Survival skills maxed out, I feed my wife and daughter by catching fish and shrimp

Just now, while following Yunniang all the way up the mountain, Chen Changfan had silently pushed the [Tracking] skill to perfection.

By spending two adventure points, the [Tracking] skill can be successfully transformed into [Tracking and Positioning], which can see through the details and is most suitable for finding mountains and identifying caves.

Who knew that as soon as he finished the deduction, he discovered a medicinal field.

Among the large patches of Polygonum multiflorum, he immediately discovered the extraordinary nature of this herb.

Judging from the leaves, this herb has the darkest color and the purest medicinal fragrance. Although its growth is not the most rapid, if you look closely, you can see that the other herbs are gradually extending from here. Obviously, this is the old root.

According to his speculation, this herb is at least fifty years old and can be considered a precious medicine.

In order not to damage the complex root system at the bottom, Chen Changfan deliberately dug the pit very deep. The deeper he dug, the more surprises he found.

The rhizome of this Polygonum multiflorum plant was even bigger than he had imagined, one meter long, and even had a somewhat strange shape.

Under the huge root system, two thick roots extended out. Continuing to dig, two larger and longer roots were dug out, which looked like human shapes.

[Obtain a humanoid Polygonum multiflorum (purple quality), encounter point +1]

"It's actually a human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum? If this thing were to be placed in the future, it would be worth a lot of money, right?"

Chen Changfan put the human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum in the backpack, almost filling the small backpack.

He had to stop for a moment and wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Although it has grown into a human form, this thing is still essentially Polygonum multiflorum, so its purple quality is reasonable.

However, this one-meter-long Polygonum multiflorum should be worth much more.

Maybe it can be sold for a hundred taels?

Who would have thought that he originally wanted to go into the mountains to hunt, but ended up digging up medicine.

But it's not his fault that he is not doing his job properly. He had specifically asked Yunniang before, and she knew that the North Mountain was rich in medicinal herbs, so if they wanted to hunt, they would have to go to the West Mountain.

The autumn hunting is going on there now, and it's very lively.

However, Chen Changfan was not very interested in autumn hunting.

He just wanted to make money quickly, pay off his debts, and then build his base as soon as possible.

He carefully backfilled the hole with soil, then picked up another herb and continued digging.

The roots at the bottom are still there. If they grow for a few more years, a medicinal field can be grown here.

The two men dug up the Polygonum multiflorum quickly and soon dug up the entire medicinal field.

They did not dig up those seedlings. The roots of these seedlings were not big, but they were the main force of this medicinal field. If they were all dug up, this medicinal field would be completely ruined.

However, after digging for a while, Chen Changfan was so tired that sweat appeared on his forehead, and Yunniang was so tired that she couldn't even lift a finger, but the smile on the corners of her mouth could not be suppressed at all.

After all, one Polygonum multiflorum is worth four or five taels of silver, and the Polygonum multiflorum plants are connected to each other. In this case, you can't stop digging.

"I made a killing today! I dug up half a basket of Polygonum multiflorum. I wonder if I can sell it for fifty-five taels?"

Yunniang seemed to have thought of something, and a hint of tenderness appeared in her eyes.

"Why is it fifty-five taels of silver?" Chen Changfan asked casually.

"Go see a doctor to buy medicine."

"But you are a herbalist..."

"I can collect herbs, but I can't treat illnesses. You don't know how expensive it is to see a doctor!

My child got tuberculosis, and we searched for a doctor in the city.

But the doctor asked for a hundred taels for the consultation, and I only had forty-five taels of cash at home...

Those herbs are worth less than ten taels of silver at best, yet he's asking for a hundred taels!"

Yunniang looked angry, but more helpless.

Chen Changfan was silent.

I'm afraid this is the way the world is.

The herbalist can't afford the medicine.

The charcoal seller couldn't afford to burn charcoal.

People who can endure hardship often have to continue to endure hardship, while people who are not short of money will become richer and richer.

He had encountered Yunniang's predicament when he first crossed over. If he had not caught a redtail fish to resolve the crisis, he would have been even worse off than Yunniang.

His expression suddenly changed.

"Maybe Akao can cure it?"

Yunniang nodded, then shook her head: "Redtail can indeed cure diseases, but tuberculosis cannot be cured by just one or two redtails. Maybe a hundred, maybe two hundred..."

One hundred redtails would probably cost more than one hundred taels of silver, which is definitely not something an ordinary family can afford.

"Forget it, I don't want to think too much about it. I'll continue digging some more herbs while the sun is still bright. If I can find another herb field or dig up a wild ginseng, then a hundred taels of silver won't be difficult to come by."

Yunniang stretched her sore arms, supported her thin body, and quietly cheered herself up.

The cold wind in late autumn made the sweat on her face itchy. She subconsciously wiped her face, but ended up smearing a handful of yellow mud on it.

She smiled awkwardly and rubbed it a few more times, but it became more and more smudged, so she simply gave up.

She stood up straight and motioned Chen Changfan to get up quickly. "I don't know why, but I feel like my luck has improved a lot since I brought you along as a newcomer. If we go deeper today, we might find a surprise..."

As she was speaking, there was a gust of wind blowing past, her slender body shook suddenly, and her voice stopped instantly.

Her body seemed to have suddenly lost all strength, and she fell down helplessly. The backpack fell over and several round pieces of Polygonum multiflorum rolled down.

Chen Changfan was stunned.

He seemed to have just seen a sharp knife piercing Yunniang's chest from behind, and large drops of bright red blood rolled down from the tip of the knife.

As Yunniang fell, the figure behind her appeared.

It was the skinny, dark-faced old man from before. He kicked Yunniang, who fell to the ground powerlessly, away and his eyes fell on the Polygonum multiflorum on the ground, his eyes full of greed.

"Hehe! Polygonum multiflorum! This damn woman actually dug up so many Polygonum multiflorum! Now they are all mine!"

Chen Changfan saw Yunniang lying on the ground, her already dirty face covered with dirt and blood, and her already thin body twitching slightly due to rapid blood loss.

"what are you doing?"

Chen Changfan slowly straightened up and weighed the shovel in his hand. The wet and sticky dirt was shaken off, revealing a cold metallic luster.

"What to do? Kill people and steal treasures, of course." The dark and thin old man also sneered and shook the sharp knife in his hand, shaking off the blood beads skillfully.

This was not the first time he had killed someone. From the slight movement just now, Chen Changfan could tell that this old man was an experienced knife user.

"You're not a herbalist. Who are you? A bandit? A gangster?"

The dark-faced old man chuckled, "I didn't expect you to be so clever. Among these herbalists, you are the only one who has seen through my identity. It's a pity that you can only go to the underworld and tell them."

"Just for this little bit of medicinal material? You killed all these people?"

Chen Changfan felt a surge of anger churning in his throat, as if he had taken a gulp of strong liquor, burning his scalp to the point of numbness and his palms faintly hot.

"Human lives are like those of pigs and dogs. Kill them if you will. They who collect herbs collect the lives of herbs, but I collect the lives of people."

"Remember, the one who took your life today was Master Pu San from Black Cloud Village! I'll let you die knowingly!"

After saying that, the black-faced old man took a step forward and stabbed Chen Changfan in the chest with the knife that had been prepared for a long time.

The next moment, his determined attack unexpectedly missed, and then his eyes blurred, and a dazzling knife light flashed before his eyes.

Then he felt a chill in his heart, and a shiny spatula was stabbing into his chest.

"What do you mean by taking someone's life... I'll take your life!"

Chen Changfan slowly twisted the spatula in his hand, crushing the black-faced old man's chest bit by bit. The latter immediately let out a howl like a pig being slaughtered.

"Ahhh! Don't... don't kill me! I'm Pu from Black Wind Village..."

Chen Changfan slowly approached the other person, and the medicine spatula went deeper, crushing the black-faced old man's heart bit by bit like a blunt knife.

The corners of his mouth always curled up in a cold arc, and he whispered "I'm sorry" in her ear.

"...I'm sorry, I shouldn't have treated you like a human being."