Chen Xiaobei groaned secretly in his heart, but the lessons of Centipede Ridge were right in front of him.
It was obvious that these people had found out their true identity before taking action, so at this time, he seemed to have no other choice but to agree.
"Brother Sun Jian, you are right. I really need money, but I can't do it today. It's getting dark right now. We have an ancient saying that you don't go into the mountains when it's dark. I think you should know that."
It was just nonsense, but Chen Xiaobei said it seriously.
So as long as you pretend to be serious, someone will believe you.
"Yes, what Brother Xiaobei said makes sense. People will get lost in broad daylight, and they can't go there even after dark." Sun Jian actually agreed.
"Yes, yes, yes, there are ferocious beasts on the mountain. They don't dare to come out during the day, and they come out at night to cause harm to people. Let's go another day, another day." With three clicks, Chen Xiaobei quickly laid the steps for Sun Jian.
Sun Jian nodded, "Then we'll come back tomorrow."
Chen Xiaobei quickly waved his hand, "No, no, I'm going to the county seat tomorrow. Otherwise, we'll be here in three days, three days from now."
Degui next to him couldn't help it anymore, "Chen Xiaobei, you are making fun of us. You said three days is just three days!"
At this moment, Sun Jian spoke, "Okay, let's follow what Brother Xiaobei said, and we'll meet at the Mountain Temple in three days."
After saying this, Sun Jian waved and led the people away.
This surprised Chen Xiaowei.
But now he didn't have time to think about it.
Convinced that Sun Jian and the others were far away, Chen Xiaobei quickly turned around and headed towards Calabash Valley.
At this time, he did not notice a dark shadow quietly following him in the distance.
Chen Xiaobei entered the valley and started with the red-topped ginseng.
He couldn't tell the age of the ginseng, but he could tell the size. He got two ginseng trees according to the size of the field. After thinking about it, he dug out a few more ginseng trees with the soil, went home and planted them in pots.
See if it can be done.
Chen Xiaobei left Hulu Valley with his front foot, and Sun Jian and others came in with his rear foot.
As soon as they walked into Hulu Valley, Sun Jian, Degui and others immediately opened their eyes in surprise. They might not have thought that there was such a treasure on Qingniu Mountain.
Looking at the Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng everywhere, Degui couldn't help laughing.
"No wonder that boy is so mysterious, it turns out he really has a treasure!"
After saying that, he came forward, stretched out his hand, wiped it, and picked two large Ganoderma lucidum. He wanted to continue picking, but was stopped by Sun Jian.
"Stop moving. Chen Xiaobei hangs around here every day. If there are too few of these things, he should be able to sense it."
"Brother, the things in this mountain don't belong to him. Of course we can also pick what he can pick." Degui was very puzzled.
Sun Jian shook his head, "Now our top priority is to figure out the terrain of Qingniu Mountain as soon as possible=, that Chen Xiaobei is very important to us."
"As long as we understand the topographic map of Qingniu Mountain, we can take away all the Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng here, bring them to the capital, and present them to the national master."
Upon hearing this, Degui couldn't help but get excited. He chuckled and said, "Yes, yes, brother is right. The Imperial Master will reward us with at least a few hundred taels of silver."
After saying this, everyone laughed in unison.
When Chen Xiaobei returned home carrying a large bag of Houttuynia cordata, the sky turned dark.
Lidong had been waiting there for a long time. When he saw him coming, he stood up hurriedly.
"Brother Xiaobei, you are back."
Cui Hongyu stepped forward and took the baggage from Chen Xiaobei's shoulder, "Husband, Brother Lidong has been waiting for you for a long time and said we would discuss starting work tomorrow."
Xiaobei took advantage of the situation and sat down under the big locust tree. At this time, Chen Qiaoer very obediently brought a bowl of water out of the house and handed it to Chen Xiaobei, "Brother, drink water."
Chen Xiaobei took the bowl with a smile, drank it all in one gulp, and gently touched Chen Qiaoer's little head, "Qiaoer is so good, go and play aside!"
Seeing Chen Qiaoer like this, Lidong couldn't help but feel envious in his heart. His two girls were as good as wood, if only they could be half as good as Chen Qiaoer.
At this time Chen Xiaobei spoke.
"Brother Lidong, you can do whatever you want to start the work tomorrow. I'll make this house stronger at two o'clock, replace the thatched roof with a tile roof, and build the courtyard wall to be at least two people high."
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Lidong nodded and agreed, "Okay, then everything will be as you said. In addition, you and Qiao'er have to find a place to stay temporarily for a few days. I'm afraid my home will be..."
Chen Xiaobei secretly sighed that the house given by Dachun was really suitable, otherwise he would have had the shamelessness to stay at his house.
He pointed to the west courtyard wall and said, "Tear down a section of this courtyard wall for me, and I will live at Brother Dachun's house."
Lidong looked surprised, "Is this suitable?"
Chen Xiaobei nodded, "It's appropriate. Before I left, Dachun told me to tear down this wall so that we could become a family and help him look after the house and yard on weekdays."
"By the way, he also said that the wall of his house would be raised when the time comes."
Lidong was of course very happy, and the courtyard wall was raised, which would allow him to work for two more days, and make a lot of money.
After seeing off the beginning of winter, Chen Xiaobei made two more cement flower pots and planted ginseng. Cui Hongyu couldn't help but smile when she saw him busy here.
"Husband, it takes many years for ginseng to be harvested. I'm afraid your potted plant..."
Of course Chen Xiaobei understood what Hong Yu meant. Potted plants are time-consuming and labor-intensive, and if you don't take care of them properly, you may be in vain.
But it’s not always a test.
After all, he went to Hulu Valley by himself, and others also went there. If he met a master with no martial ethics and pulled out all the Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng, he would be stunned.
After finishing his work, Chen Xiaobei took out the two large ginseng trees he had pulled out and asked Cui Hongyu to identify them.
Cui Hongyu screamed excitedly when she saw the first one.
"Husband, where did you find this?"
Seeing her excited look, Chen Xiaobei was secretly happy, it must be a big item of old age.
Sure enough, before he could speak, Cui Hongyu continued, "This ginseng is at least a hundred years old. It is a rare thing."
Chen Xiaobei became excited when he heard this. This was ten taels of silver.
He immediately held Cui Hongyu in his arms and couldn't help but kiss her on the cheek, "That's great, that's great. Let's give away this ginseng tree. It's worth twenty taels."
This sudden move made Cui Hongyu blush. Fortunately, it was dark at night.
Chen Qiao'er, who was standing next to her, saw her and couldn't help but clapped her hands and shouted, "Shame, Diudidu, brother is not shy."
Chen Xiaobei deliberately kept a straight face, stepped forward, grabbed Qin Qiaoer, and lifted her into the air.
"If you dare to say something wrong with me, I won't spank you."
Chen Qiaoer used her hands and feet to flap in mid-air, "Sister-in-law, please save me, sister-in-law, please save me soon."
Cui Hongyu's face also darkened, "No matter, no matter, who wants you to talk nonsense?"
Chen Qiaoer obviously did not expect that Cui Hongyu, who had always been very protective of her, would say this, and she immediately felt aggrieved.