23, ginseng
“…”
"Brother, why don't you talk?" He An came to He Ze and couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw He Ze's face clearly, "Brother, you... your nose..."
"It's okay, I accidentally hit the tree." He Ze said with a blank expression.
"Has it hit the tree?" He An twitched the corner of his mouth, looking at him with a look of no explanation, "No wonder Brother Lin asked me to cook two eggs for you... Wait, I'll cook it now, apply the hot eggs to reduce the swelling."
Before he finished speaking, He An hurried towards the kitchen, as if something was following him. When he disappeared, He Ze faintly heard two depressing smiles coming from the kitchen.
His brother's face...
He Ze looked at the kitchen and turned his head and entered the room in a flash. In the room, He Youcai rarely put down the cigarette pipe, and was holding a curved ruler in his left hand to gesture to a cabinet beside the wall.
"Dad, are your hands itchy?"
"Xiaoze?" He Youcai was awakened by He Ze's voice. He was stunned for a moment, then walked to the table and placed the ruler on the table. "Yes, my hands are itchy. I don't know when it will be better. I used to make these wooden tools at home, and I was so idle for a moment."
He Youcai's voice was a little lonely.
"Dad, don't worry, your hand will definitely be good. This is a matter of time when Dr. Xu stamped the seal." He Ze comforted him a few words.
From the pillar of the family to the "burden" he thought, Mr. He felt a lot more uncomfortable than Li's. However, he was still the backbone of the family, so he could only hold these things in his heart and hold on to them.
"I know, know, can you really be old?" He Youcai smiled and looked at He Ze, but his eyes suddenly stopped, "Aren't you going up the mountain today? What's going on with this nose?"
"...I bumped into the tree," He Ze answered a few words and immediately turned his mind, "Dad, today I have found something good on the mountain."
Seeing that He Youcai looked at him, He Ze did not answer, but just walked out of the room a few steps.
"This kid!"
He Youcai shook his head, then lifted the teapot and gave himself a cup of tea. His face was filled with a smile and his rough facial features were a little softer.
When He Ze came in with the ginseng, He Youcai was really surprised and watched it repeatedly several times, with an extremely nervous expression.
"This... did you dug it back?"
He Ze only glanced at He Youcai, and his meaning was self-evident.
"I remember that a herb collector in Liujia Village dug back a wild ginseng plant. I went to see it specially. I heard that he had sold it to the town's medicine shop for a lot of money!" He Youcai looked happy and turned to He Ze and said, "If the disaster is not over, there will be a blessing. Xiaoze, my ancestors of the He family will be open to their eyes!"
"Dad, what did you say!"
"Okay, let's not talk about it, haha..." He Youcai laughed again, "You can take this to the town tomorrow. If you sell it, I guess the money we owe will almost be able to pay it back!"
He Ze took the ginseng in his hand and looked at He Youcai's hand, which was still hanging on the cloth belt, "Dad, I don't plan to sell this. I'll cut it into slices tomorrow and put a few slices at a time for you and Am to stew the soup!"
"This is not! No, no," He Youcai waved his hand quickly, "Absolutely no, where does your body and I have this preciousness? These are all things that wealthy people eat! We can't eat it!"
"Dad, ginseng is a great tonic. If you take it, you will definitely heal quickly, right?"
“…”
"Don't you want to get better soon?" He Ze raised his eyebrows.
"Ozawa is right. My son finally got this luck and encountered it. What can we not afford to eat!"
A sound suddenly sounded at the door. He Youcai and He Ze looked over, but they didn't know when Li had already stood there.
He walked in from outside with the hem of his clothes, took the ginseng plant in He Ze's hand and sighed a few times. He turned to He Ze and said, "Xiaoze, don't worry, I'll stew this ginseng tomorrow with the pheasant. You should eat more. If your father doesn't eat it, I'll pour it into him!"
"You... are still in front of the child now! How could you do this..." He said this!
He Youcai raised his hand and hummed a few words. Seeing Li staring at him, his voice became smaller and smaller, he finally turned around.
"Okay, Em, listen to you!" He Ze's eyes rolled around the two of them, and a smile appeared on his face, "I'll go to the kitchen to see what Xiao An needs help, go out first."
When He Ze's figure disappeared from sight, Li immediately kicked the leg of the stool and sat on it. He pulled his face and stared at He Youcai. He Youcai was so weak that he saw him. After a while, he laughed, "Boy, you...what's wrong with you?"
"You asked me what's wrong? He Youcai, why didn't you think about it? Is your body important or money important? Xiaoze's intentions were ruined!" Li had a temper and did not give him any face to Dad He.
He was not angry that he refused to eat this ginseng, but that he did not take his body seriously. Looking at He Youcai's arms, Li's nose felt sore.
"I……"
"What are you? When your injury heals, our family is so harmonious that they are still afraid that they won't make the money? Besides, Ozawa is sensible now, he is no worse than you in the past!"
"Reason is this principle, that is..."
"Okay, you don't eat this ginseng, I'm planning to replenish Oze!" Before He Youcai finished speaking, Li intercepted his words, "He was injured and his body must be weak... Besides, I looked for it. This time, Xiaoze was brought up the mountain by Brother Lin's family. There was also the last time that he helped him. Lin's family's health has been in poor health, so we cut it halfway, which can be considered as repaying this favor."
"Hey! This is my job! Brother Yu saved Ozawa's life. What's the point of half of ginseng! Even if I want me to be a cow and a horse for him, I can't say half of the word "no"!"
“…Never object now?”
Li's anger came and went quickly. After hearing He Youcai's words, he gave him a angrily glance.
"No, I think this is good after hearing what you said," He Youcai said excitedly and slowly approached Li's ears. "It's still a good boy, Am's brain!"
Li blushed and immediately pushed him away and stood up, "Bah, I'm not serious!"
“…”
He Youcai looked at Li's back, looked around, and finally muttered to himself, "I'm not serious! This guy is really..."
As he said that, he smiled again on his face, took out the cigarette tube from his belt, wiped it a few times on his clothes, and used a little bit of fire to slap it out.
...
When the family finished supper, it was already the beginning of the bright moon. He Ze brought several pots of flowers by the wall into the bedroom of He Youcai and Li. The two of them thought he was on a whim and did not ask much.
The next morning, He Ze took the two pancakes prepared by Li and left the yard early.
It happened to be the third day today, and he should go to the restaurant in the town to tell Wei Quan that he would follow up.
In a blink of an eye, he arrived at the village head. When Zhao Fugui saw him, he immediately waved his hand. He Ze walked closer a few steps, and suddenly felt like a ray of light on his back.
Turning back, Lin Yu was standing not far behind him with a basket on his back, and his eyes immediately lowered his eyes.
Chapter completed!