The happy little days of the Ye family

The Ye family went up to the mountain early in the morning to collect mountain products. After breakfast, Tang Xiaojing also took Rhubarb and Xiaohuang to Stone Mountain.

Dahuang and Xiaohuang have been to the mountains many times and are very familiar with the mountains. As soon as the two little guys got off the ox cart, they ran up the mountain like crazy.

Dahuang and Xiaohuang have now grown into majestic big wolfdogs. They can almost reach Tang Xiaojing's chest when they stand up. They can catch hares or pheasants every time they go into the mountains.

Tang Xiaojing was not worried about the two little guys and walked up the mountain carrying a huge backpack.

There are two tall chestnut trees halfway up the mountain. These two chestnut trees are at least 20 years old. They are very tall and covered with chestnuts.

Tang Xiaojing looked down and saw a lot of chestnuts that had fallen naturally on the ground. Tang Xiaojing peeled a few chestnuts out and found that the chestnuts on the ground were all intact.

Tang Xiaojing picked up all the chestnuts that had fallen on the ground, removed the burrs on the outside, and got most of the chestnuts in the basket.

The chestnuts were quite heavy. Tang Xiaojing simply put the backpack on the ground and looked around. He remembered that there was a chestnut tree not far away.

Not far away, Tang Xiaojing found another chestnut tree. This chestnut tree only had sparse chestnuts on the tree, but the bottom of the tree was full of chestnuts.

Tang Xiaojing picked up all the chestnuts under the tree. After peeling a few, he found that many of the chestnuts were bad. In the end, only about half of the chestnuts in the field were good.

Tang Xiaojing wrapped the chestnuts in his clothes, took them to the first chestnut tree, and poured the chestnuts into the basket.

Tang Xiaojing looked at the basket full of chestnuts, which was not far from the foot of the mountain. He simply took all the chestnuts back to the oxcart, and then returned to the mountain with the basket on his back.

On the way up the mountain, Tang Xiaojing also encountered several wild jujube trees. Tang Xiaojing tasted them and found that none of the jujubes from any of them were delicious.

Almost reaching the top of the mountain, Tang Xiaojing finally found the persimmon tree in his memory.

I remembered what Ye Qingqing said that Mrs. Ye was very good at making persimmons. The persimmons from these two persimmon trees could make a lot of persimmons.

Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing also like to eat persimmons. There are two persimmon trees planted in the yard of the county town. When their mother was here, they would make many persimmons every year.

Although Tang Xiaojing grew up in the county, he was very good at climbing trees, especially persimmon trees. Tang Xiaojing climbed up the tree nimbly and picked the persimmons from both trees in a short time.

Tang Xiaojing remembered that there was a hawthorn tree near the persimmon tree. Walking a little further, he saw a red hawthorn tree.

Hawthorns can be stored in the cellar for several months. Tang Xiaojing picked some large hawthorns and picked a full basket, thinking that he could eat the candied haws for several months.

Tang Xiaojing sat and rested under the shade of a tree near the spring, and called out "big yellow and small yellow" twice out of boredom.

Two little guys jumped out of the grass. Big Yellow held a plump rabbit in his mouth, while Little Yellow held a colorful pheasant.

The two little guys came to Tang Xiaojing proudly. Tang Xiaojing saw that the pheasants, chickens and rabbits were still alive, so he carefully tied up the rabbits and pheasants.

Tang Xiaojing remembered that the dendrobium on the mountain should be harvested, so he took rhubarb and small yellow to the stone wall where the dendrobium grew.

At this time, after half a year of rest and recuperation, the dendrobium has grown many new branches. Although it is not as lush as it was at the beginning, it can still be used as medicine.

Tang Xiaojing cut down a slender small tree, tied the sickle to the trunk, and held the trunk to cut the dendrobium on the stone wall.

Like last time, Tang Xiaojing only cut two-thirds of the dendrobium, leaving the rest to slowly recuperate and continue cutting next year.

Tang Xiaojing bundled the cut dendrobium together and weighed it with his hands. He found that these could probably be sold for fifteen or sixty taels.

Tang Xiaojing looked at these precious dendrobiums in a good mood, "This dendrobium is like a hen that can lay eggs. If you raise it well, you can cut the dendrobium once a year. This stone mountain is really worth buying."

At this time, Da Huang came out again and placed a highly venomous cobra at Tang Xiaojing's feet. Tang Xiaojing was startled. Although he often went up the mountain, snakes were what he was most afraid of.

Fortunately, the poisonous snake had been bitten to death by rhubarb. Tang Xiaojing looked at the bloody snake and found that the snake's body could not be removed, but the snake's gallbladder was still intact.

Snake gall is also a medicinal material and can be sold in pharmacies together with dendrobium.

Tang Xiaojing took the pheasants and rabbits caught by Dahuang and Xiaohuang to the spring and cleaned them, and then began to roast the pheasants and rabbits.

As soon as the pheasant was roasted and fragrant, Xiao Huang ran over with a plump rabbit in his mouth.

Tang Xiaojing took the rabbit and rubbed Xiao Huang's big furry head. "From now on, I'll rely on you to hunt to support our family."

Tang Xiaojing was thinking about going to the pharmacy to sell dendrobium. After lunch, he hurried down the mountain with rhubarb and small yellow.

Tang Xiaojing had just picked a lot of chestnuts and persimmons when he went up the mountain. Tang Xiaojing made three more trips before moving all the mountain goods to the oxcart.

Tang Xiaojing went back and changed his clothes. Just as he was about to go out, he remembered that the medicinal wine brewed at home was ready, so he went back to the house and brought out three jars of medicinal wine.

When Tang Xiaojing rushed to the county gate, the sun had already set halfway up the mountain. It seemed that he would not be able to make it back today.

As soon as Tang Xiaojing entered the pharmacy, he saw shopkeeper Wang sitting at the counter looking at medical books.

Shopkeeper Wang was very happy when he saw the dendrobium in Tang Xiaojing's hand, "Your dendrobium looks really good, and the quality is also good."

Tang Xiaojing placed the dendrobium on the counter, and then brought over three jars of medicinal wine and snake gallbladder.

Shopkeeper Wang: "This dendrobium is a little worse than the batch in the middle of the year, but it's not bad. I took all the 16 taels of silver. In addition, I took the gallbladder of this poisonous snake for 300 taels."

"No problem, just follow what shopkeeper Wang said." The price is similar to what Tang Xiaojing thought.

Shopkeeper Wang opened three jars of medicinal wine again, and after confirming that there was no problem, he said: "Your medicinal wine is the same as what is sold in the pharmacy. There is no need to sell one bottle at a time. Just sell the medicinal wine directly to the pharmacy."

"You used about ten taels of medicinal materials for these three jars of medicinal wine. I charge you five taels of silver per jar of medicinal wine. The three jars total 15 taels of silver. Do you think there is any problem?"

Although the money earned by selling directly to pharmacies is less, it is also easier and the capital can be earned back immediately.

Tang Xiaojing thinks this is not bad, "This is indeed easier, five taels of silver and a jar of medicinal wine is no problem."

Shopkeeper Wang felt that Tang Xiaojing was a smart man and the cooperation between the two parties was very pleasant, so he suggested:

"Now most of the adult men in the county have gone to do corvee work. Those who have done so will have some injuries on their bodies. You can prepare some healing and nourishing medicinal materials in advance."

Tang Xiaojing had stayed in the pharmacy. In previous years, the number of people coming to the pharmacy to see a doctor would increase sharply after completing the corvee service. This is the time to stock up on more medicinal materials for treating injuries and nourishing.

"Thank you, Brother Wang, for the tip."

Shopkeeper Wang continued: "The dendrobium is 16 taels of silver, the snake gallbladder is 300 taels, and the medicinal wine is 15 taels. The total is 31 taels and 3 coins."