Chapter 10

"Bang!"

Chen Shi put the sea bowl containing potatoes on the table and looked at Wan Shi majestically, "Old man, I will put my words here today, people's hearts are originally biased."

If you think I'm biased, don't do the work at home, and don't eat the food!"

Wan followed the quail, with a broken face and did not dare to speak.

Gu Daniu quickly sandwiched a potato in his bowl, "Daughter-in-law, if you don't go to work, if you don't eat, each of us can eat two more potatoes!"

Gu Zi'an also nodded hurriedly in agreement, "That's it, mother, or you don't eat, you can still work if you don't eat, how comfortable it is!"

Wan's face, which was already black, was so angry that he wanted to scratch people!

Even if her mother-in-law targets her, this is her pro-man and pro-son!

Su Wan was silently eating potatoes on the side, trying to hold back a smile.

She felt that she was a little sympathetic to Wan.

After breakfast, Su Wan and Gu Yuan followed Chen to the town.

There are nearly 20 miles from Gujia Village to the town, and it is definitely impossible to walk, an old pine at the entrance of the village parked an ox cart, and an old buffalo pulling the cart is skinny.

A bullock cart ride to town is two pennies per person.

Chen gave Uncle Qing Shui, who was driving the car, six cents, and took Gu Yuan and Su Wan into the car.

It was still early, and the ox cart had to wait for a while, so Uncle Qing Shui chatted with Chen.

"Dayong's family, this is the new daughter-in-law of your fourth child? ”

Su Wan: ......

Chen: "Yes, it's not easy for a girl's mother's family. Uncle Qing Shui, these days, don't you say that people have lost weight, look at your buffalo, isn't it so thin that there is only one skin left?"

Uncle Qing Shui sighed, "Alas, there is no way to accept people in this heavenly way." But fortunately, it rained in time last night. Those three thunders hit well last night, and the clouds looked like they were going to be blown away by the wind, and if it weren't for those three thunderbolts, this rain might have been able to fall!"

Chen also echoed: "This is Lei Gong's manifestation!"

Su Wan thought of the three dry ice man rain bombs she shot out last night, and honestly looked at her nose and nose, so she is Lei Gong now?

Gu Yuan's gaze swept over her intentionally or unintentionally, the little girl was small, with porcelain-white skin, sitting there with her little head hanging down and looking extraordinarily well-behaved.

He didn't know what was going on, but his heart, which had been full of vicissitudes, softened all of a sudden.

The scope of artificial rainfall is very limited, and when the ox cart is halfway there, everyone has already found that there is no trace of rain.

The closer you get to the town, the more hungry and green-eyed refugees gather, and the more they are half full when they leave their homes, they are already very rich.

When they arrived at the city gate, the officers and soldiers held spears at the city gate, and if they wanted to enter the city, they had to pay two cents per person to enter the city.

Chen paid six cents and led Gu Yuan and Su Wan into the city.

The situation in the city is much better, many people are still wearing long shirts, and the food is barely visible on their faces.

Chen Shi was worried about Su Wan with ginseng on her body, and her whole heart was carried, and she hurriedly took Su Wan and Gu Yuan to the largest and only pharmacy in the town.

It was still early, and as soon as the pharmacy opened, the shopkeeper was wiping the counter with a rag, when he heard a crisp and generous voice asking, "Shopkeeper, do you accept ginseng here?"

When the shopkeeper of the pharmacy turned around, he saw Su Wan with a smile on his face.

Although the little girl looks as thin as bean sprouts, the smile on her face makes people feel better when she looks at it sweetly, and when she hears ginseng, the shopkeeper's smile makes the folds on her face rise, "Harvest, little lady, do you have ginseng to sell?"

In recent years, there have been disasters and famines everywhere, but ginseng is still a hot commodity.

Those rich dignitaries are not bad for money and are more afraid of death, so as long as there are ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum and other good medicinal materials on the market to prolong life, they are all rushing to ask for it.

Su Wan was not in a hurry to take out the ginseng, but asked generously first: "Boss, how do you collect this ginseng?"

"Little lady, this ginseng pays attention to the year, weight, and condition, this year is different, the weight is different, and the quality is different, and the price gap is very big!"

"What if it weighs more than three taels and is of perfect quality for a hundred years of ginseng, how much do you pay?" Su Wan deliberately lowered his voice when he said this, and only the three of them and the shopkeeper could hear it.

The shopkeeper's face changed, and his gaze swept over the three of them, "Little lady, aunt, little boy, please follow me to talk." ”

Chen and Gu Yuan both put down the backpack on their bodies, and followed the shopkeeper into the inner hall with Su Wan, and the shopkeeper couldn't wait to say: "Little lady, you have dug up the best ginseng for a hundred years, can you take it out and show me?"

After speaking, he hurriedly added: "If it is really a hundred-year-old ginseng weighing more than three taels, I can sell it for more than one hundred taels of silver." ”

Su Wan just came, and she didn't know much about the prices of this era, so she subconsciously turned her head to look at Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan nodded lightly.

Only then did she take out the ginseng that Chen had wrapped in layers of the best cloth at home, and put it on the small table for the shopkeeper to see.

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, this ginseng was not only big, but also had arms and legs, and his beard was not broken, and he really looked like a fat little doll.

It is indeed an old mountain ginseng that is more than 100 years old.

The shopkeeper was ruthless and asked, "Little lady, I will pay you one hundred and fifty taels of ginseng, can you sell it?"

Chen on the side had already swallowed his saliva when he heard at least one hundred taels just now, and now he was so frightened that he couldn't close his mouth when he heard one hundred and fifty taels, and his legs were even a little weak.

One hundred and fifty taels, she has never seen so much money in her life!

Su Wan looked at Gu Yuan again, and Gu Yuan nodded slightly.

"Cheng, then thank you shopkeeper. Su Wan said.

The shopkeeper's great joy, after he concocted this old mountain ginseng, he took it to the county seat, and it could be sold for at least two hundred taels or more, and it was fifty taels of money when he turned his hands, which was unattainable.

The shopkeeper took out the silver ticket and gave it to Su Wan.

Su Wan thought for a while and said: "Shopkeeper, we countrymen, we countrymen have no place to redeem the silver ticket, or you should give us cash!"

The shopkeeper's hand that was touching the silver ticket in his sleeve retracted, "Okay, then you wait a minute, I'll weigh you in cash." ”

After a while, the shopkeeper took out the cash, weighed it in front of them, and put it in a small box for them, and then handed it to them.

Su Wan took another ingot of silver and exchanged it with the shopkeeper's for broken silver, which was convenient to use.

Only then did Chen carefully hide the small box containing the silver.

After the three of them left the pharmacy, Gu Yuan went to the study again to hand over the books he copied.

Gu Yuan's handwriting is neat and clean, and the books he copied have always been the best sold in the study, according to Chen, when Gu Yuan was studying, he could earn two taels of silver a month by copying books, and he didn't need too much subsidies from his family.

After Gu Yuan finished handing over the book, the Chen family was busy selling grain, and in this year of famine, he didn't panic when he had food at home.

Gu Yuan paused for a moment and said, "Mother, the third brother hasn't been home for a long time, let's go see the third brother first!"

Su Wan looked at Gu Yuan, from just now, she felt that Gu Yuan seemed to be in a hurry, he walked very fast from the pharmacy to the study, she almost couldn't keep up, did Gu Yuan know what would happen to his third brother today?