The male protagonist falls in love with me again

Chapter 117: The Male Lead in the Imperial Examination: Selling Ginseng

The system said it would not help you, but the next day, when Li Xiaoyao went to the mountain to pick wild fruits, it still spoke out to remind Li Xiaoyao.

[Host, there are two ginseng trees one hundred meters away from you.]

When Li Xiaoyao heard this, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Where? Where?! Show me the way!"

[Ten points. 】

Li Xiaoyao: ...

Dog system! Lost points?!

"Okay! Change!"

[OK, the route map has been sent successfully.]

As soon as the system finished speaking, a map appeared in Li Xiaoyao's mind, and a red line appeared on the ground. As long as he followed the red line, he would reach his destination.

Li Xiaoyao was so excited that he wanted to go find the ginseng immediately, but when he saw Lin Qu working nearby, he realized that he couldn't just leave like that.

So, he tugged at Lin Qu, who was digging spring bamboo shoots, pretended to be pitiful, and said in a soft voice, "Brother Lin Qu, I need to pee."

When Lin Qu heard this, he immediately stopped what he was doing, looked at Li Xiaoyao with concern and said, "Okay, brother will go with you."

Li Xiaoyao quickly waved her hands to refuse, with a hint of shyness and anxiety on her face, and said, "No, no, brother, I will be back soon, you wait here for me."

Lin Qu was a little confused, but seeing Li Xiaoyao's determined expression, he nodded and instructed: "Okay, then go quickly and come back soon. If you need anything, call brother loudly."

Li Xiaoyao nodded obediently, then quickly ran in the direction indicated by the red line.

As he ran, he secretly felt lucky that Lin Qu was so easy to talk to.

If he were a milkmaid, she would definitely watch him pee.

……

After carefully digging the ginseng out of the soil, Li Xiaoyao's face was full of shock.

"Tongzi, are you sure this is ginseng? Why is it so small? I think it weighs only a few taels at most."

【Host, just be content. 】

[Seven liang is ginseng, eight liang is treasure.]

[These two together weigh almost a pound, which is quite valuable.]

[It takes at least a hundred years to grow into a mature ginseng.]

[Host, you are truly hopelessly stupid.]

Li Xiaoyao couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. Okay, he admitted that he was ignorant.

But you can't blame him. He has never been exposed to these things, so how would he know so much? Apart from spending money, he is not interested in anything else.

Li Xiaoyao put the ginseng in the basket and went happily to meet Lin Qu.

Seeing his younger brother, Lin Qu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now, his brother didn't come back and he thought something had happened.

Lin Qu walked over and took Li Xiaoyao by the hand, saying seriously, "Brother, you are not allowed to run around anymore."

Li Xiaoyao blinked his big eyes and nodded obediently.

Lin Qu: "Brother, you are so good. We should go back now."

"Okay~" Li Xiaoyao responded sweetly.

As soon as he got home, Li Xiaoyao was like a happy little deer, jumping and skipping to find his grandma with ginseng in his hand.

"Nut~nut~"

"I dug up some radishes. My little one wants to eat radishes tonight~"

When Old Mrs. Chen heard her grandson's silver bell-like cry, she immediately responded with a smile: "Okay, okay, let's have radishes tonight."

When Old Mrs. Chen turned around and saw what her grandson was holding, she couldn't help but gasp. She quickly carried Li Xiaoyao and the ginseng into her room.

Old Chen smelled the unique scent of ginseng, looked at it carefully, and finally confirmed that it was ginseng.

When the village chief's wife had a difficult delivery, it was like she had been to the gates of hell. It was because she fed the ginseng that she was able to give birth to the child smoothly, as if a dead tree came back to life in spring.

It was she who fed the baby the ginseng at that time. Because she had never seen ginseng before, she sniffed it secretly. She remembered the smell as clearly as if it was engraved in her bones.

Thinking of the value of ginseng, Mrs. Chen's face was full of smiles. She couldn't help but hug Li Xiaoyao tightly in her arms and rubbed him vigorously: "My dear baby! You are really the lucky star of our family!"

Li Xiaoyao was held so tightly by his grandmother that he was a little breathless, but he still grinned and said, "Hehe~ Grandma is right, Xiaoyao is the lucky star."

Old Chen: "Yes, yes, little lucky star~"

"By the way, dear, you can't tell anyone else about digging up the radishes, okay? Especially your mother, you must not tell her." Old Mrs. Chen suddenly reminded him as if she remembered something.

Li Xiaoyao nodded obediently, patted his chest and promised: "Grandma, don't worry, I won't tell anyone, not even Brother Lin Qu."

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen smiled even more happily and patted Li Xiaoyao's head: "Okay, okay, your good baby is the best~"

……

The next morning, just as the sky was getting light, Old Chen hurried into the city, carrying a ginseng as if it were a rare treasure.

She had to keep one of the two ginsengs in case of emergency, because at a critical moment, it could be a panacea that could save a life!

The price in the town was too low, so she had to go to the county town to sell it.

The doctor in the city was really generous. He gave her one hundred and twenty taels for one ginseng!

Old Chen had never seen so much silver in her life. On the way back, she held the silver tightly in her pocket with a tense face, as if she was not holding silver but a bomb that could explode at any time.

As soon as Li Xiaoyao saw his grandmother coming back, he immediately ran towards her like a happy little bird.

"Grandma, did you buy some meat?"

Looking at her grandson's expectant eyes, Mrs. Chen smiled and nodded, saying, "Of course I bought some. Grandma also bought some candy. Come back to the house with grandma, my dear grandson."

"Yeah, milk is the best."

Although he was the most favored child in the family, he always ate the most delicious food.

But his family was poor, and the so-called good things were just eggs. Apart from occasionally having some bacon, he ate fresh meat very rarely.

After returning to the house, Old Mrs. Chen performed magic tricks, not only producing candies for her grandson, but also cakes. The quantity was not much, only five pieces.

She couldn't bear to eat a bite herself, so she fed Li Xiaoyao a piece and whispered in his ear, "My dear, come to the milk room to eat cakes tomorrow night. Remember, don't tell anyone else."

Li Xiaoyao nodded repeatedly like a well-behaved little rabbit: "Okay~"

In fact, even if he told others, it would be useless. He knew Mrs. Chen and she would not share the cakes.

Alas, another day of enjoying delicious food alone.

Fortunately, every child in the Tang family got a share, and Li Xiaoyao had a particularly good harvest. Old Mrs. Chen gave him a full ten.

Amid the envious gazes of others, Li Xiaoyao hid the candy like a little squirrel.

There is meat to eat tonight, and he will take out the candy and share it with others tomorrow.

At dinner, the whole family enjoyed the meal very much.

Although there wasn't much meat, everyone in the family could get some. The sisters had two pieces in their bowls, Lin Qu and the adults had three pieces, and his bowl was piled high, almost overflowing.

Li Xiaoyao wanted to share some with others, but was flatly refused by Old Chen.

"My dear, eat quickly. If you can't finish it today, save it for tomorrow."

Looking at Nai's determined and unquestionable expression, Li Xiaoyao nodded helplessly and started to eat with relish.