Chapter 35 The Thousand-Times-Killing
"Hey girl, are you home?"
I heard Aunt Wang knocking on the door early in the morning.
"Aunt Wang, what's the matter?" Ye Wan came out of the house and yawned. It was just dawn.
Aunt Wang smiled and said, "My family also sells sweet potatoes. I heard you say you wanted a lot, so maybe you could..."
"Yes, but it still has the same requirements as before,"
Since Ye Wan is going to start a hot and sour rice noodle business, he naturally needs a lot of sweet potatoes, but his requirement is that they be washed, sliced, and dried.
"Are you going to grind it into sweet potato flour? This stuff doesn't taste good, it'll make you choke." Aunt Wang didn't know what Ye Wan wanted so much for.
It was the busy farming season for the villagers, so they didn't go to town and naturally didn't see Ye Wan selling anything. Aunt Wang guessed that she was selling sweet potato noodles.
"Just do as I say."
"Okay, whatever you say, I'll do it."
Aunt Wang received the accurate information and chatted happily with Ye Wan.
"Is your husband not home?"
"Yes, they've gone out."
Aunt Wang suddenly lowered her voice, "Did you go up the mountain again?"
Ye Wan looked at Aunt Wang, who had an expression that said, "I knew it."
"I heard that his mother fell off a cliff back then, and his father died and he went to jail. No one even claimed his remains. I guess they must have gone to the mountains to look for his remains. It's been so long, they've probably been eaten by wild animals long ago."
As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Wang spotted Lin Anyuan's figure in the distance.
"I'm going home now, something's come up at home."
They ran incredibly fast.
Ye Wan watched Lin Anyuan approach from afar, the morning light seeming to drape him in a hazy veil.
So that's why he's not here every night.
Lin Anyuan also saw Ye Wan.
She stood at the gate of the courtyard, and the road she had walked countless times and the door of her home that she had visited countless times suddenly seemed different.
A pebble fell into the calm lake, creating ripples.
"You went to the mountain? Did you bring anything back?"
Ye Wan thought to herself that since she had already gone up the mountain, she couldn't come back empty-handed.
Even if she came back empty-handed before, she can't do it now that she's here. She has to bring back even a wild fruit.
I go up the mountain every night; it would be a huge waste if I didn't bring anything back.
Lin Anyuan looked at Ye Wan, who was staring intently at him and searching for something, and pulled out a muddy object from his pocket.
He originally didn't plan to take this out; he intended to sell it directly, but somehow...
"Ginseng, you're really lucky!"
Ye Wan's eyes lit up, and she was so happy she almost jumped for joy.
If this thing were planted in the space, it would definitely be valuable when it grew up and was sold. As long as it has ginseng roots, wouldn't she be able to have as many ginseng as she wanted in the future?
"What else? Is there anything else?" Ye Wan stared intently at Lin Anyuan's arms.
Lin Anyuan straightened his disheveled clothes and raised an eyebrow. "Do you think ginseng is like sweet potatoes grown in the ground, something you can dig up as much as you want?"
Ye Wan was a little disappointed, but then she earnestly instructed him, "Every time you go there in the future, you can bring back some herbs or edible wild fruits, as long as they are not available at home. You never know when they might come in handy."
Never take an empty road.
Absolutely not!
Lin Anyuan: ?
"By the way, how much is this ginseng worth?" Ye Wan looked at the ginseng wrapped in mud in her hand.
Lin Anyuan had already washed his face and hands in the yard. "Two fingers thick, at most ten taels."
"What if your arms are thick?"
Lin Anyuan chuckled, "Look at you, dreaming again in broad daylight. Why don't you take another nap and continue your dream?"
Ye Wan rolled her eyes at him. "Just tell me how much it costs, okay? I'll ask."
Just because others don't have it doesn't mean she doesn't. She can grow it, know the approximate price, and then it will be easier to sell it later.
"It's available but priceless. It's something used to save a life; it all depends on how much that life is worth," Lin Anyuan said, loosening his shirt.
Ye Wan pondered how to greedily obtain the ginseng, but when she turned around, she was stunned.
"Lin Anyuan, have you no shame? Taking off your clothes in the yard in broad daylight!"
"Don't look at me like that, you're drooling all over the floor. Wipe your drool before you say that."
Covered in mud, he naturally had to take off his shirt and wash it clean.
As for why he, who is usually extremely private, would undress in the yard, that remains unclear.
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When the sun was high in the sky, Wang Dachui, having gone through countless hardships to return to his boss's side, hugged his boss and burst into tears.
He almost didn't make it back this time.
Chu Xiujie, unable to bear it any longer, kicked the man away. "I told you you're an idiot and you didn't believe me. You... what can I even say about you?"
He was hit on the head with a club, and before he could even figure out who it was, he came back injured.
That means the person didn't intend to kill anyone, otherwise he would have had to collect the idiot's body.
Chu Qi spoke up, "Boss, do you suspect that person already knows about the token?"
“Since someone wants to kill him, it’s normal that the news leaked before. Now our only option is to find Fang Daru before the other group. Shut up!” Chu Xiujie told Wang Dachui to shut up and stop crying.
A grown man, how disgusting!
Wang Dachui stopped crying and asked blankly, "Boss, isn't he just an old schoolteacher? Why do we have to find him?"
He didn't understand. Even if someone had taught the emperor, they were still just a teacher. Why go to such great lengths, with the eldest son traveling all the way to this remote and impoverished place to find someone?
"Master Fang is a renowned physician, and his position in the hearts of scholars is irreplaceable. One word from him carries more weight in the minds of those pedantic scholars than a hundred words from others," Chu Xiujie sighed.
That's why he traveled a long way to find the person and bring them back, which greatly helped his master.
Wang Dachui gritted his teeth, "Boss, don't worry, I will definitely find the token."
That man is just a human being, and he's not afraid of anything that's human!
After saying that, Wang Dachui turned around and left.
Chu Xiujie had a headache and was too lazy to bother with him, so he asked Chu Qi to investigate the people who had recently come up the mountain.
"Hey, you vegetable vendor, where's that young lady selling noodles here?"
When Wang Dachui passed by the market, he suddenly felt hungry, and his stomach rumbled.
"She's closed up shop."
"Why are you closing up shop so early? That's not how you do business," Wang Dachui muttered.
The vegetable vendor immediately launched into a conversation: "She's good-looking, clean, and eloquent. Most importantly, her hot and sour noodles are really delicious. Once you try them, you'll want to come back for more. I'm so envious!"
"Isn't anyone around here learning this?" Wang Dachui wanted to eat.
"How could I not learn? My wife learned it too, but it just doesn't taste the same."
"Sir, please come early tomorrow. Buy some of my vegetables and have Madam Ye add them to your dish; it will taste even better!"
Wang Dachui nodded.
He cursed inwardly, "Which damned bastard took my purse and silver? At least leave me the ring!"
Achoo!
Ye Wan sneezed.
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