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nShe noticed that she didn’t have much gold left, along with just a few bundle of hays remaining. She couldn’t raise chickens and rabbits with hay. And if she didn’t have the gold to buy them, she would have to grow them herself.

nShe couldn’t vegetables or hays from other players when her dimension was independent. She needed resources, and neither buying or planting were good options right now.

nHow could she resolve the hay issue?

nJust when she was wondering about this, a system voice resounded inside her head, “Replying host: At this stage, you can subst.i.tute white radish sprouts for hay.”

nWhite radish sprouts?

nHer black eyes beamed. She smiled and ran outside of the cottage immediately. Examining the ten fields of ripe white radishes, she had another question.

nAfter the first harvest, she only saw white radishes in the warehouse, she didn’t see any white radish sprouts!

n“Replying host: Host can instruct white radish sprouts to be converted into hay and send to the farm.”

n“Excellent!”

nFinally she was fully relieved upon hearing the last answer. One of the most important problem has been resolved. From now on, not only could she harvest white radishes, she also wouldn’t need to worry about having hay.

nShe sighed quietly and get to work. Immediately she harvested all the white radishes. She ran back inside the cottage to check, sure enough white radish sprouts had been converted into hay.

nIf white radish sprouts can turn into hay, surely anything that she grow from now on could also be converted into hay!

nSecond time harvesting white radishes, she had ama.s.sed tenths of pounds of white radishs inside the warehouse. If its just the family alone, this could last them up to ten days. But, of course, they would need more than just white radishes. She should do some resesarch on what other vegetables to grow.

nOf the ten fields, she planted cabbage in five of them and garlic in the remaining five. Once she was done with the planting, she bought five more chickens and five more rabbits to raise.

nTaking care of all these took her quite a bit of them. She was quite sleepy when she returned from the dimension. She fell asleep with her little sister in her arms.

nThe next day, after breakfast, Cheng Xiao Xiao and her two brothers picked up the machetes and the ropes and headed into the mountains.

n“Big sister, are we going to go catch more chickens today?” Asked Cheng Zheng Bin with a big smile on their way.

nIt wasn’t just him, even Cheng Zheng Yuan looked longingly at his big sister. To the two kids, the chicken meat from last night was too delicious. Of course they would like to catch more chickens today.

nCheng Xiao Xiao glanced at her two brothers. Of course she could read their mind, she smiled and replied, “Okay, we will go look. If there are more chickens, we can go catch them.”

n“Yay, big sister! From now on we can have meat every day!” Cheng Zheng Bin exclaimed excitedly.

nHave meat every day?

nThat’s a wish?

nLooking at how happy her two younger brothers were, Cheng Xiao Xiao had a bitter smile and sighed, What a simple wis.h.!.

nThe three of them quickly arrived at the same area that they were at yesterday. After they have stopped, Cheng Xiao Xiao did not immediately take her brothers to the cave. They took a quick break and letting her brother tend to the firewood needs first before they go “catch” chickens.

nThe morning went by without them knowing. They have collected two big bundle of firewood and nicely tied them up.

n“Big sister, are we going to go catch chickens now?” Cheng Zheng Bin couldn’t stop thinking about the chickens.

nCheng Xiao Xiao smiled quietly. She looked at the mid day sun, sat under a tree and wiped off her sweats. Then slowly she said, “No rush, the day is still young. Let’s first go collect some herbs for dad. We didn’t get any yesterday, we must bring some back today.”

nCheng Zheng Bin pressed his lips together and didn’t say anything else. He was quite aware of dad’s condition.

nOn the other hand, Cheng Zheng Yuan was baffled, “Big sister, we never hired a doctor to check out dad. Is it okay we just collect random herbs to treat him?”

n“Don’t worry, I know what I am doing!” Cheng Xiao Xiao let on a confident smile. She was, after all, a Chinese herbalist. Even though she didn’t have experience treating patients at the bedside, she was quite familiar with Chinese herbs. She knew the common herbs that were good for diffusing bruises, helping broken bones or nerves, and relieving both pain and swellings.

nNot to mention that in an ancient forest like this, these common herbs could be found all over. It wouldn’t be difficult for her to find what she needed.

nContrasting Cheng Xiao Xiao’s confidence, Cheng Zheng Yuan were still feeling skeptical and uneasy, hesitantly he said, “But, we don’t have a prescription, nor are we familiar with herbs. Big sister, you have knowledge in herbs?”

nAs far as Cheng Zheng Yuan was concerned, he knew that his big sister was literal, and helped out with a lot of housework. But he had no idea when she gained knowledge in herbs.

nThe younger Cheng Zheng Bin stared with his black eyes and bluntly asked, “Big sister, you have never been an apprentice of a doctor, how did you learn about herbs?”

n“Eh…” Cheng Xiao Xiao didn’t expect that question and it took her by surprise, but she would need to make up something. “I have read a few medical journals in the past and read about herbs and their usage. We should be able to find what we need in this mountain. Besides, we can’t afford a doctor right now, so might as well collect some herbs and give that a try.”

nAfter her explanation, the two brothers didn’t know how to respond. Neither one of them was sure whether their big sister had read medical journals in the past. But they both feed bad about dad being badly injured and has been bed-ridden since.”

nAfter Cheng Xiao Xiao and her brothers ate three white radishes that she had secretly produced, she led her brothers to look for herbs in the mountain.

nMeehan’s mint, Szechuan lovage, nut gra.s.s, dong quai (“female ginseng”)….

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nThey collected more and more. The brothers collected a lot under the instructions of Cheng Xiao Xiao. When she thought they had about enough, she called to her two brothers.

n“Big sister, is this enough? Are these enough to cure dad? If not, I can keep picking!” Asked Cheng Zheng Yuan with a serious look and a bundle of herbs in his arms.

nCheng Xiao Xiao collected the herbs from her brothers, resting and sorting them out, “I am not sure either, but let’s give these a try first. If dad starts to get better, we can always come back for more.”

n“Okay! We will come and collect herbs for dad every day from now on! We can’t afford a doctor, we will try to cure him ourselves!” Shouted Cheng Zheng Bin loudly.

nCheng Xiao Xiao took a look at him and smiled helplessly. She had no heart to waiver their confidence. They can cure dad’s external wounds, but as for the rest…..

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