Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space-Chapter 335 - 259: Harvest and Celebration

Zhou Jiao felt extremely anxious. It was getting close to dusk, and there was still no sign of Zhang Guoqing. She silently blamed herself for not preparing enough rations. She wasn’t sure if they still had any injury medicine left either.

If he didn’t return by the next night, she planned to ask Zhao Dashan to take the militia up the mountain. Although she knew Zhang Guoqing was an excellent hunter, she was afraid others might hold him back.

As soon as Zhang Guoqing entered the courtyard, he called out for his mother. Seeing Mother Zhang, he winked at her with a smile. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Mother Zhang understood, pulling her two sons in to look them over carefully. She learned that except for a few people from other villages who had some minor injuries, everyone came back unscathed.

She was so happy that she quickly led her two daughters-in-law back to the kitchen to add a few more dishes. As for why they needed to add more dishes, her youngest son was giving her a knowing look, squeezing her palm.

Zhang Guoqing pulled his eldest brother into the outer living room and saw Zhou Jiao by the door. He quickly looked behind him and gestured with his fingers, and the three immediately went in and closed the door.

Zhou Jiao looked at the two of them and curiously asked, "What is it? Did you find ginseng? Or did you find some treasure?"

Zhang Guoqing and his brother stifled their laughter by covering their mouths. They hadn’t even put down the baskets on their backs when they pulled something wrapped from their chests. No one dared put them in the baskets. Especially since Zhang Guoqing’s basket was nearly emptied of rations by the end. Luckily it was winter, and being careful, others wouldn’t notice.

Zhou Jiao looked at the things wrapped in leaves. As soon as she untied them, she knew the two of them had been deep in the mountains.

"These two large ginseng roots are at least a hundred years old without needing me to say it. The small one is about fifty years, and another is over thirty years. This Purple Ganoderma is quite rare; I’m afraid my estimation might be off, but it’s at least fifty years old. Its value is higher than this Red Ganoderma. The age of the Red Ganoderma is about the same, but it won’t exceed sixty years. The small Lingzhi mushrooms left shouldn’t be sold, use them to make wine for yourself. If you do sell, ginseng is worth more than Lingzhi. It’s best to let Aunt Ye have a look."

Zhang Guoqing wrapped up what the eldest had gathered and handed it to him, telling him to hide it well. He let Zhou Jiao put the rest away inside and kept it for now. Zhou Jiao nodded, picked it up, and placed it into her space upon returning to the room.

"Big brother, you can sell all of yours. Even if we need them later, I still have some. There’s still half a piece of century-old ginseng with mom and dad. There’s no use keeping it. You and sister-in-law should discuss it. If we’re going to sell them, let’s go to town early and find someone to evaluate their worth? If the price is good, sell it; if not, we can go to the provincial city in a few days to sell it."

Zhang Guofu shook his head, "No need to discuss it with her. We’ll show it to dad when he gets back, and then we can head to town."

After the two had discussed it, Zhang Guofu went back to his own room first.

Zhang Guoqing quickly took the clothes Zhou Jiao handed him and went to take a bath. Over the past few days, he felt like he himself had gone bad. Running around the mountains hunting was all sweat. The first day was fine because he could take off his coat. On the second morning, he found an excuse to scout the area. Luckily, it wasn’t far, so he and his eldest brother raced over to Skyline. They barely found it and had to hurry back. With things in their pockets, neither brother dared take off their coats. If Uncle Zhang hadn’t come back today, he would have found an excuse to run home.

Zhang Guoqing laughed to himself while washing. Acting like a thief, feeling guilty, really feeling guilty.

With no one around, Zhou Jiao closed the inner room’s door. She took out the Purple Ganoderma and had never seen one freshly picked before. Just imagining the two brothers carrying them in fear of being discovered or damaged, the scene must have been quite comical. Seeing the time, she put it back in the space. She hugged the child and went to the outer room to wait for him to return.

"Jiao Jiao, in a few days, I’ll take you up the mountain. I don’t recognize a lot of the medicinal herbs, they look just like grass. And we shouldn’t buy meat, it’s such a waste. I’ll hunt and you’ll gather, I bet it won’t take long for us to have enough to last us years. I was still the main force hunting this time and caught a lot; I bet our portion will be substantial. I took a bear paw from a bear; this is for you to eat. I didn’t make any other requests. We’ll hunt for ourselves later."

"Alright, you decide. But don’t change the subject now. Weren’t you teamed up with others? How did you go out? And don’t tell me these herbs aren’t from deep in the mountains."

Zhang Guoqing picked her up and placed her on his knee, laughing, "Not exactly deep in the mountains. If it were dangerous, would I take my big brother? Rest assured, I promised you safety first, and I will absolutely keep that promise. Early this morning, I saw many people were exhausted, so I told the old hunter I would take my big brother to have a look ahead. We told them to come up a bit later. Once we were out of sight, the two of us ran like crazy. Mainly because I know that path very well. If there was any danger, we wouldn’t have gone."