The happy little days of the Ye family

Chapter 654 Selling Herbs

Today, he was going to the county to deliver rabbits to the Liang Family Restaurant and to the Wang Family Pharmacy to sell herbs. Tang Xiaojing got up when the sky was still gray.

After breakfast, Tang Xiaojing moved the two sacks of honeysuckle out of the cellar.

Then he moved out all the other common herbs he had accumulated.

There were six sacks of herbs in total, two sacks of honeysuckle, one sack of bletilla root, one sack of wild mint, one sack of plantain and one sack of prunella vulgaris.

Bletilla striata has disinfecting and hemostatic effects and can effectively prevent wound inflammation.

Wild mint has many functions such as dissipating heat, detoxifying, refreshing the mind, dispelling wind and promoting sweating.

Plantain has the effect of clearing bladder heat and promoting kidney qi, and can prevent stone accumulation. It can also induce lung heat to be discharged from urine and can be used to treat coughs.

Prunella vulgaris has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying and diuresis, and is an important medicinal material used in pharmacies to make summer-relieving tea.

These herbs are herbal seeds that shopkeeper Wang helped find, and they are herbs commonly used in pharmacies.

The summer in the south is hot, and these heat-clearing and detoxifying herbs are used in large quantities. This batch of herbs is just right to use at this time.

When Dahuang and Xiaohuang saw Tang Xiaojing leading the oxcart out, they thought they were going up the mountain. They grinned happily, wagging their big tails, and jumped onto the oxcart nimbly.

Then the two big guys were mercilessly driven off by Tang Xiaojing. "Go down, we won't go up the mountain today."

After being kicked out of the car, Dahuang and Xiaohuang were still unhappy and howled dissatisfiedly at Tang Xiaojing.

"Ouch!"

"Ouch!"

It was Ye Qingqing who came over and hugged Dahuang and Xiaohuang, and Tang Xiaojing went out smoothly.

Tang Xiaojing first went to Stone Mountain and put the nine fattest rabbits into cages. When he looked up, he saw the family's long-term worker coming down from the mountain.

It was probably too hot, and the animals on the mountain were reluctant to come out. The prey harvested in the traps for several days was not very good, and they were basically hares.

From the two hills, a total of only 11 hares were harvested, and there was also a skinny deer.

But today we were going to the county anyway, so Tang Xiaojing brought all 11 hares and deer with him.

Tang Xiaojing first went to the Liang Family Restaurant. The kitchen manager in charge of purchasing was already waiting for him in the backyard.

There were no big ones today, just small animals. The steward in charge of purchasing didn’t call Shopkeeper Wang and just collected the 9 live rabbits and deer.

The nine rabbits totaled 9 coins, the deer earned 778 coins, and Tang Xiaojing got a total of 500 coins at the Liang Family Restaurant.

The summer is hot and the people in the county are suffering from the summer, but the business of restaurants is average.

For the remaining 11 hares, Tang Xiaojing went to three more restaurants before selling 10 of them, earning 792 coins.

Tang Xiaojing didn't bother to find someone to buy the remaining hare, and took it directly to Wang's Pharmacy.

Two days ago, Li Guoer and his daughter sent five sika deers over. Shopkeeper Wang carefully bandaged the three slightly injured sika deers and carefully raised them in the backyard of the pharmacy.

The other two who were more seriously injured were soaked into various medicinal wines by Shopkeeper Wang.

Even the venison was used by Shopkeeper Wang as a favor and given to some young men with whom he had good relations.

As soon as the venison was released, a lot of the antler wine, deer whip wine and deer blood wine that were still being prepared were ordered.

Shopkeeper Wang is in a good mood and is cheerful when meeting everyone.

When Tang Xiaojing came over, shopkeeper Wang was making wine behind closed doors.

Tang Xiaojing knew that Shopkeeper Wang was busy, so he didn't bother him. Anyway, what he brought here today were some ordinary herbs, and the doctor of the pharmacy could make the decision to accept them.

Doctor Bai from the pharmacy happened to be free and was responsible for collecting herbal medicines.

Tang Xiaojing was an apprentice in a pharmacy before, and he handled the herbs properly, and the herbs were all clean and not mixed with other weeds.

Doctor Bai was very satisfied, "The three years you spent in the pharmacy were not in vain. You handled the herbal medicine well."

"The doctors at the pharmacy are very helpful in teaching me." Tang Xiaojing said with a smile.

Doctor Bai called a new apprentice over to give Tang Xiaojing the herbs he had brought.

The apprentice was only twelve or thirteen years old, a lively age, and he trotted over with a bound.

The little apprentice looked at Da Lalie with an unreliable look on his face, but his movements were very deft.

"Doctor Bai, there are 85 catties of honeysuckle, 46 catties of bletilla, 55 catties of wild mint, 58 catties of plantain, and 63 catties of prunella vulgaris."

Doctor Bai nodded and took out an abacus from under the counter.

"The weather has been hot recently, and the 85 kilograms of honeysuckle in the medicine shop is still available at 55 cents per kilogram as usual."

"Bletilla striata costs 30 cents per catty, wild mint costs 28 cents per catty, plantain costs 26 cents per catty, and prunella vulgaris costs 28 cents per catty."

"Doctor Bai is fair in dealing with things. I will do as you say." Tang Xiaojing is a frequent customer of Wang's Pharmacy and knows the price of each herbal medicine clearly.

Doctor Bai moved the abacus slowly and said slowly:

“85斤金银花4两675文，白芨46斤共1380文，野薄荷55斤共1540文，车前草58斤共1508文，夏枯草63斤共1764文。”

"The total is 10 taels, 867 Wen." After the calculation, the careful and cautious Doctor Bai did the calculation again, and it was still the same number.

Tang Xiaojing took the money from Doctor Bai with a smile.

Tang Xiaojing originally saw that Shopkeeper Wang was busy and had no intention of disturbing him. Unexpectedly, Shopkeeper Wang came out of his own pharmacy as soon as he got the money.

Shopkeeper Wang was very happy to see Tang Xiaojing coming over. He was also happy to know that Tang Xiaojing brought ordinary herbs this time.

Tang Xiaojing took out the hare from the basket and said, "Brother Wang, this is the hare I hunted on the mountain in the morning. It's not a good thing. Take it home and try it at noon."

"This rabbit is good. Let your sister-in-law make braised rabbit for lunch, and we can go to my house for dinner later."

"Thank you, Brother Wang. Then I will shamelessly come to your door to get some food."

Shopkeeper Wang put the rabbit away and mysteriously brought a small medicine bottle to Tang Xiaojing.

"I got five sika deer in the past two days and made a large amount of medicinal wine. You are not young anymore. You can take this deer blood wine back and drink it."

"Brother Wang, I'm so strong that I don't need it, right? I'm not one of those rich boys who spend all day drinking and drinking."

Tang Xiaojing said he didn't need it, but he steadily caught the medicinal wine given by Shopkeeper Wang in his hand.

Shopkeeper Wang rolled his eyes at him and said jokingly: "Isn't it necessary if you are strong? Why are you stretching your hands so fast?"

"I just got married, so I'm not in a hurry to have a child, but this thing won't break if I leave it alone. I can't let your hard work go to waste, Brother Wang." Tang Xiaojing said with a smile.

Shopkeeper Wang said with a smile: "I think you have done something good, and you should really make up for it."

The two of them teased each other for a long time, and Shopkeeper Wang asked with a gossipy face:

"Li Orion's powerful second daughter, is she engaged to your brother-in-law?"

"Yes, we just got engaged some time ago."

"I heard that Li Guo'er can break stones with his bare hands. Your brother-in-law is very courageous. Aren't you afraid of being beaten in the future?"

Tang Xiaojing smiled and said: "They think they are right, but I think the Li family girl is a reasonable person."

Shopkeeper Wang shook his head and said enigmatically: "You are still too young."

He understood very well that there was no way this woman could be reasonable.