Early the next morning, the couple prepared to go up the mountain.

Cheng Xi wore thermal underwear and a thin down jacket inside, and put a sister-in-law brand ancient cotton coat on the outside.

When she went out, she saw Shen Xingluo carrying a bamboo basket behind him, and a sharp sickle in his hand.

"Is there a basket in the utility room?"

"There's a smaller one."

After a while, Shen Xingluo went and returned, not only with an extra back basket but also with an extra machete, which was one of the ones that Cheng Xi bought in Lin'an Mansion.

"Although the north side of Shennong Mountain is not dangerous, there are wild animals."

Obviously, he was intending to do so, just in case.

Cheng Xi nodded, told Shen Xingqi, the housekeeper, a few words, and the two went out.

Today's weather is a bit gloomy, there is a feeling that the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, the sun has not come out since the day of the heavy snow three days ago, and because the snow on the ground is melting, the dirt road is more muddy than yesterday.

If you want to get rich and build roads first, this sentence is not wrong at all.

Cheng Xi stepped on the ground in animal skin boots, trying to find a place with snow to step on, making a creaking sound with every step.

Soon after, they met a few villagers carrying baskets at the foot of the mountain.

"Yo, are you planning to go up the mountain?"

"Like my aunt, try my luck in the mountains."

"Then you have to keep your eyes open and look for it, there are only some mushrooms left on the mountain at this time, but don't go out and bring back a bunch of poisons."

The woman's plate-sized face was extremely round, but her tone was mean and tight.

"Xingluo, didn't my aunt say you, even if you can't read, you can always earn some copper plates by copying a few books, why do you go to the field to dig like us?"

"Mother, you forgot, Jurengong was seriously injured a while ago, and I'm afraid all the money in the family was used to buy medicine."

"Oh, look at my memory!"

The woman slapped her thigh, and her tone was regretful and showing off, "If you want me to say whether I can be an official or not, it depends on fate, fortunately, my son has been lucky since he was a child, and fortune tellers say that he will have great achievements in the future!" ”

"That's right, my father-in-law is a blessed person, and he will definitely be able to go to high school next year."

The two women cooperated with each other and sang a big play in a short time.

Cheng Xi stood aside and watched, the faces of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were very similar to the idiots in the family who only spent money but looked forward to her handing over power.

She clenched her fists, her hands itching, and she wanted to punch them.

The sharp machete in his hand landed on a half-man-high protrusion at the foot of the mountain with a "bang", and the stone cracked in the middle because of the force it could not bear, and in the blink of an eye it became two petals.

"Boom—"

Everyone looked terrified.

Cheng Xi put the machete up and said with a smile:

"Auntie, it's hard to keep your eyes open, right? Do you want me to help you, what if you pick poisonous mushrooms and break the blessing of the future official master? ”

"No, no, no!"

The woman trembled with fright, for fear that the machete would fall on her, and completely lost her rampantness just now, so she grabbed the basket and ran away.

"Mother, mother, you wait for me!"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fled in a moment.

Tsk, the overall combat effectiveness of the village is not good-

Why is it so hard for her to want to fight?

"The lady is disappointed?"

Shen Xingluo saw what she was thinking at a glance.

Cheng Xi generously admitted, "It's a little bit." ”

"Thank you lady for being angry for her husband."

"Victory is not martial."

The figures of the husband and wife disappeared at the foot of the mountain, and the remaining villagers dared to gasp.

"Oh my God, Shen Cheng's strength is so strong, such a big stone can be split at once?"

"I'm scared to death, I'm scared to death, how can I look at her just now as if she was going to cut Shen Zhang's family?"

"I've heard for a long time that her father is a martial artist...... Where is this martial artist, he is obviously a martial arts master! ”

"I'm afraid that this lady's strength can't catch up with the Zheng butchers in our village!"

"Ziqing's mother thinks that Xingluo's future is ruined and bullied, this time it's a kick to the chopping board!"

......

Originally, they thought that Shen Xingluo would have a hard time ruining his appearance, but now it seems that they are thinking too much.

Wait, then Shen Cheng won't use force when everyone can't see it, right?

There is such a dominatrix in the family, and I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.

There are all kinds of speculations in everyone's hearts, and they have everything they want, but one thing is certain, that is, Shen Cheng's is not easy to mess with!

"I can't afford to provoke it, I must take a detour next time I see it."

"Ah, yes, yes, it's a little life!"

***

The terrain on the periphery of Shennong Mountain is relatively gentle, and both of them have the strength to handle them, and they soon left everyone behind.

"That pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law just now is also from the Shen family?"

"Well, it's already out of Wufu, and it's another branch."

"No wonder I'm not impressed."

I visited all the people who should have visited, and I don't remember these two people at all, so it doesn't matter.

"Her son also took the township test?"

"Shen Ziqing, this year is the fourth time he has participated in the scientific expedition, fifteen years older than me."

A little mockery flashed in Shen Xingluo's dark eyes, "Don't be afraid." ”

Cheng Xi sighed, just look at the best family members, presumably Shen Ziqing himself is not very good.

"It's a pity that this bright name."

The deeper you go into the mountains, the thicker the snow becomes, and the yellow grass is hard to see.

However, the couple was not disappointed and explored with great interest.

There are all kinds of trees in the mountains, and there are no less than ten kinds of trees in Chengxi along the way, such as wild jujube trees, elm trees, locust trees, pines and cypresses, etc. one after another.

"Huh, this is a chestnut?"

She stopped at the foot of a tree about five meters high, and was looking up at the few thorns left on the branches.

Shen Xingluo walked over and also saw the lonely spiky ball.

"It's chestnuts."

He crouched down and pulled the snow twice, and sure enough, he saw the fallen fruit under the snow layer.

"When the chestnuts were ripe, they fell to the ground, and the snow came just in time to hide them all underneath."

"Then pick up some and eat it as a snack."

There is no shortage of food at home, but Cheng Xi is an idle person, and he has the attribute of a hamster, so he naturally has to go back when he encounters it.

Shen Xingluo got up and looked around.

"Make a mark and pick it up when you come back, this place is already deep in the mountains, and ordinary villagers won't come over."

"Yes."

It's weird and heavy on my back.

The two remembered the location of the chestnut tree, and walked deep into the mountains again, and the footprints of various small animals gradually appeared in the snow.

The bamboo-woven basket on the back soon paid off, and they found a piece of kudzu.

Shen Xingluo pulled away the damp soil, and the thick kudzu root of his arm was exposed to the air, and his appearance looked a little similar to that of sweet potatoes.

"Why do you want to do research on herbs?"

"My mother died of illness that year, and since then there have been more medical books in the study, and I also read them occasionally."

In fact, in his previous life, he spent most of his time in pain, and he became a good doctor after a long illness.

"I see."

Cheng Xi nodded, but there were still doubts in his heart.

It's not ordinary people who can find herbs in winter.