The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 551 - 522: Medicinal Herbs, Leakage of Spiritual Energy_1

Chapter 551: Chapter 522: Medicinal Herbs, Leakage of Spiritual Energy_1

He went directly to the dense forest on the back mountain and found many precious herbs.

The dense forest deep in the back mountain was left in a relatively intact primitive state due to the abundance of wild beasts and the fact that hardly anyone went there.

While wandering around the back mountain, Huo Yingjie also discovered a large tomb.

This large tomb was located east of Qijia Village, four miles away from the Peach Orchard. The items inside were more remarkable than before, and a faintly attractive spiritual energy emanated from within, no wonder it drew the attention of cultivators from the Human Realm.

Since he was there, he felt obliged to deal with this matter.

Noticing it was getting late, Huo Yingjie knew that He Tiantian got up early and was worried that if he returned too late, she would ask questions.

In this life, he simply wanted to live as an ordinary husband and wife with He Tiantian, so he didn’t want to reveal too much of his extraordinary nature in front of her. Moreover, with Tiantian’s persistent curiosity, it was better to keep some things away from her.

After Huo Yingjie got home, he organized the herbs he had collected before going to bed.

The next day, Huo Yingjie suggested going hunting in the back mountain.

"No, it’s too dangerous," refused He Tiantian, "We can just pick some wild products nearby."

Huo Yingjie had no choice, if not for finding a pretext, he would have already brought back a large wild boar.

"Okay," Huo Yingjie nodded, feeling resigned.

He Tiantian disagreed, but Huo Yingjie had other methods. He had the Little Rotating Turtle head out and knock out a large wild boar, causing it to fall into a crevice on the mountain cliff.

"Tiantian, I heard a ’thump’ over there, let’s go take a look," Huo Yingjie pointed towards a spot a few dozen meters away.

He Tiantian followed Huo Yingjie’s direction, thinking of the mountain cliff crevice.

"Let’s go, let’s take a look. Maybe we can find something," said He Tiantian excitedly. Although she had once been chased all over the mountain by a wild boar, the result was very rewarding — a large wild boar.

Perhaps today she would be just as lucky!

The two of them walked quickly and, looking down at the edge of the cliff crevice, they saw a large wild boar that had fallen to its death.

"Oh my, Brother Yingjie, we are so lucky today," exclaimed He Tiantian, "You wait here, I’ll go call for some help so we can pull up the boar from below."

Huo Yingjie chuckled and said, "We brought a rope, didn’t we? And both of us are strong. We can tie it up and pull it together, this way we save time without having to run back and forth."

He Tiantian thought it made sense, as she always carried a rope with her when going to the mountains, sometimes it proved to be useful.

"Okay, let’s try it first," Huo Yingjie said, taking the rope and going down.

Huo Yingjie was quick with his hands, and in no time, the rope was securely tied.

Together, they pulled, and to their surprise, managed to get the boar up.

"Brother Yingjie, we’re a bit far from the bottom of the mountain, how are we going to take it down?" He Tiantian was somewhat troubled, "Should we make a stretcher and carry it together?"

Huo Yingjie could actually lift it by himself, but he didn’t want to soil his clothes, so he called out the Little Rotating Turtle, who was hiding on the side.

"Little Rotating Turtle, carry this down," Huo Yingjie ordered. He was not alone; he had followers to run errands for him, no need for him to do the dirty work.

"Little Rotating Turtle isn’t as big as a wild boar. Can you carry it?" He Tiantian was half convinced, "If you can’t manage, Little Rotating, just say so, and we’ll figure something else out."

Little Rotating Turtle chuckled, "I can carry it. Come on, tie it to my back."

Huo Yingjie placed the large wild boar on Little Rotating Turtle and then secured it with rope to prevent it from falling off.

With a few wriggles of its body, Little Rotating Turtle began to move forward slowly, then quicker and quicker.

"I didn’t expect Little Rotating Turtle to be so strong," He Tiantian said delightedly. In her mind, Little Rotating Turtle had always been a little pet. However, it seemed her previous understanding was a bit off; Little Rotating Turtle was actually quite impressive.

"Thank you for the compliment," said Little Rotating Turtle. If his master wasn’t around, he might have shown off a bit in front of He Tiantian, but with his master present, he didn’t dare; he could only work hard and without complaint.

When they were close to the Peach Orchard, Huo Yingjie undid the ropes and said, "Little Rotating, you can go back now."

"Okay, Master," replied Little Rotating politely, having completed the task his master assigned.

"Thank you, Little Rotating," He Tiantian expressed her gratitude. Without Little Rotating, they could not have moved the thing so quickly.

"No need to thank me, Mistress," said Little Rotating, and then he disappeared on the spot.

He Tiantian went over to the Peach Orchard to call for help, to move the large wild boar down the mountain.

Originally, Huo Yingjie thought that they could get at least half of the 300-pound wild boar, but to his surprise, his family only got twenty pounds of meat.

After all their hard work, they could only secure one-fifteenth of the pork. It was infuriating.

Every household in the village got about a pound each.

However, since Qi Xiaoyan needed to prepare for a wedding celebration and was worried about not having pork, Secretary Qi announced on the spot that he would buy the pork at a high price.

Many people thought that since they could go to Secretary Qi’s banquet anyway, selling the pork to him would not only earn them some money but also show him respect.

Secretary Qi bought about eighty or ninety pounds of meat. He Tiantian cut five pounds from her family’s share to give to him, without accepting any money in return.

Secretary Qi and Qi Xiaoyan didn’t hold a grudge against He Tiantian

internally, they took her gesture to heart.

Seeing Huo Yingjie looking downcast, He Tiantian asked, "Brother Yingjie, what’s wrong? Aren’t you happy?"

"Don’t you think there’s a problem with the current allocation system?" Huo Yingjie retorted. With such a system, who would be motivated to go hunting? It saps people’s enthusiasm!

"Heh, that’s just how the political environment is these days, there’s nothing we can do," He Tiantian shrugged and said, "But it’s okay, we still got twenty pounds. That’s enough for us for a while. Big items are hard to hide, so we have to share them with everyone. But for smaller things, there’s no need, like wild chickens and hare. I used to sneak them back all the time. As long as no one sees you, it’s fine. Just deal with them and stash them away, no one can say anything about it."

Huo Yingjie thought about it and nodded, "So that’s how it is."

From that day on, Huo Yingjie followed He Tiantian into the mountains and always managed to bring back wild chickens and hares; sometimes they even caught a lot of fish.

These fish weren’t big, coming from mountain streams, but they tasted incredibly fresh, especially the fish soup stewed from them. The entire family particularly liked it, especially Wang Shuping, who would always eat a bit more whenever she had the fish soup.

After that, whenever Huo Yingjie and He Tiantian went up the mountain, they would catch fish.

Within just a few days, the storeroom in their backyard was already hung with dried pork, chicken, and rabbit.

Thanks to Huo Yingjie’s diligence, the living standard of Third Grandma Qi’s family soared. With not enough space at home, they even gave some to Old Man Qi, Professor Wang, and other close friends and relatives.