Chapter 11: Bitter Barley
Xiao Mujin walked into the pharmacy and smelled the fragrance of medicine emitted by the medicine cabinets standing against the wall around him, and felt refreshed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info looked around the medicine cabinet, Hibiscus, who wanted to find business opportunities, but sadly found that she didn't know the words of this world, looking at these strange words in front of her, Hibiscus really wanted to cry without tears.
Mu Hibiscus had no choice but to walk up to the pharmacy guy and ask, "Little brother, do you accept medicinal herbs here?" ā
"Accept it, but we don't collect all the medicinal herbs."
"Then you don't think this will work." Hibiscus took out a few wild chrysanthemums from his arms and handed them to the buddy.
The man looked up lazily and said, "This barley can be harvested, but you have to take the flowers intact and in good condition." After speaking, he lowered his head and began to sort out the medicinal materials.
"What about the price?"
"It's usually fifty dollars a pound, and a better one is eighty dollars a pound." The guy replied without raising his head.
"I see, thank you, little brother."
Hibiscus pulled the bewildered family out of the pharmacy. Mu Hibiscus looked at his brother who wanted to say nothing, and sighed in his heart that he should have come at last.
"Brother, do you want to ask me why I have changed so much, and how do you still understand these things now?"
"You..... You... I don't want to say I can... Don't say it, anyway... You're all mine... Good sister. Xiao Muchen finally swallowed the words he was about to ask.
Hibiscus looked at her brother in front of her, who couldn't bear to push her, and felt a warm current flow in her heart. He took his brother's hand and motioned for him to bend down, then leaned close to his ear and said, "Let's go home in a while, and I'll tell you a story, okay?" ā
"Okay, I'll wait for Jin'er to come home and tell me a story."
"Okay, I'll tell you when I go back, and we'll go to the market now." Mu Hibiscus took Xiao Muchen's hand, and the family walked towards the market.
On the way, he saw large and small shops, Mu Hibiscus found that the planning of this town was very mature, the yamen, officials, and the wealthy residential area was located in the center of Luocheng Town, the southwest corner was the entertainment places such as restaurants and inns, fireworks and wine alleys, the northwest corner of the city gate was clothing and jewelry, pawnshops, etc., the southeast corner on the right side of the city gate was the medical hall and pharmacy, selling seeds and various daily necessities, etc., and the market area in the northeast corner was a little lively and mixed because it was by the canal.
Before I reached the door, I heard a noise coming from the market.
"Mu Chen, go in and hold your sister's hand in a while, don't get separated from us." The family stood at the gate of the bazaar, and Xiao Chengren told Xiao Muchen uneasily.
"Don't worry, Dad, I'll hold my brother's hand firmly, let's go in quickly."
"You kid, what are you doing in such a hurry, the bazaar won't run here." Xiao's mother said helplessly.
"I know, I know, I'm not in a hurry to make money." Mu Hibiscus said as he pushed Xiao's mother into the market.
Walking into the bazaar, you will feel the breath of life in your face, the sound of traders haggling with customers, the shouts of soliciting passing customers, and the jingling sound of distant workshops form a march of life of the people at the bottom.
Listening to the march of life in his ears, his nose was invaded by the various smells of this market, and the hibiscus fanned his nose and began to wander around the market aimlessly, and the group looked here and there like a sightseeing group.
Hibiscus picked up a plum and played with it in his hand, looked at the fruit stalls around, and found that the fruit varieties here are very simple, only plums, peaches and other fruits. Thinking of those things on Da Zhou Mountain, the corners of Mu Hibiscus's mouth hooked a confident arc.
"Daddy, let's go." Putting down the plums, Hibiscus returned to his heart like an arrow, and he couldn't wait to go back and transport those things to the city to exchange them for money.
"Ah, is this leaving? Don't you want to think about making money? Xiao Muchen looked at his sister in confusion.
"Let's go, we've thought of it."
"Got it? What did you think of? Xiao Mu, who had been listening to them next to her, couldn't help but ask curiously.
Hibiscus was about to speak, but he noticed that the little plum seller was listening to them with his ears open.
The words turned in his throat and said, "I have to go back to study and study, let's go back and talk about it" After speaking, he glanced at Xiao Chengren and walked towards the entrance of Xiao Mu's market.
"Eh, Jin'er, how did you go? You haven't told me how to make money? Woo woo woo ......" Mu Hibiscus hurriedly went up to cover Xiao Muchen's mouth, glared at him, and waited for him to be quiet before letting go of his hand.
Putting down his hand, Xiao Muchen asked, "Jin'er, why are you covering my mouth?" ā
Xiao Mujin glanced at Xiao Muchen with idiot eyes, and said, "If you want the whole bazaar to know that we have a way to make money and target us, you can shout louder." ā
Xiao Muchen covered his mouth tightly, looked at Mu Hibiscus with wide eyes, and said, "It's rubbing, what's the matter with Na thread planting?" ā
"Cold salad, don't go quickly." After saying that, Hibiscus quickened his pace and hurried out of the market.