Chapter 16 Dr. He buys ginseng
Dr. He suddenly felt that the person in front of him was so simple, and he liked it in his heart.
Then he smiled and nodded, and said to the village chief: "I want both ginseng, and I will give you a total of five hundred taels of silver, but now I only have four hundred taels in my hand, and the remaining one hundred taels please let me for a few days, do you think this is okay?" ”
Five, five hundred taels!
The village chief swallowed hard.
My heart is going to beat out.
Oh, my God.
Five hundred taels!
The money in the whole village is put together, and it may not be able to make up five hundred taels.
That's a lot of money! He couldn't even imagine it!
The village chief was so excited that he was sweating, and he ignored Dr. He's words that he owed one hundred taels first.
On the contrary, Chen Ran on the side was very calm, and after thinking about it for a while, he said to Doctor He like a little adult: "Okay, then I will sell it to you, and the remaining one hundred taels will be owed first, let's not worry, when you have enough in your hands, just send someone to Kanghe Village to find the village chief." ”
"Oh yes, yes, send it to Kanghe Village to find me, I am the village chief." Only then did the village chief come to his senses and hurriedly said to Dr. He.
"Okay." Dr. He was also very happy, but he didn't expect that the first time they dealt with each other, the two agreed to keep the medicinal materials first and then give the money, and there was a warm current in his heart.
"Thank you Brother Sun and this little brother, thank you two for your trust, I will definitely get the money together as soon as possible and send someone over."
Some time ago, a large number of medicinal materials were purchased, and the cash in the shop was indeed used up.
The four hundred taels were still in a hurry to find ginseng from the nobleman's side, and they were specially handed over to him.
Now that the ginseng has been found, he can dispense medicine to the nobleman, cure the nobleman's illness as soon as possible, and pay the rest of the ginseng money after receiving the consultation fee.
After the negotiations, both sides were overjoyed.
Dr. He took out four hundred taels of silver tickets on the spot, and kindly asked his apprentice Shanzi to help exchange one hundred taels of broken silver, and wrote the IOU for one hundred taels and handed it to the village chief, and then carefully put away the ginseng.
After turning around and seeing Chen Ran, he remembered the words of the village chief, "Brother Sun, you said that these two ginseng trees were dug by this little boy?" ”
He couldn't believe it too much.
The hundred-year-old ginseng must be in the deep mountains and old forests that are inaccessible, and the experienced old people may not be able to pick them, let alone a child.
How did he manage to pick two plants at a time and still keep the ginseng intact?
Dr. Ho found it incredible, which surprised and admired him.
The village chief nodded, with some pride in his tone, "Yes, he took his younger brothers and sisters to the mountains to dig wild vegetables, and came back to show me the ginseng he picked, even I was taken aback,"
"I've lived most of my life, and I've often gone up the mountain since I was a child, not to mention such a good ginseng, but I've never even seen a ginseng tail. Speaking of which, ginseng is born underground, and it is difficult for this child to recognize it at a glance. ”
Doctor He nodded again and again, and then went to see Chen Ran.
I saw that Chen Ran didn't follow their words like other children, nor did he look cowardly and dare not speak, but just smiled faintly, and lowered his head to pack up the basket.
"Who is this little boy of yours?" Dr. He admired Chen Ran very much, so he asked the village chief.
The village chief said: "We are a village, his father went to be a soldier, and it has been six years, and his mother is at home with a few children, which is not easy." I grew up watching these children, and I was the first to tell me when I dug up ginseng. I accompanied him to the town to have a look, and if the province was sold, I was not at ease when he took the money and went home. ”
"Yes, yes." Dr. He nodded again.
Seeing that they were packing up their things and leaving, he hurriedly ordered his apprentice to get some eggs and meat, and he had to ask the village chief to bring them back, which was a thank you gift to thank them for selling ginseng to him.
After the village chief and Chen Ran left Junkangtang and walked for a while, Chen Ran suddenly said: "If we dig up good things in the future, we will sell them to him." ”
The village chief touched his head and said with a smile: "Okay, you're right, this person is kind, we still sell him good things if we have them." Let's go, a grandfather will take you to eat mutton cakes today, and I'll bring some back to your mother and them later. You have to buy cotton and cloth so that your mother-in-law can make your winter clothes,"
"You kid, two ginseng trees have been sold for so much money, you don't have to worry about the money for your family to repair the house in the autumn, and you don't have to worry about the money for studying. I've heard from the people in the village that you are good at studying, and I'm planning to discuss with your mother about studying for you. Now it's okay, there's no need to tighten your belt, hahaha, okay, okay. ”
The laughter is hearty, and I can hear the joy from the bottom of my heart.
Chen Ran was also happy.
He loves to read and has wanted to read since he was a child, but his family is poor, he was only two years old when his father left, and his younger brother was not long born.
He didn't remember what his father looked like, and since he can remember, he helped his mother to watch his younger brother, and later his mother picked up his sister, and he took his younger brother to see his sister.
When he saw other people's children studying, he was so envious that he begged others to teach him to read and write by carrying a bookbox for others.
After being known by his grandmother, his grandmother beat him up with his second uncle.
said that he was not doing his job, thinking about useless things all day long, delaying his work, and should be beaten.
Now that the family is separated, the money earned belongs to his family, he wants to study, he believes that his mother will definitely agree, and he no longer has to be afraid that his grandmother and second uncle will jump out against it.
The more I thought about it, the happier I became, Chen Ran's heart was very happy, and he followed the village chief for a long time, and he didn't feel tired at all.
When he returned to the village, because he bought a lot of things, the village chief specially spent a few pennies to hire an ox cart to pull people and things back together.
As soon as I entered the village chief, some people saw that the village chief had bought so many things, and they all came forward to see the surprise.
The village chief asked everyone to help move things into the house, and invited everyone to sit down and drink water, and said to everyone by the way: "Find a few more people after the autumn harvest to help the Dayou family rebuild the house." ”
"Re-cover?" The people in the village were a little surprised, "Isn't it just cultivation?" ”
The village chief nodded, "Build a new one, don't repair it, repair it is not reliable, and it will collapse at some point, so it's always uneasy." ”
The people in the village were even more surprised, there was no money for repairs, and they had to help the big guys make it up, and it cost more to build a house, where could they get it?
The village chief seemed to know everyone's doubts, smiled and took a sip of water, and then said: "It should be a great family and a blessing, just after the family was separated, Brother Ran went up the mountain and dug up a ginseng." I'll take him to sell the ginseng for some silver today? Since you have the silver, what else do you want to repair? Then build a new one directly, and it can be regarded as a serious place to live. Lest their mothers be at the foot of the mountain, it will be windy in winter and rainy in summer, and the original two small dilapidated houses will not be enough to toss. ”
"How much did it sell?" Someone asked curiously.
The village chief put down the bowl in his hand, wiped his mouth and said, "I don't have much money, just enough to build a house." When the time comes, everyone will have to come together to help, so go back if you have nothing to do, but don't delay the work in the field. ”
The people in the village drank water and ate the sugar cubes brought back by the village chief, and left one after another.
After everyone was gone, the village chief stood up, glanced at Aunt Sun and Cui, who were already stunned, and entered the house together.