"Ginseng."
"Master, this ginseng is so big." Awei opened his eyes wide. This was the first time he saw such a big ginseng.
Doctor Wu took the ginseng and observed it, weighed it with a small scale on the side, then took out a larger scale and weighed the gastrodia elata.
"Forty-year-old ginseng, unprocessed, costs ten taels of silver.
Gastrodia elata is a common medicinal material. One pound of dry medicine is only fifteen cents, and one pound of wet medicine is only ten cents. You are wet, and the total is three catties and eight taels. I will give you four catties, and a total of forty cents. "
The price is not low.
Although Yongantang has indeed never collected such a large ginseng before, this does not mean that such a large ginseng is unusual. There are many pharmacies in Jiangning City, and their Yongantang is just an inconspicuous small pharmacy.
On weekdays, only poor people come to get medicine. If there are any good medicines, they are mostly sent to other big pharmacies.
"Hey, don't think it's too little. The price is already very high!" Seeing that Li Xi didn't speak, Ah Wei thought she was not satisfied with the price.
Li Xi looked at the jumping Ahwei and smiled, "I don't think it's less."
She looked at Dr. Wu, "Doctor Wu, I want to ask you about this krait?"
"Kratit!" Doctor Wu suddenly looked at Li Xi, his eyes shining brightly at the backpack in her hand, "You still have this good treasure."
No wonder Dr. Wu was so surprised. This krait is highly venomous, and the local people were shocked when they heard about it. There are only two consequences for encountering a krait, one is to escape by luck, and the other is to die in the Shekou .
Li Xi did not show off, and took the snake out of the basket and put it on the counter. The snake had only been dead for a day, and the weather was cold now, so it was not rotten and it still looked like it had just died.
The snake was placed on the counter. By coincidence, the snake's head was facing Asafoetida. Asafoetida, who saw a krait for the first time, took a step back in fright, with a look of childish terror on his face.
Li Xi looked at him like this and raised his eyebrows in a funny way, now he knew he was scared.
As for Doctor Wu, he couldn't notice his little apprentice now. All he could see was the thick krait placed on the counter. He reached out and took it for inspection. The cold body and ring-like shape were indeed golden. Krait no doubt.
"How much does Doctor Wu plan to pay?" Li Xi interrupted his observation. She was still anxious to go back.
"Ahem." Doctor Wu put down the krait and touched his goatee, "Let's do this, plus this snake, thirty taels."
"Thirty-five." Li Xi really didn't understand the prices here, but whether he was buying or selling things, bargaining was essential.
"Okay, deal." Doctor Wu's eyes are now full of the krait in front of him. He has a recipe that only needs this medicinal ingredient.
Without even looking at Li Xi, he waved Awei away, "Awei, get her money."
Li Xi: It’s over, it’s a loss, it’s going to be less...
Li Xi took the thirty-five taels of silver handed over by Ah Wei and put it away, carrying the basket on her back with a slight dejection and leaving. After walking out of the medicine shop, she stopped, turned around and glanced at the sign of Yong'antang.
You will gain wisdom after every experience, and the next time you quote will be bigger but bigger.
Li Xi didn't plan to go back just like that. Now that she had money, she planned to buy some food to go back. She promised Hu Zi to buy him candy.
Li Xi walked back the way she came. The way she came to the medicine shop was the market, but she didn't have any money at that time, so naturally she couldn't buy anything.
On the way back, Li Xi bought some whole grains, rice noodles, salt, brown sugar, seasonings, and two pounds of meat. He passed by a candy stall and asked for another pound of candy.
This time, I spent twenty or fifty yuan.
Thirty-five taels were recorded in the account, and so much was lost in just a short time. Money was really flowing like water. We must have a long-term business.
Li Xi had thought about it carefully before.
The first is the current environment. Based on her observations in the past few days and the conversation she had with the merchant when she was shopping, she knew that she had traveled to an imaginary dynasty - Daqi.
And the place she is in is the northwest of Daqi. Well, yes, it is the northwest of Daqi.
Like most historical dynasties, behind them there was a race called the Xiongnu who was eyeing this land of China. His father had previously served in the Northwest Army.
After knowing this background, Li Xi felt numb. He was in the finals at the beginning and didn't have a brick in his hand. This was really amazing.
But it's not all bad news. There is also good news. The good news is that the capabilities of the Northwest Army guarding here are still outstanding. In the Huns' battles, they have always been victorious generals.
So life here is still somewhat guaranteed. Of course, if you are unlucky and the Huns attack the village, it will be a different story.
However, she already knew from her mother's mouth that because their village was in the back and was not the first target of the Xiongnu's raids southward, it was relatively safe. At least they had not encountered any Xiongnu raids for more than ten years.
The farming land has been passed away by her.
Li Xi touched the money in his purse and already had an idea in his mind.
Whether you are making money or doing other things, you must first know what you are good at.
What she is good at is medical skills. Western medicine is definitely not good enough. As for traditional Chinese medicine, she can see the disease, but she can't explain it.
Li Xi fiddled with the money in her purse, and it was familiar again and again, so the way she thought of making money was to sell medicinal materials. As for why she knew medicinal materials? Just push it to her cheap dad.
After thinking about it, she left the market, and the basket she had emptied in Yong'an Hall was filled again.
After selling the medicinal materials and buying things, Li Xi strolled out of the city and found a donkey cart parked in the shade. Behind the cart, Erqiang Ye and the others had not returned yet.
"Master Erqiang."
Master Erqiang was usually a taciturn person, so he just nodded when Li Xi greeted him.
Not long after Li Xi sat down on the donkey cart, Qian Dajuan and the others came back one after another. Everyone had a smile on their face. It seemed that they had gained something from this trip to the city.
Qian Dajuan sold the bacon she brought from home and bought some coarse grains. After the winter, there was not much leftover grain at home. If she bought some, she should be able to survive until the spring grain came out.
Li Xi helped her carry the grain into the cart. When everyone came back, Mr. Erqiang drove the donkey cart back.
After Qian Dajuan sat down, she and Li Xi lamented the convenience of life in the city.
"It's better to be in the city. Whatever you want to eat, you can buy it at the market right outside. You can find needles, thread, brains, rice, flour, grains and oils at the market.
If we didn't take a donkey cart to travel more than 30 miles, it would have taken four hours to go back and forth by just relying on our legs. All the time would have been wasted on the road.
There was a sister from my village who married a pig butcher in the city. She lived a very good life at that time. She was very fat and fat. I heard her say that they had meat every meal, and she was tired of it... or so. The city is great! "
