Chapter VII
I quickly cut a large patch of grass with my sickle, but it was a drop in the bucket for myself, because I had to get more grass to store so that I could have more time to find herbs.
By noon, I had only finished cutting the pigweed for two days, and if I hadn't practiced fitness boxing, I wouldn't have been able to hold on at all. I put the hogweed in a hidden place and went looking for herbs.
When I came to the mountains, I found a variety of herbs, such as carrot grass, white amaranth, and white amaranth is often said to be wild amaranth in rural areas, which is particularly useful for children's fetal poisoning. There's Houttuynia cordata, and there's honeysuckle, but it's a few days before it grows. Seeing that there are so many medicinal materials, I hurriedly picked them, and the collected medicinal materials should be separated, otherwise the medicinal materials will directly return to each other, destroying the medicinal properties. I didn't pick a lot of medicinal materials in a while, one of them is particularly valuable, that is, "Dendrobium officinale", Dendrobium officinale can prolong life, in the modern era of developed medicine, the price of Dendrobium officinale is already a sky-high price of valuable medicinal materials, not to mention in ancient times when there was a shortage of medicine.
I carried the bamboo basket containing the medicinal herbs on my back and ran quickly towards the county seat, hoping to go home before dark. After arriving at the county seat, I found the hospital according to my memory. When I entered, someone immediately stopped me, "Little friend, you have come to deliver herbs." "I looked at it and found that it was the doctor who said he could send medicinal herbs." Well, doctor, I sent the herbs over, they were all freshly dug up, and they were fresh. "I'm hurrying to the doctor." Children, my surname is Song, you can call me Dr. Song, let me see what's in the back basket. After saying that, he began to rummage over my bamboo basket, "Little friend, you still know that you can't put medicinal herbs together, it's very good." He looked at my medicinal materials and said, "I want all these medicinal materials, if you still find them in the future, don't worry about sending them over, Xiao Wang, come and weigh the medicinal materials." As soon as he finished speaking, a person standing on the counter walked over with a scale, "Dandelion five catties, three pennies and one catty; Ten pounds of amaranth alba, two pounds and one pound; Eight pounds of plantain, seven pounds of money, a total of ninety-one dollars, come and get money from me. With that, he walked to the counter. I hurried to follow, but I thought to myself that my stuff was so heavy that it was impossible to eat so much! Oh! In ancient times, it was said that the sixteen taels system was a catty, and in modern times, it was said that the ten taels system was a catty. Fortunately, I didn't ask, otherwise I would have died in disgrace.
Got the money and I didn't leave in a hurry. Because I haven't bought Dendrobium yet, I asked Dr. Song, "Dr. Song, I pick a Dendrobium, I don't know if you can accept it?" Dr. Song's eyes lit up when he heard my words, and he hurriedly said to me, "Show me." ”
I knew that there was a play, so I took out the dendrobium in my arms, opened the leaf wrapped outside, and handed it to Dr. Song. Doctor Song saw that I took it out and hurriedly borrowed it, and was very happy after seeing the dendrobium, "Little friend, tell me that you are willing to buy this dendrobium for me because of the money." "I was stunned when I heard it, I know the price of Dendrobium so well" Doctor Song, you look at it, I believe you. Sure enough, after listening to my words, Dr. Song was very happy and said, "Xiao Wang, give another three taels of silver to this little friend." "I was very happy when I heard that three taels of silver were only ten cents a pound, and the big meat buns were only one penny, and three taels of silver was definitely a huge amount of money. I happily took three taels of silver and said, "Doctor Song, thank you, and I will be Xiuxiu, in the future, you can just call me Xiuxiu." "Okay, Xiuxiu, in the future, if you pick herbs, come to my hospital to sell them, I will accept them no matter how much." After listening to Dr. Song's words, I happily replied, "Okay, Dr. Song, don't worry, I will definitely put the medicinal herbs here and buy them." ”
After I came out of the medical hall, I ran to the store where I bought the four treasures of the study, but I couldn't rush it! There is no way, I have seen many times that my brother's brush is broken, and I am reluctant to throw it away, and every time I use my fingers to write again when it is dipped in water. After I entered the Four Treasures Shop in the Study, someone immediately came over to entertain me, "This young lady, look at what you need?" The shopkeeper asked me. I replied, "I want to buy my brother a brush and an inkstone, do you have any recommendations?" ”
Xiao Eryi heard me say that he wanted to buy something, and he was very positive and wanted me to recommend: "Miss, look at this brush, it is made of wolf hair, and the writing is very smooth." Look at this inkstone, this is made by a famous artist. I looked at it and saw that it was really good, so I asked, "How much is it?" Xiao Er saw that there was a play, and said very positively, "Miss, you don't need too much, the pen is fifty wen, and the inkstone is more expensive for two hundred wen, if you want it, just give two hundred and twenty wen." As soon as I heard that it was okay, I waved my pen and said, "Okay, I'm coming." "Xiao Er smiled very happily when he saw that I was so generous. I handed one or two pieces of silver to Xiao Er, and Xiao Er immediately found me 780 Wen and gave it to me, and the things were wrapped with me.
With my things in my hand, I hurried home. Soon arrived, I hurriedly went up the mountain to carry the grass off, fortunately at this time, everyone in the family was resting in their own rooms, no one noticed my abnormality, after all, the work at home is done in our second room, they are very relaxed.
I quickly put the things in my arms into the room, and put the money on my body in a safe place. Then I went to help my mother cook, and after dinner was ready, everyone went into the lobby one after another to prepare for dinner. The old man said something to eat, and everyone devoured it. Finally finished eating, after I helped my mother clean up the dishes and chopsticks, I hurriedly pulled my mother and brother into the room. Once inside, I quickly closed the door for fear of overheard.
When I took out the pen and inkstone, my mother and brother were amazed, and I quickly told them to be quiet. My mother was very surprised when she saw the things and money, and asked me, "Xiuxiu, tell my mother where these things come from, you must not go the wrong way!" As soon as I saw my mother, I was about to cry, and hurriedly explained, "Mother, these things were not stolen by me, but bought with the money I used to sell medicinal herbs, if you don't believe me, I can go to the medical hall that sells medicinal herbs and ask." "My mother was much more relieved when she heard that things were not stolen," Okay, my mother believes you. I hurriedly gave the pen and inkstone I bought to my brother, and my brother really loved it and said, "Thank you, sister, for your hard work." I said to my brother, "Since you know that I have worked hard for you, you must study hard and don't live up to my trust." After listening to this, the elder brother nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely study hard." ”
After listening to my brother's answer, I nodded happily, and then I gave the rest of the money to my mother, "Mother, you take this money." When my mother saw so much money, she couldn't help but be a little scared, "Do you want to give your father and mother some money?" As soon as I heard this, I hurriedly said, "Mother, don't give it, if you give it, grandma will definitely take it all." Besides, it was also the grandparents who said that the money earned by each family belongs to each family. "yes, yes, it's better not to give it." The elder brother chimed in. Sure enough, my mother didn't support me anymore after listening to my brother and me.