While Gu Mo pondered, the two people walking one behind the other had already seen the outline of the village from afar.
In the farmland in front of the village, many villagers were busying themselves, sweating profusely but not stopping.
There was also a group of children running back and forth between the fields, but they weren't playing. Instead, they were holding herbs in their arms, with most carrying bamboo woven baskets on their backs filled with these items... Kikyo's arrival had changed many things, she taught the children how to identify herbs and learn medicine.
The adults in the village were happy about this too, because these kids were too young, and even if they helped with farming in the fields, it wouldn't lighten the workload much. It was better for them to follow the witch and learn, as collecting herbs was much easier and also a resource urgently needed by the village.
"Sister Kikyo..."
