big sister headed home

Chapter 17

Dou Hua knew that the apprentice was telling the truth, 'The map looks simple,' but it is not easy to write it down.This medicinal herb atlas' spread out on the counter is more than four feet long and one foot wide. The herb illustrations drawn on it are half the size of a palm. There are nearly 100 kinds of illustrations in one atlas, because they are black and white illustrations. They are very similar, only slightly different on the leaves. If you can’t remember clearly, it’s easy to get confused. In addition, the names of various medicinal materials are “want to match them one by one.” It takes a lot of effort to remember.

Dou Hua also discovered one thing, 'that is, the herbs at the top of the map are obviously more precious and valuable' because she found the map of ginseng and ganoderma on the top. The familiar 'common while watching TV, ginseng is a good thing.

Relying on her super long five senses to concentrate on memory, it took Dou Hua two quarters of an hour to see from the beginning to the end. After scanning it twice, she can remember the general idea, and the specifics need to dig out herbs in practice to slow down. Slowly integrate.

The apprentice urged her several times, but Dou Hua was too embarrassed to read on, "Okay, little brother, I'm watching it, you can put it away."

"Hey, I have to put it away as soon as possible. You don't know. My master is very strict. He is very precious to this atlas. If something goes wrong, he must punish me."

"Well, I understand. Thank you, little brother. If I find good medicinal materials in the future, I will definitely bring them to you. Then you can give me a good price." Dou Hua said.

"No problem, if you have good herbs, you can bring them here, and you won't lose you in terms of price." The apprentice was also happy to hear that, his master liked to buy fresh herbs picked from the wild, and then he would dry them in the sun, process them, and make them. The medicinal materials are made into potions for sale, and the medicinal effects are good. It is much cheaper to directly buy fresh medicinal herbs than to go outside to buy processed medicinal materials, and his master always thinks that the medicinal effects of the ready-made medicinal materials he bought are not good. He likes himself Process the medicinal materials to ensure the efficacy of the medicinal herbs as much as possible.

Dou Hua and the pharmacy clerk said a few more words before leaving, and shook the copper plate in the cloth bag in her hand. The heavy weight made Dou Hua feel very at ease. No matter in which era, money is the most real thing. You can buy what you want, and live a good life without worrying about food and drink.

This time, she got money from selling herbal medicines, which gave Dou Hua confidence and a little more hope for her future life. She was full of fighting spirit, and a life full of food and clothing was no longer far away.

With money, Dou Hua felt that her waist was much stronger. She went to the butcher shop and cut a piece of fatty pork belly, which weighed three catties. A catty of fat meat cost fifteen cents. This piece of meat cost Dou Hua 53 cents. .

In fact, Dou Hua herself doesn't like to eat fatty meat, but in this era, fatty meat is a good thing, because fat meat can be boiled to make oil, and people love to eat some meat oil when cooking.Dou Hua thought about boiling the fat part for cooking, and chopping the thinner part into meat stuffing and steaming buns to eat. She still remembered that a few days ago, the younger ones loved the buns very much.

After buying the meat, Dou Hua bought a Chinese cabbage from a street stall. It was the time when vegetables were scarce in early spring. The shop bought two pieces of malt candy and spent [-] Wen. At this time, Dou Hua had spent nearly one-third of the money for buying herbs. Dou Hua could only sigh in her heart, the money was really wasted.

Dou Hua glanced at the cloth shop on the street, thought for a while and still didn't go in.This time, the money from selling herbs is too little, and there is no need for a few feet of cloth, and when the family needs money now, the province still needs to save some.She thought about picking more herbs and selling them for more money next time before going. Now that she has known many kinds of medicinal herbs with high value, she decided to go into the mountain once in a few days.

Putting the meat, cabbage, and maltose into the basket she brought, Dou Hua didn't stay in the county town too long, and went straight out of the city gate to go home.This time she was lucky, and not far from the city gate, she met Li Cai, the elder brother of the Li family from the same village, who was driving an ox cart.

Seeing that Dou Hua was carrying a basket with a Chinese cabbage in it, Li Cai hesitated for a moment, then summoned up his courage and said, "Sister Dou Hua, my bullock cart is still empty, you Come up and sit down, I'll take you back home."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Cai blushed a little, feeling a little uncomfortable. This was the first time he had spoken to Dou Hua. After hearing the rumors in the village, even though he was one year older than Dou Hua, he still had some feelings for Dou Hua in his heart. Scared.

"Brother Li, thank you then, I'm not polite." Dou Hua smiled at Li Cai, raised her legs and got on the car, sitting on the frame.

"You're welcome." Li Cai's eyes were dazzled by Dou Hua's smile, and he quickly moved his eyes away, not daring to look any more, even his ears felt a little hot.

Dou Hua looked funny, and thought, men are so shy these days, she still remembered that Jiang Ermeng was also so shy, just thinking of this, Dou Hua secretly disgusted herself again, why is it okay to think of that stupid man? The goods are here.

There is an ox cart, which is much more comfortable than walking on two legs. The ox cart is swaying, and Dou Hua sits on it, basking in the warm sunshine, a little drowsy.

Li Cai, who was driving the car, only cared about driving and didn't dare to talk to Dou Hua. Dou Hua didn't know Li Cai well, so she didn't know what to say, so she didn't speak. Rural scenery on both sides.

After a spring rain, the wheat fields on both sides of the road, the wheat seedlings began to turn green, and the green was connected into pieces, as if laying a fluffy green carpet on the earth.Some small white, pink, and yellow wild flowers bloomed on the grass by the roadside. Looking at it, Dou Hua thought that there were these small wild flowers in the bunch of wild flowers that Jiang Ermeng sent yesterday, and thought of Jiang Ermeng being so tall and squatting. Dou Hua couldn't help but laugh silently as she clumsily picked wild flowers by the side of the road.

Li Cai inadvertently turned his head and saw Dou Hua's smile. He felt that Dou Hua was not so scary at this time, but rather cute and beautiful. Staring at the front of the road, his eyes sneaked a glance uncontrollably.

Dou Hua enjoyed the rare spring by herself, she didn't notice Li Cai who was driving the car at all.

It took less than an hour for the oxcart to swing back to Doujia Village. Dou Lin led Dou Hong to play at the entrance of the village. His eyes were fixed on the direction of the road. When he saw Dou Hua on the oxcart, he shouted happily. ,
"Second Brother, look quickly, Eldest Sister is back, she came back in Brother Li's bullock cart." Dou Hong blinked her big eyes and said happily, pointing to the bullock cart in the distance with one hand.

"Your eyes are good, you can see it from such a distance, it's true, it's the elder sister who is back, let's go, let's pick up the elder sister." Dou Lin said, running all the way over with his calves, waving his hands, and shouting in his mouth, "Big sister, big sister~"

"Hey, I heard it, I saw you, don't run, be careful of falling." Dou Hua looked this way when she heard the sound, and saw two little ones running towards them, afraid that they might fall too fast, " Brother Li, stop for a while, I will get off now, thank you for giving me a ride back, it saved me a lot of energy."

"You're welcome, sister Dou Hua, from a village, this small matter should be done, I will stop, please slow down."

When the ox cart came to a complete stop, Dou Hua jumped out of the cart with a basket in her hand. Her movements were crisp and neat, and all of them fell into Li Cai's eyes.

"Big Sister~Big Sister~" Dou Lin and Dou Hong also ran to Dou Hua at this time, running in a hurry and panting.

"You two really, what are you doing running so fast, just wait there and run over." Dou Hua said, took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on the foreheads of the two little ones, so as not to catch the cold from the cold wind.

"Sister, we miss you and want to see you soon." Dou Lin said coquettishly.

"Do you miss me, or the snacks I bought for you?" Dou Hua asked with a smile.

When Xiao Dou Hong heard that it was delicious, she was even happier, hugged Dou Hua's thigh and said, "I miss my eldest sister more, and I also miss snacks."

"Haha, you two greedy cats, let's go, go home, I bought maltose for you, go home and eat." Dou Hua said.

"Oh~~ Big sister is so nice~" Dou Hong exclaimed happily and said sweetly.

"Elder Sister, Second Sister ate the meat at home. It was delicious. I'm just waiting for you to go home for dinner. I'm here to wait for you. I'm not greedy for snacks." Dou Lin said with her small chest upright. It seemed like she didn't want to eat snacks, but her eyes glanced into the basket from time to time, and the small appearance that was trying to hide it made Dou Hua think it was very cute.

"Okay, let's go home and eat meat." Dou Hua picked up Dou Hong in one hand and the basket in the other, and led Dou Lin towards home with big strides.

Li Cai watched Dou Hua's siblings interact with each other, and always felt that the smile on Dou Hua's face was so real and beautiful, which he had never seen before, and it was so beautiful to his heart.

(End of this chapter)