Chapter 155 Is the Spirit Jade Fertilizer for Ginseng?
When Yuan Hongqu was in the Rongguo Mansion, she wasn't really curious about Jia Baoyu's magical jade, nor did she look at it carefully, but she still had a general impression of what it looked like.
This stone looks exactly like the Jade of Spiritual Enlightenment, but the inscriptions on the Jade of Spiritual Enlightenment, "Jade of Spiritual Enlightenment, never lose it, never forget it, may you live a long and prosperous life" and "First, it can expel evil spirits; second, it can cure grievances and illnesses; third, it can tell fortune and misfortune," are completely absent from this stone. It is just a smooth little stone.
However, Yuan Hongqu intuitively felt that this stone was the "Spiritual Jade".
The child holding the stone said he picked it up by the river to play with.
Yuan Hongqu took the stone from the child's hand to examine it, and then things got awkward.
The stone seemed to have taken root; she couldn't remove it from her hand!
If she pulled hard, her palms would feel like they were on fire.
The child was generous and said he would give the stone to Yuan Hongqu.
Yuan Hongqu felt embarrassed to take the child's things for nothing, so she gave the child some money as a way of buying the stone.
She couldn't get the stone out of her palm; it was as if a strange parasitic tumor had grown there.
Yuan Hongqu secretly regretted her curiosity, completely forgetting the saying "curiosity killed the cat." Now she had become the cat that was killed!
Holding this stone in my palm will make everything inconvenient, and I still have to take care of Daiyu. What am I going to do?
Yuan Hongqu thought for a moment, then returned to her small courtyard near the Lin residence and entered her spatial dimension.
As soon as she entered, she felt as if her palms were on fire. Looking at the stone in her palm, she saw that it was emitting a fiery red light. Yuan Hongqu was burned and subconsciously shook her hand, but unexpectedly, the stone in her palm was thrown away.
The moment the stone was thrown, the burning sensation in Yuan Hongqu's palm vanished instantly, as if the pain she had just felt was merely an illusion.
Yuan Hongqu followed the small stone that had been thrown out and saw it land in the ground in the courtyard. A red light flashed around the stone, as if some mechanism had been activated. Ginseng seedlings all over the courtyard sprouted new leaves and produced ginseng seeds at a speed visible to the naked eye. Ginseng that would take years or even decades to grow a single leaf suddenly sprouted new leaves.
However, the other crops did not change much; it seemed that the stone only had an effect on ginseng.
"Could this be the correct way to use the Spirit Jade, as fertilizer for ginseng?" Yuan Hongqu muttered to herself. "But will there be any side effects from eating this kind of ginseng?"
Feeling somewhat uneasy, Yuan Hongqu simply plucked a ginseng root.
She simply doesn't have the patience to find a deer bone skewer and pick it up little by little right now.
Besides, with all these ginseng roots in the yard, they're just going to fall off.
The ginseng that was pulled out looked no different from ordinary ginseng. Yuan Hongqu washed and dried the ginseng, sliced it, added a few goji berries, and brewed herself a pot of health tea.
After drinking this pot of tea, she felt warm all over, as if she had inexhaustible energy.
So she went to the yard and harvested all the mature crops, collected all the seeds, and then turned over the soil to plant some new seeds.
With spring approaching and everything coming back to life, her courtyard will play an even greater role.
Yuan Hongqu spent most of the day working on it before finally managing to dissipate the heat caused by the ginseng.
She personally tested it on herself and confirmed that this is normal ginseng and will not have any side effects on the body.
Daiyu's health has returned to normal these days, but she was too weak when she was sick a few years ago, and her constitution wasn't strong enough. Now, after a year of recuperation, she can tolerate the effects of ginseng, so we can give her some ginseng from time to time.
As for whether the jade pendant belonged to Jia Baoyu, Yuan Hongqu didn't care at all.
She bought this herself with her own money, so it's no use asking anyone else for it!
With this courtyard full of ginseng, her little Daiyu will surely live a long and healthy life!
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, ginseng chicken soup was served to Daiyu, and from then on, a cup of ginseng honey tea every day was also indispensable.
Even worse, the original red lotus had already been soaked in ginseng medicinal wine.
The effects of Dujiao ginseng medicinal wine will be better if it is aged for many years, but Daiyu is still young. We should prepare it now so that it will be ready by the time she is old enough to use it.
Nourished by these ginseng roots, Daiyu's complexion became rosier day by day. Even when playing outside in the cold weather, she didn't feel cold at all; instead, she felt warm all over.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Daiyu went to the Rongguo Mansion to pay her respects. Her maternal grandmother and two uncles gave her generous lucky money.
That day, Daiyu had just finished lunch at Rongqing Hall when a palace eunuch came to Rongguo Mansion to deliver an imperial decree. It turned out that during the New Year, the Emperor bestowed titles upon the concubines, and the eldest daughter, Yuanchun, was granted the title of Chongyi, becoming one of the Nine Concubines. After enduring these years in the palace, she had finally earned a rank.
However, this rank was far from what Lady Wang had imagined; she was merely one of the Nine Concubines, and there was no need for her family to go to the palace to express their gratitude.
Lady Wang felt very frustrated. After hearing the imperial decree, she refused to see any guests despite being ill, even though it was New Year's Eve.
Grandmother Jia was also disappointed. This rank was far from the imperial concubine rank they had envisioned. She wondered what had gone wrong. For the past few years, her family had been working hard, hoping to eventually become a member of the imperial family. This path would at least ensure the Jia family's continued wealth and status for another generation.
Now, Yuan Chun only received the title of Consort, which is neither good nor bad, like a chicken rib—tasteless to eat but a pity to throw away.
Wang Xifeng, however, thought this was for the best. The eldest daughter's rank wasn't high, so those in the two mansions who wanted to abuse their status as imperial relatives would have to give up their ideas. The fewer evil deeds they committed, the fewer charges they would have when it came time to settle accounts later.
Wang Xifeng was thinking to herself that since Yuan Chun had not been made a concubine, then there would be no chance for her family to have any kind of imperial visit. Building the Grand View Garden would cost millions, so this would save them money.
Wang Xifeng felt much more relaxed. Although it was the New Year, and she, as the housekeeper, was the busiest person, her cheerful mood made everything she did twice as effective. After the New Year holiday, Wang Xifeng not only didn't collapse from exhaustion, but instead felt full of energy.
With the Lantern Festival over, Wang Xifeng thought that she hadn't seen Yuan-jie since the second day of the Lunar New Year.
I wonder how Yuan-jie spent the Spring Festival. She should go and visit her.
Since Lin Ruhai wasn't in Beijing, his relatives and friends in the capital could only send gifts but not visit him during the New Year. They couldn't possibly have an eight-year-old girl from the Lin family entertain them, could they? That would be bullying a child!
When the Rongguo Mansion went to the Lin family to pay New Year's respects, Li Wan led the young ladies of the family and Lan Xiaozi along.
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