A Hunter’s Wife - Chapter 6

Chapter 6: The Poisonous Black Fungus

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Mao Xiaoyu felt that even the clothes worn by the beggars on the street were better than the clothes in front of her.

“Sigh” Sighing, Mao Xiaoyu resigned herself to her fate and squatted down. She used clean water to rinse the rags.

It was not that she was lazy, but she had a lot of laundry detergent. But if she washed it too clean, it would be hard to explain it when she wore it out!

She was wearing the short-sleeved shorts from her previous life. It looked too big on her and did not fit her at all. Besides, she had to go out and meet people. It was unrealistic to expose her arms and legs in this ancient era!

She placed the washed clothes on the fence and ran back to the small villa to rest.

She was not worried about being discovered if she disappeared for too long. She was thrown into the mountains, so it was normal that they could not find her.

Even though she had such thoughts, Mao Xiaoyu did not waste any time. Once her clothes were dry, she dressed up and left the Space.

The moment she thought of the crying woman, she would feel very worried. She did not know if it was the original owner’s feelings that were causing trouble in her body now.

In order not to let others notice her abnormality, Mao Xiaoyu even wiped her face and body with mud before she left the Space.

“Hehe, I have to find a wooden stick and disguise myself!” Mao Xiaoyu rolled her eyes and picked up a thick branch from the ground, using it as a walking stick. She was a sick girl, so a ‘walking stick’ will complement her outlook.

Following the direction Mao Erlang and Mao Sanlang had left, Mao Xiaoyu walked unhurriedly.

She picked up any useful herbs she saw on the way and kept them in her Space.

These were all resources! When she had the opportunity to go to town, she could take them to the medicine shop to exchange for a few silver taels.

Of course, she did not let go of any exotic food. As long as it was something she knew, she would not let go of anything that could be eaten.

“I don’t know how much time has passed!” Mao Xiaoyu stood in front of a piece of rotten wood and quickly picked the fungus on it. She recognized them as ‘wood ears’.

She wondered if people did not know about black fungus, but she picked a lot of them on the way.

“Those are poisonous, you can’t eat them!” A man’s voice came from above Mao Xiaoyu.

Mao Xiaoyu’s body trembled. Was she too relaxed just now? She did not notice that there was someone on the tree.

She looked up and saw a man standing between the branches and looking at her.

“Those dark brown ones can’t be eaten, so why are you still… huh?” The man had only intended to give her a warning, but after seeing the girl’s face, he jumped down from the high ground.

“Mao Daya, why did you come here?” As he spoke, Rong Xiang stood in front of Mao Xiaoyu.

She took a step back, putting some distance between them.

He furrowed his brows. He knew Mao Daya and knew that she was a timid and introverted girl.

He did not think that such a timid girl would enter the depths of the forest alone. An average girl would not be able to walk all the way here. It was very dangerous in the forest.

Mao Xiaoyu put her hands behind her back and took out a gray cloth bag from the Space. It was half-filled with wood ears.

She could not let the person in front of him discover her abnormality. It would be difficult for her to explain.

Moreover, from the way he flew down the tree just now, it could be seen that this man was also quite good at martial arts.

Nodding her head carefully, Mao Xiaoyu secretly pressed a certain part of her palm with her hand behind her back.

It was not easy for her. She had finally cured her throat, and now she bumped into someone. She had to pretend again.

Nodding her head, Mao Xiaoyu pretended to be sad and said in a hoarse voice, “My Second Uncle and Third Uncle carried me here in a big basket when Mother was not around.”

She knew the man in front of her. He also lived in the village and was a hunter called Rong Xiang.

Rong Xiang frowned. The Mao family was really something. How could they bully a widow and her child like this?

“Don’t pick these fungi, they can’t be eaten. You’ll die if you eat them.” Rong Xiang tried to lower his voice, afraid that his voice would scare the poor girl.

Mao Xiaoyu shook her head and simply said, “It can be eaten. After I woke up in the mountains, I was so hungry that I felt dizzy. I only had the strength to stand up after eating this.”

“How is that possible? Don’t just eat it. If you’re hungry, eat this instead.” Rong Xiang took out half a biscuit from his pocket and stuffed it into Mao Xiaoyu’s hand.

He did not believe Mao Xiaoyu’s words at all. He had seen with his own eyes that someone had died after eating this.

In his eyes, this dark brown thing was basically a kind of poisonous mushroom.

“It’s true. If you don’t believe me, you can see for yourself.” With that, Mao Xiaoyu took out a small gray bag from her back and poured out some wood ears.

She picked up a small one and was about to put it in her mouth.

She knew that raw ones were poisonous, but it was still okay to eat only a small one as a demonstration.

Who knew that when the wood ear was just about to reach her mouth, it was snatched away by Rong Xiang.

“Eat the biscuit!” Rong Siang said through gritted teeth.

This little girl was really disobedient. He had already told her not to eat the poisonous fungii, but she still stuffed it into her mouth.

Mao Xiaoyu pinched the hard biscuit. Could she say that she was not hungry at all and really did not want to eat?

She had already fed herself enough in her Space, so she really could not eat anything else now.

Moreover, the biscuit was so hard that she was afraid that her teeth would break.

The two of them looked at each other, and in the end, Rong Xiang was at a disadvantage. “If you don’t want to eat biscuits, then wait. There’s a water source in front. I’ll roast meat for you.”

He did not expect the little girl to be so stubborn. However, for the sake of her dead father, Rong Xiang still softened his heart.

Rong Xiang had been an orphan since he was young. When he was an infant, an old hunter picked him up from deep in the mountains.

However, the old hunter was old, and he only raised Rong Xiang until he was five years old before the old hunter passed away. If it was not for Mao Dalang’s constant support, he would not even have had the chance to grow up.

Later, when he was seven years old, he started to go hunting in the mountains with Mao Dalang. Mao Dalang did not hide his selfish motives and taught him all his skills.

Originally, the two of them had a good time hunting in the mountains, but who knew that their peaceful life would suddenly be disrupted by the Imperial Court’s conscription?! They were both drafted to join the army.

When Mao Dalang left with his eldest son, Rong Xiang had been extremely sad. He had wanted to replace Mao Yilong to join the army, but Mao Dalang had rejected him.

“Brother Rong, you’ve seen it for yourself. There’s not a single good person in the Mao family. Even if you replace Yilong today, Yilong will not be safe.” Mao Dalang rejected Rong Xiang.

Originally, Mao Yilang was the only one who was drafted to join the army. However, his Second Grandpa’s family had bribed his parents to get their eldest son to join the army instead of them.

Besides the Second Grandpa, there were also the scheming Third and Fourth Grandpas.