The Resplendent Farming Apothecary - Chapter 111

[Chapter 111 Li Xiuhong’s Anxiety]

When she proposed fifteen cents a day’s wages and asked them to help. Gu Li’er shook her head like a rattle: “My sister, what a favor, how can I ask for your salary? If I agree, I won’t be scolded by my mother when I go back! My mother compares you to you. I’m still kissing, and I don’t know who is her biological daughter!”

“That’s because I’m pretty and well-behaved, and everyone loves me!” Gu Ye laughed a few words, and then said sternly, “Sister Li, Aunt Ying, listen to me. Say. There is a lot of demand for the medicinal materials of Jimintang, and my ability is limited by myself. I need help from someone I can trust!”

Seeing what Gu Lier and Yinggu had to say, she continued: “You help me for free, one or two days. It’s alright. When everyone is busy in the beginning of spring, how can I delay your farming and picking wild vegetables? If Jimintang’s order can’t be fulfilled, I will have to compensate them a lot of money.”

“What? ?” Gu Li’er opened her eyes.

“Double the compensation, less than a few hundred, more than a few thousand!” In my memory, the two little girls were very kind to the original owner, and they often secretly stuffed things for her to eat. The two of them are also very poor, and it is really commendable to be able to save a bite or two of food from their mouths. When Gu Ye hired the mother and daughter of the Li family, he thought about how to help these two kind little girls.

“What!! You want to pay so much?” Gu Li’er jumped up suddenly, and Aunt Ying was also full of disbelief. Gu Li’er bit her lip and asked, “Jimintang is so dark! Ye’er, isn’t there a Hundred Herbs Hall in town, and our medicines must be sold to Jimintang!”

Gu Ye thought to himself. Inadvertently smeared Jimintang and apologized for three seconds. In order to convince the two little girls to help, she continued to play the role of the weak Bo sympathy: “But… I have signed a two-year drug supply agreement with them. If anyone breaches the contract, they will pay more liquidated damages!”

“Ye’er, isn’t Jimintang looking at your young and trying to deceive you for liquidated damages?! The fifth grandpa used to be a soldier and knew someone in the army, so he asked him to find a relationship and cancel the contract. Right?” Aunt Ying pondered, there seemed to be something wrong, her concern for Ye’er prevailed, and she didn’t think deeply.

Gu Ye had a bitter face: “If it could be canceled, it would have been canceled long ago! Sister Li’er, Aunt Ying, please help me! Look at how thin I am.” The tender and tender melon-seed face and a pair of big eyes as beautiful as spring water looked at them earnestly, making them unable to bear to say the words of rejection.

“It’s settled, you come here every afternoon! At the beginning, you will be paid fifteen cents a day, and it will increase to twenty cents when you become proficient. See, will you?” Eyes opened, like a cat basking in the sun in winter.

Gu Li’er was a little puzzled: “Why only come here in the afternoon? In addition to the morning, wouldn’t it be possible to make more medicinal materials?”

“In the morning, I will read medical books and practice acupuncture! If I go backwards, the master will scold me when I come back!” Gu Ye did With a frightened expression, he successfully amused the two little girls.

Gu Li’er rolled her eyes, looked at Aunt Ying, covered her mouth and snickered: “Ye’er, Aunt Ying can’t help you for long. She is going to marry outside the mountains at the end of the year!”

Qingshan Village is too closed Now, the transportation is inconvenient, some girls are not taken seriously at home, and it is difficult to go to the town several times in a lifetime. Being able to marry outside the mountains is the beautiful dream of the little girls in Qingshan Village. Yinggu’s appearance and temperament are among the best in the village, and it is an enviable thing to be able to tell the descendants of the villages in the suburbs.

Aunt Ying patted Gu Li’er lightly and lowered her head shyly. She only met her fiancé once on a blind date. Although she was not good-looking, she was tall and strong, and at first glance she was capable. Although the family has a large population, life is a bit tight. However, the mother said, the people of the day lived out. The family has a good family style, the family is diligent, and life will always get better! Overall, she is still very satisfied with this fiancé.

Gu Ye looked at Aunt Ying playfully, and teased: “There are still eight or nine months, Aunt Ying can save more dowry for herself!” Well, at least five taels of silver can be saved in eight months. wages. Villagers, five taels of silver for dowry is already a big deal!

“If you talk about it again, I’ll be annoyed!” Ying Gu’s face was as red as the dawn in the sky, and a shy smile appeared on her lips. Even a rough old shirt can’t hide her beautiful appearance, no wonder the man doesn’t dislike her for being a mountain person, and he fell in love at a glance!

While the three were talking and laughing, they didn’t delay the medicine. A basket of Chaihu was sliced and dipped in rice vinegar. The smell of vinegar and medicine in the pharmacy was accompanied by the crisp laughter of the little girls like copper bells. In the small courtyard, a little bit of vitality was added.

Widow Li, mother and daughter, who were dealing with raw Bupleurum in the backyard, heard the bursts of laughter.

While cleaning the Chaihu, Widow Li glanced at her daughter and said, “Listen to the voices of Li’er and Yinggu. Didn’t you have a good relationship with them before? Why don’t you go over and say hello?” Li Xiuhong, who had a stubborn stem, paused for a moment, then stood up, picked up a basket of dried Bupleurum slices, and walked quickly back to the front yard.

Li Xiuhong came to the door of the pharmacy and was stunned when she saw that Gu Lier and Ying Gu were also busy in the pharmacy. In her mind, the pharmacy is an important place and a forbidden place.

Every time the medicine came in, she hurried in and out, not daring to stay for a moment. When she came in, she tried her best to avoid the time when Gu Ye was making medicinal materials, for fear of causing unnecessary misunderstandings.

She didn’t expect that Gu Ye would easily let people into the pharmacy and allow others to help her concoct. Isn’t she afraid that the method of medicine will leak out?

“Xiuhong, the village chief grandpa said that if the weather is warm in a few days, I will help you build your house. You can move back to your own house soon!” Gu Li’er walked up to her and reached out to take her hand. ‘s basket.

Li Xiuhong avoided her hand sideways, gave her a deep look, did not speak, but squeezed past her and put the basket on the shelf in the south.

Gu Lier was stunned for a moment, then took back her hand—Li Xiuhong seemed a little happy. Isn’t it a joy to be able to go back to your own home without having to rely on others?

Gu Ye, who was teaching Ying Gu to use the scales, did not notice the interaction between the two. In a small pharmacy, Gu Ye didn’t feel it when he operated it alone. Now that there are three little girls, it seems crowded.

She sighed and said, “The pharmacy is still too small! After the busy season of spring and farming, please ask the uncle in the village to build a pharmacy on the west side of the yard. This room is dedicated to medicine.”

Gu Li’er nodded . Head, agreeing: “I also think the place is a bit small, and I can’t turn around! At that time, we will get at least three of these consoles, and we will play each other to see who is the fastest!

” Quality is also very important!” Aunt Ying rolled her eyes at her, “Don’t smash Ye’er’s signboard. You forgot, how did Dr. Wu’s leg get interrupted?”

Gu Lier stuck out her tongue. He smiled and said, “That’s natural! What are you talking about?”

Li Xiuhong couldn’t help frowning after hearing this. What are they talking about? Is this for long-term help? She knew that Gu Li’er and Ying Gu had a closer relationship with Gu Ye than herself. Gu Ye won’t dismiss the mother and her, let these two replace them, right? Thinking of this, Li Xiuhong looked at Gu Ye nervously.

In the past month or so, she and her mother have earned nearly a tael of silver. With more money in hand, the family’s meals have also improved a lot. In the past, when the green and yellow were not picked up, their family could only eat half-full of wild vegetables or rice bran porridge twice a day. Now, whole grain pancakes can fill the stomach.

This time, Fifth Master Gu went to town, and his mother gave him 30 pennies and asked him to bring a pound of pork back, saying that it was to improve the food for her and her brother. Thirty pennies had to be saved for a long time in the past. At the end of the year, you could only see meat and fish during the Chinese New Year. But now, a pound of pork is just their mother’s wages for a day. They all feel that life has a head start!

If they lose this lucrative job, they will go back to their old hard days. Li Xiuhong clenched her hand tightly, and her whole body began to tremble.

Gu Ye took half a basket of Chuanbeili for her, and exhorted: “Sister Xiuhong, after finishing those Bupleurum, you can help me remove the impurities in Chuanbeili and clean it with a dry cloth. Do not soak it in water, it will make it worse. The active ingredients in the medicine are lost.”

Li Xiuhong took over Chuan Beimu in disbelief, not knowing how she got back to the backyard. Widow Li had just washed Bupleurum and soaked it in water. Seeing her daughter’s unease, she asked softly, “Xiuhong, what’s wrong with you?”

Li Xiuhong didn’t want her mother to worry, so she forced a smile: “No, it’s nothing. Ye’er said that these Fritillaries should be cleaned up…” Remove After the impurities, what should I do? soak? In a trance, she heard Ye Er say the word “soak”.

When Li Xiuhong returned to the pharmacy with the cleaned Chuanbei, Gu Ye looked at the wet Chuanbei and didn’t know what to do. What happened to Sister Xiuhong today? It seems to be worried.

“What’s wrong? Did I make a mistake?” Gu Ye’s expression made Li Xiuhong nervous.

Gu Ye wiped the water on Chuanbei with an absorbent cloth, and asked with concern, “Sister Xiuhong, are you not feeling well?”

“No…no!” Li Xiuhong snatched Gu nervously. The cloth in Ye’s hand was scrambling to wipe off Fritillaria Chuan. She seemed to remember, Ye Er said that soaking would lose the medicinal properties. How to do? Will Ye Er catch her fault and dismiss her?

“Ye’er, can these Chuanbei still be used?” Gu Lier looked at Chuanbei with some regret. Ye’er said that this medicinal material was produced in the Yan Kingdom and Shu, and the price was not low. Look at the basket with more than a pound, how much money has to be lost!