Exile at the start? The princess is no ordinary woman.

Gu Nanzhi also arranged for them to take some meat with them.

"Sister Wen, Zhi Nan, please take these with you. I won't see you off."

The braised pig's trotters, and a piece of raw wild boar meat weighing about ten pounds.

"No, no, Nanzhi, how can we accept this? We've eaten enough, how can we take more than we can eat..."

Xia Zhinan stood to the side, looking as serious as a little adult.

"Thank you, Auntie. I can go up the mountain too."

Even if Xia Zhinan pretends to be mature, he's still a child at heart, innocent and naive. From his initial wariness to his interactions with his neighbors these past few days, he...

He was also happy to have Gu Nanzhi and her new neighbors, but his pride prevented him from being as lively and adorable as Xia Luoluo.

Gu Nanzhi forcefully shoved the things into her hands.

"Sister Wen, I told you to take it. It's not anything valuable. You can get more when you're done eating. Don't make me deliver it to you again..."

Besides, you have to pay someone to help you. We're neighbors, and you've been a great help today. And those vegetables you brought, Sister Wen, if you don't accept them, we won't be able to take them from you next time either..."

Since that was the case, Wu Huiwen stopped being coy and took the things.

"Alright, Nanzhi, then I won't stand on ceremony. Thank you, Nanzhi. You've just settled in, and the land won't be ready for a while. We have plenty of vegetables growing in our garden, which isn't far away. You can pick them yourselves..."

"Okay, Sister Wen, then I won't stand on ceremony."

Gu Nanzhi smiled and said, then, thinking of her conversation with Xia Luoluo earlier, she added, "By the way, Sister Wen, Zhinan, tomorrow morning you two should fence off a place and catch a couple of rabbits for Luoluo to raise."

When it came to raising rabbits, Xia Luoluo looked at her mother with her round eyes full of anticipation.

Wu Huiwen paused for a second, then looked down at her daughter, noticing the expectation in her eyes.

Not wanting to disappoint her daughter, she didn't refuse, saying, "Okay, Nanzhi, thank you then."

Xia Luoluo was overjoyed to hear that her mother had agreed to let her raise rabbits.

"Thank you, Auntie. Thank you, Mother."

It has been twenty-three days since we arrived in Silver Fox Village until the house was completed today.

After everything was tidied up and put away, although each room was empty and had little furniture, everyone was happy. From now on, this would be their home. After such a long period of wandering, they finally had a home.

Gu Nanzhi looked at the group and spoke.

"Cang Ling, Zhou Cai, Uncle Li, you should go to Baixue Village to help the Qi family first thing tomorrow morning. Also, bring back a few pieces of the finished furniture from Uncle Zhang's house tonight. There's a lot of stuff, and we can't transport it all in one or two trips."

"Yes, ma'am"

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The next morning, as arranged the previous night, the group drove to Baixue Village early in the morning.

After Gu Nanzhi finished breakfast, she picked two rabbits and delivered them to Xia Luoluo.

Xia Luoluo was overjoyed. After settling the little rabbit in, she couldn't wait to go and pick some vegetable leaves to feed it...

Since the workers weren't home, Gu Nanzhi and the others weren't in a hurry for a day or two. What's done is done; they could postpone the land reclamation for another day or two.

But Gu Nanzhi wasn't planning on staying home idly; that would be too boring.

"Jun Yanchen, Chen Fei, Xia He, the three of you stay home. Fourth Brother and I will go up the mountain to see if we can gather some herbs."

"Yes, Fourth Young Master, Miss, please be careful."

"Okay miss"

The group had no objections to Gu Nanzhi's arrangements.

Jun Yanchen looked at Gu Nanzhi with concern and said,

"Nan Nan, be careful, don't go too deep."

Gu Nanzhi curled her lips into a smile.

"Well, Jun Yanchen, just wait and see. I'll start treating you properly from now on."

Jun Yanchen nodded; he was starting to feel a little anticipation.

"Just tell me if you need anything, or tell Cangling to prepare it."

"Well, let's go"

Gu Nanzhi certainly wouldn't stand on ceremony, but there was nothing she needed right now.

"Oh, by the way, if we don't come back for lunch, don't worry about us. We'll eat in the mountains."

After leaving behind a single sentence, the brother and sister left gracefully and headed up the mountain together to begin their treasure hunt.

Gu Nanzhi adapted to life in the mountains much better than Lin Chuxiao, a man.

They know a lot about plants; they can name almost all the plants they encounter and understand their medicinal properties.

Along the way, Lin Chuxiao, acting like a little fanboy, followed behind his sister, asking her questions whenever he saw something new or interesting.

"Nanzhi, what is this?"

"Nan Zhi, should we pick this?"

"Nanzhi..."

Gu Nanzhi patiently answered his questions along the way.

Although Jun Yanchen had warned her not to go deep into the mountains before they set off, Gu Nanzhi didn't take it to heart. She had plenty of basic medicinal herbs; the good stuff was only found deep in the mountains.

Therefore, Gu Nanzhi only explained the things they encountered to Lin Chuxiao, but she didn't collect or gather any of them herself.

They left home late, and it felt like they hadn't been up the mountain long before it was almost noon. Their baskets were still empty; they hadn't caught anything, except for the pheasant Lin Chuxiao was carrying.

They came across a mountain spring, and Gu Nanzhi decided to stay.

"Fourth Brother, there's water here. Let's have lunch here."

"Alright, Nanzhi, you rest. Fourth Brother will go gather some firewood."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Fourth Brother."

In the mountains and forests, firewood was everywhere, and Lin Chuxiao quickly returned with a bundle of firewood.

Gu Nanzhi wasn't the kind of pampered young lady who never lifted a finger; she was quite adept at this kind of life.

The brother and sister worked together to put the pheasant on the fire.

"Nanzhi, you're amazing! You recognize everything in the mountains..."

The more Lin Chuxiao spent with Gu Nanzhi and the more detailed his understanding of her became, the more he admired this younger sister. Peanut became a little fanboy, but at the same time, he felt sorry for his sister. Despite her difficult life since childhood, she was still able to learn such skills, which made them feel ashamed of themselves.

Gu Nanzhi humbly replied that she had seen it in a book.

"I've read about it in books, and now I can see it with my own eyes here..."

The brother and sister chatted for a while, and Gu Nanzhi brought up the issue of Lin Chuxiao's future.

"Fourth Brother, you'll be going back soon. You've been away for two months now, and your grandmother, uncle, and aunt must be worried."

"Well, I'll go back in a few more days..."

Speaking of leaving, Lin Chuxiao's face was already filled with reluctance and worry. If he left, his younger sister would be all alone in the village.

The fact that the relationship between the younger sister and Jun Yanchen remains the same is truly worrying.

Seeing that the pheasant was cooked, the two ended their unsettling conversation.

Lin Chuxiao tore off a large chicken leg and handed it to Gu Nanzhi.

"Namzhi, have a chicken leg."

Gu Nanzhi took it with a hearty bite and then took a big bite.

"Fourth Brother, you should eat too. It takes a lot of energy to get up in the mountains."

"it is good"