Bai Shanbao didn't notice anything was wrong, and just said to her happily: "My grandmother promised you to come to my house to read a book. What book do you want to read?"
"I don't know, let's see what books you have at home first," Man Bao thought for a while and said, "Is there any book specifically written about prepared medicinal materials?"
"You want to prepare medicinal materials?" Bai Shanbao said, "Just go to the drug store to buy medicine."
"Where do the medicines in the drugstore come from?"
Bai Shanbao looked at her innocently, how did he know where it came from?
Man Bao said seriously: "I sold it to them. As long as I learn how to prepare the medicine, I can sell it to them."
Bai Shanbao became curious and exclaimed, "So your family grows medicinal materials."
Now Manbao was surprised, "It turns out that medicinal materials are also grown."
The two children looked at me and I looked at you, speechless for a while.
Finally, they took this question to ask Mr.
Mr. Zhuang didn't know why they asked about medicinal materials, but he still answered their questions, "Some medicinal materials can be cultivated, but most of them are wild."
Mr. Zhuang said: "Many medicinal materials are found in the wild. Someone will collect them and send them to medicine shops. Such people are called medicine collectors. Some country doctors are also engaged in this industry."
Mr. Zhuang simply led the two children to the back of the school, pointed to a clump of weeds on the ground and said, "Look, this is just a herb."
Bai Shanbao didn't know it, but Manbao did. She said very happily: "This is Centella asiatica, also called Gotu Kola!"
She gave it to Keke when she was very young, so there is an entry for it in the system.
Mr. Zhuang smiled and nodded, "The two names are not wrong, but it is called liverwort in medical books. It is cold in nature and bitter in taste. It enters the liver, spleen and kidney meridian, and can cure heatstroke, diarrhea, damp-heat jaundice and falls.
If it's damaged, you can pull it out, dry it, and send it to the medicine shop at your leisure."
Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "Every summer, Jishitang will burn a large bucket of liverwort water and place it at the door of the medicine shop for passers-by and merchants to cool down and detoxify."
Man Bao is now very interested in making money, because the fish and meat sent by the Bai family will be finished today, and she has already told her mother to kill the big rooster tomorrow.
But the mother refused, saying that if the rooster was killed, the eggs laid by the hen would not be able to hatch chicks. Manbao had no choice but to buy another chicken.
So she squatted down to look at Centella asiatica with special interest. In fact, she was no stranger to this grass. It was found behind her house, on the fields and in the fields. Because it could be seen everywhere, she had pulled a handful of it a long time ago.
Keke entered.
Man Bao asked the gentleman enthusiastically, "Sir, how much does this herbal shop charge per pound?"
Mr. Zhuang was asked. He really didn't know. He just remembered that when he was very young, his brother who led the family would always pull them out, take them back and dry them, and then take them in big bags to the drug store to sell them.
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Mr. Zhuang said thoughtfully: "Next time Mr. Zhuang returns to the city, I can help you ask."
Manbao became happy and whispered to Bai Shanbao, "Let's pull out centella asiatica after class."
Bai Shanbao shook his head and said, "I don't need to make money."
Manbao asked, "Do you have money?"
Bai Shanbao said confidently: "No! But my mother does."
"It's so embarrassing. Every time I need money, I ask my mother for it. Ever since I was sensible, I have stopped asking my parents for money. I have my own money."
Bai Shanbao didn't think there was anything wrong in asking his mother for money. Anyway, his mother said that all the money in the family was his. Since it was all his, of course he could spend it as he wanted.
But Manbao didn't think so. She told him, "Only what you earn is yours. If you use other people's money, even if it is given to you, the other party can take it back at any time, and you still feel guilty."
Man Bao also racked his brains to give him an example, "For example, my fourth brother, all the money in my family is put together, but it is not his alone, so he lost money in gambling before, even though the family also got money
I paid him back, but he didn’t earn the money himself. If he spoils the family’s money, he will be annoyed and despised.”
Man Bao said: "You have no money of your own. If you spend too much in the future, your mother will dislike you."
Bai Shanbao didn't believe it, "No way, my mother said that all the money in my family is given to me."
Keke has said that she is the smartest person. This conclusion is a conclusion she came to after observing for a long time. How could it be wrong?
So she hummed and said, "If you don't believe me, go back and ask your mother if she is willing to give you all the money right away."
Bai Shanbao said: "My mother will definitely be willing."
Man Bao: "She must not be willing!"
"willing!"
"I don't want to!"
Bai Shanbao glared at her, and Manbao stared back unwilling to be outdone.
Mr. Zhuang, who was completely ignored:...
Just as he was about to say something, Bai Shanbao suddenly snorted loudly, turned his head, and turned his back and said, "I'm not going to get along with you. I won't take you back to my house to study after school today."
"If you don't come back, you won't come back," Man Bao said angrily, pinching his waist, "You are not allowed to go to my house anymore."
So the two children each hummed, turned around, and went back to class eight feet away.
Mr. Zhuang who was left behind:......
He looked at the backs of the two angry disciples, shook his head and laughed twice. He felt that they were endlessly interesting, so he did not bother to mediate, and returned to the classroom leisurely with his hands behind his back.
Man Bao and Bai Shanbao really "broke off" their friendship. They didn't speak during the whole class, but the sound of reading was louder than the other's. It was like a competition. When answering questions in class, they rushed to answer, and then glared at each other when they couldn't.
Hold each other.
Mr. Zhuang looked at their child-like condition and couldn't help but try to hold back his smile.
After school, the two of them no longer ran out together, but took their books and walked out alone.
Da Tou was still squatting outside to pick up his sister-in-law. When he saw her coming out, he was very happy to greet her, "Sister-in-law, are we going to Master Bai's house?"
"If you don't go, I won't be with him."
"Ah?" Datou immediately asked, "Did he bully you?"
Man Bao snorted: "Can he bully me? He is obviously very stupid, but he still doesn't believe my conclusion. I am the smartest person within a thousand miles."
Da Tou then knew that they were quarreling, not fighting.
Da Tou was no longer nervous and nodded in agreement: "Yes, my sister-in-law is the smartest."
These words sounded like perfunctory comfort, but Manbao didn't hear it. He just thought Datou was sincere and nodded in agreement.
Bai Shanbao was not in the mood to play anymore and ran home angrily.
Mrs. Liu and Ms. Zheng didn't expect their child to come back from school so early today. In the past, he would play outside for more than half an hour and didn't come back until it was almost dark.
Ms. Liu glanced outside and didn't see the little girl, so she smiled and asked, "Shanbao, didn't you say that your friend was coming to your home to read today? Why didn't he come?"