manynovel Chapter 122 Want money rather than life
Chapter 122 Want money rather than life
Jiang Youzhen was a little touched, and told him to be careful, and then began to speed up.
I calculated in my mind that there were probably about 170 or 80 plants, and some of them were not small. They were at least four or five years old and quite thick.
The backpack on his back was very heavy. Although it was full of silver, it still hurt Jiang Youzhen's shoulders.
It was too heavy, which affected Jiang Youzhen's climbing speed. She slowed down and could only move a little bit into the space.
When Jiang Youzhen was picking them just now, she even took some roots with her to see if they could survive. After all, she had a mixture that was effective for ginseng, not to mention dendrobium.
"Let's speed up! It's going to be dark soon." Jiang Youzhen looked up, luckily it was not far above.
When Jiang Youzhen climbed up and lay on the solid ground, she took a few deep breaths. This money was really worth her life.
It feels so good to be down to earth! Jiang Youzhen didn't rest for long, and turned around to pull up Gao Shuisheng who was still below.
He was already out of strength, and it was already great that he could hold on until now. If Jiang Youzhen hadn't been encouraging him and letting him use his own strength, he wouldn't have been able to climb up relying on Gao Shuisheng alone!
Gao Shuisheng was sweating all over, half because of fear and half because of exhaustion. He lay on his back on the ground, breathing heavily, and his whole body was shaking, and he couldn't exert any strength at all.
"We have to get down the mountain quickly. If a tiger comes, we won't be able to get down the mountain." Jiang Youzhen did not forget that it was a tiger that chased them here before. If she encounters it again, she really won't have much energy to deal with the tiger.
Gao Shuisheng struggled to get up after hearing this. He glanced at the bottom of the tiankeng and said, "I didn't expect that we could actually climb up."
"Let's go!" Jiang Youzhen pulled Gao Shuisheng up, looked around, but was a little confused.
"Then let's go!" Gao Shuisheng still held on, ready to leave with Jiang Youzhen.
However, Jiang Youzhen paused, "I don't know where to go! I have never been here before."
Gao Shuisheng looked at Jiang Youzhen with contempt, then pointed in a direction and said, "When we climbed up just now, the sun was setting in the west, and the village is in the east. We just need to keep going in the opposite direction of the sun."
"Of course I know we are going in that direction, but after we go in, I won't be able to figure out the direction, so I still have to make marks!" Jiang Youzhen's face looked unnatural. He didn't expect that this kid could be so smart this time.
"Jirang? Jilang! Where are you?"
"Erlang! Erlang, your mother is calling you to come home for dinner!"
"Shuisheng, Shuisheng, where have you been?"
Jiang Youzhen and Gao Shuisheng finally found the way down the mountain. Fortunately, they didn't encounter any danger along the way. The two didn't dare to delay. If they stayed in the mountains at night, it would be like hanging themselves and seeking death.
Just when the two reached the outskirts and saw the familiar scenery and breathed a sigh of relief, they suddenly heard many people calling them.
"I seem to hear the voices of my father and sister." Gao Shuisheng couldn't stop crying when he heard their voices. He just felt wronged. He was really too tired and scared. Now that he had survived the disaster, he couldn't help it.
"My parents seem to be here too, and I can also hear the voices of my fourth sister and others." Jiang Youzhen was eager to go home when he heard his family calling him.
Shen walked tremblingly. She didn't dare to think about what had happened to Erlang who had not returned home yet.
They went to town today and came back just in time to cook dinner. But when the meal was ready, Erlang and Shuisheng were nowhere to be seen.
After asking Gao Shan and his daughter, they said that Erlang asked them to go to the mountain and then go directly to the headman's house to study without waiting for her to eat.
When they left, Shuisheng followed them. The two thought they went to the headman's house and didn't pay much attention to it, because sometimes Jiang Youzhen would also eat at the headman's house.
After waiting for a while for the meal to be ready, Gao Shan went to the village head's house to ask, only to find out that the two men had not gone to the village head's house today.
Shen was already at a loss at the moment. Erlang was a stubborn person, and she thought that Erlang must have gone into the mountains.
"Aunt, don't panic. I'll take some people in to check." Tong Huaian saw that Shen could no longer walk, and hurried to comfort her.
He has martial arts skills, so he can protect himself in the mountains. Now it is certain that Jiang Youzhen has gone into the mountains, otherwise he would not have come out for so long.
"Dad, Mom! We are back!" Jiang Youzhen's figure suddenly appeared with the voice. When Shen saw her, she took two steps at a time, rushed forward and hugged Jiang Youzhen.
"Where have you been, kid? Tell me, did you go into the mountains?"
Shen slapped Jiang Youzhen's arm, making her grimace. She also had injuries on her body, but she didn't notice them just now. Now it really hurts!
"No, why would I go into the mountains? I just saw a kind of medicinal herb and found a large area of it, so I asked Shuisheng to pick it together. There are too many, we can't pick them all, and it's not easy to pick, so it takes some time. I didn't pay attention, and I didn't expect that it would take a whole day."
Jiang Youzhen said as he took down the backpack from his back and brought it in front of Shen.
At first, Shen didn't believe it, but when she saw the herbs in the basket, she immediately believed it.
"Mom! This kind of herb costs five cents per pound, which is not cheap. It's a pity that I have picked them all. Don't make a fuss, or everyone in the village will go to pick them. How can there be so much to pick?" Jiang Youzhen said mysteriously.
"You scared us to death. Even if we are picking herbs, we can't leave without going home!" Shen breathed a sigh of relief. She checked Jiang Youzhen from head to toe and found that there was nothing wrong with him. Only then did she feel relieved.
Jiang Fugui and his three sisters also gathered around and started to criticize Jiang Youzhen one after another.
"Did you find it? Erlang, you can't do this again in the future. What kind of herbs did you pick? Are they valuable? Why haven't you had time to go home and tell us?" someone asked curiously, and even came up to pull the backpack that Jiang Youzhen had found.
Others also stretched their necks to take a look at the herbs inside.
"Nothing! Just some common herbs. I asked the owner of the clinic and he said they were five cents a pound. I forgot when I picked them. Thank you all today. When the house is built in the spring of next year, I will treat the whole village to a feast."
Jiang Youzhen's words drew everyone's attention to the banquet, but some people still wanted to watch and pick some to sell.
Since these people didn't know him and couldn't possibly interview him anyway, Jiang Youzhen simply didn't hide it and showed it to everyone.
Gao Shan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his son. Gao Shuisheng almost cried while hugging Gao Shan, but he couldn't cry and could only suppress it.
Tong Huaian stepped forward and saw the things in the backpack, and his eyebrows immediately raised. Dendrobium officinale? As far as he knew, Dendrobium officinale was a precious medicinal herb that grew on the edge of a cliff. Jiang Youzhen must have gone deep into the mountains.
Looking at Jiang Youzhen and Gao Shuisheng's pale faces and torn clothes, they might have encountered danger today, but neither of them said it.
He did not expose Jiang Youzhen's lies. When he returned, he got close to Jiang Youzhen.
"You are so brave! You dare to pick the Dendrobium officinale on the cliff? Don't you know it's dangerous over there? You really value money over your life!"