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Chapter 245: Chapter 247 Good Luck All The Way_1
This sentence made Qiao Duo’er purse her lips, certain that the man had set his heart on not having children, but the initiative wasn’t in Tan Zhenghong’s hands.
If she felt it was worth it, she would have a child, but that was a matter for after she had regained her health, so she shelved the thought for now.
The day’s good fortune didn’t end with just the soap grass; before long, Tan Zhenghong also made a discovery.
"Wife, look, there’s tremella here!" Tan Zhenghong said excitedly.
Qiao Duo’er nodded, "Then let’s pick it together and take it back."
The tremella that Tan Zhenghong was talking about was what would be called silver ear fungus in later generations, but Qiao Duo never understood why Tan Zhenghong was so excited.
Silver ear fungus was just a common ingredient, most famously used in silver ear and lotus seed soup.
"This is good stuff, these could sell for at least ten tales!"
Tan Zhenghong also thought his wife’s calmness was unusual.
Qiao Duo’er was incredulous, she reached out to touch Tan Zhenghong’s head, "You don’t have a fever!"
Could two or three pieces of silver ear sell for ten taels of silver?
She admitted that the silver ear looked like white jade and was the size of a bowl, but no matter how good it looked, wasn’t it still just silver ear? How could it be worth ten taels of silver?
"Wife, my brain isn’t damaged, it really can sell for ten tales. Tremella is rare, it’s something that only wealthy families eat," Tan Zhenghong insisted seriously.
Old Granny Bai, the richest person in town, loved this stuff and wished she could eat it every day.
But tremella was scarce, so even the Bai Family couldn’t afford to eat it daily.
Qiao Duo’er realized that the silver ear of her time was cultivated.
The growth conditions for wild silver ear were harsh, and without artificially created comfortable environments, their number was definitely very limited.
No wonder she had wandered the mountains for so long and only encountered silver ear twice; she had found two mountain ginsengs already.
The last time she saw it, it was only the size of a fingernail, and now more than a month had passed; she didn’t know whether the silver ear had grown larger or died.
In any case, they had to go have a look.
By then, Tan Zhenghong had already used his dagger to carefully cut down the silver ear, and the large piece looked very pleasing.
"Wife, keep this safe," Tan Zhenghong handed the silver ear to Qiao Duo’er.
"I saw some in another place, let’s go check it out!"
Without finishing her sentence, Qiao Duo’er headed toward the place she remembered.
The mountain was vast, and it was several peaks connected together. After wandering through several twists and turns, Qiao Duo’er still accurately found the spot.
Fortunately, the silver ear had grown well, with five or six pieces flourishing on two rotting logs.
It was lucky that her memory was good, as was her sense of direction, otherwise, she would have lost a lot of silver.
Qiao Duo’er and Tan Zhenghong exchanged a glance and then quickly cut down the silver ear.
Although the silver ear was scarce, the ones they found were large, and there were a couple they couldn’t fit into the basket.
But she was reluctant to get rid of the mushrooms in her own basket, as they had also been picked with effort.
"It’s all your fault for getting me such a small one, or else we could toss the soap grass, then we could fit another!" Qiao Duo’er said while holding the soap grass, a mischievous smile on her face.
Tan Zhenghong immediately shook his head; they couldn’t throw away the soap grass!
Plus, didn’t he have another basket left?
They would throw away nothing!
Tan Zhenghong took out the pheasant, "I’ll carry this. You put the mushrooms into my basket, and then there’ll be space for the tremella."
Qiao Duo’er nodded, transferred the picked mushrooms into his basket, and her own basket now only contained silver ear and a bit of medicinal herbs.
Tan Zhenghong covered them with some leaves, knowing the principle of not showing off wealth.
Most of the people in the village were nice, but where there were people, there was society, and one had to be careful with everything.
