The next day, before dawn, Hoshino drooped, and a few dogs barked in the distance, and even the rooster had not yet crowed, and it was even more silent.

The steamed He Shou Wu in the kitchen was Xie Wang's work in the second half of the night, watching the stove fire, and boiling rice porridge for them and mixing pickles with sesame oil.

This time it was colder than last time, Xie Wang's put on a thin cotton jacket for Xie Xuan, but unfortunately Xie Xuan was longer than last year, and the cotton jacket with patches was overstretched and very cramped. So he simply asked Xie Qingshan to take Xie Xuan to pull some materials and make her cotton clothes when he came back, and Xie Qingshan agreed.

After eating, it was still Xie Qingshan and Xie Pingtian who took Xie Xuan, and the three of them went on the road in the dark.

When I came to Linzhang County, I came to Baicaotang with all the familiar people.

Seeing the glorious signboard of Baicaotang, Xie Qingshan and his son were less timid and more confident this time, and walked into the threshold with their heads held high. ”

"Yes, please also ask Dr. Liu Yiti to come and take a look, the He Shou Wu we dug up this time is better than last time!" Xie Qingshan said with a smile.

The man's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly went back to the inner hall to ask Liu Yiti.

Hearing that Xie Qingshan brought a longer Shouwu, Liu Yiti quickly came out, and before he got closer, he heard him twist his beard and smile: "Uncle Xie, what about Shouwu, let me see it quickly!" ”

Xie Qingshan asked Xie Ping'an to move the shou wu hidden under the hazelnut chestnuts in the back basket to the counter, the shou wu the size of a cow's head was almost more than 30 catties, the whole body was jet black, and it looked like a piece of black charcoal.

Liu Yiti was very happy, stepped forward to carefully observe the appearance and lines of He Shou Wu, and pinched the skin of Shou Wu with his nails, and the smile on his face became more and more cheerful, "Yes, yes, at least one hundred and fifty years!" ”

When Xie Qingshan and Xie Pingtian heard this, they put down their hearts for the time being, and couldn't help but smile on their faces. Xie Xuan saw that the year she judged was good, and gave herself a thumbs up in her heart.

Seeing that the person who was seeing a doctor in the lobby came over, it was inevitably noticeable, and Liu Yiti invited Xie Qingshan and the three into the inner hall.

The inner hall is much more gorgeous than the outer hall, when the hall is a picture of Bian Que collecting medicine, there are two pots of pine bonsai with strong shape on the bar table below, and there are two rows of black lacquer carved circle chairs placed in the main and secondary places underground, all of which are covered with half-old stone blue silk mats. There are four openwork Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum screens half-hidden in the side hall, there is a table case behind the screen, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are complete on it, a circle chair is installed below, and there is a Baibao Pavilion against the wall behind the table, and there are books and white porcelain medicine bottles and other things displayed on it.

The guy served tea, and Xie Qingshan and Xie Pingtian sat on the chair covered with stone blue silk cushions, both a little awkward. Xie Xuan drank tea and ate a plate of jujube cake brought by the guy.

"Uncle Xie, don't be impatient, drink a cup of tea first, and wait for the guy to weigh the weight of this Shouwu!" Liu Yiti said with a smile.

When the guy weighed it with the scale rod, it was indeed thirty-one pounds and four taels.

"Uncle Xie, one hundred and fifty taels of silver, how about it?" Liu Yiti said with satisfaction.

Xie Qingshan, who was taking a sip of tea, almost squirted out, but swallowed the tea with a flushed face, and then had the strength to reply: "...... Ahem, okay, I believe Dr. Liu...... Ahem......"

One hundred and fifty taels of silver is a little tighter, enough for a family of four to live for more than ten years, you must know that buying a little maid without a head is only three or four taels of silver, and buying an ordinary small courtyard house in Linzhang County only costs fifty taels of silver, one hundred and fifty taels is a lot, and it is no wonder that Xie Qingshan lost his temper.

The longest year of He Shou Wu last time was fifty or sixty years, and there were also some ordinary years of Shou Wu, large and small, adding up to more than 40 catties, this time it was only 31 catties, and the price actually rose three times, it can be seen that this medicinal material has doubled for a hundred years.

Because of the huge amount, Baicaotang does not have so much cash, so he needs to go to the money bank to exchange for silver.

While waiting, Xie Qingshan stood up and said to Liu Yiti: "Doctor Liu, my granddaughter Xuanxuan knocked her head and fainted a few days ago, and she has been weak and weak since she woke up...... The consultation fee will be deducted from the one hundred and fifty taels of silver. ”

Xie Xuan couldn't help but be moved in her heart, you must know that Liu Yiti's visit fee is five taels of silver, not counting the medicine money for prescriptions, Xie Qingshan's ability to spend this money for her is enough to show that he attaches great importance to her.

"The consultation fee will be waived, after I concocted the hundred-year-old shou wu you sent, I will sell it to the rich family, and I can sell it for a few dollars......" Liu Yiti said and beckoned Xie Xuan to step forward, carefully looked at Xie Xuan's face and tongue, and put his finger on her wrist to diagnose the pulse, asked about the situation that was injured a few days ago and later, and after some look and smell, she smiled and comforted: "The little girl is just a little weak in the spleen and stomach, lack of qi and blood, and she doesn't need to prescribe prescriptions at a young age, and she eats more pigs, chickens, fish, and pig blood offal when she goes back. and jujubes, sesame seeds, wolfberries, brown sugar, and other supplements. ”

Xie Xuan heard it, this is malnutrition and anemia, which are symptoms of poor families in this era, and they are not considered diseases, as long as they eat and drink well, their bodies will naturally be fine. The jujubes, sesame berries, brown sugar and the like that Liu Yiti said are not precious things, and it is precisely because they are farmers that they say so. If it is a rich family, I am afraid that what is exported is ginseng, codonopsis, astragalus, ejiao and other valuable tonics.

Xie Xuan sincerely bowed to Liu Yiti and thanked him: "Thank you, Grandpa Liu!" Then he smiled and said, "Grandpa Liu, we still have some ordinary years of Shouwu that are being concocted, and when they are ready, we will send them to you!" ”

Liu Yiti stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Okay, good, if you concoct it in good condition, the shou wu you dig up in the future can be concocted and sent over, and you will be given a price of 10%." ”

Later, Liu Yiti asked the guy to pack two packs of Codonopsis and Astragalus, and told him how to eat it, which made Xie Qingshan and Xie Pingtian and his son thank him more than once.

After a long while, I saw the man come back with a mess wrapped in a cloth towel, and when he opened it, he saw that it was the three brilliant silver ingots, each of which was engraved with fifty taels of handwriting. In fact, Ming Taizu Hongwu issued the Ming treasure banknotes, but later the government issued paper money indiscriminately, resulting in inflation, public resentment boiling, a few years ago has been abolished, the large amount of private transactions are still silver, merchants can deposit large amounts of silver money can be deposited in the bank, with the bill to deposit, the money bank also has to charge a few cents of interest.

Xie Xuan sighed "backwardness" in her heart, and followed Xie Qingshan and Xie Pingtian to say goodbye to Liu Yiti and go outside.