Love after marriage with a husband

It was the time when the young men had a strong desire to show off, and they stuffed Jiang Ran with five copper coins one by one like chicken blood, and waited in line to hold the most hickory nuts.

After a while, the small cloth pocket that Xiao Shuang'er was carrying was filled with copper coins, and he was stunned.

When no one was paying attention, Jiang Ran asked Fang Chongshan in a low voice: "I see that when they came to buy the bamboo baskets I made, they searched especially when they came to buy the bamboo baskets I made. They even wanted to bargain for a copper coin. Why are they now five copper coins?" Give a bunch of worthless shandingzi, and everyone is so excited that they don't even pay back the price?"

Jiang Ran got so close that the sound of each other's breathing was close enough to be heard, and even when he lowered his head, he could feel Xiao Shuang'er's warm breath.

Fang Zhongshan lived alone for the first half of his life, and he couldn't even find anyone close to him. Now that Xiao Shuang'er approached him so trustingly, his heart suddenly became flustered. He pretended to be calm, and responded in his usual flat tone: "Heevils don't taste as good as hickory nuts."

Seeing that Jiang Ran was still tilting his head in confusion, Fang Zhongshan explained with a smile: "I specially changed the name of Shandingzi to Hickory, which is bitter and astringent, and the Shandingzi that is everywhere in the mountain is of course worthless. , but the hickory nuts, which are fragrant and crisp, and have never been seen before, are very valuable and rare!"

Jiang Ran half-understood what he heard, lowered his head again, weighed the copper plate that was almost full of the small cloth pocket in his hand, and sighed sincerely: "Brother Chongshan, you are really amazing!"

"Much better than the scholars in the village who can read!"

In Xiao Shuang'er's simple world view, the most prominent person in the village is the scholar, such praise is already the limit he can imagine.

Some of the men in the queue hold more, some hold less, or they are joking, or depressed, but the atmosphere is always cheerful. When the long line is exhausted, the hickory nuts on the stand are gradually sold out.

Fang Zhongshan estimated that the time was almost up, and the men who wanted to continue queuing up shouted: "The hickory nuts are sold out! Thank you for your support, and come again next time!"

Those who didn't grab the front row sighed in disappointment, and asked Fang Zhongshan again and again when he would open the stall next time, and they all dispersed in twos and threes.

Because the mountain goods are in high demand and the business is booming, after the stalls and bamboo baskets are packed up, there is still some time before noon, and both Fang Zhongshan and Jiang Ran are so hungry that they are about to growl.

Fang Chongshan grabbed a handful of copper coins from his small cloth pocket and asked Jiang Ran, "Is there anything you want to eat?"

It’s fine to indulge once last time, this time Xiao Shuang’er didn’t want to spend any more money, he picked up the leftover fruit and gnawed a couple of mouthfuls, and said inarticulately as he gnawed: “No, don’t eat it, eat the fruit Just fine."

The little guy's carelessness was almost clearly written on his face. Fang Zhongshan couldn't see it. He was sad and funny. After thinking about it, he felt that the food bought on this long street was really expensive and unpalatable. cost-effective.

Instead of giving away your hard-earned money to other vendors for nothing, it is better to wait until the evening and go back to cook a delicious meal yourself.

"Forget it, let's fill up our stomachs first. Yesterday, my father and my uncle ordered pheasant alone, and there is only one fat rabbit left at home. Why don't we go back at night, and let's roast the rabbit meat in the yard."

Stewed and stir-fried vegetables are the most common dishes for ordinary people in the village to cook. They have always followed the rules and seldom innovated in the dishes.

In Jiang Ran's impression, only those poor families who were too poor to build a stove, because of lack of utensils, would bake cheap food such as sweet potatoes and radishes over a fire.

Roast rabbit meat... What a waste of meat if the roast is spoiled!

Xiao Shuang'er is now very convinced by Fang Zhongshan. Although he is full of questions in his heart, he still obediently does not ask, and his heart is filled with anticipation.

Fang Zhongshan looked at his blinking and puzzled eyes, and couldn't help but feel sad again for the barren and somewhat terrifying pursuit of food in this place: "Haven't you even eaten barbecue? How much fun in life is missed!"

With the experience of the last time, Fang Zhongshan and Jiang Ran took a familiar road from West Market to East Market this time. The two of them immediately called a passing bullock cart on the dividing bridge, and swayed all the way to the main entrance of Fengyun Pharmacy. .

It happened to be the day when Mr. Ye was on duty.

There were not many customers who came to the pharmacy at noon. The old man Ye was free and sat leisurely on the wooden stool at the gate to stroke his beard. He half-opened his eyes and saw Fang Zhongshan and Jiang Ran getting off the bullock cart. He was immediately pleasantly surprised stood up.

"Hey! The rare guest is here! Did you bring any herbs this time?"

Fang Chongshan heard the greeting from a distance, shook the bamboo basket in his hand, and replied with a smile: "How can I have such good luck every day!"

"I came here this time to give you some wild goods."

He took out a portion of wild fruits and half a catty of hickory nuts that he had prepared separately before, and handed them to Mr. Ye, and he did not forget to wink amusedly: "After all, I still want to rely on your old man's recommendation!"

Mr. Ye knew that he was joking on purpose, so he said "呿" with a straight face, "You boy!"

"I mentioned you to Cai Xuan, but he is a famous doctor with a great reputation and a high temperament. He told me that he will have a test at that time, and he will not judge people by ability."

"It can't be of much help, you better keep these wild things to yourself!"

While talking, he pushed back the gift that Fang Zhongshan had prepared. Fang Zhongshan was the most knowledgeable, unconvinced, and said bluntly: "Whether the recommendation is successful or not is another matter. I, a countryman, can get yours." It is already very grateful to know that the pharmacy is recruiting apprentices! A little bit of care, please be sure to accept it!"

The sincerity of what he said, Mr. Ye really couldn't refuse, but finally accepted it.

"However, you don't have to worry too much. I asked Cai Xuan. The questions he asked were nothing more than asking you to recognize the herbs and talk about their medicinal properties. I happen to have a volume of medicine books here. If you want, you can take it back and read it. It may be useful for a couple of days."

Fang Zhongshan was worrying about whether his previous life's experience in collecting herbs could be compatible with the herbs here. Hearing Mr. Ye's words, he was immediately overjoyed, and after putting away the medicine book, he began to thank him repeatedly.

It happened that there was no one in the pharmacy, so Fang Zhongshan simply stayed for a while, wanting to get local materials to pre-identify the herbs displayed in the pharmacy.

He told Mr. Ye this idea, and after thinking for a while, Mr. Ye agreed.

Fengyun Pharmacy has a great reputation in Fanyang City, so the scale is naturally not small. The storefront for hospitality is specially invited by Mr. Feng Shui to plan according to the polarities of yin and yang.

Rows of unpretentious wooden medicine cabinets are divided into boxes, and the names of medicines written in ink are pasted on the outside for easy identification by the medicine boy.

Most of the medicines placed on the shady side of the store have been dried and need to be stored dry, while most of the fresh herbs are placed on the sunny side.

Mr. Ye pointed to a herb on his table that hadn't been put into the medicine cabinet, and asked casually: "Chongshan, come and have a look, do you recognize this plant?"

Fang Zhongshan took a look at it, and it turned out to be a herb that he often dealt with as a herb picker. Because of the weird old man who made up last time as a cover, he deliberately pretended to hesitate for a moment and said: "The leaves are like clouds, and the leaves are green. It looks somewhat similar to the cloud and grass hand-painted by the old man on the cruise ship at that time."

Mr. Ye immediately asked: "Then do you know its medicinal properties?"

"It seems, it seems that it can stop children's night crying, and it can relieve cough and asthma..."

Although the sentence was vague, it was close enough. Mr. Ye couldn't help sighing in amazement: "Even dabbling in such a remote herb as Yuncao, it seems that you happened to meet an old man with an unknown background on the cruise ship that day. Small!"

"If there is a chance to invite him to the pharmacy, he must be another wonderful doctor who can sit in the town."

After all, Fang Chongshan was a little guilty, coughed dryly as if to cover up, and said haha: "No, he talked to me in bits and pieces all night, but unfortunately I was ignorant at that time, I just listened to it for fun, and missed it for nothing. opportunity."

Mr. Ye immediately comforted: "You can't say that, it's a chance, you can remember so much, and you can learn and use it is not bad!"

In the next few quarters of an hour, Fang Zhongshan and Mr. Ye identified a lot of herbal medicines, some of which Fang Zhongshan had known for a long time, and some of them were unique to Da'an.

Mr. Ye has a good temper and is patient in explaining. Fang Zhongshan took the opportunity to recognize a lot of unfamiliar local herbs in one go.

After clearly identifying the last row of herbs on the medicine cabinet, Fang Zhongshan went around to the medicine table on the sunny side, thinking about learning more.

Fresh herbs are placed on the sunny side. Fresh herbs are no better than dried herbs. The emphasis is on the combination of humidity and temperature, and ventilation.

"Baoyu, reduce inflammation and relieve pain; He Shou, expel poison and ward off evil spirits..." Fang Zhongshan walked in front, pointing at each plant, and each pointed to the name and property of the medicine, followed by Mr. Ye Listen, when Fang Zhongshan said something wrong, he immediately corrected him.

The two of them came and went, and the discussion was so enjoyable that they didn't even listen to the voice of the medicine boy at the door calling to entertain the guests.

After noon, when the pharmacy was gradually approaching the master, Mr. Ye was the backbone of the shop, and he was naturally indispensable for the purchase and sale of herbal medicines.

"I still have two guests to entertain. You can wander around the store by yourself. If you encounter something that you don't understand, write it down first. I'll talk to you later when I'm free."

After Mr. Ye explained carefully, he was quickly dragged away by the anxious little drug boy.

Regardless of other things, Fang Zhongshan still stood in front of the medicine table and paced unhurriedly. He wanted to memorize more herbs, and Jiang Ran who followed was also happy to watch the fun.

Looking at it, Fang Zhongshan, who was walking ahead, fixed his eyes on a seemingly unattractive dark green plant not far away, and suddenly let out a "huh".