Chapter 5 Make a fortune

"Where did you get this ginseng?"

Several adults gathered around after hearing Lin Changlu's words.

"Dad, are you right? This is ginseng?"

Lin Darong looked at this inconspicuous little thing in disbelief.

"That's right. I've seen him before when I was working as a helper for a wealthy family."

"Then we will be rich. I heard that this ginseng is a rare item and should be sold for a lot of money!"

When Dalang Erlang heard that this thing was very valuable, he immediately told them everything that happened on the mountain today and about the pheasant before.

When Mrs. Pei heard this, her hand holding Ah Li trembled, and she said excitedly: "It seems that our family, Li Li, is really a little fairy! I don't know what kind of good luck our family got to encounter such a good thing."

After saying that, he even kissed Ah Li.

Lin Changlu said: "I think Lili is not an ordinary person. You have to keep your mouth shut about this matter and never reveal it in the slightest. If someone with intentions knows about it, people like us may not be able to protect you. Lili, you know?"

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Everyone else nodded vigorously, indicating that they would never mention this matter outside.

They discussed at the dinner table that they would keep the rabbit at home and take the ginseng to the county tomorrow to see how much it could sell for.

They don't know how to save it, so they might as well sell it for money as soon as possible.

Ah Li doesn't care how much money the ginseng can be sold for, she only cares about when the rabbit can be eaten.

When I fell asleep at night, I was still muttering about eating meat.

But Ms. Pei felt very distressed, thinking that her family was too poor, and her daughter was always thinking about eating meat in her dreams.

Early the next morning, before dawn, she got up and started stewing the meat.

Everyone was asleep at this time, and several families near their home thought they were dreaming when they smelled the aroma of meat.

After the meat was stewed, Pei took off the rabbit fur, cleaned the grease and put it aside. When the time came, Lin Changlu tanned the skin to make shoes for Ah Li to wear in the winter.

A Li didn't see her mother when she woke up, so she climbed down on the bench next to the bed.

"Deng Deng Deng" ran outside.

Yan was washing dishes by the well when she saw Ah Li running out without wearing shoes. He quickly wiped the water off his hands and walked over to hug her.

"Oh, my dear Lili, you're awake and you got up without even putting on your shoes."

Ah Li rubbed his eyes and hugged Yan with a smile.

"Carp is hungry."

"Okay, let's eat right away. Mom has stewed the meat early in the morning and is waiting for you to wake up and eat it!"

Mrs. Yan was pregnant and could not hold her for too long, so she placed her at the table and asked her to sit and wait.

Ah Li would be very happy every time she ate a new food. Knowing that she could eat it, Pei simply stewed the two rabbits together, leaving a big bowl full of meat for her.

Ah Li finished his meal and ran around behind Yan like a follower.

In the afternoon, Lin Darong and Lin Errong came back from the county.

Let Dalang go to the fields to call Lin Changlu and Pei back.

As soon as they got home, before they had time to wash their hands, they were dragged into the house by Lin Laoer and asked the younger ones to watch at the door.

"Father, mother, do you know how much this ginseng sold for?"

"Looking at you like this, you should sell a lot!"

"Sold for a hundred taels."

"What! One hundred taels."

Lin Changlu and Mr. Pei both opened their mouths in surprise.

Lin Darong took a sip of water and continued: "We went to Xinglin Hall. The old doctor there said that the weather was bad and they could only give out eighty taels. Unexpectedly, we happened to meet the Cheng family, a wealthy family in the county, who needed ginseng, so they just gave it out.

I bought ginseng for a hundred taels."

"A hundred taels is quite a lot. We have to keep our mouths shut about this matter."

Then Lin Darong took out five twenty-tael silver ingots from his pocket and placed them on the table.

"Father, mother, the money is all here, you can put it away!"

It was also the first time for Zhang and Yan to see so much silver. They stared at the money with good eyesight, but there was no trace of greed.

Mrs. Pei thought for a while and said: "We have this money thanks to Li Li. My idea is to leave forty taels to Li Li and save them for dowry, and the remaining sixty taels for household use. What do you think?

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Lin Darong was the first to express his stance, "I agree."

Mrs. Zhang glanced at her man and felt a little dissatisfied. She wondered how a girl could use so much money for a dowry.

But she didn't dare to say it, so she could only express her agreement.

Lin Errong and Yan Shi loved A Li as if they were their own daughters, and they immediately agreed.

There is less need to say more about the others.

For them, this was like getting rich overnight, and everyone had a smile on their face.

Ah Li was hugged by Mrs. Pei, and seeing everyone laughing, she also enjoyed herself.

Lin Errong saw Ah Li suddenly remembering something and quickly took out a paper bag from his lapel.

"I almost forgot, we didn't take the bullock cart today, so we saved the coins and bought a pack of candy for Lili."

"You are a decent brother, and you know you feel sorry for your sister, but don't save those few pennies in the future. You are my children too, and I feel equally distressed, do you understand?"

Lin Darong and Lin Errong felt a little embarrassed when they heard what Pei said.

"I know, mother."

Lin Errong took out a small piece of candy from the paper bag and fed it to Ah Li's mouth.

This was another time when she tasted something different. Her eyes lit up and she liked it so much.

Just when she was enjoying herself, she saw Saburo and Shiro lying by the door, swallowing their saliva.

So he picked up the paper bag containing the candy on the table and slid it off Mr. Pei's body.

Then walked towards the door.

Ah Li picked out large pieces of candy from the paper bag and gave them to the four men.

Dalang Erlang felt that he was an adult and could not compete with children for food, so he did not reach out to take it.

Ah Li curled her lips, tears welling up in her eyes, as if she was crying for them if they didn't want her.

The two boys were also afraid that Ah Li would cry, so they quickly took the candy and put it in their mouths, puffing up their cheeks and smiling and narrowing their eyes.

Ah Li also laughed, she was happy when everyone was happy.

The adults in the room didn't expect that Ah Li could be so sensible at such a young age, and they were so soft-hearted.

No one knew that their family was rich, so they all pretended to be as normal as usual.

A month later, people in the village have basically returned to normal life after the flood.

The former school in the village was in disrepair and was washed away by floods. The village chief is worried about this matter.

Their Taohua Village is an hour's ride away from the county by bullock cart, and the schools in the county are so expensive that ordinary people like them who rely on farming can't even afford to go to school.

Unexpectedly, someone is now willing to provide money to rebuild the school, and a master will come to teach. This makes the whole Taohua Village excited.

Lin Changlu's worries were finally resolved, and his family now believed from the bottom of their hearts that Ah Li was really their family's lucky star, a little fairy sent to them by God.
Chapter completed!