After sleeping in the open all night, when I woke up the next day, my throat was really hairy, which was a sign of wind and cold. Zhufeng used local materials and found some crude medicine directly on the mountain for everyone to eat. Then he ate some dry food and set off again.
Households in the mountains are scattered in scattered areas. The so-called Wangjiawan can only be reached by climbing over four hills. In fact, it takes a full day to walk. A group of six people climbed over the mountains and ridges until noon before crossing the last hill and arriving at Wangjiawan.
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Fortunately, there are still a lot of residents in Wangjiawan, and what is even more gratifying is that almost every household has planted medicinal materials in front of their doors and dried medicinal herbs in the yard. Compared with yesterday, the situation is finally a lot better.
Zhufeng asked Lao Huang and the others to go their separate ways, and he dragged his trembling legs to a house at the head of the village.
An old man in the courtyard was turning over herbs and called to the wind: "Old man, please open the door. I'm here to buy medicinal seeds."
The old man in the yard was a little hard of hearing, "Ah?" he said, walked over and opened the door, "What are you doing?"
"I'm here to buy medicinal seeds. I wonder if there are any medicinal seeds for sale here?" Zhufeng replied in a loud voice.
"Medicine? What kind of medicine did you buy?"
"Hay grass, Scutellaria baicalensis, Shayuanzi, Pinellia ternata, Shegan, are there any of these?"
The old man reacted for a few seconds before nodding: "Yes, yes, how much do you want to buy?"
There was a burst of ecstasy on Zhufeng's face, "Buy as many as you can, the more the better."
After following the old man into the hospital, Zhufeng asked again: "Old man, besides Wangjiawan, do you know where else there are pesticide farmers? I want more."
Without thinking, the old man pointed to a hilltop and said, "On that mountain, is Old Man Xu's house. He has a lot of medicinal materials. Every year when the pharmacists come to collect medicinal materials, they all go to him."
Zhufeng glanced at the top of the mountain and could see the smoke coming from the cooking pots. He must have been cooking lunch at home.
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Two hours later, the six people ran through the entire Wangjiawan, and finally harvested a lot. There were more than 6,000 medicinal strains of various types, and a total of 100 catties of medicinal seeds. They all paid a deposit and signed the contract, and they were just waiting to come back later.
Finally, while it was still dark, Zhufeng took Lao Huang and others up the mountain and walked to Old Han Xu's house. When it got dark, they just arrived in front of Old Han Xu's house.
A dog outside the courtyard barked wildly when it saw a stranger. Zhufeng carefully avoided the dog leash and stepped forward and shouted: "Is there anyone in the house?"
The door opened quickly, and a girl who looked to be sixteen or seventeen years old came out, holding an oil lamp in her hand, staring at Zhufeng and the others curiously, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Zhufeng cupped his hands and said, "We are coming from Yinzhou City and want to buy some medicinal seeds. Is this the old man Xu's house?"
"Grandpa, someone wants to buy medicinal seeds." The girl called into the house, then opened the courtyard door, "Guys, please come in."
As soon as Zhufeng Old Huang and others walked into the courtyard, an old man with gray hair walked out, it was Old Man Xu.
Old man Xu saw that Zhufeng and the others had already entered the yard, and he glared at his granddaughter reproachfully: "You are so old, but you are still careless. Anyone dares to let her go home in the middle of the night."
The girl was very unhappy, "I can't turn people away if they say they want to buy medicinal seeds."
When Zhufeng saw this, he quickly stepped forward and apologized: "Don't worry, old man. I'm not a bad person. I really came here to buy medicinal seeds. If you don't believe me, look at this. This is the contract signed between me and the Wang family." With that, he handed out a stack of contracts.
Hand over the book.
Old man Xu actually took the deed and looked at the oil lamp in his granddaughter's hand carefully. After reading it, he said: "You bought a lot, haven't you bought enough?"
Zhufeng smiled helplessly, "Hey...it's still far worse. I wonder how many old people have here. No matter what kind of medicine, I will buy as many as there are." After all, the fields have been modified by the red peach, and in fact it does not have to be dry land.
Only medicinal materials will do.
Unexpectedly, old man Xu said with a straight face, "I don't have any extra here, you can go look elsewhere."
Zhufeng was a little surprised, thought for a while, and then said: "The price is negotiable."
"No, that's not it. Why are you still entangled with me?" Old man Xu's face turned dark and he frowned in displeasure, "You guys leave quickly, I don't have any medicinal seeds to sell."
Unexpectedly, the girl was very puzzled when she finished speaking: "Grandpa, don't we hide a lot in the kiln?"
Old man Xu acted as if he didn't hear anything and continued urging Zhufeng to leave quickly.
Zhufeng used the weak light to take a closer look at Old Man Xu's face and said, "Old man, you are sick."
Old man Xu gave him a cold look, "I know I'm sick, it has nothing to do with you, you should leave quickly." Then he pushed Zhufeng and others out without explanation.
Zhufeng had no choice but to leave the yard and shouted loudly: "I am a doctor, I can cure your disease."
Old man Xu glanced at him and said, "I am also a doctor. I can also cure my own illness." Then he slammed the courtyard door and called his granddaughter into the house.
Lao Huang and others were a little confused, and one of them cursed in a low voice: "This old man is really sick. He has money to come to his house and he doesn't want it. His granddaughter even said that there is a medicine, and he lied to us and said there is no medicine."
Zhufeng looked at the dark sky. The dog next to him barked again and his ears hurt. He didn't want to use the sky as a blanket anymore, so he shouted again:
"Old man, we are not bad people. Even if we don't sell medicinal seeds, you will keep us here tonight. It's already dark and we can't go down the mountain." After a pause, he shouted again: "We will give you money."
After waiting for a while, there was still no sound in the room. Zhufeng smiled helplessly and said, "This old man is very defensive."
Lao Huang asked: "What should we do now?"
Zhufeng sighed, "Look for a place to sleep. I'll pester him again tomorrow morning." As he said that, he walked around to the back of the house. Unexpectedly, he saw a large medicinal field.
Lao Huang and others were stunned. "So many of them are from the same race as that old man? It seems that except for a granddaughter, there is no one else in the room." They looked at each other.
Zhufeng looked around and found a haystack. He walked over and said, "Go to bed first and come back to pester him tomorrow morning."
The six of them ate simple dry food and went to bed early.
The next day, the rooster crowed, and Zhufeng was kicked twice in the calf before he was fully awake. He opened his eyes in a daze and saw old man Xu standing at his feet, "Who told you to sleep on my haystack? Get out of here."
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Zhufeng quickly got up and cupped his hands: "It was windy and cold at night, so I just borrowed it for one night. I hope the old man won't be surprised."
When Old Man Xu saw the others still sleeping, he cursed "dead pigs" and went to the fields.
Zhufeng felt a little unhappy. How could this old man have such a bad temper?!
However, he did not have an attack, but chased him and explained: "We climbed the mountain for two days in a row, and they are exhausted."
Old man Xu ignored him and took a small hoe to the medicine field to weed.
Zhufeng knelt down, looked at a few plants, and couldn't help but praise: "These medicines are grown very well."
Old man Xu snorted angrily: "I have been cultivating medicine all my life, how can I do it wrong?"
"You and your granddaughter planted these?" Zhufeng was a little surprised.
Old man Xu didn't answer any questions.
Zhufeng thought about it for a while, and then he also pulled out the grass with his bare hands.
Old Man Xu frowned again, and was about to scold him for leaving the grass roots in the ground, but saw that he was using his hands skillfully to uproot the grass even though the ground was dry, so he swallowed his scolding words.
Zhufeng said while pulling weeds: "Your illness is caused by long-term fatigue. You need to take good care of yourself. You should not be tired anymore, otherwise your body will soon be unable to withstand it."
Old man Xu hoeed hard, and after a few hoeings he was panting. He stopped for a while and looked at the huge medicinal field. After a long time, he murmured, "I am eighty-five this year. If I nurse myself back to health, I will be able to have more health."