After eating and drinking, and then visiting the new house, everyone left satisfied, the dishes on the table were so delicious, even the fried vegetables with oil residue were eaten up because of the oil and water.

The guests were gone, leaving only the woman who had come to help in the kitchen.

The women quickly washed the bowls, tables, and stools of the feast, and waited for the water to be dried and sent back to the clan to-morrow.

After washing, Wang took out some of the fried pork belly, croquettes, small miscellaneous fish, tofu, etc., which were prepared for the banquet and shared them with everyone, which was regarded as thanking everyone for their help. This is also a custom in Pingshan Village.

The women who got the things were all happy: Li Xiandong's banquet noodles were mostly fried, and even the tofu was more oily and watery than usual.

Send everyone away, close the door, and only Li Xiandong's family will be left in this house.

No matter how tired he was, Li Xiaohan also swept the floor of his room, changed the straw on the kang, and then smoked it with wormwood, and then fell asleep again.

Early the next morning, Li Xiandong's family all got up late. It took three poles before the sun rose.

There were still leftovers yesterday, and the three of them steamed sauce meat, stir-fried some weeds, and sauerkraut and small fish stewed in a pot for a circle of pancakes, which was also a hearty meal.

After the meal, Li Xiandong put on a straw hat and prepared to go to the field to have a look. During this time, they were busy building houses, and the fields were neglected. Seeing that it was almost time to sow winter wheat, Li Xiandong had to hurry up and fix the ground, so as not to delay the sowing of wheat before the beginning of winter.

Wang put his own pots and pans in the kitchen in order, and the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar were neatly placed on the stove.

Wang likes this kind of work, this is the day she fantasized about before she got married. Then she thought she would never have it again, and now it is.

Li Xiaohan picked up a broom and swept the courtyard carefully.

After sweeping the floor, Li Xiaohan crossed his waist and looked at the pile of fake silkworm trees in the firewood room that had not yet had time to deal with it, and nodded in his heart.

It's good, the house is built, the people are free, and there are some things that can be put on the agenda.

When Li Xiandong came back from the field, Li Xiaohan and Wang had already packed up their home and changed into clothes to enter the city - the new house was occupied, and only their own people were left in the family, so Wang could not be afraid of other people's eyes and ask the doctor for medicine with peace of mind.

"Xiaohan, what are you doing? How do you put that fake silkworm tree in the back basket? ”

"Mother, I thought, this fake silkworm tree is so fragrant, and it has such a special silk, you say, can you also sell it for money?" Li Xiaohan straightened his waist and put the back basket on his back neatly.

"How can this be ......" Wang's words paused, but her daughter had been enlightened by her mother-in-law, could it be that this was also her mother-in-law reminding them?

"Mother, why is it impossible, no one knows that fake ginseng is before Sanqi, and everyone doesn't say it's worthless." Li Xiaohan said, "Anyway, if we want to enter the city, we will bring it over, and it will take a little effort." No, it's nothing. ”

"Okay, bring it together, it won't take much effort anyway."

Li Xiandong quickly made a decision, and after this round of joining the wine, Li Xiandong saw the benefits of being rich.

Look, he is good at entertaining meat and vegetables, which clansman doesn't say that he is good.

Li Xiandong began to be eager to make money.

The way into the city was not far, but they came a little late to-day, and when they arrived in the city, the gates were already open. When they arrived at the gate of Renhe Hall, Li Xiandong and Wang also looked around and saw that no one from the village had entered.

Li Xiaohan followed Wang and Li Xiandong into Renhe Hall.

Seeing Li Xiandong's family, Renhetang's doctor apprentice was not surprised, after all, this farmer was dressed up a lot, besides, the guy still remembered that Li Xiandong's family came to sell a few precious notoginseng plants for more than half a month.

However, seeing Li Xiandong coming again, the guy muttered in his heart: Could it be that this person is really so lucky, how long has it been since he found Sanqi again? It's all over the mountain? Impossible!

Although his heart turned back and forth, the guy was very quick to entertain: "This time I came to sell medicinal herbs again?" ”

"Hey." Li Xiaohan replied and asked, "Why didn't you see Dr. Zhang today?" ”

"Dr. Zhang has something to do." The man led them into the courtyard as he spoke, "Take it out." ”

"Man, what we're selling today isn't Sanqi, it's this." Li Xiaohan put down the back basket, picked up the fake silkworm bark inside and said.

"This ......"

Although the guy is well-informed in the medicine hall, and there are also people who use bark in medicine, but for a while, the guy really can't recognize what kind of medicinal herb this is.

"Man, look, this is no ordinary tree. Behold, the bark of the tree, when it is broken, is full of silver threads. And this bark, smell it carefully, and there is a fragrance. In addition to the cinnamon, we have only seen this special tree. ”

Li Xiaohan took out a piece of bark and simply broke it for the young man to smell, "You smell it, isn't it very fragrant and special." ”

The guy was shocked by Li Xiaohan's natural attitude, and subconsciously convinced, yes, such a special and fragrant tree should not be an ordinary tree.

"Incense, with silver threads...... What is it? "And, indeed, it's a little familiar, the young man muttered as he recalled.

The three of them didn't dare to interrupt the young man's thoughts, and looked at him with blank eyes.

The young man was not very old, and he looked at Li Xiaohan in front of him with swarthy eyes and looked at him intently, and he was distracted for a while: I haven't seen her for more than half a month, this girl seems to have gained a little fat, and she seems to be a little neat, especially this look, which is dark and smart.

Distracted, I can't think of it.

"I'll take a look." Several people were stuck, and the door of the main room on the right was suddenly opened, and the thin Dr. Zhang strode out.

Li Xiaohan took a roll of bark and smiled.

Dr. Zhang took the bark handed over by Li Xiaohan, broke a corner casually, and gently twisted the silver wire with his thumb and index finger, as if feeling the texture.

Then he lifted the bark to his eyes and looked at the sunlight, "The inner skin is smooth, the skin is thick and large, and the air is pungent." ”

In the end, Dr. Zhang actually broke off a trace of white skin inside, put it in his mouth and chewed for a while, and then said, "The taste is slightly bitter, and the chewing has a sticky feeling." ”

Li Xiaohan was shocked by this Shennong's attitude of tasting a hundred herbs.

This ancient Chinese medicine has paid a lot of money.

"This is freshly peeled eucommia bark, and what you see in the pharmacy on weekdays is the dried bark after processing." This sentence was said by Dr. Zhang to the guy.

Sure enough, the guy's expression froze, and he said, "Got it, Doctor Zhang." ”

"Did you peel this bark?" This sentence was said to Li Xiaohan.

The family behaved as farmers, but they cut the useful bark with precision, and cut it so beautifully.

Yes, this boxy, four-sided cutting line is horizontal and vertical, the fracture is neat, and the inside is smooth and undamaged, which is beautiful in the eyes of Dr. Zhang.

Such a beautifully processed piece of bark does have a strange aura in the hands of people who don't know how to do it.

"I cut it, is there any problem? I heard that the cinnamon bark was useful for one skin, so I cut one skin out. ”

Li Xiaohan pretended not to understand and asked, "Is it useful besides skin?" We also picked branches and leaves, doctor, can you take a look? ”

After speaking, Li Xiaohan didn't wait for Dr. Zhang to react, and took out the branches in the back basket.

I saw that the branches were the thickness of chopsticks picked and tied into a handful that could be held, the thickness of an adult's arm. The green leaves on the branches are verdant and extend in one direction.

swept Li Xiaohan's patched but clean clothes, neat hair, clean face, and a pair of black and white eyes that were both calm and smart.

Maybe the family is neat.

Coming to this conclusion, Dr. Zhang relaxed his tone, "Well, eucommia is the bark of the tree into medicine. According to the quality you bring now, we will buy it at a price of 40 wen a catty. ”

Li Xiandong and Wang's whole hearts were trembling: 40 Wen, 40 Wen, how thick and heavy this bark is.

Sanqi searched the mountain, and then did not find it again, but this eucommia tree, there are still a lot of them on the mountain.

The two of them couldn't even speak for a while.

Only Li Xiaohan suddenly raised his head and asked Doctor Zhang, "Doctor Zhang, I just heard you say that pharmacies are all dried skins after concocting. Is this dry skin sun-dried? Or is it something else? Is it difficult? Is it handled here? I don't think you have enough space, there are not many of you, I'm afraid there will be a lot of eucommia peels sent over? ”

"You have a lot of eucommia peels?" Dr. Zhang was puzzled, "Little girl, don't think that this tree is all over the mountains, the eucommia tree will bloom after 10 years, and the bark can be used in medicine after flowering, and the good quality of eucommia ulmoides bark is best more than 15 years. Bring you new branches, and we will not reap them. ”

"There are quite a few more in the mountains, and it should be more than ten years old. We have people here who like to smoke bacon with Eucommia ulmoides branches. If everyone knew that eucommia could be sold for money, they would definitely have sent it over. ”

Smoked bacon, that is indeed a habit of planting.

However, if the villagers knew that they could make money, they must have cut it to make money, thinking that the bark of Eucommia ulmoides is so big, and they have such a small number of people in this place, it is indeed not good to concoct the bark of Eucommia.

For a while, let's go somewhere else, it's too conspicuous. The host family is probably not happy.

Thinking of this, Dr. Zhang nodded and said, "Xiao Shi, call the shopkeeper over." ”

Let's take a look at what this farmer is capable of.