The guest room was still empty.
After Su Yao finished digging up one plant, she stood and stretched her waist, looking at Lin Taichu.
"Do you want to dig up a few too? You're free anyway."
"I don't know how."
"What's there not to know? Just do it like me."
Su Yao took a small shovel from the bamboo basket and handed it to Lin Taichu. Lin Taichu took it, crouched down, found a stalk of Snake Saliva Grass, and copied Su Yao's movements, first loosening the soil around it, then pulling it up with his hand.
He used too much force when he pulled, snapping the root, leaving more than half of it still in the soil.
Su Yao glanced at it and shook her head.
"You're too strong. The roots of Snake Saliva Grass are very brittle. You can't pull them with brute force. You have to loosen the soil first, loosen it thoroughly, then pull slowly."
Lin Taichu tossed the Snake Saliva Grass with the broken root to one side and found another stalk. This time he had learned his lesson. He loosened the soil for a long time, loosening all the surrounding earth, then gently pulled upward. This time the root did not break, and he pulled out a complete plant.
Su Yao glanced at it.
"This one is fine, but you spent too long loosening the soil. By the time you finish digging up one, I can dig up three."
"I'm not in a hurry."
Su Yao said nothing more and crouched back down to continue digging.
The two of them crouched in the Spirit Herb Garden and dug for about half an hour. Su Yao's bamboo basket was full, while Lin Taichu had dug up seven or eight stalks, all of which he placed