Chapter 6: White sores
Lin Wu immediately said, "Yes, but there are too many. They are in the car. I will carry some more over." After saying that, he gave Lin Qian a wink, and the father and daughter went out together.
After a while, Lin Wu came back with another basket of bayberries.
"That's fifty-eight catties in total. At ten coins per catty, that's five hundred and eighty coins."
The shopkeeper calculated the amount, and Xiao Shunzi immediately took out five strings of cash and eighty coins and gave them to Lin Wu. Lin Wu turned around and handed them to Zhao Xiu.
"Boss, do you buy Poria cocos here?" Lin Qian asked, placing two large pieces of Poria cocos on the counter.
The shopkeeper took a look and said in surprise, "It's pine tuckahoe. It's of good quality. I'll buy it for thirty-five coins per pound. This price is definitely not low."
Lin Qian smiled and said, "The shopkeeper is a good man. He will definitely not lie to children. Just listen to him."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately smiled and touched Lin Qian's head.
The two pieces of Poria cocos were weighed, a total of eleven and a half pounds. The shopkeeper waved his hand and said, "Let's calculate it as twelve pounds, a total of four hundred and twenty coins. Here, little girl, take it."
Lin Qian immediately smiled and thanked him: "Thank you, shopkeeper uncle."
Lin Shuo came close to Lin Qian and whispered, "You're already grown up, and you're still acting cute. How shameful!"
Lin Qian smiled smugly and said, "What's so shameful about it? I got the money!"
Lin Shuo snorted and fell silent.
Lin Wu and Zhao Xiu exchanged a few polite words with the shopkeeper and were about to leave.
Lin Qian suddenly thought of the mother and son outside the door, and suddenly asked: "Uncle Shopkeeper, what's going on with the mother and son outside the door?"
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper sighed and said, "Alas! Speaking of those two, they are truly pitiful. The child has had whooping sores since childhood. His father is a fool and insisted on listening to his mother, saying that the child was the reincarnation of a wandering ghost, which is why the sores appeared on his face. He insisted on killing the child."
His mother didn't want to, so she was kicked out by the family."
Having said that, the shopkeeper shook his head regretfully.
"His mother was also a hot-tempered person. She never returned home after that and raised her son alone. The child was also very hardworking. Although he had pockmarks on his face since he was a child, he passed the examination to become a Tongsheng at the age of ten.
But some time ago, for some reason, the child's face started bleeding and festering. Gradually, he became what he is now. His mother spent all her wealth but couldn't cure him. Now he has no money to buy medicine, so he has to live in front of my shop. I am too embarrassed to chase them away.
Lin Qian looked outside the door and thought of those beautiful and clear eyes, feeling quite sorry.
Seeing that it was getting late outside, Zhao Xiu pulled Lin Qian and said, "We should go."
After waving goodbye to the shopkeeper, Lin Qian and the others left Renhetang.
Looking at the mother and son again, the boy had closed his eyes again and lay weakly in his mother's arms.
Lin Shuo turned around and called out, "Sister, let's go!"
"Coming!" Lin Qian responded, took two steps and then stepped back. She ran to the mother and son and said, "Auntie, these are pills given by the old monk on the mountain. They say they can cure all diseases. I'm giving them to my little brother. I hope he can recover."
As she spoke, Lin Qian took out a body-strengthening pill and ten copper coins from the space and gave them to the aunt.
Just as the aunt was about to speak, Lin Qian ran away.
"We earned one or two taels of silver today. Wife, think carefully about what we should buy?" Lin Wu asked Zhao Xiu with a smile.
Zhao Xiu thought for a moment and said, "Let's buy some clothes and shoes first. And some daily necessities too. Bowls, dishes, machetes, and so on. We can buy whatever we think of later."
Lin Wu nodded. As for Lin Qian and Lin Shuo, they were ignored by the couple.
After going to two more medical clinics and selling the remaining bayberries, he earned nearly 500 coins. With this money, Zhao Xiu went out to spend some money, while Lin Wu, Lin Qian, and Lin Shuo became Zhao Xiu's special carriers.
After buying some daily necessities, I bought some rice and noodles, as well as some pork bones and offal.
"I'll make you something delicious when we get home." Zhao Xiu said as he looked at these things.
As soon as these words were spoken, the three Lins were immediately overjoyed. Zhao Xiu's cooking was the best.
Lin Qian quietly put the meat, rice and flour into the space, leaving only some worthless ones, and asked Lin Wu to carry the inconspicuous ones.
The family of four ate plain noodles and big meat buns at a roadside stall on the street.
After filling my stomach, I strolled around the street again to see if there was anything I hadn't bought. After a round of strolling, the sun was setting and Lin Fei's ox cart arrived.
I got on the ox cart and swayed back home.
As soon as they got home, it was thundering and raining, and Lin Qian and her friends were almost soaked.
Although they were not caught in the rain, the kitchen was open air and they could not cook.
"How about we go into the space and cook?" Lin Qian finally suggested. The idea was passed unanimously.
There was no pot in the space, so they could only cook a barbecue. Lin Wu took the firewood to light the fire, and Zhao Xiu went to prepare the meat to be grilled.
As for Lin Qian and Lin Shuo, one went to read medical books and the other went to practice internal strength.
After a while, the aroma of barbecue came from the space. Lin Qian and Lin Shuo were immediately attracted over and squatted on the ground waiting to eat.
In ancient times, seasonings were not abundant; only salt and chili peppers were sprinkled on the grilled meat. But even so, it was delicious, and the four of us in my family devoured quite a bit.
After dinner, Lin Qian went out to take a look. It was still raining heavily outside, and it was also raining inside the house. Looking at a small hole in the roof washed out by the rain, Lin Qian sighed, thinking that it was too dilapidated.
"It rained so heavily today, there will definitely be a lot of wood ear mushrooms and mushrooms appearing tomorrow. Let's go to the mountain to pick mushrooms tomorrow and see if we can make some more money to repair this broken house." Zhao Xiu said after listening to Lin Qian's report.
Lin Wu nodded: "Okay, let's make money to repair the house first."
The family of four practiced again for a night.
Of the four, Lin Shuo had cultivated the most internal energy, already able to fly as light as a swallow for a short while. He had seen the boxing techniques and could perform them exactly as they were supposed to.
Then there is Lin Wu, who has cultivated slightly more internal strength than Lin Qian.
Finally, it’s Zhao Xiu.
The next morning, Lin Qian and her family of four headed towards Qixing Mountain. Unexpectedly, they met many people from the same village who were also heading up the mountain.
"Uncle Lin Fei, are you also going to the mountains to pick mushrooms?" Seeing that they were all carrying baskets behind them, Lin Qian ran to Lin Fei and asked.
Lin Fei rubbed Lin Qian's head, smiled and nodded, "Yes, it rained so heavily yesterday, there must be mushrooms and fungus today, and everyone went to pick them."
Lin Qian nodded and ran back.
"The villagers are also going to pick mushrooms, but judging from where they are going, it should be the mountain over there. We probably won't be able to pick many. Why don't we go deep into the mountains?" Lin Qian returned to Lin Wu and Zhao Xiu and said.
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