Burning down my ex-husband's house! I won't raise these bastard children anymore

Lin Panpan, along with a dozen men, trudged into the Wild Wolf Valley.

The valley was filled with the pungent smell of rotten leaves and ice and snow.

"Everyone be alert!" Lin Panpan shouted.

She held the mahogany slingshot tightly in her hand and glanced around vigilantly.

The villagers tightly gripped the slingshots at their waists, their breath condensed into white mist in the cold air, and everyone's face was full of tension.

Not long after entering the valley, Lin Panpan, who was walking at the front of the team, suddenly stopped.

She squatted down and gently brushed away the snow on the surface with her fingers. A series of plum blossom-shaped footprints were faintly visible. It was obvious that they had been there not long ago.

"It's the footprints of a sika deer!" Lin Panpan whispered.

Rare medicinal herbs often grow in places where sika deer often appear.

Looking in the direction of the footprints, I saw a few tufts of deer hair scattered on the snow ahead.

In the open space ahead, a dozen sika deer were looking for food.

They have a sturdy body and their white spots are like twinkling stars in the night sky.

The deer pricked up their ears alertly, looked up from time to time, and ate the dry grass very cautiously.

Seeing this, Lin Panpan immediately gestured for everyone to stop.

She slowly took out a slingshot from her waist and firmly embedded the clay bullet wrapped in a powerful anesthetic into her leather bag.

Lin Feng beside him understood what he meant and quickly prepared to shoot.

"Shoot!" Lin Panpan shouted softly, and in an instant, the bullet hit the target with a whistling sound.

After being hit by the darts, several sika deer shook their bodies for a few times and then slowly fell to the ground on the snow.

Lin Weihua hurried over to count them and reported loudly: "A total of five have fallen!"

Lin Panpan raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a satisfied smile:

"We had a good harvest today, let's continue looking for other prey.

I'll search here to see if there are any medicinal herbs."

Lin Panpan squatted down and began to search carefully.

Due to the long-term activities of sika deer in this forest, the soil is relatively soft and the snow is relatively thin.

On a sunny slope, she found several plants with palm-shaped leaves covered with white fuzz. They were the extremely rare snow ginseng.

Snow ginseng has strict requirements on its growing environment. It mostly grows in high-altitude, cold and inaccessible places, and has extremely high medicinal value.

Lin Panpan suppressed her inner excitement and took out a medicine hoe from her arms.

She carefully pushed aside the snow and dead grass around her and dug along the roots of the snow ginseng, bit by bit.

Each stroke was gentle and precise, for fear of damaging the fragile roots.

As the soil was gradually dug up, the thick rhizomes of the snow ginseng gradually emerged, emitting a warm luster.

When the whole snow ginseng was dug out, Lin Panpan breathed a sigh of relief and carefully put the snow ginseng into the backpack.

This time they entered an uncivilized mountain where no one dared to come in normally. The lush branches and leaves were intertwined, and the ground was covered with thick humus, which was a natural breeding ground for rare medicinal materials.

Although there are often wild beasts and hidden dangers, it also means huge gains.

Suddenly, Lin Panpan's eyes lit up. In the pile of rotten leaves not far away, a bunch of ginseng leaves swayed slightly.

With the rich experience accumulated over the years, she instantly concluded that this was ginseng.

Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and she quickly took out a red rope from her pocket, gently threw it towards the stem of the ginseng, and firmly tied it with the red rope.

Lin Panpan approached the ginseng, slowly squatted down, and took out the medicine shovel from her waist.

She first used her fingers to carefully push away the loose snow and rotten leaves around the ginseng, each stroke being extremely gentle.

As the excavation progressed, the thick main root of the ginseng gradually emerged.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Lin Panpan's forehead and slid down her cheeks, but she was completely unaware of it. She accurately removed the dirt at the roots.

When the entire main root was fully revealed, Lin Panpan smiled. The ginseng's fibrous roots were long and complete, and its color was as smooth as jade. It was obviously quite old.

Lin Panpan took a deep breath, held the ginseng root firmly with both hands, and slowly lifted it up.

With a slight rustling sound, the whole ginseng plant, with the fragrance of soil, was dug out intact.

She took out a piece of clean cotton cloth, gently wrapped the ginseng, put it in the wooden box, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Lin Feng came forward and stared at the ginseng with envy in his eyes: "Auntie, this ginseng must be quite old, right?"

Lin Panpan stood up, brushed the dust off her knees, and said with a smile: "There will always be some in a hundred years. Selling it for a few thousand yuan is not a problem."

After hearing this, Lin Feng was eager to try: "I want to start digging herbs too. I have to dig up a lot today!"

Lin Panpan laughed heartily: "Dig! I'll give everyone the herbs I dig up at a discount based on the market price."

The members of the herb-picking team nearby were immediately motivated when they heard this.

They have all undergone a period of training and are already proficient in identifying common medicinal herbs.

At this moment, everyone quickly dispersed, their eyes sharp as torches, searching carefully among the piles of rotten leaves and cracks in the rocks.

For a while, the forest was filled with the sounds of digging, occasionally interspersed with excited shouts: "I dug up Bupleurum!"

“Here’s some Atractylodes!”

Not far away, Lin Weihua was busy setting hunting traps.

With his quick hands, he fixed the fine net between several trees and sprinkled corn kernels under the net.

After a while, a pheasant was attracted by the corn kernels and walked closer cautiously.

Lin Weihua hid behind the bushes, holding his breath, staring at the pheasant's every move.

Just as the pheasant stepped into the trap, he pulled the rope suddenly, and the fine net fell down, trapping the pheasant inside.

In just two hours, everyone gained a lot.

Some people were holding freshly dug medicinal herbs in their arms, while others were carrying captured pheasants on their shoulders.

Lin Panpan looked around at the open space filled with spoils, and smiled:

“This place is indeed Wild Wolf Ridge, the medicinal herbs are rich beyond imagination, and there are even so many prey.

In the past, even if I had been running around outside for a long time, I might not have achieved the results I have today.

We should come here more often in the future!"

Lin Panpan raised her hand to wipe the fine beads of sweat from her forehead and said loudly:

"You've been busy all morning, you must be hungry, right? Let's make a pot of chicken soup to nourish yourself!

I just don't know if there's any water nearby, let's look for it together."

It is not easy to find water in this vast forest, but it is not a problem for the experienced Lin Panpan.

She stood there, carefully observing the terrain around her.

She saw that the vegetation on a hillside in the distance was obviously more lush, and her intuition told her that the water source might be there.

Lin Panpan waved her hand and called out to everyone: "Let's go over there!"

After searching for half an hour, they came to a stream.

Lin Panpan took out a hammer from her backpack and hit the ice hard.

With a "crack", a crack appeared on the ice surface. Following several consecutive hits, a hole was smashed into the ice, and clear stream water gushed out.