
The next morning, Gu Xiqiao woke up early to do the morning work around the mountain road, greeting the villagers who started their day in the fields with a smile.
After which, he found an open spot and started practicing the Five Beasts Game, noticing the round head that followed after him.
“Sister Little Gu, what do you do?” The boy was chewing on an egg while looking at Gu Xiqiao curiously.
Gu Xiqiao breathed to recover from the training before he relaxed and replied, “Shi Tou, why are you here? Where's the village chief? “
“Dad is checking the dam, and I'm eating eggs!” The son of the seven-year-old village chief was and was so mischievous and mischievous that even his family members could not tame him, but strangely enough, he was quite obedient to Gu Xiqiao. He looked at her with a slanted head and a bright smile. “Sister Little Gu, you are finally back!”
“You don't look too excited by it.” Gu Xiqiao covered his mouth as he chuckled, before pointing to a nearby river. “Go wash your hands after you finish your eggs, I will drive you home.”
It had also happened in the past, when Yu Man was still alive. Gu Xiqiao would meet Shi Tou halfway in the morning, and then he would take him home where Yu Man had made breakfast for them.
Shi Tou staggered into the river and washed his hands. “I was so excited that I couldn't sleep last night, and my mother hit me so my excitement was up.”
“You must be annoying again, why else would he hit you?” Gu Xiqiao tapped his head gently.
Yep, yeah. Shi Tou walked down the stone steps, before looking back at Gu Xiqiao. “Sister Little Gu be careful, there are many stairs here.”
Gu Xiqiao rubbed his forehead. “All right, all right, I'm not blind, you know?”
After seeing this talkative boy and familiar steps, as well as familiar sights and sounds, Gu Xiqiao felt another wave of nostalgia hit him as he walked.
Not long after, the two found Tang Qinghong who was out for a morning jog as well with light-colored sportswear. Her skin was pale and her nose was high, and even though she did not have a smile on her face, she still looked quite gentle and different in her behavior, she said, it makes the audience feel like they are in an upscale exhibition hall instead of in a village.
“Good morning,” Tang Qinghong smiled and greeted Gu Xiqiao. Someone woke up early.
Gu Xiqiao nodded with: “Good morning.”
Shi Tou held onto his hand and looked at Tang Qinghong with a mischievous smile. “Hey uncle, it's late! Big Shi Tou had completed his morning task and was about to return home! ”
“Big Shi Tou?” Tang Qinghong asked in confusion.
“Ya, our family cow.” Shi Tou nodded and dragged Gu Xiqiao away, ignoring the further questions Tang Qinghong had.
Tang Qinghong: “..”
It was actually still half-six in the morning, but since it was summer, the sun had already risen around five in the morning, when everyone started their daily routine. For someone in the city, half a six o'clock might have been an earlier time to wake up, but that was definitely not the case for someone from the village.
Gu Xiqiao held back a laugh before he spoke: “Shi Tou, you don't seem to like that uncle that much from earlier?”
“Hah, am I too clear about that?” Shi Tou blinked, and upon seeing his expression, he rubbed his nose timidly. “Everyone in the village is afraid of him, and although I am not afraid of him, I feel he is very fake! When you smile, I feel warm and unclear, but when he smiles. It's like a bizzaro freak! ”
Shi Tou did not know how to explain it, so he used that analogy, and Gu Xiqiao made a mental note of not going through it in the future.
After Tang Qinghong returned from her morning jog, she smelled a tantalizing scent from afar. His footsteps stopped as he smelled an alluring scent. The three of them did not have much food in this village, and most of it was cooked by Su Wen who only knew how to cook food that was almost inedible, or sometimes they got food sent here from the city, but it seemed like nothing could compare to this scent.
He opened the door, looking at the bald boy who was sitting at the table in the courtyard. The kitchen in Gu Xiqiao's house was not built into the actual house, but rather a small building by itself in the courtyard, and from the window, someone from the courtyard could see what was happening inside.
Right now, Gu Xiqiao was busy in the kitchen, preparing food as his hair became tangled in sweat due to the heat of the fire.
Su Wen stood there confused, and Tang Qinghong patted her back gently to wake her up. “What, you won't help?”
“No, just ..” Su Wen scratched his head timidly. “I'm afraid..”
He and Bao Xinyi immediately woke up after smelling him, their stomachs grumbling in protest, but it was clear that Gu Xiqiao did not plan to let them judge from how he had only prepared a portion for two people.
“Tell him you're the heir to the Su family from Imperial Capital.” Bao Xinyi yawned, her complexion slowly returning to normal in contrast to the ghastly pale as the night before, but there was still an undeniable fear in the depths of her gaze as she looked towards Gu Xiqiao. “He will definitely give you all the food you want.”
Tang Qinghong glanced over with a thoughtful smile on her face. “Family Su ..”
What he did not say was how the girl might not even consider the Su family worthy, lest bring them food because of that.
As he thought about this, he walked towards the kitchen.
Bao Xinyi had been preoccupied with looking towards Gu Xiqiao, and she only realized that Tang Qinghong was there when she walked beside him, and after seeing that he did not even say a word to her before walking straight into the kitchen, his fists clenched slightly.
“I never expected you to be the type that cooks.” Tang Qinghong looked around the kitchen before her eyes shone on the delicious-looking food on the plate.
Gu Xiqiao had just finished cooking, and as soon as he entered, he waved towards Shi Tou who was in the courtyard to come and take his plate.
Tang Qinghong could not steal food from a small child, so she simply coughed awkwardly and said, “Uhm, my aunt ..”
“...” Gu Xiqiao looked at him speechlessly before giving him one egg pancake.
Tang Qinghong looked at the pancakes awkwardly, her expression somewhat embarrassed asking for food like this.
Then, he bit him, and that delicious taste exploded in his mouth. Just from the taste, it must have been as good as that starry restaurant, and after being stunned for a moment, he chuckled. His incompetence was not in vain if he had to eat something like this.
Gu Xiqiao actually liked foods like porridge and bread that were more Chinese-style, but all of this took time to make and had a lot of steps, and Shi Tou only liked foods like sandwiches, though, so he'll make it for her when he has time.
Bao Xinyi couldn't bear to stay there anymore, so by glancing at Su Wen, she said, “I'll go to Jia Wei's place.”
Jia Wei is the daughter of the mayor as well as her classmate in the Imperial Capital, and although she does not like girls who are close to people with money and power like industrial glue, she is not, it's definitely better than staying here.
After hearing that, Su Wen let her go without stopping her at all.
Gu Xiqiao walked up to retrieve two boxes of milk from his inventory where time was frozen and the freshness of his milk was preserved. He had stored ninety-nine containers of milk in his inventory, but it was too frightening, so he only took out two boxes and placed them in his room.
After breakfast, Gu Xiqiao brought Shi Tou next to him, as he applied the needle to Aunt Li. A hundred days of treatment would be necessary to cure him completely, and since he was old at his age, and Gu Xiqiao did not use medicine that was too me too, either, just make some medicine for him using the herbs available at his House.
“You put it down, let me do it.” Li Yanmei wanted to take the potion after seeing Gu Xiqiao heading into the kitchen. “My mom will definitely nag you when she sees how thin you are, all her skin and bones.”
Gu Xiqiao did not allow him to take any herbal medicine, so he avoided Li Yanmei's hand easily. “Saudari May, go and help Uncle Li because I am better at making medicine than you, and I will not be able to relax if you do.”
Li Yanmei did not insist any further after hearing this. “Alright, I'll go help my father in the fields near the village entrance, so you just need to have Shi Tou call me if you need me.”
There were actually not many useful herbs left in the village, but Gu Xiqiao had many herbs he kept in his inventory that Mu Zong helped to collect. Gu Xiqiao found the pot and put down the potion inside, before taking out the precious herb from his inventory.
As he cooked the potion, he summoned Yao Jiamu who had been given the Bone Marrow Cleaning Pill along with Wu Hongwen and Xiao Yun, and even though they had been given the Firefly Illusion Note with an explanation, Gu Xiqiao did not expect they would have it. Any result in such a short period of time.
Very surprisingly, Yao Jiamu could already feel the flow of chi, and Gu Xiqiao answered the question from the excited boy before hanging up the phone.
[Beauty Qiao, Yao Jiamu is extremely talented!] The spirit system was still floating and playing games in the virtual space, but it still commented. [He's already stepped into the first level in just two days, and although it can't compare to you, he's still a better genius than most young people in the ancient martial arts world!]
“I'm also quite surprised.” Gu Xiqiao extinguished the flames after finishing the treatment, before pouring the herbs into the bowl.
The pot that was on the stove was extremely hot, but Gu Xiqiao held it as if he could not feel anything, his expression calm as he walked out of the kitchen.
[It is only fitting that Yao Jiamu is the only one who has succeeded, look at the two! Play the game in the morning, even with a little motivation.I will suppress it in the game!].
Xiao Yun and Wu Hongwen (in-game): Please don't bully us! QAQ
Gu Xiqiao brought the bowl to Aunt Li, and Shi Tou received the bowl before gently blowing it away and giving it to the middle-aged woman. At this moment, the door opened with a loud bang slammed, and Li Yanmei rushed back inside the house. “Small Gu! Quickly get out, the village chief fainted while working in the rice fields, go and check! ”
Gu Xiqiao immediately stood up and walked out of the house with Shi Tou behind him.
“Hey, it's okay, okay?” Gu Xiqiao reassured Shi Tou who looked like he was being anxious. “I'm here.”
“OK...” Shi Tou replied, his tone was nasal as he held back his tears.
When Gu Xiqiao got there, the village chief still did not wake up, and just from looking at him, he looked like he was sleeping, his expression peaceful.
What was different about him was the layer of dark aura wrapped around him that only Gu Xiqiao could see.
[Daily charity mission activated: Save the village chief!]
[Mission completion reward: 100 points!]
Gu Xiqiao took a deep breath before taking out a set of gold needles, and after seeing it, the villagers quickly gave way to him.
They all knew that Gu Xiqiao was Yu Man's adopted daughter, and had learned a thing or two from Yu Man as well when he was brought in to help with treatment since he was a child. This was the reason why no one had underestimated him, and also the reason why people called him the little genius doctor.
The infestation of the evil aura on the village chief was still quite light, and Gu Xiqiao started to apply the golden needles to his pressure points and channel the chi that had great life energy into him, the black fog slowly disappeared.
In order to speed up the process, he subtly made a seal with his hands where no one could see and remove the evil aura from him while he used the needle.
After a while, he took out a golden needle and stood up, rubbing Shi Tou's head as he did.
“Share your father, okay? He'll heal, I promise. Tell him to come to my place when he wakes up, okay? ”
Shi Tou blinked and asked, “When will he wake Sister Little Gu?”
“Alongest in half an hour.” Gu Xiqiao said, before rejecting their offer to stay for lunch.
When she returned home, Tang Qinghong was waiting for her at the gate, her slender figure attracting the attention of the young girls in the village as they passed by. As Gu Xiqiao walked over, he looked at her and smiled. Did someone faint?
“Ya,” Gu Xiqiao replied half-heartedly before going inside the house.
Tang Qinghong blinked in surprise, still not used to someone ignoring her like that. “Wait!”
The girl stopped walking and turned to him, her eyes narrowing slightly as she did. “Speaking.”
“It may be sudden for you, but everyone in your village should move.” After seeing her face become colder as she said that she quickly continued, “It's okay, I will arrange accommodation for them in the city!”
This was a secret operation from the higher-ups, and it was actually quite dangerous for the villagers to live here in Baixing Village in the future. In the past few days, many people were injured and considered it an accident, but he knew that within a month, every inch of land within a ten mile radius would become a living purgatory!
Gu Xiqiao looked at him humorlessly, and since he thought he would not speak anymore, he said, “We will not move!”
“You ...” Tang Qinghong looked on in disbelief at the girl who started walking away. Does anyone have a problem with getting out of here and getting a high-end condo in town? “However, it is not a decision that should be made by you guys ..”
He sighed softly, and after a while, Su Wen came back from outside. “Young Master Tang, did you not leave today?”
Su Wen was a student from University A who was here on a trip with her classmates, and she met Tang Qinghong by chance on the way here, so the three of them chose to come here together. Another group of people had gone to N City before, and they would probably arrive here in a few days.
Therefore, Su Wen did not dare to put his hands into Tang Qinghong's business. He did not know where Tang Qinghong went every day, but the latter always went home after sunset, so this was the first time he had seen her in the morning.
“Because a big change is coming ..” Tang Qinghong muttered, as if immersed in his thoughts.
Su Wen was not sure what he meant, so he changed the subject. “We will hike in the afternoon, will you join us?”
“When?” Tang Qinghon's brows furrowed involuntarily. On the north side of the village there was a tall mountain that was completely enveloped by tall trees, and even the residents here did not dare to go there alone.
He turned to look towards the north, before taking a deep breath. “Do I have to go?”
Su Wen did not know exactly what was on his mind, so he simply scratched the back of his head. “We will just climb.. Don't worry, we have a professional guide with us, so we won't get lost!”
“Good.” Tang Qinghong nodded and turned to enter the house without a word.
***
One afternoon, Su Wen and his comrades gathered at the village entrance to prepare for a hike, and when they were about to set off for the mountain, they were about to leave, Tang Qinghong arrived in white branded sportswear and footwear, and this handsome young man was instantly the center of attention.
The girl who had spoken to Bao Xinyi immediately put on a cold face as if she wanted to differentiate herself from the other more excited girls who were there, she said, and it really worked on the other boys, to some extent, because she was pretty enough.
The facade of ‘I'm not like the other girls’ is so out of date at the moment, and if this really manages to catch Tang Qinghong's attention, the young ladies in the Imperial Capital will probably cry to death.
“Young Master Tang!” Su Wen and Bao Xinyi greeted, and when the others heard this, the others looked at each other. They did not know Tang Qinghong, but they sure knew a duo that could be counted as part of a high family in society even in the Imperial Capital. For them treating someone with care spoke more than words.
On the way to the mountain, some of them asked Su Wen and Bao Xinyi about this new man, but the two of them did not even dare to talk about it at all, so their efforts were in vain.