An Shuyi picked out a few dishes she hadn't tried before, and poured the rest into bowls with Xia Hua. Then she put them in the storage room before sitting down to eat.
The dishes were served in two batches, but they ate first, and the dishes that were served later were put into the storeroom. After the two of them had eaten and drunk their fill, they asked the waiter to take away the empty bowls and then bring out the other dishes.
After the dishes were served and the waiter left, the two continued to serve the food. Once they finished, they sat down on chairs and, after a long while, made the table a little messy before getting up and leaving. This time, there were fewer dishes than at noon, and the money only cost a little over two hundred taels of silver.
After leaving the restaurant, the two strolled leisurely back to the inn. Once back at the inn, they had the waiter bring water to their room, washed up, and went to sleep. The night passed quickly, and the two got up early the next day and left Baiyun City.
Outside Baiyun City, there is an official road leading to the capital. Along the way, it passes through other prefectures, but the two of them did not take that road. Instead, they went up a mountain to the side. By going up the mountain, they could reach the capital directly without having to pass through other prefectures. This is why the two of them bought a lot of food.
They got up too early and had no appetite. After drinking a bottle of milk, they started their journey. By the time they reached the top of the mountain, it was noon. They were starving. After checking that there was no one around and the ground was clean, they took out the table, chairs, and food to eat.
In the spirit of not wasting food, they only ate three dishes. After finishing their meal, they didn't wash the dishes and chopsticks, but threw them into the warehouse. They then started walking around looking for flowers and plants, but they didn't see any by evening. The two guessed that it might be because this was the outer area, and people also came to the mountain to dig for wild vegetables, so there were no flowers and plants, or if there were, they had been dug up.
The two had no choice but to stop and rest, and wait until tomorrow to venture deeper into the jungle. Perhaps once they found some flowers and plants, they wouldn't need to cook, since they had already bought food. They could just take it out and eat. After eating, An Shuyi started washing the dishes, and Xia Hua started setting up the tent and taking out the toiletries.
After washing up, the two went to sleep. In the morning, they each ate a bowl of wontons, put their things in the warehouse, and set off on their journey.
"Huahua, I found ginseng!" An Shuyi said excitedly. She hadn't found anything for the past few days, so how could she not be excited to finally find ginseng?
Xia Hua, who was in the distance, heard her voice and replied, "I also found something here. You can dig it up yourself, and I'll come find you when I'm done." What she found was a peony, a beautiful purple one. Although she didn't know if it could be sold for money, as long as it was pretty, she could plant it in the yard. Hua Hua liked it.
An Shuyi saw her digging hard and said, "Then come and help me when you're done digging. I have two here!" After saying that, she squatted down and tied the red string with copper coins on it to the ginseng. After tying one ginseng, she went to tie the other one.
She took out the deer bones and began to dig the soil little by little. The ginseng she was digging up was very large, the largest ginseng she had ever found, so she had to be extra careful not to damage a single ginseng root.
After Xia Hua learned that she had found two ginseng roots, she took out the large hoe, put the small hoe in the warehouse, and started digging. Thanks to the strength of the large hoe, she quickly dug out the peony flower, threw it into the warehouse, and headed towards Shu Shu.
Looking at Shushu, who was digging in the dirt, he took out a deer bone and started digging for another ginseng. But as soon as he started digging, he found that the ginseng was very big. Looking at Shushu's ginseng, it was even bigger than the one in front of her. It must be at least eight or nine hundred years old, if not a thousand years old.
They'd heard that thousand-year-old ginseng grows like a person and can even run, but they didn't know if it was true. However, since they hadn't found any thousand-year-old ginseng yet, they stopped thinking about it and continued digging for ginseng. An Shuyi was the first to dig one out, and this time she dug it out perfectly, without losing a single root. She was exhausted.
After Xia Hua dug out hers, she quickly dug out her ginseng as well. "Shu Shu, let me see your ginseng." The ginseng she dug out didn't look like a human at all. It just had a lot of tendrils, and she had broken off a few of them. It was too thin to dig out.
An Shuyi showed her the ginseng, "Huahua, what do you want to see? Aren't all ginseng the same? What's there to see?"
Looking at the ginseng in her hand, which was similar to the one she had dug up, except for the abundance of rootlets, she explained, "I wanted to see if this ginseng looked like a person. I've heard that a thousand-year-old ginseng will turn into a person and run away, but the ginseng you found is only eight or nine hundred years old, not even a thousand years old."
He handed over the ginseng and said, "Put it in the warehouse. Let's find a place to eat first. It's already noon after only digging up one ginseng. Time flies."
"Okay, let's find a clean place to eat, and then we'll hurry up and look for it this afternoon." An Shuyi said, putting the ginseng into the warehouse.
The two found a random spot, finished their lunch, packed up their things, and continued searching for flowers and plants. Perhaps it was good luck, but this time An Shuyi found something to sell again, but it wasn't flowers and plants; it was poisonous plants.
Poison root, also known as poisonous root, has small yellow flowers. It's not at its most toxic yet, but that doesn't stop her from digging it up and selling it. There's plenty of it here, and it's sure to fetch a lot of money.
For safety reasons, the two put on raincoats, changed their boots into water shoes, and put on gloves before they started digging. While digging, they tried to avoid the sap of the poisonous roots. As soon as they dug up a plant, they sold it. Such a poisonous thing was really not suitable to be put in the warehouse.
The price of this poisonous root is particularly appealing; one root can sell for three thousand taels of silver, which is the price of ginseng, and that's why they dare to risk digging it up.
Once all the poisonous roots were dug up, there were seven poisonous roots. One of them was broken and sold for only 2,500 taels each, while the other six were sold for 3,000 taels each. The balance increased by 20,500 taels.
The trading system previously had 66,500 taels, and with this additional 25,000 taels, it now has 80,000 taels, just 13,000 taels short of 100,000.
The two found a secluded spot, dug a deep pit, took off their raincoats and put them in the pit, followed by their water boots and finally their gloves. They put oil on them, lit a fire, and burned the raincoats and gloves.
After burning it clean, bury it in the soil. The raincoat is soaked in poisonous liquid and can no longer be worn. Moreover, it is a modern item. Although it can be buried, there is a concern that it might be discovered and dug up, so the only option is to burn it.
They found a clean place, washed up, changed into clean clothes, and started cooking. It was already late afternoon, and although it wasn't dark yet, they didn't want to look for another place.
Xia Hua brought out the table and chairs, and An Shuyi brought out the vegetables from the warehouse. "Hua Hua, bring out a few more chicken mushroom buns. If you don't want rice, don't bring ginseng wine, bring deer blood wine instead."
She buys all the food here; the rice and mushroom buns are with Huahua.
"Okay!" he said, taking out the things Shushu wanted before the two began to eat.
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