Luo Hao had seen an introduction to ginseng in a medical book. This ginseng was thicker than a thumb and had been living for at least a hundred years.
"Brother Ye, starting with century-old ginseng, we're going to be rich." Luo Hao's grin stretched from ear to ear.
"Alright, let's hurry back and keep quiet. Haozi, go to the county town and scout ahead," Lin Ye instructed.
Then he carefully placed the ginseng in Luo Hao's empty basket and covered it with some grass.
"探探路" means to inquire about prices first.
This thing is very precious; you can't show it off to others.
Luo Hao understood immediately and quickly put the basket on his back.
As the group descended the mountain, a mix of excitement and nervousness filled their hearts, and none of them spoke again.
Luo Chunlei originally wanted to ask how much ginseng could sell for, but seeing his two older brothers' solemn expressions, he didn't ask any further.
One hundred yuan was a huge sum of money to him. Judging from their expressions, he thought to himself that they might be able to sell it for more than a thousand yuan.
Since Aunt Luo's family was surrounded by many eyes and ears, they returned to Lin Ye's house.
Lu Wanqing and Zhao Xiaolan went to the brigade headquarters and haven't returned yet; the house is empty.
Luo Hao carefully put down the basket, tied the ginseng with a red rope, and then put it into the rice jar.
"Brother Ye, don't let the ginseng escape!" Luo Hao warned.
Lin Ye rolled her eyes at him, "You've been watching too many myths, haven't you? You really think ginseng has legs!"
Luo Hao scratched the back of his head and grinned foolishly, "I read it in a book too."
Afterwards, he rode Lin Ye's bicycle straight to the county town.
Luo Chunlei was particularly curious about how much the ginseng would eventually sell for, so he stayed at the Lin family's house instead of going back. Instead, he went to the big locust tree in the courtyard, found a chair, sat down, and closed his eyes to rest.
He had been running around in the mountains for almost a whole day, and his bones were practically falling apart from exhaustion.
Lin Ye acted as if nothing had happened, putting all the pheasants he had caught into the chicken coop behind the house and the rabbits into a wooden box.
He regretted not letting Luo Hao take a few wild rabbits and pheasants to sell earlier.
However, when he thought about how the pheasants and rabbits he had caught would grow much bigger after a few days of raising them at home, he felt relieved and began to wonder when his wife would come back.
Judging from the sky, it should be around four o'clock. He figured his wife should be back soon, so he boiled water and took a bath.
He's become so clean now, he doesn't even allow dirt under his fingernails. After washing, he'll even use his wife's hand cream to wipe his hands. He says that even though he's rough around the edges, his hands can't be rough, otherwise it will hurt his wife.
Snowball had been running around all day and was covered in dirt, so she took a shower in her spatial dimension and gnawed on a meaty bone before coming out.
Just after Lin Ye finished tidying up the basin and everything in the house, Lu Wanqing returned arm in arm with Zhao Xiaolan, followed by Lin Xiaocui into the courtyard.
When Lin Ye saw that his wife had returned, he quickly asked Xiao Cui to stay with his mother, and then took Lu Wanqing's hand and led her into the room.
"Brother, you're too impatient! You've been gone for just one day!" Lin Xiaocui thought to herself, then turned her head and saw Luo Chunlei under the locust tree.
Luo Chunlei sat in a chair, head tilted back, asleep, unaware that Lin Xiaocui, holding a foxtail grass, was approaching him step by step.
Lin Xiaocui suppressed a laugh and swept the foxtail grass back and forth under his nose.
Luo Chunlei touched his nose, sneezed, and opened his eyes to see Lin Xiaocui's youthful, mischievous face. He immediately lost his balance and fell backward along with the chair.
Like a drowning person grasping at a straw to save his life, Luo Chunlei instinctively grabbed Lin Xiaocui's clothes.
Unable to dodge in time, Lin Xiaocui, her face pale, lunged at Luo Chunlei.
The two landed one after the other, and Lin Xiaocui's forehead bumped into Luo Chunlei's forehead, immediately causing a large bump to form.
Lin Xiaocui stood up and stomped her foot angrily: "You can pour it yourself, but why did you have to drag me into it?"
Luo Chunlei also looked innocent: "Who told you to tease me! Force is reciprocal; the more your forehead hurts, the more it hurts mine."
Meanwhile, Lu Wanqing, who was inside the house, had already seen the ginseng that had been picked and was embracing Lin Ye tenderly. Hearing the commotion, she looked out the window and saw the two people who were about to clash.
"Should we go and try to stop them? They're about to start fighting," Lin Ye said anxiously.
Lu Wanqing put her arm around Lin Ye's waist and laughed, "Don't mind them, they're just kids playing around!"
After saying that, she threw Lin Xiaocui a box of scar cream.
The two inside the house, seeing that everyone outside was busy with their own things, continued their kiss that they hadn't finished earlier.
The two stopped when Lu Wanqing started to pant.
"Have you moved everything from the brigade headquarters?" Lin Ye asked, trying to distract himself.
Lu Wanqing nodded and smiled gently, "When Mom, Xiao Cui, and I arrived there, Yang Hui was still dawdling and deliberately delaying. Later, she suddenly had a dizzy spell, and I used a folk remedy to save her. Her attitude immediately changed completely, and she quickly vacated the space."
Lin Ye pinched her little nose and said affectionately, "My wife is the best."
Lu Wanqing rubbed her nose against his nose, "Aye is amazing! He dug up a hundred-year-old ginseng, which can be sold for a lot of money!"
If someone were to look through the window at this moment, they would see two people hugging each other and showering each other with compliments.
However, the two didn't have much time to linger before it got dark.
The days are getting shorter and shorter; it gets dark as early as five o'clock.
Lin Ye and Lu Wanqing began preparing dinner.
Lin Xiaocui was instructed by Lu Wanqing to pick some vegetables from the private plot. Luo Chunlei was bored, so he had no choice but to follow behind Lin Xiaocui and help her pick vegetables.
The small vegetable patch in my private plot is filled with various vegetables such as chili peppers, cabbage, and chives. It doesn't take up much space, but the variety is abundant, and the vegetables are all quite large. You might not be able to finish a large cabbage even after two meals.
The two picked some chili peppers and cut some chives, and were about to go back when Zhao Xiaolan came over carrying Snowball.
Elaine Chao was holding a bamboo basket in her hand, muttering "catching crabs".
It turned out that Lu Wanqing thought that the house matter had been resolved and Lin Ye had found a century-old ginseng, so everyone should celebrate. She asked Zhao Xiaolan to catch some hairy crabs.
Zhao Xiaolan loved doing this job the most. With the help of the flashlight in Luo Chunlei's hand, she quickly caught more than a dozen fat and big crabs and filled a basket to the brim.
Seeing that Zhao Xiaolan still wanted to grab her, Lin Xiaocui quickly stopped her, saying, "Auntie, that's enough, let's go back."
She didn't know how many crabs were raised in the field, but if she kept eating them like this, wouldn't they all be gone?
Such big crabs could sell for at least 80 cents each, and a basket of them would cost a ten-yuan note. She felt sorry for Lu Wanqing.
After the group returned, Lin Ye asked Lin Xiaocui to pick vegetables, but he took a bamboo basket and went to the well.
The crabs are covered in mud and need to be cleaned thoroughly.
After he finished washing up, he saw Luo Hao humming a song as he rode over from a distance.
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