Legend of Shi’En - C108
“Mm, this sound is …” Xiaochang! ”
Shang Qian came back to his senses and looked in the direction of the voice. He saw that Zhu Xiaochang was leaning on a tree and holding onto a knife, cutting a piece of beef that was sold in a nearby shop and stuffing it into his mouth. At the same time, he was looking in the direction of Shang Qian, and was continuously making indecent sounds as he chewed.
Shang Qian stood up and quickly ran towards Zhu Xiaochang. In the middle of it all, he realized that Zhu Xiaochang had changed his dagger and was continuously pouring frozen mineral water into his mouth while holding a bottle of mineral water. Shang Qian immediately started to worry. Is he not feeling well? Why did she drink ice water in such an environment? Did she not bring warm water up the mountain?
But no matter how he thought about it, besides forgetting to bring warm water, there seemed to be no other reason.
“Little… Small… Xiaochang, you… You… Are you okay? ”
Shang Qian was a little out of breath. The hasty run just now had completely drenched his clothes and they were stuck to his back and he could feel the cold wind blowing on his back, thus he fanned himself with his hands while pulling at his collar. He tried to find a few tissues to wipe his sweat off, but he found that he did not have any.
Just as Shang Qian’s head was lowered to dissipate the heat, a fragrant wind suddenly blew past him. He raised his head, only to see Zhu Xiaochang standing in front of him, blushing a little, as she said to him: “You should have forgotten to bring a piece of paper. Here, I brought a lot, take it and wipe your sweat.”
With that, he handed over a heart-shaped tissue, causing Shang Qian’s face to immediately turn red. She was a little embarrassed, and Zhu Xiaochang was not any better, although she was a little shy in her heart, she still forced herself to pretend that she did not care, and when she saw that he did not take it, she pretended to be angry: “What’s wrong? Do you still dislike me? ”
“No, no, I …”
“If that’s not the case, then hurry up and take it. My hands are sore from the pain.”
Shang Qian could only accept the tissue, and then obediently said thanks. He stole a glance at Zhu Xiaochang, and discovered that under the moonlight, her face seemed to be flushed a little.
After wiping his sweat, Shang Qian remembered Shu Xiaoxiao and asked: “Xiaochang, where is Sister Shu? Why isn’t she with you? ”
Oh, Sister Shu, she is digging for ginseng down there, I will help you call her, Sister Shu, Sister Shu, come up quickly!
Weak footsteps came from below, and in a moment, Shu Xiaoxiao appeared. When she saw Shang Qian, she was surprised, and asked softly: Shang Qian, why are you here? Has something happened to Shi En? ”
“Sister Shu, brother Shi En is fine, it’s just that when he saw that you all still weren’t back yet, he was a little worried that some mishap might have occurred, which was why he brought me to the top of the mountain to look for you all.”
Seeing Shu Xiaoxiao being so nervous for him, Zhu Xiaochang immediately burst out laughing, the scene became awkward, only to see Zhu Xiaochang walking to Shang Qian’s side, and then to say to him: “Xiao Shangzi, you better quickly think of a way to get Shi En to find us, or else our Sister Shu will feel a tightness in our chest, worry about us, worry about us and worry about us, hehe.”
“What?” Is Sister Shu sick? Did you catch a cold? ”
When Zhu Xiaochang heard this, he couldn’t help but laugh, and nodded: “That’s right, that’s right, it’s even a severe cold, the spirit medicine hasn’t even arrived, yet my body will already feel a burst of cold and heat. This spirit medicine is already on Shi En, I say Xiao Shangzi, do you have any way to find Shi En this guy?”
“Of course there is. I gave Brother Shi En a walkie-talkie, I’ll call him now.” Saying that, he took up the walkie-talkie, “Brother Shi En, brother Shi En, it’s Shang Qian. Please respond.”
Not long later, Shi En’s voice came out from the walkie-talkie, “I received it, White-haired Boy, what’s the situation over there? Did you find Shu Xiaoxiao and Zhu Xiaochang? I still haven’t found anyone. ”
“Found it, Brother Shi En, come and find us according to my instructions.” Shang Qian took out the display, and according to the red dot on the display, he found a shortcut for Shi En.
“Alright, I’ll go right away.”
The voice coming from the walkie-talkie stopped abruptly, Shang Qian heaved a sigh of relief, the matter of finding the person on the mountain was finally over. He suddenly remembered that Shu Xiaoxiao wanted to dig out the ginseng, so he asked: “Sister Shu, have you found your ginseng?”
Shu nodded, took out a few cloth bags, and handed them to Shang Qian. Shang Qian took it and opened one of the bags. Inside was a wild ginseng. This ginseng was not only big, but it also looked like four ginseng intertwined together. He estimated that this mountain ginseng had a length of about sixty centimeters and a width of forty centimeters. He weighed it in his hand and found that it weighed about five hundred grams.
He wrapped the mountain ginseng again and opened the second cloth bag. This ginseng really had five different types, it had a beautiful figure, fine silk skin, and three heads of the mountain range. Its fur was also over forty centimeters long, and the pearls were very obvious, with fine silk and skin, Shang Qian estimated that this ginseng should be over a hundred years old.
There was a saying in the people’s hearts of the Northeast, “seven silver is a ginseng and eight silver is a treasure”. According to this calculation, the “mountain ginseng king” in Shang Qian’s hands was only ten silver, it could truly be said to be a “ginseng treasure”!
“It really is a treasure. Sister Shu, do I have a share of it?” Shang Qian laughed, his body was weak, and occasionally he had to go in and make up for it, so when he saw such a great tonic, his eyes turned red.
“This was originally for you and Shi En to find in the first place. After you two return, properly consume it and use it to nourish your bodies.”
Shu Xiaoxiao said very generously, but when Shang Qian heard that, his eyes filled with tears, “Really? Sister Shu still dotes on me. ”
Hearing Shang Qian’s words, Zhu Xiaochang was immediately angered, “Humph, Xiao Shangzi, what you’re saying is that I am bullying you, to think that I even dug out a high quality ginseng to give you.”
“Hmm? You also dug up ginseng? ”
“Of course, who am I, I am the fifth miss of the Prince Yan Mansion, and these ginseng would obediently come into my bowl the moment they come into contact with me. Here, this is what I dug out, take a look.”
Zhu Xiaochang also took out a cloth bag from his back and opened it. When Shang Qian looked closer, his face immediately turned bitter.
However, he did not plan to reveal the truth. Instead, he wrapped up the sweet potato and put it away seriously, “Xiaochang, thank you for your ginseng. I will eat it properly.”
“Hmph, I’m not giving it to you. I want to eat it myself, return it to me.”
“Uh, didn’t you just say you would give it to me?”
“Hmph, can’t I go back on my word?”
Just as the two of them were ‘arguing’, a gigantic figure slowly walked out from the darkness of the forest.
“Hey, White-haired Boy, Shu Xiaoxiao, Zhu Xiaochang, everyone, look and see what kind of treasure I’ve found.”
Everyone heard this familiar voice and knew that benefactor had come. Turning their heads around, they saw that the one with the small arm and the calf was actually a large gorilla with a full body covered in fur, and he walked towards them with heavy steps. “Hehe, look what I’ve found! A ginseng spirit, haha, rich and powerful! I’ve read in novels that eating a ginseng spirit can prolong one’s lifespan, and it’s immune to poisons.
Suddenly, he discovered that Shu Xiaoxiao and the other two had frightened expressions on their faces. Shu Xiaoxiao regained his senses, and took the initiative to ask: “Where did you get this thing from?
Zhu Xiaochang hid behind Shang Qian with a terrified face, “Hurry away, don’t come over here.”
Shi En shut her mouth and said: “What’s wrong? Look at you all, did you all see a ghost? ”
“Brother Shi En, you should quickly release the gorilla on your back.” Shang Qian was also speechless, not only was Shi En using a white radish as a ginseng, he was even treating a big gorilla with a fur like a ginseng spirit.
Zhu Xiaochang, who was hiding behind him, also chimed in, “That’s right, that’s right. You should quickly go and set the gorilla free so that he can go home and raise his children. Don’t come out again to harm the other small animals.”
However, Shi En burst out laughing, “Aiyaya, look at how happy you are, I already said something that I don’t understand. Rest assured, I will distribute it to everyone equally, I definitely won’t eat it alone.
“No need. Speaking of which, it seems like this gorilla is already dead. What’s going on?” Did you do it? ” Shu Xiaoxiao walked in and immediately discovered that the gorilla had died a long time ago. Moreover, she felt that it was strange that the gorilla’s body had grown a fur that was similar to a ginseng. She pulled one down and sniffed it. It smelled like wild ginseng.
Shi En threw the Ginseng Spirit Human on his back onto the ground, then patted his shoulder and shook his legs: “Nope, I didn’t do anything. I just saw it growing on the way here, then I picked it up, and picked it up on the ground.
“In the future, you should change your habit of randomly picking things.” Shu Xiaoxiao glared at him coldly. She thought back to how this poor little fellow had gotten into trouble and been punished by her husband just because he randomly picked up stuff on the ground. It was just that he didn’t expect that he still hadn’t changed this bad habit even after so many years had passed.
Shang Qian also noticed the abnormality of the gorilla. He squatted down and carefully examined it, and realized that the whiskers had started growing from the head of the gorilla, “Is this really a gorilla? Why is my entire body covered with fur? ”
“It must be a ginseng spirit. I think it’s because I usually see many monkeys and gorillas on Dragon Tiger Mountain. As the saying goes, ‘the closest one is a pig’, while the closest one is a monkey. There’s no need to make such a big fuss.”
Shi En was very unhappy that they called his ginseng spirit a gorilla. This was an insult to his intelligence.
Shu Xiaoxiao did not care about Shi En’s explanation, she carefully realised that this gorilla’s fatal strike did not seem to come from the hands of a hunter.
Shang Qian also noticed the wounds on the gorilla, he frowned and said to the others: “Let’s hurry up and go down the mountain, when Big Brother Shi En and I met a Elder Farmer, he warned us, that it would be better for us to quickly find someone to leave the mountain.”
“I agree with Xiao Shangzi, there are a lot of monkeys on the mountain, they might even attack people, let’s go down the mountain early and go home.”
Shi En crossed his arms, and turned to Shang Qian: “White-haired Boy, didn’t brother say you should stop scaring yourself?” After saying that, he took out a banana from his pocket, peeled off the skin and ate it, then said in a slurred voice, “Do you know what it means to be inferior to a tiger at the tiger’s den?” If even a few monkeys are afraid, then what kind of ginseng are we going to dig? ”
“Cough cough, Brother Shi En, let’s see what’s up first.”