When Yue Jiuyue entered the mountains, she felt that the air there was more comfortable than in the village. There was no dryness that made her feel like her skin was about to crack. Every breath she took felt refreshing from the inside out.
Exactly, it's just too unsafe!
She had sprayed medicine all over her body, but insects kept getting on her somehow. Although she hadn't been bitten yet, she still got goosebumps all over her body.
This money is really hard to earn! Especially when it comes to earning her own secret stash, she can't let anyone know and has to do it secretly by herself, which really puts her in a difficult position!
Moreover, the soles of her feet were particularly painful, probably blistered. If she weren't afraid of bumping into people, or if Liu Shi couldn't keep things to herself, she would have bought a pair of hiking boots to wear.
After crossing the third mountain, Yue Jiuyue sat on a rock to rest for a while, and didn't forget to dig up all the medicinal herbs around her and exchange them for more than thirty coins in the market.
"mother!"
Lin Chaodong's voice startled Yue Jiuyue, who was sitting on a rock digging for medicinal herbs. She immediately put the herbs back into her spatial storage. Then she thought something was wrong. The pits she had dug were uneven, so how could there be nothing there? So she put the herbs back.
It hurts! These could have been exchanged for ten or twenty coins!
Despite thinking this, Yue Jiuyue had no choice but to put on a surprised and delighted expression and look in the direction from which the sound came.
"Hey? Boss? What brings you here?"
"I'm worried about my mother coming to this remote mountain area alone."
Despite saying that, Lin Chaodong's expression didn't seem like he was just worried about her having an accident. The way he looked around didn't seem like he was observing his surroundings, but rather like he was looking for something.
Yue Jiuyue assumed he knew about Lao Si finding ginseng and wanted to see if they could find ginseng here as well. Without giving it much thought, she pointed to the stone beside her and said:
"Sit down and rest for a while. Since you're here, come with me to dig for some wild vegetables and see if there's anything else valuable or edible."
"Um."
Lin Chaodong agreed, and while sitting on the rock, he couldn't help but look around.
Yue Jiuyue didn't care about him. If he had a good eye and could find a few ginseng roots, then the family would have some savings, and they would feel at ease. They wouldn't have to worry too much about the poor harvest this year or whether the whole family could get through the winter safely.
Of course, it would be even better if she could secretly find something valuable. Then she could do even more, and the whole village wouldn't have to worry about the autumn harvest anymore. She wouldn't have to be so stingy about how to spend her few coins, and she wouldn't have to worry about being targeted by villagers after they saw her buying things.
Just thinking about it gives me hope!
"Let's split up and search around here, but don't stray too far from each other."
After resting, Yue Jiuyue casually threw a few corn seeds into the hole she had dug, shoved the soil around them with her foot, and stood up to get to work.
"OK."
Seeing that there didn't seem to be anyone nearby, and that Yue Jiuyue didn't seem guilty or try to get rid of him, Lin Chaodong guessed that either the person hadn't come, or that old woman Liu had made a mistake. So he simply agreed and stopped following behind Yue Jiuyue. Instead, as Yue Jiuyue had said, the two of them stayed at a distance that was neither too close nor too far, and could see each other with a turn of their heads, each looking for their own things.
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