Seeing Liu Dazhi's resolute attitude, Qin Xiaochuan handed the money to his wife Hu Mei'e again, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, you have to accept this money, otherwise we will be embarrassed to eat and live at your house." ”

"Yes, sister-in-law, you can take it, so that we can live in peace of mind. Zhao Haiyan said with a smile.

Hu Mei'e glanced at Liu Dazhuang, and when she saw that he didn't squeak anymore, she accepted the money with a smile and said, "I can see it, you are all kind-hearted and good people, the child is his father, just tell them about the situation inside." ”

Liu Dazhuang glanced at Hu Mei'e and sighed: "Do you think I don't know that they are good people? I'm just worried about Master Hu, if he knows that I told them about the situation in the mountains, he won't be able to trouble us." ”

Hearing him say this, Hu Mei'e suddenly stopped squeaking.

Qin Xiaochuan frowned and said, "Brother Liu, tell me, what kind of person is this tiger master?"

Liu Dazhi pondered for a moment and said: "Master Hu's real name is Meng Hu, he is in his forties, and he was in prison for fighting in his early years. In recent years, the countryside around Dali has risen to plant Chinese medicinal materials, and he has led a group of bastards to sell and demand, and he will fight at the slightest dissatisfaction, not only growers, but also local buyers are afraid of him. ”

"Under his coercion, he set up the 'Dali Chinese Herbal Medicine Chamber of Commerce', forced all growers to join, stipulating that the Chinese medicinal materials grown could only be sold to the Chamber of Commerce, and he sold them to various buyers at a high price to make huge profits. ”

Qin Xiaochuan frowned and said, "It's so dark, doesn't it matter if the industry and commerce do?"

Liu Dazhi smiled bitterly: "Master Tiger has already bought off the heads of various relevant departments, as long as they don't make a big fuss, they will turn a blind eye." ”

Qin Xiaochuan saw that Liu Dazhi had unspeakable hardships, so he didn't force him anymore.

After Liu Dazhi and his wife left, Qin Xiaochuan said seriously: "I will enter the mountain alone tomorrow, and the two of you will stay here and wait for me to come back." ”

When Ye Xiang heard this, he hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, how can you go alone? I've lived here since I was a kid and I'm familiar with the environment, so I'm sure I can help you. I'll go with you tomorrow and let Assistant Zhao wait here." ”

Qin Xiaochuan felt that Ye Xiang's words had some truth, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go into the mountain together tomorrow." After speaking, he looked at Zhao Haiyan again and said with a smile: "You have a good rest here, and wait for us to come back." ”

Zhao Haiyan also wanted to follow Qin Xiaochuan into the mountain, but when she thought that she had only been walking for an afternoon today, her waist and legs were sore, and she thought that if she forcibly entered the mountain, not only would she not be able to help Qin Xiaochuan at that time, but would become a burden, so she nodded and said, "That's okay, you have to pay attention to safety." ”

Qin Xiaochuan nodded, and went to sleep in the next room. Not long after lying down, I saw Zhao Haiyan push the door and come in.

Qin Xiaochuan smiled and said, "Sister, what's the matter with you?"

Zhao Haiyan closed the door, then walked to Qin Xiaochuan's bed and sat down, and said worriedly: "Xiaochuan, sister can't accompany you into the mountain, you won't have any opinion of me, right?"

Qin Xiaochuan held her hand and comforted her with a smile: "Sister, don't think about it. The hard work of going into the mountains to collect medicine, how can you let such a delicate assistant do it. ”

Zhao Haiyan smiled and said, "Where am I delicate? You are discriminating against me, no, I will accompany you into the mountains to collect medicine." ”

The two of them talked and laughed for a while, and then Zhao Haiyan left in a relaxed mood.

Qin Xiaochuan lay down and cultivated with peace of mind.

After breakfast the next day, after the sun came out and the miasma on the mountain dispersed, Qin Xiaochuan borrowed the necessary tools from Liu Dazhi to go into the mountain to collect medicine, such as medicine pills, hoes, machetes, compasses, etc., and took Ye Xiang into the mountain.

After walking along the sheep intestine path for more than an hour, Qin Xiaochuan and the others entered the deep forest with no road.

Of course, it is impossible for such an area to have precious Chinese medicinal materials, and Qin Xiaochuan naturally did not put his hope in this area, he thought that only in the deepest part could he find what he wanted.

Qin Xiaochuan stopped in a slightly wide place, looked at the sweaty Ye Xiang with some distress, and said with a smile: "Tired, right? ”

"Hmm. Ye Xiang nodded, and her little hand squeezed her sweat-soaked sideburns.

Qin Xiaochuan took out the kettle from the back basket and handed it to Ye Xiang.

Ye Xiang took the kettle, unscrewed the lid, took a few sips to his mouth, and handed it to Qin Xiaochuan.

Qin Xiaochuan craned his neck and poured a few sips into the kettle, then tightened the lid and put the kettle into the back basket.

Seeing Ye Xiang looking at himself with a red face, Qin Xiaochuan said strangely: "What do you think I'm doing?"

Ye Xiang glanced at Qin Xiaochuan, blushed and said, "Why don't you wash the spout with water?" ”

Qin Xiaochuan understood, and said with a smile: "Where is it dirty? It's quite sweet and delicious." ”

Ye Xiang glanced at him again and said, "Let's go." ”

Qin Xiaochuan smiled and asked, "Which way are we going next?"

Ye Xiang looked at the miniature compass in his hand, looked around again, and pointed in the direction of due south and said, "Let's go over there first, the terrain there is relatively steep, and the woods are deep, I think no one has ever been there, and there will be great hope for collecting medicine." ”

"Okay!" Qin Xiaochuan nodded, "Ye Xiang, the road ahead is not easy to walk, shall I lead you away?"

Ye Xiang was stunned for a few seconds, and then stretched out a small hand to Qin Xiaochuan.

Qin Xiaochuan held her soft and delicate little hand with one hand, and brandished a machete with the other hand to open the way, and the two of them continued to set off without hurrying.

From a distance, this direction is only a little steep, but when they walked in, they found that poisonous snakes and poisonous scorpions could be seen everywhere along the way. Fortunately, Qin Xiaochuan secretly cast a magic trick and drove them all away.

Even so, Ye Xiang was shocked to watch.

However, she did not regret accompanying him into the mountain, but was extremely happy, with the excitement of adventure and an indescribable sense of happiness, thinking that no matter how hard it was, she was willing to be led by Qin Xiaochuan like this.

At this time, Qin Xiaochuan suddenly saw the stems and leaves of several plants sticking out of the cracks in the stones not far away, very similar to wild dendrobium, and immediately ran over, and after a closer look, it was indeed dendrobium!

He laughed heartily, turned back to Ye Xiang and said, "Haha, Ye Xiang, come and see, there are dendrobiums here!"

When Ye Xiang heard this, he immediately followed, and smiled when he saw it: "It's really Dendrobium! Xiaochuan, hurry up and dig it out." ”

"Good. Qin Xiaochuan nodded, moved one of the stones away, and then carefully dug out four dendrobium plants and put them into the medicine behind him, and at the same time secretly released a little aura, so that this hard-won guy would not wither.

Subsequently, Qin Xiaochuan said excitedly: "Sister Ye Xiang, it seems that we have entered the growth area of Chinese medicinal materials, let's keep our eyes bright, don't miss it." ”

Qin Xiaochuan heard Ye Xiang call him Xiaochuan, so he beat the snake with the stick and called her sister.

Ye Xiang also clearly felt the change in the names of the two, and after blushing and saying "um", he began to look around for medicinal materials.