Chapter 373: Picking Herbs
Every time she saw this scene, Qingwan couldn't help but feel anxious from her heart: without medicinal materials, no matter how clever a doctor is, he can't cure the disease.
Lu Yanyi had to go to the provincial capital in person every ten days and eight days. Although according to him, the medicinal materials bought back were less than half of those in previous years, but after all, he could buy back a few truckloads of medicinal materials, and he could barely cope with it.
But even so, she saw that Lu Yanyi's brows were getting tighter and tighter, and every time she came, she became more and more worried, although she still cared about them everywhere, she could also feel the pressure that Lu Yanyi had been under recently.
Every two or three days, Qingwan has to go into the space to pick a medicinal herb, because of this magical big green leaf, the medicinal effect of the tea stall has been enhanced a lot, and Qingwan is also worried about reading the books in the space, so he always has to go in at night.
The temperature began to drop on this day, everyone went to bed early, and Qingwan saw that it was still early, and quietly entered the space again.
After entering the space, the first thing Qingwan did was to take a few sips of water first, and then go to the field to pick herbs.
To her surprise, the lush green leaves that had grown for months had disappeared today!
This small field is divided into two parts, half black beans and half licorice in medicinal herbs! It is lush and very gratifying.
"Huh?" Qingwan was taken aback again, hurriedly walked a few steps, came to the ground, and looked at the two plants: "You have come to tell me again, will these be of great use?" ”
The herbs in the space seem to have magical spirituality, and every time they pick them, they seem to be talking to her, swaying and nodding. Today, these two plants are more like they are in a hurry, and they are blown by the wind.
Qingwan leaned down, and with a slight tug, he pulled out one of the black beans and one of the licorice: "Since this is the case, then I will take you out and plant them in the ground." ”
She picked up a few of them, turned around and walked out of the space.
The next morning, she found a small plot of land behind the house and planted them. When He saw it, he asked a little strangely: "Girl, where did you get this?" What do you want this for? ”
"Mother," Qingwan said with a smile while busy fiddling with crops: "This is when I went up the mountain yesterday and saw these two medicinal herbs, I picked a few and came back to plant them in our house." ”
"What is this?" He took a closer look.
Although Qingwan said this, she knew in her heart that there were no black beans and licorice on this mountain, and no one in the village would know them: "Mother, you see, this is black beans, which have the effect of detoxification, this is called licorice, the effect is peaceful, and it can be used in many recipes." ”
"How come I've never seen one?"
"It's the first time I've seen them," Qingwan continued, "There are only a few of them, and I thought they would be useful in the future, so I quickly picked them back and planted them here first." ”
He always believed his daughter's words: "Okay, you can plant if you want to." ”
That night, Qingwan was still thinking about the two herbs that suddenly grew, and was anxious to go into the space to take a look.
As soon as she came in, she ran to the edge of the field, but this time it was very different from the past, it turned out that when the big green leaves grew, after the picking, they would continue to grow, but the black beans and licorice were not, and after picking yesterday, they left an empty open space, and nothing grows.
Qingwan stood there and looked at it for a while, thought about it, and went into the house to look for a book.
The books on the shelves are extremely varied, but most of them are knowledge she has mastered in her previous life, so she doesn't need to read them anymore. There was only a small part, which she didn't know, and she took a copy today that she hadn't finished reading yet, and then flipped through it.
As soon as she read two pages, she was fascinated by the words on it: black bean licorice soup!
She was shocked in her heart, and hurriedly read it in one breath: two black beans, two inches of liporice, two cups of water, and take it when cooking soup. There was a swollen and poisonous epidemic, and the Beijing master offered this prescription. Black beans cure hundreds of medicines, licorice reconciles hundreds of medicines, this is also a minimalist and extremely effective formula.
Qingwan let out a sigh of relief, it turned out that the mystery of these two herbs was here!
But now that it's peaceful outside, is there going to be a plague?
Her heart tugged. In any case, the growth of these two herbs must have its reasons. Qingwan read this passage carefully several times and memorized it in her heart.
Several days passed. The herbs planted are still growing vigorously, and Qingwan goes over to look at them every day, causing He to say, "Aren't they just two herbs?" Is it worth paying attention to? ”
Qingwan naturally won't tell her true feelings: "Mother, you don't know, I want to test them." ”
"What test?" This little daughter always has unguessable thoughts in her head.
"Mother, look," Qingwan pointed to these herbs and said, "I am in the city, and I heard that the price of medicinal materials this year is extremely expensive, and there is no shortage at all, even if it is the same as in previous years, this medicinal herb is much more valuable than growing vegetables." I wondered if I could replant some of the herbs in the land, so that the profits would be much greater. ”
"Oh?" He Shi was a little moved by these words, but he was still not sure: "Grow medicinal herbs? Will this work? Our ancestors all grew vegetables and food, who did this? ”
"Aren't others learning too?" Qingwan disagreed, "I have seen the method of growing medicinal herbs in the book, let's plant less first, and take these two things for an experiment, if it can be done, this is much stronger than growing food." ”
As soon as I said this, I suddenly heard a male voice outside the door: "This sister-in-law, can you borrow a bowl of water to drink?" ”
At this time, just after breakfast, Qing Boding and Hanguan were gone, Hanjuan and Hanguang were in the house preparing things to come out, and there were only mother and daughter in the courtyard.
"Are you passing by?" He was taken aback, and when he looked up, he saw a man with a tired face standing at the door, but his expression was very humble.
"Yes, I am from Ziyang, selling medicinal herbs to the county seat, passing through here, I am in a hurry, and I didn't meet the hotel when I got up in the morning, I don't know if I can ask for a bowl of water to drink." The man was very polite.
He hesitated for a moment, Qingwan got up and went to the door to take a look, only to see that there was indeed a carriage next to it, with a cart of goods on it, but it was all covered, and he couldn't see what it was.
"Come in, I'll pour you water." Qingwan saw that this person was tired and tired, and stood there as if he couldn't walk, and couldn't bear to turn him away.
The man was very happy and arched his hand: "Thank you, girl." ”
After speaking, he walked in, Qingwan asked him to sit down at the small stone table in the courtyard, poured a bowl of boiling water, and put it in front of him: "Uncle must not be missing, but although it is hot, you can't drink cold water, wait a while, this boiling water is cooler, and it is best to drink it." ”
The man showed a grateful look: "Thank you for your kindness." I got up before dawn, walked early in the morning, wanted to find a hotel for breakfast, but I didn't expect to meet along the way, so I had to trouble your family. ”
"It's not easy to go out, uncle doesn't have to be polite." Qingwan said with a smile. Seeing that the man had brought up the water, although he was thirsty, he did not dare to drink it in large gulps, but he drank it as slowly as he could, and poured him another bowl.
The man drank three bowls in a row before he regained some spirits: "Please accept this more than ten dollars, sister-in-law, I have to hurry." ”
"Uncle, you haven't eaten yet, have you?" Qingwan had already wrapped a few cakes out, "There is still a lot of way to go before there is a village hotel, if you have an empty stomach, I'm afraid you won't be able to walk." You can take this dry food with you on the road. ”
The man looked incredulous: "What's so embarrassing about this?" I don't have much money with me, that's all."
As he spoke, he was about to go to his side to touch the money, and after spending a long time, he only found six or seven words. I held it in my hand and wanted to hand it over, but I was embarrassed.
Qingwan saw his difficulty, and hurriedly said: "Uncle don't be polite, the poor family is rich, these cakes are not a valuable thing, just take them." ”
So saying, he shoved the dry food into the man's hand.
The man's eyes were red with gratitude, and he took it with a trembling hand: "The girl is so young, she is really a kind person. ”
"Uncle is going to Ziyang? That's far enough," Qingwan observed him for a long time, and had already understood eight points: "If you don't bring enough, it's difficult to walk on the road." ”
"But it's not," the man heard this, his expression darkened: "I also have no way, I was originally from Ziyang, I heard that there is a shortage of medicinal materials here, especially a few, and it is difficult to find high prices, so I scraped together, got a cart of black beans and licorice, I wanted to work harder, and I could sell it at a good price, but I didn't expect to sleep in the open air, and I rushed here all the way, only to know that the news was not accurate, and there was a shortage of many medicinal materials in the county, but only this black bean and licorice were used less, and no one wanted them at all." I've been inquiring about the county for a few days, but there is no pharmacy that collects it, and even if it is cheaper, it can't be sold. I had to pull it back first. Let's see if I can think of a way back to my hometown. Otherwise, I would have lost all my money. ”
When Qingwan heard these two words, her heart suddenly moved: "Uncle, you sell black beans and licorice?" ”
"yes." The man was a little puzzled: "The girl still knows medicinal herbs?" ”
Qingwan looked at the cart full of medicinal herbs outside, and her mind spun rapidly: the black beans and licorice in the space, only that little, will no longer grow, and today I happened to encounter such a car, is there any meaning to this? Delivered to her?
A thought came to her, and she made up her mind.
"Uncle, how much silver do you sell these medicinal herbs for?"
"Hey, it's all here, can you still expect to make it? I spent thirty taels on these things when I bought them, and now I think that as long as I don't lose money, I'm already thankful. The man frowned, sighed and said, "I'm afraid that if it arrives in Ziyang, I won't even be able to sell it back." Alas! ”
"Uncle, you can sell these medicinal herbs to me!"
Hearing this, the man was taken aback and looked at her in disbelief: "You want to buy it?" You little girl, what's the use of buying this? ”
"What do you say, girl?" He was also confused, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab his daughter: "Don't talk nonsense." ”