Chapter 880 Let’s Stay Together

Li Changxiao did not interrupt, and went back to the pool, shook off his clothes, and reunited with Si Nian. At this time, the scorching sun was already setting in the west, and there were many shades of trees in the mountains and fields. The two walked under the shade of the trees to avoid the scorching sun.

Si Nian was in a good mood, humming a cheerful tune along the way. Although the mountains and fields were deep, they were not without human traces. Sometimes on the cliffs, you can meet a few herbalists who are picking herbs together.

Once, Si Nian saw someone from a distance of several hundred feet away, and she shouted a few times and waved her hand to say hello. She was originally a lively and lovely person. Once she was noisy or in a good mood, she would say a few good or bad words to everyone she met, make a few jokes, and say hello. The herbalist in the distance was startled, but after glimpsing Si Nian and Li Changxiao, he still politely replied: "Hello!" and waved his hand to say hello.

There were waves of responses. Si Nian replied, "Hello! Be careful, sir!" The man replied, "You should be careful too!" Si Nian said again, "Okay, I'll be careful, you should be careful too!" The man said, "Everyone should be careful!"

There was a strange exchange of words at a great distance. Li Changxiao complained in his heart. If he said that he was very familiar with people, then Si Nian was "not familiar with people". The old man and the young man were several hundred feet apart, one on the mountain road and the other hanging on the cliff. They were already chatting here and were polite to each other.

Li Changxiao thought about it. Si Nian was like this during the Panlong Sect period. However, after a few encounters, things had changed and people had almost forgotten Si Nian's original appearance and personality.

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The two returned to the small wooden house before sunset, each with a backpack full of mountain herbs. After a day of hard work, they only cooked a bowl of porridge at night, with some pickles, and fell asleep after a quick drink.

There was a vegetable field in front of the wooden house. It was Li Changxiao who had used a hoe to turn the field over and over again. The vegetable field he had plowed out had been planted with green vegetables. But it had just been planted and only some sprouts had sprouted. It was probably still a week before it matured.

The next day, the two woke up and went to the town to exchange herbs for money. After putting the basket in the medicine shop, the owner of the medicine shop led three or five shop assistants to identify the herbs one by one, looking, smelling, and touching... Si Nian put his hands on his waist and said, "Hmph, shopkeeper, don't be cunning. If you dare to cheat me, I will go to another store."

The owner of the medicine shop said, "You are a fairy in the mountains. How dare I, a mortal, cheat you? Even if I cheat you, you will definitely be able to see through it. Don't you care about me, a mortal?" Si Nian said, "It's hard to say, it's hard to say. I didn't care before, but now I have to care." He patted Li Changxiao on the shoulder. The meaning is that one more person means one more mouth. Besides, this mouth is first-rate for eating meat and drinking wine, and money is flowing like water, so naturally it has to be calculated carefully.

She also enjoyed this feeling. During this period of time, she felt more satisfied than ever before, but she didn't dare to think too much. There was an unspeakable fear in her heart. She always felt that the day of separation might be near or near, but there would be this day. Whenever she thought of this, she felt suffocated. Fortunately, she was cheerful by nature, because the vague future made her cherish the present more.

The owner of the medicine shop settled 37 taels of silver. Among them, precious herbs such as small phoenix ginseng accounted for 32 taels of silver. The rest of the scattered herbs just raised 5 taels. The purse was suddenly bulging. Li Changxiao thought that the money earned by going up the mountain to collect herbs was better than being a guard and doing hard labor. He could also travel around the mountains and rivers.

Si Nian waved his hand and immediately allocated 10 taels of silver to Li Changxiao as wine money. The owner of the drugstore was very envious. Seeing the two of them staying together so well, it was no exaggeration to say that they were a "fairy couple". The owner of the drugstore had a nephew who was over 20 years old, just the right age to get married. He had secretly taken a fancy to Si Nian and secretly brought his nephew to see her. His nephew also liked her very much. He fell in love with her when they met, and kept thinking about her every day, and kept urging him to propose marriage. But who knew that there would be a roadblock.

The nephew of the drugstore owner had a good family background. He was also handsome. But after the drugstore owner saw Li Changxiao, he gave up the idea. He also thought that Si Nian was not a woman who was moved by money. When she looked at Li Changxiao, she was full of joy and attachment, and every move showed it. I guess she thought deeply, thought about it, and waited for a long time. He dared not mention the matter of marriage again. Just thinking about it like this, it was pitiful for his nephew. How could he not think deeply and think about it? Unfortunately, it is not suitable.

The owner of the medicine shop sighed again and again as he watched the two of them talk and laugh as they left the medicine shop. But how could he know that they each had their own lovesickness. Who in this world has everything going their way? His life span is only a hundred years, and no matter how hard and painful it is, no matter how hard and painful it is, it is just a few decades of torture. But for those who have a long life span, the pain of the blunt knife cutting their flesh is more than a hundred years.

It is really hard to say whether this temporary companionship is a blessing or a curse.

Si Nian wanted to build a fence in front of the small wooden house. Because the wooden house is remote, every night there are always some foxes and wild animals running to mess up the vegetable garden. In addition, he also wanted to add a bathing room and place two large bathing barrels.

These money should be carefully calculated. Li Changxiao found a bamboo forest, cut bamboo to surround the fence, and it was all done in half a day. Si Nian kicked it hard twice, and it was unusually strong. He couldn't help but give Li Changxiao a thumbs up and praised him generously. He called him Brother Li.

The next step was to build the bathing room. Right behind the wooden house, Li Changxiao first dug a drainage channel, extending it all the way to the nearby creek, then cut down trees to lay the foundation, and piled up one by one. Li Changxiao was strong and powerful, and he was really good at this kind of work. In less than half a day, he built the bathing room.

The days passed like this, one day after another. Summer passed and autumn came. The weather was clear and the leaves turned yellow. One day, a young man climbed the mountain and waded through the water, came to the couple's small residence and knocked on the door.

It turned out that the nephew of the owner of the medicine shop was getting married. The owner of the medicine shop remembered that Si Nian often sent herbal medicine, so he invited her to the banquet. The young man came to run errands and deliver the invitations.

That night, Si Nian hesitated whether to go or not. Li Chang smiled and said, "Of course I have to go, it's good to go and share in the joy." Si Nian was happy and melancholy, muttering to herself, "Drinking the newlyweds' wine together, how can it not be considered staying together forever."