A Blessed Daughter - Chapter 171

A Blessed Daughter
Chapter 171 – Exploring caves (1)

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“This is called Prunella vulgaris. It’s just the right time to pick it this season.” Wei Ruo explained.

“Prunella vulgaris? What is it used for?”

–Prunella vulgaris: The herb, which is called xia ku cao (夏枯草) in Chinese, is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat dizziness, red eyes, dry cough, and dermatitis.

“Prunella vulgaris has a miraculous effect on treating scrofula, and because the mortality rate of scrofula* is high, Prunella vulgaris is very precious and valuable. However, Prunella vulgaris looked very ordinary, which is no different to wild grass. In summer, it looks like weeds, which is why it is ignored by people.” Wei Ruo explained.

*a swelling of the lymph nodes in your neck caused by a bacterial infection.

“I didn’t expect it to look so ordinary yet quite useful.” Xie Ying squatted down to help Wei Ruo pick it.

“In addition, Prunella vulgaris can also be used to make herbal tea, which can be boiled together with lotus leaves and young bamboo leaves to get a delicious herbal tea.” Wei Ruo added.

-lotus leaves

-young bamboo leaves

“Ruoruo, you know how to make herbal tea?” Xie Ying asked.

“Making herbal tea is very simple, just put the ingredients into the water and boil them together, there’s nothing skillful about it. I also know how to make grass jelly and guilinggao. They are slightly more complicated, but they are both good for cooling and relieving summer heat in summer.” Wei Ruo said.

-grass jelly:The main ingredient in grass jelly is a plant called Chinese mesona. The plant is commonly found in East Asian countries such as China and Taiwan, and typically grows in grassy, dry, and sandy areas.

–guilinggao: originally created with the crushed shells of golden coin turtles (now a critically endangered species) and various medicinal herbs, tree bark, flowers (like honeysuckle), and sometimes spices, guilinggao is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine as the popular dessert. And today, it’s usually vegan, containing no turtles in the ingredients list.

“Ruoruo, you are truly a treasure! I want to kidnap you and hide you inside my home!”

Xiumei on the side couldn’t help but said: “Miss Xie, it is against the law to kidnap someone. If you take my young lady, I will report it to the police!”

Xie Ying flattened her mouth: “With you here, can I kidnap your young lady? Why don’t I give you money and you help me to kidnap her?”

Xiumei immediately asked Wei Ruo: “Miss, Miss Xie said she would give me silver. If she gives more, can I consider it?”

Wei Ruo nodded: “You can consider it. If she gives enough money, I can voluntarily cooperate to be kidnapped by you and then get half share of your money.”

Xiumei agreed: “Yeah, yes, after we get the money, I will go to Xie’s Mansion to rescue the young lady!”

Xie Ying froze at this: “Alright you two, ganging up on my silver in front of me!”

She raised her hand and pretended to throw the freshly picked Prunella vulgaris onto Wei Ruo’s body, but after looking at it twice, she couldn’t bear to throw it. She then changed direction and threw it heavily into Wei Ruo’s basket.

Xie Jue stood five steps away and couldn’t help laughing as he watched the three little girls playing around.

This Miss Wei from the Wei family was really a smart person, no wonder she could control his sister who had her own way of doing things.

After walking for a while, Wei Ruo saw a cave.

Wei Ruo curiously walked toward the cave, but Xie Jue stopped her and said: “Sister Wei, don’t go there. This cave is dangerous.”

“Dangerous?” Wei Ruo turned her head and looked at Xie Jue with a puzzled expression.

“The caves in Xingshan County are relatively large and deep, and some of them have complex internal structures. I’m worried that there may be some wild animals, snakes, mice, insects, and ants inside.” Xie Jue explained.

“Thank you very much for your kindness, young master. But I still want to go inside and take a look. Don’t worry, I have a skilled servant and we have experience in dealing with snakes, mice, insects, and ants. If we really encounter any problems, we have the ability to deal with them.”

Xie Jue believed this, but for safety reasons, he still decided to follow in.

“I’m following behind you, and if there’s any danger, I can also help in time.” Xie Jue said.

“Then I’ll go too.” Xie Ying strode forward.

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