As Li Jiaojiao walked, she suddenly stopped and turned around to run back.

"Jiaojiao, what's wrong?" Li Ziming was startled and quickly chased after her.

Li Jiaojiao ran back to the place where she had dug up the ginseng, lay down on the ground, and looked for something.

Then, he slid down the hillside and lay on the ground, continuing to search: "Nothing! How can it not be there!"

Li Ziming looked puzzled: "Jiaojiao, what are you looking for?"

Li Jiaojiao was taken aback: "I...I don't know either..."

She just felt a void in her heart. Besides this ginseng, she deserved something more important, and it was right here!

"I always feel like... I've lost something very important..."

Li Ziming sighed softly, her gaze gentle: "Then let's look for it together!"

The brother and sister searched the steep slope thoroughly, but found nothing of value except for rocks and weeds.

Li Jiaojiao felt lost and empty inside, but she had no choice but to give up.

...

Dashu Town

Grandma Ye and Ye Huan'er were pacing anxiously around the stall.

Old Mrs. Ye said, "I think we should report this to the county authorities."

The plump aunt comforted her, "Don't worry, Auntie. Didn't Butcher Chen just say that he saw the little girl selling spicy soup leave in your village's oxcart?"

Ye Huan'er said, "Butcher Chen and Uncle Bajin are quite familiar with each other, he won't mistake them. Mother has already gone to chase after them, there will definitely be no problem."

Just then, a shout rang out.

From afar, Ye Bajin could be seen driving an oxcart towards them, with Ye Caiping, Ye Jin'er, and Daquan on the cart.

"Grandma, it's Mom and my sister! I knew Mom would find my sister!" Ye Huan'er exclaimed excitedly.

The oxcart stopped in front of the stall, and as soon as the group got off, Old Lady Ye rushed forward and grabbed Ye Jin'er by the ear:

"You brat, where did you run off to?"

"Ouch...it hurts!"

"Disappeared without a word, this is outrageous!"

"Grandma, I know I was wrong..."

Ye Caiping stood to the side with her arms crossed, watching Ye Jin'er get her ears pulled and her arms twisted.

This girl needs to be taught a lesson.

Ye Bajin was completely bewildered. What was going on?

Just as he was preparing to take the villagers back to the village, Ye Jin'er suddenly ran over and said she had something important to do and was going home early.

After sending the villagers back, he was about to go to the town to pick up Ye Caiping when he saw Ye Caiping and her brother coming over with Ye Jin'er, saying they were going to the town.

Grandma Ye stopped hitting him after she had finished: "Tell me, what happened?"

Ye Jin'er glanced at Ye Caiping, who nodded, before she spoke:

“I… no one in town was willing to lend me their land… I just happened to see Uncle Bajin getting ready to go back to the village, so I simply went home…”

As she spoke, her face turned bright red.

When they were going down the mountain, Ye Caiping had already discussed it with Jin'er and Daquan. They decided not to mention the ginseng and would just make up any excuse.

After all, ginseng is extremely valuable. Anyone would be unwilling to let go of wealth that was within their grasp.

It's enough that they're suffering; there's no need for Grandma Ye and the others to suffer along with them.

"Why would you need to borrow this space?" Ye Bajin was completely baffled.

Grandma Ye was momentarily stunned. Huan'er whispered in her ear, "Sister can't find a toilet and can't hold it in anymore. She can't just go anywhere... so let's just go home."

Grandma Ye was taken aback, and touched Jin'er's ear with heartache: "Oh dear, why didn't you say so earlier? You got a beating for nothing."

Ye Jin'er's face turned so red it was almost dripping with water.

Ye Bajin thought for a while but still couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it and said with a smile, "Brother Daquan, let's move the things!"

Ye Daquan agreed, and the two men began to get busy.

Ye Caiping stuffed a string of coins into Aunt Pang's hand: "Sister Pang, thank you so much, otherwise my mother and Huan'er would have been worried sick. And you've wasted so much of your time."

"What are you doing!" Fatty Red glared at him. "It's only right for neighbors to help each other out. Giving money is meaningless. Besides, if anyone should be thanking someone, it should be me thanking you. Otherwise, how could my business be so good?"

Ye Caiping didn't want to keep stuffing money into her hands, so she smiled and said, "How about this, I'll treat you to dinner."

"middle!"

Aunt Pang's husband came over and said, "We have something to do later, so we don't need to eat. Just a simple bowl of plain noodles will do."

Ye Caiping nodded. She was hungry and tired and wanted to eat something quickly so she could go home and rest.

"Mother..." At this moment, Ye Huan'er tugged at her sleeve, her little face flushed, "Can...can I eat wontons?"

Ye Caiping was taken aback, then her face lit up with affection: "Anything is fine, then let's have wontons. Fatty, is that alright?"

"All are in!"

Ye Jin'er's eyes lit up.

Ye Huan'er grinned from ear to ear; neither she nor her sister had ever eaten wontons before.

Grandma used to always scold them, saying that wontons were a precious thing and that they, being worthless, didn't deserve to eat them.

In the past, when I went to town, I could only watch others eat with envy.

Ye Caiping turned around and beckoned Ye Bajin to join her, and Ye Bajin agreed with a simple smile.

The group of eight arrived at the wonton stall.

Because there were too many people, they were divided into two tables. Ye Caiping and her three companions sat at one table, while Aunt Pang and her husband, along with Daquan and Bajin, sat at the other.

The wonton stall owner glanced at Ye Caiping: "Are you the ones selling spicy soup up ahead?"

"Um."

The proprietress was a little annoyed; ever since this spicy soup came, fewer people were eating wontons.

But seeing eight people sitting neatly in front of him, he became somewhat happy: "How much do you want? Small is five coins, large is eight coins. Add noodles, one extra coin."

"Give everyone at that table a large serving, and add a noodle to each of them."

"We each get a large portion here."

Soon, the wontons arrived. They were a large portion, only ten in a bowl. There was only a little meat filling, but the skin was thin and smooth, and the taste was alright.

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