Since he decided to attend the Grand Court Examination, Qiao Guang naturally had to prepare and could not travel thousands of miles with his hands. Even if it was not Shi Lezhi, he would have pills before he even arrived in the capital.

Qiao Guang first returned to his small thatched hut. As the saying goes, a golden nest is not as good as his own doghouse. Qiao Guang does not have millions of thatched huts mentioned in the Poetry Sacrificial Hall, and he is not able to buy a building to make everyone happy. In the more than a year after he arrived in the Mushroom Village, Qiao Guang hastily built a small hut, not seeking prosperity but seeking shelter from the wind and rain.

Qiao Guang first picked up the little fat cat who was taking a nap in the firewood pile. The kitten was sleeping soundly. Suddenly, he woke up from his beautiful dream and found that he was being grabbed by a stinky man with a delicate body. He shouted "meow" and stretched out his claws to grab Qiao Guang.

Qiao Guang slapped its claws with one hand and tried to throw it out the window. The kitten was so scared that he meowed and begged for mercy. Qiao Guang said, "Okay, you have no conscience, oh no, cat things are even more wolf than white-eyed wolf. Ask yourself, when did I have a bowl of porridge that I can drink less than your portion? Do you believe it or not tonight's steamed cat head?"

The fat cat obediently did not dare to move.

Qiao Guang put the cat on the bed, stared at it and said, "Fat cat, I'm leaving. I'll leave early tomorrow morning. Take care of a cat. Don't be in my house. No one feeds you anymore. You have to learn to catch mice and eat them by yourself."

The fat cat's eyes were wide open. I don't know if he was surprised that Qiao Guang was about to leave or was wondering what to do if he would do three meals a day in the future.

Qiao Guang ignored it, walked out the door, and shouted at the stone house opposite: "Hu Dahui, Hu Dahui!"

A young man with dark skin jumped off the roof, holding a hammer in his hand. He ran to Qiao Guang and asked, "Brother Qiao, what are you asking me for?"

To be honest, Qiao Guang was really under pressure when facing such a man who was more than eight feet tall. He had to tiptoe to pat his shoulders, and he seemed to be able to be lifted up and beaten up by him.

Qiao Guang stood on tiptoe and patted Hu Dachui on the shoulder. It was a little awkward. Hu Dachui deliberately bent down to take care of Qiao Guang, which made Qiao Guang very embarrassed. He coughed twice and covered him up and said, "Daehaw, I'm going to go out for a long journey. I want to ask you to help me do something."

Hu Dahui slapped his strong chest muscles with his fist and said, "What a problem, Brother Qiao is just asking if you have anything to do."

Qiao Guang took off the bone knife on his back, threw it over, and said, "I know you have great ironworking skills. Please help me with a scabbard. You can just look at the materials. As long as you don't shake it, you'll be stabbed by this knife. It's very sharp."

Hu Dahui took the bone knife and weighed it. It was not heavy, and the workmanship was extremely rough. There was only one advantage on his body, that is, it was sharp. Although he could not cut his hair like mud, it was much sharper than ordinary blades.

"Okay, leave it to me. I couldn't prepare anything for you even when you went out. Even if I gave this scabbard to you, I won't charge you any money." Hu Dachui said with a silly smile.

Qiao Guang smiled and said, "Then please trouble you, Sledgehammer. Oh, by the way, there is another thing. If you have time, you can come to my house to help me see if the fat cat can find food. If you see it, feed it. This is the key to my house."

Hu Dahui saw that Qiao Guang had given him all his keys directly. He was a little moved when he trusted him so much and said, "Dahui guaranteed to complete the task!"

After explaining the matter between the scabbard and the fat cat, Qiao Guang arrived at Huahua Pavilion at the next stop.

Well... it is where Aunt Wang lives, and it is also the only place in the village where she can buy herbs. Qiao Guang has no extra spirit stones and has never had time to come here before. The herbs he picked were not enough for him, and he would not think about selling them to Huahua Pavilion. So this is the first time Qiao Guang has been here.

"Aunt Wang, are you here? I'm here!" Qiao Guang shouted when he entered the door, suddenly he saw a woman behind the counter with a small bun, a face as bright as a brocade, a beautiful autumn eyes, and a long light green dress. After hearing Qiao Guang's shouting, she paused with a slender fingers that were knocking on the abacus.

Qiao Guang looked at the woman, his mouth stayed at the last syllable of the sentence just now. Zhang De was very big, and suddenly realized that he was a little out of control. He stepped out and looked at the plaque on the door. It was indeed "Huahua Pavilion". He walked in and asked in a low voice: "Girl, is Aunt Wang here? I'll buy herbs."

The woman said "puffed", smiled and said, "Mom is out shopping, I'll be back later."

"Oh, can you ask the girl's name?"

"I am Xixi, Hu Xixi. I have always stayed in the house and rarely went out. Maybe you have never seen me." Xixi smiled.

Nonsense! I must know that there is such a beautiful and yellow girl here. She has to find excuses to come up with a few more times, but unfortunately she is leaving now. Alas, life...

Qiao Guang walked over and handed her a list of herbs that contained the required series of herbs. Considering that the store was not large, Qiao Guang did not write many rare precious medicinal materials, which were common, but the portion was a little more. Qiao Guang could not pick up so much, so he thought about buying it.

"Insect ducts, dog leashes... so many of them are herbs with medical effects. Young Master, did you write this yourself? Do you understand these?" Xixi looked carefully at the list and asked.

Qiao Guang looked at her in surprise and asked back, "Are you young and understand their efficacy?"

Xixi smiled and said, "My mother doesn't let me go out, just ask me to read the Baicao Dian at home, so she still understands some basic things. But the number you want is a bit too much, and you have to see if it is enough. I'll do it, well... there are 372 low-grade spirit stones in total. Do you want to pay by swiping the spirit card or the spirit stone code?"

"What? Three hundred and seventy-two?" Qiao Guang said in shock.

"Hey, yes, I'm not wrong." Xixi calculated again and made sure that she was not wrong.

Qiao Guang was amazed at his tongue. The cost of these herbs is less than 30 low-quality spirit stones. This is too scammed. No wonder people often say that those who pick herbs are not as good as those who sell herbs, and those who sell herbs are not as good as those who sell elixirs. It is really a huge profit!

Qiao Guang stopped Xixi's behavior and said with a smile: "Girl, the account should not be settled like this. You have to think about it. Although I may not be able to give you so many spirit stones at once, I can help you do other things. This is much more important than spirit stones."

"Oh? For example?" Xixi asked curiously.

"For example, I can prevent your chickens from being stolen from now on!" Qiao Guang said confidently.

Xixi narrowed her eyes and asked, "You mean, are you the one who keeps stealing my chicken?"

Qiao Guang quickly waved his hand to deny it and said, "How is that possible! Girl, you think too much, let me tell you slowly. That day I went up the mountain to collect herbs and saw a man in black holding a rooster in his hand. I looked closely and felt that the chicken looked very familiar. Then I thought, isn't this the cute little rooster from my beloved Mrs. Wang's house?! I killed him without saying a word, and Xiaozhi moved him with reason, but he still refused to return it. So I fought with him for 9981 rounds. He was defeated and fled. I warned him that he would never come to steal chickens again in the future, otherwise my little bully in the capital would be endless!"

Xixi looked admiring and asked, "Is it true? It sounds so amazing!"

Qiao Guang waved his hand, looking like he was not a big deal, and said, "If you see him again in the future, and report the name of my little bully in the capital, he will definitely not dare to steal your chickens again!"

"Yeah!" Xixi nodded.

Suddenly, Aunt Wang threw a big chicken leg in front of Qiao Guang and sneered: "I'm going to be the little bully in the capital. The little bully is almost the same. I want to kidnap my daughter?"

Aunt Wang turned around and said to Xixi, "Daughter, don't believe in the man's mouth. Your devil dad was just looking outside the door and not coming in, and then... and then you are there!" Aunt Wang said with tears in his mouth. Xixi's face turned red and he was scolding Aunt Wang in a low voice.

Aunt Wang said firmly: "Get the spirit stone, otherwise there will be nothing to say."

Qiao Guang said anxiously: "Don't you want to invest in a promising young man with endless potential? This is really more than a few hundred spirit stones!"

"I don't want to, it's still the spirit stone. If there is no spirit stone, leave me."

...

Finally, Qiao Guang hollowed out the only thirty spirit stones on his body and took back herbs that were ten times smaller than originally expected.

Qiao Guang had a dark face and secretly scolded this woman for having long hair and short knowledge. She would not do such an investment that was obviously profitable, which was so angry that I was too angry! Looking at the herb that shrank so poorly, Qiao Guang wanted to cry without tears, so he could only take one step at a time.

After buying the herbs, Qiao Guang went to Grandpa Hu's house to buy some money. Grandpa Hu heard that Qiao Guang was going to Beijing to take the exam, so he almost held a farewell party for him, but Qiao Guang refused. Grandpa Hu felt sorry for him and stuffed a lot of money for Qiao Guang to take home.

Hu Daichui made a scabbard with fine steel and gave it to Qiao Guang at night. Qiao Guang looked very suitable and felt very satisfied.

On the last night in the mushroom village, Qiao Guang lay in bed and couldn't sleep. The fat cat with no conscience got into his arms and stayed in a daze with his eyes open and endured Qiao Guang's not very beautiful singing.
Chapter completed!