After understanding the thoughts of animals, I became more successful in escaping famine!

"There is a shortage of medicinal herbs in the barracks. Tomorrow I will have someone go to the nearby area to see if there are any that can be picked directly. I originally wanted to go to the city's herbal medicine shop to have a look, but the quantity required is a bit large, and I'm afraid the city doesn't have that much supply."

When Song Wanning said this, she felt a little headache.

Li Yu Niang leaned over to take a look and said, "These are out of stock in the city. When I went out a few days ago, I saw two herbal medicine shops arguing because they were short of this herb. They thought the other side was hoarding it."

"This is going to be troublesome."

Seeing her in trouble, Li Yu Niang suddenly had an idea.

If she could prove to Song Wanning that she could be useful in other ways besides taking care of Shen Qiu.

So does she not have to go back to the inn and can just stay here?

Thinking of this, Li Yu Niang volunteered: "I heard from the owner of the herbal medicine shop that most of the herbs in the city are picked from the mountain in the east. I think Mr. Shen's injury is almost healed. How about I go to the mountain to pick herbs for you tomorrow?"

Song Wanning refused without even thinking about it.

“There might be barbarians ambushing here. You are a woman, and it will be dangerous if you go there rashly. I will ask Yun Che to find a few soldiers to go. You stay in the barracks and don’t take any risks.”

Li Yu Niang was extremely anxious and continued, "But they may not know the herbs! The mountain is only three miles away, and the people from the herbal medicine shop often go there. They all came back safely, so I will be fine if I go there."

Song Wanning was worried and shook her head, "No means no!"

"Then how about I follow those soldiers? Together, they can protect me, and I can teach them how to identify them."

Li Yu Niang changed her mind and tried another approach.

Now Song Wanning hesitated.

"My Mr. Song, good Wan Ning, good girl, just agree to me!"

Li Yu Niang began to act coquettishly towards Song Wan Ning, and Song Wan Ning could not stand it and surrendered directly.

"Okay, okay, I really lose to you, but you have to promise me that you can't act alone, you must go with them!"

"I know! Miss Song!"

"loquacious!"

So, early the next morning, Li Yu Niang went to the eastern mountains to collect herbs with several other soldiers.

On Shen Qiu's side, when the time came and Li Yu Niang had not arrived yet, he thought that she was angry because of what happened that day, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Li Yu Niang was indeed angry, but she also knew that a forced melon would not be sweet, and that feelings needed to be cultivated bit by bit, so she wanted to stay in the military camp and spend more time with Shen Qiu.

On the mountain, several people walked together. Li Yu Niang found a few herbs that Song Wan Ning needed, and quickly picked them up and said to the others: "When picking this kind of herbs, be careful not to damage the roots, it will grow again next year."

"This is different. You have to uproot it. Only the roots have real medicinal effects."

As they were talking and picking, Li Yu Niang felt that the efficiency of everyone working together was not high and the speed was too slow, so she suggested: "Let's act separately and meet here in two hours."

Several others agreed.

When the agreed time came, several soldiers were waiting for Li Yu Niang at the original place, but found that Li Yu Niang had not returned.

Worried that something might have happened to Li Yu Niang, they left one person to wait there while the others went up the mountain to look for Li Yu Niang.

Until night fell, there was still no trace of Li Yu Niang.

They were at a loss as to what to do and could only return to the barracks and tell Song Wanning about what happened.

"We searched the entire mountain but couldn't find any trace of Miss Li. We wondered if she had returned first."

Song Wanning's first reaction was that Li Yu Niang was not the type of person who would abandon others and leave alone.

But to be on the safe side, she still went to Shenqiu to see if Li Yu Niang had gone to look for him.

Shen Qiu heard this and shook his head: "She hasn't been here today."

He thought she was angry and didn't want to come.

Song Wanning then realized that something was wrong and called Yun Che over: "My friend is missing. Send me a few more people and I will go to the mountain to look for her."

She was extremely anxious now, fearing that Li Yu Niang would be captured by the barbarians and tortured and killed.

Shen Qiu also thought of Ah Tian's fate and was worried: "I'll go with you."

Just like that, Yun Che and Song Wanning, along with Shen Qiu and a dozen other soldiers, headed up the mountain.

They searched in several directions. Shen Qiu was alone, following the trace of the herbs, going higher and higher.

At this time, Li Yu Niang was suffering from a headache in the cave.

When she was picking herbs today, she didn't notice that there was a hidden cave under her feet. It was covered with vines and leaves and could not be seen at all. So she stepped on it and fell down.

At this time, a big hole had been stepped on the vine by herself, and the moonlight shone in through that hole. With this little light, Li Yu Niang was not too scared on such a night.

Suddenly, she heard some noises coming from outside. She thought it was a ferocious animal like a python or a tiger, and was so scared that she dared not move.

The sound was getting closer and closer, and Li Yu Niang was afraid that she was going to be eaten.

She thought quickly and remembered what an old man had said before: disturbing the grass would scare away snakes. If she made a loud noise, tigers and the like might think there were more ferocious animals here and might be scared away.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was the truth. Li Yu Niang found a thick dry branch nearby and hit the ground hard, while shouting loudly: "Ah——"

She is so fierce, no tiger would dare to come over.

After shouting for a while, her voice became hoarse, and Li Yu Niang stopped to rest. She looked up at the cave entrance and saw a familiar face.

"what!"

She screamed in fright at first, and then realized that the man was Shen Qiu.

"You, are you the real Shen Qiu or a monster in the mountains? I don't have much meat on me, it's not tasty, don't come and hurt me!"

Li Yu Niang was so scared that she held her head.

Shen Qiu said nothing and jumped down from the cave entrance.

With the help of moonlight, Li Yu Niang realized that the person in front of her was a living person.

"Mr. Shen? Why are you here?"

"This cave is not deep. If you have the energy to shout loudly, why don't you get out quickly? Do you know how much noise you make? Everyone is looking for you!"

Hearing his blame, Li Yu Niang felt particularly aggrieved.

"I don't need you to save me, just go away."

She lowered her eyes and said nothing.

Shen Qiu was about to carry the person away, but when he squatted down, he discovered that her legs were bent in a very strange way.

It looks like a fracture.

"Your leg……"

"None of your business, just go."

Li Yu Niang buried her face in her arms, muffled her voice, and didn't even look at him.

Shen Qiu stopped talking. He found a thicker vine in the cave, then forcibly carried Li Yu Niang on his back and tied her to his body with the vine.

Li Yu Niang did not refuse, but tears kept falling.