Chapter 580 Free Food and Free Accommodation

Each of Jiang Fubao's four sisters had a round fan with a different embroidered pattern.

The fan handles are all made of mutton-fat jade, which is definitely not cheap.

Yunlan gave Zhang Jinlan a headband made of a fabric that Jiang Fubao had never seen before. It felt smooth, like human skin, and the pattern was very complicated. There was a green jade sewn in the middle.

It looks expensive at first glance.

"Come if you want to, why bring a gift?" Zhang Jinlan smiled happily and put on the headband on the spot.

The two families were very familiar with each other, so she didn't bother to be polite.

Jiang Shoujia's gift was a jar of tea leaves. As soon as I opened it and smelled it, the fragrance filled my nose. Each tea leaf was almost the same shape, without any broken or withered edges.

The gift for Jiang Dahe and his three brothers was a jade pendant, while the gift for Zhu Yingqiu, Sun Pingmei and Zhang Yanzi was a hairpin. They were all gold hairpins but of different styles.

Everyone in the Jiang family received gifts.

Including An An and Kuai Kuai.

When the conversation went on till late at night, everyone dispersed.

Yunlan and his wife stayed at the Jiang family's house, living in the first courtyard.

I didn't leave until breakfast the next day.

Only one day later, the Fang family's cook and doctor came from Chang'an Town.

At the same time, Fang Yanheng took a carriage to Jiangnan, preparing to buy a shop and renovate it. He wanted to open the business as early as the new year.

I looked at many shops, but none of them satisfied me.

Either the location is too remote or too small to accommodate several tables.

Finally, Fang Yanheng gritted his teeth and decided on a restaurant located at the intersection of Noisy Street, next to the river. It had three floors, and each floor could accommodate at least twenty tables. Naturally, the price was not low. Just buying this restaurant used up more than half of the money in the Fang family's account.

It really put all his wealth into it.

No matter what this kind of shop sells, there will always be people coming to eat it. The location is really great.

If the original owner hadn't been in debt because of his son's gambling, it would have been impossible to sell it.

Seeing the original owner's hair turn white overnight, Fang Yanheng was very glad that he and his wife had raised their three children well.

In mid-September, a group of new people came to Yaoxiangshan Pavilion.

Jiang Fubao is always followed by a follower, the doctor from the Fang family.

The same is true for Jiang Ruyi. She has more followers, eight in total.

The kitchen in the backyard is almost full.

The two sisters not only have to treat illnesses and cook every day, but also act as little teachers and teach.

In the villages outside the city, all the villagers were harvesting in the fields. This year there was plenty of rain, so it was a bumper year, and everyone had a smile on their face.

At the end of September, small potatoes were planted again in the fields of Jiangjia Village after the autumn harvest.

In early October, Jiang Fubao had a rare day of free time. After breakfast, he took Pan Erya back to the village.

There are twenty kinds of medicinal herbs planted in the wasteland of the village. Naturally, the harvest time is also different. For example, fennel and isatis root can be harvested in less than half a year, and the fastest may be four months.

Angelica dahurica, Chinese angelica root, etc., require at least one and a half years to grow.

There are also longer ones, such as Panax notoginseng.

Don’t even think about harvesting it before three or four years.

No one in Sanqi Village planted crops except Jiang Meng and Jiang Cheng.

After all, the harvest was slow, and the money earned was also slow, and Jiang Fubao was worried that the villagers could not wait, so he asked them all to plant crops that yielded quick harvests.

"Fubao is back. Can we harvest the herbs in the fields?" The woman sitting under a big tree asked loudly when she saw the carriage as it passed by the village entrance without even showing her face.

Jiang Fubao's head popped out from the window of the carriage.

"It should be ready for harvest next month. I have to go to the fields to check." It was quite far away, and Jiang Fubao couldn't even see who was talking to her.

"Okay, Fubao, go ahead, we won't keep you any longer."

Jiang Fubao then got back into the carriage.

There were seven or eight women sitting under the big tree.

It's not that hot these days.

There is not much work to do in the fields, and the potatoes do not require as meticulous care as rice fields.

A few people ate chestnuts and chatted about gossip.

"Did you know?"

When one person spoke, everyone looked at her.

"What?"

"What?"

"Just tell me now."

Seeing that several people's eyes were focused on her, the woman spoke with satisfaction.

"Hongxia went to Fubao's clinic! Previously, when Fubao was recruiting female apprentices, the requirements were very harsh. She had to be literate, not too young, and not get married before the age of 18. I thought no one was willing to go, but who knew that Hongxia went there, and now she is Fubao's apprentice."

Hearing her words, several people exclaimed in amazement.

"What? Really? This child, her elder brother finally got the job, but she didn't think about finding a good family and living with them. Instead, she became Fu Bao's apprentice. If this goes on, the widower won't want her anymore."

"Old Chen and Mrs. Cui also followed her in making trouble. If this was my granddaughter, I would definitely wake her up. Oh, what a pity! Hongxia is a hardworking and good-looking girl, but she was delayed like this. Her life is ruined."

The woman continued, "What are you destroying? You don't know that she eats and lives for free in Fubao's clinic. She doesn't spend any money at all. I heard it from Mrs. Cui. Mrs. Cui missed Hongxia and went to the town to see her. Isn't it autumn now? Fubao even made her two new clothes. Tsk, tsk, the material is so high that I can't afford it even if I sell myself.

Isn't it better to live a good life than to get married? When you learn medical skills, you can make a lot of money whether you open a clinic or work as a doctor at Fubao's. Hongxia and Tianfeng have always been in harmony. She will definitely help her eldest brother. I'm afraid that Tianfeng's two children will have a good life in the future. You say Hongxia is stupid, but I think she is smart. "

The woman clicked her tongue several times.

A little jealous.

"Free food and accommodation? Is there really such a good thing? Why didn't you tell me earlier? If I had known, I would have sent my granddaughter there too. At most, I could spend some money to let her learn a few words. Anyway, Fubao didn't say that she had to know all of them.

How much money would I earn after I finish my studies? A trip to the town clinic would cost a hundred coins or even more. Even if I could only earn a hundred coins a day, I could still earn three or two taels a month. My goodness, wouldn't I be able to earn at least thirty taels a year?"

"Not only that, last time I went to Fu Bao for a medical consultation, I saw an old man who paid half a tael of silver. Ten patients came in a day, and each patient was charged a hundred coins, which means he could make one tael of silver a day. Isn't this a fortune tree? The Chen family has made a fortune."

You don't know until you count it, and you'll be shocked when you count it.

Several people widened their eyes.

Some people even slapped their thighs in regret.

If we send our daughter and granddaughter to study medicine, it would be like Jiang Fubao raising them for free for a few years. After they graduate, they can open their own clinic and make a lot of money, which is much more cost-effective than making money from the betrothal gift.

So what if they don't get married? One person can raise their whole family and make them wealthy.

It's really worth it. It's just raising an old girl.

No, she’s not an old maid, she’s a gold nugget, a gold nugget that can make money.

Jiang Fubao, who had just returned from the wasteland, was surrounded by a group of people before he even entered the house.