Published at 9th of February 2020 10:14:09 PM
Chapter 6
ch 6 – The Bizarre Red Lotus (3)
All the ruckus outside has no effect on the brother and sister sitting inside . Gu Ming knew that his sister’s stomach was really weak right now and wouldn’t be able to handle the hard biscuit . So he broke them into fingernail size pieces and soak the in the porridge until they were soften before he fed them to her .
Gu Ye looked at the dark and messy food and, even though she was miserably from being hungry, they still didn’t drum up her appetite . Under her brother’s hopeful look, she forced herself to take a bite . Ugh! They were equally disgusting tasting as the nutritious drinks that she received on assignments in her previous life . She couldn’t take more than a few bites .
The original owner’s body had been nourished by the nourishment potion over night so, even though it was still weak, it could at least handle a minimum amount of food . Gu Ming then gave her some water and said to her, “I am going to chop some firewood in a little bit . Let me see if I can catch more fish . The doctor said fish soup is very nourishing . ”
Having said that, he sighed deeply and continued, “The doctor also said chicken soup was the best . Too bad your brother is too useless and not able bring home game meat everyday like Zhang Lihu from the village . ”
“Ge, you are good enough . If it wasn’t for you, I’d have been devoured by the beasts in the mountain already,” For a 11-year-old child, Gu Ming was about as good as he could be .
But recalling what it was like when she regained consciously, she could still see those blue eyes of the wolves . Gu Ye couldn’t help but said, “Ge, there are too many wolves in the mountain . Don’t go in there by yourself any more . I only have one good brother who cares about me . I don’t want anything to happen to you . ”
“Okay, from now on, I will limit my area to just around the village and not make you worry . I am going to go chop wood now . If you don’t want to sleep anymore, then go over to your Ninth Aunt’s place and chat with Li jie jie1 . ” Gu Ming was worried that his innocent sister would be bullied by Mrs . Gu and her son again .
From the original owner’s memory, Li jie was a year older than the two of them . She was tender and caring . The original owner had a special dependency toward Li jie, but Gu Ye wanted to enter and check out her dimension so she used being tired as a reason to turn down her brother’s suggestion .
Gu Ming left worried . Their father and stepmother went foraging for wild vegetables in the mountain . Da Zhuang was also recruited to help . Mrs . Gu worried about leaving Xiao Zhuang home by himself so she took him with her in a basket .
Picture: Basket to carry baby in
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It was quiet in the courtyard, with a simple thought Gu Ye entered her dimension . It was still the same dimension, the ten or so well fertilized black soil was filled with herbs she had collected for years in her previous life . Over a hundred different species of herbs including some very rare ones .
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Dozens of herbs that were over a hundred years old, but that was common in a dimension, even hundred or upward of hundreds years old ginseng or fleeceflower root . The lifecycles of herbs were much shorter inside the dimension so she has never ran out of material when she was experimenting with new poultices .
After going around and surveilling the entire herb field once, Gu Ye, now in a great mood, went inside her poultice laboratory – a very elegantly-built wood structure . Boxes and boxes filled with all sorts of potions and poultices gave Gu Ye a strong sense of security . Her fingers slid through bottles and bottles of medicines of all colors as though she was stroking her own children as she took a trip down memory lane .
Exiting her laboratory, she glanced over at the pile of “garbage” on the empty field . These were all the materials she had collected before her previous world plunged into chaos . Some of them might be more useful than others; she needed to find some time to organize them .
Suddenly, she smelled a small hint of lotus flower . Following the fragrant, she arrived at that small pond situated in the middle of the dimension and was surprised by her discovery of a half blossomed red lotus . It had neither leaves nor root, like a fairy who had abandoned the world around her and stood proudly in the middle of the shallow, blue pond . On one of its pedal was a drop of jade-like petrichor, sparkling in the light .
Picture: Lotus Flower
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Picture: Lotus Seeds
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Picture: Lotus Root (very yummy!!)
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“Eh? When was the lotus planted? But hey, at least I will have lotus seeds and lotus roots to eat in the future,” Said Gu Ye to herself .
As she looked at it with a gluttony look, the fire like red lotus shook almost unnoticeably, as though it was scared, or a feeling of disdain . Gu Ye rubbed her eyes . Did she just feel human emotions in a red lotus? What she thought she had seen must be a mistake!
She would have plenty of time in the future to figure out where this red lotus come from . For now she should go back out before her brother returned and found her missing and be worried all over again .
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Note:
1 . older sister . Again, not necessarily related, just someone a few years old than you of the same generation .
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