Chapter 115 - 115 Ginseng and Ganoderma

115 Ginseng and Ganoderma

Xie Yunjin slept deeply and had no idea a needle was stabbed into him.

After the drip, Lu Jiao yawned and went to sleep in the west bedroom.

The next time, after she woke up, she heard Xie Yunjin call for her, “Lu Jiao.”

She thought he wanted water so she walked over and asked caringly, “What is it? You want water?”

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Xie Yunjin stared at Lu Jiao dimly.

Lu Jiao knew right away that he was in a bad mood. She asked hesitantly, “What happened?”

Xie Yunjin lifted his arm, showing Lu Jiao the hole in his arm. So this man was upset because he saw the hole in his arm?

Lu Jiao’s brain worked hard as she tried to figure out a way to explain this.

Xie Yunjin was not friendly when he demanded, “Tell me, why is there a needle wound on my arm? Did you stab me in the middle of the night?”

He narrowed his eyes. Why was this woman stabbing him? For revenge? But she wasn’t the original host.

Xie Yunjin couldn’t figure it out. Lu Jiao jumped on the chance to explain, “You were sleeping really deeply last night. I couldn’t wake you up no matter what. So I stabbed you with a needle.”

Xie Yunjin was skeptical, “Before, it was also you who stabbed me?”

He saw the wound on his arm last time. He thought it was done by Dr. Qi from the surgery. That didn’t seem to be the case.

Lu Jiao changed her story, “Dr. Qi was the one who told me that trick. During surgery, he used certain medicine on you. The effects of those medicines haven’t faded just yet. He told me to keep a close eye on you for three days. If you sleep too deeply, I need to stab you. You shouldn’t sleep that deeply.”

She then quickly added, “Don’t worry, Dr. Qi said it’s just for three days. The effects should dissipate soon.”

Xie Yunjin thought about it and eventually chose to believe her.

For the surgery, lots of medicine was used on him, he knew that. He also didn’t think Lu Jiao had a valid reason to hurt him. If she was who she used to be, he would be suspicious. The person she was today held no grudge against him so why would she stab him for no reason?

Xie Yunjin cleared his throat and apologized to Lu Jiao, “I thought you were stabbing me on purpose. I’m sorry.”

Lu Jiao sighed in relief. She naturally accepted his apology, “Okay. don’t be so suspicious next time.”

She then turned away, afraid of leaving behind evidence. After spending time with him, she was fully aware of how careful, smart, and scheming this man was.

He was crippled and couldn’t do much independently. Once he healed, she was sure he would become more and more capable. It was no wonder that his character progressed to the final villain.

After breakfast, the Xie villagers arrived with their own small stools. They knew Lu Jiao didn’t have enough chairs for everyone so they brought their own.

During last night’s meeting, the Village Leader had asked them to bring stools. If they didn’t, they would need to stand.

Other than those from the Xie Clan, there were also outsiders.

Every single person warmly greeted Lu Jiao, “Yunjin’s wife, have you had breakfast?”

“I think you lost a lot of weight. You’re so pretty.”

“Yunjin’s wife, the Second and Third Born look just like you.”

“Yes, yes.”

Lu Jiao greeted everyone back one by one.

Many villagers think of Lu Jiao as generous and capable now – night and day compared to who she used to be. These days, everyone was convinced that Lu Jiao was the way she was before because of Lady Ruan. Why else would she transform for the better the moment she left that household?

A lot of those infamous rumors about Lu Jiao were spread around by Lady Ruan. That woman had no credibility.

Since Lu Jiao agreed to teach, she didn’t say much to everyone. She stood at the front of her yard and scanned around. There were 80 to 90 people here today – they were all women of different ages. The number of people here was truly astonishing.

Lu Jiao cleared her throat and said to everyone, “I’m sure everyone is aware of the reason why you are here. I don’t want to waste anyone’s time so I will start with the lesson.”

Lu Jiao went to her kitchen and took out more than 10 types of medicinal herbs.

“Everyone, take a look at these leaves. Palmately compound leaves have a long stem and a dark green color. There are usually three to six whorls on one herb and five separate leaves…”

Before Lu Jiao could finish, someone shouted, “Yunjin’s wife, we don’t understand all that. Just tell us what they are.”

A lot of people nodded in agreement, “That’s right. Just tell us what they are.”

This was a wake-up call for Lu Jiao. She remembered that last time, she tried to teach Lu Gui but he didn’t understand anything. These villagers were no different from Lu Gui. No matter how much she explained, they didn’t understand what she was saying.

Lu Jiao skipped the details and went straight to it, “Look at the shape of these leaves. These are ginseng leaves.”

People started to howl, “Ginseng is very valuable!”

“Yes, ginseng is very valuable. I heard a century-old ginseng can be sold for this much.” A woman raised her two hands.

Others asked impatiently, “How much is that?”

“A hundred taels of silver.”

Everyone else wailed, “Oh my, is that true? Ginseng is that expensive?”

Aunt Guihua straight up asked Lu Jiao, “Jiaojiao, is ginseng really that expensive?”

Lu Jiao was confident when she responded, “Yes, it’s true. Even those that are 20 to 30 years old cost more than 100 taels of silver. A century-old ginseng would cost you 700 to 800 taels of silver.”

This was the market in a smaller town. If one tried to sell in a larger city, it would cost even more.

The crowd buzzed as they excitedly discussed. They were reacting as if they could dig up ginseng that old whenever they wanted.

Some people even started planning what they would buy with the money they get.

Lu Jiao was speechless. Did they think it was that easy to get ginseng?

She gestured for everyone to quiet down, “Okay, next, Ganoderma.”

Lu Jiao didn’t want to take Ganoderma from her space as educational material. So she described what a Ganoderma looked like.

“Ganoderma likes to grow in moist places, such as near the roots of a tree. Ganoderma is also very valuable. A 50-year-old Ganoderma is around 200 taels of silver.”

Again, this was the market in a small town.

The crowd buzzed again. Lu Jiao continued on to describe bupleurum chinense, “The important part of the bupleurum chinense is the root, not the leaves. Don’t get it wrong.

This is forsythia. It looks very similar to winter jasmine. Don’t get it mixed up. Forsythia is bigger in size and their stems don’t tend to droop. Winter jasmine sags easily and dangles.”