Chapter 342 A Century-Old Ginseng 1
Upon coming out to take a look, they saw what the monkey was hiding in its arms. After examining it for a moment, they said with some disappointment, "It's just a white radish..."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jianjun subconsciously looked over and immediately became serious.
The thing in the monkey's arms doesn't look like a radish; it looks more like a ginseng!
But if it was ginseng, it was too big. And with the dim light, he couldn't be completely sure. So he stepped forward and reached out to the monkey, saying, "Let me see what you're holding."
The monkey nimbly dodged his hand and ran straight to the old couple's house, its movements light and agile.
Chen Jianjun was about to chase after him when Da Bai blocked his way, baring its fangs and letting out a low growl that sounded like a warning.
His eyes immediately sharpened, and he moved slightly, quickly adjusting to a fighting stance.
Seeing the man and dog facing off, Zhou Zhaodi smiled and explained, "Grandpa Monkey's things are all supplied to Guai Bao; Da Bai doesn't allow anyone else to touch them."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jianjun realized that Da Bai was guarding his little girl's belongings, so he disengaged from combat.
At this moment, the monkey had already sneaked into the Demon King's room, standing by the bed, hopping and squeaking.
The elderly couple were light sleepers to begin with. When they opened their eyes at the noise, they saw a figure hopping around by the bed and heard a familiar call. They immediately guessed that the monkey had come!
Ma Xiulian sat up, turned on the light, glanced down at her baby beside her, and then whispered to the monkey, "Shh, don't shout, the baby is asleep, don't wake her."
She wasn't angry that she was woken up; after all, it wasn't the first time this monkey had come over late at night.
The monkey nodded intelligently, stopped making noise, then took out what it was carrying and walked towards the elderly couple with both hands.
"That's strange, how come radishes are growing in this weather?"
Ma Xiulian and Chen Dazhu also mistook the ginseng for a large white radish, looking completely puzzled.
Inside the main room, Zhou Zhaodi saw that all the monkey master had brought this time was a big white radish, and immediately lost interest. She yawned, straightened her clothes, and turned to go back to her room to sleep.
Chen Jianjun strode towards his parents' room, pushed open the door, and saw the ginseng that the monkey was holding high. He was stunned for a moment, then turned around and closed the door.
However, a snow-white figure still nimbly and quickly slipped into the room through the gap.
Big White wiggled its fleshy body, walked over to the monkey, and affectionately nuzzled its nose against the monkey's body.
"Squeak!" The monkey patted its head.
"Awoo!"
Big White let out a low whimper.
Chen Jianjun walked to the bedside, stared at the "white radish" for a while, and then lowered his voice and said, "Dad, Mom, this isn't a radish, it's ginseng!"
Ginseng?!
The elderly couple were immediately astonished, their mouths agape. Even they, as country folk who had never seen the world, knew that ginseng was a valuable commodity, something that landlords used to spend thousands of taels of silver to buy.
I've heard that if someone is about to die, drinking ginseng soup can keep them alive for several more years.
Chen Dazhu picked up his pipe from the side, intending to take a smoke to calm himself down, but when he caught sight of his granddaughter lying outside, he paused.
Then he put down the match, sucking on the cigarette holder, a serious look on his dark face.
Chen Jianjun examined it carefully: "This ginseng is of very good quality and so big, it must be at least several decades old."
(End of this chapter)
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