Medicine Girl Jingjing

Chapter 37
A few days later, on a sunny afternoon, Li Laoshi came back from Taiqingguan to visit his house pushing a wheelbarrow full of food, and was pleasantly surprised to find that there were two more rooms in his house.

Two white-walled brick houses with oil paper windows were built next to the miscellaneous house at the east end.

There was a red paper door god pasted on the door of a door next to the miscellaneous room. The door was half open, and there was a sound of pounding things from inside.

Li Laoshi rushed into the new house excitedly, saw his youngest daughter sitting on a small bench under the window concentrating on making medicine, and said with a smile, "What kind of herbs is Miss Jing making, and Daddy didn't hear it when he came back?"

"Father!" Li Jingjing was thinking about the medicine field.

Li Laoshi picked up his little daughter, kissed her little cheek, and asked, "Where are your grandma and your mother?"

Li Jingjing replied: "Grandma went to uncle and grandpa's house to make clothes, mother took Xiaozi to play in the backyard, and little uncle went to school."

Li Laoshi took his little daughter to see the new house next door, and found that it was empty and there was nothing in it. Before asking, he knew that this room was the warehouse where she put medicines. The one just now was a pharmacy.

"The carpenter Yu in the village is grateful to our family for sending the ointment last time. He wants to make me four medicine shelves for free, and send them when they are ready." Li Jingjing pointed to the wall and said, "I am going to put the medicine shelves here."

Li Laoshi has seen his youngest daughter's intelligence and capability more than once, and has never doubted her, and has always felt particularly gratified and proud.

For dinner, the Li family ate a large grass carp weighing eight catties and half a goose that Li Laoshi brought back from the temple.

Qu's drank rice wine and ate stewed goose, and said slowly: "Changsheng, I originally wanted to tell you about the important matters of building a house and buying land at home. Your uncle was in a hurry and said that he would take advantage of the old patriarch's interest in our family. Do it quickly."

Li Laoshi smiled and said: "Mom, I have been away from home for many years, and you are in charge of all the big and small things in this family. As long as you think it is right, just do it, don't wait to ask my opinion."

Qu nodded in satisfaction and said: "Yes, it's good if you understand the truth. Anyway, I'm not the only one who decides on major matters. I have to ask your guest. Your guest is literate and understands more than me. If I'm not sure, just Listen to her. She's right!"

He Shi hurriedly said modestly: "Mother, don't praise me. You eat more salt than I eat rice. You have been working for this family for many years, and you worry about everything. I will toast you with Chang Jiu."

The whole family ate a hearty dinner and were harmonious and beautiful. If Qu's husband could come back for a reunion, they would live a happier life than any family in the village.

The next day, Mrs. Li pushed the empty wheelbarrow back to Taiqing Temple after breakfast, and went straight to the pharmacy to meet Guang Mingzi who had just taken the prescription and was about to go to the second floor to make medicine.

It was the first time for Li Laoshi to help Li Jingjing deliver a message to Taoist Taoist. He considered his words and said slowly, "Director of Medicine, my daughter told you to find some people to go to Qujia Village to help her turn the wasteland into a medicine field."

Guang Mingzi was startled for a moment, then shook his head and said, "That's not Li Yaoshi's original words!"

Li Laoshi scratched his head, only to imitate Li Jingjing's tone, and raised his voice: "Guang Mingzi, you have never been to my house again, do you feel that you have taken my ointment and have not returned my favor, and you are embarrassed to come?"

A smile appeared on Guang Mingzi's face and said, "That's what Li Yaoshi said."

Li Jingjing's words almost touched his heart.

He hasn't been to Qujia Village since he left years ago. It's not that he doesn't want to go, but he has been waiting for the reply from his master, God of Medicine. He wants to bring good news to Li Jingjing, and give her a prescription and ointment in return.

Li Laoshi then imitated his daughter's tone, shook his head and said: "Now I will give you a chance to repay the favor. I have three acres of land, you immediately find someone to open up wasteland for me to turn it into a medicine field and a medicine animal pen, and then get me some money. Take care of herb seedlings, easy-to-live medicine beast cubs."

Several pharmacists poked their heads out from the window of the two-story room in the pharmacy, all with doubts on their faces, guessing who was so bold, who dared to let Guang Mingzi do so many things, and who wanted Guang Mingzi to be a precious herb seedling, medicinal herb, etc. Cubs.

Guang Mingzi laughed and patted Li Laoshi's shoulder excitedly, saying flatteredly, "Finally, Yaoshi Li has time to use me."

Li Laoshi let out a sigh of relief.

Guang Mingzi handed over the prescription in his hand to a pharmacist, and personally called the steward of the pharmacy, telling him to put down everything at hand immediately, and go all out to finish the matter according to Li Jingjing.

The steward of the pharmacy is an official martial artist in Guanli. His Taoist name is Wangjing, and he is the brother of Wangfeng and Wangyang. He has less power than the steward of the kitchen, but he relies on the ability and prestige of Guangmingzi Pharmaceuticals. He has the most say among all the stewards. , Even in front of the temple master, he still has a bit of face.

Li Laoshi bowed to Guang Mingzi and Wang Jing in gratitude and said, "I would like to thank the Taoist priest on behalf of my little girl."

Guang Mingzi waved his hand and said: "This is a big deal, you go quickly. By the way, you take Yun Qing and let him go home to see his family."

"Yes, Uncle Master." Wang Jing is a down-to-earth and capable person, otherwise how could he have caught Guang Mingzi's eyes and asked him to be the manager of the pharmacy responsible for purchasing medicinal herbs, medicinal animal cubs, and managing the money for selling medicines.

He paid 200 taels of silver from the account of the pharmacy, and brought along a pharmacist and a lay fireworker from the pharmacy, that is, Li Yunqing, and his assisted pharmacist, Master Li.

Li Yunqing went home during the Chinese New Year and only stayed for three days before leaving. After three months, he finally took this opportunity to go home and learned that his little sister already had a medicine room and a medicine storehouse, and that herbal herb fields and medicine animal pens were about to be built. , feeling extremely excited.

Wangjing went to the agricultural affairs manager again and asked for [-] tenants who were quick to work, and gave the tenants farm tools, and went to Qujia Village in a mighty way that day.

When everyone passed by Taihe Town, Wang Jing broke the silver coins and gave each tenant [-] copper coins to buy dry food for a day, and the rest was the reward for opening up wasteland today.If you do a good job, come back tomorrow, if you don't do a good job, you can change to another tenant.

These tenant farmers usually worked for other managers in Guanli, and at most they would pay a few copper coins for a meal a day. They had never received so much copper coins.

A group of strange men suddenly appeared in the wasteland of the Li family to open up wasteland, which alarmed all the people in Qujia Village, and everyone who had nothing to do came over to have a look and say a few words.

The old patriarch heard that the director of the medicine room, Taoist Wang Jing, came here to talk, and learned that the medicine Taoist helped Li Jingjing build a medicine field and build a medicine animal enclosure. He suspected that the medicine Taoist set up a place in Qujia Village under the banner of the Li family. For the production of medicines, the clansmen were specially instructed not to destroy the medicine fields and the medicine animal pens after they were built.

Wang Jing had a good relationship with the old patriarch's eldest son, and said, "The medicine field needs to be heavily fertilized. Can the old patriarch bring some dung from the village?"

The excrement and water of each household in the countryside are stored in special pits.At this time, spring plowing has passed, and the vegetable field does not need much fertilizer.This matter is extremely easy for a patriarch to do.

The old patriarch said frankly: "When do you want it, when will I let the clansman pick up all the excrement and water stored there."

(End of this chapter)