Dazhu didn't understand anything about benefits to the people or subsidies. He only knew that this old man was collecting cockleburs.
So he asked excitedly: "How much can this herbal medicine cost?"
"Well," the old man looked at the cockleburs in the basket, took out another handful, weighed them, and said, "the cockleburs are not bad in size and are almost dry."
As he spoke, he frowned and said, "It's just too dirty."
Is it not dirty? The two of them didn't have any tools, so they used branches to scratch it.
"But forget it this time, I'll give you nine copper coins per pound. If you think about this price next time, you have to sift through it."
Li Dazhu was almost shocked. He didn't expect that this cocklebur seed could really be sold for nine cents per pound.
But is this nine coins expensive or cheap?
He looked back at his sister.
Xiao Mian calculated it in her mind and found that it was about seven or eight yuan per pound.
The price of modern cockleburs also varies, most of them are about ten yuan.
However, it cannot be compared with modern times. After all, the era is different, prices are also different, and wild and artificial cultivation are also different.
Isn’t there a saying that “things are rare and valuable”?
The price trend depends on the demand for this thing in this dynasty.
But looking at the old man’s enthusiasm in promoting Anjifang, the offer should be fairly fair, right?
She nodded to her brother.
Regardless of whether it's fair or not, just change the money quickly. When you have money, you can buy steamed buns to eat.
She is so hungry.
Seeing that his sister nodded, Li Dazhu quickly said with a smile on his face, "Thank you, uncle, thank you, uncle. That's great. We will make it clean next time."
Li Dazhu was so excited that he smiled like an old man with his dark face full of wrinkles.
The old man also laughed.
"Don't come in with me yet."
He led the two of them to the back hall, took the basket, and poured the cockleburs into a sieve.
"It's too dirty. Other medical clinics will definitely not accept it. Even if they do, they will have to lower the price. In other words, Anjifang is thinking about the people."
As he spoke, he took matters into his own hands, sifting and picking out impurities such as hay and leaves.
While he was working, he said: "Did you see it? It needs to be cleaned. Come back after cleaning it next time. I guarantee that Anjifang will not weigh you down."
"We doctors all receive royal rations and we don't make dirty money. When we go to Anjifang to see a doctor, the price is very reasonable."
Yes, this old man is advertising all the time.
When I came in just now, there was a queue of doctors outside in the lobby. It’s not like there was no business. As for doing sales like this?
Xanthium seeds are very light. Looking at such a big pile, they weigh only three pounds and two taels.
The old man gave him twenty-nine copper coins, and Dazhu laughed so hard that his teeth went out of his sight.
After Dazhu's transaction was completed, the old man glanced at Xiaomian's basket and asked, "What do you have here? Such a small amount of Seela rice is not worth much."
Only then did Xiao Mian take out the dendrobium.
The old man's eyes lit up, and then he squinted at Xiao Mian.
This little girl is quite naughty, and she even knows how to wrap the dendrobium.
As a great doctor, the old man knows countless people.
From the very beginning, he could tell from the way Dazhu looked at the little girl. Between these two children, the elder brother listened to his younger sister.
Both brother and sister looked at the old man nervously, waiting for him to bid.
The old man looked at it carefully, then broke off one and tasted it. Then he nodded and said, "It's okay. Can I give you five taels and one pound?"
He asked about Xiao Mian.
Dazhu was already stunned.
What is the concept of five taels?
Are these few pieces of grass so valuable?
Xiao Mian frowned.
Five taels, converted into RMB 4,000 per catty.
There is no way to compare it with the spiritual grass in the world of immortality. We still have to compare it with the price of modern dendrobium.
What is the price of modern dendrobium?
Li Xiaomian racked her brains to recall. After all, after more than a hundred years of cultivation, her memory was a bit fuzzy.
I guess modern artificial cultivation costs two to three hundred yuan per catty, right?
But wild and artificial cultivation are fundamentally two concepts.
Besides, there is no such thing as artificial cultivation here.
Suddenly, Li Xiaomian discovered a way to get rich.
In Daqingshan, it is entirely possible to artificially plant dendrobium, not only dendrobium, but also other herbs.
Seeing Xiao Mian frowning and saying nothing, the old man explained: "This dendrobium is of average quality. If it is good, I can pay you up to ten taels. This is the same price as ginseng."
Dazhu came back to his senses and suddenly said: "Eight taels, eight taels per catty, we will sell it."
He didn't understand dendrobium and couldn't estimate the price, but he knew about ginseng.
Dad often said that Mom was married to a ginseng tree.
Dad and his friends went into the mountains and got some ginseng. They sold it for twenty-four taels and divided it among three people, eight taels each.
With eight taels of silver, my father married my mother and my second uncle married my second aunt.
Since the old man said that dendrobium and ginseng have the same price, it is eight taels.
The old man was stunned, and so was Xiao Mian.
The old man didn't know what Dazhu was thinking. If he knew, he would be depressed to death.
Because he collected the dendrobium and planned to sell it to Fucheng for eight taels.
Can this kid read minds?
This time the old man frowned.
He really didn't fool the two children. The price in this small county town was only five taels, so he didn't pay less.
Eight taels was the price in Fucheng, and it was a price that only an expert like him could get.
He dared to bet that if the two children were sold, even in Fucheng, the price would not exceed six taels.
Xiaomian doesn't know what her brother is thinking. If she knew, she would want more.
One ginseng is divided among three people and only gets eight taels. Three eight and twenty-four, the whole plant is twenty-four taels, okay?
My brother doesn't know how to count.
But now, she looked at the old man and frowned, and then glanced at her brother.
He didn't jump up and chase people away. It seems that there is a way to do it.
Xiao Mian: "Uncle said that Anjifang is honest and fair, and will definitely give us a good price."
The old man glared at Xiao Mian again and said: "Seven taels, eight taels will be lost."
If he really lost eight taels, he would have to pay for his travel expenses.
"Good boy, I really won't fool you two. If there is something better than this in the future, I will pay more for something similar to this. I will charge you any amount and give you this price."
The old man said, and picked out two trees and said: "Look at these, they are not worth five taels, I will give you seven taels."
As he said that, he glared: "If it doesn't work, you can go to other places and have a look. If you can give me five taels, it will be great."
The brother and sister looked at each other.
Xiao Mian nodded.
Judging from the anxious look on the old man's face, I guess the price is right.
The old man is right, the county town is different from the prefectural city, and this small county town cannot afford high prices.
The results were weighed and the dendrobium weighed two and a half kilograms.
The brother and sister left Anjifang with huge sums of money.
Dazhu can walk smoothly.
"Brother, why are you nervous?"
Can the big head be in her hand?
Seventeen and a half taels of silver were secretly placed in the space by her, so she was not worried at all.
Xiaomian couldn't walk when she smelled the aroma of the buns.
"Brother, I'm hungry. Give me a few coins to buy steamed buns to eat."
"Stop eating, let's find mother first."
Dazhu is nervous. With so much money, what should I do if someone robs me of it?
Now he sees that no one is a good person.
Li Xiaomian...
But I'm so hungry, "Brother..."
"Stop talking and walk faster." Li Dazhu dragged his sister and walked quickly.