The happy little days of the Ye family

Ye Qingqing thinks that preparing herbal medicine is quite fun. When father and son are preparing herbal medicine, they both like to go in and help.

Not being overwhelmed by his skills, he learned some simple methods of preparing herbal medicine from the Tang family and his son, Ye Qingqing, in the past few days.

Dendrobium, Millaplasia, Polygonum multiflorum, Polygonatum, Angelica sinensis, Gastrodia elata, all kinds of valuable herbs have been recognized.

After dinner, the young couple gathered together the medicinal materials prepared in the house.

At this time, Ye Qingqing could blurt out what kind of herb it was, what its effects were, and how much it was worth.

Tang Xiaojing praised her for her talent in identifying and preparing herbal medicines.

"Hahaha, I have the talent to make money." Ye Qingqing smiled very proudly. She was very interested in all profitable businesses and crafts.

"As expected of a little money-lover."

The two of them sorted the prepared herbs into bundles and put them into sacks one by one.

Most of these herbs were grown by Tang Xiaojing himself. There were 9 sacks of ordinary herbs and 2 sacks of medium-priced herbs.

There are also a lot of Millaplasma vines. There are sacks full of those found in the valley and other places in the mountains, even if they are prepared.

The prepared dendrobium is also available in half a sack.

Tang Xiaojing originally didn't know how to prepare dendrobium. At the beginning, he always brought fresh dendrobium to shopkeeper Wang after picking it.

Fresh dendrobium is not easy to store and must be sent to shopkeeper Wang in the county on the same day, which is really inconvenient.

Later, Tang Xiaojing specially learned how to prepare dendrobium from shopkeeper Wang, and now he brings it over after preparing it.

Moreover, the price of prepared dendrobium can be increased a bit, killing two birds with one stone.

There are more than 40 valuable herbs such as Polygonatum, Polygonum multiflorum, Angelica and Gastrodia, and Ye Qingqing sorts and bundles them with straw, and then puts them together with dendrobium.

This batch of herbs was too large to be loaded in one oxcart, so the father and son drove two oxcarts before transporting all the prepared herbs to Wang's Pharmacy.

In addition to herbal medicine, Tang Xiaojing also brought five jars of medicinal wine. This was the last batch of medicinal wine this year.

Now that the weather is getting colder, the brewing time of the medicinal wine will take longer. The next batch of medicinal wine will not be ready until spring.

The father and son brought two large carts of herbal medicine to Wang's Pharmacy. The new waiter had never seen Tang Xiaojing and thought they were merchants selling herbal medicines.

"Shopkeeper Wang, two medicinal merchants came outside and brought two large carts of medicinal herbs."

The new young man called out shopkeeper Wang in a hurry.

Shopkeeper Wang felt a little strange, why would the merchants of medicinal materials come here at this time? Didn't they always come in the spring in previous years?

Shopkeeper Wang was stunned when he saw Tang Xiaojing sitting in the hall, drinking tea calmly.

"You brat, when did you become a merchant of medicinal materials?"

Tang Xiaojing said with a smile: "The misunderstandings are all misunderstandings. This guy is probably new here and doesn't know me yet. My father and I brought two carts of medicinal materials here and mistakenly thought that we were merchants of medicinal materials."

He originally wanted to correct the little brother, but he ran too fast and had no time to stop him.

Hearing Tang Xiaojing say that he had brought two carts of herbs, Shopkeeper Wang immediately became energetic.

At this time in previous years, Tang Xiaojing would send some good-quality dendrobium over, and shopkeeper Wang immediately thought of dendrobium.

The father and son had just brought the two apprentices from the pharmacy to move down all the herbs.

Shopkeeper Wang took out all the herbs and looked at them carefully. When he saw the sack containing dendrobium at the end, he became more and more excited.

As Tang Xiaojing expected, shopkeeper Wang jumped for joy when he saw the dendrobium and the Gastrodia elata tree that was about to become sperm.

"You kid, where can you find so many herbs of excellent quality? This Gastrodia elata ancestor must be at least 50 years old."

"Some of them are grown on the mountain themselves, and some are collected from elsewhere." Tang Xiaojing didn't want too many people to know about the herbs on the mountain, so he kept a few words in his words.

Shopkeeper Wang doesn't care about the source of these herbs. Anyway, if they enter his Wang's Pharmacy, they will eventually be turned into money.

Dendrobium and Millaplasia were valuable. The medicinal materials from the two hills and the small valley were sold for a total of 98 taels of silver.

The five jars of medicinal wine brought by Tang Xiaojing were sold for another 5 taels of silver, adding up to a total of 50 taels of silver.

Before these 148 taels could be used to keep warm, Tang Xiaojing spent another 12 taels of silver to buy a new batch of materials for brewing medicinal wine.

In addition, I spent another 30 taels of silver to buy a large bag of various medicinal seeds from Shopkeeper Wang.

Although mature herbs will also sow seeds by themselves, the growth speed of small herbs is far slower than the speed at which Tang Xiaojing digs herbs.

After picking every year, Tang Xiaojing would plant a new batch of herbs in the spring.

Especially herbs that take a long time to be planted should be planted every year so that they can be harvested every year.

After going in and out, Tang Xiaojing only had 106 taels of silver left in his hand.

Tang Xiaojing thought of Ye Qingqing's advice, the silver took up too much space, and the two hidden compartments could no longer fit. So I took out 100 taels of silver and asked shopkeeper Wang to help exchange it for two 50 taels of silver notes.

There was another large sum of money coming in today, and at night the young couple began to take stock of their small treasury.

The two of them had originally spent more than half of their money on buying a house near Qingsong Academy, but later they got a lot of money from searching for treasures in the house.

Before Ye Qingqing became pregnant, the two of them had a total of 275 taels of silver.

In the past six months, several batches of pigs raised at home have been put on the market, and the meat of more than 20 big fat pigs has been made into bacon.

A lot of mushrooms were also picked in the other two hills. Although I didn't go to the valley specifically to pick morels and gallinos, there were a lot of ordinary mushrooms.

Before and after the autumn harvest, Tang Xiaojing went to Xiaohe Town and sold all the bacon and dried mushrooms at home, earning 92 taels of silver.

The family delivers rabbits and other prey to the Liang family restaurant, and the money they earn can just cover the wages of the family's long-term workers and the money to buy okara.

Recently, the grocery store's miscellaneous book rental business has been getting better and better. Every month, the rent can be several hundred cents, which is enough for the Tang family's daily expenses.

In addition to the money Ye Qingqing earned from doing embroidery, the two of them now have a total of 478 taels of silver.

“Unknowingly, we have saved so much money.”

Ye Qingqing looked at the silver and banknotes on the table, laughing so hard that he couldn't close his mouth and kept giggling while looking at Tang Xiaojing.

Tang Xiaojing looked calm, but in fact he was even more excited than Ye Qingqing. He was so excited that he was speechless.

Ye Qingqing raised his head and asked: "Is there anything in the cellar that has not been sold yet?"

Tang Xiaojing thought for a while and then said: "Except for a few kilograms of dried mushrooms and a few kilograms of black fungus that I picked up in the small valley before, everything else is sold out."

Ye Qingqing remembered that there were still leathers at home, "What about the leathers? How many leathers are there?"

"Except for the first batch, the second and third batches haven't been dug out yet."

When the weather is hot, it takes about a month to bury the leather in the ground. But now that it is cold, it takes about 40 days.

Tang Xiaojing made some careful calculations, "By the time of the Chinese New Year, these batches of skins will be ready. There should be about fifty rabbit skins in total, and six wild goat skins."

"Just two rabbit fur coats and one wild goat coat." Ye Qingqing answered with a smile.

Ye Qingqing had already made the first batch of more than 20 rabbit skins into rabbit skin coats. When Tang Xiaojing went to Xiaohe Town to sell dry goods, he sold them together.

However, the leather made by the Tang family was not very good, and the rabbit fur coat only sold for 3 taels and 8 yuan.