Preparing medicines, pounding herbs, bottling them—this was how the morning was spent, and Mo Xian was in charge of pounding herbs. Mo Xian pounded herbs all morning, just pounding and pounding and pounding away, until she began to wonder if she had somehow entered Guanghan Palace and turned into that rabbit. Mo Xian looked down at her hands and feet; fortunately, they were not furry yet. But that rabbit possessed magical powers, so perhaps it had acquired them from pounding herbs so much? That must be it. She should pound the herbs diligently as well; who knows, maybe one day she would gain magical powers too. She had heard that the rabbit was called Jade Rabbit and was very pretty as well. Did pounding herbs better make one prettier? Mo Xian let her imagination run wild, then put her hands up to her head like rabbit ears, half-seriously treating herself to imagining she was a rabbit.
From now on, Mo Xian would probably live this rabbit-like life. Who asked her to find a job pounding herbs and inexplicably understand medicine as well? Fortunately, by being this herb-pounding rabbit, she wouldn't have to worry about hunger, wind, rain, or hailstorms. With this sudden job and the life of an herb-pounding rabbit to lead, Mo Xian still felt quite fortunate. It was as if happiness was beckoning to her right now; just living on like this would be a happy life. Of course, assuming nothing out of the ordinary happened, that was how it would be. Or, if things didn't happen too unexp…
Chapter 27