How was the ginseng discovered in Chapter 25?
He's bringing up his childhood again!
"Really." Old Man Lu perked up as he recalled the past.
"Father doesn't judge a person based on what others say or just on appearances."
Actually, it was your mother who knew the Crown Prince. Once, when your mother took you out, you said that a young man stopped your mother and talked for a long time, saying that the young man was very handsome and that you wanted him to be your husband.
Well……
Lu Qingqing said that the original owner of this body was not a good person when she was a child either.
“Your mother told me that he is the current crown prince. He is a wise and benevolent heir apparent.”
"The common people all praise the Crown Prince. I don't believe he would rebel. Perhaps he was framed like your mother..."
Old Man Lu was quite sentimental.
Why do good people not get good rewards?
This is something to sigh about and then move on; after all, things in the heavens are not something ordinary people like us should worry about.
Their worries should be about survival and having three meals a day.
I helped kill a wild boar before, and they gave me a pig's leg as a reward.
Lu Qingqing saved Lin Zhuang's life, and the family of the man who stabbed him also sent twenty catties of flour and ten catties of pork.
After stewing the meat for two days, Lu Qingqing marinated half of the remaining meat and made meat sauce with soybeans and chili peppers.
The jar was opened today, and the meat sauce is ready to eat.
It's a little spicy, and goes especially well with rice.
I also stewed the pheasant I got today with potatoes.
It was another sumptuous meal.
Lu Feng and Lu Yun originally intended to eat sparingly, but now they've eaten even more—the chili sauce is just too tempting.
Old Man Lu was furtively searching for his bowl.
Lu Qingqing took it out: "Dad, is this what you're looking for?"
The bowl contained half a bowl of cold rice with bran and rotten grain husks.
"Hehe, Dad thinks white rice is too soft and has no chewiness..."
With an iron-faced ruthlessness, Lu Qingqing flipped her hand, sending the rice into the slop bucket.
"If I see you secretly eating this again, I'll tear the roof off!"
Old Man Lu shrank his neck and lowered his head: "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare... I won't eat it again."
Just like Mom said, she really does look like a hamster.
Lu Feng buried his head in his rice bowl and quickly swallowed the rice husks and bran hidden at the bottom.
Lu Qingqing glanced at him and snorted.
Don't think she doesn't know about the pot of rotten rice hidden in the kitchen.
Let's see if they still eat it!
As darkness fell, someone knocked on the door.
Lu Yun ran to open the door.
"Sixi? I thought you weren't coming today. Why are you so late?"
"I'm sorry, Uncle, I... I accidentally went a little too far."
Si Xi's voice trembled slightly, as if he were cold.
The Lu family all ran out when they heard the noise.
"Child, come inside quickly." Old Man Lu took his hand.
"No, no, my grandma is still waiting at home."
Xiao Sixi looked at Lu Qingqing and said, "You should check it; there's already a basket full."
Under the dim light, Lu Qingqing's face was somewhat serious, and Xiao Sixi became nervous.
"Are you hurt?" Lu Qingqing asked.
"……No."
"You wait."
Lu Qingqing didn't look at the basket of herbs.
She went inside, found a ceramic basin, filled it with three large bowls of rice, and added a few pieces of pheasant meat.
She brought it out to Xiao Sixi and said, "Go home quickly, your grandma must be getting impatient."
The rich aroma of meat wafted towards my nose.
Xiao Sixi's gaze fell on the large bowl of white rice.
But he swallowed hard and didn't take it.
"No one accepts meat without merit."
"Hurry up and check the herbs, I need to go home."
Her thin face wore a mask of forced strength, and several scratches marked it.
"No need to check, that's not important."
"Little Sixi, we doctors prioritize life."
"Remember, even if you are carrying a basket of ginseng or a basket of gold, you must throw them away without hesitation when you encounter danger!"
A person only has one life.
Once it's lost, there's no going back.
"When gathering herbs in the future, do not go far. You must come down the mountain when the sun is setting."
It's okay if it's not enough to fill a basket.
...
Xiao Sixi covered the earthenware basin with his clothes and walked home very quickly.
My cheeks started to ache without me noticing; they were stinging from tears.
There was a bottle of medicine powder in his pocket, which Lu Qingqing had given him.
Actually, it's not necessary at all. Those tiny wounds that don't even bleed will scab over the next day.
No need.
There's absolutely no need for it.
Xiao Sixi wiped his eyes hard with his sleeve.
He hasn't cried since his mother left.
She didn't cry when she was being beaten and pinned down.
I didn't cry when I was so hungry I felt weak.
She didn't even cry when she heard the wolves howling on the mountain.
Why are you crying now?
Lu Qingqing made him cry with just a few words; he's so pathetic.
He believed that he could get half a tael of silver for picking herbs for her because Lu Erge was there at the time. Even if Lu Qingqing didn't give it to him, Lu Erge would.
Women don't keep their word, so he wouldn't believe that Lu Qingqing had changed for the better.
"Little Xi'er... Little Xi'er..."
"Milk--"
Xiao Sixi hurriedly ran over.
"Why are you so late today? Grandma was getting impatient waiting at home and was thinking of going to visit your Grandpa Lu."
"Yes, they invited me to stay for dinner, but I refused. They insisted on stuffing a bowl of rice into my mouth."
"Oh my, there are so many! This, this, this... Well, you'll have to work hard for others from now on!"
“I know. Grandma, this is the herb I picked today. Guess what it treats?” Xiao Sixi pulled a handful of herbs out of his pocket.
"What kind of treatment?"
"This is called wild hemp grass. It can cure stomachaches, dysentery, and diarrhea. From now on, if I have abdominal pain, you won't need to buy medicine!"
"Good, my grandson can heal himself now!"
...
Li Da didn't bring any food from Lu's house until the door was locked.
Lu Yun snorted angrily: "It must be that ignorant brat causing trouble again. Li Da too, I explained it to him so clearly, but he still listens to his mother. I don't care if he gets treated or not!"
Lu Qingqing was not surprised by this.
Buddha guides those with affinity, and medicine can cure incurable diseases.
It's all due to karma.
What's there to be angry about?
There's nothing to lament!
Wash up and go to bed.
The next day, just as dawn broke, Lu Qingqing and Lu Yun rode in Cui Shitou's donkey cart into the city.
With Lu Qingqing around, the ginseng that the doctor at the clinic had tried to sell for as low as twenty taels of silver actually sold for forty taels.
It wasn't sold to a clinic, but to a wealthy woman.
Here's what happened:
They visited three clinics, and the first two quoted twenty taels of silver each. After some haggling, they finally managed to get the price down to twenty-five taels.
The third shop was a bit better; they asked for 25 taels, and the two thought they'd try to raise it to 35 taels.
At that moment, a young lady with a maid entered.
Lu Qingqing listened to her conversation with the doctor, which was cryptic and incomprehensible to outsiders, but Lu Qingqing understood it perfectly.
It's because the woman's husband is unhealthy, which makes it difficult for her to conceive.
Lu Qingqing immediately began loudly promoting her ginseng to the herb shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, ginseng that is thirty years old is not the same as ginseng that is thirty years old. Some grow in places full of spiritual energy, while others grow in ordinary fertile soil."
"Guess how I found this ginseng?"
The shopkeeper straightened his back without changing his expression, his eyes gleaming: "How did you find it? Didn't you search for it in the mountains?"
"I found it in the mountains, but you might not believe it, deep in the mountains, I actually heard children playing."
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