Chapter 166 Busy

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at the same time,

   Front yard.

  Liu Zhihua was happy today, and knew that the head of the family must be tired after a day of running, so she boiled a pot of hot water for him to soak his feet.

  As soon as she brought it into the room, Wang Zhuangzhi hurried forward to take it, Hanhan smiled and said, "Thank you, lady."

   Seeing him like this, Liu Zhihua smiled and said, "Okay, it's getting late, you should sit by the bed and soak your feet."

Wang Zhuangzhi was not in a hurry, he casually put the basin aside, took out the banknotes and house deeds in his arms, and said, "His mother, I forgot to give them to you just now, you keep the house deed of the pharmacy, and these banknotes. "

  Looking at the thick stack in the master's hand, Liu Zhihua was still a little strange, and when she raised her hand to pick it up, she muttered: "Aren't the house deeds all thin sheets of paper? Why are they so thick?"

Wang Zhuangzhi walked to the bed with the tub in his hand, took off his shoes and said, "The rest are bank notes. I have one more thing to say in front of the baby. Our fish will only be used by the Shunhe restaurant in the future, and the shopkeeper will give more." I paid 5,000 taels of silver to buy it out, and I have already signed and pledged with them."

  The reason why Wang Zhuangzhi didn't say it in front of his children was because the amount of money was too large. After all, the children were still young. If one day accidentally said it out, he was afraid of attracting thieves and right and wrong.

Liu Zhihua was startled when she heard this, and hurriedly opened the stack in her hand. On the top was a yellowed land deed, and underneath was a thick stack of silver notes. She flipped through them with trembling fingers, all of which were hundreds of taels. bank note.

   "Master, I'm not dreaming!" Liu Zhihua's voice trembled.

  Having lived half her life, she has never seen so much money.

Wang Zhuangzhi smiled, and said in a low voice: "When the shopkeeper told me so much money, I thought I was dreaming, and I thought someone framed me, but in the end, he gave five thousand taels without saying a word. My hands were trembling when I received it, and it was unbelievable to think about it on the road.”

   After finishing speaking, Wang Zhuangzhi put his feet in the basin, let out a comfortable sigh, and said with emotion: "If things go on like this, our family can be regarded as turning around."

   "Oh, no, rich people may not be able to pay so much money."

  Liu Zhihua looked excited with joy in her eyes, holding so much money in her hands, her heart was pounding, and she looked around the room, always feeling that it was not safe to put it anywhere.

   "No, it's not safe to keep so many banknotes at home. If a thief breaks in, there's nowhere to cry. You should deposit it in the bank sometime." Liu Zhihua suggested.

  Wang Zhuangzhi felt the same, so he nodded and said: "Then let's keep one thousand taels at home. The pharmacy needs to buy goods and hire people in the past two days. The rest I will go to Ancheng tomorrow to deliver fish deposits."

Only then did Liu Zhihua feel relieved, and then she thought of the fish in the pond, and said again: "In the backyard, there are only simple fishing nets made by Erya and Xiaoli. It's okay to catch a dozen or so. If there are too many, I'm afraid it won't be strong. I don’t have the tools to hold the fish, since I want to cooperate with people in the future, I have to go to the town to buy these tools earlier.”

   "I'll go there early tomorrow morning and buy some cold-resistant herbal seeds. I'll scatter them in the open space behind the mountain. Maybe they will grow."

  Actually, Wang Zhuangzhi thought about buying tools on the way, but he forgot about going to the pharmacy. It was already dark when he came back, and he planned to go to the town to buy fishing nets and barrels.

  The time of selling fish and pharmacy coincided with each other, and the next two days are relatively tight. Wang Zhuangzhi thought about it, and then opened his mouth to discuss with his wife.

"His mother, Song Dong counted the shortage of herbs at the pharmacy today, and Jiaojiao has already written them down. Tomorrow, I am too busy delivering fish to dig. You take Erya Xiaoli and Jiaojiao to the foot of the mountain and dig first. I’ll dig up the mountain with you when I’m done.”

Liu Zhihua nodded upon hearing that, now that there is a pharmacy, Houshan Baide’s herbal medicines can be sold for money, so Liu Zhihua will not slack off in making money, and replied with a smile: "Boss, you are busy with delivering fish and digging herbs. I'll handle it."

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  The next day, according to what the two of them discussed yesterday, Wang Zhuangzhi drove his carriage to the town to buy things before dawn.

  Liu Zhihua also got up before dawn to prepare breakfast for the children, maybe because she stayed in bed yesterday morning and didn't go out with her father, today Erya and Xiao Li woke up early, and Jiaojiao also got up and walked out after hearing the movement.

  Liu Zhihua prepared the meal, wiped her hands and was about to wake the children up, but when she went out of the kitchen, she saw three children standing in the courtyard.

  She smiled and said "Ouch", walked over and said, "Mother is about to call you, but today your father ordered some work to be done, and we have to dig the herbs after breakfast."

  Jiaojiao nodded when she heard this. On the way back last night, her father had told her that the shop lacked a lot of medicinal materials, and today she had to go up the mountain to collect a lot of medicinal materials.

  Erya didn't know that father had left, touched the braid sullenly, and muttered: "Mom, today father is going to deliver fish, and I want to go too."

  The fish in the hard-earned pond can be sold for money, and she also wants to follow her to see it.

Liu Zhihua raised her hand and touched her head, and coaxed her with a smile: "Let your father deliver the fish first, and you will follow next time. There is a shortage of medicinal materials in the shop under our house, so we have to hurry up to fill it up. It will be formalized in the future." You can’t do business without medicinal materials.”

   Erya was a little disappointed, but she still nodded sensiblely and said, "Okay."

  The sky was brightening, and after breakfast, the family went straight to the back mountain with tools, sacks and baskets.

  The pharmacies are mostly common medicinal materials, and there are not many types of precious medicinal materials. Although there are many types that are in short supply, they are relatively easy to find.

  Jiaojiao first took her mother and the others to pick common herbs at the foot of the back mountain, such as dandelions, Cyperus cyperi, plantain, and big green leaves that can be seen everywhere in the grass.

   After a while, the sacks were full.

  It was no longer difficult to find herbal medicines before, Erya shouted: "Jiaojiao, today's herbal medicines are too easy to find, any one is a herbal medicine."

  Liu Zhihua is also curious. When farming, there are often plantains in the fields, and even dandelions are played by children. She never imagined that they are also medicinal materials.

Jiaojiao happened to learn a lot from Song Dong yesterday, so she explained to everyone in a waxy voice: "There are thousands of kinds of herbs, only a few are more expensive, and the rest are common herbs, like this plantain , Brother Song Dong said that the pharmacy only sells for three pennies for half a catty. Most of the herbal medicines in a pair are common medicinal materials. According to the severity of the disease, some expensive medicines are added to adjust the price. The high price is due to the addition of those more expensive medicinal materials. "

When Liu Zhihua heard what Guaibao said, she suddenly realized: "No wonder Doctor Li sells very cheap medicinal materials. Everyone in the village suspects that he is a fraud. When Mother first came to Xiaoshu Village, she also felt that a pair of medicines worth more than 20 yuan is unreliable. Later, when I got to know Doctor Li You don't think like this anymore, only now do you understand why, my Jiaojiao is really powerful, she understands everything."

  (end of this chapter)