A renowned ancient physician transmigrates into the body of an abandoned woman, only to be sold off

"Oh, brother, don't worry about it. I have my own way of dealing with the money. Besides, if we're going to rebuild the house, we should build it properly. The current house is crumbling sometimes, and it's not comfortable to live in."

"Let's go, let's go home."

Song Zidong couldn't understand how Song Zhili could earn so much money. No, he had to go back and tell Hu Cuicui and Li Shi about it, and then he would ask them to hand over all the money they had earned.

Thinking this, the two of them took the oxcart back home. As soon as Song Zidong got home, he called Li Shi and Hu Cuicui to the main room and told them about Song Zhili's house-building project that day.

When Hu Cuicui and Li Shi heard that it would cost two hundred taels of silver to build a house, they were so shocked that they almost fell to the ground.

"Eldest brother, is what you just said true? Da Ya really wants to spend two hundred taels of silver to build a house? Oh dear, what is Da Ya thinking? Where would our family get that much silver? Even if we took out all the money we've earned, it still wouldn't be enough. What are we going to do?"

"Yes, Mother, don't worry too much. Why don't we borrow some more money from others? We can pay it back later when we earn more money."

Seeing that Li Shi was somewhat agitated, Hu Cuicui comforted her, while also comforting herself. She couldn't think of any other good solutions, so she could only think of borrowing some money from others.

When Li heard Hu Cuicui say this, she thought it was feasible. Since things had come to this point, and Song Zhili had already made her decision, and she was doing it for everyone's good, she couldn't say anything to her.

So she and Hu Cuicui exchanged a glance, both understanding each other perfectly, and went back to their respective rooms, taking out all the money they had recently earned.

Song Zidong did the same thing. When he returned to the house, he originally wanted to ask Ji Qingqing to take out all the money he had recently earned.

But when he opened the door, he found that Ji Qingqing was not in the room. He was a little puzzled, but he didn't think too much about it. Instead, he went to where Ji Qingqing hid the money and took it out.

As he stepped out of the room, he saw Hu Cuicui and Li Shi also coming out of the house, each carrying a cloth bag.

The three of them smiled at each other and went together to knock on Song Zhili's door.

"Come in."

Upon hearing Song Zhili's voice, Hu Cuicui and the others pushed open the door and entered. They saw Song Zhili sitting at the table drinking water. Li Shi walked over and placed the money bag in her hand on the table.

Hu Cuicui and Song Zidong followed suit, placing their money bags on the table as well.

“Da Ya, I just heard from your older brother that you’re hiring people to build a house tomorrow. Do you not have enough money? We have some here, but probably not much. We’ll see how much we need and then borrow some more.”

They didn't know exactly how much money the three of them had in total, but it certainly wasn't much.

Seeing this, Song Zhili quickly pushed the money bags back to them, saying, "Mother, Grandmother, elder brother, I still have some money here, enough for building the house. Please take this money back quickly."

Grandma, Mother, come and see what this is!

Song Zhili got up and went to the corner, picked up the basket, poured out all the herbs on it, took out the ginseng at the bottom, and handed it to them.

Hu Cuicui and Li Shi took the ginseng and examined it carefully. They didn't know what it was, but they thought it looked strange.

"Da Ya, stop keeping me in suspense. What is this? We've never seen it before. Boss, do you recognize this?"

Song Zidong also shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

“Mother, this thing is called ginseng. It’s a very precious medicinal herb. I found it by chance in the back mountain. Tomorrow I’ll go to the pharmacy in town to see how much silver it can sell for. I estimate it will be about the same price as the lingzhi.”

When Hu Cuicui and the others heard Song Zhili say that the price of ginseng was almost the same as the price of the lingzhi mushroom, they all gasped in surprise.

Hu Cuicui quickly handed the ginseng back to Song Zhili, saying, "Da Ya, you must keep this precious thing safe, don't let me break it."

This thing is worth a hundred taels of silver, and Hu Cuicui was afraid that she would ruin the ginseng if she handled it carelessly.

“Da Ya, you are truly the family’s lucky star. Last time you went to the back mountain, you found a Ganoderma lucidum, and this time you’ve found this thing called ginseng.”

Li also praised him with a smile.

Song Zhili smiled shyly, then, as if remembering something, she asked Hu Cuicui with a puzzled look.

"Mother, I saw Qiqi playing in the yard, but I didn't see my sister-in-law. Where did she go? Is she not home? Or did she go back to her parents' house?"

Hearing Song Zhili's question, Hu Cuicui was stunned for a moment. "I don't know where she is either. She seemed to have told me earlier that she was going out for a while, but she didn't say where she was going. I was wondering if she went out to find Sun Taohua."

"Little sister, is there something you need from Qingqing? I'll go find her in a bit and bring her back."

"Oh, it's nothing serious. I just noticed that Qiqi's clothes seem a bit too short. I only made two clothes for Qiqi last time, and I was thinking of asking my sister-in-law to make him a few more."

And then there's Ziming. For the past two months, Ziming has been learning martial arts from He Chengjing, and I've noticed he's grown quite a bit."

"Okay, I'll go find Qingqing in a bit. I reckon she might have gone to Sun Taohua's place."

Song Zidong and Hu Cuicui's guess was correct. Ji Qingqing was indeed at Wu Jianguo's house. Her hands were tied with hemp rope and her mouth was gagged with a rag.

She was locked up in a cellar in Wu Jianguo's house. At this moment, Ji Qingqing's eyes were red and swollen as she stared at the pitch-black place, her face full of despair.

She couldn't understand why Sun Taohua suddenly quit. Even if she was pregnant, making fish balls wasn't too tiring, and she could still continue working at her house.

Later, she suspected that Sun Taohua had leaked the secret recipe for making fish balls. Today, she came to Sun Taohua's house to ask her for an explanation.

However, when she arrived, Sun Taohua was not at home, nor was her mother, Liu Shi. Only Wu Jianguo was at home.

Not seeing anyone, she turned to leave, but just as she was about to go, Wu Jianguo took a rag from behind and covered her mouth and nose. She fainted and lost consciousness. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself with her hands tied and locked in the cellar.

She was terrified and couldn't scream or call for help. At first, she tried to make some noise so that people outside could hear her and save her.

But after an unknown amount of time, she had very little strength left, and no one came to see her.