Over there, Meng Shaode was in charge of tending the fire. The joy radiating from his face clearly indicated that the Dragon Phoenix Dou was stewing.
"Mother, this thing is edible?" Ajin's brows furrowed.
She was worried that if there was such thick snake skin, then there must be a large snake that hadn't been lured out today.
How could her mother still be so happy.
"Snake skin can also be cooked, and in traditional Chinese medicine, it has the effects of reducing swelling, dispersing bruises, and calming the spirit. Mother was just thinking if you were scared today and worried about what to make you to calm your nerves. Look, as soon as I came in, I was overjoyed."
As Cai Lihua spoke, she stood on her tiptoes to reach for the snake skin in the crevice of a high stone.
"Shaode, that's too high, get it down for me."
Ajin stared blankly. Was she going to eat it? Oh dear... how could she possibly eat this? If she were starving, she would rather eat bark.
"Get out of the way. With your less than 1.6 meters height, you'll definitely not be able to reach it."
Meng Shaode clapped his hands and pushed the woman aside with his palms.
Ajin touched the cow horn knife at her waist. No, she still didn't feel safe staying here overnight.
Thinking of such thick snake skin, if it crawled in at midnight, wouldn't it swallow them whole.
She pulled a piece of firewood from beneath the pot and walked towards the depths of the cave.
The interior had already been cleaned by Wu Dalei, and a torn bedsheet had been laid down.
Wu Shi and Zhaodi were lying on it.
In the dark behind them, the mountain cave extended a long way. This cave was truly large and deep.
Wu Dalei gently soothed them and then stood up, saying,
"We can't just eat without doing anything. You rest well, I'll go see if I can help with anything."
As he stood up, he saw Ajin holding a torch, searching back and forth in the cracks of the cave wall:
"Ajin girl, what are you looking for? Can Uncle help?"
Ajin's eyes didn't leave every large crack. Small ones didn't matter, because snakes of small size wouldn't be able to squeeze into small crevices.
"Nothing, I'm just checking if there are any large snakes."
Upon hearing about large snakes, Wu Dalei immediately understood. He looked at this little girl again.
Her considerations were not much less than an adult's, very thorough.
"I'll shine the light for you."
"Oh, okay." Ajin handed him the torch. This way, she could free her hands to grip the cow horn knife, reacting faster.
Basically, large snakes were not venomous, but such snakes were very dangerous. They would use their massive bodies to slowly constrict living creatures.
Until the body could no longer feel the pulse of the living creature, they would not give up, and then they would swallow it whole.
The two walked deeper into the cave, the campfire behind them growing smaller.
Wu Dalei was afraid Ajin couldn't see clearly and followed closely.
Actually, Ajin could see. Using the torch was for scaring away large snakes in an emergency.
She could see the entire mountain cave at a glance now.
There was nothing in the depths, not even snake skin. Could it be that those snakes didn't dare to come here?
But pythons usually didn't eat their own kind.
Thinking of this, Ajin suddenly saw two bean-sized red lights in the deep darkness.
She focused her gaze and gasped in shock.
It was a small black snake of the king cobra species she had seen during the day.
She quickly took a few steps back.
"What's wrong? Ajin girl." Wu Dalei narrowed his eyes, but couldn't see anything amiss in the darkness beyond the firelight.
"That king cobra is coiled up inside. I think we can't spend the night here."
Ajin had already turned back to where the fire was burning.
Wu Dalei let out a sound. He had worked in the yamen and had seen all sorts of things. The venom of just one snake could kill a cow.
As she sat down.
Cai Lihua began to distribute bowls and chopsticks, serving a bowl to her daughter first, and then sending one to Aunt Wu:
"This can invigorate blood. Sister, you have a blockage in your milk ducts. Drinking this can help the milk flow more smoothly."
"Really?" Aunt Wu propped herself up with her hands, her eyes finally showing a spark of hope.
"Then... what about mine?" Wu Shi, sitting beside her, also sat up, looking expectantly at Cai Lihua.