Rebirth 1978, Wife, I won't go back to the city

As she spoke, Xu Yuxuan slowly unbuttoned the belly buttons of her heavy coat and carefully took out a bulging small bag from her bosom.

She opened it gently, revealing the Gastrodia elata and Chinese yam wrapped inside.

"Take a quick look and see if what I dug up meets your requirements." Xu Yuxuan smiled and handed the bundle to Li Jingshen with both hands.

Then, as if worried that Li Jingshen would not accept her kindness, she quickly added: "As for the price, just give me whatever you want."

Li Jingshen silently stared at the pair of unusually rough hands in front of him, and this picture involuntarily emerged in his mind -

In the dead of night, when everything was silent and a biting cold wind blew by, the woman was crouching alone on the cold ground, struggling to dig out the Gastrodia elata and Chinese yam hidden deep underground.

Thinking of this, his mood suddenly became heavy, and he couldn't help but scold: "It's so dangerous to go up the mountain at night! Why can't you wait until daybreak?"

After hearing this, Xu Yuxuan smiled bitterly. She slowly lowered her head and said in a low and humble voice, "Alas, there are so many people digging for Gastrodia elata these days! I'm worried that if I go digging in broad daylight, I won't be able to find much. Besides, no one wants to stay with me. I'm afraid they'll drive me away."

Upon hearing this, Li Jingshen couldn't help but frown and asked with a worried look on his face, "If that's the case, then why didn't you go home earlier after digging? If I hadn't come out in time just now, you would have been frozen to death in this severe cold. Don't you know this?"

Xu Yuxuan still lowered her head, like a child who had made a mistake, and explained softly, "I... I was just afraid that I'd come too late, and you'd already bought enough Gastrodia elata and wouldn't accept any more from me, so I've been waiting here, not daring to leave easily."

After saying this, she secretly raised her eyes and glanced at Li Jingshen's expression.

Li Jingshen shook his head helplessly and sighed deeply.

Then he bent down, reached out and gently lifted the lid of the stove, only to see a golden and fragrant roasted sweet potato placed on the edge of the stove.

He gently took out the sweet potato and handed it to Xu Yuxuan, saying gently, "Here, take this sweet potato to fill your stomach first, don't go hungry. I'll get the scale and weigh these Gastrodia elata and Chinese yam for you."

"Thank you!" Xu Yuxuan quickly raised her head, looked at Li Jingshen gratefully, and then carefully took the steaming sweet potato with both hands.

She first gently broke the sweet potato in half, and then slowly chewed it in small bites.

I savored every bite as if it were the most delicious food in the world.

She carefully put the remaining half of the sweet potato into her arms, as if she wanted to save it for later.

Li Jingshen took out the old but extremely accurate scale with swift movements, and carefully placed the yams and gastrodia elata piled on the side onto the scale pan one by one.

He stared intently at the scale on the scale, making sure that every weight was recorded accurately.

After completing the weighing, Li Jingshen compared it with the purchase price he had promised to the villagers and carefully calculated the amount to be paid.

Then, he took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket, counted them again and again, and after confirming that there was no mistake, he confidently handed the stack of money to Xu Yuxuan who was standing beside him.

Xu Yuxuan tightly grasped the hard-earned money in both hands. Her eyes, which were already slightly red with excitement, were now moist as if water could drip out.

Hot tears swirled in her eyes, and finally rolled down her slightly pale cheeks uncontrollably, one drop after another, like pearls that had broken off the string.

Suddenly, there was a "thump" sound, and Xu Yuxuan actually fell straight to her knees.

She kept knocking her head and choked up as she said, "Thank you... Thank you... Thank you so much!"

Her voice was trembling, filled with endless gratitude.

Seeing this scene, Li Jingshen was suddenly shocked. He quickly stepped forward, stretched out his hands and helped Xu Yuxuan up from the ground.

He frowned slightly and said seriously, "Stop it! You earned this money entirely through your own hard work. There's no need to thank me like this."

Xu Yuxuan raised her head and wiped the tear marks on her face with her sleeve. She sniffed and asked, "Will you continue to purchase Gastrodia elata and Chinese yam in the future?"

Li Jingshen nodded without hesitation and replied, "Of course I will. As long as you dig it up, you can come to me anytime. But, don't go into the mountains alone in the middle of the night again. It's too dangerous."

Hearing this, Xu Yuxuan nodded heavily to indicate that she understood.

Then, as if she had thought of something, her eyes lit up and she said excitedly, "Since there are Gastrodia elata and Chinese yam on the mountain in our village, maybe there will be some on the mountains in other villages too! I plan to try my luck on the mountains in other villages and dig up some to sell to you."

After saying that, she looked at Li Jingshen expectantly.

Li Jingshen heard her words and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

The back mountain belongs to the entire Xiaoxi Village, and anyone can go up the mountain to collect mountain products.

But only Xu Yuxuan was excluded, which is obviously unfair!

But this world is not fair!

He didn't have the ability to help, so accepting these herbs was the best he could do.

"Alright! Since you've already accepted it, I have to leave. If anyone sees me leaving here, it will definitely have an impact on your family!"

Xu Yuxuan stood up in a hurry and quickly left Li Jingshen's house.

When Xu Yuxuan was seen looking around cautiously before leaving the house, she looked like a thief.

Li Jingshen felt increasingly uncomfortable and sighed heavily.

"Who came just now?"

Jiang Xue walked out of the room and asked curiously.

She heard a woman's voice in the lobby and quickly put on her clothes and got out of bed.

But before she could go out to check, the other party had already left in a hurry.

To be honest, she was a little nervous when she heard that Li Jingshen brought a strange woman home.

Now Li Jingshen has become a celebrity in Xiaoxi Village. I wonder how many unmarried women are staring at him!

Although she was reluctant to doubt Li Jingshen's sincerity towards her, she had to be more wary of other women.