A month later.

Medicine collection hall, small courtyard stone house.

"It's not as dangerous as we imagined! We went into the mountains once a month, and we did almost nothing, so we easily got a reward of more than 200 copper coins. The three-year training period for the medicine picking boy passed quickly, and he could also accumulate a lot of copper coins. When we become an apprentice in medicine picking, we will definitely earn more, and it will be no problem to ask for a beautiful little daughter-in-law!"

Feng Xiao proudly threw a small money bag with naan and said happily in front of Ye Qin.

Because Feng Xiao was "wandering" around on the way to collect medicines, and occasionally picked some low-level herbs, he took the most reward money among the four. Yang Yicheng, Qian Ruoxiu, and Sun Ying are fewer, and there are more than one hundred and forty or fifty. Ye Qin carried the herb basket on his back, and he didn't pick a single herb, so he only got about a hundred copper coins of hard-earned money.

After returning to the county seat, Xie Ze gave rewards according to their contributions.

Ye Qin smiled, a little bitter.

Who made him practice hardship and hard work? During the training period of the medicine collecting boy, he was the one with the lowest income among the people. After three years, I became an apprentice in medicine collection, but I am afraid that the result will be the same. The reason is very simple, the internal strength he practiced is not too suitable for collecting medicine. Feng Xiao practiced light skills, and he was the most suitable one.

With a "bang", Yang Yicheng pushed open the wooden door from the outside and came in, his face was gloomy and ugly, and his eyes were lost. Without saying a word, he climbed into his bed, lay on the bed with his back to them, and did not speak.

"Hey, senior brother, what's going on, why is there so much anger?"

Feng Xiao exclaimed strangely.

Ye Qin glanced at it, and he was also secretly strange. I've known Yang Yicheng for so long, and I've never seen him lose his temper like this. It's only been two days since he came back from outside, and he got a hundred copper coins, why did he go out tonight, and when he came back, his mood became so bad for no reason.

Qian Ruoxiu and Sun Ying also walked in from outside at this time.

Ye Qin and Feng Xiao couldn't help but look at the two of them.

Qian Ruoxiu's lips were a little pale.

"Dead, dead!"

Feng Xiao was shocked, "Dead~, why did you die two?"

"The other teams that went out to collect medicine have returned, but two of the children have died. One of them also knew the elder brother and was a partner with whom he grew up. ”

Qian Ruoxiu's eyes were filled with tears.

The county seat of Zhuqi is so big, and many children in the county know each other. Even though I don't have any friendships, I've seen them somewhat.

Feng Xiao was stunned, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Ye Qin was also stunned. It's only been a month, and two have died. After the three-year exercise period, how many of their more than 40 herb-picking boys will survive?

Ye Qin couldn't help but feel that his body seemed to be a little cold, and the air in the stone house was a little colder.

The medicine picking boy died nine times for life, this is not a rumor.

Ye Qin was not frightened by this bad news, and asked calmly.

"How did those two medicine pickers die?"

Qian Ruoxiu shook her head.

"I don't know, when the medicine picking boys from those teams came back, their faces were more depressed than that of the senior brother, but they refused to say anything. However, listening to their tone, it seems that they fell to their deaths while picking some precious medicinal herbs. ”

Ye Qin shook his head, and the stupid man also knew that they were collecting medicine and fell to their deaths. Otherwise, the medicine picker who has practiced martial arts for more than half a year, and there are medicine pickers with stronger martial arts, where is it so easy to die.

"You have to know how they died, so you can find a way to avoid another danger," he said. The fourth junior sister and the fifth junior sister, you are from the county and are familiar with the situation here, so you can ask the medicine picker you know about the specific process. ”

Yang Yicheng suddenly turned over, and there were a few traces of bloodshot in his eyes. "No need to ask, I know how they died!"

Ye Qin looked at him in surprise.

Yang Yicheng said hatefully, "I know the boys of the two teams, and one of the teams said that they found a hundred-year-old precious black grass on the cliff of a deep valley. But where it is almost overhanging steep, and the mountain rock is very sharp, and the wind knife is very strong, and it is very easy to cut the rope. The herb picker himself was unwilling to take risks, so he sent a medicine picker who could do light work, but he was scraped off the valley by mistake and lost his life. Another team found a rare herb in the river valley, and because the herb picker was unwilling to take risks, he sent my brother who knew how to do light work, but he lost his hand and was washed away by the water in the blink of an eye. These medicine pickers, none of them are good things, take the lives of our boys in exchange for their safety!"

Ye Qin, Qian Ruoxiu, and Sun Ying, when they heard this, couldn't help but look back at Feng Xiao in the stone house in surprise.

Among them, only Feng Xiao can do light work. If one day, that Xie Ze pharmacist also needs to use someone to take the risk of collecting medicine for him, the first one is Feng Xiao.

Feng Xiaozao's face was already pale, he was stupid, he held his head and didn't dare to listen, "How can this be? Isn't this good, why should you die?" The happy mood he had taken two hundred copper coins before was completely gone. If you lose your life, what's the use of asking for this money?

Ye Qin was silent.

He thought of a further question. If Feng Xiao dies, who will replace him next? It is estimated that it is one between Qian Ruoxiu and Sun Ying, and their skills are flexible and agile. Then there is Yang Yicheng and him who only has physical strength. For every additional death, he is in danger.

So no matter what, Feng Xiao must be saved. As long as Feng Xiao doesn't die, everyone will be safe.

Ye Qin told Qian Ruoxiu, Sun Ying, and Yang Yicheng about this idea, and they all agreed and were willing to do their best to keep Feng Xiao.

Rested in the county for two or three days.

Xie Ze wanted to go into the mountains to collect medicine, and the five of them naturally had to follow and set off again and go into the mountains to collect medicine. However, this time, they no longer had the slightest leisure, but their minds were heavy, and they secretly looked at Xie Ze with strange eyes from time to time, as if he was a man-eating demon.

Feng Xiao, in particular, was in an extremely depressed mood, and he didn't have the heart to use light skills to pick up any herbs. He wished that he would not be able to work lightly at all, lest he die quickly.

Yang Yicheng, Qian Ruoxiu, and Sun Ying didn't have any intention to catch insects, snakes, and beasts.

Although they are only eleven or twelve years old, they are from poor backgrounds, and most of them have grown up with hardships, and they are already more mature in some aspects. Be wary of those who harbor malicious intent.

Xie Ze had already seen their strange expressions and knew the reason, but he didn't pay attention to them at all, and walked unhurriedly, only occasionally sneering secretly, and secretly said in his heart: What about beware of me? Can you still resist?

Only Ye Qin, after following Xie Ze five steps behind Xie Ze with the herb basket on his back, was always low-key.

Spring goes to winter, year after year.

The three-year training period for the medicine picking boy passed quickly.

In the past three years, sometimes several herb-picking boys will die in a month, and sometimes a single herb-picking boy may not die in a few months. It all depends on whether they will encounter the precious medicinal herbs, whether the place where the herbs grow is extremely dangerous, and whether the medicine pickers who are sent to the field will miss out. If the above three points do not appear, people will not die under normal circumstances.

In the first year, the medicine boy was inexperienced, and the most people died, a full seven. In the next two years, the number of deaths began to decrease significantly, but there were always a few in a year.

Ye Qin's team was slightly luckier.

In the past three years, Xie Ze has only let Feng Xiao replace him five times.

Feng Xiao was timid, and under the encouragement of Yang Yicheng, after knowing that he could not get rid of the fate of replacement, he practiced light skills hard under grief and anger, and insisted on practicing Tiyun to the third level. With his favorite surname, it is not easy to practice to the third level.

Coupled with the full help of Ye Qin, Yang Yicheng, Qian Ruoxiu, Sun Ying and others, they survived the three-year boy training period.