After Lei Zhong properly put away the wooden box containing the century-old ginseng in front of Liu Jiaojiao, he led her back to the lobby outside.

The guy had already sorted and weighed the two baskets of herbs, and the cattle shopkeeper had already calculated an approximate recovery price, but he knew that he couldn't be the master of this transaction, so he didn't dare to quote, for fear that the price would be low and upset the owner.

As soon as he saw Lei Zhong come out, he immediately reported the type and weight of the two baskets of medicinal herbs, waiting for him to make a decision.

Lei Zhong walked to the counter, calculated it with an abacus, looked up at Liu Jiaojiao, and said with a slight apology: "Jiaojiao, the herbs you sent today are all relatively ordinary, so I only have two taels of silver to recover at the highest price." ”

Liu Jiaojiao nodded happily and said, "I know that today's herbs are not as valuable as yesterday's batch, it's okay, Grandpa Lei, you can give it at this price." ”

The shopkeeper Niu took two or five coins of broken silver very brightly, and handed it to Liu Jiaojiao with both hands, and his attitude was very good.

Lei Zhong introduced the identity of the cow shopkeeper to the two, and then said: "I am not in the pharmacy every day, if I am not there when you send the herbs, I will go directly to the cow shopkeeper." ”

The shopkeeper said with a polite smile: "Don't worry, the price is definitely according to what the owner said, and it will be recovered at the highest price on the market, and there will be no shortage of catties." ”

Liu Jiaojiao bowed politely at him, "Then it will be troublesome for the cattle shopkeeper from now on." ”

The cow shopkeeper was busy and didn't dare to be.

Lei Zhong suddenly seemed to remember something, asked Liu Jiaojiao to wait for a moment, and then turned around and went to the inner hall. After a while he walked out again, holding a delicate jewelry box in his hand.

Putting the box on the counter, and then opening it, he said with a smile: "I almost forgot, this was rewarded by the old lady of the county Cheng family last night, and the He Shou Wu was taken out by you, and this thing should be given to you." ”

Liu Jiaojiao looked at it, and in the box was a pair of pure gold twisted silk bracelets, which were inlaid with several small green gemstones, and the workmanship was very exquisite, which should be worth a lot of silver.

Jewelry always has a magical attraction for women, and Liu Jiaojiao's eyes lit up at once. I picked it up and checked it with my hand, and the weight was quite heavy, and it didn't seem to be hollow, but solid.

It seems that the old lady is quite satisfied with He Shou Wu, otherwise she would not have made such a generous move.

Liu Jun saw that she liked the bracelet very much, and secretly decided that she must work hard to earn money in the future, and then buy a lot of beautiful jewelry for her sister.

Liu Jiaojiao reluctantly put the bracelet back into the box, and said with some regret: "Grandpa Lei, you should help me keep this thing for the time being, it's inconvenient for me to take it back." ”

"Why is that?" Lei Zhong actually wanted to ask for a long time, although yesterday the two asked for a cart of food and bedding to go back, but the most valuable house title deed was not taken, and today they did not take the bracelet away, it seems that the two of them are unwilling to take the valuable things back.

Liu Jiaojiao didn't know if it was good to say it in front of Liu Jun, she glanced at Liu Jun hesitantly, and after getting a smile that she didn't care, she thought about it in her heart, and then slowly said those things.

Although Liu Jun signaled that she didn't care, the group of people in the Liu family were his relatives after all, so Liu Jiaojiao didn't add any personal emotions when narrating, but just said it objectively from the perspective of a bystander, but even so, Lei Zhong was so angry that he slapped the table several times.

"Disrespectful to the old! Unkindness and injustice! What are the swarms? After Lei Zhong finished scolding, he glanced at the Liu Jun brothers and sisters with pity, "I pity you two, I suffered these things at a young age, and I suffered you!" ”

Liu Jiaojiao smiled indifferently, "It's okay, we can earn silver to support ourselves now, and the village chief also promised to let us split up, and when we save enough silver in the future, I will be a few years older, and I will leave the village with my brother, out of sight and out of mind!" ”

It was the first time that Liu Jun heard that she had plans to leave the village, but he had already turned into a sister and he had no idea of objecting at all, and echoed: "Yes, when the time comes, we will live a good life, and then find a reliable in-law for Jiaojiao." ”

Liu Jiaojiao threw the knife over, "Brother, I've said it many times, I'm still young, and I don't want to get married!" ”

"Then wait until you want to get married, it's too early." Liu Jun only thought she was a little girl, thin-skinned and shy, and smiled and coaxed a few words.

Liu Jiaojiao was too lazy to argue with him, so she didn't hear it, and continued to send a white eye.

Lei Zhong, who was still indignant just now, was watching it with relish at the moment, it was the first time for him to see a child with grandchildren arguing like this in front of him, especially after seeing Liu Jiaojiao's delicate and cute appearance, a thought suddenly rose in his heart.

No, I can't say it yet, and I'll wait until I'm familiar with it for a while.

Suppressing that thought a little helplessly, Lei Zhong sighed in his heart, and then pretended to have nothing to do: "Jiaojiao, are you spending the night in the town today or returning to the village?" If you want to go back to the village, you can almost leave, it's almost winter, and it's getting dark early. ”

Liu Jun hurriedly explained to Liu Jiaojiao, and then went out to find Lao Li.

Liu Jiaojiao saw that she had to wait for a while, so she asked Lei Zhongdao: "Grandpa Lei, do you know where to sell preserved eggs in the town?" She misses the porridge with preserved eggs and lean pork very much, and plans to get it for tomorrow morning.

Lei Zhongdao: "Do you want more?" If it's not much, I'll have it at home, so I'll let the guy bring it to you. ”

"I can't ask for your things for nothing, I'd better point me out and buy some."

"Hehe, the old man has taken a lot of advantage of you, what is a few preserved eggs? You wait, I'll let the guy pick it up, soon. ”

Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Liu Jiaojiao simply accepted it calmly, isn't the old saying said? The elders give it, and it is impossible to say goodbye.

Lei Zhong's home is very close to the pharmacy, and Liu Jun hasn't come back yet, so the guy fartfully took a small bamboo basket of preserved eggs, and there were more than a dozen of them.

Lei Zhong took it and handed it over, and asked, "Jiaojiao, are these enough?" ”

"Enough, I'll use it to make porridge, so much can be eaten for several days." Liu Jiaojiao thanked with a smile and took the bamboo basket.

Lei Zhong was puzzled: "Porridge? Can this preserved egg be used to make porridge? ”

"That's right, add the minced lean meat together, and you can make delicious preserved egg and lean porridge." Saying that, Liu Jiaojiao looked at him curiously, "You don't know about this practice?" ”

Lei Zhong shook his head, "It's unheard of, the usual way to eat it is to peel it and cut it, and then pour it into ginger vinegar sauce to season, this is a cold dish." ”

Liu Jiaojiao really didn't know if there was preserved egg and lean porridge in ancient times, so she frowned slightly and said: "Grandpa Lei, you also know that I have been sick for many years and don't know anything about the outside world, can you tell me what dynasty it is now?" ”

She has always ignored this problem, because she is not traveling to the harem or the eunuch's house, and she is not a man, so she doesn't know which dynasty she is in history at all, and she doesn't care very much.

But as she spent more time here, she found that she still had to figure out the background of the era she was in, so as not to get into trouble for some reason.

When she just talked about the Liu family, she had to talk about the fact that she hadn't spoken for five years, but she found a reason to be sick, anyway, there are many strange illnesses in this world, and she has already recovered, even if Lei Zhong is curious about that kind of disease, there is no way to study it.

When Lei Zhong heard her words, he pondered for a moment before speaking to her in detail.

Liu Jiaojiao knew that she had crossed into an overhead era, and now the country is called Da Zhou, but it is not the one made by Wu Zetian, but an old dynasty that has lasted for three hundred years.

When today's son has only been on the throne for ten years, he is a visionary and ambitious monarch, opening the sea ban, promoting people's livelihood, reducing taxes, repairing laws, and even the status of merchants who have always been unpopular have been improved, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the country is naturally becoming stronger and stronger.

As for where history turned a corner, Liu Jiaojiao didn't ask, after all, she was just a ten-year-old peasant girl, and she shouldn't have any political sense.

When she got the answer she wanted, she breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good to have an alternate era, so as not to inadvertently come into contact with those historical events and people, she doesn't want to be the butterfly that rolls up the hurricane.

While the two were talking, Liu Jun came in.

After saying hello to Lei Zhong, he said to Liu Jiaojiao: "Grandpa Li is waiting at the door, let's go?" ”

Liu Jiaojiao hurriedly got up to say goodbye to Lei Zhong, who naturally sent the two to the ox cart diligently, and then stood at the door of the pharmacy to watch the two leave.

When the ox cart was far away, the cattle shopkeeper came over and asked, "Boss, why don't you tell Miss Liu about last night?" ”

Last night, Lei Zhong personally sent the hundred-year-old He Shou Wu to the county Cheng Mansion, and the county Cheng was naturally overjoyed, regardless of Lei Zhong's refusal, he paid him five hundred taels of silver as medicine, and then began to inquire about the origin of this He Shou Wu.

Lei Zhong was reluctant to drag the Liu Jun brothers and sisters into the water, and it was inferred that he got it by accident, and the person who sold the medicine was not a local, so he took the money and left. He is not afraid of the county to inquire in private, the guys and the cattle shopkeeper in the store are all trustworthy people, and they have long been unified, and anyone who asks will have an explanation with him.

Seeing that he couldn't get any useful clues from him, the county had to let him go, but before leaving, he knocked on the side and said that the Queen Mother's birthday would be two months later, hoping that he could help find another century-old He Shou Wulai.

Lei Zhong couldn't shirk it, so he had to take it for the time being.

Hearing the words of the shopkeeper Niu, Lei Zhong sighed, a hundred years of He Shou Wu is not a roadside weed, it is rare to have one, in just two months, where did he get another one?

"What's the use of telling them? When you are a hundred years old, why is it so easy to dig up? ”

"But haven't they already dug it once? Maybe there will be another one in the place where He Shou Wu was dug up? The owner, if it is an ordinary He Shou Wu, it is good, but this kind of century-old one, even if others have it, will not be rashly sold. ”

Lei Zhong shook his head, "Let's think of a way first, it's really not possible." ”

Although he didn't know which blessed land Liu Jiaojiao dug up the treasure continuously, he knew very well the risks of collecting herbs, the more precious the herbs, the deeper they were hidden, and they were very prone to danger. This little girl has a poor background, and she must not be allowed to fall into a dangerous situation in order to satisfy the selfish desires of others.

The shopkeeper knew that the owner was a kind-hearted person, so he no longer persuaded him, but just shook his head and sighed. He thought that offering He Shou Wu would represent the past of the crisis of the pharmacy, but he didn't expect it to seem to be in trouble again, and now that he thinks about it, he doesn't know if it was a blessing or a curse to get that He Shou Wu yesterday.

Liu Jiaojiao didn't know what Lei Zhong was thinking, at this time, she was sitting on the ox cart and singing leisurely.

"Send you to the outside of the village, there is a sentence to explain, although it is already a hundred flowers blooming, Lang Gregor, you don't pick the wildflowers on the side of the road, don't pick white, pick ...... if you do"

"Poof......" Liu Jun couldn't help laughing when she heard it, and then patted her head with a smile, "Jiaojiao, where did you learn this messy tune?" ”

"Hahaha......" Lao Li Tou smiled happily, and didn't forget to praise her, "Jiao girl sings well, let's have another one!" ”

"It's still Grandpa Li who has vision!" Liu Jiaojiao gave Lao Li a thumbs up, then turned her head and glanced at Liu Jun, "I'll tell you a real mess!" ”

"Yesterday, Liu's family had a big flood and broke Liu Chenglong's two legs, how can Liu Chenglong fly without legs?"

"Hahaha......" Lao Li Tou laughed so much that tears came out, "Jiao girl, you have such a mouth, you are too good at arranging people!" ”

Liu Jun shook her head helplessly, looked at her dotingly, and smiled.