After the children had gone to bed, Zhao Tianlei blew out the kerosene lamp, gently closed the door, and returned to his room.
"Wife, yesterday we dug up two ginsengs, which are fifty years old. At this time, these items are invaluable but hard to sell, and they’re not cheap because we went to the mountains with Da Li and the others. I’m planning to split it evenly."
What objections could she have?
Whether it was game or these herbs, she hadn’t contributed to obtaining them.
However, the money she made today selling watches in the county town was hers.
"I have no objections."
Zhao Tianlei had thought his wife would say a few words.
It’s already late, and we’ve been traveling all day, my wife is even more tired.
The next day, just after they had breakfast, Cao Dali and a few others came to their door.
"Third Brother, how much did you buy?"
Zhao Tianlei glanced at him, making him shut up immediately.
He is such that he can’t keep a secret if there’s even a slight matter.
"Dali, I know you’re excited, but I’ve also heard something else?"
Cao Dali was curious—what could Zhao Tianhe possibly be keeping from him?
"I heard that Li Cuixia jumped into the river."
At that, the room fell silent instantly.
Zhao Tianlei didn’t know about this. He had gone into the mountains the day before yesterday, went to the county town yesterday, and only after resting last night did he start to feel recuperated.
As for Fang Chaoyang, he went home at midnight and slept till noon the next day.
Being the weakest among them in terms of physical strength, wasn’t it natural for him to be exhausted after so much walking in the mountains the day before?
After Zhao Tianhe had delivered the game to Zhao Tianlei’s house, he went back to rest. Though he woke up late in the morning, he still strolled around the village during the day and heard the news.
He hadn’t expected that Li Cuixia would jump into the river.
After Cao Dali came back from the mountain, he helped Zhao Tianlei carry some items to the town and didn’t get home until dawn. After eating a bit, he slept until almost the afternoon and was really unaware of the incident.
The Cao Family, knowing that Cao Dali had gone into the mountain and seeing him bring meat home, didn’t tell him about the Li Family’s search for Li Cuixia.
But now, hearing Zhao Tianlei say that Li Cuixia had jumped into the river, Cao Dali couldn’t snap back to reality for a while.
"How is that possible, how is that possible?"
Fang Chaoyang quickly tried to console the bewildered Cao Dali, "There should be no way that happened. If Li Cuixia truly jumped into the river, Li Laosan would definitely try to extort money from your family."
Zhao Tianlei, speechless, glanced at Zhao Tianhe, "No meat for you."
"Third Brother, no, my mistake."
Wasn’t it just a slip of the tongue?
Zhao Tianhe quickly got up to close the door of the living room and then sat down again, only to see Third Brother taking out a stack of money.
Everyone’s eyes were glued to the pile of money on the table.
"The money from selling the meat—Dali also knows about this. As for the ginseng, I was quite lucky. These things have value but are rarer in the black market. I checked, they were fifty years old, but I managed to sell them for $500 each."
At this price, the other three all gasped.
Are these things that expensive?
"Third Brother, sister-in-law gave us the maps, and we couldn’t have found these things in the mountain without them. Otherwise, we would have thought they were just weeds and not known they were ginseng. Sister-in-law should also get a share."
Zhao Tianhe was the second to agree, "I think what Chaoyang said makes sense. Otherwise, we would have thought they were just weeds, having no idea they were ginseng."