, Xiaobai has remembered the smell of the herbs in the drug store, and now, he can also smell them."

What a powerful sense of smell this is—it’s simply a super cheating weapon!

Xie Wanyou took off a piece of grass clippings from its head, held it in his arms and rubbed its head, and praised: "Zai Zai, you are simply a treasure!"

Xie Xiaobai blinked his eyes, feeling a little dizzy after being praised, and his eyes were a little sore. His mother rarely praised him like this. In the past, she would only call him a little bastard, a little evil beast.

Although Xie Xiaobai didn't know what "little bastard" and "little evil beast" meant, he was keenly aware that they were not good words.

My mother didn't like him before, but now my mother seems to like him a little bit.

He needs to find more grass for his mother to make her like him more.

Xie Xiaobai secretly had this small thought in mind, and worked hard to find a grass pattern. In the end, in less than half a day, Xie Wanyou harvested three small bundles of Sanyuan grass, two small bundles of Xuanyang grass, and three roots of Purple Golden Grass.

There are ten straws in each small bundle. Converted into copper coins, you can get at least one hundred copper coins today.

Purple golden grass is difficult to find, and the price is relatively high. A small bundle can sell for forty copper coins. Unfortunately, there are not many such grasses outside Shangquan Forest.

Xie Xiaobai wanted to find more spiritual grass, but Xie Wanyou fished it back: "We have found enough grass today, let's take a rest."

Xie Wanyou had just picked a bunch of edible spiritual fruits on the road, found a stream and washed them, and then ate them one by one with Xiaobai.

The fruit is a bit sour, but within an acceptable range. It tastes a bit like an apricot and is crunchy when bitten. Xiaobai holds the apricots in his two front paws and takes one bite at a time, without disdain, because this is already a rare thing for him.

It's delicious.

Xie Wanyou raised his fingers to wipe away the residue from the corner of its mouth. When he saw the tangled and dirty hair on its body, his heart moved: "Xiaobai, can mother give you a bath?"

Xie Xiaobai was holding the fruit and was stunned for a moment. He quickly glanced at the clear flowing stream, his swaying tail drooped, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes: "Mother, can you... not wash it?"

Seeing Xiaobai's obvious resistance, Xie Wanyou suddenly remembered why.

Because the original owner hated it, he once put it in the bath water and wanted to drown it...

Xie Wanyou: "..."Original owner, you don't do anything that people do!

Xie Wanyou didn't know how many times he wanted to sigh, and after touching the water temperature, he changed his mind and asked Xiaobai to stand on the shore, scooping up some water and pouring it on its back: "Is it cold?"

Xie Xiaobai relaxed a little and replied softly: "It's not cold."

Xie Wanyou doubted, "It's really not cold? You can't lie to your mother." Zaizai was only three and a half years old after all, and she was afraid of making her child sick.

Xie Xiaobai nodded vigorously and described his feelings to Xie Wanyou seriously: "Xiaobai is not afraid of the cold. Xiaobai's body is very... hot, and the water will dry out soon."

What does it mean to be very hot in the body? Do you have a fever?

But it doesn't look like it to the touch.

Xie Wanyou tore off a piece of cloth from her body and used it as a bath towel for Xiao Bai to wipe the dirt on her body.

After scrubbing it several times and tearing away the tangled hair bit by bit, Xie Wanyou was satisfied. He wring out the water and wanted to wipe it with Xiaobai. Unexpectedly, Xiaobai couldn't resist his instinct and started to shake his head frantically, drying his body quickly.

of water.

Xie Wanyou, who was caught off guard and had water splashed on his face: "!!"

Xie Xiaobai, who accidentally dumped his mother, said with a wet face: "!!!"

Xie Xiaobai whimpered like an aggrieved puppy: "Mother, Xiaobai didn't mean it."

Xie Wanyou wiped some water on her face. Seeing that the child was frightened, she calmly comforted her and said, "It's okay. Just treat it like washing your mother's face. You can throw it away as you like."

Xie Xiaobai confirmed that Xie Wanyou was really not angry, then raised his tail again and shook it quietly.

After Xie Xiaobai got wet with water, it did dry very quickly. Xie Wanyou held it and basked it in the sun. The fur on its body had completely returned to its snow-white, fluffy and soft appearance. It looked like it had been renovated, and it was so white that it shone.

From a stray kitten to a domesticated kitten.

Xie Wanyou almost didn't recognize that this was his own cub, so he couldn't help but bury his face in its belly and suck at it.

Soft! Comfortable! Cute!

Xie Xiaobai's limbs were paralyzed and he didn't know what to do. He was shy and could not suppress his joy. His mother had never sucked his belly like this. Did she like him more?

He was very happy, and his fluffy tail wagged even more happily.

Xie Wanyou pinched the base of his tail, but the exposed tip of his tail was still shaking slightly.

What a happy little fool.

In the afternoon, they picked up spiritual grass for a while. After collecting a small bundle of purple golden grass, they also harvested a small bundle of three yuan grass and a small bundle of xuanyang grass.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Xie Wanyou decided to stop here today, called Zaizai and started walking back.

Along the way, Xie Xiaobai talked to Xie Wanyou from time to time about the various small animals he saw in the woods today, and his words obviously increased.

Xie Wanyou did not try to undermine his confidence in speaking, but smiled and listened to his childish words, and occasionally answered one or two small questions.

Xie Xiaobai: "Mother, why does the caterpillar have no legs?"

Xie Wanyou said seriously: "Some animals have no legs, and some animals have many legs. These are normal."

Xie Xiaobai speculated endlessly: "Then who decides how many legs they have? Are they gods?"

Xie Wanyou said deeply: "No, it's genes."

Xie Xiaobai: "???"

Xiaobai couldn't understand, and Monk Zhanger, Xiaobai couldn't touch the horns.

When we returned to the town, there were already gorgeous fire clouds in the sky.

Xie Wanyou stepped into the orange-red afterglow and entered the door of Bihetang, found the shopkeeper and handed over the goods.

Shopkeeper Lin still remembered this thin and embarrassed girl. She came here for the first time in the morning and brought back eight bundles of grass in the afternoon. He had never seen anyone pick up so many bundles of grass in one day. Most of them were just one or two bundles. Who knows?

I could pick up eight bundles.

Shopkeeper Lin looked at the grass again and found that there were indeed eight bundles, one bundle was not too much and the other was not too much.

Xie Wanyou asked: "Shopkeeper Lin, is there anything wrong with the grass?"

Shopkeeper Lin smiled and shook his head: "This is the first time I've seen someone pick up grass so quickly. You picked all this in one day? Girl, you hide it so much."

Xie Wanyou: "No, I just have special searching skills."

Shopkeeper Lin nodded, without asking any more questions, and settled the coins, a total of 180 coins: "Will you still sell grass tomorrow?"

Xie Wanyou said: "It's for sale." After all, she was still poor.

Behind the Bihe Hall, Xie Wanyou had an extra 180 copper coins in his pocket, feeling confident.

The Xie Mansion didn't provide food, so Xie Wanyou went to a tavern to buy some food. On the way back, she saw a candied haws-lub seller on the roadside, so she spent two copper coins to buy a bunch of candied haws, and quietly slipped through the small door of the Xie Mansion.

He returned to his small courtyard.

No one in the Xie Mansion cared about her. She went out for a day, and sure enough no one noticed her absence.

Xie Wanyou unlocked the door, entered, and locked it again, preparing to have dinner with Zaizai.

Xie Xiaobai was very curious about the bunch of red candied haws. He thought it smelled sweet and seemed delicious: "Mother, what is this?"

Xie Wanyou divided the rice into two portions and quietly gave some to Xiao Bai: "Candied haws on a stick, it's sweet, I don't know how it tastes."

Xie Xiaobai just went to look at the candied haws, unaware of Xie Wanyou's behavior.
To be continued...