Chapter 1840 - 1776: Seventy Percent Sincerity

Moreover, the herbs she dug up were indeed all from Bai Gu Mountain.

"Hm, I believe you, no need to check that."

"Back in the day, I always went to Bai Gu Mountain with my grandfather and my uncle and cousin-in-law. The villagers said the mountain was haunted and dared not go there, so we were the first to scour the whole mountain."

As she spoke of the old days of frequent mountain foraging, a smile involuntarily appeared in Chiang Xiao’s eyes—she genuinely missed those times.

"So impressive?" Li Hanzhong saw the smile in her eyes, knowing she was telling the truth.

"Indeed, we all relied on Bai Gu Mountain to prosper," Chiang Xiao smiled, "I found Hundred-Year Ginseng and Hundred-Year Ganoderma deep in the mountains."

Li Hanzhong raised an eyebrow.

By saying it openly like this, she truly wasn’t guarding against him.

Hundred-Year Ginseng, Hundred-Year Ganoderma!

Chiang Xiao thought that since he already asked, it was best to lay everything out openly. This was also good; if anyone brought it up later, she’d have nothing to worry about.

"You sure are lucky," Li Hanzhong said.

Chiang Xiao nodded, "Yes, I’m indeed lucky, but back then, we were desperately poor. I wanted to earn money, leave Siyang Village, study abroad, and learn painting. But there was no other way, besides my grandfather saying that Bai Gu Mountain was full of treasures, so I thought to realize my dream through it."

Hearing this, Li Hanzhong couldn’t help but be moved.

He had already investigated everything about Chiang Xiao and knew what kind of life she led in Siyang Village.

At only thirteen, Chiang Xiao already had such foresight and determination; it was truly admirable.

Moreover, he knew she was speaking the truth.

Back then, she and Chiang Songhai sold wild vegetables and wild rabbits at the market in Peace Town and later sold them to Peace Restaurant, earning money—he knew all about that too.

Furthermore, Ge Dejun’s family also prospered after finding two wild chestnut trees in Bai Gu Mountain and started selling roasted chestnuts. Now, they’ve built factories in Peace Town and are selling chestnuts to other cities—he had already verified this.

"You went through quite a bit in those days," he sighed lightly.

Chiang Xiao nodded in acknowledgment.

"Yes, after finding the Hundred-Year Ganoderma, the first thing I thought of was to nourish our bodies. Back then, my grandparents and I were all in poor health, so I boiled Ganoderma water every day and drank it, keeping it secret from others. The nourishing effects of the Ganoderma were truly remarkable. Our health improved day by day."

Coming to this point, Chiang Xiao added, "Of course, it was also because we previously didn’t have enough to eat and took care of illnesses on our own, which worsened our health. Later on, going up the mountain and exercising coupled with getting enough to eat, along with the Ganoderma water—the combination of these factors made the effects so apparent. Now, my grandparents appear quite young."

Yes, he had investigated this, too.

People over there said that in recent years, Chiang Songhai and Ge Liutao seemed to reverse age, their hair even turned black.

So that’s what happened.

Chiang Xiao continued, "Later on, I found even better ginseng there. Uncle, let me be honest with you—I found not just one ginseng, but four or five, nearly a field of ginseng!"

She knew she couldn’t say less than that. After all, with Old Master Jiang taking nearly one whole already, she needed to keep provisions for past and future use.