Traveling back to ancient times to get rich

The next morning, the weather was exceptionally clear, and bright sunlight streamed into the room through the window, hitting Ye Qingchen's eyes directly. She slowly opened her eyes, her mind replaying the events of the previous night. She remembered waiting for Gu Changfeng, and finally, he held her as she fell asleep. The night had passed without any dreams; everything seemed peaceful and serene.

However, for Ye Qingchen, this was a completely new experience. She had never experienced love, let alone marriage, in her previous life. Therefore, she couldn't judge whether Gu Changfeng's behavior was normal. In her previous life, she might have sought answers online, but in this ancient world, that method was clearly ineffective. At this moment, she felt somewhat lost, but this didn't stop her from considering making money after the wedding.

Yesterday she probably spent another 30 taels of silver, and now she only has 420 taels left. Although she still has a lot of money, she knows that it will eventually run out. She doesn't want Gu Changfeng to work so hard to gather herbs, because she knows she can finish the task much faster. After all, she knows martial arts, and her spatial storage contains all sorts of precious medicinal herbs, all of which she personally picked and cultivated in her previous life. Therefore, she decided to make a request to Gu Changfeng.

"Could you take me with you to gather herbs? I'd like to go for a walk with you," she said softly, her eyes sparkling with anticipation. Then she continued, "We can prepare breakfast early, make a lot, so that'll be enough for the afternoon. What do you say?"

Looking into her eager eyes, Gu Changfeng's heart stirred. He understood her desire to help and her concern for him. Although he worried that she might be tired, he agreed to her request. He thought that perhaps it was just a passing fancy, and she would soon tire and rest at the foot of the mountain or elsewhere, giving him the opportunity to gather herbs.

So the couple carried two baskets up the mountain. Gu Changfeng specially chose the smaller one for Ye Qingchen. Although Ye Qingchen had grown up in poverty, she was still the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister. He felt that her mother must also be a delicate woman, only showing strength once to protect Ye Qingchen. Therefore, Ye Qingchen must also be a delicate woman. On their way up the mountain, Ye Qingchen discovered that the mountain was a wonderful place. At the foot of the mountain, she found many straw mushrooms, and further up, there were many hazel mushrooms. Gu Changfeng ignored them. Seeing her picking mushrooms, he asked curiously, "Are these mushrooms medicinal herbs?" Ye Qingchen glanced at him and shook her head. She finally understood why Doctor Gu was so poor. So she told him, "These straw mushrooms are especially delicious stir-fried with pork, and these hazel mushrooms are also incredibly tasty stir-fried. They like damp environments. I got some roots; we can plant them under the trees at home and cover them with grass. Maybe we can still eat them later. I'll cook them for you when we get back." Seeing her enthusiasm, Gu Changfeng said, "Just put the picked ones in my basket; it'll be too heavy." Ye Qingchen didn't mind at all, shaking her head and saying, "It's alright, I'm very strong. Besides, I'll stop walking if I get tired. So I don't feel it's heavy." She continued picking, and when she felt she had about half a basket full, Ye Qingchen finally stopped. She said to Gu Changfeng, "Let's go, let's keep walking up the mountain. Let me see what else we missed!"

As they walked, Ye Qingchen discovered chestnuts, though they weren't ripe yet. Taking advantage of Gu Changfeng's inattention, she quietly moved one into a chestnut tree behind the house; it would be ready to eat soon in her spatial storage. Then she found a small rabbit. The rabbit was indeed unlucky; its leg was injured. She hadn't noticed Gu Changfeng's hand throwing a pebble, probably because she didn't believe he knew martial arts. So she excitedly picked up the rabbit and said to Gu Changfeng, "We still have some pork these days. Should we keep this rabbit? It's just a leg injury; it can be healed." Gu Changfeng had expected the girl to eat the rabbit, but seeing her carrying so much, he said, "Wait here for me, okay? It's dangerous in the mountains. I'll go gather some herbs, how about that?" Ye Qingchen had also wanted to separate from Gu Changfeng to gather more useful herbs, or perhaps use this as an excuse to take some from her spatial storage. Since it wasn't convenient for Gu Changfeng to be there, she agreed, saying, "I'll look for something else around here. You go ahead."

Gu Changfeng gently patted her head and said, "Stay here, don't go anywhere, to avoid danger. I'm going to check the distance and will be back in a while. If you get hungry, eat the dry rations we brought." Ye Qingchen readily agreed, and after he left, she tossed the basket into her spatial storage and flew away. Wandering through the forest, she discovered many good things, some of which were natural foods. Watered with her spatial water, they tasted even better than the artificially cultivated fruits and vegetables of the 22nd century. Just then, she discovered that there really were ginseng plants on the mountain! Although the one she saw wasn't particularly large, it looked to be about 50 years old. She decisively picked it and planted it in her spatial storage; it wouldn't be long before it became a hundred-year-old. And this wild-grown ginseng was more valuable than the cultivated ginseng in her spatial storage. She planned to take a hundred-year-old ginseng from her spatial storage later and give it to Gu Changfeng so he could exchange it for some money in town. She had no idea that how much money Gu Changfeng wanted wouldn't be a problem; he was just pretending to be poor here. He starves himself to make himself look unhealthy, so it's not easy for him.

Then she threw all the newly discovered extinct small animals and plants she found in the forest into her spatial storage, which now contained even more material. She couldn't fly too far; she figured Gu Changfeng always returned quickly, so he probably hadn't gone too far. She decided to hurry back and wait for him. Back at her previous spot, she took out her small basket, arranged the mushrooms, added a few spatial potatoes and a ginseng root, and held the injured rabbit in her arms.

After Gu Changfeng walked a distance, he flew to the cliff edge and looked at the herbs he cultivated. It had become a vast medicinal field, containing almost everything imaginable. Very few people knew that this was the legendary Valley of the Medicine King, inaccessible to ordinary people due to its poisonous barrier. These herbs absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, making them exceptionally good. Gu Changfeng usually tended to these rare and precious herbs here, paying no attention to the mushrooms or other plants below the mountain. He picked a Ganoderma lucidum and left, worried that his little wife would wait too long. Ye Qingchen had no idea that Gu Changfeng was so wealthy, and Gu Changfeng had no idea that Ye Qingchen was both skilled in martial arts and extremely rich. Coincidentally, neither of them intended to tell the other.