I asked you to dig wild vegetables to pay off your debt, not go up the mountain to pick up money!

Chapter 191: Night Mountain Expedition

"Okay, buy me a small flashlight from the mall, not a very bright one."

"Okay, Master. I've put it in my backpack."

Xiangxiang said there was no one within a kilometer around, so she felt more at ease using a flashlight.

Asking No. 1 to help her light the way, Song Anning knelt on the ground and carefully dug the soil around Chuanxiong with a shovel.

Although she left a lot of space, she still encountered resistance when she shoveled.

"Master, this Chuanxiong plant has been growing for many years, and its rhizomes are thick and can be sold for a good price.

Don’t be in a hurry, take your time.”

Song Anning had to admit that after seeing her parents today, she was a little anxious and wanted to turn into an excavator and turn over the mountain.

After hearing what Xiangxiang said, she put down the shovel, sat aside and looked at the moon in the sky.

"Don't be impatient. Rushing for success will only backfire."

She wanted to see her parents so much, and was too anxious to rescue Song Feng and Song Zeyu. More haste makes waste, and every step on the road ahead must be taken down to earth.

Success takes time to accumulate, and growth is also a gradual process.

She cannot be rash, especially when facing the enemy. If she reveals a flaw inadvertently, she may be doomed.

After preparing herself mentally for so long, she let out a sigh of relief, then lay down beside Chuanxiong and patiently cleaned up the soil around it bit by bit with a small shovel.

Digging down along the exposed rhizome little by little, Song Anning thought that the roots of Chuanxiong would be a big lump like sweet potatoes, but it turned out not to be.

More than a dozen thick rhizomes were entangled with each other, and the hard object just encountered was not the rhizome of Chuanxiong, but a rock.

It is just covered with a layer of soil. This Chuanxiong grows out of the cracks in the rocks.

“Damn, we are recycling wild large-leafed Chuanxiong, which is very precious.

As the saying goes: One ounce of Chuanxiong is worth one ounce of gold, which refers to Dayeyan Chuanxiong.

A perennial herb with ovate-triangular leaves and a well-developed root system, it has extremely high medicinal value.

Repurchase price: 800 wen per liang."

"Wow, now it counts as two?"

Song Anning turned on the flashlight and carefully shone the legendary large-leafed Chuanxiong. The leaves looked like celery. She didn't expect it to be so precious!

"Xiangxiang, take it."

“Okay.

"Ding, I recovered wild large-leafed rock crab, and received 29 taels of silver."

It is indeed a precious medicinal herb. Digging up just one of these is dozens of times more than the medicinal herb we dug just now. Isn’t this good?

The gold she gave to her parents today was exchanged for more than two thousand taels of silver, which also included handling fees, but she didn't feel bad at all about giving it to her family.

She has made big money and she never misses out on small amounts of money. She is very content with the accumulation of small amounts.

Climbing up the mountain road little by little, the mountain is very quiet, and the long bird calls can be heard in the distance, coo... coo...

It sounded a bit creepy, but with No. 1 and Xiangxiang by her side, she wasn't that scared.

We dug as we walked, and time passed by little by little. Before we knew it, we had entered the deep mountains.

Looking at the map, there is water and a small swamp.

Speaking of swamps, Song Anning immediately thought of a documentary he had watched before, in which people accidentally walked into a swamp and got stuck, unable to get out.

Not only that, there are also crocodiles with green eyes. Although there is no possibility of crocodiles in this place, she instinctively wants to avoid the dangerous place. Her life is the most important thing.

Just when she was about to leave, she heard Xiangxiang shouting excitedly.

"Master, there is something in that swamp. If we take it out, we will make a fortune."

"What?"

She looked at the pitch-black expanse in the distance, feeling a little frightened. In the middle of the night, she still had to contend with the swamp? Could she possibly do it?

"There's a long piece of wood buried there. It's very valuable."

"..."

Song Anning took two steps back in fear. A long piece of wood? Could it be what she imagined? If they finally dug out a coffin, would she still be alive?

"No, no, we're just digging medicinal herbs. How can we dig up someone else's grave? That's so rude..."

Song An Ning didn't even think about it and was about to leave.

"What? Master, that's sunken wood! It's worth as much as gold.

Xiangxiang, please give us some scientific knowledge first, and then the owner can consider whether to dig it up."

Song Anning heaved a sigh of relief when she heard it wasn't a coffin. That was good, but what was sunken wood? Another blind spot in her knowledge...

"Master, listen carefully.

Sunken wood, also known as ebony and carbonized wood.

Sunken wood is a type of tree that is buried in mud by earthquakes, floods, mudslides, etc.

The sunken wood is formed under special conditions over thousands of years.

It has a bright color, is delicate and smooth, has a special fragrance, and is extremely valuable."

"I see... Is it easy to dig? Can me and Number One get this out?"

"Emmm, it's a bit difficult. This piece of submerged wood is buried more than ten meters deep. If you want to dig it out with this cute little shovel in your hand, it will probably take several months."

"..."

What a waste of emotion! My heart, which was a little excited just now, sank after hearing Xiangxiang say that.

This requires a lot of manpower to complete. Although No. 1 can do the work, we can't make things difficult for a robot...

Xiangxiang saw that Song Anning was very troubled and said mischievously, "Xiangxiang won't give Master any advice this time. Use your clever little brain and you'll definitely be able to come up with a solution."

"Thank you, Chou Xiangxiang..."

"whee……"

Song An Ning's mouth was busy, but his mind was also seriously thinking about various methods and whether they were feasible.

This place is about ten kilometers away from populated areas, and no one will come here late at night.

She couldn't help but wonder, if they were in that world, what would people do when they encountered dark wood? There would definitely be no need to painstakingly dig it out with human labor.

Thinking of this, she excitedly opened the system mall and searched for excavator.

“Are they really for sale?”

At this time, pictures of excavators of various sizes appeared on the system screen, including mini excavators that cost more than 30 taels of silver and large excavators that cost thousands of taels of silver.

"Oh, oh, you are indeed my master, you have enough brains, Xiangxiang has been waiting for this.

This swamp isn't big, just a small area. The rest of the area has almost no water. The owner can buy that excavator that costs over 600 taels. It's more than enough."

Song Anning took a look at the densely packed parameters and felt overwhelmed. He could buy it, but he didn't know how to use it.

Never mind, just buy it first. If that doesn’t work, buy an excavator user manual and learn it slowly. If others can learn it, there’s nothing wrong with it.

"Xiangxiang, take the one worth eight hundred taels. Dig faster and we'll finish this quickly!"

"Hahaha, Master, that's right. Don't be afraid of difficulties. Just do it!"

"However, Xiangxiang has a little surprise for Master..."

"What?"

"Hey, guess what..."

"..."