In two months, I will spend the winter, and I bought a single coat for autumn yesterday, and there is no cotton clothes for winter, so I have to buy it when the time comes.

The food was bought for about half a month, and the family had to spend money everywhere anyway.

And the silver on her body was stretched, and she didn't dare to think about what would happen if she spent more than a hundred dollars.

Aunt Liao was a little curious and asked, "What do you ask about the herb?" Are you sick? ”

Lin Zifu shook her head and smiled bitterly, and did not hide it: "The only thing I know is to collect medicine, it is about to spend winter, and I have to earn some silver before winter." ”

There are rolling mountains near Hejia Village, and she pondered that there should be a lot of medicinal herbs on the mountain, and this season is just right for collecting medicines.

Aunt Liao and Tian Guixiang didn't know medicinal herbs, the two shook their heads slightly, and Aunt Liao said: "We don't know medicinal materials either, but I heard that some people in the older generation collect medicinal herbs for a living, if you want to go, I will take you to the mountains tomorrow." ”

In the afternoon, Lin Zifu and Aunt Ying slowly tidied up the yard, Aunt Ying didn't know Lin Zifu's plan, and said, "It is estimated that there is not much silver at home, I plan to go to the town to see if anyone needs a short-term job." ”

I have to make money, and I can't bear to let the thirteen-year-old Lin Zifu go out to make money, not to mention that she is older than Lin Zifu, equivalent to Lin Zifu's elders, and she should bear the burden of the family.

When Lin Zifu heard this, she put down the work in her hand, looked at Aunt Ying very seriously, and said, "Mother-in-law, you will follow me to the mountains tomorrow to collect medicine, I know medicinal herbs, and I also know how to concoct medicinal herbs, I believe that I can make money." ”

There is a medicine hall in the town, and she pondered picking a little herb and then carrying it to the town to ask.

Aunt Ying knew the previous situation of Lin Zifu's family, and wondered, "How do you know medicinal herbs?" ”

Lin Zifu had already thought of countermeasures in her heart, and she didn't panic at all: "I was forced by Lin Youcai, there is a barefoot lady in the village who is very good, when I pull pigweed, he often picks herbs, and then learns some, concocted herbs He saw that I was clever and secretly taught me to learn, I am also literate, and they are all taught by barefoot doctors, but these others don't know." ”

Aunt Ying didn't know anything about this, but she believed it when she saw that Lin Zifu said it clearly.

Since Lin Zifu said that she could pick medicine and sell it, she could give it a try, even if she didn't succeed, she wouldn't lose anything, at most she would waste a few days.

Early on the second day, Lin Zifu, Aunt Ying, and Aunt Liao went to the mountain with a basket on their backs.

This season the leaves turn yellow, and a lot of the grass begins to wither.

After walking not far away, Lin Zifu saw a bush of perilla, and hurriedly stepped forward and cut it with a sickle and put it in the back basket.

Aunt Liao was puzzled, after all, she looked at the clump of ordinary dead grass: "Zifu, what are you cutting?" ”

Lin Zifu said with a smile: "Perilla is a kind of herb that can be published to dispel cold, promote lungs and relieve cough. ”

This explanation was incredible, Aunt Liao looked at Lin Zifu with admiration: "Zifu, you are too powerful, you know what this medicine is used for, so you can treat people." ”

To learn Chinese medicine, you naturally have to learn to prescribe medicine, but Lin Zifu has no practical experience, so she doesn't dare to treat diseases.

Humility said: "Don't dare to treat the disease, this is not a joke, a little carelessness will lead to death." ”

Aunt Liao felt that it made sense when she heard it, and nodded again and again.

When she entered the mountain today, Aunt Liao's purpose was to find wild yams, so after entering the forest, she went to find yam vines, and Lin Zifu and Aunt Ying were looking for herbs.

There are a lot of wild chrysanthemums in the forest, yellow bushes, after Lin Zifu told Aunt Ying that she could pick them, Aunt Ying took the cloth bag and went to pick them.

And she herself is digging wheat with a hoe.

Mai Dong can nourish the yin and moisten the lungs, benefit the stomach, clear the heart and remove troubles, and the root stems below can be used as medicine.

The two were busy until noon, and Aunt Liao came over with a hoe on her back, and saw that Lin Zifu and Aunt Ying were picking wheat and winter, and also stepped forward to help.

This made Lin Zifu grateful.

said that after the Zhou family sent Lin Zifu away, Mrs. Zhou was not happy.

Zhou Mingqi's body was not found, and several bodies buried under the mudslide were dug up, but they were so badly decomposed that it was impossible to see who was who.

The pain of losing a child made Mrs. Zhou go crazy.

The elderly coachman knelt down in front of Mrs. Zhou and told him what had happened along the way.

Mrs. Zhou's face was gloomy and a little displeased: "If you don't have to die when you meet a rogue, you still have a fortune telling, if it weren't for the fact that the master didn't allow her to be buried with her, she definitely couldn't be let live." She didn't think it was wrong, it was just a cheap life, and if she died, she died.

Being able to marry her son, even if it is a husband and wife under the Yellow Spring, it is Lin Zifu's luck.

The old coachman knelt and didn't dare to speak, but he had contact with Lin Zifu along the way, and he still had a good impression of Lin Zifu, who didn't speak much.

It's just that you can't have too much emotion in front of the master.

Mrs. Zhou was not willing to let Lin Zifu go like this, if she didn't let Lin Zifu be buried with her for a day, she felt uncomfortable, this was a person who was bought back with real money, and she originally wanted Lin Zifu to be buried with her, but now she is alive and well, and her son died and didn't even find the body, why is it so unfair.

"I remember that there is a distant brother of the old man in that Zhuangzi, you go again to send a letter and silver, and you can't let that girl and that mother-in-law live in peace."

Lin Zifu and Aunt Ying didn't know about Mrs. Zhou's tricks, and after a long time, Mrs. Zhou especially regretted making this decision, of course, these are all afterwords.

Lin Zifu, who came back from collecting medicine, hurriedly asked Aunt Guixiang to borrow a dustpan, and the wild chrysanthemums and washed wheat winter were dried.

Although Hejia Village is surrounded by mountains, the fields are very open, with mulberry trees planted in the middle of the mountain, and rice and wheat are also planted in the fields.

It stands to reason that life should be very good, but the people in the village always can't raise silkworms well, and they can't make a few dollars all year round.

Although there are many fields, the population of the village is also large, and in short, every family lives a tight life.

After coming to the village for a few days, she could be regarded as getting to know the village, but to Lin Zifu's surprise, the distant relatives of the Zhou family at the entrance of the village, Zhou Qiangui's family, had never appeared.

At noon, I ate a little nest, and Aunt Ying couldn't be idle, and if there was no money at home, my heart would not be steady, so I didn't rest and went up the mountain with a basket on my back.

In the morning, Lin Zifu saw that there were many herbs in the forest, such as angelica, codonopsis, saponaria, rehmannia, wormwood and other herbs.

I wanted to go to the town in two days, but Lin Zifu didn't want to wait for a day, and wanted to ask tomorrow.

When the time comes, take Mai Dong with you and see if you can sell it for money.

In the afternoon, she and Aunt Ying picked while digging wheat winter, the wheat winter in the forest should have never been dug up, one by one as if it was planted by people, and the rhizomes below were also very large, until they went home in the evening and dug six or seven catties, which is undoubtedly exciting.