2 – Special Ability

“Hey, don’t run!”

In a small courtyard surrounded by a simple wooden fence, Xiao Yan was running on her short legs chasing a butterfly.

Lu Qing sat on a stone stool, holding a plant with small red flowers in his hand, and watched.

At this moment, in his field of vision, the plant with small red flowers was emitting a faint white light, with two lines of text appearing on it.

【Beef Bone Herb: Average quality, can be used medicinally.】

【Seems to be quite effective for bone injuries, might come in handy when injured.】

After spending some time, Lu Qing barely managed to understand what the text before his eyes was about.

Simply put, perhaps due to his transmigration, he had acquired a special ability.

The main manifestation of this ability at the moment was that as long as he focused his gaze on an item, after a certain period, the item would emit a glow and a simple text description would appear.

Moreover, the longer he looked at it, the more information he’d receive. However, this information was not infinite; it seemed to follow certain standards.

For now, Lu Qing suspected that the standard was related to the glow emitted by the item.

Items emitting gray glow would have only one description line, no matter how long he looked at them.

Items with white glow would have more than two lines of description.

The Beef Bone Herb in his hand was the only plant around the courtyard that emitted white light.

What’s this, some game interface?

Lu Qing remembered some map-running games he occasionally played in his previous life.

Thinking for a moment, he waved his hand, “Xiao Yan, come here.”

“Brother, what is it?”

The little girl came running cheerfully.

“Brother wants to take a look at you.”

Lu Qing removed the dead grass stuck on her head and focused his gaze on her face.

After a while, a faint white light appeared on Xiao Yan’s body, and a line of text floated above her.

【Lu Xiao Yan: A human child, female.】

What a lousy description!

Black lines appeared on Lu Qing’s forehead.

But he continued to look.

After a while, another line of text appeared.

【A pitiable human child, she seems a bit malnourished.】

Lu Qing froze, looking at the yellowish hair on her head, feeling a bit silent.

“Brother, are you done looking?”

Xiao Yan asked innocently, raising her head.

“Hmm, I’m done. Xiao Yan will definitely grow up to be a beautiful woman.”

Lu Qing affectionately rubbed the little girl’s hair.

Xiao Yan tilted her head, “What’s a beautiful woman?”

“Haha, you’ll understand when you grow up.”

Hearing her innocent words, Lu Qing’s mood lifted.

No matter what the future holds, the most important thing right now is to take good care of this little one he’s relying on.

This was also the biggest lingering wish of the original owner’s prior to his death.

And to live well in this unfamiliar world, he must rely on this mysterious ability he has acquired.

Thinking of this, Lu Qing picked up the Beef Bone Herb and placed it in front of Xiao Yan.

“Xiao Yan, do you know what this herb is and what it’s used for?”

Xiao Yan looked at the plant with small blue flowers, furrowed her little brows in deep thought for a moment, and then shook her head.

“I don’t know, but Grandpa Zhang’s big cow seems to like eating this kind of grass.”

Seeing that Xiao Yan didn’t know, Lu Qing couldn’t help but laugh. He was also being foolish.

Even the original host’s memory didn’t have any information about Ox Bone Grass. He actually expected a child only a few years old to know.

However, Xiao Yan’s next sentence left him stunned.

“Brother, if you want to know what kind of grass this is, you can ask Grandpa Chen. Grandpa Chen likes these flowers and plants the most, and he also likes to use them to brew bitter water for us to drink.”

At this point, Xiao Yan didn’t know what she thought of but her whole little face scrunched up.

Grandpa Chen?

Lu Qing recalled in his memory and soon, the image of a kind-hearted, lean old man appeared in his mind.

Oh, it’s the revered old doctor of the village.

Doctor?

Lu Qing had a thought.

According to the description on the note, Ox Bone Grass is undoubtedly a kind of medicinal herb. I wonder if Old Doctor Chen knows how to use it.

“Xiao Yan, when brother was sick, did Grandpa Chen come over?”

“Yes, he did. Brother was always sleeping back then. No matter how I called you, you wouldn’t wake up. I was scared and kept crying. Later, Grandpa Chen came, looked at brother, and said you were sick. He mentioned something like wind-cold or something… He brewed bitter medicine water and had you drink it. After a day, brother woke up.”

At this point, Xiao Yan suddenly exclaimed, “Grandpa Chen is amazing! Brother got better just by drinking a bowl of bitter water!”

Lu Qing remained silent.

Only he knew that the medicine prescribed by Old Doctor Chen didn’t actually save the boy’s life.

However, now he remembered that during his unconscious state, he did vaguely feel someone pouring something into him, giving his cold body a bit of warmth to protect his heart meridian… helping him endure the difficult period of merging consciousness.

Otherwise, with his frail body, it wasn’t certain he could have woken up smoothly.

Come to think of it, this Old Doctor Chen really did have true skills and had helped him.

As Lu Qing was pondering, he suddenly sensed a gaze. Looking down, he saw Xiao Yan was looking at him.

“What’s wrong, Xiao Yan?”

“Brother, Xiao Yan’s tummy is hungry.”

Lu Qing also felt hungry. After all, he wasn’t full before, and the half steamed bun he ate earlier was long digested.

However, he had checked earlier, and there was currently no food at home.

The rice jar was so clean even the mice wouldn’t visit. If it weren’t for Grandpa Zhang next door providing help, Xiao Yan might have starved these past two days while he was unconscious.

Thinking of this, Lu Qing remembered he should thank Grandpa Zhang and Old Doctor Chen. Without their care, the siblings might not have survived.

But the family was too poor now, with nothing in the house to offer as a thank you gift.

He thought it would be better to figure out how to fill their stomachs first. He could express his gratitude later.

But where could he find food?

Most of the family fields had been sold by the original host to bury his parents. The remaining bit was poorly maintained with hardly any harvest. So, digging up food from the fields was not currently an option.

Distant water doesn’t quench a nearby thirst. If they sowed now, it would be too late. They would starve before the crops grew.

After thinking for a while, Lu Qing went into the room where the original host’s parents lived and searched for a bit. Finally, he found an iron needle and some hemp thread in a small box.

The iron needle was quite a bit thicker than the embroidery needles of his previous life, appearing quite sturdy.

Lu Qing took out the iron needle, heated it with fire for a while, then pressed it into a hook shape with chopsticks. He also took out several strands of hemp, carefully twisted them into a slightly thicker and robust hemp string, and tightly tied it to the iron hook.

Then he cut a resilient bamboo stick from the bamboo grove behind the house and tied the other end of the hemp string to it.

Finally, he tied a piece of driftwood to the line above the iron hook as a float.

A simple fishing rod was thus made by Lu Qing.