big sister headed home

Chapter 77

Dou Hua accepted the medical books from the shopkeeper of Baohetang, 'she herself is very interested in these medical knowledge' and has the motivation to learn when she is interested, 'she will study the medical books in her hands when she is free.

Relying on these medical books and some pointers from the shopkeeper of Baohetang, "Dou Hua has a deeper understanding of herbs and the configuration of prescriptions, and some simple and common prescriptions can be dispensed" and the proportions of the prescriptions are very appropriate.

However, she will be far behind when it comes to seeing a doctor for diagnosis and treatment. "Seeing a doctor is not like dispensing medicine. Dispensing requires mastering the properties of various medicines." Just make up the prescription according to the proportion of the prescription. It's more about practice' She can't do these things, she can't even feel the pulse at the very least.

But Dou Hua is also very content. She has her own ideas, thinking about how to live in the future. She opened a pharmaceutical workshop and made some common diseases into finished pills. These pills can become regular medicines at home. When people are sick, it is much more convenient to eat, no need to decoct medicine, no need to drink that bitter medicine soup all the time.

Dou Hua is just thinking about it now. After all, making medicine into pills is not a simple matter. There are many things to consider, and it can't be done in one go. What she needs to do now is to do more experiments when she is free. , the first thing to do is to research the pills.

Dou Hua's daily life is busy and fulfilling, either in the noodle shop or researching medicinal herbs, the busy days pass quickly, the heat of summer fades away in a blink of an eye, and autumn is ushered in.

The annual harvest season has begun, and this time it is the same as the wheat harvest. Before Dou Hua can hire someone, Jiang Ermeng has come to help.

During this time together, Dou Hua could clearly feel that Jiang Ermeng seemed to be in a good mood this time, even working with a smile on his face, smiling all day long, Dou Hua was puzzled and asked him once Who would have thought that this guy just looked at her and smiled, but didn't say why, which made her very depressed.

Dou Hua looked depressed, looking at Jiang Ermeng, who was so beautiful every day, and guessed in her heart, what made him so happy, did he find the money?Caught a big game?Still got the baby?
With all kinds of questions, Dou Hua asked a few more times. Who would have thought that Jiang Ermeng had made up his mind this time? The other party's dark face found a blush, tsk, this is really strange.

Dou Hua's family's land is only more than eight acres. In addition to Jiang Ermeng who came to help, the first room also called five boys to help for a day, and the second room also called a few children from the family to help for a day. Uncles and aunts came to help in person.

There are so many people to help, Dou Hua sisters and younger siblings are not too lazy, everyone is very diligent, within a few days, the crops in the field are all taken back home, as long as the crops are taken home , Even if the autumn harvest is half completed.

The crops were taken back home, corn cobs were piled up into two hills, peanuts were piled up into a hill, and other crops, such as soybeans and sorghum, were piled up a lot. They started peeling corn cobs and beating peanuts. Soybeans and sorghum also needed to be threshed, which required a lot of work.

There is also some work to be done in the field. The stalks in the stick field need to be dug out, bundled and pulled back to the open space in the village to be piled up. These stalks will be used as firewood for cooking. Various crops in the field The straw needs to be planed off, and then the land needs to be plowed to make it level, and the manure accumulated on weekdays is pulled up, sprinkled evenly on the ground, turned over again with a plow stick, and fertilizer is applied to the land. After a few days, the prepared wheat seeds were sown into the ground, and the autumn harvest was considered completed at this time.

The work in the field was taken over by Jiang Ermeng, and Dou Qing also went to do it together. Dou Qing has grown a lot in the past two years, with a height of 1.7 meters. He really has grown into a young man. Although his body is thin, But it has a lot of strength.

Jiang Ermeng was even stronger, and the two of them worked much more quickly. They spent two days digging out all kinds of straw, tied them into bundles and pulled them back to the village, and spent a few more days digging out all kinds of straw. The land is leveled, and the manure is pulled into the field and sprinkled again. After a few days, it will be ready to sow wheat.

At this time, the benefits of having livestock at home appeared. Jiang Ermeng brought a cow, and Dou Hua had Xiao Huizi at home. With the help of these two livestock, the work was much easier.

The work in the field is handed over to Jiang Ermeng and the others. Dou Hua and his younger siblings do the housework. Dou Hua and Dou Cui are the main labor force, and Xiao Dou Hong is also helping. Dou Lin Qiushou is busy At that time, the college gave me a few days off, and now I am going back to study.

When it was hot in summer, Dou Lin took a letter of recommendation from Second Master Dou and went to the school in the county to study. He spent the whole day in the school in the county. One copper coin, and I will take a ride back in the evening. I eat breakfast and dinner at home, and most of my lunch is settled at my own noodle shop.

Farming is busy these days, and the noodle shop has also been closed for a few days. When there is not so much work in the field, Mrs. Li took her eldest daughter, Duo'er, to start the noodle shop's business.She is reluctant to part with this lucrative job. Although the money she earns every day is not too much, it is a real copper coin, which is much better than relying on the sky to eat and digging the soil to grow the land.No matter what, Mrs. Li couldn't bear to lose the noodle shop's business.

There were two large piles of corn cobs piled up in the yard. Dou Hua, Dou Cui and Dou Hong each moved a small bench and began to peel the corn cobs. The yellow and golden corns were peeled off one by one and piled into a golden pile. , This year's rain is good, and Dou Hua is willing to use fertilizer. These corns are thick and long, and the corn particles are large, so the harvest is good.

Farming also has its benefits. As long as the weather is good, weeding frequently, and fertilizing more seeds, the crops that go into the field will always give the farmers the greatest return. With food, they can fill their stomachs, and their hearts will be at ease. headed forward.

In the busy days of farming, we ushered in the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was once a dream.

On August [-]th, Dou Hua led Dou Cui and Dou Hong to the county seat in a donkey cart pulled by Xiaohuizi.

Dou Hua and the others went out early, and when they arrived in the county, the sun had just risen. They took advantage of the fact that the weather was not too hot, and actually went shopping in several streets in the county. They all said that women like to go shopping, and this is the same everywhere. Yes, as long as you like what you like and the price is right, Dou Hua will buy them all with a big wave of her hand.

I cut ten catties of meat at the butcher shop and divided it into five parts, three of which were for the other three families and one for Jiang Ermeng's family. I bought ten catties of mooncakes at the dim sum shop and divided them into five parts.

Accompanying Dou Cui to the embroidery room, sold her latest embroidery and got three hundred copper coins. Dou Cui was overjoyed. This was the first money she earned by herself, although it was not much. But it also paid off.

Dou Cui spent [-] Wen on embroidery cloth and thread, and gave the rest to Dou Hua.

"Sister, I have earned money, and I can contribute to our family." Dou Cui said.

"Tui'er is very powerful, better than the eldest sister, I can't embroider this embroidery," Dou Hua praised, and wanted to leave the money to Dou Cui, but after seeing the expectant eyes of the other party, she accepted it calmly Taking the money given by Dou Cui is a kind of recognition and respect for her sister.

"Big sister, when I grow up, I will also earn money." Dou Hong expressed her opinion with a small mouth.

"Okay, okay, we Hong'er will also earn money, we need to eat more, grow up quickly, I'm waiting for Hong'er to earn money for me to spend." Dou Hua joked.

"Well, sister, don't worry, when I earn money in the future, I will definitely give it to you, so that you have a lot of money to spend." Dou Hong made a promise, making both Dou Hua and Dou Cui laugh.

To celebrate the festival, Dou Hua took her two younger sisters to the jewelry store and bought a fashionable silk flower for each of them.

Walking around in the shop, Dou Hua fell in love with a pair of small silver earrings, which were very delicate and beautiful. She turned her head and glanced at her elder sister. Dou Cui had also grown taller in the past two years, and she became more and more beautiful. Dressed up for her age, but she didn't have anything, so she immediately decided to buy this pair of earrings for her.

Dou Cui saw her elder sister looking at the pair of earrings, and thought she liked them, but Dou Hua picked up the earrings and gestured on her ears, and hurriedly took a step back, saying, "Elder sister, I just need silk flowers." , don’t buy me earrings, I don’t need them.”

"Who says you can't use it? Just buy it and wear it. You can see how beautiful it is. It just suits you." When Dou Hua saw that it was suitable, she took out her silver and paid for it without saying a word.

Dou Cui felt distressed when she saw the silver that Dou Hua had paid, and thought that she just earned more than 200 copper coins for her eldest sister, who would have thought that her eldest sister would spend three coins to buy this pair of silver earrings in a blink of an eye. Cui's heart was crying, she still earned too little.

Dou Hua took her two younger sisters to walk around several streets in the county. Everyone carried something in their hands, and the bamboo baskets on Dou Hua's back were full.

Near noon, the weather was hot, and several people were tired from shopping, especially Xiao Dou Hong, who complained that her legs were sore. Dou Hua and Dou Cui also had a deep understanding. They didn’t feel it when they were shopping, but when they stopped, I just felt that my feet hurt.

Several people came to their noodle shop with big bags and small bags. This is the time when there are the most people, and Li Shi and her two daughters are busy.

"Aunt~ There are quite a lot of people today." Dou Hua and the others came to the innermost place, seeing that there are quite a lot of people at this moment.

"Hua girl, Cui girl, and Hong girl, why are you here? Go to the backyard and rest by yourself. I can't take care of you right now." Pass the noodles to the guests.

"Hey, we got it, we're here to help." Dou Hua didn't care about taking a rest, and hurriedly put the things in the backyard, and she and Dou Cui washed their hands and came to help.

Because the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, there are a lot of people entering the county today, so the business of the noodle shop is much better than usual. Mrs. Li still said it was a pity, regretting that she didn't live more.

"Auntie, please sit down and rest for a while. If you don't have a successful business, you have business every day. We are not in a hurry." Dou Hua said.

Mrs. Li rolled her eyes at Dou Hua, with a disapproving look on her face, "You are a free-spirited girl, you don't care if you earn more or less."

"That's right, money can never be earned." Dou Hua said.

"Yeah, money can't be earned, but it can be spent. Look at you, how much money did you spend today? There are so many things that can't be bought with a few taels of silver. You girl, what are you talking about?" Well, if you can earn money, you can’t spend it like this, you still have to spend it sparingly, you can think of when you’re going to be in trouble and spend it, it’s too extravagant.” Mrs. Li scolded,
"I'm going to get married at the end of the year, I'm an adult, I have to learn how to live, I can't just look at the present, I have to plan for the future..."

Dou Hua knew that the other party was also thinking of herself, so she just blinked her eyes and listened without refuting. Dou Cui also regretted spending too much money today when she listened to her aunt's scolding. Only Xiao Dou Hong was too young to think so much , but she was the happiest today, because Dou Hua bought her a lot of good things, some of which she had never seen before.

(End of this chapter)