Before they knew it.
Inside the Book of a Hundred Lives.
A month had passed.
Bai Ruxue had settled into Huanyu Village completely.
Bai Ruxue washed and cooked for Xiao Mo, dried fish, and took Xiao Mo out to sea to fish.
Every time they went fishing, the two of them returned with a full haul.
And whenever Xiao Mo praised Bai Ruxue, saying, "Sister Bai, you're amazing,"
the woman's eyes would curve into crescents. Sometimes she would even plant her hands on her slender waist, lift her proud little chin, and happily declare, "Your Sister Bai is the best there is~"
Bai Ruxue often gave some of the fish to the villagers, too.
Huanyu Village had always been simple and honest, and after Bai Ruxue had given them fish several times, the villagers had come to trust her completely.
Some of the village's middle-aged and elderly women even wanted to set Bai Ruxue up on a blind date.
After all, the girl was truly lovely.
But Bai Ruxue turned them all down, saying that she already had someone in her heart.
Sometimes, Bai Ruxue would secretly leave Huanyu Village.
Although Ruxue said she was going outside alone to catch fish, Xiao Mo knew she was actually going to take care of something.
The clearest proof was that whenever Bai Ruxue came back, Xiao Mo could smell a faint medicinal fragrance on her.
Ruxue seemed to be secretly refining some kind of pill.
Xiao Mo pretended not to know anything.
Another month passed.
Xiao Mo wanted to leave the village to study.
The neighboring fishing village was called Longhai Village. Like Huanyu Village, it had come from Qingshan City three thousand years ago.
The two villages pooled their money to hire a teacher to teach the children the basics.
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