Chapter 17: The First Pot of Gold

When Xie Yusi and Chen Junfeng took out the astragalus in their bags, the old Chinese medicine doctor and the shopkeeper were shocked.

Although this astragalus is not a particularly valuable thing, at least they have not seen anyone dig up astragalus in Chenjia Village, and they don't even know that astragalus will grow here.

Don't look at the astragalus this thing looks worthless, but in this period when there are more traditional Chinese medicines than Western medicines, astragalus plays a big role in many prescriptions, maybe it is not the main effective medicine, but it must be an essential Chinese medicine.

The old Chinese medicine doctor got up and walked to Xie Yusi's side, picked up an astragalus and smelled it, and exclaimed: "This medicine has a strong smell and fragrance, and it is a good astragalus." ”

The shopkeeper is even more knowledgeable, he has bought a lot of goods over the years, but none of them can compare with the astragalus that Xie Yusi took out.

These astragalus exude a faint fragrance as soon as they are taken out, and there is a strong medicinal smell in the Chinese medicine store, if it is not for the strong taste of these astragalus itself, it will not smell anything when it is covered by the smell in the store.

Xie Yusi knew that these astragalus were very good as soon as he saw their expressions, but when he thought about it, these were wild and good-looking, he didn't understand medicine, but he also knew that the fragrance of medicinal herbs might represent the quality of medicinal herbs.

Look at the astragalus on the ground, at least there must be four or five catties, although these are all wet, but the quality is there, he doesn't believe that the shopkeeper is not impressed.

The shopkeeper took a closer look at the astragalus, smelled the smell, and finally asked Xie Yusi, "Child, can I cut a slice and take a look?" ”

Xie Yusi didn't know anything about these Chinese medicinal materials, he knew that ginseng was divided into types and years, and he didn't know if this thing was the same, so he nodded and agreed.

When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately happily went to get a clean knife, which he usually uses to cut ginseng, so he picked a good-looking astragalus and carefully cut a thin slice of it.

The old Chinese medicine doctor also went over to watch, and the two of them observed carefully, and finally put a small piece in their mouths and chewed it, studied it for about ten minutes, and finally came to a conclusion.

The astragalus is at least sixty years old, and it is still wild, it tastes good, not to mention the medicinal effect, they only tasted a small piece, and at this time the mouth is still full of the fragrance of astragalus.

The shopkeeper and the old Chinese medicine doctor hurriedly asked them, where did these astragalus be dug up, and did they still have any?

Xie Yusi quietly pulled Chen Junfeng, although he had already told him not to say it casually on the way, but he was still afraid that his child would not be able to bear it.

The two old Chinese medicine doctors were very anxious, if there was such a good astragalus in the local area, why would they buy the poor ones from other places? The main thing is that they want to know where these astragalus were dug up, and they want to go and see it.

Xie Yusi pretended to be innocent and said: "These are the ones I dug up when I played with Chen Junfeng, and I don't know what this is, but yesterday I saw it on TV and said that this thing is medicine, so I brought it to you to see." ”

The old Chinese medicine doctor hurriedly asked, "Child, where else did you see the astragalus?" Where was the last time you dug up? ”

Xie Yusi shook his head and said, "I dug up the place I dug last time, and it's the first time I've seen this thing, and I haven't seen it anywhere else." ”

The old Chinese medicine doctor and the shopkeeper sighed when they heard it, they didn't expect such a young child to lie to them, and thought that this was where some astragalus was inadvertently born, and the scale should not be large, and it would be gone after digging.

Xie Yusi took advantage of this time to ask curiously: "Grandpa, is astragalus a good medicine?" Can it be sold for a lot of money? ”

The old Chinese medicine doctor smiled: "Of course, astragalus is a good thing, especially your astragalus, grandpa showed you, the old man didn't dare to give you a low price." ”

Xie Yusi immediately said, "Thank you, grandpa." ”

The shopkeeper laughed when he heard the old friend's words, and said, "Can I still deduct the child's money?" Not to mention that he brought me such a good medicine, no matter how good the child's money is, you can't cheat it, don't you say? ”

The old Chinese medicine doctor was just joking, and when he heard the shopkeeper's words, he said, "Of course, so what are you hesitating about?" Other people's children are waiting. ”

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly: "It's easy to say, of course I want to buy it quickly, but what kind of price should I give?" ”

The old Chinese medicine doctor thinks about it, if it is too high, they will lose themselves, it is not easy for everyone to make money at this time, but it is not good to give too low, sorry for these medicines.

The old Chinese medicine doctor asked, "How much do you usually sell for the goods you usually come in?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "Usually I buy back those astragalus at ten yuan per catty, that's because I buy a lot, people give me the wholesale price, usually buy more than that!" ”

The old Chinese medicine doctor thought for a while and said, "Why don't you give this child twenty yuan a catty?" This price is not high, after all, these astragalus are of good quality and high vintage, if you don't want to, I will buy it back directly, and eat it at home, I don't sell it. ”

The shopkeeper was a little hesitant when he heard that twenty yuan a catty, although he wanted these astragalus, but the price was too high and he was not cost-effective, but just like his old friend said, he would buy it if he didn't buy it.

Even if he doesn't sell these good astragalus, it's good to keep them for his own family to eat, so when he thought about it, he gritted his teeth and agreed.

People who buy things have such a characteristic, when a person buys it, he may feel dissatisfied here and there, but once someone fights with him, he immediately feels that he has to buy it no matter what.

Xie Yusi glanced at the old Chinese medicine doctor gratefully, the two of them were not related to each other, the old Chinese medicine doctor had already helped him twice, he really didn't know how to thank others.

The old Chinese medicine doctor smiled when he saw Xie Yusi's expression, what he said just now was not just to provoke his friends, he was really moved when he saw those astragalus.

But firstly, he didn't come to the pharmacy, and secondly, he couldn't use it if he bought so much, so it was better to leave it to a friend, but this person was very hesitant, so the old Chinese medicine doctor said a price that would not make the two of them suffer and provoked him.

See, this will not be done soon.

The price given by the old Chinese medicine doctor is calculated as dry weight, and now these astragalus are wet, weighed about four or five catties, but after drying, it may only be more than one catty, and the shopkeeper gave him a total of two or twenty-five yuan, and said to Xie Yusi that next time if he finds it, he will sell it to him.

Xie Yusi agreed, people do business really, and if he can find a person to collect his own medicine, it will be much more convenient.

Although it is impossible for him to make money to support his family with these drugs alone, it is also a good way to support his family when he has not grown up and has not thought of other methods.

The two happily left the pharmacy, Xie Yusi divided the money equally, and gave one to Chen Junfeng, don't look at the fact that each person is only twelve yuan and five cents, which is a good income at this time, you must know that Grandpa Xie only works ten yuan a day in the mine.

Chen Junfeng was also very happy to see that he had earned so much money at once, but when he saw that Xie Yusi wanted to give him half of it, he was immediately reluctant to take it, in his opinion, it was also Xie Yusi's credit that they could earn so much money, he didn't even know those Chinese medicines, and he didn't know where they were, where could he make money without Xie Yusi?

But Xie Yusi's thoughts were different, although he found these astragalus, but if it wasn't for Chen Junfeng, he wouldn't be able to dig them back at all, and he originally wanted to take Chen Junfeng to make money together, if it wasn't for the fact that he didn't have the ability to make money now, he wanted to give Chen Junfeng the money from selling astragalus this time.

Just like Chen Junfeng did in his previous life, this time he changed himself to support him.

So no matter how Chen Junfeng hid, he finally asked Xie Yusi to stuff the money into his pocket.

Chen Junfeng covered his pocket and smirked, he had never seen so much money except during the Chinese New Year, and this was earned by him and Xie Yusi themselves, not by others, so proud.

However, Xie Yusi looked at the dozen yuan in his hand and began to worry, so it is not a way to sell by digging herbs to make money, not to mention the few sales, the herbs will be dug up by them one day.

Not to mention that he doesn't know how to grow herbs at all, and even if he does, where do they go? And a lot of grass has to wait for it to mature, how can he make money in these years? And to whom should the herbs be sold?

The Chinese medicine store can only be visited occasionally, otherwise it will make people wonder where his herbs come from, and a small pharmacy does not need many medicinal materials, and can only earn a little at a time, his purpose is not simply to support his family, he wants everyone to live a better life.

Chen Junfeng didn't know what he thought, so he felt very strange when he saw that Xie Yusi hadn't laughed when he earned so much money, and he felt that Xie Yusi was very powerful, unlike him, so easy to be satisfied.

When Chen Junfeng asked him if they would still dig for medicine tomorrow, Xie Yusi refused, this time there were really not many astragalus growing in the place where they dug astragalus, if they still dug it, maybe it wouldn't be long in the future, he wanted to change places, or find other herbs.

Although Chen Junfeng was a little disappointed, he didn't say anything, Xie Yusi said that he understood, just like if they found a wild fruit tree, they wouldn't pick it casually, for the sake of the next time.

Xie Yusi glanced at him with praise, his little friend is good to him, sincere, and not stupid, if it was someone else, he would have to worry about whether he would not listen to him and secretly dig Chinese medicine, but Chen Junfeng He was not worried at all.

But then again, if it was someone else, I wouldn't have taken him with me at all.

After they left, the owner of the Chinese medicine shop picked up the astragalus, happily put it in the sink behind the house, carefully cleaned it with a brush, and then scooped it up and put it in the basket, and cut them into slices when he was free.

The old Chinese medicine doctor has not left, the shopkeeper thought about it, picked up a very good astragalus, and gave it to him in a package of paper, this is a good thing, his old friend is a Chinese medicine doctor, and he can see that he really wants it, it is better to give it first, otherwise the old friend will buy it with himself.

The old Chinese medicine doctor knew what he meant, so he didn't refuse, and thanked him, and the shopkeeper hurriedly said don't be polite to him, the two of them have been old friends for so many years, and then suddenly asked: "You say, where did the kid find the astragalus?" I've lived here for so many years, and I've never heard anyone say it's here, and I always feel like that kid wants to hide it from us. ”

The old Chinese medicine doctor smiled: "People don't want to say that you want to bother yourself? Anyway, he promised to sell you good medicine in the future, isn't it also good? ”

When the shopkeeper heard that it was true, he didn't say anything more, and the old Chinese medicine doctor was thinking about his own business, and he didn't speak for a while.