Chapter 12 The Herb Picker
Xu Lanyin sneered, is this dead mother-in-law a deaf, blind and fool when the people in the village are all deaf, blind and stupid? Because the original owner ate the steak inside and posted it to the ancient family, it has caused public outrage, and she is still talking nonsense with her eyes open.
Before Gu Wangchen came back, he wanted all the villagers to see through the shameless thoughts of this mother and son. can't be like in the book, the original owner was bullied to death, the Xu family's money was spent in vain, Gu Wangchen is still a good man who values love and righteousness in the eyes of the villagers, but the reputation of the original owner is a mess.
Xu Lan scolded the ancient woman and picked her to deny her previous account. Seeing that there were more and more people, he stopped his mouth and walked west. Gu Pozi's voice became smaller and quieter, until there was no more.
As she walked, she thought that she had to retreat from her relationship with Gu Wangchen as soon as possible, and she couldn't let the mother and son calculate their reputation. I am not at fault for retiring from my family, and I can ask for some silver to come back. Far away, the forty-five taels of silver given this spring can be witnessed by many villagers. Not only did Xu Lanzhou make a big fuss, but even Mrs. Xu and Dafang's family went to the Gu family to ask for silver, and they had to find a way to get the money back.
With Gu Wangchen as a reference, Xu Lanyin suddenly felt that the blind dates in his previous life were all simple and cute little white rabbits. Even the phoenix man who has different hearts and thinks about her family's property is much purer than Gu Wangchen, at least people don't have the idea of killing her.
Walking to Wild Bee Ridge, Xu Lanyin was sweating. The original owner was used to doing rough work in order to save more money for Gu Wangchen, and this body did not feel tired.
Xu Lanyin came to the side of the Wild Bee Ridge in the Wild Bee Valley. At this time, it is late summer and early autumn, some of the leaves are starting to turn yellow, the mountains and valleys are yellow and green, and there are waterfalls that flow down to the valley, and the spring water flowing from the bottom of the valley is beautiful.
Although Xu Lanyin had the memory of the original owner, he still didn't dare to go up the mountain lightly, nor did he dare to go too deep. There are not many people who come here, and it is not for nothing, there are people who come to dig wild vegetables, collect medicine, collect firewood, go into the mountains to hunt and pass by, and even come for sightseeing. As soon as someone came, Hanako screamed "Wangwang", which gave her a lot of courage.
The original owner's nose is very good, not only can he see, but he can also look for smells and find medicine. The original owner knew a limited number of medicines, except for knowing ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum and gastrodia and other precious Chinese medicines, he would only recognize some ordinary herbs. And Xu Lanyin knows more, such as notoginseng, cordyceps, dendrobium, etc.
Seeing this familiar scene, Xu Lanyin's memory appeared a gray-bearded old man, a medicine picker, who lived in the mountain in front of him, as if he had come last summer and left again this spring.
The original owner liked to come here to pick herbs, and he had seen the old man several times from afar, and the old man was unkempt, and his clothes were dirty and his hair was messy.
At the end of April this year, in a gap under a boulder, the original owner accidentally found that the two jasmine grass trees growing together were a little special, so they dug them up. When I dug it out, I found that the oval roots were much larger than the ordinary jasmine roots, about the same length and thickness as her small hands, and they had turned purple-black.
While she was looking at the grass, a gust of wind came running over a person, who was the herb picker she occasionally bumped into.
The herb picker snatched the two grasses, his eyes shining, and his body trembled a little with excitement. He muttered, "It's really blackroots...... A ...... Become a ...... I actually got two of them at once...... Finally able to ......"
The original owner was impatient to listen to his thoughts, and saw that the old man liked these two grasses very much, so he took them back and said, "You rob people, this is the grass I dug up, how did it become yours." If you want, take a hundred wen. ”
The original owner thought he had shouted a sky-high price. Not to mention two, even twenty catties of jasmine can't be sold for a hundred Wen. Moreover, this is obviously jasmine, and the old man has to say that it is black roots.
The original owner shouted that the sky-high price was also impossible for the old man, Gu Wangchen was going to participate in the township test this fall, and he needed a lot of money, and she was trying her best to raise money for him.
The old man's eyes and eyebrows were wrinkled, and he said painfully, "Silly girl, you have suffered a big loss by selling these two black roots for a hundred yuan, and even the old man and I will lose a lot for you." It's worth a lot of money......"
The original owner said in his heart, and said that I am stupid, you are stupid, where is there a buyer who helps the seller raise the price. He sat on the ground and said, "Then take two hundred yuan, and don't sell it if you have two hundred yuan." ”
Seeing that he could really sell these two jasmine plants for more money, the original owner couldn't help but be overjoyed.
The old man thumped his chest and opened his mouth, still losing for her. He tugged at his beard and thought for a moment, then took out a small wooden box from his bosom and said, "This box of ointment is worth the money of a black veil grass." He added, "You little ladies like to be beautiful, and the little girl looks good, but her skin is a little rougher and darker." This box of cream can not only whiten the skin, but also treat scars. If you save it, it won't be bad for twenty or thirty years. ”
In the old man's opinion, little ladies love beauty, and she will definitely like this ointment.
The original owner didn't believe that the ointment was as good as he said. Shaking his head, he said, "Don't coax me, if this paste is really so good, your face won't be so rough." I don't want this ointment, you better give a lot of money. ”
The old man's eyebrows were furrowed, and he muttered, "What a silly girl." And he took out of his bosom a silver horn and gave it to her.
Seeing that such a big silver horn was worth more than two hundred wen, the original owner said, "I don't have any change to look for you." ”
The old man said, "It's really a sincere stupid girl, you don't need to look for it, I'll give it to you." ”
The original owner was overjoyed, and was afraid that the old man would regret it, so he quickly stuffed the jasmine into the old man's hand, took the silver horn and stuffed it into his arms, and was about to go home.
The old man hurriedly grabbed her sleeve and said, "Silly girl, this medicine is very expensive, and it is worth much more than that silver horn." But what to do, I didn't have that much money with me. He was so sad that he died, "I have lived for such a long time, and I have never taken such a big advantage, and I am still a stupid girl, and it makes people laugh when I say it." Let's do it, I'll teach you a few tricks, so that you can earn a few tricks in the future. He sniffed again and said, "I didn't expect that the silly girl still smelled of snails."
The original owner looked at the old man's dirty clothes and the rag shoes with his exposed toes, shook his head and said, "I don't want to learn, if you have real skills, you won't be a medicine picker." I can also collect medicine, my nose is fine, and I can't earn 300 wen a month. ”
The old man was so angry that he vomited blood, puffed out his eyes and said, "I will not only collect medicine, but also heal diseases." ”
The original owner still shook his head and said, "Where is it so easy to learn to cure diseases." My mother and brother both said I was a stupid girl, and I definitely couldn't learn it. Besides, you really know how to heal and earn money, how can you be so poor, still living in a dilapidated house in the mountains, collecting medicine every day, and being so tired that you die of a thief. ”
She patted the little silver horn on her chest, she was very happy in her heart, and sent it to Brother Gu when she returned to the village. She broke free of the old man's hand and ran out of the valley.