Time Travel: Volume 1! Starting from a Small Mountain Village

"Woo-hoo"

Exhausted, she was instantly energized when she saw the many wild fruits on the slope. Her back and legs no longer ached! Like a wild horse, she charged straight up the hillside.

Although the wild berries didn't taste very good, it didn't dampen her excitement at all. In her previous life, although she was an orphan, she had never had the experience of picking wild fruits!

It took the two of them almost half an hour to finish picking all the wild fruits. Luckily, Qi Fangfang had brought a small basket, otherwise they really wouldn't have been able to carry them all away.

"Shall we go back now?" Long Lifan asked tentatively.

"Why don't we wander around some more and see if there are any other wild fruits?" The little girl could clearly sense that the beautiful older sister was still not quite done, and she also wanted to spend a little more time with her.

From a young age, she was ostracized by the children of her age in the village, and she could only talk to one or two of them. Now that she has finally met an older sister who does not look down on her background, she is naturally very happy.

The two then split up to search. The terrain here was open, so they weren't worried about any problems.

"This is wild ginseng!"

Long Lifan looked at the inconspicuous plant at her feet. Its main root was thick and yellowish-white; its stem was upright and solitary; its leaves were palmate compound leaves, whorled at the top of the stem; its leaflets were elliptical with fine serrations on the edges; its umbels were terminal; and its top was covered with bright red berries.

She knew everything about wild ginseng from her previous life. When she learned that she was going to G Province, she did a lot of research and even fantasized about digging up wild ginseng. She never expected to have such good fortune on her first trip up the mountain.

"Could it be that after transmigrating, I transformed into a lucky koi fish physique?" Long Lifan had read many novels, and many female protagonists were born with this physique after transmigrating.

"Host, don't overthink it. You're just lucky." The system's voice appeared at the right time, shattering Long Lifan's fantasy.

"Tongzi, has anyone ever told you that you talk too much!"

"No, host. In the past, we were always together as a system. We couldn't speak without being activated. You are the first host I've bound to." The system explained very sincerely.

"Okay, you win!" Long Lifan really didn't know what to say to the system. Her wonderful fantasy was exposed by the system like that. Anyone would feel uncomfortable in that situation, but the system didn't even realize it.

She then shook her head helplessly, realizing how pointless she was to argue with a system about these issues. Perhaps the system was the only one here who knew she wasn't from this era, and Long Lifan would keep this secret forever, never telling anyone.

She carefully dug away the soil around the wild ginseng, and a complete wild ginseng was perfectly revealed. Long Lifan roughly estimated that this wild ginseng was at least 80 years old.

"Get rich, get rich, get really rich!" Looking at the wild ginseng she had dug up, Long Lifan's joy was beyond words. She knew very well that this one wild ginseng would be priceless in the 21st century.

She once saw a news report that around the 2020s, someone put a wild ginseng up for auction and it sold for a high price of 500,000 yuan.

The wild ginseng auctioned was only about 50 years old, so her 80-year-old ginseng would definitely fetch several times the price.

"Host, let me sell this wild ginseng for you. I'm sure I can get you a good price!" The system also realized the value of the wild ginseng and hurriedly spoke up.

"I'll leave it to you to sell!" Long Lifan blinked and said with a look of disgust, "How much money can you make by handing it over to you? Besides, you're only giving me 10%, it's not worth it at all."

"To be honest, I didn't intend to sell this." The value of wild ginseng is undeniable, and she never planned to sell it from the beginning. Long Lifan intends to keep it, in case it comes in handy in the future.

"Okay!" came the system's slightly frustrated voice. It was like putting a piece of meat in front of a dog, only able to look but not eat it, which was extremely disheartening.

“Tongzi, there’s no need to be discouraged. I promise you that if I find any more wild ginseng in the future, I will definitely give it to you to sell.”

"Really? Host, you're so kind! You're the most beautiful and kindest host I've ever met. You'll definitely find the wild ginseng!" The system was as happy as a child after receiving Long Lifan's promise, showering her with flattery.

"Damn it!" Upon suddenly hearing the system praise her like that, Long Lifan felt her scalp tingle. She thought to herself, "I still prefer your unruly self!"

Then, the sound of the automatic noise-blocking system was used to place the wild ginseng into the space.

Long Lifan was quite satisfied with her gains from the trip to the mountains, and then found Qi Fangfang who was standing nearby, preparing to go back.

"Fang, where have you and your brother been? Your mother's illness has flared up again!" As soon as we came down the mountain, a middle-aged woman rushed over and said.

"What!" Upon hearing this, Qi Fangfang panicked and put down her basket, running towards home. Long Lifan watched the little girl's hurried figure, shook her head helplessly, and then put the basket on her shoulder and followed behind the little girl.

At this moment, a large crowd of onlookers had gathered around the Qi family's residence, and Captain Lin Guodong was also standing on the side.

"Fang girl, where's your brother!" With such a big incident, how can the young girl manage alone? We still need to find Qi Shishen.

"I don't know!" Qi Fangfang looked down at her unconscious mother, feeling helpless. Her brother never told her where he was going when he went out.

"Why don't we ask Old Man Chen to take Shi Shen's mother to the hospital first!" Lin Guodong suggested from the side.

He knew the Qi family better than anyone. Before liberation, they were a well-known landlord in Pingwu County, but they had never done anything immoral. They even provided grain to help the villagers when they were in trouble, and even contributed money and grain to support the War of Resistance against Japan.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Qi family was not purged; their land was simply confiscated by the state. However, a few years ago, during a period of turmoil, people from the county would occasionally come down to criticize and denounce the Qi family, and the villagers gradually began to distance themselves from them.

Seeing the little girl's tearful face, Long Lifan felt a pang of pity, so she went to the bedside, looked at her, and said, "Bring me some warm water."

The others didn't know what Long Lifan was going to do, but an old lady next to her brought over an enamel cup and asked, "Girl, what do you need to do?"

Long Lifan took a piece of candy out of her bag, softened it, and then poured the candy and water into the patient's mouth.

"Cough cough cough..."

A few breaths later, a coughing sound was heard.

"Mom, you scared me to death!" Qi Fangfang cried and threw herself into her mother's arms.

"Okay, stop crying!" Jiang Yue felt a pang of heartache seeing her daughter crying like this.

"Thank you, young lady!" Then she thanked Long Lifan.

"It's nothing, just a small favor!" Long Lifan waved her hand dismissively. She hadn't saved the girl for the sake of gratitude; she was simply upset to see the little girl crying.

Those around her stared wide-eyed at Long Lifan, their gazes burning with fervor, as she quickly revived the person.

"Long Zhiqing, you know medicine!" Lin Guodong also realized that their Dongwan Brigade was poor and far from the commune.

There used to be a barefoot doctor in the village, but he passed away last year. Without a doctor, they usually just endure minor ailments, only taking those that are more serious to the hospital!