Chapter 5 Let's dig for ginseng!
Chapter 5 Let's dig for ginseng!
When they reached the foot of the mountain, Xia Mo started walking into the mountains.
"Little sister..."
"Third Brother, we're already at the foot of the mountain, shall we walk a few steps into the mountains?" Xia Mo followed the mountain path she had made and walked into the mountains.
Xia Sange touched the wood-chopping knife at his waist. He carried the knife with him so he could protect his little sister!
As they approached the deep mountain area marked with red cloth, Xia Sange once again blocked Xia Mo's path.
"Little sister, we can't go any further. There are wolves, wild boars, and other wild beasts in the deep mountains of our village. It's very dangerous," Xia Sange said nervously, standing in front of Xia Mo. Facing the deep mountains, he could almost hear the howls of wolves and the roars of beasts. His hands were sweating with nervousness.
“Okay,” Xia Mo nodded, turned a corner, stopped beside a tree that had grown for who knows how many years and was as thick as three people could hug, squatted down, and took out a small hoe.
"Little sister?" Xia Sange followed closely beside Xia Mo, his eyes scanning the surroundings warily, as if a ferocious beast might leap out at any moment. He was so frightened that his palms and back were covered in cold sweat, and he dared not relax for a moment.
Xia Mo took out the small hoe she had brought and began digging at the tree roots.
"Little sister?"
To Xia Sange, the spot Xia Mo had dug was just a thick pile of leaves.
But in Xia Mo's divine vision, she saw a three-hundred-year-old ginseng plant a foot (thirty-three centimeters) below the soil.
Xia Sange kept looking around, urging in a low, suppressed voice, "Little sister, let's hurry back to the village."
Xia Sange was so nervous that he could hear his own heart pounding like a drum in his ears.
Xia Mo had already dug up some ginseng heads and waved to Xia Sange: "Third Brother, look what this is!"
Xia Sange didn't recognize ginseng at all. Looking at the exposed corner, he said, "Little sister, what are you doing digging up tree roots?"
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Xia Mo whispered, "A deity appeared in my dream and told me there's a ginseng here. I want to see if the deity is right."
"Little little sister!"
Xia Sange was a beat slow to react, and when he finally realized what was happening, he stammered with surprise and shock.
Xia Sange trusted Xia Mo without hesitation, squatted down and dug together, while he kept looking around warily.
Before, he was afraid that wild beasts might jump out from the deep mountains; now he's afraid that other people will discover what they're doing.
Holding the three-hundred-year-old ginseng in his hand, Xia Sange still felt a sense of unreality. He hurriedly tore off a piece of his clothes, wrapped the ginseng in it, and put it in his pocket.
Brother Xia hadn't forgotten how close this place was to the deep mountains, and urged, "Little sister, let's hurry back to the village."
"it is good."
With her goal achieved, Xia Mo's eyes crinkled into a smile.
* * *
At dusk—
Anjia Village, Xiajia Village—
The four of them—Xia's father, Xia's mother, Xia's eldest brother, and Xia's second brother—dragged their weary steps into the house.
The moment they stepped through the gate of the courtyard, Xia's father and the others forced themselves to appear relaxed.
Xia Mo mysteriously handed a small cloth bag to Xia's father and the others.
At this moment, Xia Mo never imagined that Xia's father and the others would not recognize the true nature of Ren Shen.
It led to a heartwarming yet slightly comical little joke.
"Father, Mother, Eldest Brother, Second Brother, look what this is," Xia Mo spread out her hands so that her father and the others could see it.
Xia's mother asked, "Mo Mo, why are you digging up grass roots?"
“MoMo, if you want this kind of grass root, I’ll go to the mountains to dig it up for you next time,” Brother Xia said.
When Xia Mo heard her mother ask her a question, she paused for a moment, then turned to look at her father, eldest brother, and second brother. Seeing that the three of them had the same reaction as her mother, she chuckled.
"Father, Mother, Eldest Brother, Second Brother, let me tell you what this is," Xia Mo said mysteriously, half-covering her face and whispering, "It's ginseng."
Although Xia's parents believed in Xia Mo without hesitation, ginseng wasn't something that could be found so easily, and besides...
"Xia Qiusheng!"
Xia's father was furious. He put down his hoe, picked up a broom, and asked, "You took your little sister and ran off to the mountains?!"
Xia Sange was shocked by his parents' reaction after they found out it was ginseng. He jumped up like a rabbit in fright, his heart trembling.
Xia Mo felt a surge of warmth in her heart. Her decision to use forbidden techniques to forcibly travel back in time was the right one.
“I tried to stop her, but my little sister is cooped up at home all day. I was afraid she would get bored, so I took her for a walk at the foot of the mountain. But when we got there, she said, ‘We’re already at the foot of the mountain, why don’t we walk in the mountains?’ Then she started to walk deeper into the mountains. I stopped her, and we didn’t go into the deep mountains,” Xia Sange replied in a low sob. He was really afraid that his father would beat him.
Xia's father looked at Xia Mo with a mixture of helplessness and doting affection.
"MoMo wants to go for a walk in the mountains. Next time, invite your father, your eldest brother, and your second brother, okay?" Xia's father couldn't bear to scold Xia Mo and coaxed her gently with kind words.
Xia Mo nodded obediently.
Inside the Xia Family Hall—
The door to the main room was tightly closed, and those who wanted to watch could no longer hear any sound, but they were extremely curious. Why were Xia's father and the others being so mysterious?
"Why does Momo think this is ginseng?" Xia's father asked softly.
Xia Mo said, "The immortal in my dream said he wanted to take me as his disciple. I didn't believe it. Then the immortal in my dream told me where I could dig up ginseng, and then I dug it up."
Xia's father, mother, eldest brother, second brother, and third brother stared wide-eyed in astonishment at Xia Mo, but no one doubted what Xia Mo said.
“Our daughter is so lucky,” Xia’s mother said, reaching out to embrace Xia Mo.
"The doctors all said that we would have to take good care of our daughter for the rest of her life. After taking the medicine prescribed by the gods, and after ten doses, our Momo is all better," Xia's father said with a simple and honest chuckle.
Brother Xia, Second Brother Xia, and Third Brother Xia also firmly believed this.
Xia Mo was actually a little sad and disappointed. She wanted to cultivate with her family, but she found that... none of her family members had any affinity for immortality.
Therefore, she will cherish her family even more!
She wants to protect her family so they can live a worry-free life!
Early the next morning—
The Xia family entered the county town.
The villagers, who were also heading to the county town early that morning, couldn't resist their curiosity and secretly glanced at Xia's father and the others, whispering among themselves.
"What's going on with Xia Mo's family?! Why did the whole family go to the county town?!"
Their voices were so soft they were barely audible, like the buzzing of mosquitoes. Xia's father and the others couldn't hear them, but Xia Mo possessed astonishing spiritual power, which she could control at will. If she wanted to listen, she only needed to release a tiny bit of her spiritual power to hear the conversations of those around her.
* * *
Inside the Jishi Jiren Hall in Anping County—
As summer ended, they stood in front of the pharmacy. Xia Mo's appearance attracted the attention of many people, who stopped to look.
Xia's father, mother, eldest brother, second brother, and third brother nervously surrounded Xia Mo in the center, trying their best to block others' view.
Xia Mo was a beautiful and lovely child from a young age, and she was already showing signs of becoming a beauty. Whenever she was taken to the county town, she would be targeted by human traffickers or child traffickers seven out of ten times.
Xia's father and the others were somewhat frightened.
This time, the whole family had to come together before we dared to bring it out, but the whole family was still incredibly nervous.
Xia Mo smiled playfully at her family, temporarily applying a special ability to her face. She used only a tiny bit of soul power on her face, which caused her to lose sight due to an evil thought, and then disappeared.
She was using the most rudimentary illusion technique in the cultivation world.
Those who see her for the first time will be immediately struck by her beauty. But those with evil intentions will only see an ordinary-looking girl when they see her a second time. Only those without evil thoughts will not see any change in her appearance.
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