The Tempting Educated Youth Married to a Rough Man-Chapter 70: Poisonous Herb and Toxic Mushrooms

Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Poisonous Herb and Toxic Mushrooms

When she woke up the next day, it was already light, the rain had stopped, and a rainbow bridge had appeared on the horizon.

The air still carried the moisture, hazily enveloping the Silly Deer Team, with continuous green mountains and small villages nestled among them.

It had a unique beauty.

Wen Ran grinned, first feeding the little chicks and Hetao at home, then pulled out a small cake from her space to fill her stomach before gathering her things to head up the mountain.

It wasn’t that she was overly diligent; truth be told, she had to retaliate for being schemed against, as doing nothing was not her style.

In the recent times she collected pigweed, what she recognized most was the Poisonous Herb.

Poisons Herb is a term for a type of medicinal plant - if pigs eat it, they’ll get diarrhea or even die, so they are all called Poisonous Herb.

During her stroll up the mountains, she saw few Poisonous Herbs but plenty of fresh mushrooms.

Bunched together, lush and inviting, just the sight made Wen Ran’s mouth water.

It filled her mind with five big words.

Chicken Stew with Mushrooms.

The home-raised chickens were too precious to slaughter, but those wild chickens on the mountain could certainly be caught and used extravagantly.

Before long, the head wolf came sniffing its way over as if it had a grudge against Wen Ran, never having closed its mouth since meeting her.

It seemed like it was grumbling.

Thinking about it, that seemed fair enough. After all, she hadn’t thought she’d be gone all night, neglecting wounded care and even seizing everything the injured had hunted away.

Hiss~

It was indeed a bit animalistic.

Wen Ran: "..."

Her gaze was calm and composed.

After all, with the interspecies gap, she didn’t understand what it was complaining about, so it really didn’t matter!

"Are you healed now?"

Head Wolf: "?"

It suddenly stuck there.

The wolf felt a bit touched, figuring, Okay, at least she cared about it!

However, this two-legged creature was indeed formidable; since drinking the water she provided, not only had its wounds healed within a day, but it even felt stronger than before.

After a moment of hesitation, it nodded.

Wen Ran, naturally, said, "You haven’t paid for the recent support yet, luckily we met this time, you can settle it all at once.

Catch me a few more chickens, I need them tonight."

Head Wolf: "..."

Those deep green eyes stared silently at Wen Ran for a long while, and ultimately, it ran off without saying a word.

Next, Wen Ran needed to collect mushrooms and gather chickens.

The head wolf was even more capable than she imagined.

In no time at all, it had caught five wild chickens for her, and even discovered a nest of eggs.

This place was not easy to find, and Wen Ran followed the head wolf around for a while to get there.

Her eyes brightened, just as she was about to pick them up, but the head wolf nudged Wen Ran aside with its rump, then grasped the wild eggs and crunched one after another.

What dripped down was also licked back up by the head wolf’s tongue.

Wen Ran: "?"

So, bringing her here was just to watch it having an extra meal?

Wen Ran laughed in exasperation, patting the head wolf’s rear, mumbling, "Look at you holding a grudge!"

If this wasn’t revenge!

She vowed to write her name backwards if Wen Ran were not her name!

Thinking of previous events, it was indeed her lacking.

Squatting down, she took a few sausages out of her space, unwrapped them, then tossed everything back into space.

Feeding them to the head wolf, Wen Ran muttered, "Just wait, and see what future technology and delicacy we have in store."

Speaking of which, this stuff was indeed delicious.

Almost made the head wolf become an ingratiating dog.

Wen Ran: "."

She had found the Poisonous Herb too, collected in her space, her basket lined with wild chickens, topped off with a layer of mushrooms.

Humming a tune, she descended the mountain and bid farewell to the head wolf, but didn’t go home, instead heading straight to the Xiao family.

Reciprocating a kindness, she planned to bring ingredients and make a dinner of stewed chicken at Xiao’s in the evening.

Mrs. Xiao looked at what Wen Ran brought, her mouth agape, "This is..."

Wen Ran blinked, "Auntie, quickly get these ready, tonight we’re having chicken stew with mushrooms. I’m off to work and gather pigweed."

"What!"

Even if Mrs. Xiao were quick on her feet, she couldn’t catch up to Wen Ran. Looking at the wild chickens in the basket, she didn’t know what to say.

"This child, five wild chickens, how can we eat them all? Wouldn’t that be wasteful?"

Mr. Xiao was very calm, "What’s wasteful? Eating it isn’t wasteful, quickly boil some water, tonight we’ll join this girl Wen Ran for a good meal."

"Your preserved meat, don’t hide it away, bring it out."

"Eat!"

In truth, when people get older, they enjoy the noise and bustle.

But ever since Xiao’s eldest married a city girl, he seldom returned home.

Chenyue took Minmin to the third son’s military post, the fifth left for half a month, and the sixth still needed to attend school.

At their age, when they should be enjoying family happiness, they were left with only each other’s company, and Mrs. Xiao often felt lonely. Now seeing Wen Ran, she felt she wasn’t too old to still be lively.

Nonetheless, with the mention of Xiao Chenyue, Mrs. Xiao perked up, "What do you think, should we visit Xiaoyue and the child over the New Year?"

A mother worries about her children traveling far, especially Xiao Chenyue, taking a baby and leaving shortly after the postpartum period; not worrying is impossible.

Mr. Xiao was momentarily stunned and then delighted, "It’s not a bad idea! And since Chenguang is also there, we can take the fifth and sixth with us to celebrate the New Year."

Mrs. Xiao pursed her lips, "And what about Xiao Wen?"

This child was also pitiable, losing his mother early, his father was a brute, and crucially, sent to the countryside with no familiar faces, spending the New Year alone, it was quite sad.

Looking at Mrs. Xiao’s dilemma, Mr. Xiao scratched his head and blurted out, "How about we take him along?"

Mrs. Xiao: "?"

She was stunned but then laughed, "Oh come on, we’re visiting our son and daughter, bringing Xiao Wen along, what would that look like?

It might start rumors that we are trafficking and planning to cultivate relationships first before taking the swing."

Both Mrs. Xiao and Mr. Xiao exchanged a glance and chuckled.

But it couldn’t be denied, Mr. Xiao’s words planted a seed in Mrs. Xiao’s heart.

A moonless, windy night is the perfect time for eating meat, and of course, for mischief.

While gathering pigweed, Wen Ran also discovered many poisonous mushrooms, normally she would steer clear, but they looked so adorably poisonous, she was reluctant to move away.

Staring at the mushrooms and pondering for a moment, she decisively acted.

She picked them and threw them into space.

At the Xiao’s, as Wen Ran had just put down the basket, Mrs. Xiao quickly came rushing up, "Xiao Wen, are all the mushrooms you picked here?"

"Yes."

"Oh dear, you left a few poisonous ones inside."

Wen Ran: "?"

She was dumbstruck, she had selected those she knew to be harmless mushrooms.

The kind with red caps and white stalks, eating them would ensure you’d lie planked, she never intended to put those in the pot.

"No way, really?"

"It’s not just that white mushrooms are non-poisonous, you have to look at the species!"