Chapter 5

With today’s manpower, it is impossible to dig out all the medicinal materials, not to mention there are many mountains nearby. If Mount Yilu is dug by others, there are other mountains that can be dug. He knows so many herbs that he has no worries about finding them.

Xu Yi didn't hide it, so he said it was in the mountains and fields near Yilu Mountain. However, he still warned: "When digging, you must leave roots and seeds, so that there will be a continuous supply. If you dig them all, you can go there next time." There are no herbs to dig up."

"I've been to Yilu Mountain several times. Why haven't I seen so many medicinal materials?"

Xu Yi said, "I've been studying for several years and learned some medical books."

"It turns out . You have studied... Then why don't you study and dig herbs?"

"Yes, how much money can you get from digging herbs? You must be good at studying."

Xu Yi smiled and did not answer.

Before leaving, he asked the apprentice in Miaoshou Hall: "I have some Shouwu in my hand. I want to make ripe Shouwu and bring it over. I want to know the price."

"You know how to make medicine?" The apprentice was surprised. After staying in Miaoshou Pavilion for so long, the doctors wouldn't let him make medicine.

Xu Yi: "I know a lot."

"Oh." The apprentice said while gathering the fresh medicinal materials crowded at his feet, "Based on the purchase price being 20% ​​less, a pound of cooked Shouwu can be sold for thirty-six cents."

Thirty. Six Wen...

was much lower than he thought. After three steamings and three dryings, one pound of raw Shouwu could be made into sixty ounces of cooked Shouwu. After doing this, the Polygonum multiflorum he dug up and prepared weighed more than two kilograms.

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I couldn't keep the newly earned money at all. Turning around, Xu Yi took the money and entered the grain store.

It is not an exaggeration to say that we need to stop cooking. We only have the bottom of the rice bucket left at home. We can still cook two more meals, but we will have nothing to eat tomorrow.

He came in with a big basket on his back, and the clerk from the grain store immediately came over and asked what he bought.

"I want a bushel of rice, a bushel of rice, a liter of yellow-nut lentil black beans, and a liter of rice wine." Xu Yi said to the shop boy.

After hearing what Xu Yi wanted, the shop brother quickly prepared it. A bucket of rice weighed about twelve kilograms. The price of unshelled rice was eighty cents.

Nowadays, the weather is good and the price of food is not high. Xu Yi also wanted to buy other things. He couldn't move back too much grain, and it wasn't the day to collect grain in winter yet, so he naturally wouldn't buy too much.

Yellow-kernel and small flat black beans, which are the ancient black soybean varieties, are used to make Shouwu. One liter weighs more than one kilogram and two taels in modern kilograms. In addition to making Shouwu, the remaining black beans are stir-fried over low heat and mixed with lard. It can also be regarded as a delicious side dish.

Ordinary people in ancient times ate a lot of rice. Nowadays, rice is classified as coarse grains. Eating more rice is good for your health.

He is not good at cooking, but he knows about medicinal diet and dietary therapy. In his opinion, eating more whole grains is the best thing.

After he picked up Wu Qin Xi and Hu Lei Tai Chi, built up his strength, and learned a few punches and kicks, he could go deeper into the forest to look for other valuable medicinal materials.

As for buying rice wine...

After hearing the apprentice in the Miaoshou Restaurant say that the price of a pound of cooked Polygonum multiflorum was thirty-six cents, he had no intention of selling the Polygonum multiflorum on hand.

There are two ways to make Shouwu, one is three steaming and three drying, and the other is to use rice wine and black beans. First boil the black beans with water, boil the black beans into dregs, filter the bean dregs, and continue to boil the remaining bean water. When it becomes slightly viscous black water, you can add rice wine and mix well.

Then, you can put the cut Polygonum multiflorum in, seal it in a clay pot, stew it in water, stew until all the juice is absorbed, then take it out and dry it in the sun.

Doing this will get it right in one step, but the failure rate is also high.

Xu Yi is not afraid. He has made it before. Although the equipment used at that time was more advanced, he still remembers the proportion of black beans and rice wine. He will know how it goes after trying it.

I bought grain and meals for today.

The book says that during the Northern Song Dynasty, even ordinary people in the market liked to buy food outside and rarely cooked at home.

He thought it was an exaggeration, but he didn't expect it to be true.

In just a short while, he saw no fewer than six or seven idle men running errands, carrying exquisite food boxes in their hands. The food boxes had three layers, filled with food that the owner wanted to buy. They were running along the street, and the disabled The fragrance enters the nose.

Xu Yi doesn't have to go to the mountains to collect medicine today, so he has plenty of time to visit the market. The one that does the most business is undoubtedly West Street. There are many wealthy people living on West Street, but there are more shops. There are shops of all sizes along both sides of the street.

The stalls on both sides of the street are also clean, with a delicious aroma wafting from them.

Xu Yi couldn't resist the temptation and bought a bean cake with red bean filling at a sweet stall. There were three in each portion, the size of a persimmon, and the price was five cents.

Then I went to the "Mother Liu's Miscellaneous Soup" shop and bought a portion of pig miscellaneous soup, which was full of ingredients. Seeing that Xu Yi was young, Grandma Liu didn't cheat and added an extra spoonful of minced pork.

After Xu Yi thanked him, he walked a few steps with the hot food he bought and stopped in front of another stall. On it, he saw noodles that are only available in the north. But instead of making noodles or pasta, it was made into prune and vegetable sesame cakes.

The dried prunes are roasted in an iron stove, and a unique aroma bursts out, mixed with the aroma of wheat. They look slightly browned, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It tastes delicious just by looking at it.

When the woman selling sesame seed cakes saw him stop, she shouted with a smile: "Brother, buy two and try them. The plum and vegetable sesame seed cakes I use are all fresh and good, and they are also wrapped with lard residue. They cost two cents." You can just buy one, it’s not a loss at all.”

Sesame seed cakes are not like bean cakes, one is half as big as a face, they look heavy, they can fill you up, and they are much cheaper.

Many people stopped to buy. Xu Yi ordered four and asked her to wrap them in oil paper and carry them back.

After returning home with a full load, Xiao Huang at home was almost impatient to wait.

Seeing him coming back, he made an anxious sound of "嘤嘤嘤".

Especially when she smelled the fragrance, she pulled at Xu Yi's trouser legs. Xu Yi knew that this little guy was hungry too.

"Looks like he's a greedy dog." He squatted down, and Xiao Huang snorted next to Granny Liu's pig soup. He laughed jokingly, "The dog's nose is so sharp, he still knows where the meat is."

Two months old The puppy is fluffy and cute, and it looks so cute.

Xu Yi wanted to raise an animal before, whether it was a dog or a cat, but he was too busy with his studies and had no time to raise one.

Suddenly traveling through time, this dream came true. There was a ready-made puppy, reluctant to let go of him, and so attached to him.

Xu Yi is like a parent who spoils his children. He puts the dog food into bowls before he has eaten breakfast. After watching it finish eating and contentedly lying at his feet and licking the corners of its mouth, Xu Yi sat down on the wooden stool and ate the pig offal soup, accompanied by the fragrant and warm plum and vegetable sesame cakes.

After eating, he went to the kitchen to make black bean water.

It takes time for the black bean water to boil, so Xu Yi went out to the yard and played with the Shouwu slices that were dried yesterday.

Before Mrs. He got married, she worked as an embroidery girl in a wealthy family's house. Later, the owner who rented her stopped renting her after the lease period ended, so her father took her home and married her aunt. Cousin at home.

After getting married, she did embroidery work at home and sold it to support her family. She was at home all day. Then she heard some movement next door. Thinking that Xu Yi was back, she opened the door and came out to see what was going on.

As soon as she stepped out of the yard, she saw the young man from the Xu family next door in the yard, wearing short brown clothes that only poor families would wear.

Mrs. He thought she had seen it wrong. She took two steps closer and found that she had seen it right. Not only that, Xu Xiaolang is also playing with some weird things?

"Brother Yi, where were you all day yesterday? Why are you getting these things when you come back?"

"Hello, Mrs. He, I went to Yilu Mountain yesterday, and this is the Polygonum multiflorum I dug on the mountain."

Xu Yi His body was upright, like a growing green pine, and his childish face now looked like an adult.

He is more courteous and courteous to others, and his eyes are bright and lively when he looks at people. His facial features are still the same, but his appearance seems to have changed drastically.

Mrs. He was stunned for a moment, feeling that she didn't quite recognize Xu Xiaolang.

She didn't stay in a daze for long. When she heard the three words "Polygonum multiflorum", she immediately knew that it was a medicinal material.

I was even more puzzled as to why it was so good, so I went to the mountains to collect medicine.

Could it be that Xu Yi was hit too hard because of his parents?

She pursed her lips and asked through the wall: "I heard that you don't study anymore. Is this true?"

She was on good terms with the Xu family and knew that the Xu family had great expectations for their only son. Even if you don't want fame, you should find a more respectable job.

In short, I don’t want Xu Yi to continue to follow their path and farm for the rest of his life.

Xu Yi said: "I stopped studying. When my parents were seriously ill, I stopped studying and went home. While serving at home, I also read a lot of medical books. These days, I also figured out that studying is difficult and there is no way out. It’s difficult, now I want to be a wandering doctor, and the books I have read in the past few years will not be in vain.”

He always wants to find a suitable reason to let the neighbors who know him know that he is not studying now. Yes, there is a reason why I changed to study medicine.

So, let’s start with Madam He.

Lay the groundwork step by step and take your time.

After being a traveling doctor for a few years, spreading my name and saving money, I can open a medical clinic in Yanting County.