In the next few days, Xia Qingfeng took the women and children in the village to dig medicinal materials in the mountains and come back to prepare them.
During this period, Xia Qingfeng also asked Carpenter Wang from the east end of the village to help build four large wooden troughs. The shape of the wooden trough is similar to the livestock trough, but the method is different. In ancient times, most of the livestock troughs were made by going to the mountain and cutting a big piece of wood, then split it into two pieces, and then cut a trough out of the middle.
But Xia Qingfeng's building should have five sides made of wooden boards, the bottom should be flat, and the walls should not be too thick. But this is very simple for people who are used to carpentry work. Carpenter Wang has two sons in his family, and they both follow their father in carpentry work. Four large wooden troughs can be finished in most of a day.
Xia Qingfeng was very satisfied and wanted to calculate the wages for Carpenter Wang, but Carpenter Wang did not want any money. He said that the mother-in-law and two daughters-in-law at home followed Xia Qingfeng to dig herbs and had already taken advantage. How could they make a few wooden troughs for them? money.
Unable to do so, Xia Qingfeng steamed some red date cakes after returning, and filled a jar with eight-treasure porridge mixed with white porridge and sent it to Carpenter Wang's family, saying it was wood for his grandson.
Mu Mu is four years old this year, and the sweet red date cake and eight-treasure porridge completely conquered him. The next day, I went up to the mountain to dig herbs, and Mu Mu wanted to follow her, saying that he wanted to give his fried peanuts to Xiaoxiao's sister.
After going up the mountain, Mu Mu was overly enthusiastic towards Xu Xiaoxiao: "Sister, sister!" He shouted as he ran, and when he came over, he started turning the peanuts in his pocket. His hands were too small, so he took half and dropped half. It made the eldest girl and daughter-in-law on the mountain laugh.
Xia Qingfeng also looked at his daughter with a wicked smile. Xu Xiaoxiao was really helpless and disgusted. As a thirty-year-old soul, she was called sister by a four-year-old little slug. This excessive enthusiasm was really hard to bear!
It was Aunt Li's granddaughter Daya who came to the rescue. Li Daya is eight years old and can already do a lot of work for the family. Because he is close to Xia Qingfeng's family, he also knows a little about Xu Xiaoxiao, a steady little sister. Seeing Mu Mu being too noisy, he took the initiative to come over and play with them.
The days passed like this in all kinds of busyness. Xia Qingfeng planted the mandala in a large wooden trough, and usually placed it in the backyard so that it would have space when people came to the family.
After several attempts, Xia Qingfeng discovered that mandala grew better in space. There is no sun in the space, only houses made of reinforced concrete and lights that are always on.
Xia Qingfeng couldn't find the reason. Since mandala grows better in space, it would be better to keep it there without having to carry it back and forth.
More than half a month has passed, and the little white fox's legs have completely healed, and a lot of medicinal materials have been saved. Xia Qingfeng thought he could go to the medicine hall in town to see if he could sell it at a good price.
This day is the day when everyone has agreed to go to the town to sell medicinal materials. Before dawn, Xia Qingfeng took Xu Xiaoxiao to the village chief's house. At this time, many people were already standing in front of the door. Selling herbal medicine is a big deal, and most of the people coming to the house this time are men. The village chief is worried, so he goes with him this time.
When the village chief saw Xia Qingfeng, he quickly asked his wife to hug Xu Xiaoxiao and said, "Let your aunt take care of the child, don't worry. We are all counting on you to sell herbs today." After that, he asked his eldest son to take the basket from Xia Qingfeng's back. , said: "It takes more than an hour to walk from the village to the town, so you have to carry it on your back."
Xia Qingfeng didn't refuse. Thinking about the two-hour journey, carrying a full backpack was really too much. After thanking the village chief's wife, we set off together under the leadership of the village chief.
Maybe it was because they could exchange money immediately because everyone walked very quickly and arrived in the town in less than an hour. They came to Renjitang, the largest medicine hall in the town. After all, for the sake of reputation due to its large scale, they should not try to trick people. Now that they are quiet and talkative, it is better to cause less trouble.
Because it was still early, the medicine boy in the medicine hall was unloading the door panel. Xia Qingfeng and the village chief walked up to greet the medicine boy.
Xia Qingfeng said: "Little brother, does your medical clinic accept medicinal materials?"
The medicine boy was a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old. When he heard the voice, he looked back and saw that both of them were carrying backpacks. He responded with a busy smile: "The quality of the medicinal materials depends on the quality of the girl. We will not accept the inferior ones. After all, this is something that treats illnesses and saves lives. If it is prepared, the price can be higher, and I can accept a small amount."
Xia Qingfeng saw that the medicine boy did not look down on them because of their shabby clothes, and he felt good in his heart. He said, "Can you find the shopkeeper? I have more medicinal materials here." Xia Qingfeng pointed to the villagers outside.
The medicine boy looked in the direction Xia Qingfeng pointed. There were many villagers standing or squatting near the medicine hall. There was a big basket next to them, so he knew that there were really a lot of medicinal materials. He said hurriedly: "You two, wait a moment, I'll call the shopkeeper."
Soon, the shopkeeper came out of the back hall, looked at the villagers outside and the two people in front of him, and then asked, "Do you want to sell medicinal materials?"
Xia Qingfeng nodded, took off the backpack, uncovered the cloth covering it, revealing the medicinal materials inside, and said, "The medicinal herbs delivered by our village today are all of this quality. Take a look and give us a price."
The shopkeeper picked up the medicinal materials and looked at them carefully, then put them under his nose to smell them, and said with a smile: "Yes, these medicinal materials are well prepared and the quality of the medicinal materials is also very good. I can give you the highest price."
Hearing this, Xia Qingfeng said happily: "Thank you, shopkeeper. We will definitely send you some good medicinal materials in the future."
The shopkeeper stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It's not easy for people in your village to cook medicinal materials and do it so well. How many medicinal materials of this quality are there, we will charge as much as we can. My surname is Chang, you can come here Come to me directly.”
"Thank you very much, shopkeeper Chang. Please ask me to weigh and settle the money for the villagers."
"That's for sure." Shopkeeper Chang said with a smile.
The village chief, who had never said a word, looked at Xia Qingfeng talking to the shopkeeper calmly and generously, and felt so admired in his heart! I thought: This girl is amazing! He is a knowledgeable person, and now everyone in the village has benefited from it. I can come to the largest medicine hall in town this time, so I have seen the world, but I can't embarrass the people in the village. So, he forced himself to calm down and asked the villagers outside to line up to weigh the herbs.
The shopkeeper is kind, he pays high prices for medicinal materials, and he makes money easily. The villagers who dug a lot of herbs received seven to eight taels of silver each, and those who collected less herbs also got three taels of silver.
The villagers couldn't believe it when they held the money for selling herbal medicine in their hands. When they are in good times, they live frugally and go to town to do odd jobs during the off-season. It would be good to be able to save five taels of silver a year. Why do the women and children of this family follow the Xia family to work in the mountains? In half a month, I got so much money. They all looked at Xia Qingfeng gratefully.
Xia Qingfeng was happy to see the villagers getting money, so he said to the village chief: "Uncle village chief, I want to go around the town and buy some things. What are your plans?"
The village chief just recovered from selling so much money and said: "We also need to buy some things. In this way, after we have bought the things, we will gather at the city gate and go back together." Everyone agreed on a time and parted ways. Went shopping.
Aunt Li's man, Li Dazhu, came over and said, "Mrs. Xia, my mother-in-law specifically told me before going out that if you buy heavy things like grain, let me help you carry it back."
Xia Qingfeng smiled and said, "Thank you, Uncle Dazhu, I understand." Aunt Li's family has three sons. Farming is busy now, and all three sons are working in the fields, so she asked Uncle Dazhu to follow him to sell herbs. He didn't get any in the morning. Help her carry the basket, and specifically ask her to come back and buy something to help her carry it. Xia Qingfeng was also willing to accept their kindness.
