Fortunately, when he reached deep into his thigh, his foot stepped on something round and plump. He quickly bent down to grab it, and after struggling for a while, he finally managed to pull one out.

"Is this thing a weight? It's so heavy, it's so hard to scoop it up!" Holding a sweet potato in both hands, she ran ashore and showed it to Pharmacist Chen.

"Should we still try to salvage them? The rest have probably already rolled into deeper water."

Pharmacist Chen may look cold, but he's actually warm-hearted. Knowing it's going to be difficult, he probably doesn't want to let him struggle in the water again...

Wu Jiang had already made his plans and was quite pleased with himself.

Holding the golden sweet potato, Pharmacist Chen took a deep breath and said firmly, "Yes! We must get it! Go get it quickly!"

Wu Jiang was dumbfounded: "...Huh?"

"These are Sacred Heart Fruits. Do you want to get some? Go quickly!" Pharmacist Chen felt his heart was about to jump out of his chest. He had just glanced at them from the other side of the lake and there should be quite a few.

Wu Jiang's eyes widened in astonishment, his pupils practically dilating in shock: "Sacred...Sacred Heart Fruit?!"

The Sacred Heart Fruit, touted as a holy fruit in ancient medicine and martial arts, capable of cleansing the marrow and rejuvenating the body!

Upon realizing there were dozens of Sacred Heart Fruits at the bottom of the lake, Wu Jiang could no longer remain calm and immediately ran into the lake.

"I'll go retrieve it! I'll go retrieve it!"

If it had been said to be the Sacred Heart Fruit, he would have stayed in the lake and wouldn't have gotten up!

Zhang Ma was completely confused. The young lady said this thing was called a golden potato, and that it could be considered a sweet potato. Why did these people call it a fruit? It's clearly not a fruit or anything like that!

But she understood. The young lady's golden sweet potato was a good thing, a really good thing!

Seeing that Pharmacist Chen had turned and was walking towards the Xie family's backyard, he quickly chased after him, saying, "Pharmacist Chen, are you going to the main house to call for help to retrieve the sweet potatoes? I'll go and call for you!"

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Xie Li had only been in bed for a short while when he was woken up by a knock on the door.

Butler Wu stood outside the door, his attitude respectful: "Second Miss, I'm sorry to disturb your rest."

Xie Li yawned. "Is there something you need?"

"That's right," Butler Wu said, not daring to ramble on. "The servants threw the bag of sweet potatoes you brought back earlier into the artificial lake behind. Pharmacist Chen just came with some men and demanded that all the sweet potatoes be retrieved. I wanted to ask you, is there anything special about these sweet potatoes?"

Xie Li quietly looked at Butler Wu for a moment.

"So, why throw it away?"

Butler Wu felt inexplicably guilty and didn't dare to look her in the eye.

He considered Xie Li's attitude. Could it be that the sweet potato was really very valuable? Well, something that could make Pharmacist Chen go to such lengths must be extraordinary.

Butler Wu didn't answer, but Xie Li understood. "Madam Xie told you to throw them away? I already gave them to the young mistress, and she just throws away her things like that?"

She addressed Ding Huizhu directly as Madam Xie, which was not how a daughter should treat her mother. Butler Wu was startled but had nothing to say.

Ding Huizhu is a strong-willed person. Even though she may pretend to be magnanimous out of good upbringing, once she has made up her mind, it is difficult for others to change her decision.

Aunt Zhang is old, and while she may outwardly show respect, it's merely a facade.

Xie Li glanced at him, then turned and went downstairs: "Weren't we supposed to retrieve it? Whoever threw it, let them go down to the lake and retrieve it themselves!"

She felt that as a country girl, she didn't know much about this or that after coming to the city, so in order to fit in, she could learn to be humble in everything she did.

This led many people to believe that she was easy to manipulate and could be treated as anyone could get away with it.

If they had just asked around a little more in Shenjia Village, they wouldn't have underestimated her to such an extent.