With the concerted efforts of the entire village, the earthen village building was finally completed by the end of September.
Many villagers cried tears of joy upon seeing the completed earthen houses.
They finally have a home again.
Jiang Tangtang was also very happy.
Although she didn't build the earthen village herself, she designed it and led everyone in building it, so she felt that it was almost the same as if she had done it herself.
She felt a great sense of accomplishment at that moment.
Of course, besides that small sense of accomplishment, what made her happy was the large sum of points that had just arrived in her account.
As the poorest transmigrator who was always looking for loan points, how could she not be excited when her first account had points in the five figures?
Jiang Tangtang was pondering how to spend the points in her account when Jiang Laowu came over. "Little sister, did you tell your brother-in-law what I asked you to say last time? The house is finally repaired, and I want to go to the mountains to hunt some mountain products to exchange for money."
Also, the other day I did as you said and gathered some herbs in the valley. I dried them and kept them carefully. Can I sell these for money?
Jiang Laowu had always wanted to save enough dowry to marry Guo Xinyi, but Jiang Tangtang was busy at the time, and the plan to take him hunting and collecting medicinal herbs in the mountains was put on hold.
Although I didn't have time to take him hunting and herb gathering in the mountains, I did teach him to recognize a few simple medicinal herbs.
Jiang Tangtang didn't inquire about it afterward, surprised by his perseverance. While she was running around with Lu Shiyan, they were constantly gathering herbs.
Jiang Tangtang couldn't dampen her brother's enthusiasm, seeing how inspiring he was. She smiled and said, "Of course I told you, but if you hunt something, you don't need to send it out separately. Just give it to me, and I'll have the black eagle deliver it."
"Can a black eagle do it?" Jiang Laowu only knew that black eagles were big and very fierce, but he was surprised that they could actually deliver things.
"Why not? It can carry a person weighing 100 pounds, so why are you worried that it can't carry your little prey? Besides, don't be fooled by its fierce appearance; it's actually quite obedient to me."
Jiang Tangtang has spent a lot of time with Black Eagle and has figured out his personality.
In general, the Black Eagle is a large bird with a cold exterior but a soft heart.
He usually acts cold and uncooperative when he's with her, but in reality, he always thinks of her when he's looking for food for the baby eagles and brings some food back for her.
This often left Jiang Tangtang both amused and exasperated.
The story clearly states that she raised an eagle to deliver messages for her. However, it almost ended up with the eagle raising her.
The villagers in the valley witnessed the black eagle bringing prey from the mountains to Jiang Tangtang several times, and they couldn't help but feel envious.
Jiang Laowu naturally knew that the black eagle often brought prey to Jiang Tangtang. He nodded and said, "Alright, when I've dealt in some mountain goods, I'll have it deliver them to my brother-in-law for me."
Jiang Tangtang thought about what he had just said about medicinal herbs, and asked him what kind of medicinal herbs he had collected and how many there were.
Jiang Laowu thought for a moment and said, "It's a miscellaneous collection, but it probably adds up to three or four hundred jin!"
Jiang Tangtang had initially thought he had only gathered a few herbs, but she was surprised to find that he had already collected so many. She hurriedly asked, "Where are all your herbs? Take me to see them quickly."
She had only briefly taught him to identify the herbs before, and then she hadn't asked about it again. He shouldn't have picked the wrong herbs.
She would feel really bad if she let him work for nothing.
Fortunately, Jiang Tangtang's worries were unnecessary; Jiang Laowu had not mistaken the medicinal herbs.
Moreover, the processing methods for the medicinal herbs he collected were very simple, and he was meticulous in his work.
Even Jiang Tangtang, a layman, could tell that these medicinal herbs were of very good quality.
She said, "Fifth Brother, these medicinal herbs are all very good. Do you want to find some time to go to the city and negotiate the price with the pharmacy owner yourself? Or should I ask your brother-in-law what the price is for medicinal herbs when the army purchases them?"
Jiang Laowu scratched the back of his head sheepishly and said, "Could you ask my brother-in-law for me? I won't go out."
Jiang Tangtang nodded in agreement.
Thinking that his fifth brother could remember everything he was taught about medicinal herbs and had accumulated so many medicinal herbs, he should find time to teach him more.
It would be great if we could take out the books in the system and browse them.
Thinking this, Jiang Tangtang asked the system, "Can the books I bought with points be converted into physical copies?"
She had originally planned to compile what she had read into a book, but she ended up traveling around with Lu Shiyan and never got around to it.
[In principle, it's not acceptable.]
Jiang Tangtang raised an eyebrow, almost cursing the "dog system" out loud. At this moment, the system changed its tone and said: "However, given that the host has completed the missions exceptionally well recently, I have applied for a reward for the host from above."
From now on, the host can redeem physical copies of ebooks simply by spending points. However, there are still differences between physical books and ebooks; the redeemed physical books will not have video demonstrations.
Jiang Tangtang's expression softened slightly. "Do you even need to tell me?"
She's not stupid.
She then asked, "How many points are needed to redeem a book?"
System: [Not expensive, only ten points.]
Thinking about the large sum of points she had just earned, Jiang Tangtang immediately and generously redeemed a book.
She asked the system to put the book she had just redeemed into her spatial storage, and said to Jiang Laowu, "By the way, Fifth Brother, when I left the valley last time, I found a book related to medicine. I'll find it for you to read sometime!"
Jiang Laowu's cheeks flushed red, and he became even more embarrassed. "Little sister, let's forget it! I'm afraid the characters in the book won't recognize me, and I won't recognize him."
Jiang Tangtang's eyes widened. "Didn't Dad send you to study under the old scholar for two years before?"
Jiang's father was a butcher, and the Jiang family used to live a fairly good life in the village. So all the Jiang brothers were sent to school.
Of course, this reading just means recognizing characters, so that you won't be completely clueless about shop names when you get to the street.
There is a significant difference between studying and taking the imperial examinations.
The cost of taking the imperial examinations was too high. The Jiang family had many sons, and Jiang's father had seen many families go bankrupt sending their sons to study for the imperial examinations, only to end up squandering their wealth and failing the exams after decades of study.
So he had planned it out early on: none of his sons would take the imperial examinations.
Jiang Laowu met his sister's surprised gaze and was a little speechless. "I did study for two years, but that didn't allow me to read books!"
Let alone the few words I learned during my two years of schooling, I've almost forgotten them all.
Even if I can read, I can't understand that book!
Do you remember Zhang Lizheng's son? He studied for many years and even passed the preliminary imperial examination.
I used to get along with him fairly well, and I even borrowed books from him, but the content was just too difficult to understand.
Jiang Tangtang hadn't expected this reason. She paused for a moment and said, "It's alright, I'll teach you later. Besides, my book is very easy to understand. As long as you can read, you can understand the contents."
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