newbobooks Chapter 33 An unexpected surprise
Chapter 33 An unexpected surprise
Wen Zizhou's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. He broke free from Wen Luozhi's hand, grabbed the bowls and chopsticks on the table, and ran to the kitchen. "I'll wash them!"
Wen Luozhi was satisfied then, and then took out some medicine for sprains and bruises from home and placed it on the table.
"Dad, when Third Brother comes out in a little while, let him take a bath and dry off."
Wen Muchuan readily agreed; he was the only one in the family who still paid attention to the third son.
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Wen Luozhi ran to the small patch of land in the yard, and she carefully lifted a few leaves to her surprise and delight, discovering that the seeds she had sown that morning had already sprouted! She then carefully covered the leaves back up.
The little wolf was frolicking nearby, and Wen Luozhi suddenly remembered the side quest when she saw it.
She picked up the wolf cub and said to it, "Little guy, the system said you'd be useful if we brought you along when we found ginseng."
"But I always feel like it's just trying to fool me."
She thought: The wolf cub is so small, how can it know its way around? It's not a local wolf here... How can it smell things? It's so small, its sense of smell probably isn't very developed.
The little wolf howled twice, much louder than usual, as if protesting against what Wen Luozhi had said.
Wen Luozhi thought about it again. Since it was produced by the system and was a spirit pet, it couldn't be simple!
Thinking this, she took out the remaining goat milk from the system, fed it, and then carried it into the house.
She needed to prepare herself before quietly heading up the mountain! Anyway, it wasn't too late, and she could catch the village chief's meeting when she returned.
Xie He, though sharp-tongued, has already started making arrangements to teach Wen Zizhou a lesson.
Seeing that they were all busy at home, Wen Luozhi put the little wolf in her small basket and quietly went out.
This time, she didn't go to the same hill as before, but instead went to one with denser vegetation.
Once inside the mountains, she released the wolf cub, and the little guy excitedly hopped ahead on his short legs.
Wen Luozhi listened attentively and observed from all directions, and soon she actually made quite a few discoveries.
Her backpack already contained a nest of wild rabbits and some medicinal herbs for making tea.
As we entered a damp place, the wolf cub in front of us suddenly started howling incessantly.
Just as she was about to step forward, a system notification sounded:
[Dear host, two thousand-year-old ginseng plants have been discovered ahead. Please follow your spirit pet to successfully harvest them and complete the side quest.]
Wen Luozhi was so excited that her breathing became rapid. The little wolf had stopped howling and was wagging its tail and sniffing around. She followed the little wolf quietly, afraid of disturbing it.
Finally, the little wolf stopped under a big tree, and then its chubby body rushed towards her, its little mouth biting her skirt and pulling her in that direction.
Wen Luozhi understood its meaning, bent down, hugged it in her arms, and walked towards the big tree.
She looked up and saw that the tree was so tall that she couldn't see the top of it, so it must have been there for many years.
She put the wolf cub in her basket and picked up a twig to probe the surrounding grass.
The little wolf was whimpering on her back, sounding very anxious. Wen Luozhi wanted to comfort it, but unexpectedly it jumped off the basket and rolled several times on the ground.
Wen Luozhi was terrified. She went forward and picked it up to check if it had fallen. When she looked up, she saw a faint green light emanating from the grass she had already looked at.
She suddenly remembered that the book said that old things have spiritual energy. Could it be that what she was looking for was right in front of her?
She gently placed the wolf cub on the ground and walked toward the green light. She parted the grass and sure enough, she saw two plants with red berries on their tops.
Strangely, the green light disappeared when she got close.
She took out two red ropes, tied them to the two ginseng plants, and then carefully began to dig with a small hoe.
She was already drenched in sweat when she dug up the first plant, because she was extremely tense and afraid of damaging even a single root during the digging process.
Before digging up the second plant, she took a deep breath, lay down on the ground, and continued to do the same.
Finally, she dug up the second ginseng and wrapped both ginseng plants in her system inventory.
After finishing everything, she collapsed on the ground, exhausted. The little wolf happily licked her face.
She picked up the little wolf and gave him a big kiss. If it weren't for this little guy, she definitely wouldn't have had such good luck today.
[Ding ding ding, congratulations host for completing side quest (2) and the reward of 30 points has been credited to your account. Please check your account.]
System Reminder: The lower the difficulty of the side quest, the lower the reward points. If you do not complete the quest within the specified time, the corresponding points will be deducted.
Wen Luozhi was in a great mood and didn't bother to care about whether or not points would be deducted.
She went to the system shop and redeemed a pack of the most expensive cat treats, then took out two and fed them to the little wolf.
After eating, she held the little wolf in her arms and went down the mountain along the same path she had come from.
It was already evening when she reached the foot of the mountain. She was humming a cheerful tune and was in a great mood, unaware that her family was nearly frantic with worry.
"It's all your fault! If you hadn't been so lazy and kept me busy with your things, I wouldn't have missed that my sister wasn't home!" Wen Zixun glared at Wen Zizhou, his tone full of resentment.
When he came back from the fields, he went to look for his sister but found that she was missing. He went to his mother, but she said that his sister should be sleeping in the room.
He knocked on the door again, but no one answered. He pushed the door open and saw that there wasn't even a trace of his sister!
He rushed out to ask Xie He, who was still washing his lazy third brother's clothes at the time!
Wen Zizhou felt he hadn't done anything wrong, so he waved his hand and said, "This village is so small, how could she possibly get lost? I think she just went out to play."
He had barely finished speaking when Wen Ziming and his brothers, who had gone out to look for people, returned.
"How is it, brother? Have you found your sister yet?" Wen Zixun rushed up to him and asked anxiously.
Wen Ziming didn't speak, but his expression was the answer.
Wen Zi'an frowned, didn't even drink a sip of water, and turned to leave.
When they reached the courtyard gate, Xie He returned. She anxiously grabbed Wen Zi'an's hand and asked, "Xiao Si, have you found your sister?!" Her voice was filled with fear, and her hand holding Wen Zi'an's hand was trembling uncontrollably.
Wen Zi'an shook his head, offered a few words of comfort, and was about to leave when Wen Luozhi's voice suddenly rang out from not far away, "Mother! Fourth Brother! What are you doing at the courtyard gate?!"
She ran a few steps to the two of them, and Xie He raised her hand and slapped her on the back. "Where have you been, you little brat! Your mother was so worried about you, you know that!"
Xie He finally burst into tears, holding Wen Luozhi in her arms and crying, "Why didn't you tell your mother before you went out? If anything had happened to you, would your mother even want to live?"
Wen Luozhi felt Xie He's body trembling, and only then did she realize the seriousness of the situation.
She gently patted Xie He's back and coaxed her softly, "I was wrong, Mother. I just went to the mountains because I was bored. I'll definitely tell you next time."
Hearing that she had gone up the mountain, Xie He pushed her away and poked her forehead with her finger. "You actually went up the mountain by yourself! You want to do it again?! I... I'm going to teach you a lesson today!"
She raised the broom to sweep the yard and was about to hit her on the bottom when Wen Luozhi, frightened, quickly hid behind Wen Zi'an and said pitifully, "Mom, I was wrong."
“I’ll never go to the mountains again, I swear!” She peeked out from behind Wen Zi’an and held up three fingers of one hand.
The people inside heard the commotion and ran out. They all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Wen Luozhi.
Seeing that Xie He was about to hit Wen Luozhi and the others, everyone's hearts were in their throats and they rushed forward to plead for mercy.
Wen Zizhou, always eager to stir up trouble, said to Xie He, "Mother should have taught her a lesson a long time ago, otherwise she just never learns her lesson."
He smirked smugly, thinking that he had finally caught this little rascal in the act, which would give him a chance to vent his anger.
As soon as he said that, everyone turned to look at him, and everyone glared at him. Even the youngest tiger, Little Tiger, bared his little teeth as if he was about to bite someone.
Wen Zizhou took a few steps back, swallowing nervously. "Why are you looking at me? I'm only doing this for her own good... so she won't sneak out again next time."
Xie He threw down the broom, pointed at his nose, and yelled, "What right do you have to let me hit my daughter? I get angry just looking at you!"
Wen Zizhou pouted and said discontentedly, "Mom! You just keep spoiling her. See what she'll do next time..."
"Ouch!" Before he could finish speaking, a piece of wood flew out from nowhere and hit the back of his head, making him yell in pain.
He looked around, but there was no one else besides the people in the yard. And they hadn't moved at all...
Wen Luozhi covered her mouth and chuckled behind Wen Zian's back. Of course she saw it, even though Wen Zizhou didn't!
The piece of wood flew out of the window of her second brother's room. Presumably, her second brother couldn't stand this lazy bum and was helping her vent her anger, right? Wen Luozhi felt secretly pleased.