"A top-grade old ginseng that is about four hundred years old." Xiang Wentian actually made an accurate judgment.
"You understand all this?" Leng You thought Xiang Wentian would think this was a thousand-year-old ginseng.
Because ginseng has strong vitality and a relatively long lifespan, it is said to be thousand-year-old ginseng or ten-thousand-year-old ginseng.
But this kind of exaggerated description only exists in martial arts novels and some erroneous legends and stories. The actual lifespan of wild ginseng is only about 400 years at most, and it is a minority among the minority.
A small number can live for one or two hundred years, but most only live for a few decades.
Any more than that and it will rot in the soil.
"According to historical records, the lifespan of ginseng is about 400 years. However, during harvesting, it is rare to find ginseng that is 200 years old, and it is not easy to grow it for about 100 years." Xiang Wentian calmly searched for this reserve from his ample brain capacity.
Seeing Xiang Wentian turn around and start cutting the bark again after he finished speaking, Leng You woke up from his amazement and quickly squatted down to pull out the thatch again.
Under the guidance of that mysterious power, the two people cooperated very efficiently, and by dinner time, they had dug out seven ginsengs of different sizes.
Among these ginsengs, there is one that is about four hundred years old, two that are about three hundred years old, two that are one or two hundred years old, and two that are less than a hundred years old.
"It's getting dark, so let's just dig these today! We'll dig the rest tomorrow." After wrapping up the last ginseng picked today, Xiang Wentian looked up at the sky and began to carefully put the bundled ginseng into the bag.
"Okay, let's come earlier tomorrow." Leng You looked at the remaining nine ginsengs and expressed his agreement.
Wen Jiuyue was still waiting for them to eat, and they couldn't let the old man wait too long.
"Wait for me." Seeing Leng You nod, Xiang Wentian immediately turned around and walked out of the forest. When he came back, he was holding a full engineer shovel of mud.
He walked to the tree and smeared the mud on the place where the bark had been cut off, thus adding a layer of false bark to the tree.
Leng You's eyes flashed suddenly.
The young Xiang Wentian always refreshed her perception of "Mr. Xiang San" in her previous life. In this life, I wonder if he can still retain this softness and warmth after more than 20 years.
Maybe it was possible! Because at the last moment of her previous life, she seemed to have caught a glimpse of such a trace in this man's eyes.
"This way it won't affect the normal life and growth of the tree." Leng You also had this idea, but she didn't expect Xiang Wentian's idea to be so consistent with hers.
"Did you also learn it from books? You know a lot of words?" Xiang Wentian was also constantly refreshed by Leng You's understanding of an eight-year-old child from a remote mountain village, and he was extremely shocked every time.
“Most rural children know about using mud to mend tree bark.
Grandpa Xiang taught me how to read and write, from the time I was five years old until now.”
Lengyou's eyes were crystal clear, so pure that they could calm one's heart.
"Study hard." Xiang Wentian gently stroked Leng You's head.
On the way back, Xiang Wentian caught two more rabbits. It wasn't because he was greedy, it was because these stupid things ran right into your eyes.
"Let me carry these two rabbits!" Lying on Xiang Wentian's back, Leng You reached out and poked his shoulder.
"Okay!" Knowing Leng You's strength, Xiang Wentian did not refuse.
In this way, Xiang Wentian carried Leng You and ginseng on his back, with two rabbits hanging on Leng You's body, and climbed to the top of the valley in such an "extraordinary" way.
"Not going back to Grandpa Xiang?" Leng You was puzzled when he found that Xiang Wentian was heading towards Wen Jiuyue's house.
"All these ginsengs are yours." Xiang Wentian's unexpected words made Leng You stunned for a moment, and then a trace of warmth flowed through his heart.
"You put in most of the effort, so most of it should belong to you." Leng You, who was reborn, knew that her primary task was to make money, but she did not become greedy or lose her principles because of it.
"Listen to me." Xiang Wentian did not give Leng You the right to refute.
Carrying Leng You and a bag of ginseng on his back, with two rabbits hanging on his body, Leng You moved quickly in the snowstorm. He was able to reach Wen Jiuyue's house as quickly as possible, otherwise the ginseng would most likely be frozen.
"Oh my God! Are you... going to the valley?" Wen Jiuyue finally reacted when she saw two "superimposed" "snowmen" pushing open the door and appearing in front of her against the light.
"Grandma Wen, please catch the rabbits quickly." Leng You held the two rabbits in front of Wen Jiuyue. There would be an even bigger shock soon, so she had to do some preparation.
"Ah! No... Did you two go to the valley together yesterday?" Wen Jiuyue finally understood everything.
But he quickly took a broom and swept the snow off the two people.
"How could you two kids be so arrogant? You know where that place is, but how dare you run there in such a snowy day?
Besides, the valley is so deep, what if you can't get out? If something really happens..."
"Grandma Wen, please lock the door and come into the inner room." Leng You was untied by Xiang Wentian and put on the ground. He followed Xiang Wentian, who was carrying the bag, and quickly walked into the inner room.
"What's wrong?" Wen Jiuyue sensed something was wrong with the two children, so she immediately bolted the door and quickly followed them into the house.
"This is what we dug up today." Leng You unpacked one of the ginsengs.
This is the person who loved her the most in her past and present life, so Leng You did not intend to hide it from Wen Jiuyue. Besides, she couldn't hide it, because she had to process the ginseng.
Fresh ginseng is very easy to be eaten by insects and cannot be kept for a long time, so it must be peeled as soon as possible before storage.
However, the temperature in this season is too low and there is heavy snow, so drying the clothes in the sun is impossible. The clothes can only be dried on a heated kang or in a pot using special methods.
Leng You had previously thought of waiting until autumn to harvest the fruits, but this was only a fleeting thought.
According to the developments in his previous life, Xiang Wentian only stayed in Daheishan Village for a month, and Xiang Huaixin would return to Pingdu after half a year.
These were two people who had done her a great favor. Since she had discovered such a treasure, she naturally wanted to share it with them.
Besides, since the grape flowers on her wrist led her to the place where ginseng grew, perhaps she was asked to dig them out now.
"Is this... ginseng?" Wen Jiuyue's husband was a barefoot doctor, so she has some knowledge about medicine.
"Yes." Leng You nodded.
"This... so many? These... are... all ginseng?" Seeing Xiang Wentian taking out all the cylindrical things wrapped in tree bark and placing them on the kang, Wen Jiuyue felt his head buzzing and his tongue was tied.
"It hasn't been dug out yet." Leng You added.
"It's...it's...God!" Wen Jiuyue put her hands directly on the wall.
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