Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 26 Market

Heishan Town can be regarded as one of the larger towns around Linfang County. No matter from the tall buildings and bustling crowds, the prosperity of Heishan Town can be reflected.

All the shops on both sides of the streets in Heishan Town are also open for business. This is the first time for Chunqiu to go out. I can’t help but look left and right curiously. The blue tiles and red walls are full of ancient charm, and I sigh in my heart. It turns out that the ancient buildings are really so antique.

The town is not big, but it has all kinds of internal organs. This is what Chunqiu has seen in restaurants, cloth spinning, bookstores and other shops. However, where is the shop in the herbal cottage? Why hasn't she seen it yet.

Chunqiu passed by another shop called Rouge Gouache Shop, and complained in his heart that it was really simple and rude, what did he sell directly?She thought it would be called a good name like Yuying Building.

Yuan Shi didn't have the intention of wandering around like Chunqiu, and her heart was already disturbed by the tea leaves.But when I think about the medicinal materials that my daughter wants to sell, I have to worry, is this medicinal material really reliable?Looking at the basket full of Polygonum multiflorum on her daughter's back, Yuan felt a little worried.

"Niu Niu, are you really sure that these Polygonum multiflorum can be sold for money? Don't let the herbal hall not accept you crying, and are you sure that Doctor Zhou really told you about it? Don't remember it wrong. "Yuan still thinks this is unreliable, so she wants to brainwash her daughter first, so as not to cry when the time comes.

"Isn't this herbal hall just a place where Chinese medicine is collected? I am Chinese medicine. Doctor Zhou can't lie to me." Chunqiu blinked his big innocent eyes and looked at Yuan Shi.

"Then... okay" Yuan Shi felt tired, and she couldn't convince her daughter.

"Mother, let's go to the herbal hall." Chunqiu saw that Yuan Shi still had a look of disbelief, so he quickly changed the subject, reached out and grabbed Yuan Shi's clothes, and suggested, "Let's go early and return early, in case they want it."

Yuan Shi looked at the girl with an affirmative face in front of her, and sighed for no reason. Her daughter would not give up if she hit the south wall, "Okay, let's go, it's not far from the east of the town." Yuan Shi thought Think, when the time comes, you will look like you are crying.

"Yeah, let's go." Chunqiu nodded, she couldn't guarantee anything else, but the medicinal materials carried in the basket were absolutely fine.

The herbal shop is easy to recognize, after all, it is a medicine shop, the medicine is fragrant, and the decoration is different from the surrounding shops, so the three of Chunqiu immediately recognized the herbal shop when they arrived here.

There are relatively few people in the medicine hall at this time. Standing at the door, Chunqiu saw the empty appearance of the herbal hall. Except for the doctor who was sitting there, there was no one there. Medicines are being weighed.

Yuan Shi stood outside and didn't speak, just looked at Chunqiu.

"Mother, then I'll go in." Chunqiu said, she could clearly feel that Yuan Shi wanted her to go in alone.

"Go, Huzi and I are waiting for you here." Yuan Shi nodded, she was worried that if she went in and broke the girl's thin skin, what would the girl do if she was embarrassed, she still didn't participate in this matter.

Chunqiu nodded, this matter really does not need Yuan's company, he raised his head and glanced at the gate above his head, walked in with his short legs, when Chunqiu came in, the little apprentice who weighed the medicine immediately noticed The little guest in front of him quickly put down the work in his hands, and did not underestimate Chunqiu because of his young age. He ran to Chunqiu and asked with a smile, "Does the guest want to get medicine or see a doctor? If it is to see a doctor, Dr. Zhou is sorting out medicinal materials in the backyard, maybe Have to wait to be free”

"I'm here to sell medicine." Chunqiu looked around and found that it was no different from the TV series, then raised her head and opened her big ignorant eyes to look at the immature young apprentice in front of her, her tone was not a bit disturbed , the attitude is very frank.

"Selling medicine?" The little apprentice was a little strange, such a young child came to sell medicine?But after looking up at Chunqiu's basket, he understood.Although I felt a little strange, I still said as usual, "Doctor Zhou is in the backyard. If you want to sell medicine, you still need Doctor Zhou to nod. Come with me."

"Okay" Chunqiu nodded and walked in behind the little apprentice. Yuan Shi and Hu Zi were still paying attention to the movement inside the door at this time, and suddenly found that the girl followed in without saying a word, Yuan Shi was a little bit unsteady He quickly dragged the tiger and walked in.

"Ma'am, you are..." The little apprentice noticed a woman who suddenly barged in, and quickly stopped her with his hand. "I'm her mother." Yuan opened her mouth to interrupt the apprentice, pointing to Chunqiu who was standing with Doctor Zhou not far away.

The little apprentice looked at Chunqiu not far away, and then looked at the two people around him. He said how could a five or six-year-old girl come to sell medicine by herself. It turned out that her family was at the door. Thinking of this, the little apprentice put down With both hands blocking the person, he stood aside and didn't say anything.

Of course Chunqiu didn't know what happened behind her, what she was most concerned about now was the harvest of the basket of herbs in front of her.

"Grandpa Zhou, let's see if this herbal medicine is accepted by your herbal medicine." Chunqiu blinked his big eyes, and asked seriously the gray-haired old man in front of him who seemed to be in high spirits.

"Oh? It turned out to be Xiaochunqiu. Has the forehead injury healed?" Dr. Zhou put down the dried herbs in his hands, looked at the little girl in front of him seriously, and immediately remembered what happened before.

"It's healed, and thank you Grandpa Zhou for the medicine. Grandpa, look." Chunqiu smiled after hearing this, and stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around his smooth forehead, revealing his intact skin.

"That's good, that's good." Dr. Zhou stroked his long white beard, and said with a smile on his face, "Xiao Chunqiu is here to sell medicine? Did he bring something good?"

"Yes, Grandpa Zhou also knows this good thing, Grandpa Zhou said it, Chunqiu has a good memory." Chunqiu pointed to the sun-dried Polygonum multiflorum next to him and said proudly.

"Oh? Then grandpa has to take a good look at it." Doctor Zhou said with a smile, and then picked up a clean Polygonum multiflorum and observed it carefully.

Doctor Zhou became more and more shocked as he watched, and almost pulled off a few beards in excitement. The medicinal materials brought by this child are not generally good.As we all know, medicinal materials are divided into upper, middle and lower grades. The higher the quality, the better the medicinal effect. The fleece-flower root in front of Dr. Zhou's careful observation has fine texture and smooth cut. The drying method is also unique, and the medicinal effect is not lost. What's even more commendable is that these wild Polygonum multiflorum has been around for many years, and the wild value is even more amazing.

After reading it, Doctor Zhou looked at the little girl in front of him in shock, full of surprise, "Xiao Chunqiu, tell grandpa where you picked it. The quality of these Polygonum multiflorum is really top quality, grandpa wants it all." Doctor Zhou planned to accept all of them after he finished his emotion. It happened that there was a serious shortage of herbal medicines in Linfang County, so he just made up for it.

When Chunqiu heard that the other party mentioned the best, she felt confident. It seemed that her estimation was correct, the medicinal value of Polygonum multiflorum is really good.

"Grandpa, it's in the back mountain of our Yangjia Village. Chunqiu has been digging for several days," Chunqiu said.

"Oh, it turned out to be there, no wonder, if there are any important Chinese herbal medicines after Xiaochunqiu, remember to bring them to grandpa, Grandpa Zhou wants them all." Dr. Zhou thought of the back mountain of Yangjia Village, it turned out to be there, and the soil conditions there It's suitable, and it's not surprising that such a good Chinese herbal medicine grows. Doctor Zhou looked at the little girl in front of him and thought it's better to book it as soon as possible.

"Grandpa, I still have some Tianjing grass here." After hearing what Dr. Zhou said, Chunqiu immediately took out a handful of wolfberry leaves and handed it to Dr. Zhou. This should be acceptable.

Doctor Zhou's performance was as expected.Nodding all the time, "Not bad, the quality of the grass is good these days, Grandpa wants it all." Doctor Zhou said, not only Chunqiu, but also Yuan Shi at the door, Yuan Shi was so shocked that he wanted to scream , I didn't expect that the things I thought were worthless would be taken by other people's cottages, and they were of super quality.

"Dabao, come and take Xiao Chunqiu to the front yard to weigh these medicinal materials. This Polygonum multiflorum is counted as the highest grade, and these days the fine grass is calculated according to the quality of the top grade." Doctor Zhou called the little apprentice not far away, and gave serious instructions.

"Grandpa Zhou, my brother still has some, do you want to take a look at them all?" Chunqiu was a little worried about his drying method, it would be bad if the other party gave it too high.

"Oh? Take it over and have a look." Doctor Zhou nodded in agreement.

Then Huzi put the Polygonum multiflorum on his back on the ground. Doctor Zhou looked at it seriously, then nodded, "It's counted as the best."

"Yes." Although Dabao was a little shocked, he still nodded.

"Everyone, come with me." Dabao stood aside and stretched out his hand to invite Chunqiu and the others.

After Chunqiu and Doctor Zhou thanked each other, they left with Dabao.

"High-grade Polygonum multiflorum is 66 renminbi a catty, mid-grade Polygonum multiflorum is 52 renminbi a catty, and low-grade Polygonum multiflorum is 43 renminbi a catty." Dabao cleared his throat and loudly quoted the price, "Because the customer is of the highest quality, according to the highest price of Polygonum multiflorum, 100 One catty of Wen, according to the calculation, Polygonum multiflorum is 360 catties and six taels, a total of one tael and [-] Wen"

"Then what about the fine herbs these days?" Chunqiu asked, tilting his head.

"Tianjingcao top grade is 40 Wen per catty, medium grade is 32 Wen per catty, and low grade is 24 Wen per catty. Calculated according to the top grade, the total is two catties and three taels, a total of 92 Wen." Dabao continued to quote.

When Yuan and the others left the Herbal Medicine Hall, Yuan was still in disbelief. She never thought that this medicinal material was so valuable that it sold for more than one or two taels of silver.

Chunqiu has already given all the silver to Yuan, leaving only some copper plates for Chunhua and Huzi. After all, they helped her dig a lot. You must know that the three of them dug dozens of catties back then. Well, it's just dried out.

"Mother, I want to give these copper coins to my second sister and Huzi, I can't give them to you." Chunqiu left 120 Wen in his hand and looked at Yuan Shi and said.

"Okay, okay." Yuan Shi nodded in agreement, and she was about to fly with a tael of silver in her hand, which was much more valuable than the purse she embroidered.

"Third sister, where's my money?" Huzi hurried over after hearing what Chunqiu said.

"Here you are..." Chunqiu counted out forty Wen and handed it to Hu Zi, and put the remaining eighty Wen in two purses, which will be given to Sister Chunhua in a while.

While Chunqiu was thinking, he was planning how to go to the back mountain to dig Polygonum multiflorum, and according to their unique environment in the back mountain, there should be some top-quality medicinal materials like ginseng. Thinking of this, Chunqiu was even more excited. A piece of old wild ginseng can be bought for dozens of taels of silver, which is much more valuable than these Polygonum multiflorum.

"Mother, it's time for Xiufang." Chunqiu pointed to a sign not far away that said Xiuyuanfang, and pushed Yuan Shi beside him.

"Here we are, the two of you wait here for Mother, and Mother will hand over some purses," Yuan Shi instructed.

"Ai" Chunqiu nodded.

Soon Yuan came out, with eight coins for a purse and four coins for a handkerchief. Yuan embroidered a total of ten purses and five handkerchiefs this month, a total of 4 coins. Yuan took some materials for embroidering purses and put them on In the basket on the side, he turned and left.

"Mother, where are we going now?" Chunqiu asked quickly after seeing Yuan Shi coming out.

"Go and see the teahouse not far away, and then I'll buy you something to eat, okay?" Yuan Shi was in a good mood today, and said in a very light tone.

"Okay, okay!" Huzi nodded quickly.

"Then let's go," Yuan Shi said, and walked forward with each hand holding the other.

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