The happy little days of the Ye family

Early the next morning, after having breakfast, Tang Xiaojing sent rhubarb and small yellow to Ye's house, and then drove an ox cart to the county to find shopkeeper Wang to sell medicinal materials.

Tang Xiaojing drove the oxcart to the backyard of Wang's Pharmacy, and carried the herbs from the backyard to shopkeeper Wang's exclusive room by familiar routes.

As soon as Tang Xiaojing came to the door, shopkeeper Wang happened to walk out together with a middle-aged man dressed as a butler.

The middle-aged man was holding an exquisite wooden box, and shopkeeper Wang was smiling and in a good mood. It seemed that he had just negotiated a big deal.

Tang Xiaojing did not enter Shopkeeper Wang's house casually, but stood outside the door waiting for Shopkeeper Wang to come back.

Not long after, shopkeeper Wang came back humming a ditty.

Tang Xiaojing knew the rules and didn't ask too much about Shopkeeper Wang. He happily showed Shopkeeper Wang the herbs in the sack.

Shopkeeper Wang was in a good mood and was kind to Tang Xiaojing.

"Your skills in preparing herbal medicines are getting better and better. The pharmacy is still short of manpower. Do you want to come back and help prepare the medicinal materials?"

Tang Xiaojing smiled and said: "Thank you Brother Wang for your kindness. There are medicinal herbs growing on the mountain at home. I really can't leave."

Shopkeeper Wang wasn't angry either. He was actually in a good mood and asked casually.

The middle-aged man who just arrived is the housekeeper of a large family in Fucheng. This time he came here specially to buy tiger bone wine.

Shopkeeper Wang specially ordered a batch of exquisite small bottles and exquisite boxes made of fine wood.

The tiger bone wine I bought last time in Shanli Village was half a catty per can, totaling three cans. Shopkeeper Wang divided the half kilogram of tiger bone wine into five small bottles.

Each bottle is packed in an exquisite wooden box, and a bottle of tiger bone costs 80 taels of silver.

The middle-aged man just now didn't know whether he bought it for the master or the young master of the family. He was very generous and bought three bottles at once.

The man directly gave Shopkeeper Wang a 250-tael banknote and said that the remaining [-] taels were a reward for Shopkeeper Wang. Shopkeeper Wang knew in his heart that this was hush money for him.

Shopkeeper Wang started his business by selling aphrodisiac wine, so he naturally knew many secrets of wealthy young men. However, he kept a tight lip, and he would not easily destroy such a good way to make money.

Shopkeeper Wang smiled and said: "Okay, after all, the herbs you pick are sent to my pharmacy after they are processed. There is actually no difference between preparing the herbs at home and concocting them in the pharmacy."

This was what Tang Xiaojing had agreed upon when he came here to be an apprentice. After learning the craftsmanship of the pharmacy, the medicinal materials prepared in the future could only be sold to the Wang Family Pharmacy within the county.

This is not too harsh. After all, after learning the craftsmanship of other people's pharmacies, it is natural for them to work in pharmacies. Moreover, the prices for herbs collected by pharmacies are also very reasonable and have never exceeded his prices.

Every time shopkeeper Wang took out a herb, he fiddled with his abacus and recorded the name, price and quantity of the herb.

Shopkeeper Wang worked hard for a while before checking all the herbs.

Shopkeeper Wang picked up the tea cup on the table and took two big sips before he said slowly: "Your batch of herbs looks good and the processing techniques are appropriate. I will charge you a first-class price."

Then shopkeeper Wang picked up the abacus and fiddled with it again, and it was ready after a while.

"The total cost of these herbs is 31 taels and 6 taels." Then he took out 3 silver ingots worth [-] taels and a few pieces of broken silver.

Tang Xiaojing raised the corners of his mouth and happily took the money from shopkeeper Wang.

This batch of herbs cost Tang Xiaojing a total of 25 taels of silver, and now they sold for a total of 31 taels and 6 cents. This means that he made a total of [-] taels and [-] cents of silver from this batch of herbs.

Unfortunately, Shanli Village will have no medicinal materials to collect in the next few months. The growth rate of medicinal materials is slow, and new medicinal materials will not grow until next year at least.

Tang Xiaojing can only put his hope in Dashan Village now.

Shopkeeper Wang: "With the herbs sent from Dashan Village and your batch of herbs, I won't have to go to a pharmacist to buy herbs for the next two months."

"Did the mountain village send herbal medicine?"

"Yes, it was Li Orion who came with you last time. In addition to the herbs mentioned last time, he also sent some other herbs. I collected them all."

Shopkeeper Wang knew that Tang Xiaojing wanted to collect fresh herbs in Dashan Village, and said:

"The ones sent are all herbs that are easy to process. There are no herbs with more complicated processing techniques like the ones you sent."

Shopkeeper Wang added some tea to Tang Xiaojing's cup and said cheerfully:

"The mountain village you introduced last time is really a good place. I collected two live sika deer there last time and brewed a batch of deer blood wine and antler wine."

Then he lowered his voice and said, "Aren't you engaged? When you get married, I will give you a small bottle of deer blood wine as a gift."

Shopkeeper Wang patted Tang Xiaojing on the shoulder and said with a wicked smile: "This deer blood wine is a good thing, it's interesting."

Tang Xiaojing blushed and thanked Shopkeeper Wang.

"I need a bottle of old wild ginseng brewed in medicinal wine here. Please help me pay attention to it in the countryside."

The price of wild ginseng from the drug dealer was too high. Shopkeeper Wang felt it was not cost-effective and wanted to buy it directly from the people who collected the medicine.

The Ye family is the one Tang Xiaojing comes into contact with most every day. When it comes to medicinal materials, the only thing that comes to mind is the mountain village.

Tang Xiaojing looked at Shopkeeper Wang, "There should be some in Wild Mountain Ginseng Village. Shopkeeper Wang, didn't you collect herbal medicine there last time? Isn't it there?"

Shopkeeper Wang shook his head, "I received two wild ginsengs last time, but I was not very satisfied. One was not old enough, and the other one was of a different quality."

Tang Xiaojing thought that Ye's father had collected skins in Kaoshan Village in Yueyue Town. There seemed to be people collecting herbal medicine there, and he said to Shopkeeper Wang:

"I heard that people in Kaoshan Village also make a living by gathering herbs and hunting. I'll go there to find out more."

Shopkeeper Wang put his arm around Tang Xiaojing's shoulder and said cheerfully: "If you find a suitable wild ginseng, I won't treat you badly. If you can find it, I'll give you five taels of silver for your hard work."

Tang Xiaojing could only say that he would try his best to help find it, but it was hard to say whether he would be able to find it.

When Tang Xiaojing returned home, Li Orion and the village chief's son Yang Guo were already waiting at Ye's house.

Yang Guo brought dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots here. It rained for two days a few days ago. Every household picked a lot of mushrooms and bamboo shoots. As soon as they were dried, they urged the village chief to deliver them to Ye's house.

Father Ye now sets up a stall on the dock selling braised pork and braised pork rice. The mountain products and bacon in Dashan Village are all sent by Yang Guo, the son of the village chief.

Mr. Ye and Father Ye plan to save the dry goods for the second half of the year and sell them after the autumn harvest. Firstly, the price will be higher at the end of the year, and secondly, Father Ye really has no time.

Orion Li brought a lot of fresh herbs, half of which he dug from the mountains, and most of which he brought here for the people in the village.