There was a college entrance examination in August, and Zhoucheng was quite far from here, so in mid-July, Wenhan, Zixuan, and Pengcheng set off for Zhoucheng together. This time, Zhixin asked Wenhan to bring along the Fang family's Guoqiang, so that there would be an extra person to look out for each other on the road. Zhixin gave Wenhan 100 taels of silver; their family was not short of money now, and it would be good for Wenhan to have extra so he could buy something nice if he came across it. Yue Pengcheng naturally brought a servant with him, and the group set off for Zhoucheng in the Yue family's carriage.
After sending off Wenhan, Zhixin hurried back to the mountain. It was a busy time there, the ginseng seeds had ripened and needed to be plucked, and the soil also needed to be prepared. This year, the Xu family had their own ginseng soil and seeds, so Jinghan decided to dig up 900 feet of soil, allowing them to plant even more ginseng.
