“Sweet!”
Led by Tian Baobao, Old Mrs. Tian hurried over. She originally thought that Tian Tian had encountered some serious trouble, but when she arrived, she saw her precious granddaughter sticking her butt out, digging something on the ground, with a silly white rabbit next to her.
"Grandma!" Tian Tian heard Old Lady Tian's voice and turned around. She saw Old Lady Tian waving at her excitedly.
When Mrs. Tian saw that Tian Tian was fine, she first breathed a sigh of relief, but then she became furious.
Tian Baobao didn't explain clearly when he went home, just told her to come quickly. She thought something had happened to Tian Tian, so she rushed over here, but Tian Tian was just digging the soil here like a fool.
She went up and kicked Tian Tian in the butt, "You damn kid, do you think you can spread anything you want?"
“Ouch!”
Tian Tian was caught off guard and was kicked almost on her face.
"Granny! What are you doing?" Tian Tian rubbed her butt in frustration, "I asked you to come here because I have something to show you, come here quickly!"
Old Lady Tian kicked Tian Tian, and she was almost done with the anger in her heart. Upon hearing what was said, she took two steps forward and said unhappily, "What is that?"
Tian Tian looked up and saw that there was no one besides Tian Baobao, who was panting and holding a rabbit behind them. So she whispered to Old Lady Tian, "Ginseng!"
"What is that?!" Old Mrs. Tian couldn't believe her ears. Without waiting for Tian Tian to speak, she fell to the ground.
When she was young, Old Lady Tian had seen a ginseng digger, heard him talk about his experiences in digging ginseng, and had also seen freshly dug ginseng. Therefore, Old Lady Tian recognized this ginseng at first sight.
"This is really ginseng!" Even though Old Mrs. Tian has lived to such an old age, it is the first time she has seen ginseng growing in the ground, and she couldn't help but feel excited.
She pulled a red rope from her red belt, tied it to the ginseng leaves, and began to dig ginseng carefully.
"Grandma, please be careful. If the ginseng roots are broken, they will not be that valuable." Tian Tian said as she dug the soil around the ginseng.
"Don't worry, I know!" Old Mrs. Tian said without raising her head while concentrating on digging ginseng.
"Grandma, what is this?" Tian Baobao came over to rest, squatted beside them holding a rabbit and asked. He had never seen ginseng before and didn't know what it was.
"Ginseng! It's used to treat diseases." Tian Tian said.
"Oh!" Tian Baobao just said "Oh" and didn't say anything else, holding the rabbit in his arms tightly.
In his eyes, ginseng is not as attractive as the rabbit. The rabbit can be eaten as meat, but ginseng can do nothing.
In his eyes, what Old Lady Tian and Tian Tian were doing now was almost the same as digging ginseng.
It was not until the sun was about to set that Old Lady Tian and Tian Tian finally dug out the ginseng intact. During the process, two ginseng roots were broken off, but Old Lady Tian didn't notice it, so Tian Tian dug them out.
"Go back! It will be dark if you don't go back now." Old Mrs. Tian took out a handkerchief, carefully wrapped the ginseng and put it in her arms.
This ginseng is as thick as her little finger, so it must be very old.
Tian Tian picked up the rabbit in the sack. The rabbit would only behave itself in her hands.
Tian Baobao also carried a basket full of hawthorns. When Old Lady Tian and Tian Tian were digging ginseng, he climbed up the tree and picked all the hawthorns.
The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren returned home with a full load.
On the way back, people kept greeting Old Mrs. Tian, and she responded indifferently with a stern face.
The people in the village all knew about Old Lady Tian's reputation when she was young. Seeing that she looked like she was in a bad mood, they didn't dare to disturb her and just walked around her.
Tian Baobao and Tian Tian, who had been secretly nervous behind Old Lady Tian, both breathed a sigh of relief. Tian Tian was nervous about the ginseng, while Tian Baobao was nervous about the rabbit.
In this way they returned home unhindered.
"Mom! Second Aunt! Grandma and my brother and sister are back!" Tian Zhuo, who was picking bugs in the yard, saw the three of them coming back and jumped up from inside the house and shouted.
When he came back with Tian Baobao, he really couldn't run anymore, so he didn't continue going up the mountain with Tian Baobao after returning home.
It’s a good thing he was at home, otherwise when Lin Meiyu and the others came back and didn’t see these people at home, they might not be so anxious.
"Mom! Where have you been? Why did you come back just now?" Lin Meiyu and Chen Guihua came out of the house immediately after hearing Tian Zhuo's noise.
He first glanced at Tian Tian and Tian Baobao, and saw that they were both safe and sound, except for some dirt on their bodies. Then he turned his eyes to Old Lady Tian.
Tian Zhuo is young and forgetful, so he just told Lin Meiyu and Chen Guihua that Tian Tian and the others had gone up the mountain to catch rabbits.
"It's okay! Have you prepared dinner? I'll go into the house to change my clothes and come out later." Old Mrs. Tian hurried into the house.
"Mom! Look at the rabbit I caught. It's so fat. Potatoes stewed with it will be delicious!" As soon as Mrs. Tian left, Tian Baobao couldn't wait to show off the rabbit to everyone.
Rabbits are particularly fat in autumn, as they are gaining weight in preparation for the winter.
When Chen Guihua saw that the rabbit was indeed plump and the flesh on its body trembled when it moved, she smiled so hard that her eyes could not close. "Really? You guys are really awesome. Let's kill the rabbit and stew it tomorrow."
"Hehehe!" When Tian Baobao thought of the delicious rabbit meat, he hugged the rabbit and laughed, and then he completely forgot about the ginseng that Tian Tian had told him about.
"What were you doing up there? Why are you covered in dirt?"
On Tian Tian's side, Lin Meiyu also pulled Tian Tian and brushed the dirt off her body while asking.
"It's okay! Isn't it because of picking hawthorns?" Tian Tian winked at Lin Meiyu. Seeing that Tian Baobao and Chen Guihua were not paying attention to this side, she whispered to Lin Meiyu: "I'll tell you in the evening."
"You little girl have learned to play guessing games. There is something you can't say now." Although Lin Meiyu didn't know what Tian Tian was going to say, she still cooperated and lowered her voice.
"Okay, go wash your hands, the meal is ready. Baby! Isn't there a chicken coop downstairs? Put the rabbit in the coop, wash your hands and have dinner."
Lin Meiyu and Chen Guihua came back early today and had already prepared the meal.
Tian Baobao was also hungry, so he obediently followed Lin Meiyu's instructions, put the rabbit in the cage, and went to wash his hands and eat.
"Mom, aren't you going to wait for my dad and second uncle?" Tian Tian asked in confusion after washing her hands and seeing that Lin Meiyu and Chen Guihua didn't seem to want to wait for Tian Lisong and Tian Liling at all.
"No need to wait. Your father and your second uncle are at the threshing ground today to look after the grain. They won't be back for dinner. I've asked Tian Zhuo to deliver the food. Just eat well."
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