The rain soon stopped. Qin Yuan, who had fallen to the ground, gradually came back to her senses. Looking at the muddy ground, Qin Yuan’s eyes darted around. She thought of something and suddenly lifted her sleeve. When she saw that the red jade bracelet on her wrist was still there, she breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, the bracelet was still there! Hong Lin had said that as long as the bracelet was there, he would be too!
Thinking of this, Qin Yuan relaxed. Hong Lin was definitely still by her side. He was her golden finger. How could he dare to leave her without her permission? Therefore, she would definitely have good luck from now on!
With this thought, Qin Yuan felt reassured.
She got up and started walking down the mountain...
On the other side.
Su Ran, who had gone out early in the morning, walked in holding a plump, white object. He asked curiously, "Sister, look what I have!"
Hearing the little boy’s voice, Ming Li looked at the thing in his hand, then her mouth twitched. Ginseng? It looked like it was a hundred years old…
"Where did you get this?"
Hearing this, Su Ran glanced at the item in his hand and truthfully replied, "I picked it up. It had just rained heavily, and the rain washed away the soil, so I saw this. I feel like this should be some kind of medicinal herb, so I picked it up. Sister, do you know what this is?"
Ming Li said, "Dried white radish. Let’s stew it later."
"Knock, knock, knock—"
As Ming Li finished speaking, a series of knocks sounded at the door.
Upon hearing this, Su Ran instinctively threw away the ginseng in his hand, picked up the system from the ground, and hid it in an inconspicuous corner, carefully covering it with dry grass.
System: "..."
After doing all this, Su Ran glanced at Ming Li. Seeing her nod, he ran to open the door.
When the door opened, Su Ran saw a middle-aged uncle wearing a bamboo hat and a straw cape standing at the door.
"Oh? Uncle Liu, is something up so early?"
Hearing Su Ran’s words, Uncle Liu smiled foolishly and handed the pork in his hand to Su Ran, saying, "I thought you weren't here? This is pork that Old Man Li gave to you and your sister. His legs are inconvenient, so he asked me to bring it over for you."
"Ah?" Su Ran was stunned, thinking of that stooped, thin figure. "Grandpa Li?"
"Yes," Uncle Liu nodded, his expression a little incredulous. "That day, when the immortal manifested and killed all those bandits who came down the mountain to rob, a fat wild boar suddenly rushed down the mountain and hit the large rock in front of Old Man Li's house. Isn't that strange? This must be a gift from some immortal who saw that Old Man Li had done many good deeds."
After hearing these words, Su Ran’s eyes widened, and his expression was utterly fantastical.
Seeing that it had started raining again outside, Su Ran said, "Uncle Liu, please come in and sit for a while."
Uncle Liu rubbed Su Ran’s head and smiled, saying, "No, your aunt is sick, and I still have to go back to take care of her."
Watching the man’s departing back, Su Ran was stunned. After coming to his senses, he took the pork back into the house. "Sister, did you hear what Uncle Liu just said!"
Ming Li glanced at the pork in his hand and raised an eyebrow. "What?"
Su Ran said, "Uncle Liu just said that an immortal has come to the village! This wild boar was given to Grandpa Li by that immortal!"
"Is that so?" Ming Li’s lips curved, and a mysterious smile appeared on her face.
"Alas..." Su Ran sighed and lowered his head dejectedly. "Sister... you said Father also did many good deeds, why didn't any immortal protect him?"
Ming Li was stunned and looked up at the little boy in front of her. She said very seriously, "Don't worry, I will avenge them."
Thinking of the bandits in the original plot who had massacred the entire Su family, Ming Li’s eyes darkened.
"Phew! Did the person leave? I was suffocating!"
Just as the atmosphere was becoming heavy, a sudden voice came from the corner. The system crawled out from a pile of dry grass, shook off the grass dust, and its gaze fell on the pork in Su Ran’s hand.
Meeting the gaze of the little red pig, Su Ran stiffened. Thinking that this was the meat of its own kind, Su Ran quickly hid the pork behind him. Just as he was about to explain something, he heard the system’s excited voice, "Are we eating pork today??"
Su Ran: "..." Wait, something seems wrong...