Chapter 41: Crushing the Daughter-in-Law in a Dream 

Before he had gone to the river to catch fish, now he had gone up the mountain to catch rabbits and chickens. 

Xia Li was completely awake, lifting her face to look at him with sparkling eyes, unable to resist exclaiming: “How many surprises do you have that I don’t know about, you man?!” 

Chickens… running chickens are the most delicious… 

The man was excited as his wife carefully examined the rabbit and wild chickens, asking him, “How did you get so good at this…? Are your wounds okay? Don’t worry, I’ll stew the chickens, and I’ll make sure you get both big chicken legs to nourish your body!” 

He watched his wife rush back and forth, settling the wild chickens and rabbits in the yard, a hint of a joyful smile secretly lifting the corners of his thin lips. 

She was praising him… 

If he had known, he would have brought back a few more chickens. 

However, at first, he didn’t expect his wife to be this happy. 

Because he felt a bit guilty, he repeatedly couldn’t sleep and took the opportunity to run into the mountains before dawn, thinking about bringing something to please his wife. 

Cough, cough… why did he feel guilty? 

The man looked at his wife’s lively figure and recalled the dream he had last night. 

He dreamed that he was holding his wife to sleep… 

Holding his wife felt so comfortable, like wrapping around a bundle of warm cotton. 

Then, he rolled over and accidentally crushed her. 

His wife was very angry and actually turned into a rabbit in his arms, jumping up with red eyes and biting him fiercely! 

He wasn’t scared at all; in fact, at the moment he was bitten, he… 

The man shyly recalled in his mind, his handsome face showing no expression, his brows slightly furrowed, but the deep, fiery light in his eyes revealed a hint of suspicious emotion. 

“Eh?” Xia Li was in the yard flipping over a bamboo basket to secure the wild chickens when she caught him staring at her with a strange look. 

What was he staring at? 

She called out, “Quick, go clean up the chicken droppings and feathers. We need to leave early.” 

The man snapped out of his daze, tightly pursing his lips as he hurriedly grabbed a broom to clean up. 

He no longer dared to glance over at his wife, afraid she would find out that he had crushed her in his dream. 

It was the end of the month, and people from the surrounding villages were heading to the market. 

Xia Li thought she had set out early, but along the way, she encountered people pulling donkey carts and carrying vegetable baskets, so she and the man, each carrying a large basket, didn’t stand out much. 

Today, she mainly wanted to find a way to sell the herbs and goji berries. 

She had heard that there were pharmacies in the town and at the market that bought herbs, and the prices were about the same, roughly a few dimes, with fluctuations depending on luck. 

As the sun rose higher, breakfast stalls along the roadside were steaming, selling buns, fried dough sticks, wontons, baked flatbreads, soy milk, and beef soup. In the city, as long as one was willing to spend money, one could eat very well. 

The Lin Pharmacy opened promptly at nine in the morning. 

A middle-aged clerk had just brought in a bowl of tofu pudding and was leisurely sipping it when a lively young girl walked in. 

The clerk quickly set down the spoon, stood up, and asked calmly, “Comrade, here to get medicine? Do you have a prescription?” 

Lin Pharmacy was a traditional Chinese medicine shop, where people with prescriptions from hospitals or itinerant doctors would come to buy medicine. 

Xia Li smiled politely at the clerk, “I heard your shop buys herbs. I wonder if you accept Seven Star Grass and Purple Flower Dandelion?” 

The clerk, Shen Chunlan, wasn’t too surprised. In the past, some villagers liked to dig up herbs from the mountains to exchange for money, and in the past two years, there had been quite a few, but there were still not none at all. 

Moreover, hearing the girl mention the scientific names of the herbs indicated that she wasn’t just there to fool around. 

Shen Chunlan smiled and nodded, “Seven Star Grass, you mean the Golden Chicken Foot, right? If you have it, let me take a look. Our shop doesn’t lack this herb, but if the quality is good, we can buy it.” 

Xia Li unloaded the bamboo basket and neatly arranged some herbs to show her. 

Shen Chunlan initially thought the herbs would come with roots and dirt, but unexpectedly, they had been cleaned, and the processing was very appropriate; the root and leaves were cut properly, and they had been dried to a semi-dehydrated state. She nodded to herself. 

She couldn’t help but ask Xia Li, “Miss, did your family handle these? Is there a doctor in your family?” 

“Family” in the local dialect refers to elders. 

Xia Li replied, “I handled them. How do you think the quality of these herbs is? I’m not sure if I processed them correctly.” 

Shen Chunlan was slightly surprised, looking at Xia Li, who seemed to be just a teenager. Did she understand this? 

However, children in the countryside mature early, so it was likely that this girl had some background in medicine and had learned how to do these things from her family.