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As soon as it got light, Zhou Wu dressed and prepared to go up the mountain to check what he had found in his traps. This had basically become a daily routine.

However, it seems that someone is even more diligent than Zhou Wu, and upon closer inspection, he turns out to be incredibly talented.

"It's you?"

"Oh, it's the scholar."

Niu Bi seemed to be in a good mood and didn't seem bothered by the conflict with Zhou Wu a few days ago.

"you....."

However, when Zhou Wu saw the prey in Niu Bi's hand, he realized that this kid usually only stole chickens and dogs. When did he become so diligent and come back from hunting before dawn? Moreover, he didn't seem to have heard of Niu Bi hunting.

"Scholar, I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

Niu Bi's eyes suddenly showed a hint of panic, and before Zhou Wu could react, he ran away in a flash.

Zhou Wu didn't notice anything wrong at first, but when he saw his traps, he immediately understood. None of the traps had any prey on them, but the animal hair left on the snares proved that prey had been caught in them. So the answer was obvious: that bastard Niu Bi had beaten him to it.

"grass."

Even Zhou Wu, with his good temper, couldn't help but curse at this moment. Moreover, all the traps had been deliberately destroyed and were no longer usable. It must have been Niu Bi who did this to get revenge on Zhou Wu.

Zhou Wu couldn't swallow this insult, but he didn't have a good solution for the time being. However, he had already added Niu Bi to his blacklist.

Zhou Wu could only walk back dejectedly, but something that suddenly appeared in front of him made his eyes light up.

"This is dodder."

Cuscuta is a common herb that grows by twining around tree trunks. It is a good medicine for tonifying the kidneys, liver, and spleen. Clinically, it is mainly used for kidney deficiency with symptoms such as lower back pain, impotence, seminal emission, frequent urination, infertility due to cold uterus, blurred vision, and loose stools. It is used to nourish the liver and kidneys, strengthen essence and reduce urination, stabilize pregnancy, improve eyesight, and stop diarrhea.

Zhou Wu was overjoyed because dodder seeds also have the function of stopping diarrhea. He had visited Grandpa Zhang yesterday, and he was so sick with diarrhea that he was almost collapsing. Thinking of this, Zhou Wu quickly put down his basket and began to collect them.

What excited Zhou Wu even more was that while collecting dodder seeds, he also found a small patch of cocklebur. Zhou Wu was very familiar with cocklebur; it was a small spiky ball. When he was a child in the countryside, there wasn't much to play with, so kids liked to pick a bunch of cockleburs and throw them at each other. These little things loved to stick to sweaters.

Besides being fun, cocklebur is also a medicinal herb.

Xanthium root: used for boils, carbuncles, pharyngitis, erysipelas, hypertension, and dysentery.

The stems and leaves of Xanthium sibiricum: dispel wind and heat, detoxify and kill parasites. Used for headache, dizziness, dampness-induced paralysis, red and pterygium eyes, boils and carbuncles, metrorrhagia, and leprosy.

Cocklebur flowers: used for vitiligo and dysentery.

Xanthium sibiricum fruit: dispels wind and dampness, clears nasal passages, relieves pain and kills parasites. Used for wind-cold headache, nasal congestion and runny nose, toothache, wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, limb spasms and pain, scabies, and itching.

The combination of dodder seed's antidiarrheal properties and cocklebur root's effectiveness against dysentery should help Grandpa Zhang recover.

"Since the basket is empty anyway, I might as well pick more and keep it at home."

After Zhou Wu finished picking the fruit, he went straight to Grandpa Zhang's house as soon as he came down the mountain.

"Knock knock~~~ Uncle Zhang, Auntie, this is Zhou Wu."

"Scholar, come in and sit down."

The person who opened the door was Mr. Zhang's wife. Zhou Wu immediately noticed that she looked like she had just been crying, but she quickly put on a forced smile after opening the door.

"Auntie, how is my Uncle Zhang's health? Is he feeling better?"

“Oh dear, the old man is even weaker today than yesterday. He was still a bit energetic yesterday morning, but then he had diarrhea several times in the afternoon. I quickly asked someone to go to the neighboring village to find a doctor, but it turned out that the doctor seemed to have moved away with his family. This morning, the old man was so weak that he couldn’t even speak. What should I do?”

When she talked about her aunt, she couldn't help but cry. Grandpa Zhang was the pillar of this family. If something really happened to him, the family would be finished.

"Auntie, don't cry. I went up the mountain to pick some herbs today. I'll brew some for Grandpa Zhang right away."

"Scholar, you also know medicine?"

Although Aunt Zhang is very worried about her husband's life, she dares not give him any random medicine.

“I just happened to see it in a medical book before.”

Zhou Wu knew what the other party was worried about, so he said that he had seen it in medical books. Sure enough, when Aunt Zhang heard that she had learned it in medical books, she was immediately relieved.

Zhou Wu personally brewed the first bowl of medicine for Grandpa Zhang, and also gave Aunt Zhang some instructions, since she would have to do it herself from then on.

"That's roughly how it is, Auntie. Do you understand?"

"I understand, scholar, thank you."

"It's alright. We're all from the same village, it's only right to help each other. I'll be going now."

"Scholar, have some food before you leave, hey, hey."

Ignoring Aunt Zhang's calls from behind, Zhou Wu ran straight back. By this time, Niu Er was probably already home.

Sure enough, when Zhou Wu returned home, Niu Er was already working in the fields.

These past few days, Zhou Wu has been busy with work in the fields. He hasn't bothered to fix the traps on the mountain since they were destroyed by Niu Bi, because he figured it would only benefit Niu Bi anyway. So Zhou Wu thought he might as well finish the work in the fields during this time.

With Niu Er's help, all the vegetable seeds were finally planted, which would reduce the time spent in the fields and allow them to do other things.

"Niu Er, thank you for your hard work these past few days."

"Brother Wu, what are you saying? I've gained weight from eating at your house these past few days."

"Haha."

After having dinner at home as usual, Zhou Wu escorted Niu Er to the door. Just as Niu Er was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly turned back.

"Brother Wu, shall we go fish collecting tomorrow?"

"Collect fish? Where to collect them?"

Zhou Wu looked puzzled. He knew about fishing, but this was the first time he had ever heard of picking up fish.

"Of course it's the beach. Tomorrow is the once-a-month low tide, and everyone will go to the beach to collect the fish that get trapped in the puddles after the tide goes out."

"Beachside, we live by the sea?"

Zhou Wu was completely unaware that he lived by the sea.

"Brother Wu, look, you must have hurt your head when you fell last time. You didn't even know you lived by the sea. Alright, I'll come and wake you up tomorrow morning."

After Niu Er left, Zhou Wu remained rooted to the spot, unable to calm down for a long time.

"The sea! This place is actually by the sea! That's amazing!"

The ocean is an endless treasure trove, possessing endless resources, especially fishery resources. However, Zhou Wu couldn't understand why the people of Niujia Village, who lived off the sea, couldn't even get enough to eat.

. . . . .

"Zhou Lang, is there no prey today?"

Li Baiwei looked at Zhou Wu returning empty-handed and asked him with concern.

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