Chapter 17 Playing Tricks with Her Ma Zheng was just a little kid, so naturally he didn't think too much. He simply asked, "What do you want us to do?" "In a little while, each of you will carry a backpack into the mountains and cut a load of grass for me to feed the cows." "Just feeding the cows?" Gu Chan asked. She always felt that something was wrong with Li, but she couldn't tell what exactly was wrong. Li smiled slightly, "Yes, just feed the cows, but the grass you cut must be white silk grass, not other grasses." "Ah?" Ma Zheng opened his mouth and shouted. Gu Chan rolled her eyes at Li in annoyance. So she was waiting for them here! She said that this woman would not let them get away with it easily. Although she had only been in this world for a few days, she had heard about it from Zhang Wanshan before. White silk grass is a kind of grass with extremely high nutritional value in the nearby mountains.
It is not a medicinal herb, but can be used as medicine. People cannot eat it directly, as it will cause poisoning, which can cause paralysis of the whole body at the mildest and loss of life at the worst. However, the mysterious beasts can eat it directly, and for them, this grass is a great tonic, which is extremely beneficial to their body growth and strength improvement. As this grass has such high nutritional value, it is naturally not easy to find. Even if you find it, there may be mysterious beasts guarding it. After all, this is a great tonic for mysterious beasts, and no mysterious beast will give it up easily. You can imagine how difficult it is to pick this grass. Li took two bowls by herself, took out two small bowls from the steamer, and placed the fragrant white rice on the stove. "If you agree, you can eat now." Ma Zheng tilted his head to look at Gu Chan, drooling greedily at the corners of his mouth. Gu Chan glared at him, then turned to look at Li and smiled faintly, "Sister, we are just two children, and you asked us to cut two baskets of white silk grass. Are you kidding me?" "Yes! White silk grass is hard to find and it's dangerous in the mountains. It's not easy to cut two baskets of it." Ma Zheng hurriedly followed suit. "A backpack will do too!" Li said with a smile. Gu Chan looked up at the cowshed in the front right corner of the yard with a curious look on her face. "Didn't my grandfather say that all the poultry and beasts from all over the country were requisitioned to fight on the battlefield? How come your family still has cows to raise?" "We bought Erniu at the market yesterday, and it cost us two hundred taels of silver!" Li winked and looked very proud, her tail almost sticking up to the sky. As she said this, she deliberately raised her silk sleeves and reached out to dust off the smooth silk long fir. Gu Chan was almost disgusted by her and vomited. First of all, Li is definitely not good-looking. She has a square face and her facial features seem to be forced onto her face, which makes her look ugly to begin with. She also puts some rouge on her face, which makes it even more unpleasant to look at. Secondly, she was the kind of big and strong woman, with a broad and fat body, and she had to put on the green satin long gown that little girls should wear, which made her look out of place. But she still feels good about herself. Gu Chan can only say that she doesn't look disgusting in person, but she is disgusting because she is too pretentious. It was really hard to bear watching, so Gu Chan hurriedly pulled Ma Zheng to the cowshed and said, "Let's take a look at the cows you bought first." "Okay, take your time to look around. The rice is placed here for you. Come over when you've seen enough and thought it through." Li waved her hand arrogantly. In her eyes, she had already defeated Gu Chan and the other two.
After all, she is so smart, how could she not be able to control two children? Moreover, from her perspective, even if Gu Chan and the other two ate her rice and she couldn't bring back a basket of white silk grass after going into the mountains, it didn't matter. She could say that they owed her and let them do other things in the future. This was Li's shrewd thought at the moment. Gu Chan didn't care about that. She had seen through this woman's bad side. After she pulled the horse to the outside of the cowshed, she quickly whispered in his ear, "She wants to trick us. We can't eat this half bowl of rice." "What do you mean?" Ma Zheng asked stupidly. "Think about it, if we go into the mountains and fail to bring back a basket of white silk grass, we'll have something to hold against her when we come back. If she asks us to do something else, how can we refuse?" "Oh! That's right!" After Gu Chan's explanation, Ma Zheng's little brain suddenly understood. Now he didn't dare to be greedy for that half bowl of rice. Looking at the calf lying on the ground in the cowshed, the horse said with a sad face, "Calf, calf, we can't eat white rice, and you can't eat white silk grass either!" "..."Gu Chan. Ignoring Ma Zheng, she stared at the calf. The calf that Zhao Erniu bought for two hundred taels of silver was completely black, only as big as a big golden retriever, and very skinny. One could tell at a glance that it was probably sick and in very unhealthy condition. Generally speaking, the poultry and beasts that can be bought at the market are basically all sickly stuff, because they are seriously ill and may be close to death. Even if they are dragged to the battlefield, they are of no use and can only be used for trading. People like Zhao Erniu who have a little money in their hands often have the idea of gambling. That is to buy sick poultry and beasts, cure them and raise them strong, and then sell them at a high price. In this way, the cost can be recovered in one go and a lot of money can be earned. Before traveling through time, Gu Chan ran a pet shop and had a deep understanding of the situation in this area. Just as Gu Chan was looking at the calf in front of her and trying to understand the interests behind this, the calf lay on the ground and howled, "Ah! It hurts so much, you stupid two-legged beast! You don't give me herbs, but you want to give me white silk grass, which is of no use to my illness." "Little brother, go and play. I'm thinking about whether I should eat this half bowl of white rice." Gu Chan deliberately sent Ma Zheng away. Ma Zheng nodded obediently, ran back to the stove, stared at the half bowl of white rice and swallowed his saliva. Li laughed proudly. Gu Chan took two steps forward, leaned half of her body against the cowshed, and whispered, "What's wrong with you? What herbs can cure it?" [Oh my god, a two-legged beast can actually speak cow language, you... where did you come from, this monster?] The calf was stunned when he first heard it, and then he quickly shrank back in fear, staring at Gu Chan with his two big cow eyes and screaming. Twolegs speak cow language! This is the first time I see it so big. Isn't it amazing? Gu Chan said seriously, "Who doesn't know a few foreign languages these days? Come on, stop talking nonsense and tell me what disease you have and what herbs you need to treat it. I'll help you find them when we go into the mountains." [Really? You're not lying to the cow, are you?] The calf calmed down and clearly didn't trust the bipeds. "What's the benefit of me lying to you? I still want to taste that half bowl of fragrant white rice!" Gu Chan replied unhappily. When Xiao Niu heard her words, he let down his guard. (End of this chapter)