Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

This time, because of the wolf attack, everyone rested in the cave for two more days. During this time, Xu Shihe and his apprentice were busy changing medicine for everyone and collecting herbs nearby. The people from the village who were traveling with them learned a lot of medicinal herbs from Xu Jingren.

After the injuries of the people on hand stabilized, everyone continued on their journey.

Traveling in the mountains is easier than on the road, so they can walk an extra hour and a half every day. On the morning of the second day after traveling again, the group finally arrived in Xiang County.

Xiang County is much larger than other counties, and it was also a rich place in previous years, so everyone was very happy when they saw Xiang County.

There is no shortage of water or meat in the team now, but the coarse grains purchased in Yingchang Prefecture have been almost consumed, and they still need to buy some more. And with Xu Jingren here, Huang Changyuan plans to prepare more medicinal materials for the village, especially medicines for external injuries. If it weren't for Song Shiwei's medicine last time, the village would have lost people.

The official had to go to the yamen to sign official documents, so he took the exiles into the city first.

Huang Changyuan called all the heads of the family to come over and discuss what to buy.

Before the officials bought meat, every household had to pay silver, so they were not as embarrassed as they were at the beginning. However, no one in the county wanted the one or two taels of silver entrance fee, so everyone discussed who would go in, and Huang Ping was responsible for writing down what every household wanted to buy.

At this time, master Xu Shihe and his apprentice were also talking together. Xu Shihe knew that Huang Changyuan and his companions were going to the county to make purchases, so he called his apprentice to his side, lifted his foot to take off his shoes, and pulled out two silver bills from under the insole, then the other foot, taking out the same two silver bills.

Xu Jingren was stunned.

Xu Shihe ignored his expression and said with a smile: "This is all our wealth. Fortunately, those people only robbed the visible things. If they searched us, I'm afraid these banknotes would be gone too."

Four silver notes, each with a face value of two hundred taels, totaling eight hundred taels.

Xu Jingren looked at the silver bills, silently took off his belt, cut it open with a knife, and pulled out a silver bill worth one hundred taels.

Xu Shihe stared in amazement.

The master and disciple looked at each other, and then smiled at the same time.

Xu Shihe patted his disciple on the shoulder and said with emotion: "When I first came to my side, you were still so small, pretending to be an adult all day long, but in fact you were the kindest person in your heart. I thought at the time that people like you who are simple and honest are the easiest to be deceived."

Xu Shihe glanced at the banknote in Xu Jingren's hand again and sighed, "Now I know that I was worrying too much."

Xu Jingren was a little embarrassed, showing a rare childish look: "The banknotes were collected when I treated a noble in the capital. It was the first time for me to receive so much money. I was worried that it would not be safe in my purse, so I thought of hiding it. I sewed it into my belt after returning home. Later, I forgot about it when I accompanied Master back to his hometown. I only remembered it when I saw Master take out the banknotes just now."

Xu Shihe immediately laughed: "It seems that you are still the same Xu Jingren as before. I am relieved that you finally know how to leave a way out for yourself. You, you, how can I not worry about you?"

"Master, rest assured. I know now and will give it more consideration in the future. I have an idea for this banknote, but I don't know if it is feasible. I would like to ask you for advice."

Xu Shihe raised his chin and said, "Tell me about it."

"Master and I were saved by the villagers. Since I've been with them, I feel most at ease. Every time I go out to collect herbs, the villagers will spontaneously accompany me, so I want to give this hundred taels to the villagers. And that Mr. Song also accompanied me out. If he hadn't stopped me in time that time, we would have met the blind bear. In the final analysis, he is also my lifesaver."

Xu Shihe nodded repeatedly, his eyes full of love: "I am very pleased that you have such an idea. In the past few decades of practicing medicine, I have seen too many people's hearts, and I have never looked down on people's hearts. These villagers are indeed the few kind people I have seen. What is even more rare is that they are united. There are so many people, but not one of them has ulterior motives. It is rare."

During the time the master and disciple have been with the villagers, they have gained a lot of feelings and have come to understand them. Having seen too many sinister hearts, they feel that these villagers are precious. It is no wonder that people like Young Master Song would protect the villagers.

Xu Shihe supported Xu Jingren's idea very much. Just as Huang Changyuan and others finished speaking, he took Xu Jingren to find the village chief.

After Huang Changyuan sent Master Xu Shihe and his apprentice away, his eyes were fixed in a daze.

Seeing this, Luo Hongmei thought something had happened and hurried forward: "What's going on?"

Huang Changyuan opened his mouth slightly, holding up the banknote in his hand and shaking. After a while, he looked at his wife and said, "We can't survive in the village, so we brought everyone out to escape."

Luo Hongmei was puzzled but still nodded: "Yes, the weather has been unpredictable in recent years. We are here to escape disaster."

"But why do I feel like we are here to make a fortune?" This time, without waiting for his wife to ask, Huang Changyuan unfolded the banknotes and showed them to her: "Last time, General Xie sent someone to send us five hundred taels of banknotes, and Xiao Song also asked us to take the money for buying meat. Just now, Doctor Xu and Little Doctor Xu sent us another hundred taels of banknotes. Mei, do you think our village has become rich?"

Luo Hongmei looked at the banknotes with her eyes wide open, her breathing tightened, and she calmed down after a while: "This...this...General Xie is fine, after all, he was a general, and Xiao Song doesn't come from an ordinary family, but how come these two Doctors Xu have so much money?"

Huang Changyuan rolled his eyes at her and said, "Although he is called a miracle doctor, he is also a human being and needs to eat, drink, defecate and urinate. Doctor Xu is a great doctor, but he is not allowed to treat and save people for the rich."

The old couple huddled together and talked in low voices, looking up from time to time to pay attention to their surroundings. Their 'guilty' looks made Song Shiwei laugh.

"Master, is there anything you want to buy?"

Song Shiwei thought for a moment and shook his head: "No need to buy more, there are still a lot of medicines left, just buy some food and pork. If you are tired of eating wild animal meat, go and sell it with them."

Zhang Wu's hand has recovered a lot, and this time he will go to the county to buy groceries with Huang Hai and others. After hearing Song Shiwei's words, he nodded and then drove the carriage to meet Huang Hai and others.

After Huang Changyuan finished talking to his wife, he quickly took the silver given by Xu Jingren, pulled Huang Hai aside, secretly stuffed the silver into his hand, and whispered some instructions.

"The banknotes were given by Doctor Xu, saying they were to thank us for taking care of them. There was also twenty taels of silver for Xiao Song. Take the banknotes and go to the city to find a bank to exchange them for silver. Give Xiao Song's share to Xiao Zhang, and the rest will be divided among our village."

"Oh, by the way, let me ask if anyone wants to buy water. Although we don't lack water now, no one can tell what will happen in the future. If there is anyone selling water, we should prepare more. We also need medicinal herbs. Ask Doctor Xu for his opinion. If we can prepare more, we should prepare more."

Huang Hai listened carefully. Since Zhang Wu and others were still waiting, he did not ask about the silver bills. After carefully writing down what Huang Changyuan said, he hurriedly took people into the county to make purchases.