Glancing at her two sisters-in-law, Zhou Lian said with a smile, "I don't know if Li Xiu getting that ginseng was a stroke of good luck or bad luck."
"What do you mean? When you visited last time, your father asked, but you didn't say anything," Mrs. Zhou asked, startled and a little anxious.
Zhou Lian smiled at her mother. "Father was angry at the time. Who would dare add fuel to the fire?" Seeing her father glare at her, she continued, "My constitution is weak, and Li Xiu knew that from the start. He asked a doctor, who said childbirth would be very hard on me, but that ginseng could help restore my vitality. So, he decided to try his luck in the mountains. Ginseng isn't a cabbage, after all; it's not that easy to find. The one I ate… he found it by chance after running into a tiger in the mountains and getting chased all over the place. But he managed to bring it back."
