Chapter 54 Selling Ginseng

At the end of the Si hour, the five-member group digging wild vegetables arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Without stopping for a moment, they headed straight home.

Arriving at the door, Zhang Jinlan turned her head and looked around, but saw no one.

She stepped over the threshold and walked into the yard. After carefully putting down the backpack, she told her eldest daughter-in-law to close the door.

"What are you doing? Why are you closing the door in broad daylight? Are you a thief? You're sneaking around."

Jiang Shoujia had finished his farm work and was back. He sat in the yard to rest. Seeing his wife in a hurry, he was filled with tears.

"Boss, come and see if this is ginseng!"

Zhang Jinlan didn't even raise her head, she picked up the handkerchief wrapped in ginseng carefully.

Open them layer by layer.

He held it in his hands excitedly and said to Jiang Shoujia.

"What? Ginseng? Where did you dig it? Let me see." Hearing the word ginseng, Jiang Shoujia stood up so fast that the chair fell backwards due to inertia and hit the ground with a bang.

He strode up to Zhang Jinlan and took the ginseng with shaking hands.

"Yes, this is ginseng! It's more than ten years old. Where did you dig it, old lady? Our family is going to get rich!"

Jiang Shoujia determined the authenticity of the ginseng at just one glance.

Jiangjia Village is located near a mountain. Many years ago, someone in the village dug ginseng, and he witnessed it with his own eyes.

However, those ginsengs were only two or three years old and could be sold for no more than two taels.

But the ginseng in his hand is at least ten years old.

It's more than enough to sell it for ten taels of silver.

Think of this.

Jiang Shoujia's tone was very excited.

"Then what are we waiting for? Where's Yamato? Hurry up and have him take it to the town to sell it. We don't know how to make this thing. If it goes bad, won't we be able to sell it at a high price?"

Upon hearing that the ginseng was real and worth a lot of money, Zhang Jinlan was ecstatic.

Her heart was beating so fast that it seemed like a drum.

As he spoke, his eyes were still searching the yard for his eldest son.

"Grandma, didn't your uncle go to town this morning?"

This is what Jiang Fubao wanted to say just now on the mountain.

It’s a pity that grandma and mother were too excited.

I can't get a word in.

"Oh, what a mess I have. Yamato and Eryong went to the town early in the morning. Where is Shiyin?"

After hearing what her granddaughter said, Zhang Jinlan slapped her forehead in frustration.

I was so happy that I was stupid.

Both sons went to town.

But my youngest son is at home.

She began to look for Jiang Siyin again.

"Mom, what's going on? I heard your voices in the toilet just now." As she spoke, Jiang Siyin came over from the backyard.

"We went to the mountain to pick wild vegetables. Fubao found a ginseng, so mom dug it out. So we stopped picking wild vegetables and went down the mountain to ask dad. Dad said it was a ginseng that was more than ten years old and very valuable. Our family is going to get rich. Mom told you to take it to town and sell it."

Seeing that her mother-in-law was too excited, Zhang Yanzi took the initiative to explain.

"Ginseng? Fubao found it? How can my daughter be so capable? Fubao, how did you know it was ginseng?"

Jiang Siyin walked forward and picked up Jiang Fubao.

And pinched her cheeks with his hands.

All smiles.

"That's what the doctor said."

Although what he said was justified, Jiang Fubao felt very guilty.

Fortunately, this traveling doctor came to Jiangjia Village, otherwise she would not have found an excuse.

"No wonder, Fubao is so smart. He will definitely be the most promising one in our family when he grows up. By the way, mother, should we take him to the town to sell him now? How much do we want to sell him for? Should we sell him to a clinic or a pharmacy?"

Jiang Siyin's eyes were sparkling.

He looked at Jiang Fubao with pride.

It was not until his parents cleared their throats that he remembered the important matter and asked hurriedly.

"Compare prices first. Sell to whichever offers the highest price. Remember! Protect the roots carefully and don't break them. If you break one, the price will drop significantly."

Without waiting for Zhang Jinlan to answer.

Jiang Shoujia began to give his youngest son serious instructions.

"Yes, I understand. I'll go now."

Jiang Siyin put his daughter down, wrapped the ginseng, placed it on his chest, then opened the door and left.

As soon as he walked out the door, Zhang Jinlan suddenly remembered something, and she chased him out and shouted.

"Siyin, when you come back, rent a bullock cart instead of walking back."

She was not worried that her son would be tired, but that after selling the ginseng, he must have a lot of silver on him and it would be unsafe for him to walk.

The ox cart can get you home faster.

The money spent on riding a bull cart is just a drop in the bucket compared to the money spent on selling ginseng.

The money has to be spent.

When it comes to big things, Zhang Jinlan never searches around.

"Oh, I see, mother—"

Jiang Siyin is tall and has long legs. In just ten seconds, he had walked a long way away.

His voice echoed at the foot of the mountain.

The villagers who had just returned from working in the fields took a curious look.

"Grandma, I'm hungry."

After losing sight of his biological father, Jiang Fubao’s stomach began to growl.

"Okay, grandma will go and cook."

Zhang Jinlan came in immediately from outside and did not close the door this time.

I was happy at noon.

The food we eat at home is rice porridge, scrambled eggs and stir-fried sprouts.

I used eight scrambled eggs and added lard. They smelled delicious.

The rice porridge is large in quantity and thick. If you are not full, you can go to the kitchen to add more. It will definitely fill you up.

After a meal.

Everyone ate so much that their bellies were plump.

"Mom, I feel like the rice in this rice jar hasn't decreased at all. It's really delicious."

Zhu Yingqiu leaned back in his chair and burped.

This rice has been eaten for several days. She scooped a bucket of rice for her sister-in-law yesterday, but when she was cooking porridge just now, she found that the rice in the jar was still the same as a few days ago.

Not a bit less.

It's really strange.

"You must have remembered it wrongly. Hurry up and clear the table, wash the dishes and go back to your room and lie down."

Zhang Jinlan waved her hand and didn't take it seriously.

Jiang Fubao's eyes darkened.

It's not that delicious. She just goes to the kitchen to add it when she puts eggs in the chicken coop at night.

The rice in the jar is now mostly polished rice, followed by millet, and finally the unpalatable brown rice.

The porridge that was cooked was also much softer, but no one at home noticed it.

After all, she didn't add so much in one day.

In small amounts and multiple times, no one will notice.

My mother coaxed me back to the room to take a nap.

After waking up, Jiang Fubao heard a commotion in the yard.

She quickly put on her clothes and got out of bed.

In the yard.

My uncle, second uncle and dad are all back.

The crowd gathered together.

There was a bulging money bag in grandma's hand.

"Mother, here is all the money, a total of eighteen taels. I compared the price with five shops. The shopkeeper said that the ginseng was nearly twenty years old, so he gave me a good price. I was afraid that someone would steal so much money with me, so I hurried to rent a bullock cart. I happened to see my eldest brother and his friends, so we came back together."

Jiang Siyin pointed at the money bag and whispered, his face unable to hide the joy.

"What? Eighteen taels? Oh my God, our family is going to be rich!"