He heard this and saw no other choice but to let them go ahead.
After breakfast, Zhang Huai first planted the tree root. Then he went up the mountain to bring back soil and wild plants, which he packed around the base of the root. Once that was done, he went to deal with the snake. He quickly skinned it, scooped out and discarded the soft snake eggs, then cut the meat into sections, washed it, and put it in a pot to stew with some cured pork bones.
Yun Ying came in just as Huai Zi was skinning the snake. She stared blankly at the two of them, looking so intimate and at ease with each other.
