At this moment, in Xiahe Village.
Xiaobai was about to hibernate, but before doing so, planned to gather some tonics from the depths of the front mountain for Ruan Jiaojiao. Xiu Xi also came to Xiahe Village to find supplements for her.
In the past, the ingredients for meat dishes at the Ruan Family restaurant were sourced from the front mountain. But in recent years, the Ruan Family has mostly become self-sufficient. They've had a contract for the back mountain for thirty years, where the livestock is not purely wild anymore, but bred after domestication. However, they're free-range up the mountain rather than caged, keeping the meat's texture unchanged, with some increase in size.
All four households of the Ruan Family have moved to the city and can't manage things here, so the livestock needs someone to look after them. They hired their cousin from the Ruan Family, Ruan Xia, to take care of them, and he brought in some reliable friends to help, thus solving the supply issue.
