Mother Xiao pinched her arm and felt a clear pain. She rubbed her eyes heavily with her sleeve and looked again. There was indeed ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum in the basket.
"Oh my God, I'm not dreaming. Suisui, you are the lucky star of our family."
Mother Xiao looked at Jiang Sui and didn't know how to react for a moment. Her face turned red with excitement.
This child is truly the lucky star of the family. He has only been home for a few days, but I don’t know how much good fortune he has brought to the family.
Jiang Sui felt a little embarrassed when she heard this. Her luck had indeed been a little too good recently, but it was still too exaggerated to say that she was a lucky star.
"Mom, let's go find a good medicine store tomorrow to sell these Ganoderma and ginseng to avoid any more trouble. As for the bad ginseng, keep it for making soup. Third sister-in-law is pregnant and needs to replenish her body, and Second sister-in-law also needs to be recuperated, right? Don't waste it."
Jiang Sui told about his plan.
Xiao's mother nodded. Hearing that she was still thinking about her two sisters-in-law at home, she was deeply moved. She thought that she was such a kind-hearted child. A gratified smile appeared on her face, and she liked Jiang Sui, her daughter-in-law, even more.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. You brought the things back, so I'll do whatever you say. Tomorrow, I'll take you to the pharmacy in town."
When Jiang Sui heard that they were going to the town, she frowned slightly. She thought, this town is not very big, and the people who come here are villagers from nearby villages and towns who come to see a doctor and get medicine. They usually don't want to spend money, so how could they be willing to buy Ganoderma lucidum?
If they trade in small places, they will definitely be forced to lower the price, for fear that others will bully them because they are outsiders, buy them back at the lowest price, and then resell them at a higher price to those landlords who are also ignorant of the business but very wealthy.
Since you can make a little more money, there is no need to give it to others at a discount.
She certainly hopes to get as much money as possible from the sale, but the prerequisite is that there must be someone who knows the value of the item.
"Mom, is our town far from the county?"
Jiang Sui was thinking about bringing his products to a larger market to maximize their impact.
"It's not far. If you take a carriage, it'll only take a day to go back and forth. If you set out before dawn in the morning, you can be back before dark if you're quick." Although Xiao's mother didn't know what Jiang Sui was planning, she answered truthfully.
"Sui Sui, do you have any other plans?" After saying that, Xiao's mother still asked another question.
Jiang Sui nodded and replied:
"Mom, I think such good medicinal materials are of excellent quality. If they are sold in the medicine store in the town, they will definitely be underpriced. This is also our first time to buy and sell medicinal materials. The first thing we sell is Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng. We are afraid that others will bully us because we are outsiders and buy them at low prices. Then we will sell them to the landlords and rich people at high prices. But if we can go to the county, we will definitely make more money. There are businessmen coming and going in the county. The bigger the market, the more people who know the goods.
At that time, we can go directly to the largest pharmacies to negotiate. These large pharmacies do not rely on this little price difference to make money. Those places are the ones that focus on curing diseases and saving lives. They just need to have more good medicinal materials in their warehouses to support them. Then it won't be us who are being forced to lower the price. On the contrary, we can raise the price. I took a look and found that these Ganoderma lucidum are at least six or seven years old. The ginseng is not bad either. We must plan well and don't be afraid of trouble. The more we can earn, the better, right?"
Jiang Sui carefully analyzed his ideas to Xiao's mother. His thoughts were clear. After listening to her, Xiao's mother nodded repeatedly to show her approval.
"You're right. Those drugstores in this town only think about how to make more money from ordinary people like us. They have no conscience at all. Every time they go back to get some medicine, they wish they could give you all the herbs. They are very careful with their money and can't afford to lose anything. They use all the good stuff they have to please those landlords.
Suisui, you are really smart, your brain is much better than mother's, then let's do as you say, mother and daughter will go to the county tomorrow, I will go to Ermaizi to tell him to harness the ox cart tomorrow morning, and we will set out before daybreak to catch the carriage from town to the county."
Xiao's mother was really happy. There was finally someone with ideas in the family. The five men in their family were all honest. Whenever there was any problem, no matter big or small, they had to rely on her to make the decision.
As for the two daughters-in-law, one just keeps her head down and works, being a taciturn person; the other talks a lot, but few of her words are pleasant to the ear. She also has a lot of ulterior motives and likes to take advantage of others, so she will never amount to anything.
As for Lanlan, she has her own personality and ideas, but because of her fate, she has never been able to hold her head up in the village, and the gossip has made her unhappy.
Now, Hechuan's wife is a wonderful person, sensible and capable. Most importantly, she has an active mind and can think things through, and she doesn't have any bad intentions. Now she has someone she can talk to, how can she not be happy?
It is said that marrying a good daughter-in-law will bring prosperity to three generations. The old immortal even told her in her dream that a koi fish bringing blessings had come to her family. She now firmly believes in her heart that Jiang Sui is the lucky star of their family.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law decided to go to the county early tomorrow morning. Before leaving, Xiao's mother specifically told Jiang Sui to keep the matter to herself and not tell anyone at home, and to discuss everything after she came back.
It's not that she was on guard against her family, but she felt that the Ganoderma lucidum ginseng was found by Jiang Sui, so when the money was sold, she would have to account for it first, and she couldn't possibly embezzle it.
The things were temporarily placed in Jiang Sui's room. After Xiao's mother came out, she specifically found Xiao Hechuan and gave him some instructions, asking him not to let anything slip.
Xiao Hechuan listened to his mother the most, so he agreed readily and promised not to tell anyone.
Xiao's mother went to find Ermazi and asked him to harness the ox cart and wait for her before dawn the next morning to take her to town. The reason she gave was that she wanted to take her new daughter-in-law to the temple to worship the gods and add some incense to her.
She told the same thing to her family. Not long after Zhou and Liu came into the family, she took them to the temple to worship gods alone. So when this excuse was made, no one doubted it, and Xiao's mother didn't even reveal a word to Xiao's father.
At night, Jiang Sui and Xiao Hechuan lay on the kang. Xiao Hechuan covered her feet. In the darkness, his eyes were bright.
Suddenly, he asked:
"Wife, are you going to play on the street with mother tomorrow?"
Jiang Sui closed her eyes and prepared to sleep because she had to get up early the next day. When she heard Xiao Hechuan's question, she opened her eyes again.
She stretched out her hand and gently scratched the tip of his nose, and said with a smile:
"Do you want to go too?" She naively thought that Xiao Hechuan wanted to go with them because children all like to follow adults.
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