The fierce peasant woman is busy farming

She had only heard from her teacher that the pharmacies in the past sold local fresh medicines, and some of the fresh medicines could be used as medicine, such as fresh Rehmannia root, fresh lily, fresh ginseng, etc.

Zhou Yue looked at them one by one, wanting to grab them with his hands, but he did not reach out because of the sharp look in the boy's eyes.

She coughed lightly, gave up looking at the counter, and looked at the words on the medicine cabinet drawer.

Then she saw Sanqi.

She asked the waiter, "Excuse me, how much is fresh ginseng? And how much is Panax notoginseng?"

There were no customers in the store, so the waiter patiently answered her questions. He looked at her and said, "We are out of stock of fresh ginseng and Panax notoginseng."

"Uh, why?"

"Recently, the imperial court has been at war with the barbarians in the southwest, and Panax notoginseng cannot be transported here. The price has skyrocketed, and it is out of stock everywhere."

The young man had nothing to do, so he talked a lot.

“This is obvious. Although we are located in the north, we are not a ginseng producing area. There seems to be a legend that someone dug up ginseng a long time ago, but I have never seen it.

The three northeastern provinces, where ginseng is produced, are now occupied by the Japanese and Xianbei people. They are hostile to our Dahui Dynasty and have no trade relations with us.

Naturally, the specialties there cannot be transported here.

Not to mention fresh ginseng, even dried ginseng is not available in the county pharmacies.

And Sanqi...

It is said that it is difficult to find goods in the county, and the price of Panax notoginseng in the prefecture and the capital has been hyped up to a sky-high price, more expensive than gold. "

Zhou Yue took a breath of cold air.

Originally, she thought that Lord Song's thank-you gift was a bit sloppy and perfunctory, not worthy of his noble status as the Dali Temple.

Now it seems that I was superficial and presumptuous and shouldn't have assumed others with the worst malice.

It turns out that the gift sent by Lord Song was very valuable and sincere.

Seeing that Mr. Ning had a leg injury and he himself had a head injury, he specially bought a bag of Panax notoginseng at a high price and sent it over from afar.

It was wrapped in very ordinary and worn paper, probably because he was afraid that his family members would feel burdened.

What a good man!

This Panax notoginseng is so expensive. I wonder if Old Man Ning would be reluctant to use it if he knew about it.

Just when he was bored, Zhou Yue saw an acquaintance.

Song Yuan, dressed in dark casual clothes, walked into the drugstore with his two lackeys Xie Ping and Xie An following behind him.

After entering the store, he first patrolled around the shop as usual. This was a habit he had developed over the years of solving cases and tracking down murderers. He would do the same on weekdays when he was not working on a case.

Then he saw Aunt Zhou and nodded to Zhou Yue.

Seeing that he had no intention of talking, Zhou Yue looked away. He had saved the man once and he had received a thank-you gift, so they were even.

Unexpectedly, after Song Yuan spoke a few words to the pharmacy clerk, he looked at Zhou Yue, who felt puzzled.

After they finished talking, Song Yuan walked towards Zhou Yue.

Zhou Yue had no choice but to stand up and bow to Song Yuan: "Sir Song."

Song Yuan nodded and said to Zhou Yue, "Auntie Zhou, can you please have a word with me?"

Zhou Yue had no choice but to stand up and follow Song Yuan out of the pharmacy.

Then Song Yuan stopped under the big tree, and when he turned around, he saw a white stray dog ​​that was squatting there, circling around Zhou Yue's legs, wagging its tail happily.

"Your dog?" There was a slight crack on Song Yuan's icy face.

Zhou Yue didn't expect that his first sentence would be this.

I quickly replied, "Yes, I picked up a puppy and only realized how cute it is after I raised it up."

"Well, I know a little bit about dogs, and there's something wrong with him."

When the Song family was not so short of money, Song Yuan was still young and had a dog.

He likes dogs very much, especially big dogs and hunting dogs.

Brother Dao: "It's you who's wrong. It's your whole family that's wrong."

"Oh, what does your Excellency mean?"

"Forget it, it looks like it's still young, let's wait and see."

Well, he stopped talking again.

Song Yuan said seriously: "Auntie, I have another thing to trouble you with. I wonder if you agree."

"Well, tell me about it."

Don't ask for a loan, I don't have any money.

You don't want to return that pack of Panax notoginseng, do you? Once a gift is given, it is like spilled water, you can't ask for it back.

"It's like this. The people you saved were me and a little boy. Do you still remember him, auntie?"

"Oh? I remember."

Then, why does this person speak so unsmoothly?

"It's like this. He had been in a coma before. He woke up a few days ago, but it seems that his head was damaged. I have consulted many famous doctors, including the imperial doctors in the palace, but they are helpless."

Oh? I can't treat illnesses. I have to be very careful when treating a leg, not to mention a head. My own head is not in good condition.

I don't have a medical license, please don't hurt me.

Song Yuan paused, and seeing that there was no sympathy on the other party's face, he was very surprised and continued:

"This child is pitiful, with wounds all over his body. Tsk tsk, his brain is also broken. No matter how I ask him, he just won't speak.

The families of the other children have been found. For those who couldn’t find their families, the government also found adoptive parents, but this child…”

Oh, should I adopt him?

In a prosperous and wealthy place like the capital, with so many rich people, you couldn't find anyone to adopt him, and you want me, a village woman who has several children to raise, to raise him?

I don't have any money.

“So I asked the saint for advice, and the saint showed compassion and allocated a sum of money to treat and raise him.

I am still unmarried and it is not convenient for my family to support him.

I looked around and thought it would be best not to bother two people with one thing. I happened to be here on business, so I might as well bring him over and give him to you to take care of for a few months.

When the court finds his family, or when he is in better health, can speak, and remembers the news of his parents' hometown, I will send him back to his family or clan..."

Seeing Zhou Yue silent, Song Yuan said: "The saint is kind and merciful. He himself is not rich, but he took out thirty taels of silver to pay for the child's food, drink, chewing and medical expenses for a year. You see, he is only three or four years old and can't eat much every day..."

Zhou Yue knew that what he said was true. Based on her understanding of local prices, a family of five would indeed spend less than ten taels of silver on food and drink in a year.

Even if you add the cost of seeing a doctor and buying medicine, thirty taels is more than enough for a child to live for a year.

"Ahem, well, I'm not after the money, I just feel sorry for him. When I think of that little dirty-faced, skinny guy, I feel distressed.

I had intended to ask you about his situation even if you didn't come."

Song Yuan smiled and didn't expose her little thoughts.

It's good to have something in mind, but it's scary to have nothing in mind.

"Ahem, um, Auntie, there is one more thing I would like to ask you for help with."

Well, this guy is getting too greedy, he's trying to take advantage of someone, right?

Zhou Yue listened to his own voice and said, "Tell me what I can do to help. I will definitely do my best."

This is the type of people who will never refuse others, and he even wants to slap himself a few times.

"It's not difficult. It's the method you used to strangle the trafficker last time, and the method you used to save the child. Can you teach us?"

It turns out that the idea was to learn triangle strangulation and CPR.