The Second Sister of a Farmer's Family's Path to Imperial Destiny

Walking into the gap, it was extremely narrow, only enough for one person to pass sideways.

After walking about a few dozen steps, Guo Xin gradually saw light coming from another cave entrance.

She slowly approached the light, poked the torch into the ground to extinguish it, and when she looked outside, it was another world.

As winter approaches, the grass on the ground has already turned yellow and patches of woods stand in the distance.

Looking further away, there is an irregular lake with reeds swaying in the wind. Several roe deer, deer, and birds are drinking water with their heads bowed. The lake reflects their shadows. It seems like a paradise, peaceful and beautiful.

Guo Xin looked at the beautiful scene from afar and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

She licked her cracked lips. There was not much water left in the kettle hanging around her waist. If she walked over, she was afraid that she would scare away the prey.

Although the scenery is beautiful, filling my stomach is still the first priority, as I have several brothers and sisters at home waiting to eat.

She looked at the fattest musk deer in the distance. She heard that one pound of musk deer could be sold for one thousand coins in the market, which was about one or two taels of silver.

With his eyes half closed, he slowly pulled the string, aiming at the musk deer that was lowering its head to enjoy the reeds, and the strength in his hand was gradually transferred to the bow and arrow.

With a "whoosh", the arrow quickly cut through the air and shot straight towards the musk deer.

The musk deer let out a scream, and the other animals heard the sound and scattered in fright, running into the jungle.

The blood from the fallen musk deer stained the lake. Guo Xin walked over and checked carefully. After making sure that the musk deer had lost the ability to move, he walked to the lake surface that had not yet been stained with blood.

I scooped up a handful of water, drank it all, and filled up the kettle which was almost empty.

She went back to the musk deer and walked around it. Although the musk deer was very fat, it weighed only about 100 kilograms.

Going back from one side of the cave to the other, the passage in the middle was too narrow, and the musk deer could barely pass through.

This is also the reason why she chose musk deer instead of deer.

She pulled the arrow out of the musk deer's body, and the musk deer immediately bled out. The musk deer was not dead yet, and looked at Guo Xin pleadingly.

But she couldn't care less about that. This was food for her family. How could she let it go out of pity?

After Guo Xin dragged the musk deer back to the cave, it was already completely dark.

Counting the time, the rabbits that were fed with Mandrake were about to wake up. Soon after they smelled the blood, they began to squeak anxiously.

This also reminded Guo Xin that the smell of blood was not a good thing in the mountains in the dark.

Guo Xin fed the rabbit some more Datura and saw that the rabbit slowly fell asleep.

She lit a few fires in front of the cave and leaned against the entrance with her eyes half closed.

The wild beasts were attracted by the smell of blood and made whimpering sounds. When she heard the sound, she opened her eyes quickly, looked at the wild beasts outside vigilantly, raised her bow and arrow, and shot a few arrows outside, which neither hurt the wild beasts nor warned them not to come near.

Because if he shot and injured the beast, there would probably be another fight. At this moment, Guo Xin was already exhausted and could not withstand another hunt.

Just like that, when the light shone through the layers of leaves, Guo Xin did not dare to delay.

He emptied the basket of useless things, put the musk deer and rabbit in it, ate a few steamed buns, and carefully went down the mountain.

She originally planned to walk towards the county town, but it was her first time in the county town and she was unfamiliar with the place. The musk deer might be snatched away by people on the road before she even reached the county town.

What's more, she is no longer a strong woman in her forties, but a little girl of only fourteen years old.

Even if he was stronger, he couldn't defeat the several strong men besieging him.

Therefore, she planned to return home the same way, borrow an ox cart from the village chief, and rush to Mo Feifei's restaurant to see if she would accept it.

Because she had walked this route before, she quickly reached the foot of the mountain.

……

"Da Ya, San Ya, Sida, I'm back!"

Upon hearing the sound, the three of them rushed out and saw that Guo Xin was dirty and there was some blood on his clothes.

San Ya suddenly choked up: "Sister, are you okay?"

Guo Xin looked at San Ya's expression with a puzzled look on her face, then looked down at herself and suddenly realized: "What are you thinking about? I'm fine. This is the blood of the prey. I'm going to find the owner of Rufangzhai and sell the prey."

"Then do you want to wash up? Wouldn't it be inappropriate for you to go now?" Daya looked him up and down and said hesitantly.

"Sister, go take a shower. It just so happens that Brother Guo from Auntie Liu Guo's family will also be going to town later. It will be safe for you to have him accompany you."

Guo Xin looked at the blood and mud on his body and felt that he was indeed not fit to be seen by others. He then looked at the sky and felt that it was still early and he could still make it back and forth in time.

So she nodded, and San Ya ran out when she saw this: "Sister, I'll go talk to Brother Guo and ask him to wait for you!"

Looking at San Ya who had already run far away, I couldn't help but laugh.

Daya picked up a bucket, carried it to the kitchen, and shouted, "Erya, go clean up. I'll boil some water for you. It'll be ready soon."

……

Guo Xin was just about to rush to Brother Liu's house when he saw Brother Liu and San Ya driving a ox cart over there.

"Erya, I heard from Sanya that you caught some prey and brought it here. I thought you wouldn't be able to come that fast, so I wanted to come over. What a coincidence." Brother Liu was sitting on the ox cart and waved to Guo Xin from a distance.

"Thank you, brother. It's really troublesome!"

"Why would it be a trouble? You gave us a lot of money when you left. This is just something you did for the sake of convenience." Brother Liu jumped out of the car and helped Guo Xin move the basket into the car.

Guo Xin also jumped into the car and said, "Brother, I may have to trouble you to hurry up. It may take some time for me to sell the things later, and I am afraid I can't make it back in time."

Although she planned to sell it to Mo Feifei, she was still a little worried. If she couldn't sell it, she might have to go to the county town.

"Er Ya, I think you went into the mountains to hunt a musk deer!" Brother Liu said as he drove the ox cart. "I never realized you were so capable before."

Guo Xin was a little embarrassed. After all, she was not the Arya of the past. Some inconsistencies would easily make people suspicious. She smiled with a guilty conscience and said, "Hey, this is just good luck. I ran into a musk deer. I spent some effort and I killed it."

Brother Liu knew the price of musk deer. At first glance, this musk deer weighed about 100 kilograms. According to the market price, even with a discount, it could be sold for more than 80 taels.

Although Erya's family also owed more than one hundred taels of silver because of Daya's broken engagement, it had only been a short time and they had already earned that much.

And I heard that Erya and her friends seem to be cooperating with Rufangzhai in the town, so it will probably not be long before the money can be repaid.

It’s strange to say, if this child had this ability when Erya’s parents were alive, she probably wouldn’t have reached this point.

But he didn't think too much about it, as San Ya's matter was what he had to focus on now.

San Ya was very diligent in talking to her fourth brother. At first, people thought it was just a situation of mutual help between siblings, but later they found that there seemed to be signs of love.

In the past, no matter how good the relationship between the two families was, they didn't want San Ya to marry into the family. After all, their family...

Now, it looks OK.

Brother Liu pretended to be casual and said, "Er Ya, recently, our two families have been getting along pretty well, and San Ya also often comes to our place."