Yu Su knew that the comprehensive spirit now could only scan ten times a day, so only after entering the deep mountains did Yu Su let the comprehensive spirit open the scan.
"How is it, any findings?" Yu Su quietly asked the comprehensive spirit.
Comprehensive Spirit: [There are many herbs here, but none of them are the medicinal ingredients listed in the prescription.]
Yu Su: "First, tell me which medicinal ingredients you found. Let's gather everything we can."
The comprehensive spirit displayed the scan results for Yu Su, who filtered out the more common herbs. However, this was just a mountain near Yu Village. If the entire wilderness was the same, no wonder they said treasures were everywhere during the wilderness period.
"Feng Uncle, let's split up to search; it's faster that way," Yu Su suggested, actually making it convenient for him to gather herbs.
Yu Da snorted, "Don't think you're impressive just because you have some strength. Do you even know how to search?"
Yu Su mocked him, "Do you not even recognize what is a savage beast and what is a tree?"
Yu Feng said, "Alright, stop arguing. Let's search separately, but don't go too far. Come back here when the sun reaches the top of that mountain."
Yu Su nodded and then walked away.
Yu Da watched Yu Su's back, looking very dissatisfied.
Yu Feng warned, "Yu Da, don't always have conflicts with Yu Su. Both of you are elders; isn't it embarrassing?"
Yu Da said, "He injured my son, and my son has been lying in bed these past few days."
Yu Feng sternly said, "If Yu Xiong doesn't provoke Yu Su, will Yu Su attack him? Don't think I don't know how Yu Xiong usually bullies Yu Su. This matter is originally Yu Xiong's fault."
Yu Da knew he was in the wrong, although still dissatisfied, he didn't dare to say anything more.
On the other side, Yu Su followed the positions on the map and dug up several precious herbs, temporarily storing them in the comprehensive spirit's space.
The comprehensive spirit muttered, "These herbs weren't worth much even during the peak period. Why do you treat them like treasures?"
Yu Su replied, "Now it's the wilderness, and we're poor. If we don't accumulate resources through our own efforts, do we expect them to fall from the sky?"
Comprehensive Spirit: [Sigh, why didn't we go back to the peak period but ended up in the wilderness.]
Yu Su said, "Be content; being able to return to the wilderness is something to be thankful for."
With the comprehensive spirit's help, Yu Su efficiently dug up all the valuable herbs on the surrounding two mountain peaks.
After using up the ten scanning opportunities, Yu Su finally stopped.
He had dug up a lot, but only two of them were the medicinal ingredients they currently needed. It seemed like it would take some time to gather all the medicinal ingredients to treat Jian Yunchuan.
As the time for the assembly approached, Yu Su started to head back.
His luck was not bad; on the way back, he found two mountain chickens. After a short chase, he caught both.
When he returned to the assembly point, Yu Su noticed that most of the team members had also returned.
Most people returned empty-handed, but some, like him, held mountain chickens or wild rabbits.
Yu Da was one of those who returned empty-handed. Seeing Yu Su coming back with two mountain chickens, he felt a bit envious. However, these were the ones Yu Su caught himself, so even if he envied, he couldn't ask for them. He could only glare at Yu Su.
"Yu Su, where did you catch those mountain chickens?" Someone, without as many reservations as Yu Da, directly asked.
Yu Su pointed in a direction and said, "There should be a nest of mountain chickens nearby. You can go and look again."
The person asking was very excited and left with others.
Yu Da couldn't swallow this resentment, so when everyone else had their harvest, he was the only one who didn't catch any prey. He could only show a black face to others.
Yu Feng felt he deserved it and couldn't be bothered to deal with him.
Back in the village, Yu Su went to the village chief's house with the mountain chicken.
This time, both the village chief and Hong Shan Shi were at home. The village chief was inside talking to someone, so Yu Su didn't disturb and directly gave the mountain chicken to Hong Shan Shi.
"Aunt, thank you for helping me last time. This mountain chicken is for you and the village chief to stew and eat."
Hong Shan Shi received the mountain chicken and was quite happy, "You, this child, why are you so polite."
Yu Su smiled shyly, "I also want to ask you about something. Do you know when our village is going to exchange salt?"
Hong Shan Shi replied, "The witch doctor said that this year's severe winter will come early, so in half a month, we will go to the salt village to exchange salt. If you want to go, just follow the team at that time."
Yu Su was pleasantly surprised, "Thank you, Aunt."
Hong Shan Shi smiled and said no need to thank her, also reminding him to gather materials like animal skins, bones, herbs, and easily storable food that could be exchanged for salt. Finally, when Yu Su left, she even gave him some salt.
Carrying the salt and mountain chicken home, besides Jian Yunchuan and the three children, Yu Shi was also there.
Yu Shi said, "I guessed you would be back soon and sent all the collected things to you."
Yu Su first told her about the time to exchange salt, then said, "Today, I caught a quite fat mountain chicken. I'll slaughter it later, and I'll bring the meat to you."
Yu Shi said, "Let me help you."
Seeing the things Yu Shi brought over, Yu Su found not only wild vegetables, mushrooms, and wild fruits but also chestnuts. His eyes lit up, "Sis, I can handle the chicken myself; can you help me peel these chestnuts?"
Yu Shi readily agreed.
The two adults worked efficiently, and in less than twenty minutes, they finished all the work.
Yu Su divided the chicken meat in half, giving half to Yu Shi.
Yu Shi didn't want to take so much, but Yu Su directly put the meat in a basket and handed it to her, "Take it. Yu Ji and Yu Kui worked hard today too. Let them eat more. After eating, we can catch more tomorrow."
After seeing off Yu Shi and the others, Yu Su began to prepare his family's lunch.
He planned to make a stew with mountain chicken, mushrooms, and chestnuts. If it wasn't enough, he could also add some wild vegetables.
In no time, the water boiled, and the chicken meat and chestnuts went into the clay pot together. After stewing for a while, he added the mushrooms.
In addition to the bubbling sound, the fragrance of chicken soup filled the room.
Yu Zhou and Jian Yunchuan didn't need Yu Su to call them; the two of them voluntarily stood by the pit, staring fixedly at the clay pot.
"Gulu." Jian Yunchuan swallowed saliva. If it were in the past, he would have insisted on eating, but now he had learned to wait, just occasionally looking at Yu Su, asking with his eyes if he could eat.
Yu Zhou was the same, looking at Yu Su with eager eyes.
Yu Su said, "Wait a bit more. This mountain chicken is quite fat, probably lived for a long time. It won't be tender if not stewed for a while."
Yu Zhou nodded as if he understood.
Jian Yunchuan couldn't bear it and started fidgeting.
Yu Su first comforted him for a while. Seeing that he didn't listen, he sternly said, "If you keep making trouble, I won't give you any meat."
This move worked quite well, and Jian Yunchuan settled down for a while.
The fragrance in the room was too strong, making all three of them impatient. When it was almost ready, Yu Su sprinkled a bit of the salt Hong Shan Shi gave him, then boiled it for another three to five minutes before taking the clay pot down.
Finally, they could eat. Yu Zhou and Jian Yunchuan were both very eager.
Yu Su served Jian Yunchuan first, and after taking a sip of the soup himself, the delicious and sweet chicken soup was simply the best remedy for the soul. It made him sigh uncontrollably.
"Big brother, the chicken soup is so delicious." Yu Zhou, who rarely spoke, said with sparkling eyes.
This was the most complete sentence Yu Su had heard him say. Unable to resist, he rubbed Yu Zhou's head. This little brother with autism finally seemed to have some popularity.
In the following days, during the daytime, Yu Su joined the hunting team to go into the mountains. He took the opportunity to let the comprehensive spirit scan, bringing back valuable herbs and collecting quite a few medicinal ingredients listed in the prescription over the course of several days.