Daqian Dynasty, Yuhang County, Qiantang County.

In a herb shop with dust on the medicine shelf, a child of about seventeen or eighteen years old was pounding jars in the shop. He has delicate eyebrows and eyes, his long hair with blue ribbons tied with a ball head, and he is dressed in a washed white sleeved green robe.

If you look slender from behind, the back looks more like a woman, but he is a real boy, an apprentice in this pharmacy.

Although he is thin and small, he has worked in this pharmacy for three years, repeatedly pounding the medicine jar every day, and from time to time following the shopkeeper to go up the mountain to collect medicine and practice a lot of strength and good foot strength.

The man's name is Xu Jiang, and he was very comfortable playing games at home, but after waking up, he found a small problem and crossed by himself; And the other big problem is that I actually crossed over to the body of a fifteen-year-old child.

Xu Jiang put down the pestle, and the medicinal materials in the jar had been beaten to shreds by himself. After not working in his hands, Xu Jiang habitually was in a daze, and his immature face showed a maturity that did not match that of a child.

It's been almost three years since he crossed into this world, and Xu Jiang is still a little uncomfortable, because this world is rampant with demons and Taoist priests who cover the sky with spells. By the way, his current name is Xu Xian!

It is the undead knight, the Sleeping Fox Emperor, and Xu Xian, who is known as one of the three ruthless people. If the names can coincide, but his family lives in Qiantang Pass, and his sister's name is Xu Jiaorong, which can already make him disillusioned.

The herb shop is called "Dusty Pharmacy", and the starting point is good, but the business of the pharmacy has always been tepid, which is obvious from the dusty medicine shelves.

Compared to other herb shops, this one is not only poorly run, but also employs child labor. There was really no way, the strict laws of the Daqian Dynasty stipulated: if an adult man was employed, the wage should not be less than fifteen copper coins per month.

Of course, there are no clear regulations on child labor, but the general industry will not require child labor, because child labor not only takes advantage of the loopholes in the law, but also misses the opportunity to study when encountering unscrupulous employers.

Everything in this world is inferior, but reading is high. In addition to letting the children study and gain fame, the children who have the talent of writing will also become the students of the imperial eunuchs.

Confucianism has played an absolutely important role in this world! The world's Confucian culture is divided into nine sections, and whether children can grow into a period of literacy and become a product of artistic conception to step into the threshold of Confucian and Taoist practice is the means for the imperial eunuch to screen students.

Xu Xian took the medicine pestle in his hand and played with it, and when he crossed over to recognize this world, Xu Xian had only one thought in his heart: that is, with the cultural heritage of his nine-year compulsory education in his previous life, he created a top scholar who was rare in the Great Qian Dynasty for a thousand years, and then abandoned Bai Suzhen.

No normal person can accept that his wife is a snake demon, although the white lady in his memory is very beautiful, but when he thinks that he is going to bear the title of a reckless hero, Xu Xian feels a diaphragm in his heart.

But the reality in front of him is: Xu Xian is very poor, so poor that there is almost no rice in the house, and he can't even enter the school, otherwise he wouldn't be sent to the dust pharmacy as an apprentice by his sister.

Fortunately, the shopkeeper of this pharmacy, Xu Xian's exclusive nickname for him is "Wang Papi", seeing that Xu Xianren is quite diligent, he does not steal and play tricks when he works, and gives him a salary of five copper plates a month.

Just when Xu Xian was wandering outside the world, an anxious female voice came from outside the door, "Doctor, hurry up and prescribe me a pair of medicine for snake bites." A woman wearing a hood and a pink skirt with a white lining hurried in.

"Hurry up!" The sound is mixed with the sound of rapid breathing, which should have been trotted all the way, and the two mountain peaks rose and fell violently with breathing, which was the scenery of the world.

Xu Xian raised his head and glanced at her, retracted his gaze without a trace, and said to her: "This little lady, you wait for a while, my shopkeeper is sleeping, I will help you wake him up." ”

After speaking, without waiting for the woman's reaction, Xu Xian threw down the medicine pestle in his hand and ran quickly to the back hall. While running, I secretly rejoiced in my heart: the wronged head was sent to the door, it seems that I can get a few more dollars this month!!

The back hall and the main hall in front were only separated by a curtain separated by linen, Xu Xian opened the curtain and dodged into it, and Wang Papi was guarding the back with his eyes full of light.

After seeing Xu Xian give him a look, Wang Papi regained his calm and relaxed expression, and walked out with Xu Xian's front and back feet.

When the woman in the pink skirt saw the shopkeeper of the pharmacy come out, she asked in a suspicious tone, "Are you the shopkeeper of this pharmacy?" She felt offended as soon as the words came out, but the person in front of her really didn't look like a shopkeeper.

The shopkeepers of other pharmacies all looked kind, but this person had a black beard on his face, and he looked more like a butcher.

The shopkeeper didn't answer her, but said to her, "This lady, give me the prescription?" ”

Prescription? Hearing this, the woman in the pink skirt remembered the purpose of her coming here...... But I don't!

The shopkeeper Wang also saw that the woman had no prescription at all, and asked instead, "What kind of snake bite was that?" ”

Woman in the pink skirt: "......? ”

Xu Xian reminded on the side, "You describe the color of the snake, the shape of the head, and whether there are patterns on the body, and our shopkeeper can prescribe the right medicine." ”

"I dare to look at the snake carefully, and I remember that it is a black one, hidden in my lady's quilt."

Xu Xian already knew the answer in his heart, this should be the black snake, non-poisonous, and his favorite thing is to stay in a cool place. The air along the river in Qiantang County is humid, and in the summer, snakes often burrow into people's homes.

"This snake is highly poisonous, the wound will be red and swollen when it is just medicated, if you delay the time, the poisonous gas will attack the heart, I am afraid that your young lady's life will not be guaranteed." The shopkeeper said to himself with a sad face.

Xu Xian gave him a contempt in his heart, and then comforted the woman in the pink skirt and said: "Don't worry, little lady, my shopkeeper is known as the rejuvenation master of this street, and the medicine he prescribes can't be taken away even by the Lord of Yama." ”

Shopkeeper Wang glanced at Xu Xian with satisfaction, and continued: "That's right, although this snake is highly poisonous, I will prescribe a few poison-removing medicines for your young lady to take to ensure that she is okay." ”

The woman in the pink skirt always felt that there was a slight mistake between the two in front of her, but for the sake of her own lady's life, she couldn't afford to think about it. This pharmacy is already the closest to her, and if she wants to invite the famous local Langzhong, it will take a lot of time.

When she was stunned, Xu Xian and the bearded shopkeeper in front of her had already begun to act, and the shopkeeper Wang quickly reported a string of drug names: "Dandelion Seven Coins, Purple Flower Diding Three Coins, Half a Lotus One ......"

Xu Xian skillfully took out these medicines from the medicine shelf, and then weighed the medicines with a stick and packaged them.

"Okay, it's fifty taels in total, is it a silver ticket or cash?" Xu Xian handed her the medicine bag tied in her hand, and the woman in the pink skirt took it blankly, but she was shocked in her heart.

"How many of these pills did you just say??" The woman in the pink skirt asked again uncertainly, "It's fifty taels in total, remember to decoction it with boiling water for an hour before you can take it!" Xu Xian winked at her and said with a professional smile.

Hearing Xu Xian's words, the woman in the pink skirt took out a silver ticket of fifty taels from her sleeve and put it on the counter, turned around and ran towards Luffy when she came.

After the people left, Xu Xian stretched out a finger to Wang with a smile and said, "Old Wang, the money earned this time should at least be divided into my amount." ”

Shopkeeper Wang nodded, "It's just a tael of silver, it's easy to say, our shop won't open in January, and it will open in March." You kid is so young, why is your heart so black? ”

Xu Xian glanced at him, and complained in his heart: I didn't learn from you!

When the shopkeeper Wang saw Xu Xian's eyes looking at him, he knew that he might be scolding himself in his heart, but this apprentice, the more he looked at it, the more pleasing it became.

couldn't help but joke with him: "Xu boy, you are this age, don't think about getting famous all day long, or stay to see the shop, how about waiting for me to be yours in a hundred years?" ”

Xu Xian stretched out his hand to him speechlessly, "In this case, don't wait for a hundred years later, just give me the deed of the store now." ”

"you, you kid is still in the boss's head." Shopkeeper Wang scolded him with a smile, "By the way, there is not much stock in the store, you go back and tell your sister, and go into the mountains with me to collect medicine early tomorrow morning." ”

After speaking, he took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and threw it to Xu Xian. With a little tenderness in his hand, Xu Xian put the ingot of broken silver into his arms, and gently touched the place where the money was placed, and felt a little more solid in his heart.

This is an agreement between Xu Xian and Wang Papi, as long as he helps him to succeed in a single business, he can get a commission. In the past three years, I have almost accumulated almost twelve taels, and the Qiantang County Academy's one-year bundle costs ten taels of silver, and if you want to participate in the imperial eunuch's literary test, you have to pay another one or two silver.

Damn bundle marketing...... Xu Xian scolded secretly in his heart, but he is so good, it should be easy to pass a test, and then the life at home will be better.

Xu Xian walked home with hope, the clouds in the sky were dyed a dazzling golden yellow, as the sunset gradually faded, this golden yellow quickly turned orange, and then until the last ray of light also disappeared in the sky.

After dark, the wind seems to be colder on the body......

Xu Xian looked at the candlelight cast on the ground through the door in the small courtyard in front of him, and the warmth in his heart surged up in an instant, as long as there is a home, what is it when it gets dark?