Chapter 49: Selling Medicine
Xie Yujiao promised that this time she would follow her grandfather closely, never leave her grandfather half a step, and would not be taken away by a kidnapper like last time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The old man was also a little hesitant, but when he saw the little girl's legs, he was a little worried, so he shook his head and refused: "Your legs are not completely healed, and you can't walk that far."
This reason couldn't stop Xie Yujiao, who was already excited, she had already thought about it, there should be an ox cart to the town on the road, and then we could just take a ride, so she begged: "Grandpa, we can take the ox cart, let me go, I promise not to run around." “
The old man couldn't resist her, glared at her, and said angrily: "With your legs, you can't run if you want to." Seeing her pitiful appearance, she could only reluctantly agree, and said: "That's okay, if you want to go, you can go, but you have to get up early, don't be lazy in bed tomorrow" and said that if Xie Yujiao was in bed, he would not call her.
"Guaranteed."
Xie Yujiao can't suppress the heart that yearns for excitement, tomorrow, she can finally fly freely, how can she lie in bed.
Catch the market, which can be more attractive than a bed.
Sanhe Town is more than 40 miles away from Dashan Village, and Qu Yifeng can generally reach it in an hour on foot, but today there is a little girl, and the little girl's legs and feet are not very flexible, which makes the road a lot slower.
Fortunately, not long after I got on the official road, I took an ox cart to the town, and there were already five people in the car, just enough to squeeze two people.
When they arrived at the street corner in the town, everyone got off the bus, and the grandfather and grandson paid a total of five cents for the fare and went to the pharmacy.
"Yo, old man, please come in, what good things are there today, shopkeeper, Old Man Qu is here." As soon as the junior apprentice of the pharmacy saw the old man Qu, he hurriedly greeted him enthusiastically and invited him inside, and as soon as the junior apprentice's words fell, he saw a man in his forties coming out of the back room, who should be the shopkeeper.
I saw that his face was already smiling, and a pair of eyes went straight to the old man's back basket, "Yo, the old man is here, the backyard please!" Backyard please! ”
The old man was not polite, and took Xie Yujiao into the backyard with the shopkeeper, put the back basket on the ground, and said: "Today's is more than the previous day, and the shopkeeper will look at the palm of his eyes first."
"Yo, it's really, it's all quite fresh, the old man doesn't hunt to collect medicine, right" The shopkeeper couldn't bear it for a long time, squatted down and pulled all kinds of herbs in the back basket, looking at not only the number, the variety, but also very fresh, the year is not short, these are rare good medicines.
The old man was very calm, with an expression that it was not a big deal, "Anyway, I was idle, so I ran a few more times"
The shopkeeper counted the number of herbs and stood up, only to see that there was still a little girl there, still so cute Yuxue, not only asked with some curiosity: "Whose child is this, a good Peugeot little girl." ”
As soon as the old man heard the shopkeeper ask about his granddaughter, his old face showed a rare loving smile in front of outsiders, and said, "My little granddaughter, let the shopkeeper smile." ”
"The old man and the little granddaughter, I haven't heard you mention it."
The shopkeeper's surname is Gao, since his father opened this shop, the old man sold him all the herbs he picked, these decades, but whenever he gave the old man the price, the old man has never objected, of course, he and his father are fair people, so after decades of dealing, this is the first time to see the old man bring his family over, how can this not make him curious, not to mention that the thousand-year-old ice face actually melts one day, which is really strange.
The old man didn't say much, took the money and took the little girl's hand and left.
A basket of herbs was sold for one tael of silver and six hundred copper plates.
"Grandpa, why are the herbs so cheap, these herbs we sell are quite good regardless of the year, and the shopkeeper only gives these silver coins?" Walking out of the pharmacy, Xie Yujiao looked at the basket of good medicinal materials in exchange for these money, and asked very reluctantly.
The old man is okay, he knows that the price given by the father and son of the Gao family is fair, so the herbs he has picked over the years have been sold to the Gao family pharmacy, "This is quite a lot of income." Because we don't know how to deal with herbs, the fresh herbs will be bad if they can't stay in our hands for a long time. ”
Xie Yujiao complained to her grandfather with a heartache, "That's not cheap like this, just a few plants of Panax notoginseng can be worth a lot of money, as well as gentian grass, yellow essence, not to mention other rare good medicines." ”
Old Man Qu knew that the little girl was shrewd, but he didn't expect this girl to even know these herbs, and he was very curious about what kind of environment she grew up in, "How do you know that Panax notoginseng, gentian grass and yellow essence are there?" ”
Xie Yujiao's eyes widened, and she said angrily: "I saw it in the book before, my grandfather's house also planted Panax notoginseng and gentian grass, and Huang Jing saw it in the book. Panax notoginseng can stop bleeding, reduce fever and eliminate swelling and pain, etc., and the longer the year, the stronger the use; Gentian grass clears heat and dampness, diarrhea and liver convulsions; Yellow essence has the functions of replenishing qi and nourishing yin, strengthening the spleen and moistening the lungs, etc., and the longer the year, the better. ”
She really felt heartache when she thought about it, her grandfather had worked so hard to collect so many good medicines in exchange for this money, it seemed that she couldn't make a fortune by picking and selling medicines.
The old man touched her head and comforted: "What the girl said is right, those herbs are all good things, and it is indeed expensive to buy cooked medicine at the pharmacy." But you have to know that pharmacies also have to make money selling medicines, of course, they buy low and sell high, first, it takes effort to deal with it, and secondly, other pharmacies have the skills to make mature medicines. The price given by the high shopkeeper is quite fair, otherwise why would your grandfather and I only sell to his family for decades, and I am stupid when you are an old man."
Xie Yujiao laughed when she heard the "poof", "Grandpa is really, how can anyone say that he is stupid?" Then his tone changed, and he sighed faintly: "Hey, I'm just a little unwilling." ”
"What can you do if you are unwilling? We also got it from the mountains for nothing, and it didn't cost money, and the quantity was small. If it were a specialized herb dealer, of course, the selling price would be different" The old man patted her on the head, thinking that this child doesn't like to be lively, and taking her to a lively place should make her happier, so he said: "Let's go, let's go shopping, see if you like anything, grandpa will buy it for you." ”
Xie Yujiao didn't have anything to buy, she pestered her grandfather to come to town, she was purely suffocated, and now that she has sold out of medicine, she plans to wander around the street to see if there is anything that needs to be added at home.
"Grandpa, Book House!"
As she walked, Xie Yujiao looked up and saw a small bookstore, and pulled the old man into the room.
When the shopkeeper of the book house saw two old men and little girls who looked like peasants coming in, he got up to greet them in line with the principle that businessmen were guests when they entered the door.
"What kind of book do you need?" This is the only bookstore in the town, and all categories are relatively complete, and there are subsets of Mengxue poetry and poetry, scriptures and history, so what do you need? ”
"There are indeed a lot of books, can you flip through them first" Xie Yujiao stood at the door and looked over, on the rows of bookshelves, neat books were arranged in different categories, and they looked very complete.
Of course, the shopkeeper would not agree to the little girl turning it casually, and said expressionlessly: "Little girl, books are precious objects, but they can't be flipped indiscriminately, and it won't be good if they are accidentally broken." ”