The wonderful life of modern women in ancient times

Chapter 262 Three Divine Beasts Help Collecting Herbs

The village chief selected the strong laborers in the village and asked them to go to their homes and push the carts to go to Sunjia Village to pull bricks together.

He also asked several villagers who were good at carpentry to cut the wood according to the size after Lin Xi drew the blueprint of the house, and prepare to make beams, doors and windows and other items.

"Goudan's mother, do you need to go back and pack? We will gather at the village entrance in half an hour and set off for Sunjia Village."

After the village chief had arranged everything, he looked at Goudan's mother and asked.

"I'll go home to get some things and then go to the village entrance with the kid's father!"

After Goudan’s mother finished speaking, she pulled Goudan’s father and hurriedly ran home.

A few days ago, she made a waistcoat for her father and mother out of leather, and this time she took it to them.

"Village Chief, what are we doing?"

Seeing that the men all had work to do and they had nothing to do, the women in the village gathered around the village chief to ask questions.

The village chief pondered for a moment, pointed at the dilapidated thatched houses in the village, and said with a smile: "Go back and pack up your things. The old houses will be demolished in a few days. Whoever packs up first will get to work first!"

"Okay! Let's go back and clean up now!"

The daughters-in-law and the old women all dispersed and ran home.

In a blink of an eye, most of the people at the foot of the mountain had left.

"Sister, what are we going to do this afternoon? Are we still going to collect herbs and make pills as usual?"

Xiao Aner came up to Lin Xi, put his arm around her and asked.

"For the next period of time, we will go up the mountain to collect herbs in the afternoon. While the weather is not too cold, we need to collect more herbs, dry them and store them. We should try to prepare the pills needed for this winter and next spring before winter comes!"

Lin Xi touched Xiao An'er's head and said to the team members.

"Okay, Boss. I'll go home and get the backpack!"

"We also need to bring a few sacks. If we spend an entire afternoon collecting herbs, we won't be able to carry them all in one backpack!"

"Yes, it just so happens that my father just went to the county town two days ago and bought a sack. I'll go back and get it now!"

After the kids finished talking, they quickly ran home to get their tools.

Lin Xi took out a blueprint from his arms and handed it to several uncles in the village. The blueprint detailed the size and quantity of beams, doors, windows and other items.

After studying the drawings for a while, several men looked at each other in confusion. What should they do if they couldn't understand it?

A slightly older man touched his head and walked up to Lin Xi with some embarrassment, pointed at the numbers on the drawing and asked, "Lin Xi, what does this symbol mean? We don't know it."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xi slapped his forehead. He thought he had been careless. The numbers marked on the drawing were Arabic numerals. It would be strange if people of this era could understand them.

"Uncle, I'll revise it and give it to you later!"

Lin Xi took the drawing back and ran to a nearby shed. While no one was paying attention, he took out a pen and paper from the boundary bead and drew a new drawing, marking the dimensions of the beams and other items using the language of this era.

After finishing writing, he checked it again. After making sure there were no problems, he ran to a few men and handed the drawings to them. Afraid that they found it difficult to understand, he explained it to them in detail.

After seeing that there were no problems with the people, Lin Xi took Cao and the team members, carrying bamboo baskets and sacks, and went up the mountain to collect herbs.

Xiaoque was left behind by her to help the men split the wood, while Xiaobai and the other two followed them up the mountain.

"Master, tell us what herbs you need and we will help you pick them."

Xiaobai asked as he squatted beside Lin Xi who was concentrating on collecting herbs.

Seeing that the three little guys were looking at her eagerly, as if they really wanted to help, Lin Xi stopped what she was doing and picked a herb each of them needed to show them.

"That's all. Can you remember it?"

Lin Xi put the herbs in the backpack and asked while looking at the three little guys.

Xiaobai and the other two nodded, indicating that they remembered it and it was very simple. Then they each took a sack and went to collect herbs separately.

"Remember, keep the young seedlings of the herbs, don't pick them all, and if you don't need the roots, leave them in the soil, don't pull them out!"

Lin Xi shouted instructions to the three little guys from behind, and their clear voices of agreement came from a distance.

"Xi'er, come quickly, I seem to have developed spiritual roots, and there is a stream of heat flowing from my lower abdomen to my whole body. Is this the spiritual power you mentioned?"

At this time, Cao, who was picking herbs not far from Lin Xi, suddenly shouted at Lin Xi.

Not only Lin Xi, but also several kids who were picking herbs nearby ran over after hearing what Cao said, and surrounded Cao and Lin Xi, asking them questions in a flurry.

"Boss, I feel the same way in my body. Could it be that I have spiritual power? But we haven't taken the spiritual medicine that you mentioned yet?"

"No way, we are together every day, why don't I feel anything?"

"Boss, when can we take the elixir?"

......

Lin Xi's head hurt from the noise. She rubbed her temples and made a gesture to keep quiet. The kids instantly quieted down.

Lin Xi circulated his spiritual power and checked Cao and several kids' bodies. He found that Cao and Chen Qing's bodies were already filled with spiritual power, but the other kids did not produce any spiritual power.

Hearing her say that she could practice cultivation, Cao and Chen Qing were overjoyed.

Lin Xi saw that although the other kids were happy for Cao and Chen Qing, there was still some disappointment in their eyes.

So she looked at them and smiled, "You don't have to envy my mother and Chen Qing. When everyone is tired of collecting herbs, I will distribute the spiritual herbs to everyone during the rest time. Then you can all practice."

Upon hearing this, the kids grinned happily and happily dispersed to continue picking herbs.

"Mom, when we have some free time, I will teach you how to practice!"

Lin Xi smiled at Cao while digging herbs with his head down.

Cao hurriedly said that there was no rush and that she would talk about it after she was done with this busy period. Then she went to a place not far from Lin Xi to continue collecting herbs.

Because Lin Xi had told her not to be too far away from her before going up the mountain, Cao only searched for herbs near Lin Xi, no more than ten feet away from Lin Xi.

A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Bai flew to Lin Xi's side, put down a large sack, and shouted, "Master, I have filled this sack. Come on, give me another one!"

As soon as it finished speaking, Xiaohong and Xiaogui came back with a sack full of herbs each and asked Lin Xi for the sacks.

Lin Xi looked at his half-full backpack, then at the three large sacks in front of him, and asked in surprise, "You didn't pick the wrong ones, did you? You're so fast?"

When they heard Lin Xi suspect that they had picked the wrong herbs, the three little guys immediately stopped working, untied the sacks, and poured out all the herbs inside.

Lin Xi looked through the books and said to the three little guys with a chuckle, "Hey! Don't be angry! I didn't expect you guys to be so good at picking herbs! You're really smart. You only picked one kind of herb. This way you don't have to choose again after you go down the mountain!"

"That's right, Master. We have already discussed what herbs we should each collect!"

"Master, stop talking nonsense and give us the sacks quickly. We still need to go collect other herbs!"

"Yes, Master, hand over the sack quickly. I just found a large patch of herbs and I need to pick them quickly!"

Seeing the three little guys looking anxious, Lin Xi raised his hands in surrender and said, "I don't have any sacks left. Go ask the other team members for some!"

Upon hearing this, Xiaobai and the other two quickly flew towards the other team members. Before leaving, they did not forget to put back the herbs they had just poured out.