The Lucky Heiress

This time, the cave was quite spacious from the entrance onwards, with enough room for everyone to walk inside standing straight, even the tallest, Xie Jue, didn’t need to bend over.

After taking around seven or eight steps, the interior space became even large It was a vast, irregular, unbroken space with no branches or forks. One glance was all it took to take in the whole cave.

The cave wasn’t deep, and its entrance was both wide and high, allowing the outside light to shine in, making it possible for those inside to clearly see the entire cave.

The cave was mainly surrounded by rock walls, with some areas being earth walls covered with vines, indicating that the cave was very stable and unlikely to collapse under normal circumstances.

Wei Ruo could even see water flowing down the right stone wall, suggesting the cave’s humidity level was not low.

As for the temperature, it was quite comfortable inside the cave at this time. Wei Ruo walked around along the stone wall, inspecting the entire cave. In some comers, she found some wild mushrooms, slim and greyish white in color, which were of an inedible variety.

However, this indirectly evidenced that the cave’s environment was suitable for the growth of mushrooms.

“What do you think, Sister Wei? Does it meet what you had in mind?” Xie Jue asked after Wei Ruo completed her round.

Wei Ruo nodded, “Yes, this place perfectly matches the cave I have been searching for.”

Xie Jue revealed a smile, “That’s good.”

Considerately, he didn’t further question Wei Ruo as to why she was looking for such a cave.

If Wei Ruo had chosen not to reveal her motives at the beginning of the day, then it was not appropriate for him to press too much. If Sister Wei wanted to share, she would do so naturally.

Having more or less finished inspecting the cave, Wei Ruo said to the Xie siblings, “Alright, I’m done. This cave is pretty good. But we can discuss what to do with it next time. Let’s go out for now.”

“Shall we continue to gather herbs?” asked Xie Ying.

“If you are willing, we can continue to move further up the mountain to get some more herbs.” Wei Ruo suggested.

‘Let’s go. I want to personally pick some useful herbs and take them back to boost my mother’s health.” said Xie Ying.

She had money, but that was given by her mother. Using the money given by her mother to buy herbs for her mother didn’t mean she had any skill. If she picked the herbs herself, the meaning would be different.

Seeing his enthusiastic sister, Xie Jue turned to Wei Ruo and reluctantly said,

“My sister is not yet satisfied. I’m afraid we’ll have to trouble you, Sister Wei,’to continue leading us to find some herbs.”

“Alright,” agreed Wei Ruo.

Exiting the cave, the group headed deeper into the forest.

The deeper they went into the mountains, the higher the chance of finding valuable medicinal herbs became.

It wasn’t until dusk that the four of them descended from the mountain.

Upon returning, Xiu Mei and Xie Jue each carried a bamboo basket, both filled to the brim.

Wei Ruo had wrapped a bundle in cloth, and Xie Ying, having no cloth, used her brother’s robe to wrap the rest of the herbs.

Most of these herbs were not very valuable. Even collectively, they were probably less valuable than Xie Jue’s cloud brocade robe.

But what could he do? His sister wanted to use it, how could Xie Jue refuse?

Once they had reached the foot of the mountain, Xie Ying wanted to give most of the herbs to Wei Ruo, keeping only a few to prepare a herbal tea for her mother.

Wei Ruo refused, “What you picked is naturally yours.”

Xie Ying said, “No need. I just want some Sophora Japonica to make a herbal tea for my mother.”

Wei Ruo insisted, “What you picked is yours.”

But Xie Ying argued, “But without you telling and teaching me, I wouldn’t know them at all, let alone take them home.”

Wei Ruo responded, “Teaching and picking are separate. The knowledge you gain is yours. The fruits of your labor also belong to you.”

After thinking for a while, Xie Ying agreed, “Okay then.”

Xie Ying turned back to Xie Jue and said, “Brother, make sure you take good care of these herbs. Don’t lose any of them. We can’t afford to lose even a single one!”???????? ^&

Xie Jue, smiling, repeatedly assured, “Alright, alright. I got it. I will take good care of them.”

With a slight laugh, Wei Ruo then asked, “Do you have any paper and pen?” “What do you need paper and pen for?” Xie Jue asked.

“The herbs we gathered today can be used to make a nourishing soup with mild medicinal properties, which is very suitable for women to consume. I will write it down. Once you get back home, you can process the herbs according to my instructions and then cook them in the right proportions,” Wei Ruo replied.

Xie Ying had mentioned that she wanted to gather herbs to nourish her mother’s health. Now that they have gathered the herbs, Wei Ruo naturally felt obliged to provide the prescription as well so that Xie Ying could fulfill her wish.

Ruo Ruo, you will also give me the prescription?” Xie Ying asked.

“Yes, although herbal tea is simple, it doesn’t have much nourishing effect. Additionally, as the weather has started to cool down, herbal tea is not suitable for frequent consumption.” said Wei Ruo.

Xie Ying was overjoyed and went up to hug Wei Ruo, “Ruo Ruo, you’re so nice!”

Xie Jue didn’t have any paper and pen on him, so he quickly sent a servant who had been trailing them from a distance since they left to fetch some from his residence.

Whenever he and his sister left the house, the servants would undoubtedly follow them. While they were on the mountains earlier, these servants were also around, maintaining a certain distance to ensure that the siblings and Wei Ruo could play freely.

When the Xie family’s servant returned with the paper and pen, Wei Ruo found a relatively flat rock and wrote down the prescription.

Xie Jue, who had been watching on the sidelines, couldn’t help laughing at Wei

Ruo’s sloppy calligraphy.

It wasn’t that he was mocking her, he just found it somewhat endearing.

It seemed that not everything was Sister Wei’s forte.

He was then mercilessly pinched in the arm by his sister.

Xie Ying glared at Xie Jue, warning him with her eyes not to ridicule her best friend’s handwriting, even though it was indeed ugly.

Only then did Xie Jue supress his laughter.

Wei Ruo wrote very meticulously, comprehensively detailing the processing methods for each of the herbs they had gathered today.

After she finished, she handed the prescription to Xie Ying, and after that, said goodbye to the two.

Having parted ways with the Xie siblings, Wei Ruo and Xiu Mei took the same route back to their waiting carriage by the roadside.

Seeing Wei Ruo returning so late, Nanny Zhang said somewhat helplessly, “Miss, you just about scared me to death. If you had not returned any later I would have gone back to fetch help! I can cover for you, but you mustn’t get yourself into any trouble. Otherwise, I won’t be able to handle the repercussions!”

I understand, next time I will try to come back earlier,” Wei Ruo replied.

She too knew that she had returned a bit late today. But there was no helping it under the circumstances; Xie Ying was not willing to leave, and she couldn’t really force her to leave.

Nanny Zhang sighed, “Well, as long as you’re safe.”

Wei Ruo and Xiu Mei mounted the carriage. On the way back, Wei Ruo began to contemplate her next arrangements.

She had found the suitable cave. For now, it was enough. If the experiments proved successful, Wei Ruo thought of considering to scale up later..