An hour later, a thin figure emerged from a small dense forest not far from Fu'an Village. Wearing a coarse cloth skirt, carrying an old bamboo basket on his back, and striding forward with a little messy hair. In the distance, some people were standing at the intersection on the road, sneaking around, and some people were holding a piece of white paper in their hands.
Xia Qianqian had good eyesight and stepped forward to look at it. The piece of paper was a portrait of a human body.
Damn, it looks so familiar.
With a small face, big eyes, and a braided braid, the figure in the portrait is abstract. But as soon as Xia Qianqian saw the braided braid, she immediately knew that the person in the painting must be her.
She doesn't know how to dress hair like ancient people. Li Yunniang usually braids her hair, but once her hair is untied, she can only braid it into braids.
For example, now, she has changed from a boy to a girl, with braids on her head.
Her heartbeat quickened, and she dodged and jumped into the weeds beside the road, hiding her figure.
She traveled through time and went out twice with the braid on her head, once to Qingshan and once to Jiangcheng.
No one saw the woman dressed up today. She must be the young man who jumped off the cliff on the top of the mountain. He lost his jade pendant, so he sent people to look for her.
To be able to send so many people to look for her, that person’s identity is not simple!
She has stirred up a hornet's nest with her super strength!
It was midsummer at this time, and weeds were growing wildly in the fields.
Xia Qianqian turned around, jumped into the field, and walked along the path towards home.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the ground. When she opened the dilapidated door, Yuanbao jumped out of the wing and greeted her happily, "Sister, you are back."
He smiled happily, and the joy in his eyebrows could not be concealed.
Li Yunniang followed closely behind. When she saw her, she breathed a sigh of relief and removed the worry from her eyes. She waved and said hello, "Qianqian, come on, it's time for dinner."
"Okay!"
Xia Qianqian unloaded the bamboo basket, and Yuanbao had already rushed to the well water, scooping water into the basin with a gourd and ladle, "Sister, wash your hands quickly!"
As he spoke, he looked straight at her backpack on the ground.
Xia Qianqian understood the idea, and while washing her hands, she said, "Go to the kitchen and get a basin. My sister sold herbs. We will have extra meals tonight."
"Okay!"
Yuanbao went to work happily.
After a while, the three of them sat down at the dining table.
Xia Qianqian took out two oil paper packets from the bamboo basket and opened them one by one.
Under the kerosene lamp the size of a soybean, as soon as the first oil paper bag was opened, the big white steamed buns almost dazzled people's eyes.
"Sister, it's Dabai Steamed Bun!"
Yuan Bao cheered excitedly, and in his high-pitched voice, it seemed as if what he saw in front of him was not steamed buns, but white silver.
Xia Qianqian smiled faintly and opened another oil paper bag.
Suddenly, a rich and spicy taste of beef bursts out, making people salivate.
"This is..." Li Yunniang opened her mouth in disbelief and hesitated: "Beef!"
In poor families, cattle are the labor force for farming and are particularly scarce.
In the entire Fu'an Village, only Uncle Wang's family has one cow. When the farming is busy, it is a plowing cow. When the farming is slack, it is hitched to a bullock cart and becomes a means of transportation.
Cattle are scarce, and beef is even more scarce, so the price will naturally not be cheap.
Therefore, poor people cannot afford beef.
Xia Qianqian didn't know, and while arranging the food on the table, she warned, "Mom, the soup of this beef is a bit spicy. You are weak and should not eat it. Yuanbao..."
She directed: "Go and get a bowl of water. Just like my mother, rinse it before eating."
"Okay!" Yuan Bao obeyed her words, jumped off the stool, and immediately went to get water.
"Qianqian." Li Yunniang didn't have the joy of Yuanbao, but looked sad.
She held Xia Qianqian's hand, her eyes focused on her face, and her tone was solemn, "Qianqian, your father often went to Jiangcheng to sell medicinal herbs. Mother knows the price."
"I sold the herbs and bought a few steamed buns. Mom can believe it, but after boiling and cooking this plate of beef, the price is very high. The money you made from selling the herbs alone is not enough to buy it. Are you..." p>
A wise daughter is like a mother.
Li Yunniang seems to know something about the original owner.
"Mom, although herbal medicines are not valuable, the prescriptions that can cure diseases and save lives are very valuable. Today I sold a prescription list and got some copper coins, so I bought these to eat."
It's hard to be a human being. Sometimes, you have to tell some white lies.
Li Yunniang felt heartbroken when she heard that her daughter had sold her husband's prescription.
Her husband Xia Chi has excellent medical skills and is a good doctor in her eyes.
When he was in Fu'an Village, when the villagers got sick, he would often take a look at them, grab a few handfuls of herbs, boil them, and the disease would be cured.
Among Jiangcheng's generation, his medical skills were somewhat famous.
Then his prescriptions are naturally valuable.
It's a pity that she doesn't understand medicine, her husband disappeared, and all the medical books and prescriptions were locked up by her and packed at the bottom of the box.
"Mom," seeing Li Yunniang's dazed expression, Xia Qianqian called softly, "Dad is missing and his life or death is uncertain. As his relatives, we must first find a way to survive."
"Don't worry, I won't sell dad's prescriptions easily in the future. Let's eat quickly."
The three of them sat around, drinking rice porridge, and each holding a big white steamed bun.
Pieces of delicious cold spicy beef enter your mouth. The juice of the beef is accompanied by the rich sauce, which immediately leaves your lips and teeth fragrant, making your index fingers full and your appetite greatly increased.
After a while, the three of them stopped with satisfaction.
Yuan Bao looked longingly at the remaining pieces of beef on the plate, wanting to eat more.
Xia Qianqian promptly wrapped it in oil paper and reminded him: "Today is too late. I ate too much beef and my digestion is not good. I will roll around in bed at night. Yuanbao, I will eat it tomorrow."
Although Yuanbao is greedy, he is also obedient.
He nodded, with stars shining in his eyes, "Sister, I will listen to you in everything."
After the three of them had finished eating and tidied up, it was time to go to bed again.
Xia Qianqian was lying down, unable to sleep for a while.
The matter of selling prescriptions that she mentioned to Li Yunniang before the meal, she had actually paid attention to it early in the morning, but she just had no chance to implement it.
I went to Jiangcheng today and visited a few drug stores to get a feel for the market.
The processing process of medicinal materials here is very simple, including picking, drying, grinding and smashing... Compared with the level of ancient medicine and pharmaceuticals in China, it is several steps behind.
And she can just take advantage of this gap to make some profits.
This is a long-term road, and she needs to think about it carefully.
As for what she should do tomorrow, the bamboo forest in Qingshan flashed in her mind.
Maybe she could use those bamboos to make some quick money first.
As for the three taels of silver that came from Zhang Dakui, after her fierce manipulation, only one tael of silver was left.
She needs to save some money.
The next day, Xia Qianqian got up early, and this time, Li Yunniang also got up with her.
The two of them tidied up the inside and outside of the house, but Yuanbao still lay in bed and didn't wake up.
The two of them gathered around the table and had their breakfast first, while the remaining slices of beef were warmed in the pot until Yuanbao woke up.
While eating, Xia Qianqian made up a story seriously: "Mom, I had a dream last night. In the dream, an old man was sitting in the mountains and weaving various items from bamboo."
"I came forward out of curiosity, and the old man was a very nice man. He told me about it while making it up, and finally told me that as long as I learned it, I could use this craft to make money."
In the past, Xia Qianqian was stupid and would talk nonsense all day long.
When Li Yunniang heard this, her eyes showed doubts, but she did not refute, "Then you go and give it a try."
"Then today, I will go to Qingshan to chop some bamboo."
"There is no need to go to Qingshan. You have forgotten that there is a piece of bamboo on our land by the river. Mom will go chop it with you."
