Chapter 10: Asking for money
The next day, the weather was fine. After leaving the space, the family of four continued to wander around the mountains.
Those who pick mushrooms pick mushrooms, and those who hunt hunt.
There were a lot of weeds in this area, and mushrooms were hard to find. Lin Qian was just about to move her position when she caught a glimpse of a bright red color.
Looking closely, it was a small seedling with a circle of small red fruits growing on it.
Lin Qian was delighted when she saw it, and immediately opened the "Compendium of Materia Medica" and turned to the page about ginseng. Sure enough, it looked exactly like this one.
"Dad! Mom! Come quickly, I found ginseng!" Lin Qian immediately shouted excitedly.
When Lin Shuo heard this, he immediately ran over and asked, "Where is it? Let me see it quickly. I've never seen ginseng before."
Lin Wu and Zhao Xiu also came over, and Lin Wu asked, "Is this true?"
"Of course it's true, hehe, you'll know when I dig it out." Lin Qian smiled confidently, took out a small medicine hoe, and slowly began to dig ginseng.
Lin Qian bought this small medicine hoe specially so that she could dig herbs more easily.
Seeing Lin Qian lying on the ground digging ginseng seriously, Lin Wu was afraid that if they left too far, Lin Qian would be in danger, so he simply started looking for mushrooms here.
This ginseng is not small, about three fingers wide, and it took nearly an hour to dig it out.
"Finally dug it out, haha, this ginseng is not small, I guess it can be exchanged for a lot of silver." Lin Qian laughed while holding the ginseng, attracting Lin Shuo and others to come over.
Lin Wu patted Lin Qian on the shoulder and said, "Not bad! My precious daughter is really capable! She is worthy of being my daughter!"
Lin Shuo curled his lips, and Lin Qian smiled proudly.
The family of four wandered around the mountain for half a day and then left.
Lin Wu and Zhao Xiu even carried a wild boar out of the mountain so that the villagers could see it and know where the money for building their house came from.
"Brother Wu! You actually killed a wild boar?"
"Wow! This wild boar is quite big. I guess it can be sold for a lot of silver."
"Brother Wu! You are indeed the one."
Along the way, they met several acquaintances from the same village. Before the four of them reached home, the news that Lin Wu had killed a wild boar had already spread throughout the village.
Lin Tiezhu's family also got wind of the situation quickly and rushed over immediately.
Just after putting the wild boar on the ground in the yard and drinking two sips of water, Lin Qian's dilapidated little house was surrounded by people from the village.
Even the village chief came over with a trembling cane to look at it in surprise.
"Da Wu! Good! You can kill such a big wild boar! Really good!" praised the village chief.
Lin Wu smiled and said, "It was also good luck. It took a lot of effort to kill it. I almost got injured."
Looking at the knife marks on the wild boar, the villagers nodded with lingering fear: "It's scary to look at. We were lucky this time. Don't go into the mountains next time."
"Village chief, we don't want to do that either. Look at the house we live in. If it hadn't rained these days and we hadn't been able to pick mushrooms to exchange for food, our family would have starved to death long ago." Zhao Xiu pointed to his own dilapidated yard and said to the villagers.
Zhao Xiu added, "Now that we've killed a wild boar, we can sell it and build a house. At least we'll have a place to stay. Look, it's raining so hard, our roof is almost collapsing."
Everyone has eyes and can tell the condition of the house at a glance.
Everyone, including the village chief, sighed inwardly.
There is no way around it. They have long known that Lin Tiezhu's family favors his youngest son.
Lin Tiezhu was in his thirties and still hadn't found a wife. Later, he finally married Sun, who was from Lin Tiezhu's family.
Naturally, they didn't dare to hit or scold her, so they indulged her and let her do whatever she wanted.
Sun didn't like her eldest son, but she loved her three daughters and youngest son very much. Even if Lin Wu was capable and filial, she still didn't like him.
Lin Tiezhu originally treated his children equally, but he couldn't stand the fact that Sun left all the good things to her youngest son. He didn't dare say anything to Sun and had to pretend that he didn't know and continued to wrong the Lin Wu family.
When Lin Wu fell ill, Lin Tiezhu wanted to give money to Lin Wu for treatment, but Sun Shi was unwilling and forcibly drove Lin Wu and his family out. Tiezhu did not dare to stop him.
"That's right. When you buy the things, just call out and all the strong men in the village will come to help." The village chief said with a smile.
Several men watching the fun outside nodded.
"That's right! Brother Wu, let us know when the time comes and we will definitely come to help."
"We'll all come."
Lin Wu stood up, smiled at the people who were talking, and said, "Thank you very much, brothers."
Everyone watched the excitement for a while, and when they were about to leave, the Sun family arrived.
"Wow! Boss, you are really awesome! Such a big wild boar can probably be sold for a lot of silver! You are really awesome." When Sun saw the wild boar on the ground, his eyes widened.
Lin Qian and Lin Shuo looked at each other and sat aside to eat the mung bean cakes they had bought earlier. They were about to watch a good show.
Lin Wu stood up, placed himself between the wild boar and Sun, and asked, "Why are you here?"
Lin Tiezhu didn't dare to look into Lin Wu's eyes. He just stood aside with his head lowered and said nothing.
"Why are we here? Boss, what do you mean? You killed such a big wild boar, do you want to keep it for yourself?" Sun was unhappy and pointed at Lin Wu's nose.
Before Lin Qian's family traveled through time, their hometown was in the countryside.
Lin Qian's grandfather was an orphan, so he was often bullied in the village. Later, he married Lin Qian's grandmother and had three sons.
Lin Wu is the eldest brother. He has had a bad temper since he was a child. When he was young, he fought a lot. He would fight to the death and was full of ruthlessness.
Later, everyone in the surrounding villages knew Lin Wu's name, and no one dared to mess with them. Of course, this was what Lin Qian heard from others, and Lin Wu had never told her about it.
Lin Wu was very unhappy about being pointed at, so he slapped Sun's hand away.
Sun looked at Lin Wu's cold eyes and couldn't help but feel a little scared. She covered her hands and took two steps back: "Boss! What are you doing?"
"We have already separated, so why can't I keep this wild boar for myself? I still treat you as my mother, so I didn't do anything to you. If you dare to come and ask for money again, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Lin Wu said coldly.
At this time, the village chief, who had not yet left, spoke up: "Sun? What are you making a fuss about? When we divided the family property, you didn't give me a single ounce of silver. You only gave me this shabby house and half an acre of sweet potato field.
Now that Da Wu has killed the wild boar, he wants to come over and take advantage of you. Don’t you think you look too ugly?”
"That's right. Brother Wu was so sick back then, but you guys still carried him here. Now you're here to divide up the wild boar. You're so shameless."
"That's right, Lin Tiezhu! You don't care about your wife's behavior."
"Haha! He's a henpecked man, would he dare?"
More and more villagers gathered around to watch the fun, in groups of three or four, all laughing at Lin Tiezhu's family.
Lin Tiezhu and Sun's faces turned very ugly.
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