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Su Niannian went straight up the mountain. Naturally, she didn’t see the situation on this side.
As soon as she entered the mountains, Su Niannian headed straight for the deeper parts.
On a sunny day like this, it was unlikely that any large animals would appear.
Su Niannian walked for about an hour before spotting the little one.
At that moment, the little one was lying on a large, conspicuous stone.
The little one spotted Su Niannian first, its bright tiger-like eyes gleaming.
However, it didn’t get up and run over. Instead, it raised one paw, scratched its face a couple of times, then turned its head away and continued lying down.
“Yo, what’s this? Are you angry?”
Su Niannian quickened her pace and walked up to the little one.
From the looks of it, this little tiger seemed to be upset with her.
Su Niannian took a piece of ribs from her space and waved it in front of the little one.
“I even specially bought you some bones to eat, but it seems like you don’t want them after all.”
Su Niannian feigned a look of regret as she stared at the ribs in her hand.
The little one glanced up for a moment, then continued lying down.
“Hmph, you’ve been here long enough. Looks like you don’t want to come into my space anymore.”
“Then I’ll just go in by myself,” Su Niannian said, turning to leave.
The little one was stunned. Was that it? Was her patience really so limited?
When you can’t coax someone, aren’t you supposed to offer more?
She was just leaving like this?
Seeing that Su Niannian was really about to leave, the little one didn’t care about anything else. It leaped down from the large stone and quickly caught up to her.
It took two steps to stand in front of Su Niannian, letting out a distressed whimper.
This was the first time Su Niannian had seen the little one like this, and the first time she had seen a tiger act like this.
If someone didn’t know better, they might think it had suffered a huge injustice.
Looking as pitiful as a little kitten, Su Niannian gently stroked the little one’s head and comforted it softly.
“Last night, it couldn’t be helped, right? Didn’t I come to pick you up today?”
Upon hearing this, the little one felt even more wronged.
It had been so long today, and yet the master only came now.
The little one had searched several places but hadn’t smelled Su Niannian’s scent.
This large stone was chosen because it was high up and visible, and the little one had specifically waited here.
Though it didn’t believe its master would so easily abandon it, if Su Niannian still didn’t show up by nightfall, it would truly start to worry.
Seeing that the little one was genuinely upset, Su Niannian placed the ribs near its mouth.
“I wouldn’t abandon you, how could I ever do that?”
Hearing Su Niannian’s reassurance, the little one immediately shook off its previous grievance and grabbed the ribs, happily chewing on them.
To be honest, it wasn’t freshly killed, and there was no fresh prey to eat.
But this was something its master had given it, so it tasted good no matter what.
Su Niannian squatted beside it, watching as the little one ate the ribs.
Once the little one finished, Su Niannian intended to bring it into her space.
The little one shook its head, signaling that it didn’t want to go inside.
“What’s wrong?” Su Niannian was puzzled.
The little one swayed its body, then lifted a front paw and pointed in a direction.
It was indicating that Su Niannian should follow.
Remembering the previous experience with the ginseng, Su Niannian didn’t hesitate and followed along.
The little one led her down the mountain, and Su Niannian couldn’t help but worry that a villager might pop up and get scared seeing a tiger.
Su Niannian thought to herself that the little one had either found something good again or simply didn’t want to go into the space.
After walking for a while, the little one stopped and waited for Su Niannian to catch up.
When Su Niannian reached it, she saw broken eggshells scattered on the ground.
A few newly hatched wild chicks were there, and some wild eggs were still intact, waiting to hatch.
“You’re quite clever.” Su Niannian thought about how she had wanted to raise some chicks in her space.
With chickens laying eggs and eggs hatching into more chickens, it would provide an endless supply of both chickens and eggs.
If it weren’t for the fact that she had gone to the county today and had almost spent all her money, Su Niannian really would have bought a brood of chicks.
In the end, the little one had found a nest of wild chicks.
Wild boar meat wasn’t as tasty as domestic pork, but wild chickens were definitely much more flavorful than the ones raised at home.
This was a little surprise.
The little one tilted its head, looking at Su Niannian with a proud and spoiled expression.
It seemed to be saying, Aren’t I impressive?
After finishing the chicken coop, Su Niannian went to check on the things in the warehouse.
Sure enough, the stock had increased quite a bit.
The output ratio was completely beyond what should be expected in the outside world.
The yield was not only dozens of times more than what would normally be expected; it was almost a staggering amount.
It was an absolute high yield. However, Su Niannian wasn’t sure if it was because of the black land or because she had been watering it with spiritual spring water.
In the beginning, Su Niannian had to water the crops herself, but after the warehouse appeared, she noticed that the step of watering with spiritual spring water seemed to have become unnecessary.
The spiritual spring water originally only existed in that ancient well, but now, surprisingly, it could automatically water the plants near it.
This saved Su Niannian a great deal of effort.
After instructing the little one to look after the ginseng saplings and the baby chicks, Su Niannian left the space.
Once back in the real world, she continued down the mountain with her basket, planning to head directly to the Gu family’s home. She still needed to prepare medicine for Gu Zhi later that day.
Su Niannian chose a shortcut, a small path that passed by a river.
The river wasn’t particularly clear, and it was in the middle and lower reaches, where most of the villagers would come to wash their clothes.
The water used for daily living and cooking by the villagers generally came from the upper reaches of the river, and the village also had around ten wells for the villagers to use.
As Su Niannian walked past the riverbank, a chorus of noisy voices reached her ears.
She couldn’t help but glance over toward the river.
There, a group of aunties and older women had gathered around.
At this time, it was probably just after work hours. Since it wasn’t the busy farming season, it was common for the aunts and older women to come to the river a bit earlier to wash clothes.
“Oh my God, this child… there’s no way they’re still alive, right?”
“They inhaled water, there’s no breath.”
“Who’s fast? Hurry and go call over the old Zhou family.”
Upon hearing this, Su Niannian quickly understood that a child had fallen into the water.
Without hesitation, she rushed over.
At the riverbank, a young boy lay on a few rocks.
The boy’s face was deathly pale, his lips slightly purple, and his wet hair covered his forehead.
Su Niannian put down her basket and quickly moved through the crowd.
“It’s Su Niannian!”
“This child drowned, and when they were pulled out, there was no breath left.”