Since the establishment of the rural cooperatives, the towns have been converted into communes, and the street houses have not been moved, and the streets are paved with bluestone slabs, lined with brick houses, and there is a row of wooden stilted buildings at the end of the street, revealing a different style.

Today is not Sunday, and there are not many people coming and going on the street, so Yunxi took Laidi to the stilted building, which is the acquisition station belonging to the commune.

Farmers' grain, eggs and other items can be taken to the purchase station for money, and medicinal herbs are also collected.

In fact, Yunxi's first stop was the commune health center, but the doctor inside told her that the health center only saw patients and sold medicines, but did not accept medicinal materials. Seeing that their sisters were pitiful, the doctor kindly guided them to the purchasing station in the stilted building.

There were only a few people in the building, and the middle-aged man who was in charge of purchasing medicinal materials was also lazy, motioning to Yunxi to open the cloth bag, and the black and yellow hands took a handful of honeysuckle and threw it down, and said coldly: "It's okay to sun, five cents a catty, you pour it into the weighing plate by yourself." ”

He pointed to a black hand-held copper on the counter, but Yunxi didn't move with the cloth bag, frowned and asked him: "Five cents a catty, this price is too low." "The purchase price of high-grade honeysuckle in later generations is two or three hundred and one catties, and she has already considered the current price, but it is not as low as five cents a catty, right?

When the middle-aged buyer heard her words, he immediately lowered his face, turned around and knocked on the price list pasted on the back wall: "The prices are all marked on it, you can see for yourself!" ”

Yunxi raised his head, and the price list in red and black letters, there was indeed the price of honeysuckle on it, but the price had two lines.

She smiled and pushed the cloth bag containing the honeysuckle in front of the buyer: "Comrade, the honeysuckle on the price list has two prices: superior and ordinary, and I think the honeysuckle I dried can be rated as superior." ”

The middle-aged purchaser reprimanded angrily: "You say that the superior is superior? Do you judge or do I judge? ”

Yunxi's smile remained unchanged, and he replied unhurriedly: "Honeysuckle ordinary grade, dry goods, buds or open flowers, the size of the buds is not distinguished, the color is not distinguished, and the branches and leaves do not exceed 3%; High-grade honeysuckle, dry goods, flower buds are rod-shaped, fat, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, slightly curved, and the surface is yellow, white, and cyan. The air is fragrant, the taste is sweet and slightly bitter, the open flowers are not more than 5%, there are no tender buds, blackheads, branches and leaves, impurities, insects, mildew, ......"

Her voice was crisp, eloquently talking about the grade standard of honeysuckle, attracting people around to turn their heads to look at them, with different expressions, the middle-aged buyer's face was a little unbearable, and he opened his mouth to interrupt her: "You don't have enough time to dry honeysuckle, and you can't be rated as a first-class ......."

"Don't jump to conclusions, I'll take a look."

A gentle voice interjected, and the middle-aged buyer saw that the person who came was a strange man, dressed in white-washed homespun clothes, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses with tape tied to the temples, similar to a country teacher, and he suddenly lost his anger: "What are you doing as a layman...... Third uncle, you came to inspect the work. ”

Before he finished speaking, the middle-aged purchaser saw the third uncle of his own family walking out of his own house behind the "country teacher", that is, the old stationmaster of the acquisition station, and he hurriedly greeted him warmly.

The old stationmaster blackened his face and scolded him: "Wang Bangde, what are you doing?" careless, knowing that you don't change your mistakes, and offending County Magistrate Lu, don't you want this job? ”

Wang Bangde, a middle-aged acquirer, was just acting as his third uncle, after all, he had not been scolded before, so at first he had a lazy expression on his face, but when he heard the words "County Magistrate Lu", he was excited, and looked at the "country teacher" who had just been reprimanded by him as a layman: "You, you are the newly transferred County Magistrate Lu?" ”

"It's me." County Magistrate Lu nodded kindly, and then looked at the bag of honeysuckle, "Can I take a look now?" ”

"When, of course." Wang Bangde hurriedly pushed the cloth pocket towards the county magistrate Lu.

County Magistrate Lu stretched out his hand to pick up a few honeysuckles and opened them carefully, then turned his head and asked Yunxi: "Little girl, did you pick and dry it yourself?" ”

Yunxi turned her back to the door and saw County Magistrate Lu later than Wang Bangde, but when she saw him for the first time, Yunxi noticed that his identity was not ordinary, so she waited quietly, and when she heard his inquiry at this moment, she immediately nodded and replied: "I took my sister to the stream early in the morning to pick, and then spread it in a ventilated room that can shine in the sun to dry, I guarantee that these flowers are dried." ”

She admitted that these words were a bit deliberate, there was no way, people were poor and short-minded, and the high-grade honeysuckle could be two cents more than an ordinary grade.

County Magistrate Lu smiled and listened to her words, nodded and said, "The grade can be rated as superior." Raising his eyes and sweeping to Wang Bangde, he finally fell on the old stationmaster, "You come to weigh." ”

"I'll come, I'll come." Wang Bangde eagerly picked up the copper scale, but was stopped by the old stationmaster: "You stay away!" ”

Wang Bangde wilted all of a sudden, and retreated to the side with his head drooped.

Yunxi was very relieved when he saw this scene, and thanked County Magistrate Lu with a smile: "Thank you." ”

County Magistrate Lu kindly touched her head: "No thanks, serve the people." ”

Caught off guard and being touched on the head, Yunxi froze, is this treating her as a little girl?

She's not a little girl anymore, she's twenty-three.

No, her body is fifteen years old, and she is not too young.

It's a pity that before she could explain, the kind county magistrate Lu had already transferred to other counters to inspect.

"The total weight of honeysuckle is five taels or three cents, according to the superior grade, seven cents a catty, a total of three cents and seven cents, rounded up is three cents and seven cents." The old stationmaster neatly reported the number, and then took out three cents and seven cents from the drawer and handed it to Yunxi.

"Thank you." Yunxi thanked him and took a few thin coins, but he didn't leave in a hurry, but looked up at the price list on the wall, his brows furrowed slightly.

The old stationmaster showed a clear face and explained to her: "The above are all ordinary medicinal materials, which can be collected on the hillside and field, and the price is naturally low." High-priced medicinal herbs such as Ganoderma lucidum fairy grass are all in the deep mountains and old forests, but there are tigers and leopards there, which are very dangerous, so don't risk it as a little girl. ”

Yunxi, who was regarded as a little girl again, opened her mouth to correct: "Old stationmaster, I am fifteen years old, not a little girl. ”

The old stationmaster was stunned for a moment: "You are small, I thought you were only ten years old, just like my little granddaughter." ”

Little Man Yunxi: "......"

After three seconds of hard work, she raised her smile again: "Thank you for the reminder from the old stationmaster, can I send you again after I have collected the medicine in the future?" ”

Looking at her sweet smiling face, the old stationmaster couldn't help but think of his little granddaughter, nodded and promised: "As long as the quality of your picks is good, I will count you as a grade." ”

Yunxi thanked him again, and took Laidi out of the acquisition station with satisfaction.

As soon as the two sisters walked out, Wang Bangde leaned over with a salivating face: "Third uncle, I'm ......"

"There is no third uncle in the acquisition station, only the stationmaster." The old stationmaster reprimanded with a black face, and just caught a glimpse of County Magistrate Lu turning back, he gritted his teeth and said, "You go to the accountant to settle the salary, and you won't use it in the future." ”