Transformed into a vicious stepmother, invincible

After going to Li Niuda to set a time, Bai Sui'an went home and used the pen and ink that Lin Rongle had not brought with him to draw a sketch of the wheelchair parts.

Then I went to wake up the two children.

Bai Sui'an pinched Lin Rongkang's face on purpose, and then poked his daughter's face.

It's definitely more fleshy than before.

Although the food we eat at home during this period is the same as usual, the children have actually gained a little weight.

Maybe it's because of the big appetite?

After sending the two children to Qi Decheng's home, Bai Suian and Li Niu Da and others went up the mountain with tools.

Li Niu Da also called his brothers to join him. He is the eldest in the family and has two brothers named Niu Er and Niu San.

The family members all choose down-to-earth names, no wonder their son is called Goudan.

"I heard that Miss Bai wants to make a movable chair for Lin Che. I heard that these kinds of things are custom-made by high-level carpenters specially hired by the nobles in the imperial city. They are not easy to make!"

Li Niu is a talkative person and he can start a conversation with just a casual remark.

Qi Decheng was also a talkative person, and he immediately joined in: "Then there must be a way to do it, so they asked us to help."

"Brother Qi is right. I just drew a picture here. Let's see how big a tree should be."

Bai Sui'an unfolded the sketch, and everyone around him was amazed.

"Ouch!"

Li Niusan had previously studied with an old carpenter in the town for a year, and he could tell at a glance that Bai Sui'an's painting was extraordinary.

Although it is just a sketch, it can clearly depict all the components and even mark the approximate requirements of length and width.

The required length, width and thickness of each component are all feasible.

"What's wrong? Do you see what's going on?" Li Niuda nudged Niu San with his elbow.

"If you've never seen something like this before, it would be very difficult to draw it like this just by thinking."

The implication is to praise Bai Sui'an for his insight.

"I've seen it before, but this is my first time doing it, so I'll try and see if it works."

"Let's go, we brothers will help you, it will be done." Li Niu patted his chest.

They soon found a suitable tree, and with tacit cooperation, they quickly cut down the tree.

Just as he was about to transport it away, Li Niuer raised his head to take a breath, then suddenly frowned.

"What's that smell?" He took a few deep breaths.

Li Niu Da also imitated him and sniffed: "Where does this smell come from? Isn't the whole place filled with the smell of dirt?"

Qi Decheng and Li Niusan also sniffed around and shook their heads.

Bai Sui'an walked to Li Niu'er's side and sniffed it carefully. Although the smell was very faint, there was indeed a smell.

It doesn't come from a person, it seems like it comes from somewhere else.

This smell is somewhat familiar to Bai Sui'an.

Recalling the various smells he had smelled in his memory, Bai Sui'an said calmly, "Something died nearby."

The girl suddenly said this, and the grown men around her were so scared that they trembled.

"That shouldn't be the case. I haven't heard of anyone missing from the surrounding area." Qi Decheng said.

Bai Sui'an waved his hand and said, "Brother Niu, please help me transport this wood back first. I'll go look for it nearby."

Li Niu Da immediately pulled Bai Sui'an back and said, "What are you looking for? It's unlucky to find dead things. Don't get involved with these things!"

"This place is not far from the village. What if something happens and affects our village?" Bai Sui'an said.

"Brother Niu has a good nose, so he can go with me to look for it. He can help me if I need anything."

Li Niu Er nodded.

Li Niu shook his head: "No, no, we will go with you to look for it. You are the only adult in your family. Don't make any mistakes. The children at home are hoping that you will live."

Qi Decheng agreed: "That's right. We'll search around here with you. If you find anything, just shout."

Everyone had good intentions, Bai Sui'an did not stop them, and everyone scattered to look for him.

Occasionally, there was wind blowing through the forest. Based on the wind direction, Bai Sui'an quickly determined the direction from which the smell came.

She looked over and was shocked to find the corpse of a fox.

The closer you get, the stronger the smell.

A dart was found stuck in the fox's body, and it seemed that it had been dead for not long. It was just that the weather had been hot recently, so its skin and flesh had rotted faster.

"No." Bai Sui'an murmured.

Only the part of the fox that was hit by the dart was severely rotten, and there were already fat white worms eating the flesh. A small area around the wound had been gnawed away by the worms, but the other parts were still intact.

Bai Sui'an did not call anyone else, and there were bloodstains around where the fox had left behind.

Even after it dried, the marks were still obvious on the weeds.

Bai Sui'an followed the blood trail and found that there was more than one dead fox nearby.

As we searched further, we found a deer and a wolf.

The deer was hit by an arrow, and like the fox, it began to rot severely from the injured area, and there were obvious bite wounds on its hind legs.

But there were no wounds on the wolf's body, and its body had not yet rotted.

Bai Sui'an squatted down, pried open the wolf's mouth, and sure enough, found meat scraps between its teeth.

It can be concluded that the wolf died after eating deer meat.

It was probably because they saw Bai Sui'an disappeared that Li Niu Da and the others gathered together to look for him. When they arrived, they saw Bai Sui'an squatting in front of the wolf. The grown men were scared to death.

"Sister! How dare you come here alone? We are worried that something might happen to you!" Li Niu hurriedly pulled Bai Sui'an up.

Bai Sui'an stood up and said, "It's nothing, I just found something incredible."

She had no intention of telling anyone else about her guess, after all, it concerned the stronghold of the remnants of the Tianxuan Kingdom.

"Brother Niu, could you please go back and get a shovel? These animals must have eaten poisonous grass and died. The poison is contagious and other animals will be poisoned if they eat it. To prevent other animals on the mountain from being poisoned, I want to dig a hole and bury all the bodies."

They also saw the fox's corpse when they came. Just now, they saw Bai Sui'an squatting next to the wolf, so they must have come to some conclusion.

The rough men didn't think too much about it, and Li Niuda hurried back to the village to get a shovel.

Bai Sui'an and others continued to search nearby for traces of other animals.

Lijia Village is located in a very remote area. If a road had not been built two years ago, it would have been difficult for villagers to go to the town.

It is also inconvenient to go to other villages. Girls from other villages who are not liked by their families are married to Lijia Village. After getting married and receiving money, they can have less contact with each other. Girls who marry to Lijia Village cannot run back to their own village if they get into trouble with their husband's family.

Bai Sui'an went to Qi Decheng and asked, "Brother Qi, do you know if there are any other villages around here?"

She wanted to see if there was the village Chang An mentioned nearby.

Qi Decheng also came to Lijia Village from outside. If he didn't want to pursue Li Xi, he wouldn't stay here all the time.

"I'm not too sure about the surrounding area. If you ask me how many villages there are on the way to town, I can tell you. I'm afraid you know them yourself."

Qi Decheng called Li Niu'er over. Like Niu Da, Li Niu'er had been staying in the village, got married and had children, so he should be very familiar with the surrounding situation.

"A nearby village?" Li Niu Er scratched his head. "This mountain is quite large. I've heard from my father that there are four or five villages on the other side of the mountain. But it's a bit troublesome to go around the mountain to get close to the villages over there. It takes a whole day to walk there."

"Don't the people in the village over there go to town? It would be convenient for ox carts to go there if the road is built, right?" Bai Sui'an asked.

"Why are we going? We were on the border with Tianxuan Country a while ago. Although we haven't been affected by the war, we are still afraid of getting into trouble. Everyone wants to live a peaceful life in the village."

Li Niuda added, "Building a road costs a lot of money. If Lin Che hadn't given us money to build a road earlier, I'm afraid our village wouldn't have been able to build the road for several years."

The reason is that they are too poor. The villagers make a living by producing and selling their own products, so how can they make any money?

Bai Sui'an understood. It seemed that if he wanted to know the situation of the village outside the mountain, he should go back to the village and ask the older generation.

"Will Brother Niu Er's father know about the village on the other side of the mountain?"

"I don't think I know much about it. I heard my dad mention it once when I was a kid, but I haven't heard much about it since."

Li Niu brought a shovel and two pairs of gloves for farm work.

He and Qi Decheng dug the pit, while Niu Er and Niu San put on gloves to move the body.

Let Bai Sui'an go around and see if there are any other bodies.

Bai Sui'an searched for a long time before he found another injured wild boar.

Still breathing, but almost dead.

Apart from making humming sounds, it did not respond to any of Bai Sui'an's touches.

Bai Sui'an pulled the arrow out of his abdomen, and the blood that flowed out was dark red.

She only knows pharmacology now, but it is still difficult to detect poison with bare hands. She only knows that she is poisoned, but she doesn't know what the poison is.

It's such a pity that such a big wild boar died of poisoning.

Bai Sui'an took out a knife from the space and helped the wild boar end his life.

If it is not poisoned, you can bring it back to the village and let everyone eat some meat.

What a waste.

When Li Niuda and the others came over, they felt sorry for the huge wild boar.

The bloody arrow was still lying on the grass.

Li Niu lamented, "Did this pig also die from eating poisonous grass? This is such a waste of food. The owner of this arrow must have been so happy to know he had hunted a big wild boar, but it ate poisonous grass that can no longer be eaten."

"It's okay, just bury it. I'll hunt some edible wild boars and bring them to the village for you to eat." Bai Sui'an said.

Qi Decheng said, "You're still hunting? If I hadn't heard Niu Da say that you were almost dead at that time, I would have thought you really knew how to hunt wild boars."

Bai Sui'an laughed heartily: "The first time is strange, the second time is familiar. The next time the injury won't be so serious."

"She has to be the wife Lin Che brought back." Li Niu Da said as he dug a hole. "The first time he came to our village to hunt wild boars, he was almost dead. Xiao Miao even watched over him for more than half a month."

As if he felt that what he said was wrong, Li Niu slapped his mouth and said, "Oh, I'm tongue-tied. Sister Bai, you and Lin Che are the couple. I said that this would ruin your relationship. Hahaha, don't listen to what I just said. Lin Che and you are the ones who are sincere. You and Xiao Miao are both fake."

The more you apply it, the darker it gets.

Li Niu Er nodded and agreed: "Yes, even though Xiao Miao hasn't married in the past two years, as long as Lin Che doesn't have her in his heart, that's it, hmm..."

Li Niuda dropped his shovel, covered his brother's mouth, and waved his hand at Bai Sui'an: "Don't listen to our nonsense. We do farm work every day and don't know anything about what's going on outside. It must be fake, haha."