From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 7 Elixir
"I think so."

Xu Fugui looked at Jiazhen with eyes full of love. He must have been very lucky to marry such a good wife.

"Sister Qian, please don't say that. My Fugui is also very good. He is down-to-earth, hardworking, and honest. Don't look at him as dull and silent. In fact, he is very wise."

Jiazhen grew up in the city. She had seen and heard too many stories of wealthy men smoking opium and visiting brothels.

In her opinion, Xu Fugui does not smoke, gamble, or visit brothels, and he loves, cares for, and respects her. He is the perfect husband in her heart.

"That's enough, that's so corny. I'm going back now and will come see you in two days."

Wang Qian couldn't stay any longer when she saw the couple's eyes were filled with anger.

Xu Fugui sent Wang Qian away, and then sent Yang Po away.

Mrs. Yang was old and tired from all the work, so she went home first. Her niece stayed to take care of Jiazhen for two more days.

To thank them for saving Jiazhen and keeping the child, Xu Fugui gave each of them a red envelope of one or two taels of silver.

Nanny Wu also helped and received a red envelope of 660 wen.

"Oh, I almost forgot... I didn't ask how much the Qi and Blood Pills cost just now."

Only after Wang Qian left did Xu Fugui remember that he still owed a Qi and Blood Pill.

The Qi and Blood Pills were placed in a precious porcelain bottle and must be worth a lot of money.

"You mean the pill I just took?"

After Jiazhen swallowed the Qi and Blood Pill, a large amount of Qi and blood was immediately replenished in her body.

"Yes, I don't know how much silver."

"When I was in the city, I heard that all the big pharmacies sell these pills, and they cost at least dozens of taels of silver."

A few dozen taels...

Xu Fugui was thinking in his mind that if he paid back this Qi and Blood Pill, he would have some savings, but now he was running out of money and the situation was not good.

After San Gou started practicing martial arts this year, he and Da Niu also started practicing martial arts.

The three of them had a much greater appetite and needed to supplement their diet with meat, so their daily food expenses increased significantly.

After the autumn harvest, the family had saved about 250 taels of silver, including enough rice and flour, the staple food for the next year.

However, the family only has income from the autumn harvest, and the rest of the time is spent on expenses.

When winter comes, you need to buy supplies for the winter and New Year's goods.

We will have to hire Nanny Wu for at least two months to take care of Jiazhen and the newborn baby.

If the price of a Qi and Blood Pill is too high, the remaining savings will not be enough to support the family until the next autumn harvest.

"I want to sell a few acres of medicinal herbs."

The twenty acres of medicinal herbs planted by Xu Fugui were used at this time.

"Okay, it's up to you."

Jiazhen was feeling a little down. It was all because of her difficult labor, otherwise the family wouldn't be so nervous.

Xu Fugui saw his wife's mood. He leaned over and kissed Jiazhen gently on the forehead: "Well, don't worry about the money. I will definitely not let you and the children go hungry."

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Medicinal herb fields.

"Dad, do you really want to sell these herbs?"

Xu Xiaoniu felt reluctant to see Xu Fugui checking the condition of the medicinal herbs in the field.

He spent most of his time in the fields tending to the herb fields and had developed an attachment to them.

"Well, if you sell me these six acres of ironroot grass, I'll teach you how to grow seedlings and then plant them all."

Xu Fugui looked at the twenty acres of medicinal herb fields.

Among them, there are eight acres of withered leaf blackthorn, six acres of iron root grass, and six acres of wood sedge.

It takes three years for the herb to become a medicinal herb. Before it's ready, its stems and leaves are green, but afterward, they turn the color of dead leaves. Every three years, an extra leaf grows on the herb's stems, increasing its medicinal properties.

These eight acres of withered leaves are in their eighth year this year and will be in their ninth year next year. When they can grow the third leaf, the price will be much higher.

Iron root grass becomes medicinal in two years, and its medicinal properties increase every year thereafter. The longer it ages, the more expensive it is.

The medicinal part of the plant is the root that grows underground, with almost no stems or leaves above. As it ages, the root becomes harder and harder, like iron, hence the name "iron root grass."

Xu Fugui's six acres of ironroot grass were the first to be planted, and he had never harvested them. This was the eleventh year. It was the most valuable herb in his herb farm.

The third type is wood aralia, which he has only planted for a few years. It is not cost-effective to harvest it now.

"If this iron root grass continues to grow, it will be stolen." This was one of the reasons why Xu Fugui decided to sell the iron root grass.

The medicinal part of iron root grass is in the underground roots, but if others knew that he had iron root grass here for more than ten years, and that they could sell one for one or two hundred coins, wouldn't they come to steal it?

After making the decision, Xu Fugui went to the county town.

There are brokers in the city who specialize in introducing business, and he found a local broker who was familiar to him.

Ironroot grass is a common medicinal herb and is easy to sell. Xu Fugui compared prices between two medicinal herb vendors introduced by the broker and chose the one with the highest bid.

He also went to a big pharmacy to buy Qi and blood pills.

A single Qi and Blood Pill costs 80 taels of silver, which is not a small amount.

Xu Fugui not only bought Qi and Blood Pills, but also some fine tea. Du Hai took out Qi and Blood Pills without saying a word to help him, so he had to express his gratitude.

Given Du Hai's personality, he definitely wouldn't accept money, so giving him some tea would be the most appropriate thing to do.

After returning to the village, Xu Fugui went to the Du family to return the Qi and Blood Pills and gave them some tea.

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a few days later.

Merchants who came to buy medicinal herbs arrived at Baihe Village with their convoy.

After that, we collect herbs, weigh them and load them onto trucks.

It took most of the day to harvest all the six acres of ironroot grass.

Xu Fugui harvested a total of 320 taels of silver. On average, one acre of land yielded nearly 5 taels of silver per year.

“Growing medicinal herbs is quite cost-effective.”

he thought.

Next, he started to grow seedlings. He didn’t sell all the ironroot grass, so he left some seedlings for planting.

A dozen days later, he planted the sprouted ironroot grass seedlings.

Since he grew more seedlings each time, some ironroot seedlings were left unplanted.

"Can these medicinal seedlings be planted in the internal space?"

This idea suddenly came to him.

At first, the space inside his body was only the size of a palm, which could only accommodate his movements.

The current internal space, centered on the family treasure tree, has a three-meter radius of activity area, which is nearly thirty square meters. Most importantly, this area will expand year by year.

"If I can grow crops in my internal space, wouldn't that mean I have an extra small medicinal garden that doesn't require me to pay land tax?"

Thinking of this, Xu Fugui tried it immediately.

As usual, he went out before dawn. After arriving at his own field, he brought the prepared iron root grass seedlings into the space inside his body.

Loosen the soil with a hoe, then plant the ironroot grass seedlings and water them.

The environment inside the body is different from the outside world. There is no day or night, and no temperature changes.

Xu Fugui was not sure whether the iron root grass could survive in the internal space, so he observed it every day.

After a few days, the ironroot grass survived.

After more than ten days, he noticed something strange.

"This isn't just ordinary ironroot grass, it's a magical medicine!"

Some medicinal herbs are ordinary herbs when planted in ordinary fields, but they grow into "magic herbs" when planted in spiritual areas or deep mountains and forests with abundant spiritual energy!
Xu Fugui has been growing iron root grass for more than ten years. He is sure that he will not make a wrong judgment. The space inside his body is definitely not ordinary iron root grass.

"The space inside the body is the place of spiritual veins?"

Xu Fugui was excited. The price of elixir and ordinary medicinal materials was very different.

For the purpose of experiment, he planted blackthorn and wood aralia in the space inside his body.

The wood sedge has not changed, it just grows faster and more vigorously. Because wood sedge is not a magical medicine, it is just an ordinary medicinal herb no matter where it is planted.

As for the withered leaf blackthorn, like the iron root grass, it is a spiritual medicine when planted in a spiritual area, and it is an ordinary medicinal material when planted in ordinary fields.

"The withered leaf crow has also turned into a magical medicine, as expected."

"It's a pity that the space inside is too small."

With less than 30 square meters of internal space, not many spiritual herbs can be grown.

(End of this chapter)