Chapter 28: Chapter 28: It Was Really Not a Good Job!

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Second son!”
Mr. Xu looked at the wild ginseng that Second Xu had carefully dug out, bitterness filling his heart. Everyone in the family had good luck, but it seemed that second son’s luck was better than the rest.
“What, dad?” Second Xu’s smile had blossomed like flowers, stretching from ear to ear.
The mountain ginseng he had just dug up, if sold in the city, would be worth at least a few tens of taels of silver. If they were lucky enough to meet a customer who needed it urgently, it wouldn’t be too difficult to sell it for hundreds of taels.
“Help me carry it! I’m tired!”
Mr. Xu threw the pheasant in his hand to Second Xu.
“Okay!”
Although Second Xu was quite foolish, his strength was the greatest among the three brothers.
“Give me the mountain ginseng!”
Seeing Second Xu pick up the pheasant, Mr. Xu took the opportunity to take the wild ginseng out of Second Xu’s hand.
Now that the family was not short on money, he could carefully process it and keep it at home as a family heirloom, just in case anyone needed it in the future.
‘This is a good way to use it too,’ Mr. Xu thought happily.
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When the trio returned to Spirit Water Village, the old man skillfully took off his coat, wrapped it around the huge wild ginseng, and held the coat in his hand in a casual manner.
As the saying went, “A wise man should not reveal his wealth.”
Such a large wild ginseng was very rare. Indeed, it could be considered a fortune, a very big one at that.
Although the folks of Spirit Water Village were simple and honest people, who could guarantee that no one would ever have bad thoughts? Besides, once the villagers saw the wild ginseng, they would definitely have to tell everyone about it.
Once the news went around, whether they intended to keep this thing for themselves or sell it, it would definitely attract people with bad intentions.
After entering the village, as expected, the trio met a lot of villagers. When these people saw the rabbit and pheasant that Eldest Xu and Second Xu were carrying, they became envious.
However, Mr. Xu soon discovered that the focus of the villagers’ attention didn’t seem to be on the trio.
When Old Mr. Yue saw Mr. Xu, he called out, “Brother, quickly go home! The county government is here again!”
“What?!”
Upon hearing Mr. Yue’s words, Mr. Xu immediately urged Eldest Xu and Second Xu to get going, all of them rushing back to the Xu residence within a short time.
At that moment, outside the Xu residence’s courtyard door, a man in a gray robe was waiting with a small team of government officials.
Guan Laoqi, the village head, was all smiles while talking to the man in the gray robe.
“Sorry, I just came back from the mountain! I’m so impolite!” Mr. Xu hurried forward, greeting them from afar.
When he saw the face of the man in the gray robe, he almost dropped the outer shirt in his hand.
This person was the county magistrate, Zuo Qiu!
“This commoner greets your honor!”
“Brother, you don’t have to be so polite,” Zuo Qiu greeted him, holding onto Mr. Xu, who was about to bow to him. “This official is here in casual clothes, so you can ignore all these mannerisms!”
“This commoner thanks your honor!”
Naturally, Mr. Xu wouldn’t bother with too much politeness towards Zuo Qiu.
“I wonder why your honor is here today. Do you have any orders?”
“It’s like this. You and your son have made great contributions. This official has already written a letter to report it to his majesty, but the reward from the court will take some time to come down. This official is thinking, if Old Brother is willing, this official can get you the position of a low-grade official in the county office!”
Upon hearing Zuo Qiu’s words, Mr. Xu’s head turned into a rattle.
“Your honor, this can’t be done! It can’t be done!”
A low-grade official? In Mr. Xu’s eyes, it wasn’t a good job!