Chapter 87 - Chapter 87: Chapter 87: Prescription for Xie Yins 1 (1/2)

Chapter 87: Chapter 87: Prescription for Xie Yins 1

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This time, the cave was quite spacious from the entrance onwards, with enough room for everyone to walk inside standing straight, even the tallest, Xie Jue, didn’t need to bend over.

After taking around seven or eight steps, the interior space became even large It was a vast, irregular, unbroken space with no branches or forks. One glance was all it took to take in the whole cave.

The cave wasn’t deep, and its entrance was both wide and high, allowing the outside light to shine in, making it possible for those inside to clearly see the entire cave.

The cave was mainly surrounded by rock walls, with some areas being earth walls covered with vines, indicating that the cave was very stable and unlikely to collapse under normal circumstances.

Wei Ruo could even see water flowing down the right stone wall, suggesting the cave’s humidity level was not low.

As for the temperature, it was quite comfortable inside the cave at this time. Wei Ruo walked around along the stone wall, inspecting the entire cave. In some comers, she found some wild mushrooms, slim and greyish white in color, which were of an inedible variety.

However, this indirectly evidenced that the cave’s environment was suitable for the growth of mushrooms.

“What do you think, Sister Wei? Does it meet what you had in mind?” Xie Jue asked after Wei Ruo completed her round.

Wei Ruo nodded, “Yes, this place perfectly matches the cave I have been searching for.”

Xie Jue revealed a smile, “That’s good.”

Considerately, he didn’t further question Wei Ruo as to why she was looking for such a cave.

If Wei Ruo had chosen not to reveal her motives at the beginning of the day, then it was not appropriate for him to press too much. If Sister Wei wanted to share, she would do so naturally.

Having more or less finished inspecting the cave, Wei Ruo said to the Xie siblings, “Alright, I’m done. This cave is pretty good. But we can discuss what to do with it next time. Let’s go out for now.”

“Shall we continue to gather herbs?” asked Xie Ying.

“If you are willing, we can continue to move further up the mountain to get some more herbs.” Wei Ruo suggested.

‘Let’s go. I want to personally pick some useful herbs and take them back to boost my mother’s health.” said Xie Ying.

She had money, but that was given by her mother. Using the money given by her mother to buy herbs for her mother didn’t mean she had any skill. If she picked the herbs herself, the meaning would be different.

Seeing his enthusiastic sister, Xie Jue turned to Wei Ruo and reluctantly said,

“My sister is not yet satisfied. I’m afraid we’ll have to trouble you, Sister Wei,’to continue leading us to find some herbs.”

“Alright,” agreed Wei Ruo.

Exiting the cave, the group headed deeper into the forest.

The deeper they went into the mountains, the higher the chance of finding valuable medicinal herbs became.

It wasn’t until dusk that the four of them descended from the mountain.

Upon returning, Xiu Mei and Xie Jue each carried a bamboo basket, both filled to the brim.

Wei Ruo had wrapped a bundle in cloth, and Xie Ying, having no cloth, used her brother’s robe to wrap the rest of the herbs.

Most of these herbs were not very valuable. Even collectively, they were probably less valuable than Xie Jue’s cloud brocade robe.

But what could he do? His sister wanted to use it, how could Xie Jue refuse?

Once they had reached the foot of the mountain, Xie Ying wanted to give most of the herbs to Wei Ruo, keeping only a few to prepare a herbal tea for her mother.

Wei Ruo refused, “What you picked is naturally yours.”

Xie Ying said, “No need. I just want some Sophora Japonica to make a herbal tea for my mother.”