Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 17 Selling Medicines
The people around saw that the woman bought fish and vegetables and left, and saw that the fish was alive, the vegetables were fresh enough, and the little girl had a sweet mouth, so many people gathered around to buy them.The masters were busy for a while, and there were only two carps left in the dozen or so fish, and half a basket of thorny shoots left.Yuxian was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, she just wanted to see if this dish could be sold, but she didn't expect it to sell well.

Not in a hurry for the rest, Yu Xian found a rock and sat down, "Brother, how much did we sell for?" Da Lang kept the money.

"Five thin scales sold for 45 renminbi, two Aohua flowers for 180 renminbi, and two carp for 72 renminbi, a total of [-] [-] renminbi. I put the money for the thorn buds alone, a total of [-] catties, and sold for [-] renminbi. "It's not that I don't know, but once Dalang was taken aback, I didn't talk about fish. Tong Yunsong also sold it before. Although it was not as expensive as today's, it was not much worse.But it's surprising that the thorn buds that the brothers broke off yesterday afternoon can be sold for this amount of money. Some of them have not been sold out. If they are all sold out, they won't cost a hundred dollars? "Sister, let's go back today and break some more in the afternoon. There are a lot of these things on the mountain. Before they get old, let's sell them a few more times." Thinking about taking a chance.

Yuxian smiled, "Brother, listen to you, let's break it in the afternoon, and come back tomorrow." In this era of small peasant consciousness, there are really not many people like Dalang.

"Little girl, how do you sell this fish?" A well-dressed woman asked, who looked like she was buying from the kitchen of a wealthy family.

"Ma'am, carp costs eight cents a catty." Yuxian replied.

"Weigh both of them for me." The woman looked at the prickly buds, "How much is this dish?" There are really few dishes this season, at most it's just some leeks, and you'll get tired of eating all the time up.

"Four pennies per catty, ma'am, how about some?"

"Well, weigh everything in the basket for me. There are many people in the family, and it is rare to see some fresh vegetables. Buy them back and taste fresh. Little girl, where is your home? See if this fish lives by the river. If you have fish, send it to Jin’s compound in the east of Zhendong, knock on the corner door at the back, and just say it’s for Nanny Sun, I think your fish is quite fresh.” This Nanny Sun saw that Yuxian was clean She looked neat and liked it in her heart, so she decided to ask Yuxian to deliver fish to the mansion.

"Oh, aunt, thank you so much. So you are the nun in charge of the Jin family compound. I said that you look different from others." Yuxian was happy, and her little mouth was even sweeter, "Sun Mommy, do you think it is appropriate for us to give fish once every few days, how many fish do you give each time?"

"Let's send it every two days, four pieces each time, if there is any change, let's talk about it." Sun Nanny thought for a while and said.

"Okay, don't worry, I will definitely not delay your business. The two fish are five catties and seven taels, eight cents a catty, a total of 45 cents, Cai's eight and a half catties, 34 cents, a total of 79 cents, you It's a big client, so I'll get it for seventy Wen." After wiping off nine Wen at once, Xiao San jumped up and down in distress.

"Good girl, this account is really fast enough, and I even wiped nine coins for Mammy. It seems that I didn't ask you to send fish for nothing. Don't worry, Mammy will take care of you when there are good things. Then, seventy coins, Take it." Saying that, she was about to leave with her things, Yuxian saw that she was struggling, so she hurriedly asked her third brother to help send them to the Jin family compound.

The fish and thorn buds brought in were all sold out, leaving only two bags of medicinal materials. "Father, do you know where there is a pharmacy in this town?" Yuxian ran up to Tong Yunsong and asked.

"Why are you looking for a pharmacy? What's wrong, Xiaoxian'er is sick?" Tong Yunsong immediately became nervous, and patted his daughter's head, "It's not hot."

"Oh, dad, Xian'er is not sick. Xian'er wants to find a pharmacy to sell these medicines." Yuxian looked at her father helplessly.

"Oh, it's not that you're sick. It's okay, I was scared to death. If you get sick when you go out to sell some things with your father, your mother won't forgive me when you go back." Tong Yunsong was relieved when he heard that his daughter was fine. I don't care about the words behind. "What? You just said you were going to sell medicinal materials? When did you know medicinal materials? This is not a joke." He didn't understand these things, and he was afraid that his daughter would make a mistake.

"Father, it's mother-of-pearl and fine ginseng. My brothers have been digging for me for a long time. Tell me where the medicine shop is? I'll see if I can sell it." Yuxian was a little anxious, and she wanted to sell it quickly. Going back soon, the eldest brother just said that he still needs to pierce the young shoots, so he can't delay making money.

"Oh, the pharmacy? Go north from this road, turn right after two intersections, and you will see Jishitang, the only pharmacy in the town." Tong Yunsong told Yuxian after thinking for a while.

"Understood, Dad, you are watching the bullock cart here, and you are waiting for my third brother, my eldest brother and I will go and have a look." Yu Xian asked her elder brother to carry two bags, followed behind her, and walked in the direction of Jishitang go.

After walking two intersections and turning right, I saw a plaque with the words "Jishitang" written on it. This pharmacy is not small, about the size of four or five rooms. In the medicine cabinet, a few apprentices were standing in front of the medicine cabinet and were giving people medicine. The strong medicinal fragrance made Yuxian almost sneeze, and the long-lost medicinal fragrance made Yuxian's eyes a little moist.By the window facing the street, there are a few tables, and several doctors sitting in the hall are treating people.As soon as Yuxian counted, there were four doctors sitting in the hall. This pharmacy is really big enough.

A boy of eleven or twelve came running over, "This little brother, and this girl, are you here to get medicine or to see a doctor?" The boy was dressed as an apprentice, with a smile on his face.

"Little brother, we are here to sell medicinal materials. I wonder if your pharmacy sells Fritillaria and fine ginseng?" Yuxian asked with a smile.

"Oh, little girl, I really can't make up my mind about this matter. Wait a minute, our big shopkeeper happens to be here today. I'll go and ask for you." The little apprentice still had a smile on his face, and led The Yuxian brothers and sisters sat down on the stool beside them, and then turned around and went into the back hall to find someone.When Yuxian saw this situation, she felt a little admiration for the shopkeeper of the pharmacy. It is not easy to make people in the store warmly serve no matter who comes.

After a while, the little apprentice led out a man who was younger than Tong Yunsong and dressed in a light blue robe. The little apprentice pointed this way, and the man walked towards Yuxian. "Little girl, do you have mother-of-pearl and fine ginseng to sell to us? Can you show me your medicine?" The man squatted in front of Xiao Yuxian, not caring that the back of his robe fell to the ground and was stained with dust. .

Yuxian hurriedly asked her brother to open both pockets, "Boss, look, this is what we brought."

The man glanced at the ginseng, smiled, "Yo, I know how to tie it up with a rope, um, I did a good job." He stood up and called the little apprentice just now: "Shunzi, get the medicine I have been weighed in the back hall." Then he said to the brothers and sisters: "Come with me to the back hall, it's inconvenient to talk." Saying this, he led the two of them to the back hall.

In the back hall, he asked the two to sit down, and asked Shunzi to pour two cups of tea. "Drink a sip of tea first, the little girl talked a lot this morning, her throat is a little bad, so you have to pay attention. I don't know how much you want to sell your medicine for?"

Yuxian really talked a lot all morning. When she saw tea, she was not polite. She took a big gulp and said, "Thank you, shopkeeper. My brothers helped me dig these medicines. I dried them myself. I don't know how to use them." How much money is appropriate. Look at the price, anyway, it’s just to earn some money to buy candy.” Yuxian didn’t know the price of medicinal materials in this era, so she dared to say it rashly.

"What a little girl, I can't fool you when I tell you to buy candy. It depends on the quality of your medicine. How about it? "The man said with a smile.

When Yuxian heard the price, she was not much different from what Xinli thought. You must know that fifteen cents can buy a catty of meat at this time. "Just listen to uncle, let's just pay this price."

At this time, Xiao Shunzi finished weighing the medicinal materials, "The ones who returned to the shopkeeper have a total of seventeen catties of fritillaria and nineteen catties of fine ginseng."

"According to the twelve characters of Fritillary, carefully refer to the fifteen characters, go and calculate how much it is, and give it to this little girl." The man said.

"No need, the mother-of-pearl is 280 catties, which is 480 Wen, and the fine ginseng is [-] Jin, which is [-] Wu Wen, which adds up to [-] Jiu Wen." Yuxian calculated it without using a few times.

"Shunzi, go and get the 490 text and give it to the little girl." The man ordered, "I didn't expect that the little girl is so young, it's quite smooth to settle accounts, the girl can read?" the man asked.

"Well, my mother at home knows how to read and taught me a little bit." Yuxian replied solemnly. "The older brothers in the family also learned from their mother." Yuxian looked at the elder brother sitting there.

"Just now I heard the girl say that my brothers picked this medicine for you, and you dried it yourself. I think the quality of the sun drying is good. Does the girl know medicine?" In this era, there are not many people who can understand medicine, and professional medicine farmers have not yet appeared. Sometimes doctors can only collect herbs by themselves, and some pharmacies do not have all the medicines. Even this Jishitang has to send apprentices to go up the mountain to collect herbs every once in a while.That's why he came out to receive people in person when he heard someone coming to sell medicinal materials.

"There is a book at home that introduces herbs. I saw it in the book. Shopkeeper, what kind of herbs do you buy here?" Yuxian wanted to ask, maybe you can get them.

"That's how it is. It's rare for a little girl to be able to identify medicinal ingredients just from books and know how to prepare them. I collect all kinds of medicinal ingredients. As long as you can pick them, just send them over. If I'm not here, You go to Xiao Shunzi, and I will tell him, if he can’t decide on the price, then go to the second shopkeeper, and say that shopkeeper Fang told you, and he will treat you well.” Then, he told Xiao Shun After a few words, he said to Yuxian: "I have a medicine store in the county and the prefecture, also called Jishitang. It's a coincidence that it happens to be here today. Even if I'm not here in the future, no matter what medicine the girl has, you can give it to me." Come on. There are several pharmacies, and they worry about medicines every day. You don’t need to call me the shopkeeper anymore, just call me Uncle Fang.” He is very talented, and when he sees a good seedling, he likes it.

(End of this chapter)