Chapter 47: Dig a Pit, Wait for Someone to Jump

Chi Nan Yi and Chi Huai Qian were buying in the town; Chi Huai Qian didn't notice anything unusual and looked excitedly at each stall.

"Little sister, do you think this dress looks good?"

"And this hairpin."

"Look, they also sell sachets here."

Chi Nan Yi looked at him and couldn't help but smile, knowing it would earn eight taels of silver; those who didn't know would think it earned eighty or eight hundred taels.

"Third brother, let's finish buying quickly and go home!" Chi Nan Yi said with a smile, "We can't spend all our silver on these things." Although there is still a lot of gold and silver in the space, it cannot be used now; we must wait until after Minglu, otherwise it will surely bring the Chi Family a deadly disaster.

"Alright." Chi Huai Qian scratched his head, "Third brother, are you getting a bit carried away?"

Chi Nan Yi's peripheral glance looked back and recognized that the person following them was the little boy from Liu ji yao pu.

"Following them to find a place to dig for herbs?"

A slight smile curled at her lips; she had an idea.

They bought a lot of items in town this time, enough to fill two backpacks. Before getting on the carriage, Chi Nan Yi laughed and said, "Third brother, remember to stop the carriage when we reach Ma Long Po."

Chi Huai Qian didn't know what little sister intended, but since she wanted to stop, he would let her.

The little boy wasn't far away and heard their words clearly.

"Ma Long Po…"

Ma Long Po is a necessary passage from the town to Yuping Village; there is a forest there, but it is full of poisonous insects. Once someone went to dig wild vegetables and was bitten by poisonous insects four times; they died within a few days, so few people go there to pick anything now.

Arriving at Ma Long Po, Chi Nan Yi took a hoe and hurried into the forest.

Chi Huai Qian quickly grabbed her, "Little sister, there are poisonous insects there."

Wen Xiangwan laughed, "It's fine, your little sister is immune to a hundred poisons! I'll be back soon."

"No, it's too dangerous for you to go alone."

Chi Nan Yi's eyes flicked, "Third brother, actually when the carriage passed just now, I saw a Zhu Sha root on the outskirts of the forest. I dug it up and will come back, don't worry! Don't forget I know medicine; no poisonous insect can hurt me. Wait here for me to return." At that moment, her peripheral glance caught the little boy's figure; she broke free from Chi Huai Qian's hand and hurried into the woods.

Chi Huai Qian wanted to chase, but couldn't leave the carriage here; what if someone stole it? There are still two backpacks of goods on the carriage!

He could only watch helplessly as Chi Nan Yi's figure walked farther away.

Chi Nan Yi arrived at a mountain hollow, took out an ancient Zhu Sha root from the space, pretended it had just been dug from the soil, and exaggeratedly said, "Wow! Found another one; this is the best Zhu Sha root. Looks like there are plenty of good stuff in this forest! I'll come back tomorrow to dig some more."

She lifted the Zhu Sha root and was about to leave when her peripheral glance saw Third brother's sneaky figure.

Ruan Family's?

How did they also come?

Couldn't they all have gotten the idea of the Zhu Sha root?

She pretended not to see them, hoisted the Zhu Sha root, and walked toward the carriage.

The little boy hid behind a big tree, nodded satisfied, knowing where the item came from made it easy to deal with!

"What is that little girl holding in her hand?"

"I don't know! It looks like it's for taking back to start a fire."

"Start a fire? Our village's back mountain has so many dry branches, why not pick those up? You two are digging and picking here?" Zhao Huilan glanced at her two sons, "You two! Whose brain did you inherit?"

"Mother, I'm hungry, let's go back!" Ruan Dong rubbed his belly and said, "It's already noon, we still haven't got any food!"

"Yes, mother, I'm hungry too."

"Eat, eat, eat! You two only know how to eat! The household has so little grain; if we eat now, what will we have later?" Zhao Huilan, hands on hips, shouted, "I just told you to go quickly, check what the Chi Family two are doing in town, and they already came back, and we haven't even reached town yet!"

"Mother, we can't be blamed for that! We rely on two legs, the Chi Family rides a carriage, four legs." Ruan Jing looked at the carriage parked by the road, "If only our family had a carriage too."

"They also have a carriage?"

Zhao Huilan got an idea.

If we could take the Chi Family's carriage, wouldn't we have one?

"What I'm more concerned about now is what the Chi Family girl is holding in her hand, what could it be?"

At that moment, a voice came from nearby.

"That's called Zhu Sha root." The little boy from Liu ji yao pu stepped forward, eyeing the three of them, "You also want to make silver?"

"Who are you!"

The boy smiled, "I am the little boy from Liu ji yao pu in town, my name is Liu Er. As for that Zhu Sha root, if you can harvest it, you can deliver it directly to our Liu ji yao pu; regarding the money, our shopkeeper won't shortchange you."

"Zhu what root?" Ruan Dong scratched his head, "You say that thing is a medicinal herb?"

"Exactly." Liu Er looked at them and couldn't help feeling his mouth was out of line; the three of them obviously didn't understand pharmacology, not even recognizing Zhu Sha root, so why waste his words?

Liu Er turned to leave, Zhao Huilan hurriedly said, "How much is this worth in silver?"

"Fifty wen per jin."

"Fifty… fifty wen?" Zhao Huilan's eyes lit up instantly, that's a lot!

If we could sell twenty jin, wouldn't that earn a tael of silver?

"Indeed! If the quality is good, our shopkeeper can add a bit more. Have you seen that girl? She's already earned several taels of silver."

"Several taels?"

"Heavenly Lord! So much!"

The Ruan family members exchanged glances, their eyes full of greed.

Zhao Huilan saw Chi Nan Yi getting closer to the carriage, twisted her body and hurried toward the carriage.

"Chi Family's! Chi Family's!"

Chi Nan Yi deliberately slowed her pace, waiting for them to catch up.

"Chi Family girl, what are you holding in your hand?"

Chi Nan Yi turned her head toward them, hesitating and not wanting to answer.

Seeing her like that, the Ruan family members were even more convinced that the Zhu Sha root would fetch a high price.

"Chi Family girl, that's not right of you. We're relatives—close relatives. With this kind of money-making opportunity, how could you not say anything?"

"Exactly! You're really treating us like outsiders."

Chi Huai Qian watched from a distance as several people surrounded Chi Nan Yi, his brows instantly shooting up.

On closer look, those people were actually all from the Ruan Family!

Raising his horsewhip, he called out loudly, "What are you doing, what are you doing?"

"What could we be doing? Just looking at what she's holding in her hand." Ruan Dong said with a smile, "I say, Chi Family third child, you're really not being fair—secretly making a fortune all on your own isn't right."