Chapter Eleven

  "These should all be newly grown purple Ganoderma. "Cheng Zihan went over and squatted down to carefully examine the lingzhi growing on top of the tree, the color was reddish-brown, with only one or two finger-sized caps, below which was a stem as thick as a thumb. Gently pinching it, the cap was still soft, probably just grown out recently."

  The trees here were once cut down and then grew back, Cheng Zihang had seen an introduction to Tricholoma in a book before. After the trees were cut down, some of the original tree trunks would rot and die, and it was possible for Tricholoma to grow at the broken joints on the top of the tree. I didn't expect it to be true.

  However, these reishi are too tender and do not meet the requirements for medicinal use, so they cannot be taken out to sell. It seems that it was a futile joy. The reishi sent by Shu Ling on his hand is too precious, if he takes it out to sell casually, he will be suspected by others.

  "What a pity, the ones here have just grown out recently and haven't produced any powder yet, so they can't be picked and sold. Moreover, there are quite a few people who come here regularly, I'm afraid they will be discovered soon." Qin Kexiu also observed the lingzhi in that place, previously he came in a hurry, only took a quick glance before being chased away by the dog, so didn't have time to look carefully. Now after taking a closer look, he found that the lingzhi here couldn't be taken out for sale yet, and was somewhat disappointed for the time being.

  Cheng Zihan smiled, "What's the big deal? This is Old Man Li's forest. I'll go find him and tell him to put up a fence around it soon so people won't just wander in. As for the reason, now that it's late spring and there's been a lot of rain, this area was originally a swampy zone and the ground is softer. With all the rain, it's easy for mud pits to appear. There have been many found here before, and some village kids who weren't careful walked in and got trapped and died. I'll just tell him that when I came over to play, I accidentally discovered there were mud pits and almost fell in myself. Let him put up a notice to remind everyone not to go wandering around there carelessly for now, and that's it?"

  "I didn't expect you to be so cunning, let's do it this way then." Qin Kesou nodded.

  "I'll go find him now and tell him to get a few people to remove the bugs from the big tree." Cheng Zihan said, wanting to head out, but Qin Kexiu hesitated, finally weakly saying, "Uh, Cheng Zihan, I won't go with you."

  Cheng Zihan was puzzled in her heart and asked inexplicably: "Why don't you go? What are you going to do yourself?"

  Recently, Qin Ke Xiu's behavior has been somewhat strange. Every time Cheng Zi Han is about to go to someone else's home, he always finds an excuse to run away.

  "I, I don't want to do anything, I just...just..." Qin Kesu muttered vaguely, refusing to say it out loud.

  "What on earth is it?"

  Qin Kesu was annoyed by Cheng Zihan's questioning and snapped: "Cheng Zihan, you're really annoying! Have you forgotten that I'm a ghost? Other people's homes have door gods posted on them, which we fear the most and can't even get close to. The reason I could enter your home is because of you, but it's not so easy to get along with others!"

  Cheng Zihan listened to Qin Kexiu's words and her face showed a strange expression. She didn't expect that Qin Kexiu was actually still afraid of the door god? What a useless ghost.

  Qin Kesu felt the thoughts in Cheng Zihan's heart and couldn't help but roar again: "Who did I become like this because of? Wasn't it because I met you, this unlucky egg? If only I had known, I wouldn't have been kind enough to get off the bus to save you!"

  Qin Ke's words once again touched a wound in Cheng Zihan's heart that couldn't be touched. She composed herself, lowered her head, and looked somewhat despondent. After a while, she said softly: "Sorry."

  Qin Kesou also realized his mistake and awkwardly said: "Forget it, you didn't mean to."

  He still remembers the scene when he saw Cheng Zihan at that time, and it's estimated that this life will never be forgotten. In this case, how can he blame her again? In fact, the most painful person in this matter is still her.

  Qin Ke Xiu never asked Chen Han what had happened back then, why she was treated so cruelly. He understood that for a woman, such harm would be the cruelest, and even if it went back to eighteen years ago, she still couldn't forget.

  "Then, Qin Ke Xiu, or else I'll ask Tree Spirit Uncle for help later and see if he has any way to make you not afraid of the door god and not afraid of thunder?" Cheng Zi Han's tone was still somewhat despondent. She really wanted to go find Duan Yi Tong now and apologize to her, even if she didn't remember anything.

  "It's okay, you go find Uncle Li first, I'll go find the Tree Spirit myself." Qin Kesu said as he floated out of the jade pendant on Cheng Zihan's chest.

  Cheng Zihan can now see Qin Kexiu, but he can only see a semi-transparent shadow that seems to be about to disappear at any moment.

  She took a worried glance before turning around and heading towards Old Man Li's house in her memory.

  This old man's name is Li Bojian, he is the village chief of Lijia Village where Cheng Zihan lives. Most people in the village are surnamed Li, but there are also some with different surnames like Cheng Zihan. In response to the government's call, many people left their hometown and came here to develop this place, which has turned what was originally a swampy area into a small town with nearly 100,000 people.

  Li Bojian happened to be back from his patrol, and seeing Cheng Zihuan had arrived, he smiled and greeted her: "Zihuan, how come you have time to come to Li Bo's place?"

  "Uncle Li." Cheng Zihan smiled slightly at Li Bojian and then pointed to his own feet, "I came to find you, of course, there's something going on."

  Li Bojian also took a look at Cheng Zihan's foot and saw that her foot was covered with mud, and couldn't help but feel a little strange. "What's this? Are you hurt?"

  "Uncle Li, I just went to the woods behind the village to play and accidentally stepped into a mud pit. Luckily, I reacted quickly and didn't fall in, it scared me to death! So I came to tell you and remind the others in the village not to go there carelessly lately, or something bad might happen."

  "Alright, I'll go tell the villagers about this later. Zihan, don't just go over there next time either. Our village was originally built on a swampy area that was filled in, so the ground is really soft and prone to accidents when it rains. It's unbelievable that after all these years, the geology here still hasn't completely changed." Lai Bojian said with a somewhat helpless shake of his head.

  Cheng Zihan smiled and didn't want to dwell on the issue, "Uncle Li, I just saw that the Fengshui tree at the back of the village has grown a lot of insects, and many roots have been bitten off by those insects. The tangerine tree in my house was also gnawed by those damn insects and died. Do you think we should find someone to catch the insects on the big tree?"

  "Oh? The Feng Shui tree has grown worms? This is a big deal, Zihan you first wash up here, I'll go find a few people to take a look, the Feng Shui tree is related to our entire village, can't be careless." Lai Bojian said as he hastily ran off.

  Cheng Zihan looked at his back with a thoughtful expression.

  I also don't know how Qin Kexiu is doing now, whether Shu Ling has a good way to make him not afraid of the gate god, and not afraid of thunder and lightning.