CHAPTER 292: 292. DIVERSE TYPES OF GINSENG WINE

Just thinking about how your wife’s special ability is discovered, she might become a machine that endlessly produces rare herbs and optimizes seeds, with no freedom at all.

She might even be taken to a research institute, subjected to various tests, research, and even blood draws and dissections in repeated experiments to find out why she has such powers.

Even her children, who inherit her blood, won’t be spared, each one being thoroughly examined repeatedly.

Just because they’re her kids, they might also inherit their mother’s amazing powers to some extent.

Lianshan’s scalp tingled at the thought, his heart full of resistance.

The plan for reciprocal gifts that he originally thought of was abandoned within moments; things like face or reputation aren’t worth anything compared to the safety of his beloved wife and their children!

The more he thought, the more nervous Lianshan became, hurriedly taking over those glass jars and ginseng seeds under the guise of worrying about his wife getting tired.

This guy has always spoiled his wife endlessly, and being the one pampered for years, Shuzhen wasn’t surprised at all.

Although half a pound of ginseng seeds isn’t really any weight at all.

But her husband just cares and can’t bear to see her tired, so what can she do?

Once they got home and saw it was still early, neither Lian En practicing drawing nor Chenchen, Xinzhi, and Xinyue who were working stalls had returned home yet.

With the house guarded by iron guards, inside and out, it was just the couple, wasn’t it a great chance to use her powers to nurture some ginseng?

Shuzhen just suggested having Lianshan help with a series of preparation tasks like filling flower pots with soil, locking doors and windows, and pulling down curtains.

Yet the one who was enthusiastic about preparing gifts for Wei Lai turned around: "Wife, I think we should cancel this idea of reciprocal gifts. You said most of them were prepared with a grateful heart, if we return the favor with gifts priced similarly or even higher, doesn’t it nullify their intention to express gratitude?

Let’s just accept these gifts graciously, so we don’t put ourselves in a difficult position and don’t make them uneasy either!"

Such a drastic, awkward change, Shuzhen didn’t believe it was his real thought.

Remembering how he refrained from drinking for fear of accidentally revealing her abilities after drinking, even though he previously enjoyed having a few drinks, he hadn’t touched a drop for years, abstaining thoroughly.

Seeing him tightly holding onto that half-pound of ginseng seeds, clearly not intending to hand them over, what was there for Shuzhen not to understand?

She gave him a loving hug and solemnly promised: "Don’t worry, hubby. When I decided to use this as a reciprocal gift, I had already thought of ways to prevent any leaks. I guarantee we can give these gifts in a dignified way without arousing any suspicion. I’m counting on ending my days happily with you, so of course, I have to keep this fox tail hidden, never letting anyone discover it over our lifetime!"

"You, why belittle yourself like this?" Lianshan shook his head and smiled, helplessly hugging her tightly.

"Hey, misunderstood me again, didn’t you? Foxes are smart and beautiful, enticing; I was clearly complimenting myself!" Shuzhen pinched her silly husband’s face, evidently displeased with his assumption of her self-deprecation.

"Yes, to me, there’s nothing more beautiful and enticing in this world than you. But clever wife, are you really sure about this?" Lianshan’s face tensed, staring at Shuzhen without blinking.

He was just looking to find any hint of uncertainty in her eyes; otherwise, he would firmly oppose her decision.

Friendship and connections were minor matters; his wife was his greatest love in this life!

"Why wouldn’t it be right? No matter how bad it may sound, this area is still part of the range of ginseng production. Although no one has discovered good ginseng over the years, it doesn’t mean they don’t exist, right?

We’re mindful of the uncle’s and brother’s intentions and thinking about their health.

We can steep some ginseng in wine and hope it has some effect on their bodies after use.

We’re starting today, and by the time Uncle Wu leaves, it should be about ready.

We just present the wine steeped in ginseng and various herbs, leaving only the steeped wine to give away.

Not letting anyone see the scraps, how can they suspect anything?

As for the source of the ginseng, it could be from those discovered by chance earlier, exchanged with grain from other villagers years ago, or even bought from a city pharmacy today.

Anyway, we’ve got plenty of reasons, and it’s up to us to say what happened, right?" Knowing her silly husband’s urgency and concern, Shuzhen patiently laid out all her thoughts.

"This..." It sounds quite reasonable, but concerning his wife’s safety, Lianshan still felt a bit uneasy no matter how he thought about it.

"This ’what’? As long as we don’t treat the ginseng like carrots and do a mass distribution.

All newly dug and long-aged ones won’t prompt much suspicion.

After all, we’ve been doing things our own way for many years, haven’t we?

Early on, our ancestors were known for being great landlords, possessing some stash is only logical, isn’t it?"

"Then, wife, just nurture ginseng aged for 30 or 40 years to avoid strong effects that would prompt suspicion and arouse envy." After being persuaded for a while, Lianshan finally agreed to compromise.

Seeing the bundle of high-quality ginseng wine itself, it’s better than gifting walnuts or pine nuts, isn’t it?

Shuzhen shook her head, smiling as she agreed verbally. In reality, she took two days to nurture five 200-year-old ginseng plants intermittently.

Faced with Lianshan’s very dissatisfied expression, she laughed it off, stating that if she wasn’t going to give gifts, she had to give flawless ones, right?

Only when Lianshan saw her actually preparing the ginseng by roasting and slicing it, or grinding it with astragalus, pinellia, angelica, wolfberry, longan, and other ingredients. Categorizing them into ginseng wolfberry wine, ginseng lingzhi wine, ginseng health wine, ginseng vitality and blood nourishing wine, ginseng pinellia wine, without the intention of revealing the entire ginseng.

Otherwise, Lianshan would have certainly stopped her.

Indeed, he also solemnly explained to Wu Liguo that they, as a couple, accidentally acquired several ginseng plants early on and were giving back by steeping them in wine as a gesture of gratitude for everyone’s affection.

The wine was good, the ginseng was good, the accompanying herbs were good, and the recipe was authentic; coupled with his wife’s genuine care, they produced this rare batch of ginseng wine.

Two glass jars of five pounds each per person; no extras, and once gone, no more.

Just two jars of ginseng wine, were it not for Shuzhen’s niece personally making them, Wu Liguo might not have even glanced at them.

But once he recognized the benefits of the wine, he immediately called his silly son-in-law. Dominantly and mercilessly taking away his share, calling it an opportunity to show filial piety.