Chapter 86: Intercept Again

Instead of taking the usual path up the mountain, she took a detour through the untrodden grass. Looking at the dense weeds, He Wanqing walked to a tree, cut off a long, thin branch with her sickle, stripped off all the tender green leaves, then used the branch to beat the weeds as she slowly climbed the mountain. Along the way, she didn’t miss any wild vegetables she encountered, collecting them all in the backpack behind her. She also didn’t miss any lone chickens or rabbits, using her skills from her past life to collect them all in her space.

On her way, she also encountered two lone wild boars. Thinking about the time she was injured by a wild boar in her past life, she used her space to collect the two wild boars. She walked and collected, quickly reaching the place where she had found the hundred-year-old ginseng in her past life. Suddenly, just as she was about to go downhill, He Wanqing looked up and saw He Cao, who should have been working in the field, walking towards the opposite direction she was going, with Xu Weijun. Thinking about He Cao’s evil ways, and the slope she was going to, she thought about the environment there and decided to take a detour to have a look first. Raising her eyes to watch the two figures gradually disappear, she changed direction and walked closer to the path, carrying her backpack. With one hand, she used the sickle to prevent herself from rolling down the slope, and with the other hand, she grabbed the branches and weeds around her as a precaution.

Soon, she reached the middle of the slope. Looking up, she saw that the two figures could be seen through the gaps, so she immediately crouched down, letting the weeds cover her. She withdrew her gaze from the mountain and began to scan her surroundings. Soon, her eyes widened as she looked at the place she had discovered. It was… I’m going to… This ginseng has become a spirit? It was so big, much bigger than the hundred-year-old ginseng she had found in her past life. Looking up at He Cao and Xu Weijun, who were searching the ground like a carpet, she slowly moved her body, inch by inch, towards the ginseng. Soon, she reached the spot. She casually pulled aside the weeds on either side, and found four more ginsengs of great age, as well as several ginsengs that were a few years old. Turning her head to look at He Cao and Xu Weijun, seeing that they were still inching through the weeds, she took out a red rope from her space and tied it to the ginseng leaves. She then took out a small iron shovel and started digging.

 She didn’t know if it was because she was nervous or because the ground was too hard, but she dug for a dozen times before finally digging up the soil. He Wanqing kept looking up at He Cao and Xu Weijun, who were searching for ginseng along the slope, afraid that they would discover her. Her hands didn’t stop for a moment. Soon, the largest ginseng was successfully dug up under her rough handling. She didn’t have time to look at it, and immediately started digging the next one. Two hours later, several ginsengs, including the smaller ones, were dug up with the soil and sent to her space.

 She had been so focused on digging ginseng that she suddenly looked up and realized that the couple was only two meters away from her. To prevent He Cao from discovering that she had intercepted the ginseng and spreading the word, causing trouble for herself, she used the shovel to bury the dug hole. When the two of them looked up, she flashed into her space. “Whew, close call, I almost got discovered.” She sat down on the ground in her space, secretly muttering in fear. Thinking that it wasn’t suitable to go out now, she got up and went to the backyard.

When she discovered that the ginseng she had dug up with the soil had already taken root in the ground and was growing better than the ones outside, she was overjoyed. Good, her efforts hadn’t been in vain. Looking at the automatically enclosed land, she squatted down and reached out to touch each ginseng leaf. As if sensing her happiness, the ginseng bent and swayed as she touched them, showing that they were also happy now. Compared to her happiness in her space, the two people outside who had found the spot were not so good. Looking at the fresh soil in front of her, He Cao’s face twisted. She clearly remembered that this ginseng was of great age and hadn’t been discovered.

Why were there several holes dug here now, and they were filled in? Who was it? Who had taken her money? “This is the ginseng you were talking about, where’s the ginseng?” Looking at the newly filled soil in front of him, Xu Weijun asked knowingly, his eyes slightly crazed as he looked at her. It was as if if she didn’t give an explanation, she would be beaten here. He Cao, who was secretly resentful, looked up at Xu Weijun’s appearance and took a step back, her lips trembling as she said, “Wei… Weijun, you… you listen to my explanation.” “Speak.” He clenched his fists, and a series of cracking sounds came from his joints. It stopped in He Cao’s ears. If she hadn’t been sitting back, she would have run away. Thinking about how they had gone from being a loving couple to her being beaten unilaterally in just a few days, she hated He Wanqing’s family even more.

If it hadn’t been for her constantly staring at her, how could she have been caught cheating when she went to the commune? If she hadn’t written a letter to the factory to report them and their conspiracy, and if she hadn’t reported it to the Young Pioneers and the factory’s inspection department, how could Xu Weijun have been fired from the factory? Even if they had been caught cheating, she could have gone to the factory, and after a while, she could have used the money she had saved to buy another job. But now? Because the money she had hidden was gone, her family was gone, and her in-laws, who had once praised her, were also gone.

Thinking about her current life, which was a constant struggle, the hatred in her eyes almost made her raise her hand to hit Xu Weijun in front of her. “Speak, didn’t you want to explain? Then what are you standing there for?” Looking at He Cao, who was staring blankly with hatred in her eyes, Xu Weijun suppressed his urge to hit her and urged her to explain, otherwise he was afraid that he would hit her in a moment, and she wouldn’t have a chance to explain. Suddenly coming back to her senses, He Cao looked at Xu Weijun, whose eyes were bloodshot, and shivered. She immediately started to explain, afraid that if she was a step too late, the fists and various tortures would fall on her. “Weijun, there are ginsengs here, it seems we came a step too late. Don’t worry, there are ginsengs here, there must be some in other places. Let’s look around here, what do you say?” “What do you think?” Xu Weijun didn’t speak, but grabbed her collar and asked back.

 “Weijun, don’t be impulsive, you forgot about the money I made selling ginseng before, we’ll definitely find some if we look around!” Looking at the raised fist, He Cao cried and begged. “Heh, you reminded me, I actually forgot. Now that you mentioned it, I remember. Come on, tell me, didn’t you say that the ginseng sold for over 20,000 yuan? Where’s the money? We need money urgently at home, shouldn’t you take it out? Don’t hide it anymore.”

 He released her collar and even helped her smooth out the crumpled collar. To keep her from being nervous, he took a step back. The fierce expression on his face disappeared, replaced by the smile that had once charmed her, just to make her tell him where the money was. He needed to be able to pay back the money he owed, and then use more money to buy a job at the commune. He couldn’t do any farm work, he couldn’t stand the current gap, and he couldn’t stand the villagers’ disdainful looks.