At noon, Yue Jiuyue and Lin Chaobei returned home with little to show for their efforts, but were still quite happy.
"Mother, Fourth Brother, you're back."
As she spoke, Liu poured two bowls of cold boiled water. After Yue Jiuyue and the others put their utensils away, she handed them each a bowl.
Ah~
Lin Chaobei finished the water in his bowl and sighed contentedly.
The weather was dry and hotter than usual at this time of year. If it weren't for the need to find more ginseng, they wouldn't have waited until they couldn't take it anymore before returning.
Ginseng, even if it just grew this year, is still a valuable commodity.
Unfortunately, after Yue Jiuyue found the two trees, they never found any more.
As for why Lin Chaodong and his companion hadn't returned from town yet, it was because they had gone on a second trip to sell the second tree that Yue Jiuyue had bought from the mall.
The ginseng that Lin Chaobei dug up was supposed to be kept as a souvenir, and Yue Jiuyue kept her word and let him keep it.
"Mom, should I cook now, or wait until Xiaoman's dad and the others come back?"
Lady Liu asked.
She didn't know what Lin Chaodong and Lin Chaonan were doing running around so many times, nor did she know when they would be back, which is why she asked this question.
Yue Jiuyue thought about it. The young man was nimble and could walk much faster than her. Plus, it was something quite important, so the two of them were probably thinking about getting there as quickly as possible. They could probably get to town in a little over fifteen minutes.
So right now, the two of them might be halfway back.
"Let's do it now, they should be back soon."
After Yue Jiuyue finished speaking, Liu sighed and went to boil water.
"Mom, hehehe!"
Lin Chaobei, who had just hidden the things, returned to the main room and grinned foolishly at Yue Jiuyue.
He truly hadn't expected that his mother would actually allow him to keep that ginseng. You know, it was ginseng! It was incredibly valuable!
Although his family saved some money from selling herbs this year, it was insignificant in the face of this famine. Even with the ginseng he dug up, it was still negligible in the face of such a famine.
However, whether it's insignificant or negligible, that's not the point. The point is that his mother actually told him to keep it himself. What's the difference between that and saving up a secret stash of money?
Hehehe, he actually has some secret stash of money!
What are you grinning about?
Yue Jiuyue found it offensive.
He was already dark-skinned, and when he smiled, his slightly yellow teeth looked white. Coupled with his cheeky and silly expression, Yue Jiuyue found it an eyesore and couldn't bear to look at him.
"Mom, you're so good! Hehehe!"
Lin Chaobei thought that if he were two years younger, he could shamelessly run into his mother's arms and act spoiled. Unlike now, he was already a sixteen-year-old adult. Normally, he could be getting married, and there are people this age who get married. He felt embarrassed to even think about acting spoiled with his mother.
"Ha! So you all think I wasn't a good mother before!"
Yue Jiuyue scoffed coldly. If Lin Chaobei really dared to say that, she could break his legs with a millstone!
Although the original owner had a bad temper and a bad personality, and couldn't even speak properly, she did her best to raise her four sons. It was amazing that a woman could raise four children without them losing any limbs or having any other disabilities due to neglect. Yue Jiuyue thought the original owner was really, really amazing.
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