Chapter 16 Wild Ginseng
The next morning.

While Chen Jie was in a daze, he felt a figure swaying in front of him.

When I opened my eyes, I saw the little kid sitting in front of me, looking at me anxiously.

Chen Jie turned over, and Xiao Dou Ding immediately became anxious: "Brother-in-law, wake up quickly, the sun is shining on your butt."

"What time is it?"

Chen Jie asked, and the little kid replied, "It's two quarters past the hour of Mao."

"What a mess, I'm just taking a nap."

Chen Jie was still not used to the timekeeping method of this era. It was two quarters past the Mao hour, which, according to the ancient twelve-hour timekeeping method, was six-thirty in the morning.

"Brother-in-law, wake up. I have prepared the meal and have been waiting for you for a long time."

Xiaodou Ding said anxiously.

In fact, she didn't care what time Chen Jie got up, but she was greedy because today's breakfast was the leftover rabbit meat from yesterday and freshly made sorghum rice.

But the elder sister said that she would not eat until her brother-in-law woke up, so the little one could only wait anxiously at Chen Jie's bedside.

Actually, Chen Jie didn’t particularly like to sleep in, but after reading the intelligence last night, he was so excited that he couldn’t sleep.

The most important one is the fifth one, Doctor Bai, who fell into the Wild Wolf Valley.

The Wild Wolf Valley is deep and dangerous, and it is said that there are wild wolves everywhere. Doctor Bai fell into it and no one could help him. He also sprained his ankle. You can imagine how desperate he was.

If I happened to pass by and saved his life at this moment, he would be very grateful to me.

Doing a favor to someone and making them owe you a favor will definitely bring great benefits.

But he remembered that his son-in-law was the manager of the fish pen in Xiantao Village and a disciple of the fishing gang. If he got this connection, he would be able to join the gang and become a member of the gang as he wished.

Therefore, he thought about it for a long time last night and didn't fall asleep until after two in the morning.

After getting up, Chen Jie felt his head was dizzy. The two sisters were awake and had prepared dinner. It would not be good if he slept until eight or nine o'clock. Besides, there was the matter of Doctor Bai. He should not go too late or the person would have been rescued by others.

After washing his face, he finally ate the sorghum rice that Little Bean had been craving for.

The sorghum rice tasted terrible and was very hard, but the little kid ate it with great satisfaction. The rice in that era was refined rice, also called official rice, which only officials or wealthy families could afford.

After eating two bowls of sorghum rice and more than half of the remaining rabbit meat, Chen Jie stopped eating.

He stood up and told Su Yunjin that he was going to the back mountain to see if he could hunt some prey.

Su Yunjin looked at Chen Jie worriedly when he heard this, but the little kid asked, "Are there any fat rabbits today?"

Chen Jie patted the little kid's head and said, "If you want to eat, you'll have it."

Su Yunjin thought about it, returned to the house, quickly took out a small cloth bag and handed it to Chen Jie, saying, "Be careful, there is no dry food at home. There are some rice crusts left when I cooked. If you get hungry on the mountain, eat some."

"If you go up the mountain again in the future, tell me in advance and I'll give you some cakes."

Chen Jie looked at the rice crust in front of him and knew that it was Su Yunjin's gift of love. The little kid next to him heard the rice crust and smacked his lips. The rice crust smelled so good.

I really want to try it.

Chen Jie smiled at Su Yunjin, then touched the little kid's head and told them not to go out today. He would find a way to get food, and then went up the mountain.

He had to go up the mountain early. Who knew when the white doctor would fall into the wolf ditch? If he went too late, he might really be taken away by the wolf. It didn't matter if the white doctor was eaten, but the main thing was not to eat up his future.

At present, Doctor Bai is very important in Chen Jie's plan.

After reaching the top of the mountain, Chen Jie first went to take a look at Yelanggou, but there was no movement. Then he went straight to Laoniu Cliff. At the location mentioned in the intelligence, Chen Jie searched for a while and finally moved a large stone. In the crack of the stone, Chen Jie saw the ginseng.

Ten-year-old ginseng is still quite precious. Although it cannot be compared with those rare treasures, it is also very good for nourishing the body. This ginseng can probably be sold for three to five taels of silver.

This is a considerable amount of money. According to the currency of Daqian, one tael of silver is equal to one thousand wen.

The current price of Daqian sorghum rice is ten cents a pound, and pork is twenty cents a pound. In the countryside, two taels of silver can definitely buy a girl from a poor family as a maid.

A strong laborer working as a long-term worker for a landlord would only earn ten cents a day. Even if he worked as a laborer at the dock, which was more profitable, he would only earn thirty cents a day.

This ten-year-old ginseng can be sold for three to five taels of silver, which is equivalent to three to five hundred kilograms of sorghum rice, enough food for a family for half a year.

Don't think this price is cheap.

In fact, ginseng is not as valuable as imagined. Ginseng is expensive because of its age. This is only a ten-year-old ginseng. If it were twenty years old, the price would double.

It can double in thirty years, and almost every additional ten years there is a new price.

There are still too few ginsengs.

But Chen Jie was also very happy. After selling the ginseng, at least he could solve a lot of pressure in life. At least he would have money for food in the short term.

Thinking of this, Chen Jie wrapped the ginseng and put it into the bamboo basket behind him.

This bamboo basket was woven by Uncle Erba, and it is very sturdy.

After packing the ginseng, Chen Jie dug up a few inexpensive herbs and put them in the bamboo basket. Then he carried the bamboo basket on his back, pretending to be a herbalist, and approached the direction of Yelanggou.

Although he wanted to save Doctor Bai, he couldn't go there in a swagger, otherwise it would arouse suspicion. It would be better for him to dress up as a herbalist. It just so happened that he knew a little about medicine, so it was normal for him to collect herbs.

Just like that, he arrived at Yelanggou, but did not find Doctor Bai. Was he too early?

Chen Jie thought about it and found a big tree to lean against. He got up early today and did not get enough sleep, so his head was a little dizzy.

Chen Jie wanted to take a nap, but sleeping in the deep mountains and forests was tantamount to seeking death. Who knew he would be taken away by a wolf as soon as he opened his eyes.

So Chen Jie started practicing the Yangchun Technique directly.

You know what, as soon as Chen Jie practiced the Yangchun Technique and adjusted his breathing, he soon felt his fatigue disappear, his mind became clear, and his whole body felt better.

As if he had had a good sleep, Chen Jie entered a state of meditation without realizing it.

Not long after Chen Jie entered into meditation, an old man with a goatee and wearing grey cloth clothes, a bamboo hat and a medicine pick in his hand passed by Yelanggou on a nearby mountain. He looked down and saw a plant of top-quality Astragalus growing on the hillside.

The old man's eyes lit up, and he walked over little by little. He stood on the slope, took out the pickaxe and was about to dig, but when he bent down, a snake suddenly came out.

"oops!"

The old man was startled and took two steps back, but he stepped on a stone behind him and lost his balance in an instant.

"Ah~"

With a scream, he rolled down the hillside and fell into a big ditch.

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