After my soul traveled to ancient times, I don't want to be cannon fodder

In just three short chapters, the image of a white snake demon girl who has practiced for thousands of years, transformed into a human form, and came down to earth to repay her gratitude was portrayed.

This witch is not a derogatory term.

From the words between the lines of the story, we can know that this snake demon has been practicing in the mountains for thousands of years and has never harmed humans.

Not only did it never harm humans, it was almost caught by a snake catcher before being rescued by a little shepherd boy. This is how the cause and effect were formed.

There is something about coming down to earth to repay a favor.

After reading the first three chapters, Shen Yan felt that he was still unsatisfied, and his eyes were filled with turmoil. Now he was even more certain.

The person in front of me is not an ordinary person, but an immortal who has descended to the earth.

If he is not an immortal, how can he know so many details?

The demon survived the thunder tribulation and asked Guanyin for advice. To become an immortal one must cut off the worldly affairs. She even described the magic power of the white snake demon very clearly.

Shen Yan's eyes lit up slightly, and he had another guess in his mind.

Perhaps at this moment, Zhong Ning is also like Bai Suzhen in the story, who owes karma, so he came down to the mortal world to overcome the calamity and help Xu Xiaocao avoid the disaster and live a good life.

But perhaps, it was too late for her to come to the mortal world after all.

Little Grass Girl doesn’t know whether she has entered the cycle of reincarnation.

Zhong Ning stared at Shen Yan with bright eyes the whole time, wanting to know how her first reader would react to her masterpiece.

Does this storybook have the potential to become a huge hit?

Shen Yan put down the storybook and spoke calmly, his tone carrying a hint of anticipation, "What's next?"

As he spoke, he looked around the study. He also wanted to know how Bai Suzhen would repay Xu Xian after meeting him in West Lake.

"I haven't written the rest yet, so I'll just write three chapters to test the waters."

Zhong Ning poured a cup of tea, handed it to him, and asked cautiously, "What do you think?"

"Excellent!" Shen Yan said with certainty.

Zhong Ning suddenly jumped three feet high with joy and slapped Shen Yan on the shoulder, "I knew you had good taste!"

"Oh, by the way, it's so late, you haven't eaten yet, right? I'll go make you something to eat, wait for me!"

Zhong Ning jumped into the kitchen, leaving Shen Yan sitting there alone, with a helpless look on his lips!

Zhong Ning, who had no idea that he had been exposed, was cleaning the pig's legs in the kitchen.

She glanced outside the kitchen door and saw that Shen Yan was still in the study and had not come here.

Take out the oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar from the space, chop the wild boar legs into pieces, remove the fishy smell with onion and ginger water, then add soy sauce, spices, etc. and simmer.

Wild boar meat is fishy and has a tough texture. Using this method can make it softer and more flavorful!

Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over medium heat for half an hour.

Make a refreshing wild vegetable soup and add the scrambled eggs with leeks.

Cook a pot of rice in a jar.

I steamed a few more meat buns.

This should be enough for him to eat.

Shen Yan looked at the big dishes on the table and couldn't help but frowned secretly, "Isn't it a bit too rich? Don't do this next time, just make something casual."

But they still have to save money for travel expenses.

In life, we should save as much as possible.

"How can that be?" Zhong Ning glanced at him, handed the bowl of rice to him, and pushed the meat bun towards him.

"Haven't you heard the saying, 'Life is all about eating and drinking. If you're still frugal on food, what's the point of living?'"

Shen Yan smiled, picked up a piece of stewed red wild boar meat with chopsticks, and the sweet and tender taste immediately captured his tongue.

Unlike the wild boar meat he had eaten before, the wild boar meat stewed by Zhong Ning had no fishy smell and no woody texture.

Shen Yan's expression changed again and again. He was now more certain that the Xu family would not allow Miss Xiaocao to eat meat, so she always looked thin and weak.

How can you cook meat if you don’t eat meat often?

This must be her technique from the fairy world, to cook such delicious dishes!

After dinner, Shen Yan washed the pots and dishes, and only left after he had tidied up everything. He wanted to go back to the mountains to hunt and earn more money to prepare for the future.

Zhong Ning also went back to his room and stayed for a while.

After waking up, she continued typing. Today she will write two more chapters.

Three days later.

Zhong Ning took the first volume of his newly written storybook and walked into a bookstore called Baoxuan Shuzhai.

This bookstore mainly sells some single volumes of classics, history, and literature commonly used in the imperial examinations, but not complete sets. It also sells some vernacular books, writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone, etc.

It is one of the larger and more prosperous bookstores in the county.

The shopkeeper's surname is Xu. He is a middle-aged man with a amiable face, a thin build, and a long robe, which exudes a scholarly air.

Seeing that it was Zhong Ning, a primary school student, who came in, he greeted him as usual and asked about his needs.

Zhong Ning didn't waste any words and directly said that he had a storybook and asked the shopkeeper to help him take a look.

Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Xu immediately took the storybook and started reading it.

He had met many scholars who were struggling to make ends meet and came to sell their storybooks in his shop, but most of them were similar. He only picked out the interesting ones, printed some, and sold one or two.

If sales are not good and the market response is average, it will not be launched again next time.

This new young scholar looked quite young, so he symbolically took the script but did not hold out high expectations.

But what he didn't expect was that this storybook was different from any other storybook he had seen before. It was not the ordinary story of talented men and beautiful women, or the story of a beautiful woman adding fragrance to the story.

Instead, it depicts a story about a snake demon who descends to earth to repay his gratitude to the mortal world.

From the initial transformation of a snake demon into a human form, devoted to practicing Taoism, to later being instructed by Guanyin to come down to earth to look for his benefactor, he met Xiaoqing on the way who often stole silver from the government treasury.

The green and white snakes became sisters and finally found their benefactor Xu Xian, who had been reincarnated many times, on the shore of West Lake!

Shopkeeper Xu read with great interest until he reached the end of the book when he saw Xu Xian being exiled to Suzhou because of the theft of treasury silver.

"What's next?" Shopkeeper Xu asked anxiously. He was really upset about this incomplete story and couldn't wait to know the subsequent plot.

"I haven't started writing the rest yet, so I'll write a few chapters for you to review." Zhong Ning replied calmly, "In your opinion, is this a storybook that anyone would read?"

"Someone will definitely read it!" Shopkeeper Xu's smile widened. "If you can sell this manuscript in my shop, I can give you this amount!"

Shopkeeper Xu stretched out two fingers on one hand and waved them in front of Zhong Ning.

"Twenty taels?" Zhong Ning asked.

Shopkeeper Xu nodded and looked at Zhong Ning with a smug look.

With such a high price, he didn't believe that the young master in front of him would not be tempted!

Zhong Ning shook his head, and then said, "Thirty taels. In addition, I will receive a commission of three cents for every copy sold!"

Shopkeeper Xu's face darkened and he hesitated, "This price is a bit high."

"It's okay!" Zhong Ning put away the manuscript, stood up and said with a smile, "Even if the deal doesn't go through, there's still friendship. It's all about mutual consent. I'll go look in other bookstores!"