Chapter 136 Full of sense of accomplishment!

Gu Xiaoxi smiled slightly, "I'm asking about your experience in collecting herbs, but I don't want Master Zhang to give up his 100-year-old ginseng."

When Zhang Bingyi heard her say this, he quickly understood what she was thinking.

He was silent for a while before saying, "My grandfather dug up a 100-year-old ginseng about ten years ago, and someone offered a high price for it but he refused to sell it. But the 100-year-old ginseng was stolen."

Gu Xiaoxi was stunned when he heard this. "It was stolen? Didn't he use it himself?"

She always believed that the century-old ginseng had been used, so there was no ginseng around Mr. Zhang.

Zhang Bingyi shook his head. "It was stolen, not sold, so many people believed that my family still had century-old ginseng. Even those who knew about this thought that Grandpa was lying."

At this point, he sighed and said, "My grandfather is actually a kind and generous person. If he really has ginseng, he will definitely sell it to you."

There are not many people who can let grandpa stay at home for dinner.

Gu Xiaoxi nodded, "I believe in Grandpa Zhang. But the theft of ginseng is really infuriating. Have you reported it to the police?"

Zhang Bingyi nodded, "We reported the case to the police at first, but it was left unresolved. After investigating various clues, we found that the person who stole the ginseng had planned it and took advantage of my aunt. It's hard to say when it comes to family affairs. My grandfather's health is not very good now, and he actually needs ginseng."

"If you want to go digging for ginseng, we can make an appointment and go together. I have gone digging for Chinese herbs with my grandfather before, so I have some experience."

Gu Xiaoxi was very surprised, and then delighted, "Really? If you have time, we can go in two days."

Zhang Bingyi was stunned for a moment, "Is it so urgent?"

Gu Xiaoxi nodded gently, "Yes. Today your grandfather said that the best time to dig ginseng is September and October. Now it's November, although it's a bit late, but it's not bad. Otherwise, we have to wait until next year."

"Then I'll discuss it with my grandfather tonight and see if I can take a day off tomorrow."

Gu Xiaoxi nodded, "If Grandpa Zhang agrees, we will set out in the next two days. You don't have to worry about me. Although I am a girl and not as strong as you, I will definitely not drag you down. Besides, I am a military doctor and I know a little bit about self-defense. I have participated in many mountain and field rescue operations recently, so I am quite familiar with these terrains."

She was afraid that Mr. Zhang would disagree, so she specifically listed her own advantages.

Zhang Bingyi smiled and nodded, "I understand. I will talk to my grandfather about it. Be careful on the road."

"Okay, see you tomorrow!"

Gu Xiaoxi waved and rode his bike back to the guesthouse happily.

Zhang Bingyi also returned home soon.

Seeing that his grandfather was still drinking tea, he told him about the appointment he had made with Gu Xiaoxi to go pick herbs.

Grandpa Zhang was silent for a long time before he said, "It's not safe for the two of you to go alone. If you really want to go, I'll go with you!"

Zhang Bingyi hurriedly said, "Grandpa, I'm already 24, I don't need you to accompany me. At worst, if we can't dig anything up, we'll just come back. If you accidentally fall, we'll have to take care of you then."

Grandpa Zhang slapped him in anger and said, "You little bastard, you are disrespecting me now."

Zhang Bingyi coughed lightly, "Isn't it because your eyesight has not been very good in the past two years? We young people should go and come back quickly. If we find it, that's the best. If not, we can just take it as accumulated experience."

Grandpa Zhang snorted coldly, "You can't just go with the two of you. If you want to go, ask Zhong Jue to go with you. There will be more people to look after you."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Zhang Bingyi responded.

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Shencheng, guesthouse.

As soon as Gu Xiaoxi came back, the staff of the guesthouse called her.

"Comrade Gu, someone here has sent you something. Please take it."

Gu Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment, then immediately walked over.

I took the cloth bag from the staff and looked at it, and found a bag of Shanghai's specialty snack, crab shell roe, and a bag of persimmons.

She was stunned for a moment, then asked hurriedly, "Excuse me, who gave this to me?"

She doesn’t know anyone in Shanghai!

The staff member smiled and said, "It was sent by Aunt Su from the bicycle factory next door. She wanted to thank you for carrying her things on the way back to Shanghai. Since you didn't come back, she left the things with me."

Gu Xiaoxi was very surprised, "It was just a piece of cake for me, Aunt Su is so enthusiastic!"

The staff member smiled and said, "That's right. Aunt Su is well-known in our area for her warm-heartedness. Her daughter-in-law is the director of the women's department of the street, so her awareness must be high."

Gu Xiaoxi nodded, thanked the staff and returned to her room.

She had not originally planned to go to Aunt Su's house, but now that she was so polite in giving her gifts, she couldn't just not show any appreciation!

Thinking of this, she glanced into the companion small space and saw that the peanuts she had planted could be harvested, so she harvested the peanuts first.

Come to think of it, she has stockpiled a lot of peanuts now.

Since she had nothing to do, she took them all out, washed them, air-dried them, and then used the separation technique to peel the peanuts.

After using flame combustion to dry out the excess moisture in the peanuts, she used crushing and pressing techniques to begin extracting peanut oil.

With the help of various skills, peanut oil pressing went more smoothly than she had imagined.

Looking at the big bucket of peanut oil, she felt a sense of accomplishment.

Afterwards, she separated the residue in the peanut oil and used the purification function of the water purification technique to purify and filter the peanut oil.

Looking at the color of the peanut oil again, it is much clearer than before, and it also has a light peanut fragrance.

Afterwards, she took out the kitchen utensils, stir-fried some vegetables with peanut oil, steamed some rice, and made some scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Her dinner was simple but delicious, and the peanut oil tasted better than she had imagined.

After dinner, she replanned the small space.

She cleared a small area where she had planted peanuts before and scattered two grape seeds, two orange seeds, one grapefruit seed, and two apple seeds as a mini fruit patch.

She divided the remaining land into two parts, one for growing vegetables and the other for growing rice, which was merged into a mini paddy field area.

Afterwards, she went into the kitchen to prepare meals and breakfast for the next ten days. After packaging them, she took a shower and then rested.

The next day, she got up at half past four.

Because she didn't know when she would be back today, she gave the guesthouse staff a dried chicken and a large bag of spiced peanuts before leaving, and told them to give them to Aunt Su if she came to see her today.

Fearing that it would be troublesome for the staff, she also gave them an extra small bag of spiced peanuts before riding her bike out.

Because it was still early, she did not go directly to Zhang's house, but walked around the street.

When she passed by the state-owned hotel, she saw a pile of broken porcelain pieces piled up by the wall not far away. There were fragments of various clay pots and earthenware jars, fragments of old-fashioned bowls and plates, and fragments of various bottles and jars.

Since no one was walking around, she thought about it and put all the things into the second-hand goods warehouse.