Chapter 2 Precious Medicine Ginseng Seed
“It’s too dangerous to deal with this kind of thing.
If you meet someone difficult, it will be easy to fall into the trap, and then it will be difficult for you to even die.
So, if you really want to, you might as well learn martial arts.
If you are proficient in martial arts, you can also kill ghosts.
It’s also less likely to provoke these things, and safety is greatly increased.”
After saying this, he turned his gaze towards Chen Baihe and Zhao Hehua and said, "Baihe, the child is still young and weak, so he is easily attracted by this thing. You should also be more careful.
Well, there shouldn't be anything else to do here, so I'll leave first."
"Yes, yes, thank you Uncle Zhong for this time.
It’s so late, I don’t want to bother Uncle Zhong anymore. Tomorrow, Uncle Zhong must come to my place for dinner.”
Chen Baihe nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, then quickly took out more than twenty copper coins from his pocket and placed them in Uncle Zhong's hand.
Uncle Zhong declined a few times, then nodded with a smile and walked out.
…
Chen Yushu frowned.
Rejected.
This is actually normal.
Uncle Zhong is not alone, he also has family and relatives.
This is also a business that can make a living. Helping people to look after weddings and funerals can earn you dozens or hundreds of copper coins at the least, and hundreds or even thousands of copper coins at the most. It is very popular in the surrounding area, and there are many people who want to learn it.
He has no connection with anyone, so it's normal that he doesn't teach them.
But after this really happened, it was almost impossible for him to calm down.
You have to learn something.
Reading? Writing?
He has them all on his skill list.
It should be because his predecessor attended a private school for two years, so he has this ability.
But it had no effect on his situation.
Learn martial arts?
This is also very tempting to him.
But how to learn it? Who to learn from?
Our family is just an ordinary farmer's family, with one house, one yard, and three acres of land. It is definitely not enough to make a living from the land.
So while my father was doing farm work, he was also a herbalist. My mother was just an ordinary village woman who could only find some needlework at most. It was considered good if she could earn more than thirty copper coins a month.
This is actually normal. Beijiao Village is backed by Jiupan Mountain, which has lush vegetation and many rare wild herbs. There are many people in the village like his father who go up the mountain to collect herbs during the slack season.
Otherwise, with the heavy taxes and levies year after year, how could it be enough to rely on only three acres of paddy fields?
In addition to herbalists, there are also hunters and blacksmiths in the village.
Beijiao Village may not be big, but there are actually dozens of households, and only a few large households can make a living by farming.
But it is difficult for a family like this to afford him martial arts training.
Allowing him to learn to read and write in a private school is already a huge investment. What we want most is probably that he can find a job as an accountant in the city in the future.
…
"Is Yushu asleep?"
In another room, Chen Baihe asked.
"Already asleep."
Zhao Hehua answered, then couldn't help asking, "What do you think about Yushu wanting to learn some skills?
I sent him to a private school two years ago, but the teacher, Mr. Zhang, was unreliable and ran away after only two years of teaching.
Now that the children are so old, they really should learn a skill. Otherwise, when they grow up, they won’t have any skills, won’t be able to earn money, and will have difficulty finding a wife.
I can't do the same as you, digging for food in the fields and running up the mountain to pick herbs, right?
How dangerous is that?"
"That's definitely not possible."
Chen Baihe shook his head. As a herbalist, he naturally knew the dangers of this business.
Jiupan Mountain is not a safe place. There are many poisonous insects and wild beasts. It is said that there are strange beasts and fierce beasts in the depths. So they only dare to walk around the edge. Even so, they are still attacked by wild beasts.
For example, Song Rentou, who lived not far from their front yard, was bitten on the shoulder by a wild wolf a few years ago. Although he remembered the teachings of the elders and did not dare to look back, and rushed forward in time, he still had half of his face bitten off.
There was also a young man named Jiang from the neighboring village whose intestines were pushed out by a wild boar. He was half dead after being rescued and I heard that he was almost dead.
Even he himself encountered danger several times.
Having learned from past experiences, he certainly doesn't want his children to follow this path.
“It’s a pity that Uncle Zhong is unwilling to teach, otherwise he would be quite capable.
He's well-known in the surrounding area. I heard that last month he was even asked by a county lord to help him out and earned three taels of silver.
Zhao Hehua said enviously.
“What a bullshit.
He was lucky and didn't encounter any major problems.
Ten years ago, there was an even more powerful witch in our village. She was a ghost and had great skills. If you didn't have a sedan chair, don't even think about asking her for help. What happened?
Once you go out, you can never come back.
Yu Shu is weak and can attract this thing even when he is at home. If he follows him, will anything good happen?
Don't worry about this matter. The market will be held in three days. I plan to get the ginseng seeds and send them to the Liu family pharmacy.
Over the years, I've developed a good relationship with the manager of the Liu family's pharmacy. When the time comes, I can hand over the ginseng seeds and should be able to get the jade book in.
This Liu Family Pharmacy is the property of the Liu Family in the county. I heard that anyone who enters can learn martial arts and also learn the ability to identify and recognize medicines. If they have enough potential, they may become a doctor.
Chen Baihe gritted his teeth and said.
"That precious medicinal ginseng seed..."
Zhao Hehua's face changed.
But she knew how difficult it was for her husband to obtain this precious ginseng seed. He had to snatch it from the tiger's mouth and dig it out right under the nose of a ferocious beast, and he almost lost his life.
Besides, the autumn tax is approaching, and there is no extra money at home. If this is given away...
But when she thought of her own child, she could only sigh.
At least the Liu family's pharmacy is one of the few good options in the surrounding area.
It's much better than being a gang member.
…
The next morning, Chen Yushu got up early.
He also didn't sleep well that night.
Anyone who has just experienced something like this would not be able to sleep well.
However, he still got up early, washed himself with willow branches, and then took out a book from his bamboo cabinet.
Three Character Classic!
It is a handwritten copy of the predecessor's private school for two years. In addition, there is also a copy of Hundred Family Surnames and a copy of Thousand Character Classic.
The previous Chen Yushu was obviously not a good student. His books were not brand new, but they showed few signs of having been read.
But he is naturally different now.
On the attribute panel, two skills are clearly visible.
Reading! Calligraphy!
Although he had already made up his mind to learn martial arts, he didn't want to waste time when there was no way to learn it.
Not to mention, he knew very well how important reading and writing were for anyone who wanted to achieve something in this world.
Otherwise, even if a martial arts secret book really fell into his hands, he would not be able to learn it.
So, after discovering the attribute panel, he began to resume his learning journey.
What you learn is naturally the writing of this world.
The characters in the previous life are very different from those here.
He also needs to compare and identify them one by one and remember them again.
Fortunately, with the foundation laid in the previous two days and a certain level of "cultural foundation", his literacy speed was not slow.
After a stick of incense, he had "read" the entire Three Character Classic.
Reading +1
(End of this chapter)
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