I woke up to find myself transmigrated into a disabled child.

Chapter 79 Leaf Paper and Black Branch

"Lezhi, I'm here! What are you doing?" Leyou's voice always arrived before anyone else.

Seeing the energetic Leyou, Lezhi's mood also lifted. "I'm making mushroom sauce. The upstairs is already full of mushrooms drying, so I thought I might as well make some more mushroom sauce. It's pretty good. Although it doesn't keep for long, it's better than fresh mushrooms."

"Most importantly, it tastes good." Taking out a clean spoon, Lezhi scooped some out of the pot and handed it to the eager Leyou, gesturing for him to try it.

"Mmm." Without any hesitation, Leyou took the spoon from Lezhi with her mouth. The moment the delicious mushroom meat sauce entered her mouth, Leyou's taste buds immediately surrendered. "Delicious, there's meat in it too."

"Yeah, mushrooms and meat are a perfect match. You should take some back with you later; they're best eaten with your main course." Thinking that all they had left for their main course were rock fruit and sweet fruit, Lezhi wanted to sigh. When would he ever get to eat his big white steamed buns and rice again?

The allure of high-carb diets is undeniable; just thinking about it makes my mouth water.

"By the way, Leyou, have you seen this before?" Lezhi remembered something, took out the pulp of the seedless brown fruit from her spatial storage, and showed it to Leyou. "I got this by chance. There's only one. It says it's edible, but I don't know how to eat it. Has anyone here eaten it before?"

"Let me see..." Leyou took the fruit from Lezhi and examined it carefully. Inside the brown shell was white flesh. The flesh was very firm. In the cross-section, the flesh was covered with tiny pores. When you pinched it with your finger, only a little bit of powder came off.

“I’ve never seen this before. Why don’t you try cooking it?” Leyou shrugged, handing the fruit back to Lezhi, indicating his inability to help. “This fruit has no moisture at all, and it doesn’t look appetizing. We wouldn’t be interested in this kind of fruit if we encountered it in the wild.”

Nodding, Lezhi wasn't surprised, since Lei Xiu had said the same thing when he asked him before. "Alright, I'll study it myself then. It's a pity there's only this one."

Although he had already planted the seeds, it was still unknown when they would ripen. Lezhi squeezed the rock-hard flesh in his hand and felt that this thing should be called the Stone Fruit.

"By the way, Lezhi, I came here to tell you that the clan has started accepting registrations for the Shadow Disease, and someone will be coming to your door to treat you soon. Do you want to set a rough time so that we won't be in a rush later?"

"Okay, I'll ask Lei Xiu to make a sign to put outside later. Oh, and we also need to prepare a treatment room. It's not very convenient to have people come to the house all the time."

When it came to serious matters, Lezhi felt that there were still many things he hadn't done. He put the unknown fruit back into his spatial storage, quickened his pace, and mentally made a list of the things he needed.

As an ordinary person who doesn't have a photographic memory, Lezhi has never felt so urgently the need to write down the thoughts in her mind with pen and paper.

Lei Xiu, who had left early in the morning, seemed to have anticipated Le Zhi's needs. While Le Zhi was scratching her head in distress, Lei Xiu leisurely stepped into the door.

"Lezhi, I'm back. Look what I brought you." Lei Xiu's voice rang out in the living room. Lezhi and Leyou exchanged a glance, and Leyou tacitly took the spatula from Lezhi's hand, gesturing for Lezhi to look.

"Lei Xiu, you're back." After wiping the water off her hands with a towel, Le Zhi strolled into the living room.

The wooden coffee table in the living room was now filled with the things Lei Xiu had brought back. At first glance, they were just ordinary branches and leaves. The leaves were not the usual green, but rather grayish-white, and there was nothing particularly special about them.

“You’ve been planning a lot of things lately, and I guessed you might need this, so I went and found some.” Lei Xiu stepped forward, pulled Le Zhi to sit down at the coffee table, and picked up the leaves and branches to introduce them to Le Zhi.

“This is a black branch, and this is leaf paper.” In front of Lezhi, Lei Xiu peeled off the outer bark at the top of the branch, revealing the dark core inside. “I cleaned these leaf papers before I brought them back, so they are ready to use. Look.”

As he spoke, Lei Xiu used the black core of the branch to draw a line on the leaf paper. The clear pen mark was seen by Le Zhi, who was speechless.

"This is..." Well, it wasn't his imagination. Lezhi was given a peeled branch in his hand. Encouraged by Lei Xiu, he wrote and drew on the leaf paper. The feel of the brush and the texture of the leaf paper told Lezhi that its quality was not to be underestimated.

A single leaf of paper was about half the size of a coffee table; it would be best to trim it if you were to use it. Once he confirmed that this was the paper and pen currently used in Jormungand, Lezhi calmed down. He had seen even more amazing things; a plant that could be used as paper and pen was acceptable.

"By the way, Lei Xiu, how long can this leaf paper be preserved?" Suddenly realizing that the leaves were from a fresh plant, Le Zhi finally thought of the preservation issue.

"Under normal circumstances, it should be fine for a year. If you need to preserve it for a long time, you'll need to do some special treatment." Seeing that Lezhi was interested, Lei Xiu briefly explained the treatment method to her.

"The vines that produce paper-like leaves also produce a sap. Collect that sap, dilute it with water in the correct proportion, and then soak the paper-like leaves overnight. Take them out and let them air dry. Paper-like leaves treated in this way can be preserved for at least a hundred years. If you want to preserve them even longer, you should apply the sap evenly again after writing on them and then let them air dry completely."

"This method is generally used for books that need to be passed down through generations. Books made using this method can be preserved for at least a thousand years without decaying."

He clicked his tongue in amazement. To discover such a method, the tree spirits weren't as lazy as he thought. It seemed it was just a matter of how much effort everyone put in.

"Okay, I understand. I probably won't need it for now. When I have time later, I'd like to collect some and make a notebook or something, so I can use it whenever I want."

Lei Xiu, who already had books in the clan to preserve history, immediately understood what Le Zhi meant by the notebooks. He nodded and said, "Okay, you can use these for now. Just do your job and leave the rest to me."

Lei Xiu raised his hand and ruffled Le Zhi's hair. His eyes sparkled, but he restrained himself to the extreme, so that Le Zhi did not notice anything unusual.

As a self-proclaimed ultimate beauty enthusiast, Lezhi showed no sign of being averse to being close to beautiful women. He handed over the task of cutting the paper leaves to Lei Xiu and turned back to the kitchen to continue making his mushroom sauce.

While working in the kitchen, Leyou, who hadn't missed a thing, saw Lezhi come in and quickly suppressed her curious gaze, pretending to be focused on stirring.

"You're here. How are you? Are you alright?"

"Hmm, it's alright. Lei Xiu found me some leaf paper and black branches. Let's get started quickly. After we're done, you can give me a list of the conditions that need to be listed."

Seeing that Lezhi was completely oblivious, Leyou chuckled to himself. Ever since Leixiu moved into Lezhi's house, his somewhat gloomy mood had suddenly brightened.

"Okay..." Leyou cheerfully helped Lezhi reduce the mushroom sauce and put it into jars, her upturned lips never falling.

As the two of them were getting ready and leaning over the coffee table to list the crops they needed, a rustling noise came from outside the door. It was a rare occasion for the Lezhi family to have guests visiting.