Village Flowers and Female Scholars

Due to Mrs. Cao’s intervention on the previous few trips, Xie Yan’s time to pick up wild goods was very tight. Every time he came and went in a hurry, he didn’t dare to go too far. He almost always moved within a certain range. At most, the whole mountain was less than half way up, but this time he was not in a hurry and came with his mother, Xie Yan started searching from the halfway up the mountain.

Cao E didn't know the types of mushrooms, so Xie Yan asked her to remind herself when she encountered fungi, and also described several herbs that might grow in this area, such as ginseng and sealwort, and asked her to tell herself when she saw similar ones. .

The mother and daughter bent over and searched slowly with a sickle.

Now early in the morning, the humidity in the mountains is very heavy, but a lot of mushrooms have grown. After walking for more than three minutes, both of them have filled more than half of their backpacks. Xie Yan estimated today's harvest, and when he felt that it was almost done, he greeted Cao. Chang'e went to the cave where the money was buried before. In the past two days, he had to buy a lot of things, and today he had to dig out all the money.

But I heard Cao E whispering.

"Jin'er, here is a hard mushroom, the color looks a bit red and black, I don't know if it is poisonous."

Xie Yan hurriedly stopped and turned around to look. It turned out that there was a large rotten tree trunk near a crack in the stone, and there was a clump of dark red fungi with yellow edges growing near the root of the tree trunk.

Immediately, her eyelids jumped, and she called to Cao E who was about to scrape its roots with a sickle: "Mother, don't touch it, don't damage it."

Cao E was taken aback by her, stopped her hands quickly, and said anxiously: "Is it extremely poisonous? Is this what our village ate and died back then?"

Xie Yan smiled: "If their family can really eat this kind of food, they will prolong their lives."

Cao E opened her mouth wide: "Could it be that this is a precious thing?"

"Mother, this is Ganoderma lucidum, it's so precious, it can be sold for one or two taels of silver per catty."

"My dear, it turns out that the ganoderma lucidum looks like this, Jin'er, you are awesome, how to dig it, you tell mother, mother can get it." When Cao E heard that this thing was so precious in front of her, Cao E was surprised and delighted, and rolled up her hands. The sleeves are about to be touched.

Although Cao E doesn't know anything about these medicines, she was sent to work at a young age. She is ingenious and capable. As long as she digs this thing carefully, there will be no problems. It is probably better than herself, Xie Yan After telling her what to pay attention to, let her do it.

Cao E didn't even dare to use a sickle, so she broke open the rotten wood with her bare hands and carefully removed the whole clump of Ganoderma lucidum.

Seeing this, Xie Yan smiled: "Mother, this Ganoderma lucidum is hard, you may not be able to cut it in with a knife, so don't be too nervous."

Cao E was still worried, so she dumped all the other fungus from Xie Yan's back basket into her own, cut some big-leaved grass and placed it underneath, then put the Ganoderma lucidum in the direction of it, and put a layer of leaves on top before He said to Xie Yan: "It's done, you recite this, and I will recite the rest."

This time, in addition to fungi, we also dug up a few catties of sealwort and gastrodia elata, which were all wet and carried a certain weight on his shoulders. Xie Yan was about to put some in his back basket, but Cao E refused.

"Let's go, it's less than twenty or thirty catties. In the past, if we carried fifty or sixty catties of rice, we have to go as usual."

Xie Yan couldn't help it, so she had to go with her.

Going to the previous cave, Xie Yan dug out all the copper coins that were buried at the bottom. Before each time I came to put a little bit, after a few days, I also saved more than 1000 coins, one hundred and one hundred. There are also eleven strings, which are very heavy and very exciting.

Xie Yan looked at the scattered copper coins, looked at the tattered clothes on his body, tore a large piece of cloth from the hem of his inner garment, and packed these copper wallets tightly.

"With this money, I will take some cloth home later, and add two sets of clothes for each person. These old ones should be thrown away."

Clothes must be purchased, even if Cao E wants to save money, there is no way to stop it, and now the family earns all the money from her daughter, so she has no position to say anything.

Shangyan Village is not far from the town, and the mother and daughter rushed to the destination with their baskets on their backs.

First, I went to the Lucky Restaurant to sell these fresh fungi.

Chef Liao hadn't seen Xie Yan for quite a while, and when Xiao Er said that someone was coming, he hurriedly ran outside from the back kitchen, took her by the basket and said, "Don't come again, I don't have any Fresh mushrooms are used for cooking, but the ones brought by others are all ordinary mushrooms, and the miscellaneous taste is not right, and customers don’t like to eat it.”

Xie Yan smiled and said: "I was delayed by something before, and I will have time to go to the mountain to collect fungi in the future. It is estimated that I will come every other day. Third uncle doesn't have to worry."

Chef Liao got the promise from the little girl, so he happily took it to the back kitchen to be weighed in the back basket.

Nearly two hundred Wen was credited, Xie Yan and Cao E were all smiling.

"Third Uncle, I have to sell these herbs at the pharmacy, so I won't bother you. I'll come back after picking the fungi."

After saying goodbye, Xie Yan took her mother towards several pharmacies, first inquired about the price of Ganoderma lucidum, and finally chose Huimin pharmacy.

Xie Yan also dug up some herbal medicines before, and finally included this shop in the long-term cooperation list after comparing with several in the town.

The shopkeeper naturally recognized Xie Yan, and when he saw their mother and daughter coming in, he smiled and said: "Miss Jin'er, what good medicinal materials did you dig up today?"

Xie Yan put down the basket and pushed aside the leaves on it, revealing the dark corner.

Shopkeeper Fang stared straight at just one look: "Come, come, sit in the room behind me—Ah Cheng, you greet other guests outside, I'll be busy for a while."

Seeing Shopkeeper Fang's reaction, Xie Yan knew that he might have a big harvest today.

After entering the inner room, he placed the Ganoderma lucidum and Huangjing Tianma on the table. The shopkeeper Fang didn't even glance at Huang Jing and Tianma, but took the Ganoderma lucidum and looked left and right.

"Girl, where did you dig out such a fine ganoderma?"

"On the mountain, deep in the wild forest, in order to dig this wild Ganoderma lucidum, I almost fell off the cliff." Xie Yan came casually.

"Yes, yes, this game is precious, and it is rare to find."

"How much is the boss willing to pay?"

When it comes to money, Xie Yanke is not polite at all.

Shopkeeper Fang smiled and said, "Girl, it's not the first time you've come to my store to sell herbal medicines. I believe you've inquired about other pharmacies before you came. Your Ganoderma lucidum is in good condition and has been around for many years. The old man doesn't want to buy it." In order to lower the price, let’s talk about your Ganoderma lucidum in a bad way, if the Ganoderma lucidum is dried, it can be sold for about two taels of silver per catty, but right now I can only give you one or two taels.”

Although the price given by shopkeeper Fang is low, it is more reasonable compared to other pharmacies.

Now there are only a few pharmacies in this town, and Xie Yan is too lazy to go to other places to toss about, but the Ganoderma lucidum is different from other fungi, and the moisture is not much, so I paid back the price with the shopkeeper for a while, and finally decided to sell it at one, two or three go out.

Weighed three catties and six taels, a total of four taels and seven, plus a little sealwort and Gastrodia elata, the shopkeeper Fang also readily gave her five taels of silver.

Seeing that their mothers were in ragged clothes, Xie Yan gave them a white money bag. Xie Yan happily weighed the broken silver in her hands and hid it next to her body. After saying goodbye to the shopkeeper, she took her mother out of the gate of Huimin Medical Center .

In addition to the five taels of silver that they just got, plus the eleven strings of coins hidden in the back basket, they instantly changed from a poor and poor family to a small family with more money.

"Mother, apart from the two taels that I promised to give to Cao's family earlier, the Xiucai's family is not in a hurry to buy land. We have four taels of silver left. We will go back today and buy some necessary tools. I guess it should not exceed five taels." String copper coins, and let Uncle Cai find a few people to help us build a few thatched houses when we go back, and we will build a big house when we have money, what do you think?"

The fungi on this mountain are seasonal, and there are many herbs that will not be found next time if they are dug this time. Unless they are missed this time, they will have to wait for many years to grow, so wait for Shangyan Village I have traveled all over the surrounding hills, so I have to think of other ways to make money.

But now with the income of these few taels of silver, the urgent needs of their family have been solved to a large extent. Xie Yan's heart that had been tense has also been relieved a lot, and she is more confident about the future.

Cao E had never seen so much money, not to mention being able to touch it with her own hands. At this moment, she still couldn't believe everything in front of her eyes. Hearing her daughter's orderly arrangement of everything in the house, she couldn't help but her eyes turned red , raised his hand to wipe his tears.

"Jin'er, mother thought that after leaving Cao's house, mother would not be able to protect your siblings, but I didn't expect you to protect me and your brother. Mother is really relieved and guilty at the same time."

"Mom, earning money is a happy thing, why are you crying, let's go, let's go buy clothes, rice noodles and tools, and bring meat buns back to Gu'er later."

Xie Yan comforted her mother and dragged her to the stall.

"Mother, there is a pig's knuckle noodle shop in this town. Every time I pass by, I find it delicious. Since we are here, let's fill our stomachs before going back." Xie Yan begged her mother, if she came by herself in the past, she would eat as much as she wanted. Yes, but Cao E is different. She has always been used to saving, even if she suddenly has money, she is reluctant to spend it.

Cao E looked at her daughter's greedy face. Although she had eaten sweet potatoes in the morning, her stomach hadn't been stained with oil for a long time, and she might have been shaved someday, but now that the family used a lot of money, she didn't dare to be extravagant. He smiled at her and said: "Jin'er can go if you want to eat, as long as mother waits for you outside."

Xie Yan couldn't bear it this time, she took her mother's arm and said: "Earning money is for spending, if you don't have enough to eat, how can you have the strength to earn money, we don't need money for a bowl of noodles now, let's go. "

Entering the noodle shop, the tangy meaty smell rushed over, arousing the gluttons in the stomachs of the two of them, even Xie Yan couldn't help swallowing a big mouthful of saliva.

The noodle seller looked at the tatters of the two and Cao E's hesitant eyes, and said tentatively: "Guest officer, our pig's feet noodles cost five yuan, and plain noodles cost three yuan. Do you want meat or vegetarian? , or just to rest your feet?"

Xie Yan spread out his palm to reveal a handful of copper coins and said, "Don't worry, if you can afford it, order two servings of pork feet noodles."

When the boy saw the copper coin, he immediately smiled and said, "Okay, please sit down quickly, two guests——two servings of pig's feet noodles—"

The author has something to say: My mother is here, and seeing that you are worried about the money in the cave, dig it out ←_←

I originally wanted to save it until tomorrow morning, but forget it, I will post it tonight, and it will be fixed at [-] pm from now on.

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