Chapter 61 Mission/New Client

Gao Hongjun cried in despair, Qian Xiaolan helplessly patted his back and told him that his sister was fine, only then did he excitedly rush into the room to see his sister. He had just come back carrying a bundle of firewood, and when he heard his brother say that his sister had been poisoned by pufferfish and was being rescued at Auntie’s house, he rushed over in a hurry. Fortunately, his sister was fine.

Seeing Gao Hongjun staring at his sister without blinking, Qian Xiaolan asked him to stay with his sister, she had to go cook. With this incident happening today, the four Gao family members probably wouldn’t have dinner, she had to cook for them as well. Hey, what a mess, how many people have been poisoned to death by pufferfish throughout history? And yet, there are always people who are not afraid of death, eating it again and again.

When Qian Xiaolan finished cooking, she saw Gu Yanqing pushing Gao Yingchang, who looked dejected, through the door. She winked at Gu Yanqing, and he nodded. Qian Xiaolan didn’t ask anything more, she called them to wash their hands and eat.

After dinner, Gao Yingchang borrowed their bicycle, first taking the three children’s luggage to the family compound. Not long after, he came back with two subordinates in a car, helping him take away the rest of his belongings, his clothes, and everything else. The three children were also taken away. Gu Yanqing went to help, and Qian Xiaolan and Wang Yufeng followed. The quilts, bed boards, tables, chairs, pots, bowls, and everything else in the house were all packed up by Gao Yingchang. It seemed that he was really angry this time, he didn’t leave anything for Zhang Xiaoqin.

Zhang Xiaoqin saw Qian Xiaolan and Wang Yufeng, and she glared at them. Qian Xiaolan snorted, “If I were you, I would be softening up now, saying some nice words, and begging us to take you in for the night.”

Wang Yufeng echoed, “That’s right, if you beg us, maybe we’ll be soft-hearted and agree.”

Zhang Xiaoqin’s face changed, and she started to curse, “Bah! You two are just pretending to be kind, I bet you two are secretly happy right now.”

“Gao Jianguo, that heartless man, we’ve been married for so many years, and he’s going to divorce me for a little girl, and he’s even taken everything away, he doesn’t want me to live anymore, I’m going to the base to report him!”

“Then go ahead and report him, and while you’re at it, report yourself for attempted murder.” Qian Xiaolan’s cold voice made Zhang Xiaoqin shut up instantly.

The two women ignored her and turned around to go home. Anyway, they wouldn’t be seeing each other again from now on, it didn’t matter to them whether she was good or bad.

Before going to sleep that night, Gu Yanqing suddenly said to Qian Xiaolan, “Wife, I’m going on a mission tomorrow.”

Qian Xiaolan blinked, a little confused, “What?”

Gu Yanqing instantly felt a little heartbroken, looking at her, he said again, “I’m going on a mission tomorrow, if it’s fast, I’ll be back in half a month, if it’s slow, I’ll be back in a month.”

“Ah? Then I’ll go pack my bags.” Qian Xiaolan was about to get up, but Gu Yanqing pressed her back down into his arms, “No need, I’ve already packed my bags.”

Qian Xiaolan “oh”ed, and mumbled, “Then be careful on your mission.”

Gu Yanqing nodded, “Mm-hmm, I’ll definitely take care of myself, after all, I’m a married man now.”

From before their marriage to the few months after their marriage, they didn’t spend every day together, but they could see each other every day. Now they were about to be separated, and both of them felt very reluctant. Qian Xiaolan repeatedly told him to be careful, not to take his life for granted.

Gu Yanqing was helpless, he lowered his head and blocked her mouth. What happened next came naturally. Gu Yanqing wanted one more time, but Qian Xiaolan stopped him. “You’re leaving tomorrow, get some rest, you still need to be vigilant on the road.”

Gu Yanqing wanted to say that he could rest on the road and didn’t need to be vigilant, but thinking that only by leaving with a clear mind could he not worry his wife, he gave up.

Early the next morning, Gu Yanqing got up quietly and left. When Qian Xiaolan woke up, there was only a note under the pillow. She was only disappointed for a while, and then she cheered up and went into the space to continue studying. Now, her theoretical knowledge was enough, but her practical skills were still lacking. Today, she mainly wanted to watch the various medical videos that Wenxuan had downloaded to her laptop.

Qian Xiaolan spent over ten hours studying in the space, then ate something and took a nap. In reality, only two hours had passed. It was now 9:30 am. Qian Xiaolan changed into coarse cloth clothes, tied her sleeves and pant legs tightly, then put on her backpack and went into the mountains. She had been on Xia Island for so long, but she had never been to the mountains. For firewood, Gu Yanqing would always bring some back when he came home, and the Gao brothers would occasionally carry some for her as well. Now, no one was helping her anymore, she had to rely on herself. Actually, now that she was the only one at home, she could completely cook in the space, but if the chimney at home didn’t smoke every day, it would be too suspicious.

It took more than half an hour to walk from the village to the mountains. Qian Xiaolan responded to everyone’s greetings, her face was about to crack from smiling. When she entered the mountains, she closed her eyes and savored the fragrance of mugwort in the air. Xia Island had a good ecological environment, mugwort could be seen everywhere, the locals only knew that it could ward off evil spirits and mosquitoes, but they didn’t know that it also had medicinal value and could be eaten. This was the best time for mugwort to grow, and Qian Xiaolan immediately thought of the soft and delicious mugwort dumplings. She immediately turned on the space detection function, confirmed that there was no one nearby, and harvested most of the mugwort with one click.

She walked a little further into the mountains, and she started looking for herbs. Sophora flavescens, Agastache rugosa, Smilax glabra, Platycodon grandiflorum, Paeonia lactiflora, honeysuckle, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Schisandra chinensis, Codonopsis pilosula, Cassia obtusifolia, wolfberry, Polygonum multiflorum, Amomum villosum, Ganoderma lucidum, Centella asiatica… Hundreds of herbs, she transplanted the rare ones into the space, and the ones that weren’t suitable, she directly picked some of them. Unfortunately, the weather here was not suitable for ginseng, and in her space, there were only two hundred-year-old ginsengs and a dozen or so forty-to-fifty-year-old ginsengs that she had collected when she was back home. She had already processed them all, and they were not suitable for planting anymore. It seemed that she had to go north sometime.

To avoid attracting attention, Qian Xiaolan was very careful this time. She collected the same kind of herbs by picking a portion at a distance from each other. This cost her a lot of points. To save some points, she used the space to collect the herbs that were further away, and for the ones that were closer, she collected them by hand. It has to be said, collecting herbs one by one by hand, it really gave her a sense of accomplishment.

Just as she was immersed in it, the trading mall made a noise. Qian Xiaolan sent her consciousness into the space, and she found that there was a new customer. She looked around, climbed a big tree with thick leaves, hid behind it, and entered the space. She opened the message, uh? “Hahaha, illiterate, you don’t even recognize this, why don’t you just open the video trade. It’s not like you’re ugly and can’t be seen, what’s there to be shy about?” Xiaoqi’s merciless laughter rang in her mind, Qian Xiaolan gritted her teeth, and angrily answered the video trade. The next second, a dark shadow rushed towards her!