"Buying a hoe will be a small matter when the time comes..."

"If you accidentally get injured like this, the medical bills can be quite expensive!"

Both of Xie's parents have passed away. Ding Zhaodi is the wife of Xie Daniu, the eldest son of the Xie family, and is currently in her forties.

In this era.

Many women in their forties look almost like modern women in their sixties, with wrinkles and age spots all over their faces.

In addition, Ding Zhaodi has a large face and small features.

This only makes her look even uglier!

But she didn't think she was ugly at all; she even spoke with her fingers curled into a delicate gesture, and then took out a handkerchief to cover her face and laugh, behaving like a well-bred young lady...

It definitely can hide her big buck teeth!

But it was really an eyesore!

Everyone rolled their eyes at the sight. Even Wen and He, who were of the same generation as Ding Zhaodi, found it disgusting, but they couldn't stand Ding Zhaodi!

Wen wanted to slap her because of her unpleasant words!

Mrs. He gently pulled her younger brother and sister-in-law's arm away and stepped forward, saying, "Everyone says that Sister-in-law Xie is a master at managing the household in our village..."

"Not only were foreign affairs handled properly, but domestic affairs were also handled in an orderly manner."

This sounds like a compliment.

Ding Zhaodi was quite pleased to hear this, and immediately straightened her back and puffed out her chest.

Seeing her expression, He sneered inwardly, but continued without changing her expression, "Just look at how much you know about how a hoe can be worn out..."

"It's not hard to tell that my sister-in-law has done a lot of farm work!"

That doesn't quite make sense.

Before fleeing the famine, the Xie family owned a lot of land, but everyone knew that Ding Zhaodi was lazy. If you asked how lazy she could be...

Even if she's too lazy to go to the field to pick a cabbage, she'll drag young Xie Shuyan along and make him carry it.

He's notoriously lazy and good-for-nothing in the village!

He said that she often did farm work, which was a direct insult to her!

Ding Zhaodi was a little annoyed.

But before she could refute...

He then spoke again, "Oh dear, I almost forgot, Brother Niu from the Xie family is known throughout our village for doting on his wife."

"My sister-in-law has been married for so many years and has never worked in the fields."

This sounds like praise for Ding Zhaodi's good fortune.

She married a good man!

Ding Zhaodi's tail was about to wag again, but He Shi pretended to frown and asked, "How did you know that the hoe could be broken?"

"Hey, I bet you use it at home all the time?"

"No wonder the Xie family always gets to replace their hoes!"

Ding Zhaodi hadn't even realized what she meant when she said that.

But the villagers nearby reacted quickly.

A man nudged Xie Daniu with a wicked grin, "I didn't realize Daniu was afraid of his wife!"

Xie Daniu was also taken aback at first.

Carefully consider what Mr. He said.

She had just said he doted on his wife, then she said Ding Zhaodi used a hoe at home…

Although he didn't truly love his wife, Ding Zhaodi was just too lazy. He often argued with her to get her to do chores, but she refused, which led to...

etc.

He understood!

Combined with He's earlier statement that Ding Zhaodi was a "good at managing the household," this clearly means that he is afraid of his wife!

Ding Zhaodi used a hoe at home, which means she used a hoe to deal with him at home!

As a grown man in feudal times, this is an insult to him being controlled by his wife!

You have to understand, in this day and age, it's all about men controlling women!

Xie Daniu was also a little annoyed and was about to retort to He Shi, but then he felt that he, a grown man, shouldn't argue with a woman.

After all, none of the men in the Tian family said anything.

He told Latina Zhaodi to hurry back and stop making a fool of herself here!

He had just reached out his hand when Ding Zhaodi retorted to He Shi, "I'll use it wherever I want, what's it to you!"

She seemed not to have grasped the meaning of He's words yet, and was about to continue to argue with He when the man suddenly grabbed her arm.

Furious, she instinctively flung herself away.

Xie Daniu didn't expect her to do this, and was thrown backwards several steps.

This made outsiders think that Xie Daniu was afraid of his wife.

Look at him, his own wife is acting like a madwoman, and he doesn't dare to do anything about it. He even gets hit by his wife in front of everyone when he tries to lay a hand on her!

Yes, everyone thinks that Ding Zhaodi's move of dumping Xie Daniu was no different from "hitting" him!

As Xie Daniu listened to the villagers' discussions, his face grew increasingly dark.

They went forward again to drag Ding Zhaodi away.

But at this moment...

Tian Yifan, who was digging in the ground, suddenly shouted, "There's something here, Grandma, there's something here..."

The villagers who had been watching Xie Daniu and Ding Zhaodi's antics quickly turned to look, and when they saw what Tian Yifan had dug out...

Everyone frowned.

They thought the Tian family had dug up water...

The result was several black things that looked like sweet potatoes, but weren't actually sweet potatoes.

"What is this thing?"

"It looks so dark, could it be some kind of poisonous creature?"

Some villagers complained.

When Ding Zhaodi heard Tian Yifan say that something had been dug up, she quickly looked over and was a little stunned to see that it was a black object of unknown origin.

Before fleeing the famine, she often heard the village elders tell stories about digging up treasures in the barren mountains.

For a fleeting moment, she almost thought the Tian family had actually unearthed a treasure!

Now I'm hearing villagers complaining...

Considering the Tian family's consistently bad luck, how could it possibly be a treasure?

She scoffed again, "Tsk tsk tsk, I told you not to show off, look what you dug up!"

"Could it really be some kind of poison?"

"Hey everyone, move away quickly, or you'll get poisoned!"

Hearing her words, quite a few villagers actually backed away.

This freed up Doctor Wang, who had been caught in the middle trying to see what Tian Yifan was holding but was too short to see it.

Doctor Wang examined the object closely.

A moment later, his old face was filled with surprise, and his voice trembled uncontrollably, "This, this... this is Black Spirit Ginseng?"

As he spoke, he quickly ran over and took a piece of Wuling ginseng from Tian Yifan's hand to smell it.

The taste was fine, so he scratched the outer skin of the ginseng with his hand. When he saw the ginseng flesh inside, his eyes instantly welled up with tears.

"Black Spirit Ginseng, this is Black Spirit Ginseng!"

"It really is the Black Spirit Ginseng!"

He shouted excitedly several times, then, as if remembering something else, he looked down at the ground.

Wuling ginseng, also known as chicken mushroom, is a type of fungus that grows in or around termite nests. He was looking for termites.

Although termites are pests, they also have extremely high medicinal value.

Moreover, if there are indeed termites, then there must be water here, because although termites do not need to drink water, their living environment needs to be moist.

Unfortunately, there were no termites.

Doctor Wang couldn't help but frown.

If there were no termites, how did these black ginseng roots grow, and judging by their size, they are all at least ten years old?

Just as Doctor Wang was wondering...

Finally, Old Lady Tian couldn't stand his dawdling manner any longer and hurriedly asked, "Dr. Wang, what is Wuling ginseng?"

This is also what the villagers want to ask.

Seeing how delighted Doctor Wang was, they all assumed this thing must be very expensive, and they all perked up their ears.

It was only then that Dr. Wang realized he hadn't explained it to them yet.

He stroked his non-existent beard.

He said in a literary style, "It is more spiritual than the divine fungus, and not inferior to cordyceps; among fungi, it is the ultimate ginseng."

Everyone…

I didn't understand!

Dr. Wang coughed twice. "What I mean is, this thing is very precious, it's the best of the best ginseng, and it's very difficult to cultivate artificially!"

Wild ginseng is extremely rare!