My best friend is living a famine-stricken life; you're going crazy, I'm farming.

After the meal, Yang Fenglan asked Shen Yu to change into clothes that would be more suitable for going into the mountains.

Today she plans to go a little further away to find something to sell before coming back. She doesn't know when that will take, so she needs to bring some food and drinks with her.

Yang Fenglan found a tattered piece of gauze, washed it clean, and used it to knead rice balls.

They pinched out enough rice balls to fill the stomachs of two people, threw them over the fire to harden the edges, then wrapped them in gauze and put them into the basket.

They filled two more bamboo tubes with water and hung them on the two baskets on their backs.

Then he went back inside and found strips of cloth to tightly wrap his sleeves and trouser legs.

I wasn't prepared for yesterday's trip into the mountains, so my movements were very difficult.

Wrapping the trouser legs and cuffs tightly can also prevent small insects from crawling in through these two places.

"Xiaoyu, are you done?" Yang Fenglan called out to the west room after tidying herself up.

Shen Yu had already come out of the house, and with a look of disgust, she carried the chamber pot to the outhouse to empty it, rinsed the pot with water, and then returned it to the house.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yu gagged.

Taking care of a disabled person is really tough on her.

Yang Fenglan didn't dare mention taking care of Zhou Jingyi, for fear of upsetting Shen Yu and causing her to go on strike, leaving the responsibility of caring for the patient to fall on her shoulders.

She's still a virgin at heart, I'm sorry.

Yang Fenglan locked the doors to the kitchen and the main room, greeted Zhou Jingyi, and then turned to Shen Yu: "Let's go, I made some rice balls, so we won't go hungry today."

"Mother, when are you coming back?" Zhou Jingyi felt anxious being left alone at home.

"do not know."

"Mother, the weather is getting hot, and there are many snakes in the mountains. You must be very careful. Also, don't go deep into the mountains, as there are man-eating wild animals there."

"I understand." Yang Fenglan's second reply came after she had already left the courtyard.

Zhou Jingyi was still worried. "Mother, Xiaoyu, you must be careful!"

"Okay..." The voice faded into the distance.

"Mom, where's my rice ball? If you won't leave me any rice, at least give me a bowl of water."

"..."

Yang Fenglan followed behind Shen Yu, leaning on the stick she had brought back yesterday.

Shen Yu asked, "Which way?"

Yang Fenglan replied, "Go wherever you want."

May good fortune always be with you, and may you reap rewards wherever you go.

However, Shen Yu interpreted these words as: "You have no opinions of your own, you're really useless."

After passing through the back mountain, there were few people around.

As Shen Yu walked, he tapped the grass with a stick, his steps leisurely, clearly indicating that he was a frequent visitor to the mountains.

After crossing the back mountain and walking for about half an hour, Shen Yu suddenly stopped.

Yang Fenglan hurriedly asked, "Xiaoyu, what did you see?"

Shen Yu didn't answer. She looked around for a while, then turned and headed into the woods on the right.

Yang Fenglan hurriedly followed.

We fought against a crisscrossing array of thorns all the way.

After walking about ten meters along the mountainside, Yang Fenglan heard Shen Yu's laughter coming from ahead.

She hurried forward and saw a patch of withered, dark brown fern leaves, more than a meter tall.

Bracken roots can be used to make bracken root powder and bracken root cakes, but they are not easy to obtain. Even after digging for a whole day, the amount of bracken root powder produced is not enough to feed a family for two meals.

Yang Fenglan was somewhat disappointed.

Just as I was about to ask Shen Yu to go look elsewhere, I saw her put down her basket, step on the fern leaves and take a few steps forward, then squat down and part the dense fern leaves in front of her.

Then, from a dried fern leaf, two fern shoots were picked out.

Yang Fenglan was bewildered. Looking around, she couldn't see a single fern. Why did Shen Yu see them?

She had long lost the joy of finding treasure, and said insincerely, "Wow, it's fern moss, let me help you pick it."

Yang Fenglan had only taken two steps when she stepped into a pit hidden under the fern leaves and fell in, landing face-first in the dirt.