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After seeing Liu San Niang off, Lu Tao continued making bean curd sheets.

Tian Tian carried a bucket to the river to fetch water to water her vegetables.

"咻咻咻..."

Hearing the familiar voice again, Tian Tian looked back into the shadows and, sure enough, saw a monkey's head peeking out.

She walked over helplessly. "What's wrong?"

The monkey waved to her, "Sweetie, I have something good for you."

Tian Tian asked in confusion, "What is it?"

The monkey let out a big laugh and shoved his other hand in front of Tian Tian's face, "Look."

Tian Tian took a step back before she could see clearly...

It's... ginseng!

A very large ginseng root!

Its main root already looks like a person, with a head, body, hands, and legs.

The number of "reed bowls" on the reed head is very large, and they look like "steps". They are dark brown in color.

It has long and numerous fibrous roots, and root nodules on them.

Even though Tian Tian was still some distance away from it, a rich and refreshing ginseng aroma already filled her nostrils.

This is a ginseng that is over a hundred years old!

"I found this deep in the mountains, it's very valuable!" the monkey said, stuffing the ginseng into Tian Tian's hand. "Take it and sell it!"

Tian Tian took it and found that the ginseng felt very heavy... which further convinced her that it was a hundred-year-old ginseng.

This thing... in modern times it would be worth tens of thousands.

"How is it? It's a good thing, isn't it? Can I repay your life-saving grace?" the monkey asked.

Tian Tian, ​​her eyes lighting up at the sight of money, nodded and said, "That's enough, that's enough."

The monkey chuckled twice. "Then can I ask you for another favor?"

"Go ahead and say it," Tian Tian said, in a good mood.

"My monkey troop gets sick easily after winter sets in. Can you help us treat them?" The monkey's eyes blinked.

But Tian Tian sensed the key point in its words, "Your monkey troop...?"

She sized up the monkey... "You're the Monkey King?!"

The monkey proudly raised its head, "Yes, I am the Monkey King..."

Tian Tian clicked her tongue, "I really couldn't tell..."

The monkey was taken aback, its eyes widening as it demanded, "How can I not see it? Why can't I see it?"

It stretched out its arm, showing it to Tian Tian, ​​"Can't you tell I'm strong?"

"Let me tell you, my monkey troop has more than thirty monkeys!"

Tian Tian was genuinely surprised. A monkey troop of more than thirty monkeys could be considered a medium-sized troop, and they usually lived in deep mountains where food resources were abundant.

Why were you near the village last time?

The monkey scoffed, his expression displeased. "It's all... about vying for the Monkey King's throne!!"

It chuckled obsequiously, "Thank goodness you saved me, otherwise the monkey king throne I just seized would have been given to other monkeys."

"Now that I, the Monkey King, have taken the throne, I must naturally consider the well-being of my troop."

Its arms were draped over Tian Tian. "Tian Tian, ​​please agree to help my monkey cubs get medical treatment."

Tian Tian looked down at it...

That monkey!

It's also surprisingly polite.

They even know to give a big gift before asking for something!

She accepted such a large ginseng root; how could she possibly refuse?

but...

Tian Tian cursed herself inwardly... "Greedy and insatiable! Taking an inch and wanting a mile!"

She cleared her throat and said, "It's simple for me to agree, you just have to do me a favor."

Monkey King: "Speak!"

Her demeanor was somewhat similar to that of Tian Tian earlier.

Tian Tian whispered in its ear for a while, "How is it?"

The Monkey King extended his hand, "No problem."

Tian Tian grasped its hand, "May the cooperation go smoothly!"

*

After dinner, Lu Tao continued making bean curd sheets, not daring to go to sleep easily.

Tian Xiang was inside the house coaxing Tian Jinghe to sleep.

Tian Tian carried Lu Tao on her back, sold another bag of beans to the system, and then bought another bag of beans from the system, earning a profit of one and a half taels.

"Mom, go to bed early later." She tied the bag of beans and turned around.

Lu Tao was worried, so she made the bean curd skin with a furrowed brow, and the result was that the bean curd skin peeled off was as wrinkled as her brow.

"Mother is worried. What if there really are bad people..."

"Sweetie, go to sleep."

Lu Tao muttered, "Mother still needs to keep an eye on Third Sister's side, just in case there are really bad people..."

Tian Tian walked out of the large kitchen and glanced out into the yard.

It was quiet outside; there didn't seem to be any danger.

"Mom, I'm going to sleep now." Tian Tian walked back into the house.

There was still no bed in the house, and the whole family squeezed together on a straw mat in the corner.

She burrowed into the blankets from the edge, thinking she would go in a little deeper once she was warm.

As soon as she lay down, Tian Xiang turned over and leaned her warm body against Tian Tian, ​​keeping her warm.

"Miss?"

Tian Xiang thought she was worried about Lu Tao, so she gently rubbed her head and said, "Sweetie, go to sleep now. Your older sister will go keep Mother company in a little while."

Tian Tian didn't say anything, and leaned against Tian Xiang's warm body, she fell asleep peacefully.

*

"Sizzle—!"

"Sizzle—!"

"ah---!"

"ah---!"

A strange cry, mixed with human groans of pain, jolted Tian Tian awake.

"Waaah..." Tian Jinghe also woke up.

Tian Tian quickly came to his side and gently patted his back, "Jinghe, don't be afraid."

Tian Jinghe buried his face in Tian Tian's arms, sobbing.

Tian Tian looked outside...

"Who is it?" It was Lu Tao's voice.

Tian Xiang followed, "Who goes there?!"

Tian Tian's heart tightened; someone really was coming.

When making bean curd sheets at midnight, Liu San Niang would usually light a candle so she could see them more clearly.

Lu Tao, perhaps because she was used to being disciplined at Lao Tian's house, never lit candles when making bean curd sheets, but instead peeled them off by the light from the stove.

The kitchen door faces the house, so people coming in from the yard won't see any firelight and will assume everyone is asleep.

After comforting Tian Jinghe, Tian Tian carefully opened the door.

Outside the door, Lu Tao and Tian Xiang, each holding a stick, were hitting a dark figure.

"who?"

"who are you?"

The two asked, but the shadowy figure remained silent, only desperately trying to stand up.

But...

A monkey that suddenly appeared out of nowhere grabbed his legs and arms and started biting him, leaving him unable to stand up for a moment.

By the moonlight, Tian Tian looked between Lu Tao and Tian Xiang and saw the head of a dark figure holding its head.

That face...

It turned out to be Feng Wuliu, who lived next door to the Tian family!

That is, Liu Xianglan's man!

Upon hearing the commotion, Liu San Niang immediately brought Daya over.

The mother and daughter were also holding sticks!

They opened the gate to Tian Tian's house, came in, and started hitting her without saying a word.

Although they were both women, Lu Tao and Liu San Niang's arm strength, honed through hard work, was not to be underestimated.

Feng Wuliu was beaten and sobbed, but dared not make a sound for fear of being overheard.

"Mom, Auntie, please stop fighting!" Tian Tian called out to them in time.

Feng Wuliu's arms and legs were bitten by monkeys, and he was hit so many times with sticks. Even if he doesn't die, he will suffer long-term effects.

Lu Tao, Tian Xiang, Liu San Niang, and Da Ya put away their sticks, and Feng Wu Liu seized the opportunity to crawl out of the yard on all fours...