The director of the Tongji Medical Center in Qinzhou was an old doctor, fifty or sixty years old, with long beard and eyebrows, dressed in a green robe and white hair, sitting at the desk by the window in the inner hall and reading a book.

The little medicine boy introduced Wu Nuandong, explained to the old doctor and withdrew, the old doctor raised his head and squinted, "Are you selling medicine?" What medicine? ”

Wu Nuandong stepped forward and handed over the wooden box, the old doctor opened it indifferently, his eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "This ...... Is this a mountain ginseng? Good, good, good, the beard is old and tough, the pearl points are dense, the reed knots are long, the old skin is shiny, and the horizontal lines on the hair roots are delicate, good, really good! The old doctor praised again and again, smelling the fragrance of his nose, and suddenly felt that his eyes were not blind and his legs were not painful.

References in the south are scarce in the north compared to those in the north, and due to soil problems, the efficacy and price are not as high as those in the north. Wu Nuandong took out the authentic northern ginseng, and there was no loss of the whole beard and the whole eye, and it had to be about five hundred years.

The ginseng in Yufu is of different sizes, with a total of half an acre of land, the largest one is too eye-catching, the too small one needs to be raised for a few days, and the medium size specially selected by Wu Nuandong is one in size.

"Yes, yes!" The old doctor was excited, every year the shopkeeper needs to spend a lot of effort to collect medicine in the north, and he may not be able to receive such a neat ginseng, and now someone has sent it to the door, of course the old doctor will not miss it.

"Tell me how much it is, grandpa, and you also let me consider whether to sell it or not!" Wu Nuandong held down the old doctor's hand to cover the box, but his small height and momentum were not weak.

The old doctor anxiously pulled out Wu Nuandong's little hand, closed the lid of the box, and couldn't help but teach: "You kid, the old decay will still pit you." Don't you smell the aroma of this ginseng? Those are all medicinal effects, where can they be dispersed in vain! ”

Wu Nuandong responded with a smile: "Your old training is reasonable. ”

The old doctor naturally would not think that Wu Nuandong was a doll who didn't understand anything, stretched out two fingers, and said clearly with confidence: "I won't hide it from you, this wild ginseng is very well preserved and fresh, it has to be six hundred years old, and 20,000 taels of silver can be taken out by Tongji at once, and only Tongji will take it out." ”

Previously, Wu Nuandong took a turn in the medical hall, and two ginseng sticks that were only 100 years old became Tongji's signboard, with a price tag of 3,000 taels. Relatively speaking, Wu Nuandong still trusted Tongji, and nodded without hesitation, "Grandpa, I want silver or gold ingots, don't fly tickets." ”

The old doctor hurriedly called the account room, took the carved box containing the silver coins, and opened it for Wu Nuandong to see, "One thousand gold, ten thousand silver." It is all ten taels, twenty taels, fifty taels and one hundred taels. ”

"Hmmm! Just right! ”

The old doctor put away the ginseng and asked in a good mood, "Little baby, can I call someone to help you carry the box out?" ”

Wu Nuandong waved his hand, "You're welcome, I'll come by myself!" After speaking, the old doctor and the bookkeeper were stunned, and lifted the box with half a height of her and easily walked out of the medical hall.

"This ...... This...... Is the little girl still married? It took the old doctor a long time to come back to his senses, and he shook his head again and again. He really didn't dare to marry such a fierce female doll, so many silver taels, just now the four medicine boys worked together to bring it in.

The account room wiped his sweat and said with a wry smile, "What a thief, she is warning us not to forget our righteousness!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw that the little girl who was not tall turned back again, and the old doctor and the bookkeeper were so frightened that they closed their mouths.

"I've got your box back!" Wu Nuandong put the empty box in front of the old doctor and waved his hand, "See you next time, two grandfathers!" He jumped out of the medical hall, leaving two old men looking at each other.

Wu Nuandong just came out of the hospital, Wu Xingzhou happened to buy sweet fruits and came back, the three of them came to a small restaurant that made small seafood, and ordered the store's special white boiled clams, steamed egg melon seeds, three bowls of seafood noodles and a steamed sea fish.

Because Wu Nuandong wanted to eat, Wu Xingzhou didn't feel sorry for the money, but Song Erga's eyelids twitched, and he waited until Xiao Er left before whispering: "Three bowls of noodles are enough, why waste it so much!" ”

Wu Nuandong smiled silently, there is a kind of psychology that the lord has money and eats openly - commonly known as the nouveau riche!

Waiting for the dishes to be served, Wu Nuandong tasted a few bites of each thing, and the taste was light and slightly sweet. She is not interested in small seafood, the so-called white boiled clams are white clams, flower clams, razor clams, sea oysters and other shelled water, dipped in ginger vinegar to eat, a large pot, it looks economical. Sea melon seeds are also a kind of clams, the shape is smaller, put the flesh of sea melon seeds into the open egg and steam it in the pot is egg steamed sea melon seeds. Nothing special, just eat fresh.

The steamed sea fish tasted good, Wu Xingzhou picked a thorn and fed it to Wu Nuandong, and after a few bites of Wu Nuandong, he never ate it again. No way, he was always afraid that she would be stuck in a big stab by himself, and he was busy for her back and forth, and he couldn't eat a few bites of hot food himself!

A meal costs 758 Wen, and fish is the most expensive, accounting for half of the price.

Song Erga even said that it was not worth it, so it was better to buy it yourself and make it suitable.

After eating, Song Erga took them to a clean inn and asked for two rooms, one for Wu Nuandong and Wu Xingzhou, and one for Song Erga. That night, I ordered three servings of rice noodles at the inn. Running all the way, the three of them went back to the room early to rest.

In the early morning of the second day, Wu Nuandong really caught up with the morning market, and all kinds of seafood were packed in bamboo baskets by fishermen, the most were clams, such as scallops, crabs and shrimp were still very rare, and more were pickled semi-finished products.

Wu Nuandong bought a lot of live shrimp and crabs, tied them to donkey carts in wooden barrels, and saw stalls selling pearls and coral ornaments along the way.

Rare pearls that are round and large and have good color are tribute, and those with slight flaws and insufficient brightness are also expensive to process in stores. Most of the stalls are obviously flawed, or the rice beads are worthless.

Wu Nuandong picked a lot for the women in the family, the rice beads were strung into bracelets or necklaces, and the large pearls were as similar in size as possible or could be punched with flaws, and then they could be placed in the shape of petals to make vermilion hairpins or pendants. picked and chosen, and the only three stalls were searched by her.

After shopping in the morning market, Wu Nuandong went to the woodware shop again, and finally selected four Arhat beds, four double-door wardrobes, and four warped books, all of which were rosewood carvers, and the store delivered them free of charge.

Wu Nuandong didn't expect to be able to buy an arhat bed, in the early Tang Dynasty, people still liked to sit on the ground, such as tatami mats and other bedding were all introduced to Japan in the Tang Dynasty. Later, it evolved from lying on the floor to hanging foot furniture, which should be the era of alternating high and low bedding. Wu Nuandong likes the ancient kind of stepping bed, on which you can hang a gauze curtain, but unfortunately that style is only available after the Ming and Qing dynasties. When the uncle comes back, he can let the uncle fight. It is said that the uncle's carpentry skills are quite good, and when he was young, he traveled from south to north and visited, and also visited many old carpenters. Later, when he got older, he opened a woodware shop in the town, and even the surrounding counties asked the uncle to make furniture.

The wooden ware was paved with horse-drawn carriages, and the furniture was packed in bulk, and when the local apprentices arrived, the furniture would be assembled. Song Erga took a bucket of seafood and followed the apprentices of the carpentry shop back to the village first, but the donkey cart was too slow and could only watch the carriage drive away in the dust.

PS: The price of wild ginseng has remained high since ancient times, and the curative effect is very different from that of artificial ginseng. Nowadays, the auction of wild ginseng for 30 years is 1 to 30,000 yuan, and the higher the year, the more expensive. Repeat: The conversion of silver taels in this text is roughly 1 tael of gold = 2000 yuan of soft sister coins = 10 taels of silver, 1 tael of silver = 200 yuan of soft sister coins = 1000 wen = 1 guan (hanging), 1 wen money = 0.2 yuan of soft sister coins, although it is cheaper than the price of silver taels in the Tang Dynasty, but it is convenient for everyone to convert and understand.