Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 56

Sun Xin carefully looked at the ginseng plant on the ground, and saw that the ginseng was growing very well, and the roots, stems and leaves were all standing upright, showing a healthy look.

He hurriedly dug some soil and touched the root of life, his face became more joyful, and he didn't need to dig too deep, but only an inch below the head of the gourd, he could see that the root was already two fingers thick, It was no worse than the ginseng in Hu Taigong's room.

Sun Xin took a deep breath. According to what he learned in Dengzhou City these days, this ginseng was sold for at least 100 taels!
When Sun Xin entered the room at night, his eyes were shining. Hu Sanniang smiled and asked him what was wrong, but Sun Xin just shook his head, then suddenly hugged his wife's face and kissed again and again.

Hu Sanniang blushed and thumped his chest with tender hands, saying, "Why are you crazy?"

After Sun Xin soaked his feet in some hot water, he fell asleep on the kang, and Hu Sanniang was slightly relieved when he heard Sun Xin's breathing became delicate and long.

I touched my husband's skinny cheeks with his hands, thinking that my husband has been too tired these days, which made her feel so distressed that he couldn't eat, and finally he can sleep soundly tonight.

Early the next morning, after getting up, Sun Xin regained his energy, so he took a small medicine hoe and came to the back garden.

He carefully dug out the ginseng plant from the soil, and he couldn't bear to break even a single beard. Finally, when he got it in his hand, he saw that the main body of the ginseng was as thick as two fingers, and the beard was eighth in length. Ten centimeters of fine ginseng.

Just looking at the appearance of this ginseng, even if it was placed in the previous life, the price would start at tens of thousands.

After Sun Xin returned to the house, he quickly sat up with a pot of water, washed a steamer, cleaned the ginseng with a small brush to remove the mud, and then put it in the steamer.

After steaming over fire for more than three hours, Sun Xin opened the lid of the steamer several times to feel the state of the ginseng until it was completely soft, then took out the steamed ginseng and put it next to the ashes for use The residual heat dried the ginseng carefully.

Sun Xin went to the pharmacy in Wenzhou City to find out that the only ginseng these days was red raw ginseng. Sun Xin suspected that this was because the processing technology of sugar ginseng and raw sun-dried ginseng often required the use of sulfur under ancient conditions. Only by fumigation can it be preserved, and this technology is estimated to have not been developed in these years.

It took Sun Xin three days to finally produce a red ginseng with complete shape, brown-red body and full of fragrance.

The appearance of this ginseng is even much better than the so-called 500-year-old Jin Guo old ginseng in Hu Taigong's house.

Put it carefully into a medicine box, and the rest is how to find a buyer for it, Sun Xin finally felt relieved.

In the afternoon, Hu Sanniang snuggled up beside Sun Xin, looking at Sun Xin who was lying on his belly and talking to his belly, she blushed a little.

She fell in love with this man, and also liked Sun Xin being close to her, but sometimes she was afraid that Sun Xin and her undignified appearance would be seen by others, which was too embarrassing.

"The children haven't come out yet, can I hear you?"

"You can hear it naturally. This is called early education."

Sun Xin read Tang poems to Hu Sanniang's belly until Hu Sanniang shyly patted Sun Xin on the shoulder and whispered: "Stop making trouble, Ya'er is coming in."

Only then did Sun Xin straighten up and cover his daughter-in-law's quilt.

Sun Xin hugged Hu Sanniang and said: "Sister-in-law has taken care of you for so long in the village, let's take a few sheep to brother's house to thank you later."

"I've been thinking about this for a long time. By the way, my father sent someone over this morning, saying that the wood you ordered has arrived, and I want you to go to Dengzhou City to pick it up."

Sun Xin nodded, grabbed his daughter-in-law's tender hand again, and counted on his fingers.

"I came back with more than 20 big pieces of wood, one of which counts as his five guan, so I went here for 100 taels. Fifty catties of Laizhou iron, one catty of eighty wen...

Hu Sanniang stuck out her tongue and said, "You built this Zhuangzi. You just built a few black buildings and prepared some swords and armors, and you spent more than 800 yuan and ten grains."

Sun Xin raised his head and smiled, "Are you afraid I don't have any money? I can afford a thousand shi."

"boast!"

Seeing Ya'er going out with the washbasin again, Sun Xin stretched his hand to his wife's waist and said, "Ask the child in your belly if his father is bragging."

Seeing Sun Xin's hands and feet again, Hu Sanniang smiled and patted Sun Xin's hand.

Sun Xin went to Dengzhou City to pick up the wood, turned around, and was about to go to Dulonggang to thank Taigong Hu for his friendship, but before he left, the carriage on Dulonggang arrived at Shili Pai first.

"Father, mother, why are you here?" Sun Xin greeted him from the Zhuangzi and went out to see Taigong Hu and got out of the car without anyone's support. Sun Xin felt that the attitude of the two of them was extremely serious today.

Sure enough, when the two elders came to Zhuangzi, Taigong Hu said with a very emotional smile: "Thank you for coming, old two."

Hu Chen said from the side: "Your father's friends from the rivers and lakes in the Yishui area of ​​Laizhou suffered from smallpox for seven or eight years last year. They lasted until April and May, and the bad ones left. The better ones It's also the wind evil that entered the body, everyone's mouth is crooked, and now I think about it, if you hadn't vaccinated us at that time, your father and I would not have escaped this disaster."

Sun News said that it was quite embarrassing. Although the smallpox last year was not too big a disturbance, it still raged from the Second Mansion of Denglai, taking countless lives.

"It seems that the effect of this kind of acne is really good. If it could be promoted to more places at that time, many people would not have died."

Hu Taigong nodded, and asked people to unload all the gifts he brought from Hu's Manor. Suddenly, he slammed his crutches on the ground, pointed in the direction outside and cursed: "My family's ineffective Hu Cai dares to slander You are crazy about this kind of acne, and you told us not to plant it, it almost hurt the lives of our whole family, let's see if I go back and don't ask someone to break his leg!"

Sun Xin and Hu Sanniang hurriedly consoled him, it took a long time for Hu Taigong to relax slightly, and he couldn't really be willing to break Hu Cai's leg, it was just to vent his anger for his daughter and son-in-law again, with such expressions, Sun Xin and Hu Cai Hu Sanniang couldn't say anything more.

On the second day after the old couple returned home, Xiao Chen Zhizhi and Wang Zheng from Dengzhou City also came to Sunjiazhuang together. They were also full of gratitude and left a gift.

The smallpox that began to spread in Denglai Second Mansion last winter did not pass until the turn of spring and summer, and after the smallpox disaster ended, everyone realized that the people who came to Sunjiazhuang to be vaccinated actually died of smallpox in this smallpox disaster. None of them died, and none were even infected.

So gradually, the reputation of Sun Xin's vaccination spread.

A few days after this, people who had been inoculated with vaccinia in Dengzhou City came to Sun’s Village to thank them. The rich often left some gifts, while the poor were even more grateful. After all, Sun Xin only charged ten yuan for vaccinia. It's not that he is so benevolent. In this epidemic, the civilians living in the narrow alleys are probably the most affected group.

(End of this chapter)