I practiced medicine in ancient times

"Dad, Uncle, Aunt Bai, you are here." When Xu Qingyi arrived at the backyard door, she saw Xu Dafu, Xu Dafu and Bai Yun's mother Cui looking out the door. She greeted them with a smile and shouted.

It has been more than a month since she taught her family how to pick and prepare Ligustrum lucidum and Scutellaria baicalensis. If you count it, they should have prepared a batch of medicinal materials, and today they sent them to the pharmacy to exchange for money.

"Qingyi." When Xu Dafu saw Xu Qingyi today, they all shouted with their eyes slightly shining.

"Dad, Uncle, Aunt Bai, please come in with me and let us inspect these medicinal herbs first." When Xu Qingyi saw them pushing a wooden cart with several snakeskin bags on it, she quickly called the three of them in.

It is December now and the weather is very cold. Few people come to collect herbs and prepare them and send them to the drug store to exchange for money. Now, in one morning, there are as many as seven or eight people, or as few as two or three people, carrying herbs to the drug store to exchange for money.

When they arrived at the door of the warehouse, they saw Master Li sitting on a chair with a purple clay teapot in his hand. There was a stove burning in front of him, boiling tea, and he closed his eyes to rest.

"Master Li, these are the medicinal materials prepared by my family. Please check and accept them." Master Li heard the voice, he opened his eyes and looked at Xu Qingyi and the three people behind her.

"Did you and Bai Yan teach your family to prepare these herbs when you went home last time?" Master Li asked doubtfully. He walked over, opened the snakeskin bag, and saw Ligustrum lucidum, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Atractylodes macrocephala inside.

He sniffed it, grabbed some and chewed it, his eyes lit up slightly, "These herbs are good, the Ligustrum lucidum has a pure color, the black is black, the purple is purple, it looks like they were carefully selected.

The color of Ligustrum lucidum is black-purple or gray-black. Just mix them together. There is no need to pick them out according to color, otherwise it will waste your time.

The texture of Scutellaria baicalensis and Atractylodes lancea is also very pure and has a strong aroma. These herbs are prepared quite well. It seems that you and Baiyan went home and taught your family how to collect and prepare herbs.

The price of Ligustrum lucidum was 16 coins per catty, and the price of Scutellaria baicalensis and Atractylodes lancea was 11 coins per catty.

Xu Qingyi, who was standing by, saw that Master Li had set the prices of these three medicinal materials at excellent prices and added one penny to it. Xu Qingyi stepped forward to take a look at the medicinal materials he had prepared himself, and saw that they were of pure color, rich smell, and excellent quality. Considering his identity as an apprentice in a pharmacy and his amazing talent in learning medicine and making drugs, Master Li was giving him face.

"Thank you, Master Li." After hearing Master Li praising the medicinal materials he prepared, Xu Dafu and the other two felt relieved and a slight look of joy appeared on their faces. They began to calculate how much they could sell this batch of medicinal materials for.

Before they could figure it out, Zhang Cheng and Liu Bing weighed the herbs, calculated the price, wrote a note, and asked Xu Dafu and the other two to go to the front to find Manager Hou to get the money.

Finally, the Xu family processed 67 jin of Ligustrum lucidum fruit, multiplied by 16 wen per jin, and sold it for 1,072 wen. They also processed more Scutellaria baicalensis fruit, totaling 109 jin, multiplied by 11 wen per jin, and sold it for 1,119 wen. The total of the two was 2,271 wen.

The Bai family prepared 129 kilograms of Atractylodes lancea, which were sold for 1,419 coins.

When the two families saw that they had only been busy for more than a month and the prepared medicinal materials were sold for one or two taels of silver, they were immediately surprised and happy, with big smiles on their faces.

In the past, if they wanted to earn one or two taels of silver, it would take them several months to do so. As for working in the fields, they could only earn four or five taels of silver throughout the year.

Now, after working for a month, they can earn one or two taels of silver. The work is not tiring and the money comes quickly, which gives the Bai and Xu families hope.

I see hope for a prosperous life in the future, with enough food and clothing.

"Dad, Uncle, Aunt Bai, I think you have probably picked most of the Ligustrum lucidum, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Atractylodes lancea that can be picked in the mountains.

The Chinese New Year is only twenty days away. After Bai Yan and I go back for the New Year, we will teach you how to pick and prepare several types of medicinal herbs. In the future, you will take turns picking and preparing medicinal herbs, so you won't be idle at home in the winter.

Dad, this year my daughter might bring you a surprise when she returns home. "Xu Qingyi smiled and told her father as she led the three of them to find Shopkeeper Hou to get the money.

"What's Qingyi's surprise? Tell me now and make me happy." Xu Dafu asked his niece with a smile.

"The matter has not been finalized yet. I will tell uncle when I get home."

"In fact, we haven't gone deep into the mountains yet. If we go deeper into the mountains, we might be able to find these medicinal herbs." Xu Dafu said after a pause.

Upon hearing this, Xu Dafu and Cui fell silent and no one responded.

“No, there are wolves, tigers and leopards in the deep mountains. If you encounter them, the consequences will be disastrous.

Just wait for a year, and after your daughter and Baiyan teach you how to pick and prepare medicinal herbs for all seasons, you will no longer be sitting at home with nothing to do every season.

My daughter is afraid that in the future you will not only be busy with work in the fields, but also with collecting and preparing medicinal materials, and you will be too busy to handle it.

We only need to wait for a year, and the lives of both of our families will improve." Xu Qingyi quickly stopped her father from having this dangerous idea.

There are many jackals, tigers and leopards in the deep mountains behind Shili Village. In previous years, some people did not believe in evil and went deep into the mountains and never came back. There were also hunters who went deep into the mountains and encountered big beasts, and came back with missing limbs.

As time went by, I realized that I couldn't go deep into the mountains.

"Brother Xu, it's right for us to listen to Qingyi and the others. Now that Qingyi and the others are successful, they are always right." Cui was also tempted. Although she wanted to make money, she gave up the idea when she thought of the orphans and widows at home.

She couldn't even imagine how her family would survive if something happened to her.

"Yes! Brother, you want to go deep into the mountains to look for medicinal herbs, but I'm afraid our mother won't let you go." Xu Dafu also advised.

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Shili Village, Xu Family.

After the Xu family members knew that the first batch of medicinal materials they prepared were taken to the pharmacy to exchange for money, everyone in the Xu family was looking forward to Xu Dafu and Xu Dafu's return, wanting to know how much these medicinal materials were sold for.

"They're back, they're back. Dad and uncle are back." When Xu Qing'an saw her father and uncle coming back, she hurriedly shouted towards home.

"Eldest son, second son, how much did this batch of medicinal herbs sell for?" Zhu ran out of the house and asked her two sons who were walking towards her.

"Mom, I sold one piece for two thousand two hundred and seventy-one coins." Xu Dafu said with a smile as he handed his mother a purse.

"What? You sold so much?" Zhu was stunned when she heard it, then a look of great joy appeared on her face. She took the purse and put it tightly in her arms.