Chapter 55: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 55 Strange Wolves (1)
The cold wind whistled, and everything was withered. The road up the mountain wasn't difficult to traverse, and in the depth of winter, there was no need to worry about encountering snakes, insects, mice, or ants.
Mo Yan looked at the desolate landscape. Apart from the evergreen pines and cypresses, which were easy to recognize, all the other trees had shed their leaves, leaving only bare trunks and branches. There was no way to tell if these trees were fruit trees.
It seemed that she would have to wait until next spring to transplant fruit trees from the mountain to her space.
After wandering around for half a day without any gains, Mo Yan didn't rush to descend the mountain. Taking advantage of the easy path, she decided to explore further so that it would be easier to climb the mountain in the future.
By now, she had reached deep into the mountains, where there were no traces of human activity around, only the whistling of the cold wind. Fortunately, there was sunlight today, so it didn't feel eerie.
After walking deeper into the mountain for half an hour, she finally found a few Sichuan pepper trees. Mo Yan took out a shovel and hoe from her space and carefully dug up two smaller Sichuan pepper trees, transplanted them into her space, and watered them with spiritual spring water without worrying about them not surviving.
The food and beverage industry in this era was quite developed. Seasonings such as Sichuan pepper, chili, and star anise had long been brought to the table and become essential seasonings for every household. However, fruits were rare. Grapes and apples were rarely seen in the streets and markets. Mangoes, lychees, and longans only existed in the south. In the north, one couldn't even find a single fruit peel. However, whether such fruits existed in places like the palace and noble families was unknown.
She had long planned to buy the barren mountains behind the house. If she had the opportunity to acquire these rare fruit trees, turning barren mountains into fruit forests wouldn't be difficult for her.
Seeing that it was still early, Mo Yan decided to walk a bit further. If she didn't find anything, she would return. Although she hadn't found any medicinal herbs or fruit trees, there were indeed as many animals in the forest as she had guessed. Wild rabbits and chickens were everywhere, but every time they rushed out in a panic, it startled her.
There were also many squirrels and yellow weasels. Perhaps because there were few people here, these intelligent animals weren't very afraid of humans. When they saw Mo Yan approaching, they trotted away leisurely, occasionally turning their heads to curiously look at her with their small eyes, making Mo Yan itch to use her space to collect them.
At this moment, Mo Yan didn't know that the reason these intelligent animals weren't afraid of her was because she often bathed with spiritual spring water, emitting a scent that they found very pleasant. If it weren't for their natural wariness of humans, they would have come up to sniff her.
However, after walking for a short while, Mo Yan suddenly felt that something was wrong. In this sparsely wooded forest, not to mention rabbits and pine trees, she couldn't even see a sparrow. The whistling wind swept through, the shadows swayed, and the surroundings were eerily quiet.
"Ow—"
Suddenly, a long howl rang out. Caught off guard, Mo Yan's legs went weak, and she almost fell to the ground. She quickly grabbed onto a tree trunk and nervously looked around. This was the howl of a wolf; she wouldn't mistake it. There was a wolf lurking nearby!
"Ow—Ow—"
"Ow—Ow—Ow—"
As if in response, the howls of wolves continued to sound from all directions, one after another. Now, not only were her legs weak, but her hair was standing on end. Under the shock, Mo Yan completely forgot to retreat into her space.
Just as Mo Yan was about to turn around and run, there was a sudden sound of "baa baa" from the bushes ahead. The sound was short and urgent, indicating that something had greatly frightened it. Immediately afterward, a group of brown-gray quadrupeds dashed out at a rapid speed, rushing into Mo Yan's line of sight.
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