Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife-Chapter 1254: Planting Ginseng

Feng Lin also felt as ecstatic as Dong Huang and kept nodding. His hands trembled with excitement, and it took him a while to steady them.

"Xiao Huang, it looks like this ginseng is very old. We must be more careful when digging so we don’t damage the small roots," he reminded her.

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"Okay."

While Feng Lin dug the soil, Dong Huang moved it to the side. The two of them were so focused on digging the ginseng that they didn’t notice the blue sky slowly turning into a red hue.

When they finally finished, there was a big hole in the ground. Feng Lin picked up the ginseng and carefully placed it inside the bamboo basket. The soil wrapped around the ginseng’s main body was left intact to prevent damage.

Dong Huang quickly put the soil back into the hole, even gathering some from another area to make the ground more even. They stomped on the soil until it hardened, then picked some wild vegetables to cover the ginseng inside the bamboo basket.

After they finished, Feng Lin said, "Xiao Huang, let’s go find your Mother."

Knowing it was dangerous to carry such a treasure, Dong Huang nodded readily. The two of them didn’t take the village road but used a hidden path instead.

It took them forty minutes to reach Li Chenmo’s house.

When they entered from the backyard, Li Chenmo saw them and asked, "Xiao Huang, are you back from the mountain foothills?"

Seeing her father, Dong Huang smiled and nodded, "Father, Ah Lin and I went to gather some mushrooms."

"Uncle Li," Feng Lin greeted him.

Li Chenmo wiped water droplets from his face and said, "Father will help you clean the mushrooms, then we can make dinner."

Hearing this, Dong Huang walked over to her father and tugged at his sleeve.

Seeing this, Li Chenmo squatted down and asked, "Xiao Huang, what’s wrong?"

Leaning closer, Dong Huang whispered, "Father, we didn’t bring back mushrooms, but we found wild ginseng."

Li Chenmo was taken aback by his daughter’s words. He clearly remembered that his wife had scattered wild ginseng in the mountain forest. If his daughter had found ginseng, didn’t that mean she had gone into the mountain?

He frowned and asked solemnly, "Xiao Huang, did you go into the mountain?"

Shaking her head, Dong Huang replied, "Father, we didn’t."

"Then where did you find the wild ginseng?" Li Chenmo asked again.

"It was on a small path near the mountain foothills at Yun Village. It was hidden behind a big boulder. Ah Lin found it," Dong Huang said.

Li Chenmo thought for a moment. He and his wife had indeed scattered medicinal herbs and mushrooms in that area before but he didn’t know what plants his wife took out from her space.

’Did Yu’er also plant ginseng there?’ he wondered.

Since he wasn’t sure, he stopped thinking about it and said, "Xiao Huang, can you show the ginseng to Father?"

Nodding, Dong Huang waved at her friend and said, "Ah Lin, come and show it to my father."

Feng Lin walked over, put down the bamboo basket, and removed the wild vegetables on the top. At the bottom of the basket lay a large ginseng.

Li Chenmo was surprised when he saw the ginseng. It was indeed ginseng from his wife’s space, but its size was much larger than expected.

’This must be one of the 500-year-old ginsengs that Yu’er took out.’

After examining it, he said, "Xiao Huang, Xiao Lin, there’s some mung bean soup in the kitchen. Have some after you wash your hands."

"Okay, Father."

"Thank you, Uncle Li," Feng Lin said.

The two of them washed the dirt off their bodies and went to the kitchen. Left alone, Li Chenmo carefully cleaned the ginseng.

He first used river water to rinse off the soil. Once it was clean, he used water from his wife’s lake for a final rinse.

The moment the ginseng touched the lake water, its leaves and roots became more vibrant, as if nourished by a spiritual spring.

Since ginseng’s leaves and stems also had medicinal properties, Li Chenmo carefully separated them from the root. He also found the berries wrapped in cloth.

Looking at the berries, an idea flashed in his mind. He cleaned them, covered the basin with a lid, and let the ginseng soak. Then, he took his planting tool, and a bowl of lake water, before he headed to the greenhouse.

When he reached the east wing greenhouse, he squeezed the berries to extract the seeds. Then, he soaked them in the lake water for a few minutes before he planted them.

To ensure proper growth, he spaced them a foot apart and an inch deep before covering them with leaf litter.

Though fall was the best time to plant ginseng, he was confident these seeds would germinate. They came from his wife’s space, were watered with lake water, and were planted in soil enriched with spiritual herbs powder.

It would be hard for the seeds to fail to germinate with these many boosts.

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The berries contained three to five seeds each, yielding a total of 232 seeds. It took about 40 square meters to plant all the seeds.

Once he finished, he marked the area with bamboo splits so his wife and children wouldn’t mistake the ginseng for vegetables.

By the time he was done, the sun had set. He cleaned up the tools and walked to the backyard. As soon as he entered the backyard, he saw his wife drying the ginseng.

Seeing her husband coming over, Lu Jueyu asked, "Husband, did you get this from the mountain?"

Placing his tools aside, Li Chenmo washed his hands and said, "No, Xiao Lin and Xiao Huang found it."

"Did they go into the mountain?" Lu Jueyu asked with surprise.

"Well, Xiao Huang said they found it near the mountain foothills of Yun Village."

Hearing this, Lu Jueyu tried to recall if she had been there before.