All the members are good people, only the host is a pervert

Too lazy to listen to the villagers' gossip, Lin Ruan took Chi Wenning on a detour. When the two finally reached the cave where Lin Ruan had hidden his things, it was already bright and the sun was halfway up.

"Wife, you are not lying to me, are you? Where can I see a cave nearby?" Chi Wen Ning looked around curiously, and then asked Lin Ruan.

"If it's so easy to see, then what am I hiding?" Lin Ruan smiled, then gestured for Chi Wenning to follow him. Then, they twisted and turned and came to the bottom of a steep cliff. Chi Wenning watched Lin Ruan put his hand into the crack on the cliff, scratching left and right, and suddenly, a crack slowly appeared in the stone that seemed flawless. Lin Ruan gritted his teeth and pushed the stone away, then turned to Chi Wenning and said, "Okay, let's go in."

The stone cave was very spacious, with holes drilled in the surrounding walls, and candles placed inside. Lin Ruan took out a tinder and lit the candles, and the cave suddenly became much brighter.

Chi Wenning looked at the dozens of neatly arranged oil-paper packages and asked blankly, "Wife, are these the herbs you found?"

Lin Ruan said, "Yes, but I didn't pick those that were light and took up space. The ones I wrapped were the ones I thought were worth keeping. You'll see when you open them."

Seeing that Chi Wenning didn't move, Lin Ruan walked over with him, opened the packages one by one, and introduced them: "These five packages are Clematis chinensis, these three packages are Asarum, these six packages are Ligusticum chuanxiong, these two packages are Sophora flavescens, these five packages are Schisandra chinensis, and the remaining packages," she lowered her voice and said: "I was lucky to find a ginseng bush, and these seven packages are all ginseng."

Chi Wen Ning subconsciously covered his mouth with his eyes wide open.

What? Ginseng?

Lin Ruan nodded confidently. It was hilarious! If she hadn't checked the system to confirm that Weizhou, where they were now, was close to Liaoning, she wouldn't have dared to repeat the reasons from the last world in this one.

Lin Ruan even boldly took out three wild ginsengs weighing nearly a pound. He talked about it so impressively, but they were just three ginsengs that were more than two hundred years old.

However, unless planted in space, the lifespan of ginseng is only four to five hundred years, and those that can grow to more than two hundred years are rare. It is a bit exaggerated that one ginseng can be exchanged for a house in Beijing, but it is more than enough to exchange for a two-story house in Weizhou City.

Lin Ruan pointed at the seven oil-paper packages and said, "These three packages are for individual ginseng, probably over two hundred years old. These two packages each contain two ginseng sticks, which are about a hundred years old. The remaining two packages are for ginseng that are several decades old, with three sticks in each package."

The older the ginseng is, the more expensive it is. Those under fifty years old basically exchange for thirty-five taels of silver, that is, one ounce of ginseng can be exchanged for thirty-five taels of silver. Those between fifty years old and one hundred years old can exchange for fifty taels of silver, while those over one hundred years old can exchange for one hundred taels of silver, and those over one hundred and fifty years old can exchange for two hundred taels of silver. Lin Ruan calculated that these three two-hundred-year-old ginsengs could earn at least three or four hundred taels of silver, if not five hundred. So he had a source of silver.

Chi Wenning was completely stunned, and only woke up when Lin Ruan began to put the oil-paper bags into his backpack. "Wife, my dear wife, are we going to the county town today just to sell ginseng?" he asked haltingly.

Lin Ruan smiled and shook his head, saying, "Songyang County is too small, so I can't sell them for much. Next year, when I go to the capital to take the exam for the scholar degree, I will take them to the capital and sell them there. Then we can buy a house in the capital and live there from now on."

"Going to the prefectural capital?" Chi Wenning had no attachment to Songyang County. He simply asked, "Aren't you coming back?"

Lin Ruan said: "I won't be back except to visit my mother's grave."

Seeing all the herbs in the backpack, Chi Wen Ning felt more at ease. He didn't care that every time Lin Ruan came back for the past two months, she would come back drunk, beat and scold him, and plunder the family's money and belongings, her body exuding the rich and cheap perfume of a brothel.

At this moment, his logic was completely consistent. He thought that his wife had to act like this in the past two months just to save her life. Picking, drying, and packing so many medicinal herbs definitely could not be done in a day or two. She must have been busy in the mountains day and night.

"Okay, it's loaded. Is it heavy? Give me the backpack." Lin Ruan didn't wait for Chi Wen Ning to refuse. He picked up the backpack and called Chi Wen Ning, saying, "Let's go. Pick some wild vegetables to cover it on the way down the mountain so that others won't see it."

"I understand, my wife," Chi Wenning said. He was thinking the same thing. It was already autumn, and there were few fresh and tender wild vegetables on the roadside. Chi Wenning didn't pick and chose, picking them all, whether they were tender or old, and covered the basket tightly.

When they got home, Lin's father had already gotten up. He had also changed into new clothes, but he chose a short-sleeved coarse cloth set and did not wear a crown. He just tied his hair up with a branch.

"Dad, are you awake? Don't rush to drink the porridge yet. The wild vegetables on the mountain are too old to be eaten. I'll go to the room and get you two hundred yuan. Go and exchange it with the villagers for some cabbage and eggs."

After saying this, she didn't even put down her backpack. She went straight back to her room, took out three taels of silver and one tael of silver from the cabinet, and handed them to Lin's father. She said softly, "This one tael of silver and one tael of silver is for your private money, Dad. In the future, your daughter can also copy books or write letters to make money, so don't worry, Dad."

Father Lin took the money in a daze, his eyes reddened as if he was reminiscing about something. He whispered, "When your mother was still alive, she would give me two hundred yuan every month to buy snacks. I never thought that even in my old age, I would still receive money from my daughter."

After saying this, Father Lin wiped his eyes and said with a smile, "Okay, Dad will go right away. You two don't have to rush to eat. Take a break and wait for Dad to change some dishes."

After Lin's father left, Chi Wenning helped Lin Ruan take out the wild vegetables from the backpack and put them in the donkey's stone trough. There was still some hay in the trough, which was probably put in by Lin's father earlier. Lin Ruan thought about it and felt that he had to buy some more bran for the donkey to eat.

She took out the ginseng from the backpack and put the rest of the ginseng into the donkey cart along with the backpack. Chi Wenning carefully carried the oil-paper bag to the bedroom and placed the ginseng in the innermost part of the wardrobe.

After putting it away, Lin Ruan also took out a hundred coins and one ounce of silver and gave them to Chi Wenning, saying with a smile: "I'll buy the bulk for you, and save this little money for you to buy snacks and other things. From now on, your wife will give you money to spend every month."

Lin Ruan felt that what he gave was not a small amount. In "Dream of the Red Chamber", twenty taels of silver were enough for the food expenses of Liu Laolao's family of four for a year, and the monthly allowance of the young ladies in the Duke's Mansion was only two taels of silver.

Chi Wenning looked at the money in his hand helplessly. He said, "No need, my wife. I don't have anything to spend money on. You should keep it for Daddy."

Lin Ruan forced it into his hand, "What I said is for you, so keep it. My father will naturally have his share."

Seeing that Chi Wen Ning still refused to accept it, she deliberately put on a stern face and asked, "Don't tell me it's too little?"

Chi Wenning had no choice but to accept it, "Thank you, my wife."

As he was speaking, Father Lin had already entered the yard. Chi Wenning heard Father Lin's voice and quickly put the money into the cabinet, lowered his head and went out to the kitchen to help Father Lin.

After the three of them had finished their meal, Lin Ruan picked out a shoulder bag from the closet that matched his outfit, and then took Chi Wen Ning with him on a donkey cart to the county. After paying the city entrance fee, Lin Ruan did not park the donkey cart outside the city, but drove directly into the city.

They first arrived at Baozhitang in the county. Chi Wenning didn't get off the car, but handed the backpack to Lin Ruan. Lin Ruan took the backpack into the clinic and said with a smile: "Sister, are you buying herbs? They are all prepared and good herbs." She handed the backpack forward and said: "Look, they are all packed."

The waiter, naturally unable to make a decision, quickly went to call the doctor over. After opening each packet and carefully examining it, the doctor smiled with satisfaction and nodded, saying, "Excellent preparation! Quick, bring the scales and weigh them. We'll take them all."

The oil-paper packages varied in size, but each contained one jin (1.5 jin) of herbs. Among them, there were five jin of Clematis root, three jin of Asarum, six jin of Ligusticum chuanxiong, two jin of Sophora flavescens, and five jin of Schisandra chinensis, for a total of seventeen jin (17 jin). Ultimately, these herbs were sold for a total of one hundred and thirty-two taels of silver and seven hundred coins.

Lin Ruan took the silver and casually said that if he had any more good herbs next time, he would definitely send them here, and then left. When Chi Wenning saw that the backpack that Lin Ruan had put on the car was empty, the heavy stone that had been hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground.