Chapter 157 Searching for Ingredients
The next morning, Jiang Qingqing packed up and went to the collection team. She had limited knowledge of this world, and it was really dangerous in the wild, so she could only temporarily rely on the help of the collection team.
"Qingqing, here!" Xiaoying greeted her new friend warmly when she saw him coming. She also introduced him to the other members of the collection team.
"Hello everyone, please take care of me in the future." Jiang Qingqing smiled sweetly.
The members of the collection team were very friendly and responded to her.
Jiang Qingqing followed the gathering team into the depths of the jungle, and she secretly complained in her heart along the way. If it wasn't for getting rid of those eight annoying orcs, she wouldn't be willing to endure this pain!
Along the way, Xiaoying introduced various plants to Jiang Qingqing, which ones were edible and which ones were poisonous.
"Qingqing, you have to be careful. Some fruits look delicious but are poisonous." Xiaoying reminded Jiang Qingqing while skillfully picking some ripe fruits.
Jiang Qingqing muttered in her heart: "Humph, if I didn't want to marry those guys, I wouldn't come here to suffer this." But she still responded with: "I know, Xiaoying."
She looked at everything around her and felt it was extremely strange and difficult, but when she thought of the eight orcs she looked down upon, she gritted her teeth and continued to search. Suddenly, she saw a tree covered with something that looked like chestnuts.
"Xiaoying, can this thing be eaten?" Jiang Qingqing asked, pointing at the tree.
Sakura took a look and shook her head: "I've never seen anything edible like this, let's not take any risks."
Jiang Qingqing was unwilling to give up. She thought about how delicious chestnuts were in modern times, and maybe this was something similar. She found a long branch and laboriously knocked down the fruits.
"Oh, I'm so tired." Jiang Qingqing wiped the sweat off her face, picked up a fruit, bit it open, and saw that the flesh inside was indeed similar to chestnuts. "Xiaoying, this is edible, but it needs to be processed."
Xiaoying looked at her in surprise: "Qingqing, you are really amazing. You can even find this out."
Jiang Qingqing felt proud for a moment, but then she started to worry about how to bring all these back.
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At the same time, Lin Yuxi in the witch doctor's house was busy treating the wounds of an injured orc.
"Gently, gently!" shouted the wounded orc.
Lin Yuxi said patiently: "Don't move, it will be healed soon." She gently cleaned his wound and applied homemade herbal ointment.
"Witch doctor, your method is really effective. The wound doesn't hurt so much anymore." said the orc gratefully.
Lin Yuxi smiled and said, "Don't get wet these days, you'll be well soon."
At this time, an old orc came in and said with a cough: "Witch doctor, my old cough has not been cured. Can you take a look at it?"
Lin Yuxi asked the old man to sit down, carefully asked about his symptoms, and took his pulse. The little medicine boy beside him watched curiously and asked a few questions from time to time.
"Grandma, you have caught a cold. I'll prescribe a prescription for you. Go pick some herbs and boil them for consumption." Lin Yuxi wrote down the prescription and handed it to the little medicine boy.
The little medicine boy said admiringly: "Witch Doctor Lin, you know so much. It's great to have you in our tribe."
Lin Yuxi smiled modestly: "I am also doing my best, as long as I can help everyone."
Lin Yuxi, who had been busy all day, sat at the door to rest, wondering how Jiang Qingqing was doing. This time, the original owner didn't desperately help her, going up mountains and down seas to find all kinds of ingredients. I wonder if Jiang Qingqing can get through this smoothly?
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While Lin Yuxi was talking about Jiang Qingqing, Jiang Qingqing was walking back with difficulty, carrying a basket full of harvest.
"Oh, if I had known it would be so tiring, I wouldn't have carried so much."
"This is a damn place. Nothing goes well! Other people who traveled through time are princes and princesses, why am I so unlucky?"
"It's all that damn Lin Yuxi's fault. If she hadn't quarreled with me, there wouldn't have been so many troubles!" she complained.
As soon as I returned to the tribe, I saw the eight orcs surrounding me.
"Jiang Qingqing, how are you preparing?" asked one of the orcs.
Jiang Qingqing rolled her eyes at them: "Why are you in such a hurry? Isn't it time yet?"
After saying that, she walked back to her own residence without looking back. After putting down the basket, she collapsed on the bed and said, "When will this day end?"
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The next day, Jiang Qingqing set out with the collection team again with great anticipation.
This time she was secretly planning in her mind that she must find some new ingredients so that she could shine in front of everyone and have a better chance of winning the challenge.
The collection team shuttled through the mountains and forests, and Jiang Qingqing's eyes were always searching around. After walking for a long time, a colorful mushroom field appeared in front of her.
The fresh, tender and plump mushrooms cluster together, like a group of elves hiding in the grass.
Jiang Qingqing was so excited that she involuntarily walked towards the mushroom field, with a look of desire in her eyes.
"Can this mushroom be eaten? It's not poisonous, is it?" She was about to pick it, but she still felt a little hesitant.
Just then, Lin Yuxi was going into the mountains to collect herbs, and she passed by here with a few helpers.
Seeing Jiang Qingqing standing in front of the pile of mushrooms, looking eager to try, Lin Yuxi frowned, but she knew that talking to Jiang Qingqing would not work. So she made a prompt decision and quickly found Hua Yao, the leader of the collection team.
"Captain Huayao, you can't let Jiang Qingqing pick the mushrooms she has. Many of them are poisonous. If you're not careful, something serious might happen!" Lin Yuxi looked anxious, her tone full of worry.
When Hua Yao heard this, her expression instantly became serious and she quickly walked towards Jiang Qingqing.
Jiang Qingqing was still immersed in the joy of discovering new ingredients and did not notice the captain walking behind her.
"Jiang Qingqing, don't touch these mushrooms!" the captain said loudly.
Jiang Qingqing was startled by the sudden sound, and turned around to look at the captain with dissatisfaction, "Why can't we pick them? Maybe these are rare delicacies."
The captain frowned and patiently explained: "Many of the mushrooms here are poisonous. If you eat them by mistake, the consequences will be disastrous."
Jiang Qingqing snorted, crossed her arms over her chest, and said stubbornly, "What do you know? How can you know if you don't try? We can't miss out on new delicacies just because we're afraid."
The captain looked serious and raised his voice: "This is not a joke. It concerns everyone's life safety! If poisoned, the entire collection team will suffer."
Jiang Qingqing still ignored her, turned around, and picked some mushrooms and put them in the basket.
Seeing her being so stubborn, the captain was angry and anxious: "Jiang Qingqing, you can't be so selfish and only consider yourself without considering the entire tribe!"
Jiang Qingqing replied unconvincedly: "Don't scare me here. I think you are just jealous that I can find new ingredients."
The quarrel between the two attracted the attention of the surrounding collection team members, and everyone gathered around to persuade them to stop.
"Okay, okay, stop arguing and first find out if these mushrooms are edible." Sakura said.
The experienced team members carefully observed and identified these mushrooms, and finally determined that only a few types of mushrooms were edible, and most of them were highly poisonous.
Jiang Qingqing looked at the inedible mushrooms in her basket. She felt that all her work was in vain and her mood instantly fell to the bottom. She was filled with resentment towards Lin Yuxi.
She thought to herself, "It's all Lin Yuxi's fault for being so talkative. She made me look bad."
However, she did not realize that it was Lin Yuxi's caution and the collection team captain's responsibility that avoided a possible disaster.