Wei Yuyan's lies are getting smoother and smoother; luckily, her eldest sister married far away.
My eldest sister married someone from a place two villages away from her parents' home, and my own home is another village away from my parents' home, so the total distance is quite far.
It seems that the original owner had a good relationship with her eldest sister, and Wei Yuyan thought that if she had better conditions in the future, she could also go and visit her eldest sister.
"How about I go home and discuss it with your brother Zhang? I'm also a little tempted."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua felt that the head of the household knew more than she did, and as long as the head of the household agreed, she would agree.
"Okay, feel free to ask me if you have any questions later."
Wei Yuyan was surprised that Sister-in-law Xiuhua was actually interested; now it all depended on whether Brother Zhang would agree to it.
"Okay, I'll head back now. I still need to cook dinner at home."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua usually eats a light lunch, but prepares a more substantial dinner to eat with Brother Zhang, and gives the leftovers to Brother Zhang for breakfast the next day.
"Okay, I'll come see you tomorrow morning."
Wei Yuyan was also going to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables. She had finished her porridge at noon, so she would have pancakes for dinner, and make some shepherd's purse pancakes.
That night, the family of three went to bed early. The next morning, Wei Yuyan got up early, got ready, and started preparing the herbs.
There are five kinds of medicinal herbs in the house: dendrobium, notoginseng, codonopsis, saffron, and fritillaria.
Wei Yuyan packed everything into bags before waking the children up.
Help the children comb their hair.
"Xiao Lei, your hair-combing skills have improved recently. Starting tomorrow, you will start combing your own hair."
Wei Yuyan had previously said she would only comb his hair for a month, and now it's been over a month, and he has indeed combed it quite well.
"Okay, sister-in-law."
Wu Lei nodded.
The three locked the door and headed to Sister Xiuhua's house. Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the door, they saw Sister Xiuhua locking the door.
"You've arrived. Brother Zhang has gone to fetch the ox. We'll just head towards the village entrance."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law put the key away safely.
"Okay, I didn't expect that we would almost be late even though we got up so early."
Wei Yuyan was relieved that she wasn't late.
"He set off early today because we were coming over, so he could take us to the market before he went to work."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law explained.
"I'm here~".
Brother Zhang arrived quickly in his oxcart, and the two adults and two children got on. The oxcart swayed and bumped its way towards the town.
"Sister-in-law, Xiuhua told me last night that you want to plant two seasons of rice. Could you tell me the details?"
Brother Zhang is quite thoughtful; the more details he knows about this matter, the better he can make a judgment.
"Yes, rice usually takes four months to mature, but double-cropping rice takes a little longer, about three and a half months to harvest."
I planted rice seedlings in early April and harvested them in mid-July. As soon as I finished harvesting, I started planting rice seedlings again without taking a break.
It will be harvested again around November, that's about it.
Wei Yuyan explained the principles of double-cropping rice to Brother Zhang in the simplest language.
"You can do that?"
Brother Zhang seemed to be deep in thought.
"Well, if you want to plant them, Brother Zhang, you should start soaking the seeds today. Haven't you noticed that the weather has started to warm up recently?"
Wei Yuyan reminded them that they didn't have much time left to consider.
"Yes, thank you for reminding us, sister-in-law. We'll think it over today."
Brother Zhang nodded to indicate that he understood.
When we arrived at the market, everyone got off the bus.
"Sister-in-law, you go ahead and shop. I'll walk back after I'm done shopping, while you take the oxcart."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua knew that Wei Yuyan's foot had not yet recovered, so she naturally couldn't walk too much.
"Alright then, Sister-in-law Xiuhua, don't forget to come over early tonight."
Wei Yuyan didn't forget to give a final reminder.
Don't worry.
Xiuhua's sister-in-law went straight to the vegetable market, while Wei Yuyan took the children to the clinic to sell medicinal herbs.
"Madam, would you like to get medicine or see a doctor?"
The young apprentice looked at Wei Yuyan, clearly having forgotten that Wei Yuyan had been here before.
"Find Manager Jiang."
Wei Yuyan responded with a smile.
"Hold on".
The young apprentice turned around and went inside to call Manager Jiang.
"Oh dear, it's Madam Wu! Please come in quickly."
Manager Jiang lifted the curtain and let them in, and this time the medicine boy remembered them completely.
"Madam Wei must have brought a lot of good medicinal herbs today."
Manager Jiang looked at Wei Yuyan's basket, which was mostly full of medicinal herbs, and his face showed some joy. He could make several times the profit by reselling such high-quality herbs.
"Yes, look at the prices of this fritillaria cirrhosa, saffron, and codonopsis."
Wei Yuyan first took out the new medicinal herbs and asked him to estimate their value, to see what kind of price he would offer.
"Oh my, this saffron, I never thought you could find saffron."
Manager Jiang seemed to really appreciate this saffron.
"That's right. I twisted my ankle for this little bit of saffron and couldn't get out of bed for half a month."
Wei Yuyan described how hard-won this saffron was.
"Then, fritillaria cirrhosa is 40 coins per ounce, saffron is 50 coins per ounce, and this codonopsis pilosula is originally only 25 coins per ounce, but since you have prepared it very well, I will give it to you for 30."
Shopkeeper Jiang truly loves these perfect medicinal herbs. Some people don't know how to dig them up, and end up digging them up in a mess, or drying them out and getting them moldy or scorched.
"Alright, Manager Jiang, I trust you won't overcharge. Please weigh it."
Wei Yuyan took out the remaining medicinal herbs from the basket.
"Dendrobium is 180 cash, Panax notoginseng is 150 cash, Codonopsis pilosula is 260 cash, saffron is 250 cash, and Fritillaria cirrhosa is 240 cash, totaling one tael of silver and 80 cash."
Manager Jiang took out an abacus and a scale, weighed the items, and began to calculate the accounts, finishing very quickly.
"Manager Jiang, could you please give me some loose change? I need to buy something later."
Wei Yuyan was surprised to find that she had one or two taels of silver today. It was wonderful, as she had so many things to buy today.
"good".
Manager Jiang went to the study to get the money, and soon came out with a five-qian silver coin, five one-qian silver coins, and eighty loose coins.
"Thank you, shopkeeper."
Wei Yuyan carefully put the silver coins away from her body and put the several dozen coins into her money bag.
"Oh, by the way, your brother-in-law came to get medicine before, saying you twisted your ankle. Is it fully healed now? Can you walk now?"
Manager Jiang suddenly remembered this matter.
"Thank you for your concern, Manager Lao. My ankle is almost healed and I can walk now, but I can't walk far."
Wei Yuyan was surprised that Manager Jiang was so thoughtful and remembered this matter.
"That's good. Take care, Madam Wu. You can send over any good medicinal herbs you have in the future."
Manager Jiang escorted them to the door.
"Okay, Manager Jiang, see you later."
Wei Yuyan took her two children for a leisurely stroll through the streets.
"Sister-in-law, I need to buy a pot."
Wu Lei suddenly saw a ceramics shop by the roadside selling casserole dishes.
"Oh, this is a clay pot, it should be able to cook rice."
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