Growing up by the river since childhood, Chen Qing was skinny when he was a child, and he went down to the river with the children of the same village to swim, and the water was very good, even if he held it at the bottom of the river for a minute and touched a few stones, it was not a problem.

After going home to clean up the fish and throw all the fish offal to the chickens and ducks for food, Chen Qingcai went to work in the field with a hoe.

The sun is still strong after noon, and if you are not in a hurry to work, even the croppers are not willing to weed under the sun. But Chen Qing had to do it, his family had ten acres of dry land, and there were only two laborers in the family, Miao Rencui felt sorry for his man except for the morning and evening not to let her family work in the field, but he was willing to instruct Chen Qing to weed under the sun, although the people in the village couldn't look at it, but they just talked about it behind their backs, after all, this is someone else's business, and they can't care about it.

The farm work is tiring, Boss Chen is old again, and Chen Qing's brother and a half will not let the eldest uncle take any dirt from it, at most, it will hurt her not to treat Chen Qing as a brother.

"Cut~ He doesn't want to be a brother to marry, and he relies on me to call him as a master, if you don't work in the field, the whole family has to drink the northwest wind" Miao Rencui took a puff fan and shook it while nibbling on the melon.

"It's just that you're so lucky, you see whose daughter-in-law can be as idle as you, and they have caught up with the landlord's grandmother," a fat second aunt next to her said sourly while mending her clothes. Her daughter-in-law is even a filial piety, but she hasn't caught up with Miao Rencui's leisure, she doesn't need to help in the field, and she doesn't touch her family work.

"How can I count my fate here? It's so easy for you to raise the sons and nephews of two uncles? I can't say that I can't touch it, Chen Qing has a big temper, if I'm not afraid of being sorry for my dead uncle, I'm afraid of raising a lazy person, how can I be willing to let him work?" Miao Rencui said with a look of grievance.

"You have to be cheap, who doesn't know you" The fat second sister-in-law smiled and slapped her.

The rest of the peasant women were also secretly envious of Miao Rencui.

After saving herbs for a few days, Chen Qing put on a bamboo basket on his back and prepared to go to the town to exchange money. Miao Rencui threw Chen Qing a few copper coins as usual, and ordered a bunch of things that the family needed.

Chen Qing frowned, and said in a calm voice, "Auntie, ten cents is not enough for green salt for washing, even if you sell herbs, you can't buy all of them."

"Yo~ What I said, it seems that I am difficult for you, ten cents is a lot, there is no money left at home, and your brother has to pay for his studies. You are an elder brother, so naturally you have to think of a way, this is about to start autumn again, isn't it also a reflection of the solar terms to buy some pork and come back, paste an autumn fat" Miao Rencui looked right, anyway, Chen Qing can buy back what she wants every time, and it saves him money by ordering more objects.

This aunt is getting more and more excessive, although he can deduct a few pennies every time, but this time it is definitely not enough for what she wants. Looking at Miao Rencui with a disdainful face, Chen Qing stuffed the money back into the hands of the eldest uncle, unloaded the bamboo basket and placed it at her feet and said, "If the eldest aunt thinks that this little thing is valuable, it is better to sell it in the town by yourself, and it will save me every time I beg the shopkeeper to give me a few more pennies."

Although she knew in her heart that this thing was not worth much, every time she asked for something, Chen Qing could buy it back, and there were still a few copper plates left, which showed that this herb was still sold at a high price.

Every time I got cheap, I was not satisfied with Miao Rencui felt that this kid was underdrawn, and immediately cried, "God damn it, why did I raise such a white-eyed wolf, sell something and let me, an elder who is half cut into the ground, go dozens of miles to sell it, I really gave you so much rice for nothing...... Oops~Boss Chen, come quickly~"

Chen Qing gritted his teeth with a black face and left, regardless of the eldest aunt sitting on the ground wailing, the people's hearts are not enough to swallow the elephant, and it is time to suppress her arrogance.

Boss Chen heard the call of his mother-in-law, and immediately went out of the room, and he made a fuss just after breakfast early in the morning, and there was no birthday to celebrate, "What's the matter?"

"What else? I'll let Chen Qing bring some food from the town, and he will let me go by myself! This is your good nephew, you go and talk about it yourself!" Miao Rencui said in a thick voice while pointing to the courtyard wall of Chen Qing's house and scolding.

"Okay, okay, he doesn't go, I'll go. It just so happened that I went to the town to get a hoe," Boss Chen rubbed his ears to block his mother-in-law's loud voice.

"You go to sell it, can you sell it for a high price?" Hurry up and let Chen Qing sell it" Miao Rencui slapped Boss Chen on the shoulder, instructing the man.

"I know that he can exchange a few thin noodles with the shopkeeper, so don't be angry with him every time," Boss Chen said to her.

"You still dare to teach me a lesson? You go and sue Chen Qing, don't think about eating at night if you don't buy back what I want," Miao Rencui yelled at his own man.

Boss Chen was afraid that she would shout at the neighbors to laugh at her, so he hurriedly carried the basket to find Chen Qing.

Chen Qing didn't agree with a cold face, and directly told Chen Boss Miao Rencui what he wanted, saying that he couldn't do anything, and he was afraid that he would be punished if he couldn't buy back what his aunt wanted.

Boss Chen looked helpless, comforted his nephew and said, "Don't listen to your aunt, she is a woman who knows something, she thinks everything is worth it when she sees money, you can buy as much as you want, I will tell her when I come back, I will not embarrass her."

After getting the uncle's assurance, Chen Qing agreed with a black face. After the uncle left, Chen Qing hurriedly stuffed the finished product embroidered by himself and his sister into the lower layer of the bamboo basket, rushed to catch up with the cool morning, and walked for nearly an hour before walking along the country road into Qingping Town.

There are dozens of villages in Qingping Town, most of them are the same clan and one village, Chenjiagou only has a dozen households at the beginning, and after several generations of development, there are only a few dozen households, which is not a big village.

Qingping Village was originally the largest village in the surrounding villages, located in the center, gathered popularity, and carried out trade and returned farmland to do business, so it was renamed Qingping Town.

Qingping Town is surrounded by low fences and guardrails, and only when you enter the center of the town do you see a bustling street. The town is not big, but there are many merchants, such as rice and noodle shops, money houses, cloth shops, and restaurants. Although it can't catch up with the prosperity of the county, it can be found all over this street.

I went to the pharmacy to find the shopkeeper and sold the herbs, Chen Qing wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead and said to the shopkeeper Lin, "I haven't seen the herbs you want in the past two days, but there is a half-wall vine on the edge of the cliff, I didn't pick it when I saw that I was still young, and when the month is enough, I will send it to you while it is fresh."

"Hehe, I don't have to worry about your errands, we have known each other for a few years, the herbs are not in a hurry to be collected, drink saliva and rest first" Shopkeeper Lin is a slightly chubby man in his 50s, and he has opened a pharmacy in this town for many years. Whenever the surrounding villagers have a serious illness, they come to his house to buy medicine, and they are respected by many people in the town.

"Thank you, if you hadn't taught me a lot of knowledge about collecting medicinal materials, I wouldn't have been able to exchange so much money, I really don't know how to thank you" Chen Qing sincerely thanked him, if it wasn't for the chance encounter with the shopkeeper Lin back then, the young Chen Qing would not have known that if the original herbs were dug up and not properly disposed of, and the medicinal properties were lost, then the herbs would be worthless.

When Chen Qing was 11 years old, he recognized common herbs from the villagers and dug them up to sell, but he was not allowed to enter the shop, so he had to set up a stall on the street, hoping to exchange a few copper plates. Shopkeeper Lin happened to pass by that day, and saw a rare medicinal herb with good ingredients, but it was not properly disposed of, and he regretted a few words.

Chen Qing is so refined, he immediately asked sincerely about the disposal of medicinal materials, and his words were sincere, Lin shopkeeper regretted that he was calm at a young age, so he instructed a few words, and Chen Qing sent them to Lin Shopkeeper Pharmacy every time he got good medicinal materials, the two were familiar with each other and easy to talk, Lin Shopkeeper did not cheat him when he was young, and the medicinal materials were collected according to the market price and did not lower the price, so Chen Qing could secretly save a few private money.

"Where to say, it's not easy for you to support your family at such a young age, we are mutually beneficial, you dig a good pharmacy pù to make a profit, teach you a little common sense is not worth your thanks" Lin shopkeeper said with a smile, this child is also considered to have grown up, the older he is, the more calm he is, and he is also sincere, he is a good child.

"You are not my elder but you have taught me many things, and I am of course grateful. These are sun-dried mushrooms, and the farmer family has nothing of value Thank you, this mountain goods should be added to your home, don't dislike it" Chen Qing turned out a package of dried mushrooms wrapped in big leaves, handed it to the shopkeeper Lin, his clear eyes smiled into a crescent moon, and the whole person changed his temperament.

"This kid, you are a sincere baby, otherwise I won't miss you no matter how many things you give" Shopkeeper Lin smiled at him, and happily accepted the gift, this dried mushroom is worthless, but it is good to have your heart.

"Hehe, then I'll go back first" Chen Qing saw that the things were collected, and picked up the bamboo basket with one hand and said goodbye to Shopkeeper Lin on his shoulder.

Shopkeeper Lin sent Chen Qing away, and the shop staff joked to him, "I gave an extra 2 yuan, you are taking Ah Qing as a grandson."

"It's a lot of things, let's not miss these two copper plates, we should all buy snacks, and besides, this medicinal material is better than those ingredients that have been collected, and it should be given two more money" Shopkeeper Lin patted his head.

The old guy is also in his 30s, and he has been working with the shopkeeper Lin since he was young, and he knows a little about Chen Qing's situation, "Cut~ Why didn't I see you give other people a fair price, it's just for that kid"

"What nonsense! Which pharmacy will accept medicine at market price, then there is a fart profit" Shopkeeper Lin scolded with a smile and entered the counter to calculate the accounts.