When the village chief and his men returned with the wooden cart, the villagers, who had been waiting at the village entrance for a long time, were thrilled to see what was on it.
The village chief really did come back with the goods! Does this mean those medicinal herbs were actually sold?
The villagers followed behind the wooden carts, and a large group of people entered the village in a grand procession. A group of children were jumping, running, and playing. The sorrow on everyone's face was gone, and their bright smiles were the most genuine feelings they had after returning from selling medicinal herbs.
At least there's a way out now.
Upon arriving in the village, the village chief didn't waste any time and immediately distributed the items that each household had agreed to buy. At the end, he didn't forget to remind the villagers to remember Yue Jiuyue's kindness.
"We owe so much money to our village this time, thanks to Third Sister-in-law. You all have to remember this: the idea to make money came from Third Sister-in-law. If it weren't for Third Sister-in-law's dedication to our village and the Lin family, she could have earned those two or three taels of silver herself."
"We remember! We all remember how good her third aunt was!"
"Yes, we will always remember the kindness of her third cousin-in-law. She is the one who gave us this way to make a living!"
“Her third aunt has had a tough time these past few years, but even so, she still cares about our village. We should help her out more in the future!”
"Yes! We should definitely help out her three maternal relatives more in the future!"
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While the villagers were enthusiastically speaking, Yue Jiuyue, who was wandering around the mountain gathering grass for the rabbits, had no idea that the things she had asked the village chief to buy wouldn't run away, so what was more important than coming out to pick up money?
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Lin Chaonan ran all the way back that evening.
"Mother! Today, Doctor Li taught us how to process Polygala tenuifolia, and I've learned it!"
Lin Chaonan was sweating profusely from running. He wiped his brow with his sleeve and then urged Yue Jiuyue to go with him to the clan chief's house to discuss the matter.
"Mom, let's hurry to Grandpa Clan's house, otherwise Grandpa and the others will be asleep soon."
They were so anxious that they didn't even have time to eat, and didn't notice that there was food on the table.
"Let your older brother go with you."
She still needs to eat.
Without even asking his older brother if he was willing, Lin Chaonan grabbed Lin Chaodong and ran outside. Lin Chaobei, for some reason, also followed behind.
"Ugh! I haven't eaten yet!"
Liu called out to the backs of the three brothers, but they had already run far away and could no longer hear her.
"Alright, leave the food for the three brothers, let's eat first."
It was a rare treat to see rice porridge, even though the rice was old and there were still bits of wild vegetables in it. There were only a few grains of rice left, but Yue Jiuyue was still so tempted by the faint aroma of rice that she kept swallowing her saliva.
It's not just her who's like this; I don't know if it's her family or the whole village.
Today, the medicinal herbs were sold for money. Since the village chief and his family went there in a wooden cart and were sure they would make money, they asked the village chief to help them buy grain and salt. Two years ago, old rice was only seven or eight coins a pound, but now it has risen to twenty coins a pound. The price of salt has also risen, from one hundred and twenty coins to two hundred coins.
People can survive without grains, because they can still eat wild vegetables. But without salt, a person will feel weak all over, and that would be a disaster.
So most families opted to buy salt, but Yue Jiuyue's family also bought a pound of old rice and an extra eleven coins for three ounces of salt.
Don't ask her where she got the coins; she just pulled them out of a rat hole!
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