If you don't consummate the marriage for three years and then marry a successful educated youth

Wen Yao stared at him intently, and seeing that his expression was normal and he didn't seem to care about Lin Fengjiao, she felt inexplicably relieved.

"I heard she's getting married in the city soon, so it's not realistic for her to come see me anymore. She'll only be able to come back a limited number of times a year, so we'll basically be like strangers."

Jiang Lie said, his hands moving, "Well, as long as you didn't suffer any losses, don't worry too much about her. Let's just live our own lives."

"Okay, got it."

As darkness slowly fell, the two took a nap before midnight and waited for the band of light to appear after midnight. It appeared around 2 a.m., and the two looked at each other and nodded in tacit agreement.

He lifted his foot and chased after the band of light, tying strips of cloth to the trees as he went, finishing with fifty strips before finally reaching his destination.

"Wife, fifty strips of cloth were used."

"Yeah, I'm counting too. It looks like it's only a little over an hour's walk. Let's walk it tomorrow and see if we can write down the route."

"Okay, we have plenty of time this time, so there's no rush to go back."

"Let's go around to the other side of the mountain."

The two circled around to the back of the mountain wall and were stunned by the sight before them. It was pitch black all around, but fireflies were flying everywhere, like twinkling stars.

Wen Yao murmured, "This place is so beautiful. So the fireflies in the books are real. They are so pretty."

Jiang Lie withdrew his gaze, pulled the person to a hollow in the mountain wall and went in. There were still more than two hours until dawn, so they could rest a little longer.

"I'll hold you while you sleep, you won't get cold. Sleep peacefully, we have to get up early tomorrow morning."

"I'm not sleepy, I want to watch a little longer."

"it is good."

Wen Yao sat on his lap, nestled in his arms, staring intently at the twinkling starlight. Slowly, fireflies flew over and landed in her palm.

The glowing part at the tail flickered, and it quickly flew away.

The person leaned against his strong chest and fell asleep without realizing it. When he opened his eyes again, it was already dawn.

The two put their food inside, set off lightly to find a water source nearby, quickly washed up, took out a small notebook, and began to study the medicinal valley little by little.

Wen Yao stood under a tree, took a gentle sniff, and a faint fragrance of grass, wood, and fruit wafted over, slightly irritating. She rubbed her nose, picked a leaf, and brought it closer to smell.

"Achoo, achoo~~"

Jiang Lie, who was cautiously observing his surroundings, quickly walked over and asked, "What's wrong? Did you find something?"

"It's nothing, it's just that this tree is a bit strange. I've never seen a tree like this before. Its white leaves reflect light, how can it photosynthesize? And it smells really nice."

"It smells pungent when you get close, sometimes fragrant and sometimes foul. It's a very interesting tree. I wonder what its purpose is."

Wen Yao's gaze swept across the ground and she quickly noticed something was wrong. Within ten meters of this tree, there wasn't a single bird, let alone an insect; not even a single ant was seen.

His eyes lit up slightly: "Ah Lie, have you noticed that there aren't any insects around this tree? Not even small bugs. The fireflies avoided this area last night too."

"I was wondering if this stuff has an insect-repelling effect. It smells quite nice from a distance. Wait a minute, I'll take a leaf ten meters away and see if the insects are afraid of it."

If you're afraid, even if you don't recognize this thing, it's still a good thing. In the countryside during summer, what's most abundant? Mosquitoes are the most numerous and unpleasant.

It's impossible to kill them all, not even with mugwort.

Jiang Lie stood there waiting, his eyes fixed on her. Soon, he saw her skipping over, her face full of excitement: "Lie, it really works! The bugs run away as soon as they get close."

Wen Yao smiled brightly: "That's great! We're saved this summer! We don't have to worry about being bitten by mosquitoes and not being able to sleep anymore. I just don't know how the efficacy of this medicine is calculated."

"How long can the picked leaves be preserved? What are the differences between dried and freshly picked leaves? We need to record and observe these things so that we can pick more to take back with us."

"Send some to my parents too, so they'll suffer less at night."

Jiang Lie nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do whatever you say."

Wen Yao held the white leaf like a precious treasure, carefully placing it in the cloth bag on her waist, and explored other places, encountering many Dendrobium officinale plants growing on the stone walls along the way.

They dug them up, put them in a basket, took them back to process them, and recorded the process in a small notebook.

"Wow, what a huge ginseng!"

Jiang Lie looked at the plant's leaves and red berries, a look of confusion flashing in his eyes: "The ginseng we dug up last time didn't look like this."

Wen Yao smiled and said, "Yes, it's different from last time. Last time, the leaves were gone, so we could just dig out the ginseng directly. This time, both the leaves and the fruit are there."

"Okay, then you can dig, honey. My hands are big and stiff, and I might break the ginseng. See if there are any other medicinal herbs, and I'll dig the ones I can find."

"Okay, go and dig out some of that Panax notoginseng, I'll take it back and process it into medicine."

"understood."

The two worked diligently, and soon their baskets were full of medicinal herbs. Wen Yao smiled brightly and happily: "This is wonderful! This medicinal valley is truly a treasure trove. Not only are the medicinal effects good, but there are also so many good varieties of medicinal herbs."

After Jiang Lie finished digging up the Panax notoginseng, he came over and looked at it, saying, "Wife, I've dug them all up, there's no more room."

"Okay, let's stop here then. We'll go explore other places later and see if we find anything good."

The bird called out, flew towards the plant in the crevice of the mountain wall, snatched the cherry-sized red fruit from it, ate it, and flew away.

Wen Yao looked at the red berries and pointed at them, saying, "Ah Lie, pick some for me. I want to study what these things are and what their medicinal effects are."

Jiang Lie nodded, grabbed the vines on the mountain wall, and quickly climbed up, picking a handful of bright red fruit.

"Is this a cherry?"

"It doesn't seem like it. Cherries have thin skin and are very juicy, but this one has a rather hard skin. It doesn't look like a cherries."

"It doesn't look poisonous. The bird ate it. I'll try it on some other small things and see what the effect is."

Wen Yao squatted down, found a dung beetle, crushed a red fruit and watched it eat some. After that, the beetle became excited and pushed the dung ball much faster.

"That's interesting. Is this to replenish energy? This dung beetle was half dead just now, but it wasn't this excited pushing dung balls."

"Ah Lie, let me try it."

Before Jiang Lie could stop her, she had already eaten one. His heart jumped: "Wife, if you eat this bug, what if it's poisonous?"

Wen Yao took out a pill and smiled slyly: "It's okay, I brought an antidote. Even if it's really poisonous, as long as it's not extremely poisonous, this antidote will work."