Rebirth Counterattack with Space-Chapter 33 - Tell

“Ginseng? That’s worth a lot of money.” Xia Yuan was also excited, “Now Shitou has the money to build a house and take a wife.”

“Sister-in-law, that’s not urgent, we need to go dig up the ginseng first. We can talk about everything else slowly tonight.”

Shitou hurriedly stopped Xia Yuan from going on. Using the money meant for Lu Yun to build a house and marry was not something he had the cheek for. Besides, those things were really not urgent. Thinking that Lu Yun had said he didn’t live long in his past life, and even though there had been some changes in this life, the future was still uncertain. Marrying and having children—at least he had to get past the death he faced in his previous life.

He briefly considered avoiding military service to escape the early death he faced in his past life, but he dismissed the thought in a flash. It wasn’t that he didn’t believe Lu Yun’s words, or that he was unafraid of death, but his dream from his childhood could not be so easily forsaken.

At least in this life, he had the medicine that Lu Yun said could improve his physique. From what she said, there would also be other pills that could save his life. Plus, knowing the outcome already, he would definitely be more cautious.

Life is a huge gamble, and in this life, he was betting that he wouldn’t die as easily as before. If, in the end, the outcome was truly unchangeable, then he wouldn’t lose out; at least he’d get to live for another dozen years, knowing he had a past life.

“That makes sense.”

Xia Yuan also felt that anything was possible before it was actually in hand, so talking about all the ifs and buts was premature, “But what are you so shy about? It’s perfectly natural for men to marry and women to wed.”

Xia Yuan couldn’t help but tease Shitou with a laugh when she saw him avoiding the topic. Since she wasn’t as familiar with Shitou, she didn’t press the issue further. After all, like Aiguo, she was gradually coming to accept Shitou as one of the family.

With Lu Yun secretly guiding Shitou in the right direction, the journey to find the ginseng went exceptionally smoothly.

When a seven-leaf ginseng appeared before everyone’s eyes, they also spotted a huge poisonous snake coiled around it.

Lu Aiguo and Shitou, who were used to walking in the deep mountains all year round, weren’t strangers to poisonous creatures and were much calmer compared to the tense Xia Yuan and Lu Yun.

In no time, the big snake was dealt with, dead as dead can be.

“Ha, now we can have another round of snake soup.” Lu Aiguo laughed heartily, his spirits uplifted and full of gusto since the moment he spotted the ginseng.

Xia Yuan regarded the snake, at least as thick as the mouth of a bowl, with revulsion, turning her face away to avoid looking further. It was Lu Yun, however, who glanced at it several times before urging Lu Aiguo, “Dad, hurry up and put it in the basket. It looks so scary.”

“What’s there to be scared of a dead snake? When it comes time to eat the meat, you’ll like it,” Lu Aiguo chuckled at Lu Yun. As he spoke, his hands moved quickly, and in the blink of an eye, he had packed the snake into his basket.

Hehe, snake meat is indeed delicious. Plus, it’s highly nutritious and has life-extending benefits.

Lu Yun salivated at the thought of salt and pepper snake meat and snake soup. Her eagerness made Lu Aiguo and Shitou laugh, while Xia Yuan’s heart ached. The child had grown so big and yet rarely saw meat in a year, craving it so badly. With that thought, her fear and disgust of the dead snake lessened significantly.

Coming back to her senses and seeing the look of pity in her mother’s eyes, Lu Yun immediately knew what she was thinking and turned around with a gesture of embarrassment on her face. Shitou glanced at her and snickered.

Lu Yun bared her teeth at him, then she remembered that in some places, there was a custom to tie a red string around the ginseng when digging it up, afraid the ginseng might run away? So she found a red ribbon in her space and stealthily passed it to Shitou.

Seeing the red ribbon in his hand, Shitou looked at Lu Yun with a grin, obviously catching on. He went and tied the ribbon around the ginseng’s leaves.

The process of digging up ginseng was long and monotonous, with Lu Aiguo and Shitou handling the task and Xia Yuan and Lu Yun simply watching from the sidelines.

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To preserve the ginseng’s integrity to the greatest extent, the two men relied solely on their hands, not daring to hurry the process. This time, Xia Yuan did not rush them, patiently watching with Lu Yun by her side.

Several hours passed and the sky gradually darkened. Finally, a perfectly shaped, high-quality wild ginseng was revealed in front of everyone.

The group looked at each other, each seeing sheer excitement and joy in the others’ eyes.

By the time they got home, the sky had completely darkened. Looking at the clock hanging in the hall, it was already a quarter past eight.

“Let’s not make dumplings tonight, no chicken soup either. We can celebrate equally well tomorrow. We’ve all been exhausted today; just whip up something quick to eat, then everyone wash up and get to bed,” declared Lu Aiguo, the head of the household. Shitou and Lu Yun nodded in agreement. Xia Yuan also nodded, though she felt as if she had forgotten something.

So everyone naturally divided the tasks and cooperated. After Lu Yun took the opportunity to hang a mosquito net in the room, she went to help Xia Yuan with the fire.

Lu Aiguo and Shitou, in just their boxer shorts, had a quick rinse by the well in the yard. After washing off the mud and sweat, they felt refreshed entering the house to set up the bed where Shitou would sleep that night.

Seeing the brand-new mosquito net set up, Lu Aiguo shivered a bit and rubbed his arms, “This is really spooky, I don’t get what’s going on. Could there actually be some truth to tales of gods and ghosts? That’s too incredible, isn’t it? It’s like it knew exactly what our family was missing?”

“…” Shitou’s mouth twitched slightly, feeling that this was a good time to tell the truth.

“Brother Aiguo, have you ever thought that maybe, just maybe, one of us four is behind this?” Shitou paused for a moment before answering with feigned nonchalance.

“Do you know something?” Lu Aiguo sharply picked up on the key point. He reviewed in his head the times when the items had appeared, looking uncertainly at Shitou. If the items had been placed by one of them, that would make sense, but where did these things come from in the first place?