[The Great Wilderness Sutra Chapter of Ancient Saints: Only when you bend down and lower your head can you realize that the road is difficult; only by being down-to-earth can you travel far; only by looking at the mountains can you see the world]
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In the valley.
Many herb collectors have returned, but there are a few people standing next to Steward Wang, one of whom most of them know, and he is the shopkeeper of Jishi Hall.
In Nanshan Town, Shopkeeper Liu of Jishi Hall is a person of high status, respected by everyone, and even the mayor wants to compliment him.
At this time, he bowed slightly and was very respectful to the boy in white and the girl in yellow skirt beside him.
"Shopkeeper Liu, when choosing a medicine boy, shouldn't you be testing medicine? Why do you have to go into the mountains to collect medicine?" The young man was only fifteen or sixteen years old. Although he was asking, he was a bit old-fashioned.
He also put his hands behind his back.
Looking at the returning medicine boys, watching them look at me with a bit of awe, I couldn't help but puff out my chest.
"Master!" Shopkeeper Liu said with a smile, "Actually, it is best to train medicine boys from an early age, but when they are young, it is difficult to take care of themselves, which is not cost-effective. Relatively speaking, mountain people are the most suitable. They live by the mountains all year round. Working with mountains and forests, I have been able to identify some medicinal herbs since I was a child, and with our secret guidance, I have many medicinal collectors. Especially for some families who live in poverty, this is a livelihood and they have a bright future."
He paused and then said: "Going into the mountains to collect herbs is the best way to choose. Those over the age of fifteen are generally capable of running a household, sensible and easy to manage; under the age of eighteen, there is still some plasticity. Going into the mountains to collect herbs To treat medicine, you first need to be courageous, smart, and able to identify medicines. People selected under such circumstances are generally good seedlings, and they will learn faster when they become medicine boys in the future, which can save a lot of training time."
"That makes sense!" The young man couldn't help but nod.
The girl hesitated and said: "I heard that the mountains and forests are very dangerous. Even in the outer areas, when morning and dusk alternate, there will be miasma and poisonous insects and beasts. If you are not careful, you will die. Isn't this bad? After all, it doesn't matter. Practiced."
Shopkeeper Liu smiled, and Gu Zuo said to him: "If it weren't for our Jishitang, they would never be able to get ahead in their lives. They would be digging for food in the soil, becoming servants of wealthy families, or going hunting in the mountains and dying at some point. , there is no future at all. Once they become the medicine boy of our Jishi Hall, they work hard and make progress to become a pharmacist, a doctor, or even a warrior. For them, this is a destiny that changes their lives. "
"I heard that there were not many talented people trained in the past." The girl in yellow said again.
Shopkeeper Liu blinked and said with a smile: "The opportunity has been given. Whether they can become talents or not depends on them. After all, people are different."
He glanced at the ragged medicine boy in the distance again.
This is life!
The sun sets.
More and more people came back, and Yang Fan and two others also came back, but some were happy, some were worried, and a few were limping and covered in blood.
He saw Shopkeeper Liu and knew that he should make a final summary.
There is another man and a woman. The man is handsome and the woman is beautiful. Their clothes and complexion are obviously not ordinary people.
Just take a look and stop paying attention.
Yang Fan and Dahu handed over the collected herbs, counted them together for three days, and then gave them money on the spot.
Dahu also quietly gave him six taels of silver.
Without any surprise, the value of the medicine collected by the two men was within the top ten, ranking third and fourth.
The first is Yang Tian. The total price of the herbs collected in three days is about ten taels of silver, which is hard for other herb collectors to believe.
The second one is Yang Xiang, the son of the mayor, whose value is about seven taels of silver, only one step higher than Dahu.
"These two guys must have cheated." Yang Dahu muttered.
"One is the son of the mayor's family, and the other is the young master of Tai Feng Restaurant. We can't compare." Yang Fan smiled.
He really didn't care about other people.
"How many casualties are there?" Yang Fan asked in a low voice.
"I made some inquiries just now." Yang Dahu's expression darkened, "Seven of them haven't come back. Three of them may be disabled, and the remaining four are not seriously injured."
Yang Fan was silent.
When the sun went down, no one came back. Under the leadership of Shopkeeper Liu, they walked out of the valley and out of Yunwu Mountain.
There were many people waiting outside, most of them in ragged clothes.
Some couldn't help but be happy when they saw that their children were okay, while others stopped and cried when they didn't see their sons not showing up.
Because of the agreement they signed, the most they could get was a few taels of silver.
"Brother Xiaofan, Brother Dahu, this way!"
At this time, a clear voice came.
Yang Fan looked around and saw two figures on the side, two little girls of eleven or twelve years old.
He knows them all.
The person who called him was Lin Xiaoyu, the daughter of Uncle Dashan's family. Although they had different surnames, the two families had a very good relationship and often played behind him.
Especially after his father passed away, Lin Dashan's family took good care of him. It was absolutely no problem for him to help him in the tavern he opened to support himself.
But the 'predecessor' had a stubborn temper and wanted to support the family, so he became a medicine collector.
The other is Yang Dahu's sister Yang Erni.
"Xiaoyu, Erni, why are you two here?"
Yang Fan walked over quickly.
Lin Xiaoyu has big eyes, a small round face, and a sweet smile, like a lotus in bud. Yang Erni also looks good, a little tall, with well-developed breast muscles, and has some tomboyish tendencies.
"Er Ni, haven't I come? Am I her son? I'm trying my best, but I don't even come to see her."
Dahu glanced around and couldn't help but muttered.
"Mom has been shouting every day these days that when you come back, you will have to be served with a stick, saying that you want her white-haired person to give her black-haired person." Yang Erni said with a smile, "Brother Xiaofan, is nothing wrong? "
"fine!"
After greeting each other, the four of them followed the flow of people and walked back.
It was completely dark when we returned to town.
Fortunately, Jishitang was pretty good and prepared dinner for them. If they didn't eat, it would be nothing, so Xiaoyu and the others were asked to go back first.
Yang Fan and the other two had a big meal, said goodbye to Manager Wang and hurried home. Both of them are close to the west end of the town and live in an alley. The location is pretty good.
"Mom, my parents have gone to pick her up. I've been looking for you for a long time and I still haven't seen your face." Yang Dahu couldn't help but complain when he saw his mother outside the Lin's Bistro.
"If I don't let you go, you have to go. There are only two consequences if you go, either you die, or you come back safely. If you die, you will be just like your damn daddy, and end up becoming the excrement of a lynx beast; if nothing happens, naturally Come back, tell me if I have anything to pick up." Aunt Chen was wide and fat. She took her child and looked at it for a while, "There are no arms or legs missing, not bad!"
She took Yang Fan for a while and looked at her: "It's not bad!" Then she criticized again, "You two dead children just don't make people worry about whether it is a good job to collect herbs in the mountains. You don't look at the number of people who die every year." How many people. There is a lot of work in the town. I can get by doing odd jobs and doing small businesses, but I just don’t listen."
Dahu lowered his head and Yang Fan smiled bitterly.
Lin Xiaoyu and the two looked at each other with smiles.
"Xiaofan, Dahu, come in quickly, I've prepared a reception banquet for you!" Lin Dashan walked out wearing an apron and waved the two of them in.
