Chapter 173 Ginseng? Goji berries? Are they expensive?

"ah?"

Zhizhi was flustered by her sudden question.

“Wo… ..."

Oh no, she really didn't know where the eggs came from.

It's simply unrealistic for her to say that she raises chickens at home.

We're all neighbors, can't we hear the rooster crowing?

Oh no, will they suspect us?

She instinctively wanted to go to the kitchen to find her mother, just as Deng Qiu heard the noise and came out wiping her hands.

Deng Qiu smiled and replied naturally, "My fellow villager raises free-range chickens in the surrounding villages. Their eggs are very nutritious. Cuiping is pregnant and going through a lot. Grandma Li, if you want to order eggs, just let me know and I'll have my fellow villager deliver them to you regularly."

The moment her mother's voice fell, Zhizhi felt the living room suddenly become quiet.

Her heart was pounding; she was clearly afraid that Grandma Li would start to suspect what was going on in the family.

Three seconds felt like an eternity to Zhizhi.

"Oh my god! This is great!"

Grandma Li suddenly burst into hearty laughter, her face beaming with joy. "I knew it! How could there be eggs without chickens? I'd been wanting to ask you about it for ages when your girl brought eggs to Cuiping. Now the truth is out!"

As she spoke, she walked up to Deng Qiu, took her arm, and said somewhat shyly:

"Deng Qiu, your fellow villager raises chickens, ostensibly to sell eggs, but it's almost Chinese New Year, isn't it? Could you ask him to sell me a chicken?"

"ah?"

A hint of confusion appeared on Deng Qiu's face. "Chicken?"

Grandma Li nodded vigorously, her face full of worry. "Cuiping is inexperienced with this pregnancy. She was already anemic from overworking, wasn't she? After getting pregnant, she vomited no matter how much she ate. The doctor said her anemia has gotten worse. I was just thinking of giving her some nourishment. I heard that chicken soup is the best for replenishing qi and blood. Just consider it helping me out. If it's really not enough, I'll give you extra money."

Zhizhi understood what Grandma Li meant.

Her pounding little heart finally settled back into her chest.

It turns out that Grandma Li wasn't questioning the source of the vegetables and fruits in her home, but rather wanted to use the eggs to ask about the chickens.

If that's the case, then things will be much easier.

I never expected that Grandma Li, who was so opposed to Aunt Cuiping and Zhengyang being together at the beginning, would treat her daughter-in-law so well now that they've actually married into the family.

It's almost as good as what a biological mother would do.

Zhizhi smiled broadly, her voice filled with joy, "It's wonderful that Aunt Cuiping is pregnant! Grandma Li, don't worry, we'll go and check for her in a little while!"

"Okay! Then Grandma will thank Zhizhi in advance!"

Grandma Li took a ten-yuan note out of her pocket and gave it to Deng Qiu.

How could Deng Qiu possibly accept it? The two of them pushed and shoved each other.

Deng Qiu waved her hands repeatedly, "Oh, don't be so polite with me. I'll just give you whatever amount of chicken I buy for you. You don't need this much!"

"Don't be so polite with me!"

Grandma Li stuffed it directly into her apron pocket, her tone cheerful, "Cuiping likes your Zhizhi. Thanks to her, our family is so fortunate. You have no idea how happy I was when we found out they were twins. Free-range chickens are so hard to find. If there were any good ones in the city, the supply and marketing cooperative staff would have told our relatives to come and buy them. I had no other choice but to shamelessly come to your door."

Deng Qiu felt a sense of relief and couldn't help but sigh with gratitude.

"You did all this for Cuiping. After she married into your family, I saw that your family's life was getting better and better, and things were getting more and more prosperous. I heard from Lao Jiang that Zhengyang made a great contribution in that mission before, and it will be easy for him to rise in rank after that."

When this was brought up, Grandma Li didn't hold back at all and started complaining about it.

"I don't know what's wrong with that silly boy Zhengyang. Maybe it's because he got married that he's learned to work hard. I always tell him something, but he doesn't listen at all. But at home, as long as Cuiping mentions it, he immediately does it. Tsk tsk tsk, people say that a married daughter is like water spilled out. I think the same goes for sons."

Grandma Li had her hands in her pockets, and although she was complaining, the smile in her eyes was undeniable.

"What's that saying again? 'Marrying a wife means forgetting your mother.' That's absolutely true. Anyway, no matter how hard they work, it's their business. As for me, I just need to wash their clothes, cook for them, be their housekeeper, and raise my grandchildren. That's my mission in this life!"

Deng Qiu chatted with Grandma Li for a while longer.

Only then did they see the person out the door.

She went back to the house and immediately went to find Zhizhi.

"Are there still chickens in your space?"

Zhizhi nodded, "Yes, lots and lots of them, giggle."

Sometimes, when she's half asleep and accidentally enters the space, she'll be woken up by the honking of geese.

I'm really worried about what to do now.

Zhizhi's big, dark grape-like eyes lit up. She leaned closer to her mother and whispered, "Mom, we used to keep lots and lots of geese in our space. When we were unhappy, the geese would keep squawking. Should we kill them?"

She hates geese the most.

Small eyes, single eyelids, fair skin, and a mole on the bridge of her nose!

He looks refined and courteous, like a decent human being, but in reality, he doesn't do anything that involves human interaction.

Yes! She was talking about geese!

It wasn't some bastard who tried to get close to her!

Deng Qiu was amused by her daughter's innocent appearance. She reached out and pinched her daughter's cheek. "Are you craving something? Here's what we'll do: tonight, go get the goose, and then get a chicken, preferably a black-boned chicken. I remember you have a small storage room in your space, right?"

"Yes, but there are many things inside that Zhizhi doesn't recognize."

Based on her memory, Deng Qiu described the appearance of the goji berries and ginseng to Zhi Zhi.

"Go and see if you can find those two things. Aunt Cuiping needs to nourish her body now. These two medicinal herbs are very precious and useful. It would be best if you could find them, but Mom knows that these things are very precious, so I won't force you to find them."

Zhizhi wrinkled her nose in confusion.

Her eyes suddenly lit up. "Oh! I know!"

Suddenly, Deng Qiu felt a faint light flash in front of her, and three seconds later, Zhizhi jumped out of bed.

In her small hands she held two ginseng roots with fibrous roots and a handful of bright red goji berries.

"Mom, are you talking about these two bad guys?"

Deng Qiu's eyes widened. Was she seeing things?

The ginseng that the daughter is holding looks like a collector's item, a century-old ginseng!

Most ginseng grows in the uninhabited areas of Northeast China, where harvesting is difficult and it takes a very long time for it to grow to the thickness of a thumb.

The two beads in Ke Zhizhi's hand were almost as long as her forearm, and they looked incredibly precious.

"There really is one?"

"If Mom hadn't told me, I was going to throw them all away! They're all bad things!"

Zhizhi carelessly tossed the things onto the bed, her tone full of disgust, "I used to think they were delicious and tried a couple of bites, but they were awful, and every time I ate them I got a nosebleed! I hate them! And they just keep growing like weeds! I can't get rid of them all!"

Deng Qiu was completely stunned, "...Do you know how precious this is, my daughter?"