I practiced medicine in ancient times

On this day, Zhu went to the town with Xu Dafu to sell medicinal herbs, and met Xu Qingyi and her two siblings. Grandma from the Bai family also came up and whispered these words to Bai Yan.

“Qingyi, after the villagers saw that our two families had built houses with blue bricks and large tiles, they knew that our family made money because you and Baiyan taught us how to collect and prepare herbs and sell them to the clinic. Now many villagers come to our family to inquire about the news, and some even want to steal our skills.

A few days ago, some of the herbs that our family was originally going to collect were destroyed and taken away by the villagers. After all, the things in the mountains do not belong to anyone, so whoever takes them away first owns them, and we can't say anything.

What was the solution you mentioned before? Now the time is ripe, can we do it? If we continue like this, it will also delay our family's money-making from collecting herbs. "When Zhu thought of this, she couldn't help but frowned.

She knew that it was inevitable that the villagers would envy and be jealous of her family's house built with blue bricks and tiles. She also thought that they would come to learn from her and even disrupt her plans to collect herbs.

Although she thought about it, she still felt uncomfortable.

"The time is ripe. In that case, I will go back to the village with you today and resolve this matter first." Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan looked at each other, and smiles appeared in their eyes.

"That's fine."

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"Grandma, Bai Yan and I are going to visit the village chief's uncle." After Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan returned to the village, she passed by the village chief's house, greeted Zhu, and then went to the village chief's house with Bai Yan.

"Uncle, what are you busy with?" Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan walked into the village chief's house and found that the village chief was busy at the table, repairing some farm tools. She moved two benches and sat on the left and right of the village chief with Bai Yan.

The village chief’s surname is Zhou. He is fifty years old, but looks to be in his early sixties in the countryside. He doesn’t just look old in general, but because he suffered a lot in his early years and aged quickly.

However, in the original body's memory, Village Chief Zhou was quite caring towards poor households like them. He was upright and fair, a typical good rural cadre.

“Qing Yi, Bai Yan, you two are here.

I came to my uncle's house because I have something to discuss with him. "Village Chief Zhou put down the tools he was repairing and said to Xu Qingyi and the others with a smile on his face.

In the past, the Xu family and the Bai family were the poorest two families in the village. They even had to sell their daughters to survive famine. However, not many years later, after Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan became successful in studying medicine and making pharmacy in the clinic, they joined forces to collect and prepare herbs at home to make money.

In just five years, the two families had become prosperous and had each built a house made of blue bricks and large tiles. Village chief Zhou was happy for the two families.

"Didn't the two of us teach our family how to collect and prepare herbs? Recently, I heard from my mother and others that many villagers came to our house to inquire and want to learn our skills. I came here to chat about this with my uncle." After Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan looked at each other, Xu Qingyi slowly said to Village Chief Zhou.

"Qingyi, it's normal for villagers to visit each other's homes, and I can't force you to intervene in this matter.

Unless your two families don't get along with the villagers, it will be difficult for me to handle this matter." Village Chief Zhou frowned and said with a bitter face.

He also understood the villagers' thoughts. They saw that the Xu and Bai families were making money, and it was easy to make money. They just had to go up the mountain to collect herbs. Naturally, many villagers also wanted to learn from them and make some money.

The world is not easy nowadays. Having just recovered from the famine five years ago, we are eager to make money and store food.

"Uncle, we won't make things difficult for you. Qingyi and I came to see you today because we have a solution. We'll discuss it with you and see if this can be accomplished." Bai Yan said immediately.

"What method? Tell me about it and I'll give you some advice." Village chief Zhou became excited when he heard it.

"Bai Yan and I discussed that since we couldn't stop the villagers from stealing our skills, we were also afraid that they would learn something inappropriate and waste the medicinal materials.

We are from the same village, we see each other every day, Bai Yan and I discussed that we should just help the villagers to get rich, teach them how to collect and prepare herbs, and then sell them to the clinic." Xu Qingyi also told the village chief about his plan.

"Directly teach the villagers how to collect and prepare medicinal herbs? Do you have so much time?" Village Chief Zhou was a little shocked when he heard this.

He didn't expect that the two girls had such broad minds. He was afraid that even real men wouldn't have such magnanimity.

“We teach villagers how to collect and prepare medicinal materials under certain conditions.

Uncle, there are fifty-six households in our village besides our two families!

At that time, we will only teach each family how to collect and prepare one or two types of medicinal materials. In the future, each household in the village will collect different types of herbs, so there is no need to worry about competition, which is not conducive to the harmony of the villagers.

Second, since we want to teach the villagers how to collect and prepare herbs, we have to ask them to pay us a hundred coins for their hard work. What do you think?" Xu Qingyi told Village Chief Zhou the solution she and Bai Yan had come up with.

She had known long ago that since the Xu and Bai families had made money from collecting herbs and had built large brick and tile houses in a short period of time, this would definitely attract the attention of the villagers and give rise to other ideas.

She discussed this solution with Bai Yan.

At that time, taking the villagers to collect herbs and make money will also help the Xu family and the Bai family to live in harmony with the villagers in the village, and they can also earn hard-earned money, which is a win-win situation.

They cannot lose the basic base of Shili Village, so they must build good relations with the villagers. When the time comes, if the villagers trip them up or find fault with them, it may seem like nothing, but it is really disgusting. After a long time, they will not be able to bear it, so it is better for them to take the villagers with them to collect herbs and make money.

Live off the mountain. The mountain behind the village is very large, and is divided into inner mountain and outer mountain. In the past, the Xu family and the Bai family collected herbs in the outer mountain. They could not collect all the herbs, but they did not worry about running out of herbs.

After hearing this, Village Chief Zhou's eyes flashed with approval. He nodded, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "This is a good idea. It can not only avoid disputes among villagers, but also allow them to learn a skill and increase their income. But..." He paused and said hesitantly, "Is a hundred coins for hard work appropriate?"

Xu Qingyi smiled slightly and explained, "Uncle, are you worried that we won't get enough money for our hard work? We need to spend a lot of time and energy to teach the villagers how to collect and prepare medicinal materials.

Moreover, this price is just a symbolic charge. It is mainly for our fellow villagers, and we only teach one family to pick and prepare one or two kinds of medicinal herbs, so this price is enough. "

After hearing this, Village Chief Zhou's eyes flashed with enlightenment. He looked at Xu Qingyi deeply, nodded and said, "I understand. This is indeed a good idea. Then uncle will call the villagers to your house for a meeting tonight and tell them about this. Niece Qingyi, you are really smart."