Chapter 236 Seaship
The group chatted and laughed, talking about Jia Baoyu's dream. They all felt that it must be because Baoyu had killed the rare ginseng seedling, and the Ginseng Goddess felt sorry for the little ginseng, so she appeared in Jia Baoyu's dream to tell him not to plant ginseng anymore.
"I asked Brother Bao the other day what the Ginseng Goddess looks like, and he said she looks like a tree stump, but her voice is very pleasant," Xichun said with a smile.
"Brother Bao said that there were many little ginseng babies beside the Ginseng Goddess, who were chubby and very cute."
"White and plump? That can't be a radish, can it? Ginseng isn't white or plump!" Daiyu tilted her head. "Second cousin must have dreamed of a radish spirit."
"Hahahaha, Sister Lin, you're going to kill me with laughter..." Xichun burst into laughter, "Whose radish can become a spirit? It's already being cooked into soup before it can become a spirit, how can it possibly wait to become a spirit!"
After laughing and joking for a while, Daiyu took a closer look at the ginseng seedlings under the brocade screen vine.
"Granny, the ginseng here has been growing for over a year, but it doesn't look as big as the ginseng we planted this year."
"You hired an experienced person to raise them. How could a professional raise them worse than an amateur?"
When Wang Xifeng heard that Yuan Hongqu had specially hired someone to cultivate ginseng, everyone thought she had gone mad.
Those ginseng roots often take decades or even centuries to grow. By the time they can be harvested, they don't even know if they'll still be around.
At least she has a descendant. Yuan Hongqu is a staunch advocate of not getting married. Who is she planning to leave the ginseng she planted?
Leave it for Daiyu? That's too much. Even if she ate ginseng like it was food, she couldn't eat that much.
Is it just for fun?
Just like their family, they can plant a few trees in the garden for fun, without having to go to such lengths to plant a whole greenhouse!
Originally, the red lotus was not doing this for fun.
Yuan Hongqu planted a greenhouse of ginseng on the estate this year, and also had Wu Tian buy a hilltop to plant a lot of forest ginseng.
All of this was to deceive others and make it easier for Yuan Hongsu to take out the ginseng from the space.
The bag of seeds she had casually scattered in the space last time had become rampant, resulting in ginseng growing everywhere.
Yuan Hongqu even picked out some ginseng seedlings several times and served them directly to Daiyu as a cold dish.
Nowadays, even the shops on Ningrong Street are buying ginseng and ginseng seeds year-round.
Yuan Hongqu's biggest source of income now comes from this small shop.
I'm here on Ningrong Street today, so I'll definitely have to check out the shops later.
Besides buying ginseng, the small shop now also runs a legitimate business.
It's a perfectly good shop. Although the location is a bit out of the way, small shops only rely on repeat customers, so a bad location doesn't have a big impact.
Since Wu Tian is too busy to work in the shop, he has found a clever young shop assistant from the estate to look after it, along with two other general helpers, making a total of three people running the shop.
Don't let the small size of the shop fool you; its daily turnover is not only among the best on Ningrong Street, but it would rank high even if it were placed on Ningrong Street as a whole.
The shop sells local produce, including various seasonal vegetables and fruits.
Because of its previous foundation, this small shop inexplicably became the exclusive shop for high-ranking officials and nobles to make purchases.
The fresh vegetables delivered daily from the estate were so quickly bought up by purchasing agents from wealthy families that they couldn't even be put on the shelves in time.
Moreover, unlike other shops that keep track of accounts and settle accounts at the end of the month, this small shop settles accounts immediately without any delays.
Just kidding. Back when everyone was scrambling to buy broccoli, we almost couldn't buy any even with our money in hand. If we're a little behind now, will we fall behind when the shop has some rare fruits and vegetables?
Even though broccoli isn't available every day, you can usually find it one or two days out of ten.
Although the shop mainly sells common fruits and vegetables that can be bought elsewhere, the produce here always looks cleaner, tidier, and fresher than what you can find elsewhere, and tastes better.
Even if it costs twice as much, it's still worth buying.
Every family has an elderly lady who practices vegetarianism and chants Buddhist scriptures; showing filial piety to the elderly lady in the family is the best thing ever.
Moreover, the shop occasionally sells exotic fruits from overseas each month, which are rare and hard to come by.
Those are top-tier items; whether given as gifts or for personal use, they are extremely prestigious.
Besides the things in her spatial storage, Yuan Hongqu also actually kept a large ship—a ship that went overseas.
The captain was an acquaintance; his real name was Fan Huaiqing.
About half a year ago, Fan Huaiqing came to the Lin family with a small bundle in his arms, begging Yuan Hongqu to make him a bowl of lion's head meatballs.
Yuan Hongqu didn't know how this person got out of the prison so quickly. Although this person's fighting ability was average, she should be able to deal with him without Lan Su's help.
However, I have no grudge against him. He used to be a salt smuggler, and a leader at that. It's best to avoid messing with someone like that.
Yuan Hongqu made him a bowl of lion's head meatballs.
This time, Fan Huaiqing had nothing on his mind and ate the whole bowl of lion's head meatballs.
“Little sister of the Yuan family, I heard you have a small shop on Ningrong Street that sells overseas products. I know those things too, they’re definitely not from the same place. When is your friend coming back? Introduce me to him.” Fan Huaiqing finished eating and wiped his mouth, his words sending chills down Yuan Hongqu’s spine. She didn’t even care that he called her “little sister of the Yuan family.”
"Manager Fan also wants to do business overseas?"
Upon hearing this, Fan Huaiqing knew that Yuan Hongqu probably couldn't reveal the origin of those things. Since that was the case, Yuan Hongqu would certainly not be able to refuse what he wanted to do.
"Little sister of the Yuan family, these are for you." Fan Huaiqing took out a few sheets of paper and handed them to Yuan Hongqu.
Yuan Hongqu was puzzled, but she still accepted it.
"This is a seagoing vessel. My brother Yuanhang asked me to find someone to build it, and it took three years. It was tested last year."
Yuan Hongqu's lips trembled slightly. She naturally knew about this matter, but considering Lin Yuanhang's death, she was afraid that no one would care about these things anymore.
“Although Yuanhang has gone, I have built the ship for him. He once said that he would give this ship to you... Young lady of the Yuan family, I have a favor to ask.”
"Tell me about it, Manager Fan." Yuan Hongqu inexplicably believed Fan Huaiqing's words, perhaps because he mentioned Lin Yuanhang, or perhaps because she really longed for that ship.
“Young lady of the Yuan family, you want to find sources of goods from overseas. I have been to foreign countries a few times. Why don’t we join forces?”
"I won't do it!"
Fan Huaiqing was involved in smuggling salt, implicating so many people! They all ended up in jail but got out smoothly.
Most importantly, Fan Huaiqing doesn't exist in the original novel. Yuan Hongqu's first reaction to people and things she wasn't sure about was to refuse.
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