Transmigrated into a slave? I raised a frontier war god while pioneering new lands.

When she said this, Xu Qinghe thought that Old Man Shen would say a few words to her.

After all, life is tough these days, and food is scarce, so we have to eat sparingly. To everyone's surprise, Old Man Shen not only didn't say anything, but also agreed with her.

Based on this alone, Xu Qinghe did not dislike being around Old Man Shen; on the contrary, she respected him even more.

Because the most important thing in life is a sense of boundaries. Besides the relationship between husband and wife, the most important relationship is between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and of course, this also refers to the father-in-law.

She has now separated from Shen Zhi and is living alone. To put it nicely, she and Old Man Shen are one family in public, but in private they are two separate families.

Old Man Shen came to their house as a father figure to help out, and Xu Qinghe invited him to stay for dinner out of respect.

The way two people interact should be as polite as relatives, not as someone who arrogantly lectures others based on a previous relationship with a relative.

Old Man Shen did this very well; he didn't take advantage of his elders to boss people around.

On the contrary, he always cared about Xu Qinghe's feelings, only taking care of finding people to do the work, and letting them make their own decisions.

But as an elder, he doesn't just ignore everything; he'll offer suggestions when he sees something he thinks is inappropriate.

To her, this was the best kind of elder, except for the fact that he was biased towards Shen Laoda.

"Dad, isn't chicken feet your favorite food? Try the chicken feet I made, do you like them?" He said, picking up a chicken foot and handing it to her.

Old Man Shen quickly picked up his bowl to take the food, saying as he did so, "You eat too, you eat too."

Xu Qinghe didn't stand on ceremony. She first put a few pieces of chicken leg meat into the bowls of the two children, and then started putting mushrooms into her own bowl.

Despite the delicious aroma of the stewed pheasant, Xu Qinghe believes the real essence lies in the mushrooms.

When Old Man Shen saw that she was only eating mushrooms, he thought she was reluctant to eat them, so he picked up his chopsticks and started urging her, "Eat the meat first."

"Eat the meat first, then eat the mushrooms."

Xu Qinghe knew that Old Man Shen was worried that she wouldn't want to eat it, so she didn't explain further and obediently picked up some meat with her chopsticks and started eating.

While they were enjoying their meal together, Shen Zhi had already quietly bypassed the front door and headed straight up the mountain.

Actually, there was nothing much going on at the garrison today. He told Xu Qinghe that he would be back later because he wanted to go up the mountain.

Since bringing Xu Qinghe back, all the household expenses have been covered by Xu Qinghe's earnings, and even the money from selling medicinal herbs was used to build the house.

This might not be a big deal if you told others, but for Shen Zhi, who is a bit chauvinistic, it's hard to accept.

Because he married her, but not only did he not provide her with a good living environment, he also made her spend money on him, which he could not tolerate.

Especially when there wasn't enough money to build the house, Shen Zhi couldn't accept Xu Qinghe's determination to go up the mountain despite the danger.

So he thought he'd take advantage of the free time he had today to go up the mountain and make some money.

Actually, it's not difficult for him to make money on the mountain at this time of year.

He grew up in the mountains and knows most of the medicinal herbs there, if not all of them.

But this time he went up the mountain not for medicinal herbs, but for small animals.

Although there are many medicinal herbs available at this time of year, they are not easy to find. Firstly, some herbs are mixed in with weeds, so you need to have a very good eye.

Secondly, finding medicinal herbs is labor-intensive and time-consuming. Sometimes, even after spending three or four days in the mountains, one may not be able to find any valuable herbs.

It's rare to find someone like Xu Qinghe who can find something so accurate every time she goes out. Shen Zhidu even suspected that she might have some kind of ancestral method that allowed her to find valuable things every time she went out.

Compared to herbs, animals are much easier to find. Firstly, they have specific living habits, and secondly, he has many years of experience hunting in the mountains.

He knew almost every small animal that hid in that place.

Just as he was about to randomly choose a path to head into the deep mountains, he suddenly sensed a different kind of aura.

This immediately put him on alert as a hunter. He drew his bow and arrows from his basket and walked step by step toward the source of the danger.

Then he noticed a string of bear footprints on the road next to him, and Shen Zhi's brows furrowed instantly.

He reached out and pinched a handful of soil from the bear's footprints, gently crushing it, his expression becoming even more serious.

Because the footprints are very fresh and the soil is quite moist, it means that the footprints were just made by a bear.

But they'd only just entered the mountains, and Black Bear was already starving? He made a big show of running down the mountain.

Just as Shen Zhi was filled with doubt, a squeaking sound suddenly came from the woods next to him.

The sound was very faint, but Shen Zhi still heard it, and just by listening to the sound, he could tell that the squeaking was from a fox.

Shen Zhi's nerves immediately tensed up, and a smile flashed across his face.

He originally just wanted to find some roe deer to sell and raise money to build a house, but he didn't expect to be so lucky and encounter a fox before he even went inside.

Without hesitation, Shen Zhi raised his bow and arrow and headed toward the source of the sound.

His expression grew increasingly grim as he walked, because the noise was coming from directly above his house.

What alarmed him even more was that, in addition to the fox's voice, there were also black bear footprints leading to the source of the sound.

Shen Zhi tiptoed towards it, and halfway there he saw a huge black figure.

A bright red fox was perched on its shoulder, chattering incessantly at their house.

The large black bear beside them simply nodded without making a sound.

Because its sound is so loud, it is easy for it to attract the attention of people at the foot of the mountain.

This was the first time Shen Zhi had ever seen such a combination in his life. He had only heard old hunters say that the animals in the mountains were very clever and held grudges, but he never thought he would see it with his own eyes one day.

For some reason, looking at the two of them, Shen Zhi always felt that they were plotting against his family.

The thought of the unfinished house made Shen Zhi's face turn grim.

Without hesitation, he raised his bow and arrow and shot it at the fiery red fox.

At this moment, the fox was only focused on getting the big black bear to avenge it and was completely unaware of the danger approaching. By the time it realized what was happening, it had already been shot dead by Shen Zhi's arrow and fell to the ground.

Black Bear immediately sensed the danger; the fur on his body stood on end, and he turned to look at Shen Zhi.

Seeing that Shen Zhi was all alone, it roared and pounced on him.

The roar was so loud it shook the earth, and the entire village at the foot of the mountain heard it clearly.

Old Man Shen, who had originally planned to leave after the examination, now dared not leave.

He said to Xu Qinghe, "Second wife, stop tidying up. Take the children and come with me to the village center."

Xu Qinghe's heart skipped a beat. She had thought that the matter would be resolved once she went down the mountain, but she didn't expect those two beasts to have chased her all the way here.