Chapter 46: Wild Grass
When she entered the door, Hua Ying happened to meet the shopkeeper Sun who was counting the goods in the pharmacy.
There were several old farmers standing beside the shopkeeper Sun, and seeing his bargaining appearance, it seemed that he was negotiating with these old farmers to buy medicinal materials.
This scene aroused Hua Ying's curiosity, and she saw at a glance that the old farmers were carrying freshly picked herbs, not dried herbs, which had obviously been picked from the nearby mountains and then looked for shops in the city to sell.
"No, no, no, this herb is all wet, how can it be calculated according to the price after drying. And there is still mud on the roots of these plants, I see, at most, a pound of silver, if it is too little, go and sell it somewhere else. ”
Shopkeeper Sun usually does the business of doing medicinal materials, but today it is good, just in time for the New Year, he met a few old farmers who went into the city to sell goods for money, and he usually ignored them, and now he saw that these people were pitiful, so he also agreed to accept them.
However, the price is definitely not high, who let these are all wet herbs, and the weight will be at least half or more less after drying. As for the few boxes of herbs in front of him, it is estimated that there will not be much weight when they are dried.
"Shopkeeper, see if you can add more money, these are all good things, we pulled them out of the cliff crevices little by little. The place was so old that people who went into the mountains to collect medicine were reluctant to go, and they were hung on the cliff by a few of us with ropes, and it was not easy to get their hands on it, but it couldn't be cheap. ”
Although these old farmers couldn't name the herbs, they all knew that the things that grew on the cliffs were worth a lot, and they were not happy when they saw that the price given by the shopkeeper Sun was too low.
Shopkeeper Sun was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, pointed at Yao Lou and said, "Where did the good things come from?" It's just some weeds, and these eagle grasses are worth a little money, and I don't want to give me anything else. ”
"Shopkeeper, take a closer look, isn't this a good thing? It looks so spiritual, we haven't seen such a strange grass in the crops we have planted for decades, this must be very valuable. ”
The old farmer who was the leader grabbed a green unknown herb in Yaolou and argued directly with Shopkeeper Sun.
Shopkeeper Sun only glanced at it, and immediately said disdainfully: "Isn't this just a weed!" What's the use of looking good, and you can't eat it! ”
"Weeds? Isn't it really a herb? ”
"Hey, can this shopkeeper still lie to you for this little thing? Saying that weeds are weeds, anyway, I have never seen any pharmacy in my life that collects this kind of weeds, if you don't believe it, you can go somewhere else, don't delay the business of the small shop. ”
Shopkeeper Sun swore an oath.
At this moment, the old farmer was not very confident, he looked down with cloudy eyes for a long time, and finally said angrily: "Then it won't be only one penny and one pound of silver, at least two yuan......
"At most, one and a half dollars, if you want to sell, if you don't want to leave." Shopkeeper Sun was very impatient and immediately prepared to drive away the guests.
"Sell, sell, sell, you don't look like a profiteer, we just sell to you."
The two sides finally negotiated, and weighed the weight of a few boxes of herbs, no more, no less, exactly seven catties, which was one or two or fifty dollars in silver.
The shopkeeper Sun was also kind, and it was not easy to see a few old farmers, so he simply gave one or two dollars of silver, and the old farmers left happily.
A tael of silver is enough for a family in their village to spend for a few months.
These old farmers passed by Hua Ying, Hua Ying stopped them and asked softly, "Old man, where are you from?" ”
"Girl, we are from Niutou Mountain, not far from this city."
"Niutou Mountain... Thank you for walking slowly. ”
Secretly wrote down this place in her heart, and after Hua Ying sent a few people away, she walked to the shopkeeper Sun.
At this time, Shopkeeper Sun also saw Hua Ying who came back, and was about to say hello, but Hua Ying squatted next to the pile of fresh herbs that fell to the ground, pointed to one of the green herbs and asked curiously:
"Shopkeeper Sun, is this really a weed, it looks quite unusual."
"Girl, do you know that no matter how unique this weed is, it has no medicinal value, it is purely a useless weed, and it does not even have a decent name. I don't know where those old farmers came from, and Sun hasn't seen this kind of grass for many years. ”
"That's right......"
Hua Ying looked at this weed carefully, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.
Her instincts told her that the weed was definitely good, and that it was a good thing to eat. Put it under your nose and smell it, there is a special aroma, which is refreshing.
"Shopkeeper Sun, since it's a weed, why don't you give it to me?" After a while, Hua Ying stood up, smiled at the shopkeeper Sun, and proposed.
"This ......"
Shopkeeper Sun obviously didn't expect that the other party would do it for such a trivial matter for a long time, and immediately without any reason, he directly clapped the board and said:
"Since the girl likes it, what's the harm if you give all the herbs to the girl?"
"I don't need anything else, I just need these weeds." Hua Ying thanked her, then crouched down and picked out the remaining weeds from the herb pile.
Counting them carefully, there were five of them, and each of them had its rhizomes intact and some moist soil on them.
Now planted, survival should not be a problem.
After bidding farewell to Shopkeeper Sun, Hua Ying returned to her room, closed the doors and windows, and then recklessly entered the jade pendant space.
At this time, the land in the jade pendant space is very different from before.
The red fruit trees are gone, and the vegetable garden has long been cleaned, except for the remaining medicine garden, where dozens of angelica leaves are sparsely planted, and some other green leafy plants.
Yellow ginseng only has leaves on the ground, and the rest of the body is buried in the ground, so the growth rate is also different.
Compared with before, this half acre of land can be described as desolate and pitiful. In the past, the flowers were green, and they were both fruits and vegetables, and every time I came in, I could smell the fruity aroma. And now, except for the herbs, they are herbs, which are very monotonous.
There is no way to do this, the fertility of the land is not enough, and what can be grown can only be reduced again and again. That's it, Hua Ying didn't dare to have a variety of them, and the yellow ginseng and angelica leaves were maintained at a very low amount, even if they were taken for daily cultivation, they were very reluctant.
As long as the number of plants is increased, the growth rate of the herbs will be slowed down, and the ripening cycle will be lengthened, which is very annoying.
"Ugh."
Every time she came in, Hua Ying would look at the land blankly and worry, just because of this, her hair is now a lot grayer.
However, if she is worried, she has to continue to do it, and she is still counting on discovering something new so that her cultivation realm can successfully break through to the fourth layer.
"Weeds, weeds, I hope you can bring me some surprise."
Digging pits, digging soil, planting, landfilling.
After a set of operations, the five weeds were planted in the ground safely, and then it was time to wait for growth. With the current fertility of the land, I am afraid that there will be no movement in the short term.