Gu Yi’s head was just sticking out when he was held back by Song Lin.
The boar looked like it was leisurely rubbing an itch, but in fact it was alert, as you could tell from its grunts.
At the slightest movement, it would pounce with precision.
Xiao Si stood at a distance carrying the hare. Although he did not know what kind of prey he had encountered, looking at Song Lin’s appearance as if he was on the edge of his seat, he guessed that it must be a big one.
Even Song Lin’s breathing weakened as he slowly drew out an arrow and held it in his hand, the sharp arrow pointing outwards so that if the boar pounced on him, he could quickly plunge it into the boar’s body.
The tree swayed and some yellowing leaves rustled down.
The boar finally rubbed enough to get comfortable and wagged its tail slowly away.
Only when it had been gone for a long time did Song Lin let out a long sigh of relief, only then realising that his hands were covered in sweat.
He put the arrow back into his quiver and dared not go any further, “Let’s go back.”
Xiao Si in the distance followed suit and let out a sigh of relief, he was so afraid that the young master would spook his prey on impulse, would he then be exposing his martial arts? Or expose martial arts? Or expose martial arts?
Song Wangyue got up and walked towards the plant.
Gu Yi didn’t even think about following.
Although, Song Ming was unsure, he also followed. As he walked, he paid attention to the movements around him, lest the wild boar should go and return.
Song Wangyue stopped in front of the plant, watched it carefully, and, sure that it was the panicle, gladly reached out her hand to grab it.
“Isn’t this tea blue? There are plenty over there, if you like it, Yue’er, father will go and gather a big handful for you.”
Song Wan Yue immediately looked up with delight, “Where is it?”
“Just by the road we passed on our way here.”
“Father take me there quickly.”
Song Lin took her over to a large patch of slaty, lush growth halfway up the slope.
Seeing Song Wan Yue’s eyes glowing, Song Ming said, “Daughter, this isn’t some kind of medicinal herb again, is it? People in the village used to get them back to feed the pigs.”
“It’s a good medicinal herb that can’t be found.”
Song Wan Yue’s message overflowed, “Xiao Si, go back immediately and fetch Doctor Yao, then have someone drive a carriage over, dig all these up and bring them back.”
Xiao Si responded and hurriedly went down the mountain carrying the wild rabbits.
“Father, is there more elsewhere?”
“No more, right?”
Song Lin wasn’t sure, because this road was the only way they went into the mountains to hunt, and they didn’t know how many times a year they made the trip, and the only reason they could remember the tea blues was because it took two years for the stuff to grow.
“Let’s look elsewhere.”
The three of them turned the neighbourhood around and found nothing more.
……
Hearing that Song Wangyue had found new herbs, Dr. Yao took the carriage straight to the foot of the mountain, coming up with Xiao Si.
“Miss Song.”
“Doctor Yao, come and see.”
Doctor Yao, holding Xiao Si, came over panting, saw a tea-blue patch in front of him and froze in disbelief, then squatted down and examined it carefully.
“There is no mistake, it is exactly the same as what is written in your ancient medical book.”
Doctor Yao also confirmed it and was thrilled, he had been looking for this tea blue for some years and had never found it, but he never thought there would be a large piece here.
“Xiao Si, where is the person?”
Doctor Yao asked eagerly, not bothering to get up.
As soon as the words left his mouth, there was the sound of footsteps again, and several boys appeared on the road, all carrying backpacks and scythes in their hands.
“You’re not taking the right tools, you have to dig them out with the roots, go back and get them, you have to get them all back before nightfall.”
It would take quite a lot of work to get back to Gu’s village, so Song Lin said, “Xiao Si, lead two men down the hill to get them from home, there’s not enough at home, let my father borrow two shovels for you.”
If they wanted to dig up the roots together, they would have to use shovels.
Xiao Si took the two boys down the hill again.
The more he looked, the more excited he became. This was obviously a two-year old pine blue, and when he went back to treat it, he could make it into medicine.
Gu Yi was afraid that Song Wan Yue would also be as obsessed as Doctor Yao and stay on the mountain and not go down, then he would not be able to eat his sliced boiled pork, boiled fish, and braised rabbit meat and spicy rabbit meat, so he shook her hand, “Yue’er, since Doctor Yao is here, let’s go back.”
Song Lin was also thinking of the fat rabbit, “Yes, Yue’er, we can’t help much by staying, so we’d better go back.”
Song Wan Yue hadn’t thought of staying either, with Doctor Yao here, surely not even a little root would be left.
After she spoke to Dr. Yao and Song Lin instructed them to be careful, several people went down the mountain.
Just as they reached the foot of the mountain, they ran into Xiao Si, who had returned carrying shovels. Xiao Si instructed the men and turned around to follow Gu Yi back.
Song’s grandmother had already heard Xiao Si say that the tea blue was a medicinal herb, they all found it unbelievable, as Song Lin said, the tea blue was cut by the village people to feed the pigs, every year at this time, the village pig feeders would go up to the mountain to cut it, this year, probably because the family was recruiting and building a workshop, those pig farmers had not bothered to go.
“Grandpa, Grandma, Auntie, Uncle has shot a good fat rabbit.”
As soon as he entered the door, Gu Yi raised his voice to tell them, the adoration in his voice leaking out unabashedly.
Song Lin listened in awe and took the rabbit over, “I’m going to slaughter it, you’ll have a good meal at lunch.”
“I’ll help uncle fetch water.”
Song Lin would not let him fetch water, “You take a bench and sit down and rest, I’ll do it.”
Song Wan Yue smiled and shook her head, not revealing Gu Yi’s “true colours”.
“Grandpa, Grandma, Auntie, I’ll help you.”
Gu Yi took a small bench and was about to sit down next to Xu.
Xu stopped him, “No, no, you go inside and rest, we’ll be done in a moment.”
Gu Yi didn’t insist, and happily went inside with Song Wan Yue.
In just a moment, Song Lin conveniently finished killing the rabbit.
Song Wan Yue asked him to chop the meat into pieces, made a pot of braised rabbit meat, stewed the rest, made a boiled pork slice, a boiled fish slice, and stir-fried four vegetarian dishes.
“Xiao Si, go up the hill and call for Doctor Yao to come down, tell him that I’ve made something delicious, if he doesn’t come, he won’t be able to eat it later.”
Xiao Si asked the coachman to drive the carriage to the foot of the mountain, and when he got off the carriage, he darted up the mountain to the place where he had dug up the panacea.
Dr. Yao watched the few boys without blinking his eyes, lest they should dig up a bad one. ”
“Doctor Yao, Miss Song said for you to go down the mountain for dinner.”
The eyes of Dr. Yao did not even move, “No, just send us up some at random.”
“Miss Song asked me to tell you that she has cooked something delicious today, if you don’t go down, you won’t be able to eat it later.”
Doctor Yao looked over instantly, “Made what?”
Xiao Si waggled her fingers, “There are slices of boiled pork that young master didn’t have enough of last time, and slices of boiled fish that young master hasn’t eaten, and ……”
Before the words were finished, Doctor Yao had already come up and quickly crossed over him to go down the hill, “What are you waiting for, don’t hurry up, if you go back late, it will all be eaten by the young master.”
