The story of a noble girl

Chapter 18
Among the refugees, there is a girl surnamed Fu, about 14 years old, very slim, but already in good shape. Since she came to Taocun, she has delivered firewood to the Lin family the next day, and then picked up the weeds in the Lin family's vegetable field.

Every time this girl from the Fu family came, Lin Xiaoning would bring her a bowl of space water to quench her thirst, and would also give her some strawberries. This girl from the Fu family always said with a low eyebrow: "The water from the boss is really sweet."For the rare fruit of strawberries, the girl from the Fu family refused every time, but she carefully wrapped the strawberries with both hands, and left docilely and shyly.

Lin Xiaoning had a good impression of this girl from the Fu family, and once asked her: Who told you to come here.The girl from the Fu family lowered her eyes and replied softly: I came here by myself, I can't let the young lady do these jobs.

Lin Xiaoning made a half-year plan in the past few days, and wrote them down on paper one by one with a charcoal pen, thinking: Tomorrow, I will go to the county town to buy horses with my elder brother and Wang Gang, so I should go out of the village to get some fresh air.

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In the early morning of autumn, Lin Xiaoning carried Wangzai, Lin Jiadong and Wang Gang into the city in a bullock cart.

The two brothers of the Wang family are healthy and strong. Grandpa brought them back from hunting and said that they are quite good at martial arts.When Lord Hu sent the two of them here, they had whip wounds on their bodies, and he said they knew kung fu and horses, and their backgrounds were not simple, but these two brothers were silent and never slack in their work, so they didn't want to ask more questions.

This time when he entered the city, Lin Xiaoning planned to go to the county government office to look for magistrate Hu. This old man Hu made a good deal of her, and left so many refugees for her to resettle. Yes, the more I think about it, the more aggrieved I feel, I have to seek justice.

In fact, Lin Xiaoning has another purpose, which is to go to the pharmacy, one is to grab some medicinal materials for Xiaobao to mix with the few herbs he picked, and give Xiaobao his pulse in the past two days, and he has already thought about the prescription.In addition, you must also understand the purchase price of medicinal materials.

Qingshui County is actually very large, and there are many rich households.The last two times I went to the city, one was to sell jade, and the other was to buy land. Both times the circumstances were very special, and I didn't have a chance to take a good look around.

The county town is divided into east and west parts. The east side is basically government and wealthy households, and the west side is home to civilians. The market is also divided into east and west parts. It is mainly a vegetable market and small vendors, and the east and west sides sell goods of different quality.

There are also East and West Markets. The East Street is full of goods and styles. The West Street is very simple and the facades are dilapidated. Most of them are necessities for daily life. They are connected with the market and have a certain smell.

Lin Xiaoning looked at the blue-brick and large tile-roofed houses on the East Street, and the brocade-clothed princes and ladies on the street, thinking: "Why don't these people be allowed to resettle the refugees? Let the Lin family be hunters who just want to be small landlords." What about resettlement? These are rich families, and there are so many rich families, it’s not the Lin family’s turn to do good deeds.”

Went into the yamen to find magistrate Hu, and vowed to seek justice for the Lin family, but the master said that Mr. Hu was not there, so he would come back in the afternoon, and asked to come back in the afternoon.Then he said with a smile: "We all know what the Lin family has done these days. The Lin family is a long-sighted person. They can see deep and see far. They are not short-sighted people. Young Master Lin and Miss Lin have big eyes. Those who have a promising future, the other 2000 mu of land that Mr. Hu said will be reserved for your family, and within three years, it will all belong to the Lin family."

Lin Xiaoning felt a little complicated when he heard what the master said, so he bid farewell to his eldest brother and left. Wang Gang followed quietly, like a loyal servant.The master called Lin Xiaoning again, glanced at Wang Gang, and whispered to Lin Xiaoning: "This brother of the Wang family, you can use it with confidence, you can trust it."

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I went to East Street and found a very elegant medicine shop. The color of the word "Baoan Tang" on the lintel board was like a brown medicinal juice.Lin Xiaoning has always had a stubborn belief in traditional Chinese medicine. He feels that smelling the smell and looking at the color is like listening to an eminent monk's lectures, and his heart is extremely peaceful.

Lin Xiaoning said to Lin Jiadong: "Brother, you and Wang Gang go to buy horses, come back here to pick me up after buying, I will grab some medicines for Xiaobao, and just give me some broken silver."

Lin Jiadong said: "Let's go buy a horse together after we buy medicine with you."

"No, the horse market has a strong smell. I'm not used to it. Go quickly and buy a horse to pick me up. I'll wait here. I like to smell the medicine." Lin Xiaoning acted coquettishly.

When Lin Jiadong saw Lin Xiaoning acting like a baby, he had no resistance at all, so he had to take out the money and hand it to Lin Xiaoning, and repeatedly told him: "Don't go away, just wait for us here."

In the Baoantang shop, there was a guy sitting behind the counter looking around, and an old doctor sitting beside him was resting his eyes with his eyes closed, looking a little like a child with white hair.

Lin Xiaoning walked to the counter and asked, "Dude, can your family collect medicinal materials?"

Seeing Wangzai in Lin Xiaoning's arms, the buddy couldn't help but click his tongue a few times, teasing Wangzai, Wangzai arched into Lin Xiaoning's arms in disdain, the buddy was annoyed, and asked lazily: "What kind of medicinal material?" ?”

"It's fresh herbs, including honeysuckle, wild chrysanthemum, eclipta, gentian, and purslane." Lin Xiaoning picked up the small bag that had already been packed and put it on the counter.

"There are a lot of these herbs. It depends on whether your herbs are good or not before considering whether to take them or not." The little guy couldn't help looking at Wangzai after he finished speaking. It made me laugh out loud.

Lin Xiaoning put Wangzai on his shoulder and reminded: "It's fresh herbs, just picked, but high-quality herbs, when made into medicinal materials, they are definitely top-grade, just look at them."

The little guy regained his senses, opened the small cloth bag, and the fragrance of fresh herbs permeated the air.

The old doctor sitting on the side resting his mind opened his starry eyes and came over after smelling the smell. When he saw the herbs on the cabinet, his eyes lit up: "How many herbs like this do you have, little girl?"

"There are many, it depends on how much your family wants."

"As much as you have, I want as much as my family."

Lin Xiaoning thought about the mountains of herbs in the space, and said conservatively: "Each kind can weigh about a hundred catties."

"If they are all herbs of this quality, I will accept them all."

"Then what price do you charge?"

"Honeysuckle will give you ten coins per catty, wild chrysanthemums will give you six coins, and other types will give you four coins."

Lin Xiaoning is about to vomit blood, the price is really cheap. "Shopkeeper, are you bullying me when I am young? This price is too low."

"Hehe little girl, I'm not the shopkeeper, I'm a doctor. If the shopkeeper came to negotiate with you, I can't specify this price. I'm a doctor who treats diseases. I saw that your herbal medicine is really high-grade, so I gave you this price. "

"Then old doctor, how do you collect the medicinal materials such as ginseng, ganoderma lucidum, and Shouwu in your family?"

"Do you have this medicine?"

"No, I'll just ask. My family is poor, and my sister and I go up the mountain to collect some medicines to sell. I heard from my grandfather that the century-old ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, etc. in the city are precious. I just want to know about those century-old ginseng. How much does the hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum cost, I’ll listen to it, and I’ll open my eyes when I hear the money.”

"Hahaha." The old doctor laughed loudly, thinking that this girl was very interesting, and the little fox on his shoulder was also very funny, so he said heartily, "Listen up, little girl, this century-old ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum Ah, each plant can be worth more than 300 taels, if the quality is particularly good, it can be worth 500 taels."

"Old doctor, can you show me the century-old ginseng, let me see what it looks like?"

"That can't be done, girl, the Ganoderma lucidum that has been used for a hundred years is the treasure of the town store, how can I show it to others so easily."

"Then just tell me how rough the century-old ginseng is, old doctor?" Lin Xiaoning looked at the old doctor pitifully with big innocent eyes.

The old doctor saw Lin Xiaoning, a young girl with bright eyes and bright teeth, but she was only eleven or twelve years old, so eloquent, and her fox was also very attractive, so he compared Lin Xiaoning with his hand and said: "This A hundred-year-old ginseng is about as thick as your little fox's tail, do you understand?"

"Thank you, old doctor. You look like a fairy, and your heart is like a fairy. You have seen a lot. Have you ever seen such a big ginseng?" Lin Xiaoning compared the largest ginseng he picked.

"Girl, old man, at my age, I am so lucky to have seen such a thick ginseng," the old doctor smiled, and said in a very proud tone: "That happened 20 years ago. Back, that branch of ginseng, at least 500 years old, has a price but no market, it is hard to find in the world, even if it is ten thousand taels, you can't ask for it."

"Thank you, old god, for opening my eyes today. You are really a god. I will send those herbs to my elder brother tomorrow, and I will grab a few more medicines."

(End of this chapter)