Just after eating and drinking, there was a knock on the door outside. Xia Qingfeng put Xia Yingjun into his space before going out and opening the door. The person knocking on the door was Aunt Li next door. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Xia Qingfeng and said, "I came to dig you up for herbs this morning. When I saw you weren't there, I asked about you and found out that you had gone into the mountains. I came over at noon and saw that there were still people at home. There is no one, but I am very anxious. You two, mother and daughter, cannot go into the mountains, it is very dangerous there."
"Thank you Aunt Li, I didn't go far. What did the village chief say? Are you going to open up wasteland in the mountains?" Xia Qingfeng quickly changed the subject.
When Aunt Li heard this, she narrowed her eyes with joy and said, "Yes, the village chief asked each of our families to clear out an acre of barren hillside. They just arranged a place for each of our families in the morning, and we will go up the mountain to clear up wasteland tomorrow. "
Xia Qingfeng nodded, approving of the village chief's approach. The villagers in Yong'an have a simple and honest manner, and dozens of families live in harmony with each other. This is because the village chief is always selfless and fair, and the villagers are convinced of this.
"Okay, tomorrow I will go to the town and ask the medicine shop owner if he has any herbal seeds. When I come back, I will go to the village chief."
"Okay, then you should rest early and I'll go back first."
"Aunt Li, wait a minute." After saying this, Xia Qingfeng walked into the kitchen, put the chicken soup in the pot into a large bowl, and brought it to Aunt Li. "Take this and eat it. I was lucky today. I met an injured pheasant on the mountain and picked it up to make chicken stewed with mushrooms."
"How can this be done? This is a good thing, keep it for Xiaoxiao to eat." Aunt Li quickly declined.
"We have eaten. We two have small appetites, so we put it away before we could finish it. Please help us share some."
The two of them pushed each other around for a long time with a bowl of chicken soup at the door. Finally, when the chicken soup splashed on Aunt Li's hand, Aunt Li reluctantly took it.
After sending Aunt Li away, Xia Qingfeng closed the door and entered the house, thinking to herself: This Aunt Li is a real person and has really strong hands. Giving away a bowl of chicken soup is like fighting.
I was so tired today. Xia Qingfeng took Baihu and Xiaoxiao to wash up in the space and fell asleep early.
In her sleep, Xia Qingfeng vaguely felt a man calling her name: "Feng'er, Feng'er, Xia Qingfeng!"
Um? It’s so magnetic and sounds great! The ears are getting pregnant! How could I dream about a man's voice? Have I been single for too long? I can actually have such a dream.
Xia Qingfeng turned over and went back to sleep. Suddenly, he felt wet on his face. He opened his eyes and saw Xia Yingjun licking his face. Xia Qingfeng slapped him, sat up and said angrily: "Xia Yingjun, what are you going to do if you don't sleep at night?"
Xia Yingjun flinched when he was photographed, and hid pitifully aside, saying "Hmm".
"Alas! You're still so angry when you wake up. Don't be angry with Yingjun. It's me calling you." The magnetic voice sounded again.
Xia Qingfeng was startled by the voice, "Who? Who is talking? Come out quickly, I will never beat you to death!" Xia Qingfeng picked up Xia Yingjun next to him to encourage himself.
"Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you. I brought you your space. I will only help you."
"Then who are you? Why didn't you speak before? Why did you suddenly appear now?" Xia Qingfeng asked three times.
"Who I am... I can't tell you yet. Don't worry, I will only help you. I will tell you everything in the future. The reason why I can talk to you now is because I used a ginseng you placed in the space. .”
"Ginseng?" It's not the one I'm thinking of, is it? "Holy shit (｀Δ´)!" Xia Qingfeng immediately jumped out of bed and looked at the thousand-year-old ginseng, and it was gone! ! !
"You, you, you! You thief, you actually stole my ginseng, spit it out quickly." Xia Qingfeng's heart was bleeding, and he couldn't care less about his fear as he shouted into the air.
The shouting woke up Xu Xiaoxiao who was standing beside her. She rubbed her eyes with her little hands and said, "Mom, it's so late at night and you don't sleep. Why are you shouting?"
"Xiaoxiao, did you just hear someone talking? He stole our thousand-year-old ginseng."
"Who is it? Is there anyone else in the space?" Xu Xiaoxiao looked around and found no one. "
"Say something quickly and don't pretend to be dead." Xia Qingfeng hugged Xu Xiaoxiao to her side and said.
"Hello Xiaoxiao, I'm disturbing your rest."
Xu Xiaoxiao suddenly became energetic. She didn't know why, but just this sentence made her feel inexplicably friendly. "Are you a space spirit? Why did you suddenly speak?"
"Actually, I'd rather you call me 'uncle'. I've watched you grow up." There was a hint of endearment in this voice.
"Uncle Space?"
"Well, you can call it that." The voice paused, "Well, actually I asked my spiritual pet to find the ginseng. I need this ginseng to make a sound."
Both mother and daughter looked at Xia Yingjun, "Are you his spiritual pet?"
Xia Yingjun nodded and said "yo" weakly twice.
"Mom, I think we are just tools," Xu Xiaoxiao said firmly.
"What is a tool man?"
"It's just like a tool, being manipulated by others." Xu Xiaoxiao said, sitting on the bed with her legs crossed.
"No, no, that's not the case. Don't think nonsense. I spent too much energy bringing you two into this world, so I have been sleeping. Only by absorbing the energy of the bell can I wake up. That's why I let the spirit Fox will take you to find ginseng."
"Then who are you? Are you a human? Or a monster?" Xia Qingfeng was too confused.
"I will tell you without reservation in the future. You just need to remember now: I will not hurt you, I will only take care of and protect you."
"Okay." Space has brought a lot of conveniences to Xia Qingfeng, and she also believes in space spirits.
"Mom, let's sleep then. We will be safer if Uncle Space is here." Xu Xiaoxiao yawned delicately and fell asleep. Inexplicably, Xu Xiaoxiao believed in Uncle Space.
Xia Qingfeng was also very tired today, so she stopped thinking about it and fell asleep.
At midnight, when people were sleeping, there was a noise outside Xia Qingfeng's house.
"Linghu, go and make him disappear." A man's deep voice came from the space, but there was a chilling air in his tone.
"Yo" Linghu rushed out of the space. The visitor was none other than Li Erlai, who had bullied the original owner. He heard that Yong'an Village made a lot of money selling herbal medicine, and he didn't dare to go to other people's homes, so he took Xia Qingfeng's idea again.
So, he sneaked into Xia Qingfeng's house when everyone was asleep. But what he didn't expect was that when he just jumped over the low wall and was about to enter the door, a white shadow rushed out of the thorn and bit his neck.
Li Erlai died before he could make a sound. Linghu dragged Li Erlai's body to the foot of the mountain, yelled "Yo yo" twice, and then heard two wolf howls. Soon, two wolves walked out of the woods and dragged Li Erlai's body into the woods.
The mother and daughter who were sleeping soundly in the space knew nothing about everything that happened here.
"Feng'er, I will definitely protect you here..."
