Chapter 232: Chapter 232

Even knowing she was the culprit.

He took a deep breath, wanting to dispel his absurd and ridiculous thoughts.

He reached out to Shu’er’s neck, but upon sensing the pulse there, he couldn’t bring himself to act.

Yet, this person was Shu’er; if it were someone else, they would have died in an instant.

His fingers traced every inch of Shu’er’s slender neck, as if a slight exertion could snap it.

He closed his eyes and murmured.

"Shu’er, you’d better not truly betray me..."

It wasn’t until dawn that Tang Zan felt sleepy and finally drifted off.

At the appointed time, Tang Zan opened his eyes and saw Shu’er sleeping peacefully.

Involuntarily, he softened his steps and carefully rolled up the bedding.

This would enlarge the tent’s space, allowing Shu’er freedom of movement.

Thinking of this, he paused, a flash of annoyance fleetingly crossing his face.

Why was he still instinctively considering Shu’er?

She was clearly the one responsible for making their family’s situation so dire.

He abandoned tidying the bedding, the sound of it hitting the ground waking Shu’er.

She drowsily opened her eyes, looking at the deeply troubled Tang Zan.

His brows slightly furrowed, his facial expression as if frozen.

She gently touched his brow with her finger.

"Frowning early in the morning won’t bring good luck to your day."

Not yet fully awake, her voice was soft and weak, sounding almost like a plea.

Tang Zan’s brows instinctively relaxed under Shu’er’s touch.

She closed her eyes and sleepily spoke.

"In the stove you made a few days ago, there’s some porridge warming."

"You expend energy during your morning exercises, have some before you train."

After saying this, Shu’er felt she could barely keep her eyes open.

"I’ll sleep a bit more."

Tang Zan furrowed his brows, remaining silent for a long time.

Just as he reached the tent’s entrance, he indeed saw the porridge was warming in the stove.

After a night of simmering, the porridge was very mushy, exuding a rich fragrance of rice.

He resisted the urge, did not drink.

He lifted the tent flap, glanced back at the soundly sleeping Shu’er, and then walked out.

When Shu’er woke up, she drank a little porridge and then went for her shift to inspect the city wall.

Shu’er inspected, truly inch by inch.

And indeed discovered some substandard areas, marked them, and instructed repairs or reconstructions.

Everyone in construction was only aware of building, without considering this inspection process.

Shu’er looked quite professional in her approach. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ nοvelfire.net

Those nearby admired her somewhat, and Tang Peiyi was also somewhat surprised.

Originally he thought he had a high level of expertise in engineering, especially having learned a lot while building walls on the Deserted Mountain with Shu’er, gaining knowledge he’d never encountered before.

Moreover, that knowledge surpassed everything he’d learned in previous years.

And now this inspection provided another opportunity to learn.

General Zhao observed and saw them inspecting, and nodded with approval.

Clearly satisfied with their responsible attitude.

Yan Huan Yu must have really had nothing to do and had been waiting by the city gate early.

During her break, she saw Yan Huan Yu, who greeted her with a smile.

"Sister, I noticed a lot of mushrooms on the adjacent mountain. I’m thinking of changing my diet a little; why don’t we go gather them together?"

Mushrooms were truly something Shu’er loved to eat, even in modern times they were one of her favorites.

A few days ago, the Gulan Mountain Range had been drenched by rain, now was the time for mushrooms to grow. If they waited a few more days, they’d likely rot.

This year might only provide this one batch of mushrooms.

With Gulan’s cold climate, it would soon freeze over.

She addressed Yinxing, Honghua, and Lin Yu.

"Bring baskets, and let’s go to the back mountain to pick mushrooms."

Everyone was just in their break time, and upon hearing this, they were delighted and quickly grabbed baskets; there were plenty of soil transport baskets.

The wild mushrooms on the neighboring mountain were indeed numerous, growing densely together.

In such times, having wild mushrooms was truly rare, especially since other places hadn’t seen any rain this year.

As they walked and picked mushrooms, the baskets gradually filled up, and everyone’s previously repressed mood gradually lifted.

Soon the mountain was filled with laughter and conversation.

But some mushrooms were unknown to them, so they hesitated to pick them. As a seasoned gourmand and doctor, Shu’er had extensive knowledge of wild fungi.

"Yinxing, the green mushrooms by your feet are green cap mushrooms. They’re edible, feel free to pick them."

"Also that red mushroom, called rouge fungus, is good too."

"And the yellow ones, and the brown ones, they’re all safe to pick."

Upon hearing these two kinds were edible, everyone immediately went back to gather them. The whole way there they’d only picked white geomyces fungi, ignoring others they didn’t recognize.

They’d missed out on so much.

Originally their basket increased slowly despite filling up.

Seeing all those mushrooms unable to be picked was quite distressing.

Now hearing Shu’er say they could eat other mushrooms, they happily returned to gathering.

Now, the mushrooms quickly filled the baskets, and everyone became more and more delighted.

Once a basket of mushrooms was collected, Shu’er poured them into the backpack Lin Yu was carrying.

Upon arrival, she found Lin Yu’s medium-sized backpack was already full of mushrooms.

Others’ mushrooms could only be poured into Lin Hong’s backpack.

And this mountain, they only picked a small area, seeing so many mushrooms, it would be a waste not to pick them.

Now was a shortage of food and clothes, watching food rot right before you wasn’t pleasant.

Shu’er said, "Lin Yu, Lin Hong, take the mushrooms down the mountain first and deliver them to Commander Zhang, let those who want them to wash them, and then call a few people to come up and gather mushrooms."

The two quickly complied, soon bringing back a group of people.

This time so many came, roughly two to three hundred people.

Shu’er’s mouth twitched, Zhang Feng really wasn’t holding back, now these people all needed food.

Thinking of cooking for so many people, her arms already felt sore.

Forget it, let Zhang Feng handle it, his cooking skills weren’t bad either.

Shu’er explained to everyone which mushrooms were edible and which weren’t, then left them be.

The result of many people was that the mushrooms on the mountain were quickly gathered, leaving mostly poisonous ones.

Shu’er even saw shepherd’s purse and collected a basket full.