Madam, go home and farm

Chapter 9
Before coming, Hong Haoan asked Puhuang to go to a pharmacy called Heantang, saying that it was the shopkeeper Shicheng.

When entering the door, many people had already lined up waiting for the old man to feel his pulse and ask for medicine. On the counter, a young man was holding the medicine.

"Ma'am, are you going to grab medicine? Do you have a prescription?" The young man turned around and saw Puhuang, and asked politely.

Puhuang thought for a while, and lined up decisively. After four or five people, it was his turn.The old gentleman looked at Puhuang's complexion first, and then frowned slightly, "Madam, I checked your complexion, but you are in good health. Are there any other problems?"

There was a distance between Puhuang and the person behind her, she nodded and took out the oiled paper bag, "Doctor, look at this."

Dr. An squinted his eyes, took a look at the stone ear in the paper bag, first put it under his nose and smelled it, then pinched some and put it in his mouth to taste, after a while he said: "Ma'am, this thing is not easy Well, most of them are high-grade, four hundred Wen per catty, of course, if you go to rich places such as Chuncheng, the price will be higher."

"Look, how many of these are there?" The purchase price is relatively low, but this is a small town, so it's not bad to get this price, but it's a pity that they don't know the connections of the big families, so they sell directly, which is more valuable.

Dr. An got up and took a small scale, and poured the stone fungus from the oiled paper into the plate, "These weigh three or six coins, ma'am, are you sure you want to sell them to the old man?"

Pu Huang nodded, "OK."

Dr. An has practiced medicine for so many years, so he knew that the stone fungus was fresh, and he knew that Puhuang might still have a lot in his hand, so he didn't ask any more questions, wrapped the stone fungus separately, and gave her a hundred renminbi .

Taking the copper coin and putting it into the purse, Pu Huang knew that the old doctor had given Siwen too much, it was not a mistake in counting, but he just wanted her to send it if she had any more, thought for a while and asked: "I wonder if you still collect medicinal materials? "

"Has it been concocted?"

"It's easy to handle." Concocting medicinal materials requires a lot of special equipment, and the action is too big, so it can only be done secretly before the family is separated. This top-grade medicinal material is really easy to make money, but it is her luck that the stone No one paid attention to Shan, so she took advantage of it.

"I don't think Ma'am is simple. You see, these animals are more expensive to use as medicine, such as centipedes, snake sloughs, snake gall, scorpions, etc. If you can get them, you will need them. And the medicinal materials that are suitable for harvesting in this season are here. The medicinal effect of the real estate is not good, and it will be suitable in two months." Mrs. An is old and mature, although Puhuang is a woman, she looks good on the surface, so she must be friends with her.

Pu Huang thought of how many little centipedes she had crushed to death on the mountain before, and suddenly felt distressed. How could she forget to exchange them for silver?She knew that in ancient times, the season for collecting herbs was the heaviest, and the effects of the herbs were different in different time periods, so she left without asking any further questions.

In a self-sufficient farm family, the total consumption of a family of five is about one or two taels of silver a year. It's just her big appetite. How many months can this money be enough for her?
Puhuang went to eat another bowl of noodles, which were rich in soup and cost five cents a bowl. Then she bought two meat buns, four vegetarian buns, and a few steamed buns.Everyone comes to the town to go to the market. Although there is also a way to go to the county seat, it takes nearly twice as long as going to the town. Not many people go there, unless there is nothing to buy in the town.Puhuang carefully avoided people and left along the way she came. This time she came to the town, she also meant to explore the way.

In the future, she collects herbs, hunts and buys things, and she doesn't want too many people to see her, but this time she also gained something. Walking east from Wai Niu Bei Ridge behind the village, there is a wooden bridge on the east village next door. It has been in disrepair for a long time. Before there was no stone bridge, the two villages walked there, and the road to the county would be closer if you walk by the small road.

Puhuang hurried back after staying in the town for less than an hour, and did not meet any villagers on the way.Mrs. Wu was not at home, seeing Puhuang empty-handed, Chen and Xia were a little disappointed. They thought that Hong Haoan had a private house and would give Puhuang to go shopping in the town.But when she saw the sack under Puhuang's armpit, Xia's eyes lit up. Did this sister-in-law secretly get something to sell?

"These stone fungus are top grade. The ones I brought sold for [-] yuan. Here, this is for you." He said and handed over the steamed buns in the sack. In fact, Puhuang didn't have to tell Hong Haoan about it. Yes, but the two live together, he doesn't trust her enough, and she doesn't trust him enough, so it can't always be like this.

"You don't want to eat?" Hong Haoan took it, and it was still warm, and it was a meat bun that he hadn't eaten for a long time.

"I've eaten." Puhuang turned around and closed the door tightly, "Since you mentioned the separation, I won't hide it anymore. I hope the sooner the better, I forgot to tell you that I have a lot of food. The big one is as big as three strong men, if this goes on, I don't know what I will do."

Listening to Puhuang's words, Hong Haoan took a bite of the meat bun and looked at Puhuang in disbelief, "You, how did you get here these days?" For four years, the daily food has been like this, and as time goes by I'm used to it, and the godmother would occasionally sneak some food over. Although his appetite was forced to decrease, he could never forget the feeling of being hungry.

"Enough, if you go to the mountains to grab some wild animals and eat them, you've tasted them too." Puhuang tried to make himself feel a little pitiful, but it's a pity that he doesn't have that talent for acting, so the tone of his words is flat tight.

However, Hong Hao'an felt sour when he heard it, and there was some pain in the soreness. The woman's body was relatively weak, and she was hungry and doing things. He couldn't imagine what it would be like. There are not many opportunities to abuse him, so the chances of starving are actually very few.

"You didn't have to leave it to me then." Thinking of the meat that he had brought back from Puhuang, he felt that his throat was constricted, and he couldn't even eat the meat buns.

"You are my husband-in-law now, so you have to live on anyway." Pu Huang said and paused, "Why don't you eat? Do you feel ashamed? Actually, it's not necessary, I'm not that delicate, the big deal is that I will treat you in the future I'll be better." She said jokingly, not much relieved.

"I will try my best to let us separate." After the separation, there may be no land or house, but Puhuang can really hunt prey and exchange some money, which is better than drinking three bowls of gruel every day.

"It's done, don't think so much, just eat." Puhuang's mental strength found Xia's head stretched out, and he couldn't help but feel a little funny. Fortunately, they didn't speak loudly just now, and she deliberately used her energy. Therefore, even if Xia Shi eavesdropped at the side door, he could only hear vague voices and could not hear the content clearly.

Puhuang spread out the remaining bag of stone fungus and weighed it. Including the unpicked ones, it should be about three catties. It is sold for about a tael of silver. The purchase price is really low, what a loss, what a pity Without that way, the price given by Dr. An is already very appropriate.

Hong Haoan finished eating the steamed stuffed bun in his hand, took out a small pouch from his bosom and handed it to Puhuang, "I was going to give it to you this morning, but I didn't expect you to be so early, let's make do with it." The pouch is not big, and with He has lost a lot of weight and his clothes are looser, and he can't see anything on his body.

Pu Huang took it and looked at it. There were about 20 taels of silver. This is Hong Haoan's private house. This is really a lot, and he can save it!
Seeing Puhuang's doubts, Hong Hao'an explained with a wry smile: "This is indeed my private house, and there were banknotes at first, but they were improperly preserved and rotten." Small denomination banknotes have been rare in the past two years , are all replaced by silver, who would have thought it would be like this.

Pu Huang couldn't help but widen his eyes. How many banknotes have rotted? Where did he hide the money?Thinking about it, Puhuang still didn't ask, she was afraid that she would feel sorry for the disappearing silver.

"Why don't you deposit in that bank?" This ancient bank should be the same as the later bank.

"If you don't take it for a few years, the interest will be quite a lot." Hong Haoan shook his head, knowing that Puhuang didn't understand, and explained.

Pu Huang was surprised, it's the other way around, but ordinary people probably never think about saving money in the past, if something happens to the place where the money is hidden, all the hard work in those days will be in vain.

Mrs. Wu didn't come back until dinner time. As soon as she came back, she asked Puhuang for money, her small eyes sparkled, "You went to town today and brought a big bag with you. Just hand it over how much money you sold. .”

Knowing that he had been noticed half an hour earlier, Pu Huang despised the person who talked everywhere, reluctantly took out [-] Wen, "I just sold some wild vegetables and mushrooms, just two Ten pennies."

"Twenty cents?" Wu's voice became sharp, "Where did all your food go? You don't have a brain. How much are wild vegetables worth? Why don't you pick more mushrooms? There are many on the mountain. Lazy Ghost, just know how to eat, how could I be so unlucky to have you, a lazy wife!" As he spoke, Wu snatched the copper plate from Pu Huang's hand, and his dirty nails ran across the palm of his hand, leaving a few red marks.

Pu Huang wiped her hands on her skirt in displeasure, watched Wu shi lower her head while counting the copper coins as she walked, narrowed her eyes slightly, twisted her mental strength into a small strip, and tripped over when Wu shi raised her foot.

"Ouch!" Wu-shi fell to the ground all of a sudden, his whole chin hit the floor hard, his tongue was bitten through a small mouth, and he spit bloody foam on the ground next to him, Wu-shi cursed and picked it up. That copper plate rolling around.

"If the floor is paved with that kind of floor tiles, how can I trip people? How could I not have such a good life?" Wu Shibian said, pouted his buttocks to get the copper plate under the table, and then counted the number, "It's just For twenty Wen, I can't buy two catties of meat, and my son is dragged down because of his lack of ability, why didn't he die outside!"

Mrs. Xia quietly opened the door, looked at Puhuang standing on the threshold of the side door, and shrank her head in embarrassment. It was exactly what she told Mrs. Wu, but it was only twenty cents, which was too little. This idiot knows that the wild vegetables on the mountain are worthless, and if she sells so much, she must be taken back for a few pennies and chopped up to feed the chickens.

Pu Huang gave Xia Shi a cold look, and hated this kind of people who gossip behind their backs the most, if they didn't see that she was pregnant, they would have slapped her away.Although she has learned a lot from Mrs. Liang, in her bones, she is still her own Puhuang. If you want to blame her for being unfilial and unfeminine, it depends on whether she is willing or not.

Her current weakness is just because she has not fully grasped the environment. When she can gain a foothold, let's see who dares to rob her of money so blatantly. Hmph, robbing her of money is robbing her of food, courting death!
Xia's whole body trembled when Pu Huang gave her a cold smile, she immediately closed the door and patted her chest lightly. The elder sister-in-law's eyes just now looked like the hounds of the willow hunter's family at the end of Dashanping. Vicious, without emotion, just now she was afraid that her sister-in-law would pounce on her and give her a bite, it was too scary!

　The weight I wrote, one catty is equal to 15 taels, and one tael is equal to ten qian, everyone is confused!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)