The Xu family is now in a situation that resembles a joint trial. Fu Man'er has been placed on the table, and several adults are eyeing her menacingly.
"Grandma." Fu Man'er shrank her neck. All she did was ask why everyone hadn't left yet, and she was inexplicably brought to the main room, where everyone kept staring at her.
"Man'er, tell Grandma, where did you get this?" Grandma Xu placed the ginseng in front of Fu Man'er.
“My brother dug it up when he took me to the mountain,” Fu Man’er said truthfully.
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Which mountain?
"It's on that hillside where there's a landslide." Fu Man'er's mind started to play again when she thought of that hillside. "Brother said he'll take me to play on the landslide next time school is on break."
"Is this the time to play?" Old Mrs. Xu asked again, "Did you feed the sheep the other half?"
Fu Man'er nodded, and the Xu family immediately became heartbroken. Ma Hong's eyes were red. "What kind of family is this, feeding sheep with ginseng?"
"Mother, should I try to make the sheep vomit up the ginseng?" Ma Hong's heart was bleeding at the thought of the sheep eating the ginseng.
Xu Genzhu even thought his wife's idea was excellent, "Yes, while the sheep hasn't finished digesting, it can still vomit it up."
The two hit it off immediately and were about to head to the backyard when Old Mrs. Xu stopped them. "What's the use of taking it out? We can't sell it for money. What, do you think that ginseng is still edible?"
To be honest, the two of them hadn't originally thought of it that way, but after Grandma Xu said it, they thought it was feasible. "Mother is right. It's still ginseng, after all. If we take it out, wash it clean, and can't sell it, we can eat it."
Upon hearing Ma Hong's words, Xu Genshan and Liu Fang suddenly felt nauseous. Even though it was ginseng, this wasn't how it was supposed to be consumed. (cascoo.net)
"You two idiots." Old Mrs. Xu glared at them, preventing them from leaving. The family looked at the half-eaten ginseng with pale faces.
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Fu Man'er looked at this and then at that. It turned out that this wasn't a radish, but ginseng. It didn't even look as tasty as a radish.
"Mom, is this radish and ginseng delicious?" Fu Man'er tugged at Liu Fang's sleeve and asked, looking up at her with her little face.
Looking at her daughter's innocent face, Liu Fang raised her hand and touched it. "I've never eaten it before, but it should be quite delicious." After all, it costs a lot of money to buy a ginseng root.
“None of us in this family have ever eaten ginseng, but our two lambs have. How can this not be infuriating?” Ma Hong said angrily.
"Second Aunt, do you want to eat?" Fu Man'er asked innocently at this moment.
"Is this something you can just eat whenever you want?" Ma Hong was furious. Why would she eat this if she could make money from it?
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Fu Man'er nodded. Seeing that her second aunt seemed very angry, she jumped off the table. Xu Genshan quickly reached out to support her, afraid that she would fall.
She hadn't even gotten her footing when she rushed out. The Xu family was still immersed in joy and sorrow, so they didn't pay any attention to her.
But Fu Man'er returned, carrying her little bamboo basket with great difficulty, calling out as she went, "Second Aunt, there's more here if you want to eat."
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Hearing this, the Xu family all turned to look. The little girl put the bamboo basket on the ground and poured it out with a clatter, as if by magic, and several ginseng roots appeared on the ground.
Actually, there were also radishes and grass, but everyone's attention was already drawn to the radishes.
Even the usually calm Liu Fang couldn't stand up any longer. She leaned against Xu Genshan and said in a trembling voice, "Genshan, am I dreaming?"
Xu Genshan reached out and supported his wife's arm. This grown man always thought he had seen a lot, but what he was seeing still made him panic. "Wife, this is not a dream."
Her little girl squatted on the ground, picking and choosing among the ginseng roots, and finally picked up the prettiest one.
"Second Aunt, here's some ginseng for you, don't be angry anymore." Before everyone could react, Fu Man'er had already selected the ginseng and handed it to Ma Hong.
Fu Man'er felt that although her second aunt was a bit fierce, she was very kind to her. She decided to give the ginseng to her second aunt instead of feeding it to the sheep.
Ma Hong lowered her head and looked at the ginseng in front of her. Good heavens, this ginseng is so big, will I become immortal if I eat it?
"Second Aunt?" Seeing that she didn't answer, Fu Man'er tilted her head and called out again.
Ma Hong finally came to her senses and took the ginseng. "Mother, there's more ginseng here." She now felt that the half-ginseng her mother-in-law was holding was nothing special.
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Grandma Xu blinked, and somehow managed to sit up in the chair. "I know," she said, trying to sound calm, but a closer look revealed that her hands were gripping the armrests of the chair tightly.
"What are you standing there for? Quickly pick up that ginseng!" That's all money! How can you just leave it on the ground? Hmm, she wanted to pick it up, but her legs were too weak to stand.
It took me a while to slowly process what was happening before me.
Everyone hurriedly and carefully picked up the ginseng from the ground and placed it on the table, leaving no root or leaf behind.
There were actually five people, big and small, participating, not counting the one that was half eaten by the sheep.
"How much are these worth?" Old Xu brought his hands, which had just picked up ginseng, to his nose and smelled them, as if he could still smell the fragrance of ginseng.
“When I injured my leg before, the ginseng I bought was only about the length of my thumb and the thickness of a chopstick, and it cost five taels of silver,” Xu Genshan said.
The smallest of the ginsengs on the table was half a fist in size, not to mention the one that Fu Man'er handed to Ma Hong, which was the largest and longest, about the thickness of a radish.
Although no specific price was given, it was enough to leave everyone present speechless. Just how much are these things worth?
Fifty taels? Sixty taels? That's the most money they could dream of.
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"We'll find out how much it costs when we go to town," said Old Mrs. Xu. Ginseng is a hot commodity when it's sold in the town's pharmacies.
Everyone nodded in agreement, since they genuinely didn't know the price.
"Man'er, come here." Old Mrs. Xu looked away from the ginseng and at Fu Man'er, who was squatting on the ground playing with radishes.
The little girl immediately got up and ran over, "Grandma." She felt that her grandmother's gaze was even more excited than when she saw that ginseng.
Grandma Xu suddenly pulled her into her arms, "Man'er, you are truly a lucky star for our Xu family."
So many kids were playing on that hillside, and none of them managed to dig it up, but Fu Man'er did. His luck is just too good!
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