Leisurely mountain village

Sugar, for cold weather, needs no further explanation, right? Ye Huan looked at the stevia with surprise, recalling the general area where she had picked wild vegetables back then.

"I'll go take a look when I have time; it would be great if there were more."

Ye Huan continued to clean the wild vegetables, then rinsed them with warm water and placed them in a ceramic bowl, waiting for the mutton stew to be cooked and added to the pot.

As for coarse salt, it was child's play for Ye Huan, a former high-IQ science student, so now the whole village has switched to using fine, white salt.

The aroma of mutton soon filled the room. Ye Huan was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding the little white fox, lost in thought, her hand unconsciously stroking the fox's fur.

The little fox squinted comfortably, while the cow, having already eaten, slowly dozed off and fell asleep. The room was warm and dry.

With a sigh, Ye Huan snapped out of her reverie, looked at the mutton, scooped it out, added some wild vegetables, then placed the wooden plate on the wooden table next to the stove. She then sat down with the little fox in her arms and began to eat her dinner.

Ye Huan had no idea that even though he had been stranded in the Mountain and Sea Realm for so many days, his master and son were still traveling in the universe, and they didn't know how far away the Milky Way was.

There was no other way; only he could travel through space. Although both Fangcun Ancestor and Lingmu Daoist were fast, they couldn't compare to Ye Huan.

In addition, Ye Huan spent several months to half a year traveling to the Shattered Star Domain, so even though he waited for Shen Ni for more than a year, his master and the others are still traveling in the void.

Fortunately, he handed over the star map to his son Ye Hao. Although it was far, he wouldn't get lost. With Fangcun Ancestor, Lingmu Daoist, and Ye Hao, they were able to handle any trouble they encountered along the way.

Humans returning to Earth, though occasionally encountering unavoidable spatial turbulence and cosmic storms, would find a place to take shelter and wait until it was safe before continuing their journey. In short, they were always weary from their travels, enduring hardships and sleeping outdoors.

Just as Ye Huan had guessed, he had just been thinking that at this time, his master and the ancestor should not have arrived in the Milky Way yet.

"Let's eat~" Ye Huan tore off a piece of mutton, blew on it, and handed it to the little fox. He had experience raising spirit pets.

In a fairly large earthenware bowl, there was only a tiny amount of monkey wine, about two ounces, at the bottom. It was the first time Ye Huan had tasted it in so long. He picked up the bowl and took a small sip.

Sweet, mellow, and with a fairly good taste, Ye Huan smiled slightly. Finally, he could drink again. In this freezing weather, this stuff was truly priceless.

"It's a pity that the small world was given to Xiao Hao, sigh~" Although he can't use it now, Ye Huan still regrets it a little. If his divine sense were restored even a little bit, and the small world were still there, he would not lack food, grain, or wine.

Although there are some in the ring, they are far inferior to those in the small world.

However, the thought of Hou inside made Ye Huan give up the idea. After all, safety on the other side was the priority. He was willing to suffer a little himself.

After sharing the mutton with the little fox, Ye Huan gave it two more wild vegetables. The little fox refused to eat any more, drank a bowl of mutton soup, and left the rest for Ye Huan.

After adding a large amount of firewood to the stove, Ye Huan took off her clothes and got into bed. She wore a thick fur coat underneath and a thick woolen quilt on top.

The candles were blown out, plunging the room into darkness. The howling wind could be faintly heard from the rooftop, but Ye Huan, holding the little fox, slowly fell asleep.

Since there was no hope for the weather, even if it was cold during the day, everyone would come out and move around. Staying indoors all the time wasn't a good idea, so the place at the edge of the village where blacksmiths and charcoal smelters worked was always the liveliest.

Firstly, it's warm; secondly, there are many people. Children play here, and women sit on the outer perimeter where it's slightly warmer and not so cold, working on fur coats or mending new clothes for their growing children.

They used the fangs of some unknown wild animal, which were sharpened to a very fine point, and the thread was made of tough, sturdy strands of bark torn from trees.

When Ye Huan brought the little fox and the ox over, the children all ran to the ox's side. The little girl was the first to climb onto the ox's back, and then her master put the little fox in her arms and walked to the front to sit down on a small wooden stool.

"Brother Ye~" The young people all called him Brother Ye, and the older ones, like Zhu Han, nodded and called him Brother Ye.

Every day was the same. As long as there was no worry about lacking food and firewood, there was basically nothing to worry about. In Ye Huan's words, hibernating in winter was a rare kind of happiness.

"The wind and snow are getting heavier, and the temperature dropped again last night," Ye Huan said to Han Ge and the others.

"It's cold even during the day." Zhu Han nodded. "It's been more than a month, and this heavy snow hasn't stopped." Everyone nodded, looking at the thick snow on the ground in the village. They would sweep it up during the day.

"Is it like this every year?" Ye Huan asked.

"It's not that cold~ It seems particularly cold this year." Zhu Han said that when it's minus twenty degrees Celsius, they usually wear a fur coat and fur shorts, but now they can't, everyone is wearing a long coat and long pants.

"The date has been moved up quite a bit." Gangzi, newly married, had rather dark circles under his eyes.

"Rest isn't food," Ye Huan said, patting Gangzi on the shoulder. Everyone burst into laughter. The women chuckled softly when they heard the laughter, and some even joked about the young wives who had just married into the village.

"Hehe~" Gangzi scratched his head, not refuting it. Everyone has been young, and we all go through this.

"I'll take the little fox into the mountains tomorrow to go back and see its mother," Ye Huan said. He was safe going into the mountains alone, and besides, he had the little tyrant of the No Return Forest, the little fox, with him.

"Okay, be careful." Zhu Han and the others now knew Ye Huan's abilities, so they weren't too worried. After all, flying was safer than running.

After chatting for a while, Ye Huan went to see the captive wild animals. The wild deer, which had survived the most, had all their injuries healed and were no longer as irritable as they had been at the beginning. When they saw Ye Huan feeding them hay, they boldly walked up to him and ate the hay from his hand.

"As expected, they learn quickly and die slowly. Hehe, isn't it good to live a good life with food and drink?" Ye Huan made the wild deer kneel down and patted it.

When they first came back, they were all unruly. Ye Huan had Gangzi find a deer that was seriously injured and basically beyond saving, and slaughtered and skinned it in front of all the wild deer. After that, they were much better.

"Eat more, and come with me into the mountains tomorrow. You'll be in charge of pulling the sled." Ye Huan looked at the wild deer, which was no smaller than an ox, and thought it would be a good opportunity to test its ability to pull the sled.

The wild deer raised here have had their antlers cut off and regrow. Deer antlers are also a valuable commodity. The village has a lot of medicinal herbs, including thousand-year-old wild ginseng, Solomon's seal, and Polygonum multiflorum.

Whether it's a medicinal bath or a tonic, it's necessary.