"How's it going?" he asked slightly anxiously.
"It's done." Shen Shuangshuang replied with a smile.
"I planted notoginseng and thistle first. There were a few seeds of notoginseng, so I planted them all. There was still some space left, so I replanted thistle."
Shen was a little surprised.
Then he said: "Panax notoginseng is rare and expensive. It is too difficult to accumulate seeds by harvesting medicinal materials."
"A drug dealer came back to Chuntang earlier and told him that he planted a lot of Panax notoginseng in his family's medicine field."
"I have already ordered ten pounds of Panax notoginseng from him, and also asked him to buy a batch of Panax notoginseng seeds."
"When the seeds arrive, you can plant Panax notoginseng in the space. It will probably be more cost-effective than growing ginseng."
Shen Shuangshuang's eyes lit up.
"Panax is more expensive than ginseng?" asked.
Mrs. Shen glanced at Shen Shuangshuang.
"It's not that Panax notoginseng is more expensive than ginseng, but the time it takes for Panax notoginseng to grow is much shorter than that of ginseng."
"For ginseng to be effective, it will take at least ten years. Ginseng that is hundreds of years old has better medicinal effects and higher value, but it is not easy to obtain."
"In contrast, Panax notoginseng can grow into a medicinal plant in three to seven years. To ensure the effectiveness of the medicine, it is best to grow it for more than five years."
"Now Huichuntang buys Panax notoginseng from the drug dealer. One pound of prepared Panax notoginseng with qualified medicinal effect costs two taels of silver. If the yield of the red soil in your space is as high as you said, it is not as good as planting it. Is ginseng still a good deal?”
Shen Shuangshuang's heart was pounding, but soon she calmed down again.
"It's easy to grow it, but not so easy to sell it."
"My cousin is short of medicine right now, so we can only earn two thousand taels. Under normal circumstances, who would want so many three-seven?"
Mrs. Shen glanced at Shen Shuangshuang.
"Panax is an important component of Zhixue Powder, and the military camp will always need it."
"In addition to Zhixue Powder, Panax notoginseng can also be added to many patent medicines."
"Before, it was because Panax notoginseng was expensive and the Yin family didn't send much, so I couldn't make many patent medicines. Now -"
"That's all, something happened to the Yin family's pharmacy. I'm just making the patent medicine here, but I'm afraid it's hard to get it out now."
"You should put out this batch of Panax notoginseng first. If the quantity is not enough, I will ask the pharmacist to buy some to make up for it."
"Even if it's not enough, I guess it won't be much different. As long as I buy more, others won't notice Hui Chun Tang."
"Haha, the yield of crops in the red soil is high, but you don't necessarily need to buy extra." Shen Shuangshuang said playfully.
Shen remembered something.
"Isn't one day of red earth in your space equivalent to one year in the outside world? For Sanqi, you have to let them grow for five days. As for thistle and other medicinal materials on the medicine list, I estimate that it will take four or five hours. "
"Sure! I'll find the medicinal seeds on the medicine list when I get back. Then set up automatic harvesting and sowing." Shen Shuangshuang said.
Shen nodded, relieved.
Immediately, he handed the banknote on the table to Shen Shuangshuang.
"You keep it," he said.
Shen Shuangshuang glanced at the banknote, hesitated for a moment, and accepted the banknote.
During this time, she had purchased a lot of furniture for Jian Meng School and the mansion, but she had not saved much money.
Now, with these two thousand taels of silver in her account, her progress bar on saving money to buy Zhuangzi has grown a lot.
"From now on, Mr. Yin will give you money to buy medicinal materials. Mother, please come to me." Shen Shuangshuang said with a smile.
Mrs. Shen nodded Shen Shuangshuang's forehead.
"Not only are Mr. Yin looking for you when he needs medicinal materials, but Huichun Hall is also looking for you when he is short of medicinal materials."
"The weather will start to cool down in more than a month. When the weather gets colder after late autumn, more people will catch the cold."
"Let's gather together the medicinal materials Master Yin wants first, and then you can grow some additional medicinal materials for me."
"No problem!" Shen Shuangshuang winked playfully, picked up the cattail fan and continued to fan Shen.
Shen remembered something.
"Over there at Mengxue, have you waited for the two gentlemen?" Chong Shen asked Shuangshuang.
"We're waiting."
"They agreed to my request and said they would move into a primary school in the future."
"I'm thinking about it, first select 20 people to form a literacy class, and let two gentlemen train them intensively for ten days."
"By the way, Xiaocheng and his wife heard about this, so they gave me five people."
"Mom, would you like to arrange for a few people to join us?"
She remembered that her mother-in-law had mentioned before that she wanted to arrange for the medicine boy in the pharmacy to help her prepare medicine to also learn to read.
Shen hesitated for a moment.
"Forget it, let's wait until we've been busy for a while."
"That's okay. Anyway, there are more than one literacy class. When there are more people, we will open another one in a while."
"By the way, Mom, I'm going to open a grocery store in Mengxue. What do you think?"
Shen thought for a while. nod.
"Xiao Lei has a grocery store, you can ask him."
"I've already asked! Xiao Lei asked me to go directly to the shopkeeper in his shop to see what goods he wants to sell. If he wants to purchase goods, let me go with him in his shop!"
"That's a lot easier. Looking at the store... did the two gentlemen say they would bring their families to stay?" asked Ms. Shen.
"I didn't say, but I think they will bring them. The yard we have prepared for them is not small, and the furniture, kitchen utensils and even bedding have been purchased. It will not be a problem for them to bring their families to stay."
Shen Shuangshuang's eyes lit up.
"Mom, what do you mean, do you want the two gentlemen's family members to be the shopkeepers of our grocery store?"
Shen smiled and nodded.
"Not only the grocery store, but also the canteen of the workshop can be moved to the Mengxu School in the future. Didn't you say before that as there are more and more workers in the workshop, more and more people eat in the workshop?"
"It's a bit inconvenient to have the canteen in the workshop. Mengxue is a big place and is close to the workshop. It would be better to separate the canteen."
"If the two gentlemen's families are willing, they can also be asked to help in the canteen."
Shen Shuangshuang thought while listening, and nodded after listening.
"Moving the cafeteria to the Mengmen School will also bring popularity to our grocery store."
"Not only the canteen, but also the two gentlemen's families in the workshop can be allowed in if they are interested!"
"Since you have made up your mind to keep people, it's best to make them unable to leave once they come." At this point, Shen Shuangshuang's eyes lit up.
Shen nodded.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked for a while, then one went to bed and the other went to the couch to take a nap.
Shen Shi was about to pass and the weather was no longer so hot, so Shen Shuangshuang asked Chuntao to leave the Huichun Hall.
The master and the servant went to Deepwater Lane.
Shen Shuangshuang went to the new workshop and informed the workshop manager to suspend orders for fermented bean curd and steamed pork powder, as well as to suspend production of fermented bean curd. He also informed about the upcoming literacy class and asked the steward to recommend four to six people to attend the literacy class.
After chatting with the manager, it was already getting late. Shen Shuangshuang, who wanted to go to Cheng Ji Grocery Store, had no choice but to give up.
"Fortunately, I didn't tell mother that I was going to pick up Ling'er, otherwise I would have missed the time." Shen Shuangshuang climbed onto the carriage and said to Chuntao.
"Let's not waste any time and leave the city directly. It's faster and we can catch up with our meal when we get back."
"Yes." Chuntao agreed with a smile and drove away.
