Chapter 689 - 689 Prep for Work
689 Prep for Work
However, Qiao Mei did not want to do that. She already felt that the existence of a 1,000-year-old ginseng was against the laws of nature. A 10,000-year-old ginseng would probably turn into a spirit!
Qiao Mei had also made a new discovery. She refined the 1,000-year-old ginseng and extracted all the liquid out of it before putting it into the small canning jar she brought with her. The dark green liquid looked like freshly squeezed spinach juice.
Qiao Mei had tried this method when she was in the capital. However, at that time, she used grapes. As there was no way to finish all the grapes at home, in order to maximize the usefulness of the grapes, Qiao Mei decided to extract all the liquid from the grapes. When she put it in water, it would become grape juice!
Now, she drew inferences from that experience and applied this discovery to the ginseng. Not only could it bring out the medicinal effects of the ginseng, but it was also portable. The current level of medical care was still limited. The hospitals in small county cities could not be compared with the hospitals in the capital. If Qiao Qiang was sick and did not have any medicine to treat his illness, it would be more convenient to have this concentrated ginseng juice as a backup.
When Qiao Mei had time, she would extract a few more and get someone to forge a few necklaces when she returned to the capital. At that time, everyone in the family would be able to wear one that contained 1,000-year-old ginseng juice.
This would cover emergency situations. It could also be used as a family heirloom to be passed down to future generations.
She just did not know if this thing had an expiration date. It would be terrible if it turned bad.
“Little baby ginsengs, grow up quickly!” Qiao Mei sprinkled a handful of 100-year-old ginseng seeds on the ground and kept growing them. Then she extracted them and put the ginseng juice in another canning jar.
Qiao Mei only stopped when the canning jar was half full. At this moment, the canning jar was filled with light green liquid which was much paler in color than the 1,000-year-old ginseng juice.
It seemed that the color was related to age. The ginseng juice emitted a faint fragrance, and the fragrance on Qiao Mei’s body also became even more obvious.
There were still three 100-year-old ginsengs left on the ground and Qiao Mei continued to grow them. When the ginsengs were almost 1,500 years old, they stopped growing. At this moment, the ginsengs were already showing signs of withering, as if they were reaching their limit.
Qiao Mei gently sprinkled some of the 100-year-old ginseng juice on them. After that, the ginsengs emitted a sparkling green light and looked even better than before.
“This is really good stuff. It can actually bring plants back from the dead!” Qiao Mei looked excitedly at the three ginsengs that looked lush again.
Qiao Mei licked the remaining ginseng juice on her hand and instantly felt refreshed. The feeling of tiredness had completely disappeared. Now, she would not feel tired even if she had to walk 10 kilometers.
Qiao Mei looked at the yellow jade bangle on her wrist again. Ever since she received this bangle from Xu Lan, she had been wearing it. Initially, this bangle was still a little turbid, but now it had changed a little. Under the sunlight, its color looked much better than before and the turbidness had disappeared.
“What will happen if I soak this bangle in the ginseng juice… Won’t I be able to create top-notch yellow jade!” Qiao Mei looked at the bangle on her hand excitedly and fantasized endlessly.
After Qiao Mei absorbed all the energy from this kind of jade stone, the color and quality of the jade stone would decrease greatly. If she could use the ginseng juice to nurture the jade stone, then she only needed to get an imperial green jade stone of any quality. As long as it was the correct color, she would be able to turn the jade stone into top-notch imperial green jade.
She did not expect to be able to discover another way to get rich!
However, this method was really too wasteful of ginseng. No one would believe her even if she told them. They would even investigate the origins of the ginseng that she had.
She could only use this method to preserve these jade stones so that she could collect them.
Qiao Mei sealed the canning jars and put them into her bag. She then took out a couple of seeds and planted them at the place where Qiao Qiang had to pass through. She kept growing them and exchanging energy with them. After they reached the age of 100 years old, Qiao Mei stopped.
She would just wait for Qiao Qiang to go up the mountain tomorrow and find them for himself. If he really did not see them, she would give him more hints.
There was a lot of grass around the ginsengs that were withering as they could not withstand the energy. Qiao Mei sprinkled some of the ginseng juice on the ground and very quickly, the grass thrived again.
If the area surrounding the ginseng was bare, it would definitely arouse Qiao Qiang’s suspicion.